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Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1871-02-10

| on the loans of the Federal Govern
| ment. was restriction on the Consti-
tutional power of the United States to
borrow money, and was uncUnstition-
al.
In 1868, in Bridge proprietOrs VS..
HOboken Company, it being held that
statute of New Jersey, made in 1870,
enacting it should not be lawful for
any person to erect any other bridge
across the Hackensack, for 80 Years,
did not prevent the erection of rail-
soad viaduct, because such was not in
cluded in the meaning of the word
bridge, in 179O-Judge Grier in his
opinion put the case on a sounder ba-
sis. viz THAT no Legislature can re-
strain a succeeding Legislature from
granting or condemning franchise, a
State may in its right of eminent do
main condemn franchise us it may
lands.
Chef Justice Taney died October u,
1864. He was an accurate reasOner. and
if it be that he erred not in the bred
Scott case, as to the status of the ne
gro in 1857, his conclusions are correct
Judge Curtis and Mclean drew differ
ent conclusions from history, and the ir
dissenting opinions were very able
Judge Taney proved his philanthropy
many years before hi. death, by giving
freedom to his slaves and caring for
them.
TO BIZ CONCLUDED.
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flowers inside of her bonnet; she that
was gigling and laughing and chatter
ing all time the brother was speaking !:
she thinks mean her.
And she ought to think so. / am
sorry for any parents that have brought
up girl to her age without teaching
her To behave modestly and properly /;
they are to be piticd. Little girl, you
have disgraced your parents IA well as
yourself. But do not mean her.
-" And now, that man on the bench
i'm the corner, who is looking up H.
bright rs if he had never been asleep
i'll his life, aud never expected to be-.
but who WAS nodding and bOwing and
snoring all through the sermon that
man thinks | mean him.
And, indeed, he may well think
so. My frieCd, the house of God is not
intended for place of sleeping. When
you want to take a nap, go home, take
off your clothes, and go to bed there
Is the place to sleep, not III church.
But | do not mean. him.
AMI thus he went OF, fixing his
dark eye on each offender, till
he had pointed out nearly every,
man, woman, and child who had in
any respect deViated from strict pro-
priety, ending each reprOOf with II
do not him. or " 10 not mean her.
Judge White, sitting on the front
bench just in face OF the preacher,
was all the time eXjOying tGe fun WON
derfully. He laughed, he rubbed his
hands, he chewed his tobacco with the
greatest vigor. As each new offender
was brought up, he chewed more and
more violently till the floor before
him became a puddle.
Now" said the preacher, drawing
himself up with severe look, " sup
pose you want To know who | do
mean. | mean," said he pointing his
finger tr.:e aS the needle To the pole,
Il mean that tilthy tocacco-chewer,
sitting on the end of the front seat.
Look at those puddles on the floOrI a
toad would pc poisoned in them, and
think of the sisters dresses being
dragged through such pollution!
Judge whites laughter WAS checked
rs suddenly a. if Il thDnderbOlt had
fallen. Every eye in the congres alton
was instantly fastened on him. He
has aveIred that he never afterwards
dared To chew tobacco in church.
REV. w. IL. MILBURN.
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, TENNEsSEE.

The aFpS Tax bin passed Jan. 10,
1861, levics a tax of sixty cents on each
800 worth of taxable property except
rs Ia merchants who are taxed double
their recent tax. All local or travel
ling agents of Insurance Compa~ies
are taxed SD to the State and $40 to
the county. Railroads are taxed six
mills on each dollar of net earnings
Drummers, whether selling by sample
or otherwise are taxed so to the State
and s. to each county. y failure to
comply on the part of Insurance agents
is punished by fin5 OF not less than
800 nor more than $500 and failure
TO procure licence from same county
10y drummers is punished by. 4 fine of
SlOo. These fines go one half TO the
informer
The trialo Judge Butler cost the
govcrnmcut Slo.eaO ard Judge Wiley
severely censurcd the Pension Depart
mcEt for the useless and unprOvoked
prosecution.
The health of Senator Brownlow is
much improved.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1871-02-10
A Faithful Preacher.

