THK SCI? ANION T1UBU1SE-SATURDAY, MAY I, 1901.
10
The Angel of
BY MrtS. M.
(Mrs. M. C. HiisUnder l llic wife n V. S.
Ilii'Uncltr, o.q. Slip una liorn nnl nlncltrd In
.InnUU county, I'a., I.mirlit HiirIMi awl t. ttlti
In Hip Mahsllelil Mntr- Nnim.il ecliool fcini
Jems and I1.11 altt)i licfii n iiri-it lover ot tin
hot million". She lus urltlrn In tlic form of
nllturliits lictorp, Imt tliU l lior llrnt ptlnlnl
Hi lion, nlllioiiRli flip lim uflrn ilclliilitrit Rilr-sU
at parlor cntctlalninrnlii Uy lirr well-lnM oi
woll-urlttr-ti utorli-i. J
I AM NOT u story writer, neither
tun I a story teller, but a plain
pwfwHlonnl ninn whose business
hits Riven knowledge oC some
cuiloti.s Incident!, none of which
exceed In Interest my own fam
ily history.
No one suspects thnt I have a
I'otnnntlo streak In my innlte-iip,
and my son and his wife think that
my excurlons with my two urinal
HiUilron are uncanny, nnd they laimh
ItiRly vow they must bo discontinued.
On such occasions we usually spend
the day from early morn until the sun
Koes down, wanderlnp about one of the
most beautiful spots of Pennsylvania,
the lofty, riiRBcd Hald Mount.
The recent numerous changes In the
nilnliiff Interests of this valley com
piled me to Klve Up the deeds and
tho propi letorshlp of some property
!hnt hail been ours through several
Kenern lions. My story tells how this
ownership occurred and nfler you have
lend It you will understand why t
H'lUhcd to sell for a number of years
n ud withheld my sIkikiIuio until T was
cnlleil "Insane" or "stubborn" ns tho
animal with the "curly continuation"
nnd I oven heard It hinted that I
showed evidences of npprn.'ichliiK peo-
iiid childhood.
While -on a busines trip abroad sev
eral years ago. It was my pleasure to
spend a day with some third and
fourth cousins al si country house In
Leicestershire. Knglaud. A lady In
the family told me sit" possessed the
key to an old cabinet which contained
some letters written fioin America to
her Kient-Kieat aunt Kll'.abeth. A
H lance throush them showed me that
my Ri-eat grandfather had written
them to his sister Klizabeth.
As T siild. I am not a story teller, so
I will let the story tell Itself, In the
purls of letters which 1 Klve to you,
leaving you to consider whether or not
.1 am instilled In teaching my grand
children to love the great monument of
ilipir ancestors, proving that "Truth is
st i anger than llctlon." 1 think, too,
thnt you will consider me justilled in
trying to keep in my family the prop
erty a corporation forced me to sell,
and that T do right to tench my grand -i
hlldron to love the place made clear
by ninny associations.
Philadelphia, December 10th, 1772.
Pearly ISHovcd l.lltlo Sister When
r, bade you good-bye that September
morning, no thought hid entered my
mind thnt 1 would go to such lengths
to escape tho imprisonment in that
barrister's office in Lincoln's Inn
Vielil. In trying to obey and please
father I was dlsobsylng every instinct
or my nature and when the opportu
nity of escape offered, T accepted with
out' hesitation, and hero I am, with the
broad Atlantic between us. The voy
aci. wiik roiitrli and cold and very try
ing, but T made some pleasant ae-
(piaintances, ami iinu i am nm. uiu
only 'younger son' who has turned his
face westward to seek a heritage.
I have joined a party of trappers
and trailers and will soon start for
si mo hundred miles into the Interior
and, perhaps, dear Doth, 1 may send
you a handsome skin of my own trap
ping before a year is gone.
Were it not for tho sorrow I am
causing poor fath"r, X would bo going
villi a blithe heart, for you know how
1 love the sky and birds and the for
ests. Tumi his heart to me If you can,
end make me seem not quite o un
cruteful as he thinks.
Wo may not bo in from the forests
in beveral months, but write often, so
1 may receive ns may letters as possi
ble on my return.
A'our affectionate brother,
fleorgo Harcourt.
March 10th, 1775.
