The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-26

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PROSTATE
Four wears o. wsr had stripped her, her
Hahn, was metemOrphased into an incubus
h,, ;ns,,tutions we're overthrow. her debts
ond bnrdens were increased; her property
and taxable values were annihi ated; her
energics were raralyped; her very existence
was suspended.
This was twenty-three years ago. during
l.rt,, mart Of this period the problem OF
existence the paramount question OF simple
be;rc engrossed all her powers. Misunder'
stood and Stunned by all without, threat
or cd and burdened by many within sh mao
a. devote all her facilities to the imperative
demand Of the hour, the preservation Oh her
being ~ State and PEOPLE
AZ lost she stands upright again IN the
vico, of renewed strength, N the Joy OF re-
otorc3 health. in the full power Of sovereign
Stotc and the pride Of hale and prosperous
people ,.uc,
AZ sgch her CAPITAL city, her beautiful
Diamond on the James now sets her
house IA order, prepares her feasts' se's out
no, ,r,res and stretching on, her hands unto
her sister cities, says to them
COME AID sEE ME-
Richmond, the Capital of Virginia II the
o..oO,, of.he South enthroned upon her tree
o,od hills and crowned with tho d@deIn OF
beauty and health A..
situated on the elevated plateau at the
yo,,o otIar,es River once tn powhatan, she
stor Ia at the gateway between the up'ai"'S
IF tho piedmond and the lowiahns oi 'hc
,riao,yo,cr The breath of the mountain
c,os bcr brow. the tides Of the Ocean wash
! hor fect. -.
o,d william Byrd of Wcdoyer' whose
bitorio mansion not m ny miles elo" Is
ooo of tho landmarks Of the continent, ana
ouo ~ tho be.rloonls Of American history
,.,,,,,er,an of Virsinja. member OF me Sings
G,unc,l. Representative Of the oiohy' D'ii-
,ess Of his Coun Y, was entrusted 20 nun 'N'
,opcb Questioned hno between virginia ana
Lcr sister North Carolina. Thus occupio"
LING awake one night in tn juniper reoesse'
oftbe Dismal Swamp, came to nm 'lo"b.''
Of his home. and with them one oil 'hose III
sr;-a,;ons which may be the whisper OIL q
nas.i-c angel, and may betho ema''a'o" VI
co,;ns He would found city, nay ne
would found two; one shout De on 'he Np
norna,tox but the other should be on ye'
fai,c, spot on a queeaiier river, his own
map Site James.
He knew the spot for it. There Nature
herself had laid the site-a more skliii"I en-
pineer than he had drawn the plaza diVlho
orchjtec; had laid the foundations.
It was already city and wanted but lhe
buildings and the people. These mus al,
eyrably come in time. Indeed mat n'o''
rash but most brilliant and farsecing young
man who had been once his fathers negh-
Dor. had chosen the spot with ms rare WIS
dom and had there plantation or quarter,
! and when the Indians had come down anu
killed his overseer and cattle, had he not
| clamored for revenge until ne had started
revolution which came dcuced T ear ups citing
His Maiesty's Government, and played the
devil generally. |, would be the Chief Guy
in Virginia, the largest IN the Southerh
colonies if not on the continent, II the PEG
ple would but recognize its advantages and
build it up. What spot i. was
An elevated plateau night at the falls Oh
the river, above malaria and ague. with
the fresh air Of the mountains, keeping
cool in summer, and incompatible climate
and purest water from unpopulated
springs: view Of the toamlng
waters, CHANGING and dashing over
immense bou.ders for nearly two miles
made landscape whose beauty was I'M
rivalei as a place of residence fora beau'y-'oV-
ing people, this side of the ok clad reaches OF
the Thames. The river front was easily &C
oessible, and evenly d strituted and a, the
same time 50 immense that II would gnnd
the grain Of q continent, aud run the factor
ies of a nation. Behind it was tie rich Pied
mont running up to the Blue Ridge ard yet
further back behind the asure mountains an
unexplored region which stretches to the
French territory, Louisiana. Before It was
the
| HEAD or DEEP vArER NAVIGATION
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 city,
Thus must have thought Colonel VIM.
Byrd lying under the stars reading the future
with prophetic vision, for on the completion
Of his mission. he laid out the streets and
squares of a city, on the far spc, at the Falls
of the James. and the head of deep water
which had haunted his dreams IN that :hen
far distant shore Of the Dismal Swamp, and
as there was TO place this side the sea whose
beauty was comparable, he named it after
that Incompatible spot upon the loved and
winding Thames,
| YICHhOND.
This was in 1857 and from that day TO the
present. Richmond has been the Gem City of
ths South.
For beauty, for saiubrity for CONVEX fence,
for all the charms and advantages which can
make home delightful. or place of bust
ness desirable Richmond stands supreme.
Since il was founded the most momentous
ava,t, re tha m alton, d q 50 cnefpr.Ad arDuu1 IL.