. Book of the Royal blue . Congress a bill wasintroduced looking to the jjurchase of allthe land on one side, from the BotanicalGardens to Street, which is now pri-vate property. The granite Post OfficeBuilding, near 12th Street, would be anornament to any city, as would the marblestructure now in course of construction bythe municipal authorities, and as the busi-ness of the Government necessarily ex-pands, and more room is needed, it seemsto be only a question of a few years whenthe south side, from 1st to Streets,will show a line of marble and massive building of the
. Book of the Royal blue . Congress a bill wasintroduced looking to the jjurchase of allthe land on one side, from the BotanicalGardens to Street, which is now pri-vate property. The granite Post OfficeBuilding, near 12th Street, would be anornament to any city, as would the marblestructure now in course of construction bythe municipal authorities, and as the busi-ness of the Government necessarily ex-pands, and more room is needed, it seemsto be only a question of a few years whenthe south side, from 1st to Streets,will show a line of marble and massive building of the State, War andNavy Departments fronts on this Avenue,and it is rapidly becoming in architecture,what it is in width and condition, themodel street of the world. So many of the buildings of this thor-oughfare have been associated with thelives of the men who have shaped thehistory of the country that it is impossibleto even mention them, but no city inAmerica has a street around which clusterso many memories of great SHKHMAN MONDMKNT. CHRONOLOGY OF IMPORTANT EVENTS IN VIRGINIA DURINGTHREE HUNDRED YEARS. l(i()7—Arrival of the Discovery, God-speed and Susan Constant, comraanded byCapt. Christopher Newport, with the first EnghshColonists up the James River, establishing settle-ment on Jamestown Island. Capt. John Smithsaved from death by the Princess Matoa, orPocahontas, the daughter of the Indian Emperor,Powhatan. ItiOs—Ravages of starvation and death de-pleted the ranks of the Colonists, combined withattacks of Indians. Captain Smith explored thePotomac River as far as Georgetown, near Wash-ington; also the Chesapeake Bay as far as thesite of Baltimore, and the Susquehanna River asfar as Havre de Grace. KiOSI — The expedition headed by Sir ThomasGates arrived at Jamestown. 1610 — Lord De la Ware arrived at Jamestownwith expedition. 1611—Sir Thomas Dale arrived at Jamestown. 161S—Marriage of Pocahontas to John Rolfe. 1616 — John Rolfe and his wife, Pocahontas,
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