My lieloved Sister Little did I think
.vlicn T sent you that long letter writ
ten In the wilderness, and the bundle
of skins that it would be so long before
I would write you again. I wonder If
you received the packet and If you are
rearing them. They are the last I
nipped, and 1 have been a prisoner
uuong Indians, sick, a cripple, and In
ill about as unfortunate as a man
iiiuld well be, Shall f tell you; well
II will help me spend some time, evun
if you never receive It, and I have n
little hope that you may. Our whole
party was captured by a body of In
dians, who had ventured out for plun-
GET UP!
That's the morning call of Chanticleer.
It's n welcome cry to a well num. Hut
.to a man wnose sleep
seems to have been
only an uurefreshing
stupor; who wakes
vitli burning eyes,
throbbing head, and
a bail taste in the
mouth, it means
only a new day's
misery,
Vlnjsuch a physical
condition lienftl). is
most surely and
swiftly restored by
thi use of Doctor
I'ierce'sGoldcn Med
ical Discovery. It
cures diseases of the
stomach mid organs
of digestion and nu
trition, and it cures
through the stomach
diseases of liver,
luiigs, kidp'-ys, etc,
which have their
origin in a diseased condition of the
stomach and other organs of digestion
nnd nutrition. It increases the activity
of the blood-making glands, and every
organ s benefited by the resulting in
crease of rich, pure blood.
"Golden Medical Discovery" contains
np alcohol and is entirely free from
opium, cocaine and other narcotics.
"Vour MJolUeu Medical Discovery ' and Dr.
Sage' Catarrh Kemeily hove been of great
lruetit to me," writes (Prof.) Pleawiut A. Oliver,
of Viola, I'ultoii Co., Ark. "llefore I ueil the
ibovc. mriitioueil remedies my leep was not
omul ; digcttluu bad ; a continual feeling of
misery. 1 now feel like a new man. Anyone
In need of medical treatment for naal catarrh
could do ' better than to take treatment of
Dr. K. V. fierce. I know Ids medicines arc all
rit!it In this claw of diseases."
The Common Sense Medic.d Adviser,
cloth binding, sent free by the author,
im'reccipt of Jt one-cent stamps, to pay
expense of uniting wj'. In jwper covers
2i one-cent turnip. AiVl-vss ))r & V.
'tfwvv, Uuffalv, N. Yi
Bald Mount.
C, HUSLANDEH.
def, and we were disposed ot by lot
and separated. I did not f'.ir so III
until In mi attempt to escape I W'.ii
run down and i.y ankle broken. t
was thrown ovr n n y nntl voJe all
day, ii nd when wo camped for tho
night I understood onoiii'h ot the pre
parations to know that 1 wua to assist
at my own funeral next morning, and
was ot the opinion thai. It would bo
about the most comfortable thing that
could happen, for t was suffering
gieatly from the broken nnd abused
ankle,
"When I thought everything asleep
but "myself, a wltohy looking hand
beckoned mo, and t followed Its direc
tion quietly and soon found myself
on a sled with some untidy-looking
bundles. Another form appeared from
the woods and the two Immediately
started on a silent trot down the slope.
I was then directed to help myself
over n rugged hill, not very long,
while they followed with the sled. We
came after a little to a river and em
barked, sled and all, In a clumsy, wet
boat, and struck for nild-streani,
We traveled two nights, lying In
hiding In the daytime, and whatever
attention I received was from that
same big bony, rough bund. While
I slept, food would be put beside me.
After we left the river my fever be
came so serious that memory left me
and tho latter part of the journey and
several days thereafter were luckily a
blank. When consciousness returned,
a white man was beside me. lie told
me the old Indian woman had brought
him three days before and that to
saw my life he had amputated my
foot just above the ankle and this was
his first visit since that day, and he
found me on the fair road for recov
ery, lie said 1 was In a cave on tho
top of one of the highest spots In the
country, that It was cold and I had
better be content to remain there If
these faithful creatures saw lit to care
for me. lie said also that war was
Imminent, and that the people In the
valley would have all they could do
to keep body and soul together.
1 begged for some writing material
and he promised to procure It, but
It was throe or four months before I
received this on which I am writing.
One morning I awoke to And quite a
supply of provisions placed near me.
