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

Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad.
The Grseuhrier Independent says that
there are upwards Of five bundred laborers
nov at work on the line Of the Chesapeake
nd Ohio Railroad between Covngton and
White Sulphur Springs. This is good news,
and indicates, we trust, the determination
| If the company 10 push their great work
forward to completion, as speedily as posi-
I be.
We nave long regarded this enterprise as
one Of the very first and highest int rtsHee
o our State. When il shall be completed,
as we believe IL win be at no distant day,
and our southwestern connection with Ken
lucky shall be assured by the construction
of the Louisville, HtrrOdsburg and Cum
berland Gap Railroad, the realization of our
certain destiny will be at hand. That the
Southern Pacific Railroad, from Fl Pas0,
Little Rock, and Memphis. coming east, will
also connect with our Virginia roads, de-
buuching at Richmond and Norfolk, there
can be no reasonable doubt. In that case,
our great road from Lynchburg to the Ten
ness--e line, will reap a golden harvest, and
this will necesstate the construction of an
sir line road to Richmond. We regard all
these inprOvr meuts as certain to he accom-
plshed in all probability, within the next
decade. Who can despair of Virginia, with
such tlattorng prospects in the near future 7
Not We but, on the contrary, we reiterate
the opinion expressed few days since, that
in ten years from this time tho white popu-
latiou Of our State will be nearly double
what 1t now is A recent visit to Western
MARY land, on the borders of Pennsy vsnia,
revealed 20 us the fact that the attention Of
the people in that region is turned almost
wholly to Virginia, as affording the best
prospect OF any locality in the Union. So
soon As our political troubles shall be com.
posed, aud il is made apparent that the
white mep Of Virginia sre TO control its
destintes, We shall see such tide Of imm-
grafton rushing hither as will surprise many
OF our people Even as the co-e nov stands,
with 50 much Of doubt and uncertainty to
repel immigration, the number seeking
homes and investments here is really sur
prising. Let the good work Of improve
ment 81 on; let our people show a willing
ness to sell a portion of their land 10 the
newcomers and thereby enhance the valae
Il what remains and old Virginia will rise
from her ashes to be in material progress
what she nov is in historic renown-the
grsndest State in the Union. This, we con
hiently believe, is her certain destiny, #
her people shall be wise enough to avail
themselves Of the advantages which an all
bUunteous Providence has conferred upon
them LyRctbarg VTginian.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1868-10-09
General Episcopal Convention of
the United States,

The General UunyunuOn ot the Protest
ant Episcopal Church IN the United States,
which holds AIS sessions once IN three years,
viii meet IN the city of New York ON the
ian Vt October next. Bishop Stevens, In
iAte circular, referring 10 tue fact, says:
la THIS great council Of our church will
be gathered, Tor ihe FIRST time since 1859,
Uishups, clergy aud laity from all OF the
United States. IL will comprise q larger
number ot dloceses than any OF our previous
councils. the business which will be brought
ysiure it is ot the deepest Importance 10 Ine
weh-being OF the church, nov and hereafter.
fhe erection Ol six or seven new dioceses
and missionary jurisdictloDs; the election
AID perhaps scOusecratiug of several bishops
tue roadj Of our code vi canons TO
new phases Of church growth and action
the various memorials touching vital points
Of falth, ritual aud discipline, which will DO
presented; recastlng of the whole foreign
missionary work Of the church; the needed
revision OF the course Of studies for caDdi-
dates iur Holy Orders, as prescribed by the
House Ot Bishops; the devisiug Of new and
enlarged agencies of church education and
church extensions; the methods by which
We can best minls,er to the spiritaul needs
OF the poor, the wOrkng-classcs, the freed
men, Tue lallen OF every grade, on tue one
hand, as well as reach and successfully Crap
pie with the various forms of rationalism
aud unbelieving science ON the other. These
aud other equally great questions, each big
with uutOid consequences, will engage the
dohbyrauou Of the legislative council. In
addition 10 these matters, which pertain
specifically to conventional action, there
afe great many other topics connected with
The operations Of the several great voluntary
societies in the Church, which hold their
meetings At the saus time, and the proceed
Iugs Of which will have moulding Influence
on the church at large.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1868-10-09
The Humors Of RECOMMENDATION.

