The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-30
THE STORY Oh BACoN'S REBEL
LION BY Mary Newton Stanard.
49, Ernln the Nnuln lIuhllRhinH CONF

The STORY OF BACON'S REBEL
LION. BY Mary Newton Stanord.
From the Nenlc Publishing Com
pany Of No. 431 Eleventh street,
Washington, ID. G. PIP 1s1; 81.
Tho appearance Of Tile story Of
Bacons Rebellion" written by Mrs.
Mary Newton Stanurd. will be greeted
here where Mrs. Stanard Is 80 well
known and SO much admired for her!
literary ability, with delight.
Tie book begins the record OF the
year 1876 with ~ reference to the por-
tents in the shape of u large comet
tho flight of pigeons and the swarms
flies which from It's beginning in
dicated the happening OF something
strange and unu.ual.
OF Sir william Berkeley, Governor
of Virginia in that year. Mrs. Stanard
writes.
ITO Sir William Berkeley his SOW
ercign was literally his most sacred
majesty Whatever that sovcrcign's
human frailties might be, the kingly
E purple covered them all. Furthermore,
as the kings agent and representative
In Virginia, Governor Berkeley expect
ed like homage toward himself"
In drawing the picture Of tho times
in Colonial Virginia, the authoT calls
attention to the friction which existed
between the party OF the Governor
and that of the people and of the
poverty caused during the year 1876
by the low price of tobacco and the
increase Of taxation Added to all
else she declares was the5spirit OF un
rest and dire fear brought about by
the Indian troubles and the abuses OF
the two Lords Proprietors Arlington
and Culpepcr, who had been given by
the king the opportunity to plumber
tho Virginia colonists for space of
thirty-ons years
Mrs. Stanard describes vividly the
reign of terror in Virginia on account
of Indian outrages, and the lack of
protection afforded the colonists by
the Governor, beginning with the MUIR
der by the Indians of Robert Hen in
Stafford county, during the summer of
1916, to the time in 1876, when the
mon OF Charles City county called on
Nathaniel Bacon to lead them against
their cruel enemies, ut whose hands
three hundred OF the Virginia colonists
had already persisted
A full description of Nathaniel Bacon
and his Wife are drawn for tho read
ers Information anu cGification.
That Nathaniel Bacon WAS educated
at Cambridge University and took his
Master OF Arts degree there when he
was only twenty-one years old; tina:
he married Mistress Elizabeth Duke
the daughter of Sir Edward Dnke and
brought his bride to Virginia in 1878
james River, about twenty miles below
Richmond. and made his permanent
home there-all this viii be learned
from Mrs Stanard's story by many
people for the first time.
Personally, Mrs Stanard portrays
her hero as tall and slender, ant
black haired" Tcmpcramcntally She
presents him as Determined sclf4rc
liant and fearless, a man born to sway
the hearts o his fellows
She quotes from q letter written b,
him to England that defines his atu
tuda when called on by the Eirgini:
E Colonists to lead them against thu
Indians. He wrote: Finding that tn.
country was bascly, for n small sordit
gain betrayed, and the lives OF thu
poor Inhabitants wretchcdly sacrificed
he resolved TO stand in this ruinou
gap and expose his life and fortune
to NIL hazards" Ia
Having thus cleared the vision o
her reader, Mrs. Stanard raises tn
curtain on the tragedy that has bncl
known in Virginia history as Bacon
y Rebellion" From say 10. 1876 whel
Berkeley issued a proclamation agsins
Bacon and his followers, who ha
and deposcd Bacon from his seat !
the council, she follows the swift
trend Of events.
trend of events. Throughout TIL
campaign that Bacon fought t.
e. successful issue; to his arres
by Berkeley the reconciliation be
tween the two. and Bacon's restora
ssi ton to his seat in the council, to tn
vigorous session in tho House Of Bur
H Eesses following: the ultimate refusr
of Berkeley to grant Bacon his com
mission; the escape of Bacon fror
Jamestown, his return at the head c
his army; bis commission forced b
him from Berkeley; Bacon's marc
against the indiana; Berkeley's attemr
to muster an army against Bacon; hi
failure and flight into Accomac, Be
cons conference with the Yirgini
planters at the Middle Kantation; Ii
resumption OF his campaign again!
tho Indians and the punishment by hi
of the Pamunkeys; Berkeley's retur
from Accomac; Bacons capture an