Deserted: Such was my thought, and
as tho second lonely day brightened,
I thought best to try my strength,
fiiildod by rays of light, painfully I
crawled towards the opening and in
attempting to see out, pulled down
the hangings of skins placed there to
keep out wind and cold. A light snow
had fallen, the sun was shining bright
ly, tho sky was blue. That moment's
emotions I shall never forget. Heaven
could not seem more dazzling. Talk
of the expanse of the ocean. This was
greater and more glorious. A great
panorama of dazzling whiteness It
seemed there was not end to the view
thnt one looked off to the end of the
world. On one side sparkled the
waters of a lake, on another what
seemed to be a river far away, and
remembering our boat ride, concluded
that must have been where we left
tho water. As 1 looked out, and out.
It almost took my breath away. While
1 was looking I heard the welcome
sound of voices and it seemed a rip
pling laugh, There was mutual sur
prise in two faces as from back of a
ledge came tho women drawing a sled,
heavily loaded with gnme.
I have been able to think ot but one
word to express what I saw ami that
is Angel. Never have 1 seen skin so
fair, eyes so blue, hair so abundant
and golden, and form so lithe. Exer
cise had heightened her color and snow
and sunlight had done the rest. Her
moccasins, gauntlets, headgear and
dress were of the finest workmanship,
f took her to be about lil'teen years old.
The old Tndlan gave a grunt and
soon had me back to my own lied, but
I Insisted on their bringing the load
of game to where 1 could see them and
help them what little my strength
allowed. They were greatly pleased to
see that 1 knew how to save the bird
skins and claws and bills, all of which
are used about articles of apparel.
It is now several months since the
above occurrence and they have not
been such lonely ones to me as you
might think. My two faithful attend
ants have worked hours beside my
couch, and such Industry, such deft
ness, such economy I never could have
Imagined. Not a moment of time nor
an inch of material was ever wasted.
Sometimes they are gone several days
lo dispose of their bountiful workman
ship and always return with some lit
tle surprise for my comfort. I have
fashioned me a crutch and have helped
pick and dry berries, but the stump of
my ankle Is Inclined to gel sore so that
Suse as I have learned to call her
makes a cooling poultice for It. 1 am
leaching them both to speak Hngllsh,
and I can understand much of their
jargon already. They have both been
angels of mercy to me, and I would
Indeed be an ingrale should 1 forget
their faithful care.
They an- preparing to go market
soon and I may then have an oppor
tunity to get this letter to tho post,
While war threatens to devastate this
laud it Is as peaceful on this mountain
lop as in the old "Heech Woods" at
Harcourt Place and much more beau
tiful. Toll father I love him us I al
ways did, and that even In my mlsfor
tune I nm happier than I could have
boon in London In an olllce, 1 suppose
brother Henry and Lady Mary aro
iiiarricil. Give them my love, How
happy I would be to look on your dear
face usmIii,
Your devoted brother,
Ueorge Harcourt.
September 12th, 1777.
Darllns Sister:
A week ago I iccelyed a budget con
taining your last live letters. I did not
open the packet until I had reached
the topmost spot of Daro Top, As I
read 1 laughed and cried until tho
squirrels and birds must liuvn thought
mo crazy. 1 nm ho sorry Henry has
displeased father so much by his mar
riage. Tho Insult to Lady Mary is
most galling for us to beur. Poor dear
father must depend on you to fulfill all
his' hopes. Ills sons littv. both failed
him. Try, dear sister, to ln k I la
silence about me. Make him rem-mber
I love lihn. It Is wonderful tutt Pet
ley has succeeded so young to such an
estate, I 1 "c of no one hi whose,
good fori I ' rejoice more lieart-p-
if .nber if- i his best friend.
I . ,ii sin it a icr and trapper,
ili .i a ll If I 'ii n my board and
i Ii C ' c, vMle li.iobling about on one
foot. I am still at the same place mid
llnd the family agreeable. My pilgrim
age Is always to my cave-home on
JJUI Tr- yns" a"d Angelica, as 1
i
call her, ate not there often, They nre
nctlng us scouts and messengers for
the American nnny. Angelica has
learned to rend nnd write nnd makes
history n serious study. 1 have learned
from .Huso that Angelica Is the daugh
ter of nn Indian chief, mid his wife
Was u captive from near Quebec. Judg
ing from some superscriptions on some
trinkets belonging lo her, she was of
Krench family of distinction. Suse, it
cast-off wire, ut the death of tho
mother took possession of the baby
Princess Solium and devoted her life
to the child.
