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Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1870-05-20
ATRADE n0YgnENT N TIE RIGHT DIREC'
TJCy

It will be seen elsewhere In our col
umns that forty or fifty of our most
prominent mercantile houses have
called upon the merchants of Norfolk,
Petersburg and Lynchhnrg 10 unite
with them in meeting this merchants,
traders and planters of Southwest Viz
ginia and East Tennessee in social
and friendly convention 10 bc held at
Montgomery White sulphur Springs
on the 2lst of June. The objeel Is 10
inaugurate more intimate business re-
latiOns between Southwest Virginia
and East Tennessee and our Virginia
cities. This Is an admirable move in
the right direction, and we cordially
secoDd IL. But il is a most singular
and unnccountable circumstance, that
while our Richmond merchants are
calling for this convention some OF
their representatives in the Senate and
House of Delegates are opposing with
all their might the great consolidation
scheme, without which Richmond
and her sister cities must be forever
divorced from Southwest Virginia and
East Tennessee. II Richmond wants
I the trade OF that great region she mnsl
/ support Southsido consolidation and
make her representatives do the same
--RichHOnd lVhfg.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1870-05-20
The Abingdon Slnnder.

The following letter, from a very &C.
pecial friend of the News, though i'm
tended as private one, is laid before
pur readers in order that evidence In
favor of the tru-h may be accumulc-
tive. We also follow 1t with one fson
a pupil of the Convent. Both would
have appeared last week but for. want
of space in our columns.
ABINGDON, Va. May s, 1870.
Mr.. FOWLER,
Dear Sir In your paper of the 9th
inst. is letter from the Rev. Mr.. Dug
gan, former pastor of this place, in
which he makes statements which are
wholly without foundation.
1t WIS known to his congregation
some time before his removal that his
mind was affected, and Us il was mat
ter that only concerned us, (thc Cath
olics OF this place. nothing was said
about 1t, but 1t was from that cause the
Nicar-General, in the absence of the
Bishop, found it necessary to remove
him, at the earnest solicitation of the
Sisters of the Visitation. L hope it is
useless to have TO say TO you that there
Is not the slightest ground for Mr.. Dug
gan's assertions, they are certainly
the emanations of n crazed brain and
l am truly gricved that you gave them
publicity, n it Is calculated to do a
serious wrong Ia y community of amia-
BILE and defenseless ladies, and the
school over Which they preside.
l hope this explanation will he suffi-
cient Ia explain the strangeness of Mr..
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1870-05-20

road to the Rich Valley road at Wealth
er's, thence along the Valley road TO
Smiths creek road, and along it to a
pile of stones by the creek :! +. Of
Geo. Fields hou Q, (the three last
mentioned sectioes of roads to be in
Kinderhook Township leaving the
road n. "a Il. - poles 20 a Beech on
cliff of frocxs-pointcrs marked, n. 2S w.
passing little cast of Jos. Cunning
hams house to White oak and two
Beeches on point S. Il. of the road
that leads from Smiths creek TO North
Fork, N. IL w. crossing the river hy
maple and beech above Levi Fleen0r's
to the Russell line, thence with said
line to n point on top of Clinch Noun
tain mt n lagre rock, thence with the
lines of the Saltyillc Township, S.
10 +. crossing the poor Valley road at
branch west of j. e.. McNew's house
to four Hickorics on top OF the Little
Mountain, $. 8 f. down the Mountain
and crossing the river 10 the mouth of
F1ndlay's creek, thence up said creek
to an ash OH the bank near Il Smith
shop at the Rich Valley road S. 10 E.
to the top of Grubb's hill, S. Al L. to
the top of a hill N. w. of John Thomp-
sons house, S. y T.. to Il high rocky
point at Hnyter's fence, $. Il. to the
top OF Walkers Mountain, where the
Saltworks road crosses II mt the Indian
grave, thence along the top to double
Chestnut on the west end of the Moun-
tain opposite the Poor-house, thence
running west, crossing field of the
Poor-house land to a Poplar on u ridge
on the west edge of road at Camp
BELLS gate thence alondg the top of the
ridge between Hugh Campbcll's and
Robt. Preston's to White oak. Chest
nut, Black oak and Sourwood on the
west end of said ridge between Whites
land and DIR. Prcston's land, thence
running ;. "a w. crocssing d road and
two branches to a stone i'm the road
lending from Abingdon to Whites
Mill-a Spanish oak pointer thence
$. 81 w. through Whites kincaid
place-Hopkins and Cummings land
TO stone on the east edge of the
Turnpike little north of the top Of
the Mountain, thence 5. 49, w. up
spur, and the north side of the Noun
tain to pointers, two Black oaks, Pop
Iar, Hickory and two Che3tnuts on
top of the Mountain, thence along the
top and crossing n depression $. T..
of Warren's on to where the Poor
Valley road crosses the Mountain.
AiiNhNC oADAAS thN AiClAh NhEC Ol lnt
road to solid rock west OF David o.
Bradley's house 81 miles from Abing-
don, thence $. 7S} w. through DAVIS
fields TO large White oaks and rocks on
the east edge of a road near the end of
Jos. Lanes Lane, thence along said
road to the beg 'ng.
We have had Memorial Stones put
up on the public roads where we
thought it to be necessary.
Respectfully submitted,
ISAAC A. McQUOWN,
WALTER JOHNSTON,
NJ. IL. BUCHANAN.
The following places mentioned arc
fixed for the voting places in the Town
ship:
,SditUiHe -Mahanaim Westinghouse.
" Fullen's School House.
G,dde Sprifg-F friendship.
a. Rock Spring School-house.
AbingdoR-Abingdon.
=" Good Hope School-housc.
GOodsOn-Goodson.
" Halls Bottom.
hindcrhook-Wcslcy Fleenor's.
" Adam Peters.
North Eork-JohE w. Worlcy's
" Whites Mill.
ISAAC AMcQUOWN,
NJ. IL. BUCHANAN,
WALTER JOHNSTON.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1870-05-20