Mr }. z. CowHrdiu, OF the klchmOnd
Dispatch, whose lecture on this subject has
becone famous, is now delightipg large an.
diences in New York with his rendition OF
II.
The Herald gives him long and highly
complimentary notice, from which we make
the following extract;
"His life pictures OF the Virginia Con-
venti0n presented most mOEFnful exhibit
tiCn OF human nature and its inhrmaties
aud semi -barbario vulgarity as developed
In untuiored native American negro sud
denly elevated from a glpld hand ON South
ern plantation to q legislator " q State cap
itol. A fitting introduction to the lecture
would have been
"If you have tears to shed,
Prepare 10 shed them now.'
Espt ally would these lines have been APP
propriated in view of his first introducing
10 The audience the memorial convention
that in October, 1928, assembled in Rich
mond in tho same building and ia the same
room where the late Convention held its
session. The former convention was TO
form State Constitution, and the most
brilliant statesmen OF the Old Dominion
Madison, Monroe, John Randolph, being the
lesders-were its honOred members.
As delineatOr of the negro character
Mr.. Cowardin has few equals. 10 tracing
the humor OF the late Virginia Convention
be abundantly showed that he had made the
subject complete study. In tone, man
ner and language his personations were
perfect. Those acquainted with the negro
character keenly relished their fidelity, aud
those who have only seen the negfo as car
icstured at halls of Ethiopian miustrelsy
iOuud In his initiative speeches far more
food for merrimeut. An his descriptions,
the scenes in the convention hall, in the
galleries, and in the veslibule, we're as in
cOntestbly rich as they were life-like. IL
was an evening of huge entertainment to
the audience, while entertaining 1t also
an instructive moral-a moral op.
posed 10 negro suffrage"
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1868-10-09
Dismissal of George ID. Prentice

When my people hear of this, It will
sound T. them hkr the fall OF the oak In the
forest, and they will say Pnshmstsha is NJ
more" These were the sad aud simply
eloquent words in which the Indian orator
monrned the death of his great chief. A
sorrow which could not be more fity ex
PRESSED, will be felt in the American edi-
orial fraternity at the "dismissii" " of Gro.
d. Prentice from the Louisville journal,
and in this regret there will be- a touch of
indignati,n n. True, age and recent grief aud
a deplorable "inirmity OF nObe minds -
had obscured she genius that for thirty
years coruscsied in the columns Of that
paper, aud weakened the hand that welded
the pen Of political digladiAtion as noni
before or since have doue, but whatever thu
reason, 1t will seem an ungrsciou7 act. 4
great light hckrred in It's socket, but it
should have been permitted to gp oui in
honor. Poverty, decrepitude and disability
there was, but dismissal there should not
have been. A Louisville Journal without
Prentice is a singular thought. A. il has,
II will doubtless cOntinne TO have vig1T-
uu, life loug after its gifted founder is dust,
ou' it, fame and nsme belong 10 him.
NaShUile Union and American.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1868-10-09

GEN. PAT. CLEBURNE The CARDIGAN OF
TIVE South The eiitur of the Houston
telegraph draws parallel between the Earl
~ Cardigan, who led the "charge Of the
Light Brigade" in the Crimean war, and
Gen. Pat. Cleburue, who, it will be remem
hered, was killed in desperate charge at
the battle Of Franklin, near the close Of the
late war. The following is the picture
gwen of General Cleburne:
The same reflections apply to that grand
hero nt the Confederate Army of the West,
Major General Cleburne. He was as brave
\ man as the Earl Of Cardigan. He was
AS brave a. any man the world ever saw.
He WAS not brave as most brave men are,
from the high moral qualities of the soul
alone, but, like the Earl Of Cardigan, he
was physically brave. He had a contempt
for fear; he disdained danger; no deiied
death. tie was the most perfect specimen
Of truly brave spldier-brave morally and
physically, and brave TO perfection-that il
saS onr good fortune TO become acquainted
with during the war.
When commanding in battle, the bail OF
bullets aud the tornado Of all-destroying
shells, 80 far from impressng his mind, or
relaxing the steel springs Of his nerves, did
not even attract his attention, except so IA.
a, his eagle eye watched the swaying for
tunes OF the fight. His courage, too, mani
tested most rare combination. He was as
feroeious as tiger, aud vet as cold-blOOded
as fish, and as impossible as an owl. He
fOugrt his men SO as 10 kill and destroy as
many Of the enemy as possible in the short
est space OF time; and yet he smiled with a
grim delight At the success of his measures
for the destruction OF human life, and cody
and nonchalautly reyelled in the carnival OF
blood. Although he taught his men assidu-
ously that toe art Of war WAS the srt Of kill
/ ng, 50 that every soldier in his command
soon became accustomed h. Ere IN battle
with the same GOODNESS and precision as
when shooting squirrels OF deer, yet he was
uoted for teaching his men bow 10 preserve
themselves from the Gre Of the enemy, de-
tecting with the quiekness OF instinct, every
advantage OF ground, iural or artificial,
for such preservation, aud teaching his men
ths same slgacity and the courage. His
courage, though cool aud calculating, was
electrical in its influence upon his men.
There never WAS time when his simple
presence and voice would not ref,rm and
rrinspire the most utterly routed and broken
/ brigade or regiment. Men seemed afraid
\ TO he afraid where he was. He did nothing
10 win the popularity of his men, aud yet
they worshipped him.
| We are satisfied, oven at this late day,
/ that he was the most effective, reliable and
able division commander We ever knew.
| The drill, discipline and inspection Of his
1 whole division were as perfect as that of a
single company, under n captain OF similar
qualities 10 bis own.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1868-10-09
The Ienl,essee Eienfl