When the old chief was about to give
his daughter as wife to a tierce and
cruel young warrior who hud lined his
wigwam with scalps, Suse planned her
escape. She burdened herself with mo
hoping it would help her and tho girl
If they came among the whites.
Dearly beloved sister, I nm your af
fectionate brother,
George Harcourt.
September, 17S0.
To Lady Kllzabetb Million!, of Mill
ion! House, Leicestershire. Knglnnd.
My Dear Sister:
You have certainly given me great
Joy by letting your heart go just where
It. would. What a lucky dog Porley Is
to marry you besides have all the other
good fortune. I nm so sorry to hoar
father Is falling. Persuade hlin to add
just a line to one of your letters to mo.
It would take such n weight from my
heart If he would just write "Dear
Ueorge."
Poor old Suse, to whom I owe my
life, was laid away In her last resting
place a few weeks ago. She felt her
self falling, hastened lo the ciivo-home,
prepared her own grave and lived only
a week, cared for by the Princess So
latia. Suse, when dying. gav.o the prin
cess a package containing her mother's
name, tho address of relatives, a let
ter from an otllcer's wife in Philadel
phia asking her at the death of Suse to
become a member of her household,
and a wallet containing a considerable
sum of money. Princess Solatia, or
Angelica, as I call her. Is now In Phila
delphia and will enter a young ladles'
school. Her beauty and grace will
create a sensation if Mrs. ti Intro
duces her to society.
I am succeeding better than I had
hoped for. I own a horse named Fire
fly and a tract of land in sight ol Maid
Mount, as it Is now called, which is al
ways to mo a monument of the unsel
fish devotion of an old Indian woman.
Wishing you many years of unal
loyed happiness as rerley's wife, 1 am,
as ever, your affectionate brother.
Georffo Harcourt.
August lllth, 17SI.
Dear Sister:
It Is a sore grief to me that father Is
gone. I am so grateful to you for
wringing a word of love from him for
me. Dear old gentleman, how just ho
was! The money will make mo a weal
thy man in this country and I cannot
accept tho generous offer of your por
tion, too. Of course, you aro wealthy in
your own right and Perley has no end
of money, but my quiet life makes
fewer needs than you can imagine. A
tract of land some miles farther down
the river was offered for sale which I
shall buy nnd still be able to put up
very respectable buildings on the land
I have been occupying, for I want to
live where I may daily look at Hare
Top. I am preparing to journey to
Philadelphia In December and will bo
married on Christmas day to my An
gel of Bald Mount, the Princess So
lium. Do not grieve that I marry thus.
1 shall never leave the country of my
adoption, and I can assure you that
my chosen bride would grace a palace
in any laud.
Your affectionate brother,
George Harcourt.
Feb. 20th, 17SS.
My lieloved Sister
Your gracious letter and munificent
gift to my beautiful bride added much
to tho joy ot our wedding day. Not
many brothers can boast of such a
truly loving sister as 1 have in you,
dear Doth, and my wife rejoices in the
kind words with which you welcome
her as a sister.
Your gift enables me to add a very
respectable library, some handsome
iitgs and ninny articles of beauty and
comfort lo our now home and leave a
nice bank account for future needs.
"Wo will leave Philadelphia before ap
proaching spring makes travel next to
Impossible.
Your very loving brother,
George llareoiirt.
June lOih, ISO::.
Dear Sister:
We have just been celebrating Hen
ry's birthday. He Is fifteen years old.
Next week our little Kllzaboth will bo
ten years old. Our celebrations aro
always on old liare Top. When Henry
Is twenty years old I shall send him to
you for a year as part of his education.
He Is very like you, dear Ueth, while
our little Kllzaboth Is the counterpart
of her beautiful mother.
ft IH 4
I have prospered greatly and am
very happy,
Your loving brother,
George Harcourt.
September 12th. ISOS.
My lieloved Sister:
It Is with stricken heart I send you
this letter. My adored wife is now In
deed the Angel of Maid .Mount. We
laid her there a fortnight since and
every day we have journeyed to her
grave returning each time more deso
late than before. shall soon accom
pany Henry and Kllzabetb to Phila
delphia and Henry will sail for Kng
lnnd to spend a year with you. Kllza
beth 1 will leave at school In Philadel
phia. Should I bo called away, will
you take her, dear sister, and be a
mother to her',' She would not be por
tionless, I shall return to my desolate
home and live on tho sweet memories
of tho past.