on removal of Disabilities, which was
introduced in the Senate recently:
= BE IL enacted By the ,ysRate and
House Of Representatives of the Uni
ted States in Congress assembled, hoo-
thirds Of both Houses concaring, That
all persons, except as hereinafter ex-
cepted subject to any disability impos-
cd by the Fourteenth Amendment of
the Constitution of the United States.
are hereby relieved from such disabili-
~, P'orioted ,neverthciess, that the fol-
lowing classes of persons are excepted
from the provisions of this act-that is
to say;
First, All persons who being menu
1ers OF the Congress of the United
States withdrew from their seats and
aided the rebellion. Second, all per-
sons who being officers Of the army or
navy aided the rebellion. Third,
All persons who were members of a
State Convention which adopted "a
pretended ordinance of secession
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1870-05-20


Well Springl ye hev cum at last,
hev ye? And what cradit, and glow
ry du We suppose yc desurve now fur
bringin' we'ens brite x sunshyne dase
who hev bin shet up by the howlin'
blasts Nv the north wind fur so menny
long and very munths? Now that
seavere winter IL meltin' away beneath
thy plesein change, dut ye think that
we orter jump up and klap our heals
in Joy and make the atmosfear REBOUND
with our hallyluyars by wrappin green
leaves and yallar flowers around the
top NV our fOdder-stacks fur May poles?
Plezure withheld IL no plezure ut all
(even when it cuins), and yc hev cum
so erly, ye lazy thing, hewitt ye? Like
an industrius parsonage ye hev stured
yourself betims, hewitt ye?
Look ut them sheep, will ye? lynn
in the korner NV the fence, no longur
abul tew walk, fur the want ut little
grass tew crop. Du ye think they will
evur make respectabul feed fur the
freed porshun NV kullured
African-aristokrUts or will thar evur
be enuf wul on their backs tew spin
blue koats four yankeys? Thar's my
dog, too, Maxsecmilyun, jorge ash
Brutus Po thing, .dyin' in unex-
presslbul torments, for want NV lettle
canine fennel tew ehaw.
Spring, We ar a good-fur-nuthin ~
abed We heY reklined too long i'm the
sweet embrace NV sleep, not a keerin
wlethur the corn and otes and grass
evur sprouted or not nur the peach
trees evur budded nuther; or whethur
old winter, with his gra head and hoar
frosted feet evur tuck himself away
frum these diggins or not. And ye
wouldn't bin here now, If old man
| Pallas (Summcr) hadn't all woke up
and, thinkin 10 time tew be n startin,
| hung hiz big lanturn (sun) over hiz
head and, with his thunderin' war
horse hitched to hiz chariot, cum
mighty nigh runnin over ye. Ie had
Obliged tew git out ov the way and
now We cum "A skippin and a dancin
on az brite az ye pleze, pretendln tew
be 80 glad tew see us. But We ar jest
az deseteful az the female sex gineral-
ly' Miss Spring | tells ye, that ye
don't deserve emmy ereddit, whutsum-
ever and If ye don't git emmy this
yer III be one whutle he glad NV 1t ;
lSase I'll tell we why, | amt got no
munney tew buy sweet ard putty
things tew make me popular on sicll
ockashuns, and thar amt no putty gal
a luvin NV me az knose NV And du
ye think I'D want tew be in sich kcl-
leckshun, and see a handsum felleI
and not me nuther) chOzen tew krown
sum ugly gal queen Nv May, and brake
sumbody elses head with his pole. II
We du We ar mitely Miss-taken in thii
chap. Most umbly hopin that thes,
hle remarks will serve tew act on yor,
pride, in future, like soda on good bis
kit, rise it, l love ye tew your owl
koggitashuns, aud kahn retlexions.
Respectfully q. Il. q.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1870-05-20
ABISeDoN, Va, May 9th, 1870.

