Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1868-10-09

RAILROAD OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES LOWS,
Sept. Is -G-nersl West, Sam TA'e, Gru.
BesurrgAri, Edgar Thompson, and other
gentlemen, have COnsumattd a scheme tor
the consolidation of sl the railroads. con
Meeting Paducha with New Orleans. Direct
communication will hs immediately estsh-
lished he ween RIncennes, Ird., and Psdu.
cha. The movement 10 inaugursted by a
PhiladeIphia capitalist, with view 10 con
trolling The S uthern trade.
Ah,. there,.s the rub! He has heard
the foolish adnge 6ght,tbe devil With
fire" and would fight Virginia with con-
solicitation. But the devil always con-
quers, when the weapons are fire, and if
the people of Virginia are true to their
intereats the aforesaid Capitalist" will
80 down before Malone.
Ne trust our readers see the point at
last. The knife Of consolidation in Vir-
ginia has drawn blood Philadelphia
howlsl first. We enjoy that howl 1t is
the death. knell of outside domination in
Virginia. In 1855, when our State
was disposed to sleep after her long and
unnatural trouble, there was one man
who seemed &c. know 20 exhaustion.
He was not unkno@n, to fame, but des-
pisipg the blazonry of the public trump
ct and knowing the value of persistence
when properly timed lie went noseless'
~ to work at rcsusticating the pu'seless
body of his mother state. There were
other minds at work but they we're out,
side Va. and were only after the resus-
tication of one limb of the State. The
somnolept drug of bribery, however IN
direct, was rapidly accomplishing her
commercial death. But that mind
which knew but little ,Bluiuber and no
cessation of effort, applied to her its
own magnetic impulse. At first there
was but little vital response. Fooled
Int defeated not, the. year 1866 witness
ed. a powerful awakening among Vir
jams, aud in 1867 consolidation had
practically crossed the Commouweath
and only paused on the Tenn border tt
perfect the grand result thus far accom-
.plished. On the l4th instant the intel
.leclual and energetic power of Va. &
Tenn. will be asst mbled in the city Of
Norfolk, not to honor the intellect anC
will which froI the incipiency Of thii
great plan thare in 1865 have beer
chiefly instrumental in drawing SO pucl
Of the vast tonnage and travel of the
NUnion over this line from that city t
.Bristo aud Knoxville, but to ipeugur
ate plan which shall make the Allan
tic ocean part.of this line aud render
the busy marts of western Europe trib
utary to the prosperity of Virginia anC
Tennessee. The work of consolidation
is already ahead Of public opinion. A
i,s triumps are unAoldsd the humber o
.ils converts is vastly multiplied, anC
when its mighty results are all accom-
plished aud the line from Norfolk to tn
Mississippi is under one Management
,then there will not be found in elhe
State score of adherents to the Ihoz
line policy.
Take tho policy Of the KnoxviIl,
Pre-" and Herald aud compel Gen Ma
hone to build for abe Orange Road
. part Of its own tract TO connect il will
the consolidated line, obstruct the ave
.nueS TO Norfolk aud direct trade to Bal
timore, and we will yoneh for The aban
donmeHt of the project By the "Phil
Sdelphia Capilalist."
From Nashville to Charleston con
SOhdatioD is the order of the day. au,
through freights pass between lhos
cities without change Of cars. From
Vincennes and Paducab to Mobile an,
New Orleans, il has stretched its night