The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-05-12

shores would frequently appear su1nenis
In their front. having run across some OF
he narrow necks cf land now known rs
.Pr,sauc Isle Farrar's Island, How
letts' and others. Finally they reached
he fells If the river. recognized The res
idence # King P0whaian by thedfs rip'
ton. given OF % By friendly indians De
lly. especially hy lis being opposite to
-msl island near the south lank OF lne
river From information gotten from
me lndiuns our adYtnfurers were anN'
inus o. penetrate the country above the
fIl. Of the river. but AS King lOwhaia
told them he was al war win the Mona
cans. who lived towards the mountains,
and that they would AL be destroyed.
they concluded not 10 underiahe the
Ancy.
Thi. was the first visit Of the white
man ~ The present site OF Richmond
The l0ih of June should, therefore oe
one # our anniversaries. After Newport
and his patty had Effected their pufpo'e
of navigating the river % this point, ne
.st out ID return 90 jamestown. But Oe-
fore doing this. IN order 20 mark The limit
Of his discoveries, be had erected on the
eastern point OF what Is nov Mayo :
island cross hearing The characlefs'
8 .JacojUs Rer, 1907 with his own name
underneath. Having offered 40 prayer
for his Majesty. aud proclaimng MN
Ling over th. territory, be returned 10
his boat and descended the ancient Pow
bstan now james river. We have thus
burriedlv skttched this first expedition
into the heart Of Virginia. To give "a
frU narrative Of the events of that sdSen
fnre. together with local history OF
James river, would occupy quite aYoiume
Of itself
rhe anniversary to which we have re-
ferred above. and which we insist shouih
he religionsiy observed Is that day lne
18Th on Nav. on which the Anglo-Nof
man race hrst established ils domination
over this continent The Span'ards, the
French. and the Dutch had made sue
.e,.iye settlements 20 other points, Oui
ion the process of time they bal go give
way io the coming of the English. We
cannot sop 90 look into the reasons u
this The latter people have been the
rrest cO'onizcrs OF the world. ana w.
5inia was the first successful colony
fhev ever established. With Is came the
seniu. of British civilization, which IN
line Inflicted itself upon the entire coun-
frv. and finally eried in The establish
mrnf OF the American Union. The sue
cess of Nireinia ensured that OF the other
weaker colonies. W hat would have ..
come of the settlement al Plymouth
Rock with the r.rch on one side and
he Dutch ON the other; IL was The
rapid growth the commercial impor.
lance. and moral power OF
ihe colony at jamestown, which
encouraged the immigration Of other
people from Great Britain 10 America
/ The puritans NhO first landed in Sew
England came solely because OF religious
persecution They brought with them 2
sentiment. and although The lttie band
/ had at first tO undergo The seyerest trials
and endure the greatest nardships, whica
/ had the elect OF iamiliafi2lng Oh -m with
changes and developing the highest man.
hood. tlis did not add Go their material
pr0sueriiy. The baroness ST toe soil
and The harshness of their climate did
not allow them 10 produce anything Ton
export. Consequently for a long period
Of time they continued 90 be- poor Oft
times scarce able 90 prevent being de-
siroyed by ihe neighbofing sayages. ln
the meantime Virginia was enlarginl
herself Long before she was sixty years
/ Old she was already an established nation
These faC,s give evidence OF eXifaordi
nary physical growth and selfreliance IL
~0 youna "a community ~ lthin Ola,
same period of time no other Englisl
colony IN any part of the world had giyei
such signs OF internal resources and de
vel0pment. Under the vigorous admin
trati0n of Spoiswood, the best colOnia
governor she ever had she became pow
erful enough 90 save sister colony on
one hand from her savage enemies ani
to- escuo the CarOinas ON The other from
Ia like desductiOn. In the meantime he
limits were being rapidly extended.
was not long before she had established
hpr trading posts far beyond the noun
iains. and had sent her pioneers into " ha
Is now tennessee and Kentucky. lie
manufactures NJ An cary date had DO
creased % fast that the Lords Commits
siomers OF Plantations became uueas
lest the mother country should lose he
AS "A market II was ordered that NOR
goods should be sent 20 the colony, au'
that the cultivation of tobacco should b
especially encouraged Her people wer
already clothing themselves with good
made from wool grown by themselves
and It was formally stated 10 The Lord
Commissioners of Plantations that 10
some parts OF the country the planting
ot tObacco bad been laid aside, and thl
Improvement of manufactures OF cotton
wo0len aud linen had succeeded Will
unusual aacrity II az this Time no
another immigrant had come 90 hel
shores she would have gone on TO subdul
the sayages and enlarge her borders.
Several circumstances tended 10 Civ,
impetus 10 this grOwth of Virginia from
the first. In 1919. before New Englan,
WAS settled, p single fleet brought 90 Nir
ginia twelve hundred immigrants, and IN
The summer following the population
was estimated at already four Thousand
souls The colony had an extensive
trade in tobacco aud other products viii
other nations besides Great Britain. Blu
this was put an end 10 by the mother
country. Ia order that she might enjoy
monopoly of this traffic. We do no
mean 10 say that had the other colonies
been fostered by the mother country
they would not have ultimately become
established. But we DO say that, witt
The facts before US, il is plain that ta'
rapid growth OF Virginia aud her priority
10 the way to success ensured that OF the
other colonies.
IL Was this fact that az later date at
tracted to her borders, ia addition 10
large Puritan clement considerable Hu
guenot population,snda at a little later dat'
that powerful Scotch and ScOtch-lrisi
race, whose advent gave sucn yigOr anC
enterprise 10 her future development
In time this great central colony hal
so stretched herself out across the CONT
nent towards the Mississippi tina; sh'
formed Il formidable barrier between tn,
/ Spaniards and French on the shores oil
the Gulf and the French In the Canadas
/ This Was strongly exhibited when th,
Did French war broke out The mother
country found a strong ally In her Yigor
Gus young daughter on this siie the AZ
lantic When the French had fanktC
New England and were pushing down
through Western New York towards tht
right bank Of the OHIO, Virginia hal