The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-19

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but two white persons bearing the
name of Byrd, and the one street
called after him Is obscure and
broken, and but eight blocks long.
17a1, we were, in 1742. established
as a town by net Of Assembly. Al
ready there was Il fort, 4 ware
house and mill. IN .177s we had
become so important that Wa we're
made the capital Of the province,
and the glory of Williamsburg, the
ancient capital, departed.
Growth of Richmond.
years ago she encountered her FIRST
real estate boom. Land which to
this day Is in cornfields or pasture.
or part Of suburban estates, was
then divided into lots and sold at
now. Even tn en- the speculation
went westward. perhaps discour-
aged by the decliyity and the pros
poets of overflow eastward. AS
s gosa waE d sash S aea ana some
vines were filled: hills were cut
down Mordecai, in Rich n1ond in
Bygone Days from 1Wh ich we now
get our hest accounts Of hose old
auction flags were waving and the
auction bells were changing dis
cordantly.s and the crowds were
being FLIED with free and optfmis-.
tic juleps every afternoon. from
Fifth, st Street.to far out insthe coun-
3 caught and made bankrupt. We
have seen something like It in our
own time. It!may be that tn e mis-
which we and our ancestors have
passed have helped to weld us to-
I gether in our loyalty and love for
each other in our obliviousness Of
class distinction when there is a
common cause, in our Jealous guar
dianship Of the honor. and our
Jealous unity for the advancement
Of our city.
Tn those boom years Richmond
had manufacturing enterprises and
factory, which was shattered; a
sugar refinery, which disappeared:
a shot-tower. which crumbled; In
dia warehouses which fell for lack
Of use; a grand hotel----grand for
& the time-which had no guests and
was. presently torn down. et6
However,, Richmond continued to
grow places Of amusement and
entertainment came, attracted by
the gradual increasing wealth Of
raced down to the river bank. ways
We're smcothed, trees We're set out
along the streets, hills were
graded, ravines and gullies were
Clay and Leigh streets bridges were
chasms, and lofty porches with tall
2 white pillars looked down on the
waters of5sthe James, tumultuously
over rocks and Willow
hung islets above Mayo's Bridge
! then temporary alignment Of
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True to the Country.
"True to her tradition, Richmond
generally was Whig and Union.
Why should she not have been.
Union, for Virginia had been the
first State to propose 6conted,
Or un9n tho 81 the
this republic. as Virginia was the
birthplace Of the American people,
Richmond was true to the country
as 1T had been founded and as her
people hoped for It. It issa curious
federacy IN 1850 sent TO. the State
Convention the four delegates to
which she was entitled, al conser-
k vative and Union men. When Fort
President Lincoln forced the issue
a BY calling on the States to send
4 troops to subdue the seeding Con-
& Tolerate States. RICHMOND again.
ISL was true TO sner CFdu!llOHs OF lay :
Fl atty to the right Of allegiance to
her sister communities, disregard
Ing material considerations, con-
sidering love. and truth. and$faith.
and principle as at the things e to be
as the State of Virginia voted. to
y ratify the ordinance OF secession. 4
every window OF the city was
illumined in honor Of the ordinance
OF secession, although many Of her
"A citizens grimly foresaw the illumi-
f nation which, came four4years later,
whenpthe streets reslight as day
from. the conflagrntion OF her COM
lnercial heart, and the air was rent
with the loud explosions of5Fher
Industries. Her young manhood
was poured out layishly. Rich
E monds vote on tho ratification Of
s the ordinance of secession was
1856, OF which but four We're neg
alive. More than 1000 men, and
some authorities place. 1T as high
as 5000. from these 1856 voters
went to tho war as enrolled sol
diers. The city of Richmond sent
NJ nineteen equipped infantry .compa-
MES. nine artillery companies, and
a company Of cavalry, hesides hun
dreds OF men who enlisted In other
commands. al
'"lhere Is IA bundant reason for
confidence that the young men OF
Richmond of to-day, IS represented
In GUY devoted and patriotic mill
| tia. would respond tosa similar call
as freely as the men OF 1851.
The Bloody Territory.
DIn, these four. glorious, laugh