BrOvnow means murder. He means
through his cut-throat militia to massacre
" bite men, women and ildren. Such IS
his purpose, and h. will carry IL out it not
arrested by the Executive Of the United
States. He has announced his determine
tiou TO let loose his organized assassins on
all who refuse TO be Radicaliz-d on all who
have resolved to vindicate their rights.
1t matter. little To him that the treasury
of tho State is already empty, that Ftnu-s-
see rs bankrupt, that outrage and lawless-
ness reign within its borders, that Dinefy
Thousand white men are dsfranchissd, aud
that snsrchy and ruin must follow II bis
bellish policy Is carried ont. He has already
by his fi-ndish course, created reign Of
terror throughout the State, and his ex
pressed determination to keep up stand
ug army of white and black niggers, shows
TO what extent he designs prosecuting his
dishulical purpose.
We warn the capitalists of New York
against losuing money on Tennessee bonds,
If they would not, like that State, be re-
ducci to state of hopeless bankruptcy.
Although in the Union, It is to-day in a
worse condition than auy Staten the South
Aud so long ss It continues in the hands of
Brownlow and his gang Of assassins and con
spirstors, 81 long will it he shunned, as a
plague spot, OF labor and capital, 50 long
will lsvlessness and outrage reign within
its borders, 50 long will its industrial eDer-
ges be pSrsy zed. 20 long will il be dis
grace to the civilization OF the age.
Fellow cmncrsts Of the North, let the
remembrance that ninety thousand white
men are disfranchised in Tenne,sse streng
then your resolve in the great conflict, now
wsging, to strike off their shackles, and
make them freemen in the land Of their
birth Metropolitan Record.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1868-10-09
BreaLing Crinlt,.ais on the JVheeI.

The following extract is from the instruc-
tious given in l746 by the Paris Parliament
to-" Monsieur de Paris"-that is to say, the
ParisiAn executoner-in regard to the
course he was to pursue in breaking crlmi-
uals:
After undressing the prisoners, no matter
whether male or iemale, until nothing but
short shirt covers them, he will tie them TO
the St. Andrews cross 90 the scaHOld,
stretching their limbs as far as possible and
turning their elbows outside. Amer giving
the chaplain notice to leave the scafllOld, he
will take the bar Tan iron bar four feet long
aud very hesvy) aud commence striking on
the prisoners limbs. He will commence at
the left shoulder, crushing the bones oy Two
deliberate blows. One blow will be sufficient
for the upper arm, two tor tho left elbow,
Two for the wrist aud hand. Two heavy
blows will be left on the hip bone, three on
the left knee joints two, well laid on, on the
left leg aud one on the LETT foot. " Mon
sieur de Paris " will then visit a minute or
two, and commence " working" on the right
eide OF tho culprit, commencing at the ioJt
aud f fiuishing at the shoulder. The grefiisr
of the court viii see 10 il that these instTuc.
tions are strictly carried out. The screams
OF the culprlt must not be beeded by "MOn-
eur" nor must hs give bin the coup de
grace before finishing 10 on the right shOul-
der. The coup de gdace is TO consist of three
heavy blows, 10 be delivered on the breast.
OF The prisoner ;'il tue prisoner is d woman,
The cup de grace will be delivered under The
ribs, lest hor bosom should break the force
Of the blows. Toe body Of the culprit will
| be delivered to the medical faculty Of Paris,
which will file a report on the condition OF
the corpse with the grelier Of the Parlia-
ment.
Tnis horrible m ide Of execution was Wit
messed on an average once week by the
| Parlsiaus. One OF the last victims 0f this
gtrOcIOus cruelty was a poor servant girl,
| NhO had been convicted Of stealing two or
three dresses FROM her mistress. She was
broken uu the wheel because larcenies BY
| dOmestics had become very numerous In.
| Paris. Her agony lasted eleven minutes,
and a stream VI blood spoutlng from hrr
mouth after her knee ioint had Oeen crush
| cd, drosned her hrar,rending cries. Queen
Marie Antoinetts had been appealed 10 10
save tho girl, aud haughtily refused. TINS
WAS afterwards remembered sganst her.
Duging The reign " Louis XVI, about three
thousand persons we're annually broken on
the wheel. Such were the good old lines ~
in France.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1868-10-09
Medical.
TO the PUBLIC GENERALLY.