EDIToRs or THE NEWS,
Dedr Sirs: being pupil of the
Academy of the Visitation so foully
attacked in u vituperative letter writ
ten by one Michael Duggan, ren,orcd
priest, and published IN the columns
of the Bristol Meas, l beg you may
permit me through the same medium
To refute those vile ISLANDERS, which
are-the loose fabrications of diGtem-
pcred brain. | am not Il Roman Cath
olic-nothing OF scli-interest prompts
me in this-a sense of justice alone
actuates me to make this communica-
tion. This same priest tCds rcBOUett
from Abingdon by the Administrators
of the Diooese-which fact can be as
certained by referring to the Telegraph
Operator, through whose hands the
request Tor his removal and the Vicar
Generals for the same passed. The
/ Bishop 1t tIis time was absent at
Rome.
have been an inmate of this Com
vent for two yeaGs-can solemuly aver
that | have never seen or heard the
Superioress, or amy one of the Sisters
sag or do o,le Hiag that would not be-
come christian tdo,y. They are very
punctiious in regard 10 the moral train
ing of the young ladies i'm their charge.
You are requested to place this letter
before the public, as this defense il
made as christian duty 10 an outraged
Sisterhood. l feel convinced, too, that
you have very innocently inflicted a
deep sorrow on our heretofore happy
school. Allow Inc TO repeat that
kaoD this letter OF MIR. Duggan's en-
anates from his disordered mind-writ-
tin to satisfy an unholy revenge upon
those who are not permitted TO deiend
themselves.
Respectfully,
Miss CLIFFIE LOUVIN.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1870-05-20

Coon For EvIL!-The Southsidc
voted for the Valley railroad charter;
Every senator from the Valley voted
against considering the bill for South
side consolidation.
In the House of Delegates, the other
day, the Albemarle delegation asked
the passage of n bill s,oTenderiny the
States interest in the Rivanna haVl-
cation; no constitutional scruples
there! The Southside supported IL;
INIT Albemarle voted as unit against
the Southside consolidation. Consti-
tutional scruplcs m
We suppose the Southside will in
time get tired of this sort of return for
favor received Richmond Wig.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1870-05-20
WASHINGTON COUNTY, va,
TOWNsHIPs.

WE give below the report of the
Commissioners appointed TO lay OF
the county of Washington into Town
ships. -.A "-a oA
The work is very imperfeetly done,
for want Of time and we do hope the
Legislature will require them to com-
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1870-05-20
The Darien Canal.

The New York Journal Of Commerce
enumerates the advantages of the pro-
posed Darien Canal as follows;
As compared to route Vid Cape Horn
TO Calcutta, there would be "A saving OF
1900 miles 10 Canton, 1900 miles (;
70 Shanghai, II 900 miles 10 Valpa-
raiso, s,lO0 miles to Gaiiao, 10000
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1870-05-20
Dental Surgery.
CLASS NO. ?,