Your loving brother,
lioorsju Harcourt.
August :10 th, I SOS.
Dear Aunt Kllzubcth:
A week ago dear father was carried
to his grave on Haiti Mount nnd lies
besldo the one ;vhnm he could not live
without. Their graves have the grand
est monument ever built by Dlvlua
Hand the lofty, beautiful Hald Mount.
I wish that from generation to gen
eration my descendants might hold in
veneration the wonderful monument to
my noblo mother, tho Angel of Hald
Mount.
Your affectionate nephew,
Henry Harcourt.
Hlugllng Hrotliors employ over a
thousand men, women and children.
To feed this great company of people
jeii'iircH n dilly average of 'JOQ pnunds
1,1 b i l.noo pounds of insat, 120 gal
lens in e'j,. and everything eiso m
i-iipot Ho . Those ruimlli's, us well air
10 tons of hay, DO bushels of oats nnd
25 luihselb ol i-orn for tl' horses, have
to Le seemed daily In the city where
the ehuw Is exhibiting.
BANNER CITY
OF VIRGINIA
FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT
RECONSTRUCTED RICHMOND
Her Schools, Industries. People nnd
Expectations ns They Impress tho
Visitor and ns They Frotnise to In
fluence tho Coming Development of
tho Now South.
Spcci.il Currcupniidciiri! of Thi Trlliimc.
Richmond, April C.
IF TIMM und space were allotted
mo I would speak of other not
able cdlltcos In this banner city
ot tho new South, viz., the Jeff.
Davis mansion, now used ns a
museum for Confederate war rel
ies; the Old Monumental church; the
Old Hell house, both of which
date hack a century ago, the lat
ter to call the people together
and to bed at the hour of nine:
the postofllce and the custom
house, built ot James river granite,
the solitary building In the midst of
acres of ruin and desnlntlnn from the
great "F.vacuatlon" lire of April it,
1SC.'; and especially of the mngnlllccnt
new depots, the latest ornaments ot
the city; the Southern railway and
the Scabord Air Lino, the latter, bet
ter known as tho Capital City Line,
The hitter rond, championed by the
leading citizens, has this last year
consolidated several minor lines, con
structed several missing links, includ
ing a new short cut from Itlchtnond
to Carolina, saving some forty miles
and opening up a new territory south
ward, and is pointed to with pride as
a forceful Illustration of Richmond
push and enterprise.
The Seaboard Air Line. In order to
teach a desirable location for a depot,
had In fact to cut through the heart of
the city and at great expense. Its de
pot is to be used jointly with the
Chesapeake and Ohio. It Is located
right on Main, th" business street of
the city, and Is three stories, built of
James river granite, of Gothic archi
tecture, and one of the most beautiful
buildings of the city. Trains come In
and passengers aro received on the
second floor, nnd descent to the street
Is made by means of large elevators
or by tho broad granite stairway,
which In itself Is an Imposing feature
of the building. Its location renders
it more easy of access than any other
depot In the city, I think. Street cars
pass In front of it every few minutes,
and transfers take passengers to any
part of the city and Its miles of sub
urbs. The general ofllces have already
been moved hero and soon the machine
shops, now located at Portsmouth, will
be transferred, thus Increasing the
present population of Richmond over
one thousand.
EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS.
Tho educational interests of Rich
mond are well provided for In nn ex
cellent system of public schools, with
numerous private schools, seminaries
and colleges, some of which have a
recognized high runic. The present sys
teni, Inaugurated hi ISM, has grown
In popularity and etlleloncy, nnd Is now
reputed among the best In tho country.
The city superintendent of schools, Mr.
"William F. Fox, gave mo the following
data: There aro 111 large and handsome
brick school buildings, all supplied
with improved furniture and appar
atus, employing I!) principals, all
white, ISO white and 101 colored teach
ers, or 2H0 In all. The pupils number
12.2S7, of whom 7,2."S are white and
r,029 colored. The salary of the prin
cipal is Jl.'O and of the teachers $,"0,
average, per month. The principal of
the Richmond high school receives
$200 per month for nine mouths. Tho
annual expense of tho school system
Is about $1.7.1,0011. Knell school is under
the sole management of the city super
intendent. There mo numerous private schools,
some of a high character, that main
tain the ancient reputation of Uicli
niond as an educational centre, The
female schools are nmong the best in
the state. The Cnlon Theological Sem
inary is a handsome building just out
side the city. It has a high reputation
as one of the leading divinity schools
In the South. Though under Presby
terian control, the Institution is open
to students of all denominations.