hrs. TsMPLETON 6 CARTER, having
IL permanently located in Bristol, Teun.,
would respectfully announce to the public
generally that they are now prepared 70
treat Caucer in all its. forms, without the
use Of the knife. They have in their hands
y remedy which has been used successfully
In hundreds OF cases. and having thor
sugh knowledge Of Medicine, none need
fear TO place themselves under their care
and treatment. They will also give par
ticular attention 60
DISEASES OF TIRE EYES,
Such as Strabsmuss, (cross-eyes, Ptery-
gium Cataract, Chronic Iufamations, &c.--
Persons wishing to place themselves under
cur treatment caa procure board in our
town at a low Triee, or IL they prefer il. We
will visit them at their homes. Ali oommu-
nlcntions promptly answered.
Address gEMPLETON 4 CARTER,
Box l6, Bristol, Tenn.
Office in the Lancaster Building.)
aug "a 1868
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1868-10-09
DR, J. b. WINSTON,

OFFERS his professional services 10 the
citiEens Of Bristol and vicinity.
Residence nt Prof. wiuston's. let doer
above Mrs. A X Moores. Rug25, ,3m
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1868-10-09

A Radical orator At E.mrra, New lofE,
was lately making yio'tnt speecni Ia
shich he paracu 4rly abused rlie late Gen.
John 3. Floyd, of Virginia, aud DECLARED
hat the SAID Floyd was supporter OF Sey-
mour aud Blairl A by.stan4er mildly sug-
zested thar Mr.. Floyd was dead. TINS beat
ed orator immediately exclaimed "fhara
another Democratic iie !" The orator camb
about as near tho tsutn, in b ~ case, s
r ideals generally do Lyaclbrg JAgsb-
licdH.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1868-10-09

SwAPPGNG SIDES IN WEST VIRGINIA.
Th- Democrats in West Virginis are making
q. ant fight in spite Of Ire disrourlg ng
fact that a majority of the white men IN that
State are di,lrsuchisrd They are working
with the srdor natural 10 men conscious Of
- HE a mission rs the restoration Of their
DISTINGUISHED neighbors TO the rights of free
men. Strange AS it may seem, some OF the
most frm Of the original Union men are
doing all they can TO overthrow RsdlcsliSm,
while some original secessionists and Con
faderat- officers have sold themselves To the
party which pruscrihes the rebel soldier and
would degrade him politically below the
level of the negro.
The KanANhA puhlican, edited by a
Union soldier, veutilates the record Of Col
Unoma. B. Sssnn, late Of the Confederate
army, who is now rabid Radical orator,
and contrasts his appeals to the people to
take mp arms against the Government with
Union circular issued by COMMITTEES in
1861 or the eight gentlemen Sho appealed
to the people OF Western Virginia 10 that
circular, To stand by the Union, two are
lead, one i a m lderate Republican, and
five are updinching Democrats. Col Swami,
who WAS az that lime indiIing iHflammatOrs
addresses to the yeOmtnry aud enlistlng
/ them in the work OF rebellion, is now n full
fellowship with the party that proscribes
and dsfrapchises them for following his
advice l--L0uiSUile Courier.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1868-10-09

THE L.rE EAETHQUAKE IN SourH AVER
IcA.-The Nes YORK Herald has received
additional detail. of lhs TERRIBLE scenes IN
ring the late earthquake in South Americs.
la Ecuador alone, u b uew stated, the lit
of killed amounts 20 10000. IL Pefu The
dead are Yet hidden under the ruins Of
houses in many instances, and stencil In
tests the air which, IL is thought, will pro
dure a pestilrnce. band Of robbers are
r,amirg trough The ruins robbiDg every one
who has anything left.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1868-10-09
DR. WIN, N. VANCE.