TN addition TO other applications, I will re-
il receive only TWO Ead litional stu
dents. References us TO moral habits and gen
cral character MUST ACCOMPANY applications.
Students will maticulate and organize for
duty ON LIST Wednes lay lGsh day of April,)
1919.
WY Dental Labor tory aud In-
firmary
Are repletc with NIL approved modern style
fixtures, machinery, and inventions necossa-
ry to inpart RAPID and THOROUGH advance
ment in procuring knowledge of'the princi-
pies and practice Of
Operative and Mechanical
De:fustry. cfa -.
In the Laboratory department | have hs
sociated with me a competent 'Dcmonstratpr,
who is an EXPERT in Manipulating IN this
department for the instructi0ioH, the student.
Tact, energy and indpstry ara Gao prcrequis-
ties, necessary to insdre srceess in the stu-
dio and other. departments such 1t will ho
my pleasure 20 promote by all the aid and en-
couragemcnt they may merit at the hands CT
their preceptor. ..,
DR.. DUNN,
Briltol, Feb. Is, ls7O-7t Dental Surgeon.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1870-05-20
More About hts IIcnship-Owen
NGot The IkQokS.N

ilcssrs. Editors The Sturm rebel
lion is at last subducd and his Hem
ships Honor, after long and obstinate
resistance, holding THE Books" ri Ct
drgiis, has been rendered horse de COM
Dat. His retreat from Rutlege, whence
he had gone for names 10 his BIZ OF
HpjuRciiOR eclipsed any feat performed
by John Morgan and resulted in the
Capture and subsequent carrying of
of "thc Books" in n tDhcet barron by
AIR. White, who, since Dominccker's
surrender has been keeping tJM eyes
open at once. Chickens securities gave
him up and turned him over 10 the
tender morcics OF Reyndrd whose
wrath was much enlSindled against all
who asked ''Owcn have you got the
Books yeti" and his Hcnship's feathers
have been very much trazZled by some
devOuring adversary IA if Owen S
thumb had not been out of joint The
County Court was to have taken action
on the case on Monday last, but Fred
cared in and finding owen would not
accedc 10 his proposition to appoint
him Deputy hesued for peace ana those
aged Books upon which his Honor sat,
for 10 these many years have been re-
moved to the Court House, where owen
has established headquarters and will
| Register your Deeds on the most ne
cominodating termsn Thus ends th,
reign OF friedrich the first. or cours,
Owen docs not cxult over fallen foe
Pass your candy around! Owens "go
the Booksp
STEEL PEN.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1870-05-20

Cdiiiopean .Soeicty.-Cur thanks are
rendered Mr.. Jno. T. Edmondson and
the Committee of Invitation for the
Calliopean Society of Emory & Hen
ry College, for an Invitation to attend
the 3Oth anniversary of the Society, on
Tuesday, 9TH of June, at a p. NJ
Valedictory by J. w. DeBusk, va.
Response by J. =. Neal, Tenn. Diplo-
mas will be conferred and medals
awarded.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1870-05-20

trrom Putnam's Magazine for April.l
THE APPROACH OF AGE.

nj JoHS ". BRYASr.
o,,. ara The friends my boyhood knew.
dome threescor~ years since childhood's morn
ionelv stalk stand. who're grew
Isd proudly waved the Summer corn.
Scanning the record Of my years,
How blank, how nieayre seems tho page
How small the sun of good Rprears
wrought by these hands from youth to ago.
y,t. midst the tolls and caros of ilfe,
rvs tried 10 keep a cheerful heart
Teeurb my horcer passions strife,
Lpd as mar to nc, my part.
And rspins not at my lot,
Glad to have lived In times like these
when mystic cords of human thought
Bind rsalm 10 realm across tho seas,
when this dear land Times latest birth,
strikes every chain from human hands,
And midst the nations Of tho earth
The greatest, freost, noblest stands.
when progress In material things
Leads upward MINISTERIAL mind,
And into nearer prospect brings
TIE perfect life of all mankind.
Kindly, as get, lifs's autumn sun
Ollds the green precincts Of my homo
ioftly, though fast, the momsntu run,
And aseting seasons so and come.
Yet ne,rsr moans the wintry blast,
Tho chilling wind Of Age that blows,
Through dsrksning skiss with cloud o'erc1st,
with bin ling slect and drifting SHOWS.
Ho! cleaner on lifs's wintry lea,
IhsaI thy steps mid rustiing leaves,
And soon this withored stalk will bo
Close garnsred with the autumn sheaves.
And then will II >, beneath whose ere
Zach act Of right and wrong appears,
AReh Of untarnishcd grain dssery
Among these husks. OF wasted years
HAPPY these mastering elouds that lower
Ontho low sky in seeming wrath.
MAY vanish and HES sunset hour
shed calm radiance Ger my path.
Then may he lear horizon bring
Those glorisas SUBMITS 10 thu cyo,
vhsra, hanksd by nelds Of cndless Spring,
The cidss Of the Blessed liz.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1870-05-20
VIRGINIA.
THEIATE SENATOR BLAND.
l.,,er fram coVernOr Walker.

