Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-06-30

street near Twentieth. This is the anti
quatet structure which the hack-drivers
point NJ 20 credulous strangers visiting
the ci'y as General Washnst0n's head
quart,.s" The resemblance OF the site
% RI nd-On-the-TEamcs On England.
is saif 10 have suggested the name. and
the SIMILARITY was recently remarked by
AN Er>.ish traveller. who had never heard
OF th, traditional association of names
The i+ts were advertised in the Virginia
Gazette. and Richmond had so grown
by 81 50 17i2, that it was incorporated
as .wu.
TheI prece OF q one-fourth-ocre lot
cony cd TO Edward Abbott. February
s. ~ was Il, Virginia currency.
Ia - the town was enlarged by the
layn, or boy Colonel William Byrd. the
third Of the name and a volunteer Of
tho rench and Indian war. Of large
NUM-. Of additional lots. which he dis
pose Of by lottery.
b CAME THE STATE CAPITAL.
In ,7.9 the exigencies Of the Revolu-
ti0na'y war and the extension OF popula-
tlon westward. making Richmond a more
cent'.d point. induced the removal Of the
cap d from Williamsburg. and IN lIs2
Rici l0nd was Incorporated as a city.
divi d into four wards and its lots. inn
pro. o and wimproved. assessed. 1t
had hen made but little progress In popu-
lau and Importance. There were only
100 approved lots The value OF private
pro rty was fl,5i6, upon which the tax
wal nl6, U.s., 3D., and OF Public
esct ated property. e. s., o., upon which
theI AK was fl3 lis, Cd. making total
vaha.tiou OF u2S65. and Of tax, tl29 l0s.
I'D which, rendered into dollars would
be- respectively. Si3 1888 l-3 and $i33.l5.
Tho number Of inhabitants was ji3 whites
42j ayes and 43 persons of color Total
l.W.
TIE city was spared the rayages OF
We until October, ISL. when 30 was
ID led by the traitor, Arnold, who had
PREVIOUSLY despoiled the records Of Hen
rio, county. az Farina, known as Aikcn's
IA ding during the late war. and as
u point at which prisoners were cN-
cvnred. He extended his depredati0ns
~ Wcstham Iron-Works, six miles west
Of The city. which he destroyed.
.arlet0n's raid. a few months later,
u scamperins TO Charlottesville the
l sislaure. With jefferson IN the lead.
NEW ERA FOR THE CITY.
with the virtual ending OF the war. at
0rktoWn. October 70. l1,l. the capital
the independent State entered on a
lew era and made rapid progress. In
k-9 the houses numbered BOD. and the
Reputation 300. although between forty
rd fifty houses had been burned January
f7T IN 1880 the population had In
creased to $3.50. and the city az that
yIiy was described by Thackeray rs 'the
mer-iest ana most picturesque place In
America"
IL had attained commercial importance.
and maintained q considerable trade with
Europe and South America.
THE CAPITOL BUILDING.
The foundation OF the Capitol was laii
August =. 1855. with Masonic ceremonies.
The model Of the building procured by
jefferson. was after celebrated Roman
structure, the Maison Carree. no Nismes.
France. which he considered tone OF the
most beautiful and precious morsels OF
architecture left us by antiquity =
very simple, but noble beyond express
sion" The accommodation for the As
sembly had been previously an unpreten-
tious wooden building located on the
southwest corner Of Pearl AMI Cary
streets and the palaces" OF the Govern
ors. private residences.
The venerable st. Johns church. a
structure Of wood, completed I'm 1910. by
Richard Randolph, a planter-hullder, and
comprehending with its cemetery pre-
cincts the square bounded by Twenty
fourth and Twenty and Broad and
Grace streets. has been termed the
Grade OF Liberty" for here met. March
%, l715 the second patriot convention OF
Virginia, and here Patrick Henry sound
ed the tocsin OF freedom-"Give me IL
berty, or give me death"
The Monumental church. n hand
some, octagonal structure. on the north
side of Broad street between Eleventh
and Twelfth. is erected on the spot
where persisted on the night OF December
26. 1911. sixty or more persons by the
burning OF the Richmond Theatre, which
was occasioned by the scenery taking
fire al the close OF the performance.
Among those who lost their lives were
George William Smith. the Governor or
the State 4. b. Nenab.e. United states
senator Benjamin Bolts. distinguished
lawyer. father OF the late John NJ nor
Bolts and many ladies ard gentlemen
OF old Virginia families
little below Monumental church. on
Broad street IS the African church. erect
ed on the site of a preceding struc-
ture, in which met many memorable Boz