4 ATE Of Kingsport, resides in Bristol -
IL He will attend to professional calls
from town and country.
OFFICE, in Kings Bloek-hrst door on
the right--up stairs aug IA, y
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1868-10-09

A dispatch from louisville, dated Sept,
2g, n. relative 10 the dismiss i " of George
d. Prentice from ihe Journal says; "Mr.
p. has been on salary Of $40 per week.
Al the age OF GO he is personally penniless,
and a miserable wreck Of his former self
Tn. architect Of hi own ruin, he yet has
tho syppstay Of his old personal friends. !"
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1868-10-09
H. M. GRANT, M. D. q. D. g.,

HAVING just returned from Baltimore,
IL will visit Bristol on Friday and Sat.
urday nf each week.
Once next door to Ensor's Drug Store.
aug l4tf
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1868-10-09

A DARKEY vent into New Orleans
clothing stpre, arrayed himself in rgeous
ready made o hing, and, as be affection
4trlv strOsed the & 'Ssv sleeve, remarked
ro TIE storrFeep-i ''BsGrr ! buys DIS coat
wants 10 ksow " you's de- right stripe.
Is you a Radikle 2" The party addressed
col,red slightly At such an insiuuatinn, aud
said: Take the coat of, s'r, aud leave my
store pil teach Won MT 10 be impertinen'
ia future" "Well, boss" replied the as
toui,hed dtrkey, 'is all right, sir; | didn't
mran no harm I only wanted To know ei
you was a Ridiklr, kase Pm demokra'
and don't trade wild dem sort"
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1868-10-09
j. H w OOD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,

BHISFUL, Va. q TENN
WILL PRACTICE IN THE COURTS
w of Washington, Scott, aud Lee Coun-
ties, Va, aud Sullivan and Washington,
Team. Particular attention paid to cases
in Bankruptcy and the Collection Of Claims.
[0fioe West end Nickels House,
aug Ia 1868
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1868-10-09

WHAT NFw E,GLAND HAS SET ASIDE TO
CARRY PENNSYLVANIA. We learn reliably
tnat Alexander N Clure, Of Penn.ylvgnia,
is in The receipt from New Eug and nf 3 l5,
900 to capture Pennsy lvAnia At the October
election. Another instglimen NJ is promised
The figures look small for the pm chase Of 40
great Commonwealth; ahout $500, 900 was
expended at home in Maine. Besides
heavy snm must be kept in hand for New
Hampshire, where the fraudulent Jacobin
majority was hnt hetween one or two thou
sand last spring The l-ading Radical trick
sizes give up Connecticut, AS we under
stand. Ofcourse there is continued Rsdi-
cal cl .mnr from Western States upon Nsw
England. Having voted untold gold 10 the
mGnuiactul.s uf the East, 20 the very crush.
ing out OF ns own purely agricultural pop
ulatipn, they cry out, under pressure from
the Democratic hosts Help, or We sink %
Vast are the monetary resources Of New
L rgland, whole seas oi people like those of
the great States-anf Particularly the
mighty West--cannot be swerved by tenn
porary largrsse.s from that allegiance to
truth. righr, and duty, the triumph Of
which will forever break the chains Of a
most grinding bondage National hell
genceT.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1868-10-09
CHARLES r. VANCE,
b. G. MCDOWELL,

Attorney at Law and Collecting Agent,
UNION DEPOT, TENN,
viii practice in the Circuit Courts Of
Greene, Hawkins, Washington and Sullivan
counties, and in the Federal court at Knox
vile, and will attend promptly to all bust
ness intrustcd to his care, including the
Collection Of Claims against the Government
[aug IA 1868
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1868-10-09

The Rev. G. Council, OF Mathews oOun,
~. Va, has received call from the Bap-
ti.fs Of the Newton, Rehoi 9th, Pitts Creek
aud Chiuco.esgus churches, 10 Mary land
aud Virginia.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1868-10-09
III. M. FOLSOM,

Attorney at Law and Collecting Agent
ELlZABETHTON, TENNESSEE.
aug l4th, 1868, If
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1868-10-09
Dental.
DIR. DUNN,
JOHN X VS., MD. DDS.

A GRADUATE in both Medicine and
"A Dentistry, but who devotes his time ex-
clusively to Dentistry, will be found at his
Office, next door to Eusors Drug Store, az
all times, except when professionally absent.
He will visit Blountville on Monday OF
each Court week He will also I've at Jones'
vile, Lee county, at the Circuit Court.
Augl4u
The Daily clarion., 1868-05-27
LEE COUNTY, formerly Pontotoc)
AUDITORS OFFICE, JACKSON, MISS,
March % 1868.

THE following described lands in the County
i OF Lee, formerly Pontotoc, delinquent for
non-payment of Taxes of the year 1861, will
be subject to entry or Purchase at THIS office,
after sixty davs from the date hereof, by any
citizen of this State, upon payment Of amount
for which said lands are delinquent, and all
costs to the State, with damages and >ubse
quent taxes accrued See Revised Code Of
Mississippi, Chapter I, Section 9. Articles 40
and paoe