The Richmond Theological Seminary
is for the education of colored min
isters, it holds a good rank and Its
rj-nilivites stand high nmong tho
preachers of their race.
The Hartshorn Memorial College Is a
handsome, building and designed for
the higher education of colored girls.
The Itlchmoud College Is the only
Institution in the city of collegium
grade, conferring literary degrees. It
has eight literary and sclentltlc schools
and a law department. .The Catholics
have live schools of high grade.
PCHLIC UTILITIES,
The city owns and operates Its gns
works at a price to the consumer lower,
it Is claimed, than that of any other
city of Its size In tho country, Rich
mond also owns Its water works plant,
which Is operated by water power, and
furnishes an abundant supply at a low
cost. The water Is pumped from the
James river onto a plateau containing
three hundred acres, called Reservoir
Park, the highest ground ubnvo tho
city, nnd into it mounded reset voir
covering a space of eleven acres, with
a capacity of forty million gallons,
The pumps are fed from dams in the
river three miles distant, and by a
canal extending six miles ubove that
point. Water Is strained on being
pumped Into ihe two reservoirs, ami
although muddy at times, is not con
sidered uuhcaltliful. as it conies
through clay soil, supposed to filter It.
The meter system Is used, giving
each family -1,500 gallons of water for
sixty-seven lents. Within the three
miles (the limit of the tidal elib and
flow) tho full of the .lames river is
SI feet, and within nine miles the fall
Is 112 feet. Above this point the water
shed of the river Is fi.'JOO square tulles,
and Vroiu llietv the cltv water is
drawn. Owing "to the granite
rock on which the city rests, bor
ing Is so dlllleult Hint artesian
water Is hard to secure, and
only two or three attempts have
proved successful. Tho most Import
ant Is that which supplies tho famous
Jefferson hotel,
RICHMOND WATER POWER.
The most novel and gigantic enter
prise of the city Is the harnessing by
tho Virginia Electrical Hallway and
Development ' of the James river
to supply electrical energy for elec
trical und manufacturing plunts and
uny other purpose desired. A dam has
been constructed across the rlvor 1,700
feet long, with live to eight feet above
solid granite, which controls tho entire
Mow. A canal 2,200 feet long, with con
crete masonry side walls and bottom,
fifty feet wide and thirteen feet depth
of wilier, carries tS.000 ctthlc feet of
water per second with it velocity of
six miles nn hour, With Its forly-ono
tulles of underground conduits, or Kd
Ison tubes, und Its ill ducts under com
pletion, tho company will be uble to
furnish the 12,000 horsepower required
by the electric plants and manufactur
ing Interests of the city.
WAIt REMINDERS.
Kkliinonil has many nail inctnoi litis
of Ihe- l.ito civil contllct. Conspicuous
nre "tlic cemeteries of Onkwood, also
Hollywood. In the former nre the
graves of 1(5 000 Confederate soldiers,
whose resting place Is nearest the bat
tlefields made glorious by their valor.
Hollywood Is the most Interesting spot
around Richmond, with wooded glens
nnd hills overlooking the rnplds of the
James river, und nsldo from Its nat
ural beauty tho hand of art has done
much to decorate and Improve the
grounds, Here ll the remains of Pres
ident Jefferson Davis, also the (laugh
ter of the Confederacy, Winnie Davis,
and the graves ot Generals Stuart,
Pickett, AVIse and others known lo
fume now or In their day. On the hill
overlooking the river are the graves
of Presidents Monroe unit Tylers also,
on the hill, Is the Confederate section,
marked by a massive pyramid of un
dressed gratille, forty feet square at
the base olid nlirdy feet high. Around
It are the graves of 12,000 Confederate
si. Idlers, marked by granite headstones
beating numbers which refer to tho
names as far as known, hi Hie printed
teglster of those burled here.
