The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-14


PROSTATE.
Fou, wears Of wsr had stripped her; her
labor was metemorphased INTO an incubus
her institutions were overthrown; her deo's
and bnrdens were Increased; her properly
- ,oxoble values we're annihiiated; her
energies were raralyzed; her very existence
was suspended.
This was twenty-three years ago. during
large mart of this period the problem OF
existence. the paramount question OF simple
being engrossed all her powers. Mlsunuei
s,ood and Stunned by all without threat
oned and burdened by many within shs 'lau
10 devote all her facilities to the imperative
demand of the hour, the preservation Oh hei
being as a State and people.
Al last she stands upright again IN the
v;co, If renewed strength, in the JOY OF re-
stored health, in the full power OF sovereign
State and the pride Of a hale and prosperous
people. .o,,,;e,,
AS such her Capital City, her beautfui
p;cbmond ON the james now sets her
house IN order, prepares her feasts, sets OUT
her wares and stretching out her hands unto
her sister cities, says to them
COME AED SIZE MI"
Richmond. the Capital Of Virginia Is the
oueen oftbe South enthroned upon her Tree
o,od biIls and crowned with the diadeh oi
beauty and health. H.
Situated on the elevated plateau at 'ne
Falls ofJsmes River once the Powhatah' snc
s,o,ds AT the gateway between the upiahus
&c tho piedmond and the lowlands oil tie
Tidewater The breath Of the mountain
faos her brow, the tides Of the ocean WASH
her feet. -
old William Byrd Of Westoyer' whose
historic mansion not many miles telo" j
ono &c the landmarks Of the continent ana
ono If the heirlooms of American history
Gentleman Of Virginia, member OF the King $
Council Representative Of the Colony Dur
ooss If his County, was entrusted to run the
much questioned line between Virginia ana
ber sister North Carolina. Thus occupied
living awake one night in the juniper recesses
ofthe Dismal Swamp, came to him thougn's
astis homo and with them one OF those IN
spirations which may be the whisper OIL d
nas.irg angel. and may be the emanacoh OF
aenius He would found city, nay ne
would found TWO: one should be on the APP
roo,o,,ox Int the other should be on yet
fairer spot on a queenlier river, his own
majestic James.
He knew the spot for it, There Nature
herself had laid the ste-a more sSiiliul Ell
oineerthan he had drawn the plaza OWNER
architect had laid the foundations.
II was already city and wanted but the
buildings and the people. These must IN
eyitablv come in time. Indeed that hlos'
zach I'm, most brilliant and farseeing young
man who had been once his fathers nelgh-
nor had chosen the spot with ms rare WIS
dom and had there a plantation or quarter,
and when the Indians had come down ana
KILLED his overseer and csttle, had he not
clamored for revenge until he had started a
revolu.;on which came deuced near upsetiing
His Maiestvs Government and played the
devil generally. 1t would be the chiei CITY
+, Virciuia. the largest in the Southern
colonies if not on the continent IL the peo'
Mo would but recognize its advantages ana
build il up. Whata spot it was
An elevated plateau right at the falls OF
the river. above malaria and ague' win
the fresh air Of the mountains, keeping il
COO, in summer, and Incompatible climate
and purcst water from unpopuia'eu
snrines. view Of the loaInlhg
waters. glancing and dashing over
immense bou!ders for nearly two mics
made a landscape whose beauty was IN
riyaled as place ofresidencefora beau'y-io'.
ing people this side Of the osk clad reaches Oh
mo Thames. The river front was easily ac-
cessible and evenly d stHbuted and al th'
.or,e time so immense that it would grind
the Grain of a continent, and run the factor
iee of n nation. Behind it was the nch fled'
mont running up - the Blue Ridge and yet
further hack behind the azure mountains an
unexplored region which stretches to The
French territory, Louisiana. Before II was
! tho .....,,.,-,o,,
with its diurnal tides which could float any
vessel that His Majesty's marine could send
across the seas.
How could it be otherwise than a city
Thus must have thought Colonel VIM
Byrd living under thestars reading the future
with prophetic vision for on the completion
If his mission he laid out the streets anc
squares Of a cit! Oh the fa'rspot at the fail'
Of the James. nd the head Of deep watel
which had haunted his dreams IN that ther
far distant shore of the Dismal Swamp ant
as there was no place tins side the sea whose
beauty was comparable, he named 1t ATTIC
that incompatible spot upon the loved an'
winding Thames
RICHMOND.
This was N 1887 and from that day to the
present. Richmond has been the Gem City o
the South.
For beauty, for salubrity. for convenience
for all the charms and advantages which cal
make a home delightful, or place OF busi
ness desirable Richmond stands supreme.
since il was founded the most momentum