The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-11
DREAMS THAT COME TRUE.
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 MAN IS VIRGINIA.
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 lFor the JounSAL AND CouRIERl | Old Point Comfort. Va. Aug. !. 1884.
 Dear courier-I want to relate
 dream. The other night I was wali,inl
 In my sleep along the streets ot Nev
 Haven. overwork had made me tired
 had my mind on summer trip An,
 my hand On fifty dollars. The latte
 fact was such Q surprse 10 me that
 was sure was only dreaming. Bu,
 by rubbing my hands ovor the bill,
 once or twice the operation brought m,
 to a true sense Of my financial condi
 ton.
 Then I thought they needed the mon
 ey down here. So have come down te
 Old Point Comfort and bought some oi
 tho Hygeia hotel for a day CT two. Tc
 the northern visitor Virginia offers
 many attractions. Nature has dealt
 lavishly with the great empire state of
 the south. filling her borders with mag
 nifcent mountains. fertile valleys ss,d
 noble rivers; piercing her coasts with
 deep inlets and harbors. offering safe
 anchorage to the navies Of the world.
 And not less Imposing are the events of
 her history. Indeed. our school books
 tell us that she has been the pioneer of civilization in this country. Her early
 human occupancy Is shown by the
 earthworks of the mound builders in
 her mountain passes. Upon the arrl-
 val of the whites the country was held by the powerful Indian tribes, the Pow. hatans. Mannahoacks, Monacans and others. The first permanent English settlement was made at Jamestown in 1907. In 1919. at James City, the capi- tai. few miles from Jamestown. the first legislative body met.
 In the same year twenty African me- groes were sold at Jamestown, thus introducing negro slavery into Ameri- ca. In 1898, at Williamsburg, was es- abolished William and Mary college, the first instution of it's kind in Ameri- ca. Upon the soil of Virginia com menced the series of bloody Indian wars. After a lapse of many years came the war of independence, in which Virginia took leading part, and put generation ago. the civil war, in which she bore the brunt of the strug- gle. And now time, with all its changes, has but added to the interest of this favored section of our country. The tourist by the Old Dominion line is ushered into this historic section at Old Point Comfort now as of old, when the sea.battered colonists landed upon its hospitable shores, point of real com- fort and delight. Here is situated the famous Hygeia Motel. beneath the frowning battlements of Fortress Mon- roe, and on whose verandG l, am wri- ting this letter. Close at hand is the town of Hampton, settled in 16l0 Just beyond lies Newport News, named af- ter the celebrated navigator, Captain Newport, now a great railway terminus ana 8 town of phenomenal, growth, Across Hampton Roads. memorable as tho scene of conflict between the Moni- tor and Merrimac, lies the ancient city or Norfolk, founded in 17Os, which was burnt by the British in 1776, but now, with It's sister city, Portsmouth, be- come one of the greatest ports of the south, and one of the largest cotton points in the world.
 At Portsmouth is situated a United states navy yard, Through the kind less of Captain Wildes I was permitted o go aboard the big battleship Texas. which is now under course of construc- ion and nearly completed. At her 'tern lies the cruiser Detroit. which fred the shot at Admiral da Gama's lagship Aquidaban in the harbor | # Rio de Janeiro last December. From surgeon Wells learned much valuable | information on naval affairs and had | In interesting talk on the war between ;hina and Japan. In another letter I VIII tell the Courier readers what he old me.
 Up the James river few miles Is the Id town of Williamsburg before re- erred to as the seat of William and 1ary college. Further along up the lver are found number of old colont- l mansions, many of them. built of ricks brought from EnglGnd, and mich, with their contents of rare pic lres, plate and furnishings, form in- sresting mementoes of the past. Pe- srsburg, whose gallant soldiers long go earned for it the title of the Cock de City. the terrible siege of which 'om June, 1864, to April. 1865, was the hal scene of the civil war. Richmond. rst laid out in 1909, becoming the capi- .l of Virginia in 1779. and the capital the Confederate states in 1S81-85. is ow one of the most beautiful, enter rising and prosperous cities of the 'uth. No city in the country has had
 more stirring history. Surrounding
 on all sides are still to be found rem iscences of the late war in the fortif- Itions and battlefislds. x. e.. There is one thing that.I should not Il to mention. and that is the pleas 1t voyage experienced in getting here. do this properly let's go back to the arting point at New York, and come 'wn the coast together, just as if you 1 gre with me on the steamer York wn. What struck me az remarkable z as tho fact that there are no flies on e YorRtown--that is, native ones. hile or the trip to Old Point Comfort saw just three, and they were born in ( ew Haven. These insects. which had t en on a spree in the Elm City, had lien into my handbag before I left ( d had apparently died. But after a W minutes on the steamer Yorktown Q, winged New Haveners came to life ain. At first a sort of convulsive 1Yemeilt seized them 1rhax hana. l