The vicinity of Richmond is hallowed
ground to the southern heart, from
the number of battles fought about It
during tin. civil war. There still re
main in places the i-artltvorks thrown
up for the defence of the city, nnd In
u zone of from three to twenty miles
r.utside of the city every read leads to
battlefields, some of which were scenes
of the severest conflicts of the war. I
will recount only a few: Yellow Tav
ern, where General .1. E. H. Stuart fell,
May ll. 1M1I, In repulsing Sheridan's
ii, Id; Straw berry Hill, when com
menced the seven days' battle that
ended at Malvern Hill; Gaines Mills,
Mech.'ir.lcsvMle, C ild Harbor, Savage
Station end Seven Pines.
PKTERSIUTR'.i.
On Ihe oilier side of the James rivet
Is Petersburg, where the lines of de
fence and attack extended to and ton
miles beyond. On April 2. 1S65, Gen
eral Grant, after sum" severe fight
ing, succeeded In breaking through at
Petersburg, compelling tho evacuation
of lllchmond nnd resulting In the sur
l aider of Lee's army a week later at
Appomattox. The telegram from Lee,
announcing that his linos were broken
and Richmond must bo evacuated at
once, was received by President Jef
ferson Davis during the Sunday morn
ing service in St. Paul's church, April
2, IMi.", and the X'nion troops entered
the city tho next morning to witness
the great "evneuntion fire," which de
stroyed tho main business section ot
the city.
RECUPERATION.
The financial strength and the mar
voIouh development and growth of tho
business and manufacturing' interests
of Richmond since the war are n sur
prise to all northerners who visit the
city. As has been staled, the end oC
the war left Richmond bankrupt, with
large sections of her business quarters
In ashes. Since that era of disaster
her people have re-established and en
larged their business interests, rebuilt
the burned sections and are on the
road to iinparulleltMl prosperity, begin
ning the new century as the acknowl
edged lender in the commerce of the
"new sot.th."
While tobacco and iron manufac
tures, the leading interests here, are
staple and inherited industries, mod
irn Richmond, howovcr, has gone
largely into Civorslfled manufacturing,
and many things that used lo be call
ed "Yankee notions" are now a large
output of new Richmond factories.
More first-class tonnage originates in
this city than in any other south of
the Potomac liver, save New Orleans.
Richmond has long been known as the
largest shoe buyer of all the southern
cities. Of data furnished nte by the
fecietary of the board of trade and
Editor Livingstone, of the Richmond
Times, I make the following summary:
The live national and four state banks
and a number of reliable banking
houses iepresnt a capital of $21,117,
49i. and the four trust companies $27,
li',2,l7l, a total of $51,270,170. The clear
ances of 1000 were $l."i,i;r,3.S1.ri. There
are t.iilS manufacturing plants, em
ploying L'.'i.jfiii operatives, with an ag
gregate capital of $l!l,12.'.,!iS0, and with
sales in lW amounting to $4S,S(i!,8lll.
an increase of over $7,000,000 since 1S0S.
TO DA CCO.
All the world is familiar with Rich
mond's pre-eminence In the handling,
maiiufactiirlng and exporting of to
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topiesenl tho oldest and lending In
dustry In the city, nnd In lis vnrt"us
forms of lent and tnanlifncliircd pro
duct the volume of business litis reach
ed In good years $25,000,000. Since tho
wnr there has been paid )n revenue lux
some $:0,00i),noo, on an average $1,450,
000 yearly, The development or tho
cigarette and cheroot business Is be
yond all precedent. Over $11,000,000 are
yearly juild rot- Ulohmond-inado cigars
i nd cheroots, the latest output reach
ing 000.000,000 cigarettes alone. In a
wind, there arc 11!) tobacco factories,
employing (,S2rt operatives: with a
capital of $1,700,000. and with yearly
sales of nearly $12,000,000.
Next after tobacco come the Iron and
metal Industries. All the world Is not
so famlllnr with their mngnltttde. Here
lire Iwenty-three foundries nnd tna
chlno shops, employing 2,t'.00 men. Tho
Trcdgar Iron works covers twenty
three acres and has one thousand em
ployes, and the "Old Dominion," with
its fifty ficrep, has a similar comple
ment of men. During the civil war
they were the great arms and ammu
nition shops In supplying munitions
und other equipments for the Confed
erate nt'inles and In common with all
other Interests, they shared tho do
sttuctlve losses of Evacuation day.
