Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1869-07-09

The address OF Uapt. Manard was ono
superior to his past efforts, and gave
The highest degree of satisfaction to an
audience which had heard Of him as one
Of the rising young men Of the country.
After the installation Of the officers the
entire party was Toasted upon a bounti
ful and sumptuous dinner provided for
the occasion. This division has done
great good and reel lined some who are
now good and useful citizens, and who
were there sitting clothed in the en-
blems of the order, and in their right
minds. Excepting a shower Of rain,
which was "sharp, short and decisive"
and an accident to the carriage contain
ing the fair young ladies of the houses
hold where VIC were s,journing, the
curly part Of the day was spent to the
Satisfaction and delight Of every one,
and the audience repaired to town,
where many of the farmers, fresh from
the yellow pnths of the harvest field
had collected. Macy of them we're
supporters Of Wells, but had come tn
hear al, nnicutt," who at 3 p. M.,was
introduced to them in the court house,
aud for two and a half hours held them
spell bound with his eloquence' Never
had any speaker SO well understood his
h1arers and the great issues he discuss
ed. Never had argument. eloquehce
and kindly sympatLies been so efficient
" blended. 1t is enough to say that
the purroreo Of his coming had been
o. npletely effect d. r,s
On Friday, several Of the most prom
inent gentlemen Of the place accCmpa'
nice us to Nickclsville, a small village
fourteen miles cast Of Estillville. o.
our way we stopped and took from thu
harvest field that true man aud Chris
tad gentleman, Esquire Chas. CULLEN
, that whom there was no more delight
cd hearer at Nickelsville. Upon ou
arrival VIC found near 100 voters await
/. iug the speaker. They were nearly al
: members Of the League, and considered
themselves immovable in their adhesion
to Wells. But a greater than Well
. was there, and for four hours and te!
#. minutes they sat aud listened to him il
breathless silence. Al its close the,
!. gave every evidence of conversion. N
i, other man could have 50 moulded thei
4 iron wills.
70 Our party were the guests of Mr.. {
W Il. Yarbrough, whose hospitality W
d. we're 10th to abandon, but time was shol
d and we pressed homeward Twenty
" eight miles 10 the saddle, eleven houl
n without dinner, and over four of thel
Is in the forum, were too much for mo-
e men, and even Mr.. Hunnicutt yielded
IT Before we had jourueycd an hour. 0
, our return he became sick Fortunate
d ly that good Samaritan, Rev Jno !
in Corn, whom we found doing n prosper
Gus mercantile business, at his cosy an
comfortable homestead, furnished, a
that was needed, and the great apost
of the new era reached Esquire Qui
~ lens, where he remained until Saturda
- morning, when he rcjoiaed our party
v Estillville By forced marches we r
turned to Bristol, where tremendo'
. audience of whites and blacks was a
10 dressedwith the most telling and palp
Oh BILE effect. zf a
y Our entire trip was one of those d
II lightful digressions in life, the memol
$ Of which will link us to the past viii
&c we live Everywhere the crops bespol
T. year of plenty, and politically it prom
D. ised to be one of jubilee. The peop
20 are really evertasked, for like Il
ol fishermen, who, after night of toll ca
10 their nets on Il other side, the Peep
&c of this now favored land have been |
T. an appeased Jehovah, laden with a ha
u vest of wheat SO great that they cam
II garner il. The oat- crop has improve
> so rapidly that it may now be called
y first class one, and the corn was new,
y known to look better never have v
i seen moro good land, or so little that
poor, and if the people bad access
y market, their read to wealth would |
easy and speedy. A large amount I
I work which was done on the Virgini
: ank Kentucky Railroad in 1860, gree
: the eye of the traveller; in many place
: me- Moccasin Gap, there are siandin
: on the road bed trees fifteen feet j
g hight they told mournful story
u the disappointment of its Siends, an
il nerved cur hearts to battle againi
d Wells, the mortal enemy of this roa,
}, and of the people of Virginia. No
& since the "hurly 'burly's done, and h
d battles lost and won," ii affords us
it large degree of consolation to kno
i that we aided in breaking his back bon
d in the county of Scott.
l. As we passed Mill Point, the luxur