The following is from a letter re-
ccived by Hon. Lewis Mckenzie trom
his Excellency Gov. Walkers
RICHMOND, May. 4, 1870,
Hon, Lewia Mckenzie, House OF heptesehiAiNee'
Washington, u. g.;
DEAR SIR l have reason 20 belleNe
that your donation 10 the widow OF
POOR Bland will be especially aeeopta-
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1870-05-20

THE Union, w. Va, Register has
changed its name to that of the Mon
roe County Register and comes to us
much enlarged. Tosayiti tbs otherwise
much improved would be paying a
doubtful compliment to, the talented
qlitor, Mr.. Burke, who has always
made Il q first rate paper.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1870-05-20
EsrILLvILLE Va. May ., 1870

EsTILLvILLE Va. May ., 1870.
The following is list of marriage
license issued by the Clerk of Scott
County for the week ending April 80,
1870, viz.
Jane w. Ison and Nrney Feetos
April ~, 1870,
Yours &C.,
s. IL. MORRISON.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1870-05-20

TIE following contribution has been
left over until but for the tenth of May
it would appear entirely out of season.
COMMUNICATED.
CSmpositiOnaI--Addrcsst to Spring
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1870-05-20

Tho following is a copy of the ann
nesty bill adopted by the Committee
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1870-05-20
Respectfully,
Miss CLIFFIE LOUVIN.

WITH the following graphic account
of the termination of the Sturm rebel
ion his henship will cease to be an OBJ
ject of interest in our columns unless
he should again become an obstruction
to law and to public sentiment. Exit
Sturm. [EDs. NEws.]
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1870-05-20
SMITH'S
PHOTOGRAPHIC
BRISTOL, TENN.


After years of study aud practice inthe Fine
Arts, and possessing one of the best arranged
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have every facility for making, all kinds Of
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Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1870-05-20

Dental.
DIR. DUNN.

Rcsid cHf Drnfist IIfffYR
AM ILL be Ia my Oihec regularly f..a
Wv every Thursday, Friday and Satnrday see
other days when not whiting Biounivilis aad sest
Courts. aug. H ly cd. apr. 10
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1870-05-20

BEGINNING on the south edge of .
road near where Jos, Lanes straw shed
formerly stood at a small Black oak,
at the end of q lane, thence along the
lane and up hollow 10 where a small
hollow takes OF 10 the west, along II
and a marked line 10 a White oak,
Black oak and two Hickories ON the
east edge of the road that crosses Wal
ker's Mountain from Rich Valley TO
near Joseph Lanes, thence along said
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1870-05-20

the middle Fork at the upper ford, and
up II to near where blind ditch runs
out OF Coles meadow, thence n. 20 w,
passing west of Coles old house to a
stone on u ridge in Alderson's field n.
30 w. to a ridge south of Chas. w. AL
derson's house marked some oak trees,
N. 30 w. to pile of stones some 50
west OF Orr's Saw Mil, N. Il w. pass
ing the old Camp Ground to the old
Stage road at the wtst end of Tadlock's s
house, N. "A w. passing west of Hagy's
Saw MIL to q White oak and nnm-
Der OF Cedars on ridge west of the
jennings house thence n. 35 w. pass
ing East of the Ragsdale house to the
beginning.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-11-30
The State Debt.
dynasty.

The public debt on October 81 inst. is
set down in Governor Scott's message at
ST, $685. sOS sS, against s6,ls3, ,349 II on Oct.
ober 81, 1869; showing an increase OF ST.
4S2, $50, although the State has, during the
year, sold ita ''remunerative property" 20 an
amount of s95, 449 co. A part of the in
crease is accounted for by the appropriation
made last session for the purposes OF the
Land Commission. No hint is given in the
Governors message of the disposition made
of the So, 700, 900 Of State bonds which were
in the hands of the Financial Agent a year
ago, and which were not included in the
Sc, 49,, ,34s, given by the administration as
the total debt of the State. We presume,
however, that full particulars upon all these
points is contained in the reports OF the
State Treasurer and Comptroller-General,
which will soon be in possession OF the
nublic