The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-05-05

REV. CORBIN BRAXTON BRYAN
again In enduring and more monurltHlal
form that Christian sign "nich j. a'CNo
every elgn-the cTosS-cNcn as lAty ui"i
who almost three centuries ago. l'hue"
there. and erected cross IN gratitude
10 him who had brought ,h-m 10 q maven
OF his own choice.
Two hundred and cichty-pine wears
What blessings. what trials, what vicissi-
tul,s Cf fortune Nirginians Lave c~pCu-
sucei since that day. when Tie tflee 1T
lice English ships came I'm with th2 tttak-
ine day. took refuge from the storm lh
The unknown naibor. ana rode at all
chor on tnc leeward of Nape lio r>.
They had sailed from London on the
14tn of December 1000. BET as NOT omit
tlrlr names. The Susan Constant was the
flagship of the little fleet. with Captain
Christopher Newport. admiral IN com
mand. She was only Zoo tons burden, ana
carried scvouty-oue cOlonists Then the
Godspeod. not half 500 big as the ''On-
suut being only 90 TONS with captain
Bartholomew Gosuoid, Nice-admirdL ana
nfty-tW0 colonists; ana, last, The us
coycry. "a pinnacc of but ~ TONS with
Captain Radcliffe. rcar-admiral aud
t,g,rtv-one colonists This last adventu-
rou~ craft must have been even much
smaller than Sir Humphrey Gllberts
squirrel which was swallowed up lA
the northern waters off our coast twenty
five years beforehand sent the godiy oin
knight on his near way 10 Heaven 'H
sea-" such. indeed, was the )nly hNch
that the best of men and .ulo"s could Re
sure OF on such voyages IN such shlpS'
These whose coming We rcVcreniY con-
memorate had no idea of landing Wntie
they did Caught iu 'Neu ,ment tom
pest" which was for them out The Sud-
iug breath of Him whose way Is IN the
s.a' and who appointeth unto inch the
bounds OF their habitauon,' they were
driven wide of their intended destination,
and on Sunday morning early the -oth OF
Aprn, lGl-corrosp spending 10 tne tn OF
Nav as the calendar now ls-ontercd
Chesapeake bay, and landed on tae south
cru shore. The exact number a. this tme
is unknown. ON June 22d they numbered
IOJ What if they could have known
that by the middle Of the following Jahu-
airy they would be reduced 10 thrty-elsnt
starvenngs. and bee making reuuy al 'h
hazard 70 leave their ueW-fOund country.
such was TO be the case. And yet, in the
providence OF God. they did not forsake
the land. bat were rescued and sustained
And so, that planting by Gods hand I'm
Virginia continues until this day. And
that sharp trial which met her In the very
frtt year Of her history was but the first
OF many. which IL would have daunted
the brayest hearts TO have foreknown
and. yet. out OF which "a gracious God
has brought her with renewed thanksgiy-
ings.
RECORD OF THE FIRST DAYS.
The records OF those first days are. as
they well might be. fun Of onthusiasm
Tor Inc. Adventures had touched this ia
vorcd shore at its most charming season,
the early DAYS OF May our first glimpses
OF Virginia through the eyes OF these
storm-tosaed and cabin-bound colonists'
IS Ike "A dream Of fairy-land. Ola Point,
with it's Underground ana It's me mar
Dor. was found on the next day AFTER
thcjr landing. and was called from the
first Point Comfort. They wandered on
the shore OF what 81 now Princess Aine
county and found. as young Percy OF
Northumberland. records, 'faire med
doves. and goOdly. tall trees, with such
fresh waters running through the WOODS
aa i was almost ravished at the slrht
Thereof" 1t point. evidently in the
Lynnhaven noighborhood, he says we
came 10 q place where the savasss hNd
made a great fire, and had been hc"t
roasting oysters. They fled away nuu
lof, many Of the oysters In the fire. we
ate some OF the oysters. which were very
largo and delicate I'm taste. In an inlet
they came upon a shore where ''wc got
good store of mussels' they had fOi
yet learned 20 despise mussels and peri
wink.es) "and oysters. which ny on the
ground as thick as stones. We opened
fqne and found IN many of them carls.
'No past thrO' excellent ground. fui Of
flowers ~ divers kinds and colours. and
~ roodly TAN trees as ! have seen. tuch
as cedar. cypress and other kinds Going
p little further We came into a little plat
% ground fun OF hqc and beautiful
strawberries. four times bigger ara bet
ter than ours In England D. So the FIRST
two DAYS past in a paradise Of &C! Ghts.
without any serious cncoJa'cr with the
GGvages. except m the s-5se u u Ia first
day when. as they retr RAID 10 fLeir
boats In the dusk. "thare came the
savage" says Percy. creeping upon all
Tours from the Hills IKE Bcares. VIII
their Bowes in their mou'hss twho)
CHARGED us very desperatelv in the fees.
and hurt Cant. Gabriel Archer IN both his
hands. and q sailcr In two places OF the
body very dangerously. After they lad
spent their arrows. and felt the sharp