The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-14
The jamestown Tri-Centennial

courageous did her sons prove on the
f22d of June, 1913, in the mem orable battle
of Craney Island, when the British from
their array of twenty vessels, consisting
p of seventy-four frgate ties, transportsAand
IAN armed force of about 1000 men, sent:
about 2, 600 to the attack, and were met
by some GOO, mostly militia. while the
mothers and sisters, old and youn g, went
out to view8the5 conflict from afar, with
3bated breath and eyes, gistening at the.
flashes from the cannon as they belchsd
forth destruction, and their hearts ach-s
ing to know the result from their deai
ones In the fight when the news came.
they were victorious, having killed 20
gof the enemy ana the rest had fled in
disorder without the loss of q single man.
1t was from Norfolk, March s. 1862. that
the Merrimac steamed out into Hampton
Roads when she destroyed five of the.
finest vessels then in the United States
navy, besides q number of smaller. yes
sells. K II
How strangely God blessed these people,
for while He gave them the talented
artist, Alexander Gait, Jr.,Snotg one dead
subject Of war was furnished to show
alive in marble, and he was forced to
take the broad bust OF Virginia" for
his achievement
In the vicinity of Norfolk Is Hampton,
which became u town In l705 It success
fully resisted the British In October,
ITO, but had to yield to them In June,
1878, Near by is Old Point Comfort, and
the Rip Raps and Newport News, which
in recent years has sprung up into a city
of Importance as If by magic. Not far
from Newport News, on the opposite slide
Fof James River is the little town of
Smithheld. with its splendid people. and
the products Of the country. Il In noted
hams, etc. From, Chesapeake Bay Is tho
entrance to York River, like an arm OF
the same. mostly some two miles Wide
by forty long with It's blue waters, an
object of beauty, navgable Its entire
length by vessels of any Size. Some nf-
teen miles from It's mouth we reach
Yorktown, ever memorable for the sur
render Of Corvallis where a monument
has boon erected to that event. Under
the river bank here is an old cave, with
two rooms. supposed to have been occu-
pied by a sutler during fthe siege. but
1t was shown to the Younger people a 8
the retreat Of CORVALLIS. Some twenty
five miles higher up at the head of this
river, where two Others the Mattaponi
and Pamunkey, meet, Is the town Of
West Point. once advocated as the site
for tho capital Of the state, a single vote
deciding In favor of Richmond, and
which Commodore Marry declared. long
after this. would on account OF water
advantages besa great port for shipping,
1t Is a pretty little place Of some 300
Inhabitants. with schools, churches. many
stores, hotels, some manufacturers hav.
| ing lights, arteslan water and water
works. and Ia a terminus Of the Southern
HALLWAY and steamboat landings and
other shipping, and has a Mayor, Coun-
Gil and police regulations and is the focus
| Of several counties, King William. Iilng
| ana Queen, Gloucester etc,,5s. which has
been called the garden spot OF the State,
/ but more justly noted, especially King
1 and Queen for the religious training OF
the people. OF late this little town has
i become quite a summer resort. on account
i of Its excellent salt water bathing, sail
Ing hshing, crabs, oysters, etc, the
Il travel by rail being only thirty-eght
A miles to Richmond On this route at the
i Pamunkey River, we pass the reservation
Of the remnant Of tho tribe of Indians