The next most notable one Is the
Richmond locomotive works, with a
capacity of 2',0 locomotives a year, and
employing 2,000 men. The ship-bulld-Ing
plant of the AV. It. Twlgg company.
begun two years ago, Is now construct
ing torpedo boats, torpedo destroyers
iiniljiiii nrmored cruiser for the gov
ernment, and so I might enuiucratfl
still further.
JOIlHINli TRADE.
The growth ot the wholesale jobbing
trade of Richmond Is perhaps mure re
markable than the development of her
manufactures. As already stated, af
ter th; war Richmond merchants had
to stall wltn practically nothing In the
way of capital. They had to rebuild
large soot Inns of their ruined city and
lo furnish storehouses for the handling
of gix.ds. Yet with a capital of 510.
ono.000 thi y have done in 1000 a jobbing
business of $;iS,lK! 1,700.
Rlcluur.-iil Is credited with the llnest
r.'t.iil hopping thoroughfare In the
South. In Rruud street every line of
letail ttai'o is reptosentod. For nearly
a mile both sidewalks skirt the door
ways of retail stores and some of im
mense structures, while a goodly pro
portion aie found on Main street.. It
Is estimated that if this trade were
concentrated lit one street It would till
a length of more than two miles.
The principal business and trade or
ganizations are the Chamber of Com
merce, the Tobacco Exchange, the
Grain and Cotton Exchange and the
Stock Exchange. It Is universally con
ceded in all branches of trade that tin
last year of the nineteenth century
was a remarkably prosperous one.
RICHMOND'S PEOPLE.
A word regarding the citizens ot
modern Richmond. It Is universally
conceded that no city, or section of our
country, today, can boast of more pub
lic spirit, enterprise and Indomitable
energy than has been shown by her
citizens year after year-for more than
a decade, in rebuilding the waste
places. The transformation of her col
ored people from slavery to free
dom (slaves being a large source
of her early wealth), left many of
her best citizens bankrupt, discon
certed and discouraged. Hut it has
proved a blessing in disguise, as many
frankly admit, and under the new era
of prosperity that awaits the New
South, both peoples will be mutually
benefited, white and blacks alike.
Of the present population of Rich
mond, fin percent, are whites to 40 pr
cent, colored. The country around has
been depopulated of both races, about
2", per cent., by those seeking city lire
and employment. Willi? there has been
a steady decrease in the Simon-pure
African race, a marked Increase and
development of the semi-colored popu
lation is noticeable and generally ad
mitted. "The blacks, as free men, are
producing more than they ever did in
slavery, and the great mass of tho
white people are h.'tter otC than under
the old ante-bellum rule," so says Col
onel Mushy for one. About ."i per cent,
of the colored people own their homes
here, and a much Iarg"t- percentage
can read and write. A fair proportion
of the school tax goes yearly to the
support of the colored schools, some of
which compare favorably with those
of the white population. From what I
am told there Is every Indication that
the negro's status Is bound to Improve.
A visit to the tobacco factories here
will Interest those who are curious to
see something of the ways and life of
negro hands, who are largely employed
In the making of plug tobacco. This Is
the leading Industry, nnd as a rule ne
groes an better adapted for the to.
bacco Interests than the poor whites
and are usually preferred. Their labor
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nnd those who arc npt ami industrious
nlwnys llnd plenty of work. Unusually
happy and contented are the old ne
groes nnd their hours of labor itro oft
en tightened by stentorian choruses ol
strnngo melody, whose qualnltipsf
seems peculiar to tho African race.
Strange to say, but a fact nevertheless,
the partially bleached negro Is mental
ly stronger, but physically wenket
than the pure African, Naturally cun
ning, the uinnlgainatlon, with a little
education, tends to Impudence-, Indol
ence and treachery. As compared with
tho old stock, who by iiuturo tiro po
lite, faithful, contented nnd honest; the
.ictnl-cotorcd, with Increased evil pro
pensities, ara more quarrelsome and
African blood.
THE FUTURE.
Since our visit litre more than a dec
ade ago, wo llnd Richmond has under
gone and Is still undergoing a marvel
ous transformation. Considering tho
vicissitudes through which she tins
passed, the fortunes of war complete
ly destroying her resources, she Is s
marvel In her thorough recuperation
and destined to become the grea
manufacturing nnd commercial mo
tropolls of the Middle South. Alwayi
the pride of Virginia, she has become
the pride of tho New .South and ot th
nation. J. E. Richmond.
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East Oakland, Cal.
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