The Following discourse was delivered
by the Rev. james AXley, "A renowned
Methodist preacher Of ESat Tennes-
see. 1t is related by Hugh l.. White,
for many years a distinguished Judge
in that State, and afterwards a con-
spicuous member of the Senate of the
United States.
1t had been nOised abroad that Mr..
Axley would preach on the morning
of the following Sabbath. The ia
nous divine was a great favorite with
none more so than Judge White. At
the appointed hour, the judge, in COM
pany with large congregation, was
in attendance.
The services were begun by another
preacher, at the close of whose address
Mr.. Axley rose. and stood silently
surveying the congregation. All were
hushed in expectation. Every eye
was riviteG on him. He then began =
Z" My friend, it is very painful, but a
necessary duty, for a minister Of the
gospel to reprove vice, misconduct, and
sin, wherever found and be assured
1 will not Shrink from the duty OH this
occasion.
And now" continued the speaker.
pointing with his long finger, " that
sandy-haired man. sitting yonder 10y
the door, who got upand wentOut while
the brother WAS preaching, and staid
out 50 long; who got his boots full Of
mud, and came in and stamped the
mud off at the door, making such a
noise that no body could hear the
preacher that man thinks l mean
him.
"NO wonder that he thinks Sc. II
is disg ace to the state that he should
have grown up here and have no bet
ter manners. Now, my friend. ] all
wise you to go home, and learn how to
behave yourself before you again come
To the house Of prayer. But ] j,
l OF mean him.
:. And now" pointing again to his
mark, " q a little giIi about the mid
die Of tlIe floOr-I should Judge her 10
be about sixteen years old-with
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1871-02-10
.. THINK OF EE!"

We find the following strange Ian
yrlagc i'm the Editorial columns of the
Joncshoro Fidg,, a paper wearing the
purple OF loyalty. We leave our read
.rs to draw their own deductions, and
Ia restrain their own fears of the sec
ond contert" which may the Gods. as
well ~ Gresham, grant to ".-cttlc
things differently" :"
Think of il fire hUndTCd HOHs0nd
Iog.d B,cH stain 10 SUrc Our co"HftY :
Aud yet rebllion is rife i'm the land,
and rebels are being elevated to posi-
tiuns of n pnor and trust-whiist Tic
claims Of true Union men and cN-Fcd-
al soldiers are being ignored There
is y second contest coming which will
.rttlc things differently, AID for all
times tu come.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1871-02-10
FOURTEENTH CIRCUIT.

FOURTEENTH CIRCUIT.
Botetourt-lst April and September
Roamoke-l4th Apriland September.
Craig-2Sth April and September.
Montgomerv-Sth May and October
Floyd-22d May and October.
Giles-1st June and November.
FIFTEENTH CIRCUIT.
/ Carroll-Ist Monday in April and
/ September.
! GraysOn-Mouday before last Monday
in March and August.
Wythe-3d Monday in May and Dc
tober.
Pulaski-3d Monday in April and
September.
Bland-4lh Monday in April and
September.
October
SIXTEENTH CIRCUIT.
/ Smvth-25th March and August.
/ Washington-4th April and Septcm-
/ bcr.
Buchanan-2Oth April and Septem-
Der.
Russell-25th April and September.
Scott-1jth May and October.
Wise-21st May and October.
TIE great iron bridge over the Ohio
river at Parkersburg, West Virginia,
connecting the Baltimore and Ohio
and the Marietta and Cincinnati,
railroads. was completed last week,
when the first train. passed over The
bridge is ninety feet above low water
mark. and more than four thousand
feet long. 1t has been built by the
Baltimore aud the Ohio Railroad
Company at cost of over l,000,0o0.
PASS HIM AROUND.-The Masonic
Fraternity will he on their guard
against one &. A. D'SancrallO, who
is travelling through the country, rep
resentig himself as an Agent for {.
Noorc's Masonic ReuietC, printed in
Cincinnati. This fellow recently Wis
tied Gordunsville, where he obtained
"A dozen or more subscribers to the Re
rietc; but Mr.. Moore, the publisher,
authorizes Mr.. +. b. Davis, of Cor
louisville to say that D'SancrallO is an
imposter and swindler. Pass him
around -Lynch6tUg Ne1CS.
THE CLIFTON FORGE RAILROAD
I'm spra king of the different railroads
which it sproposeC to onstruc' through
Botetourt county, the Fmcastlc UerUtd
-avs: "The Clifton Forge ard Lynch
burg connection. is another road that
cnnccr"s Us, and however dead its
prospects may appear now, this link
in this great line between the West
and the sea is two important not to he
hnin. We understand that n soon as
The ChcSaprake & Ohio Railroad is
!inishr|. this line will he constructed,
aud that both Gen. Mahone and Mr..
Huntingdon, two of the great railroad
men of the country, realize its impor-
t.nre ~ a connecting link in tie great
trunk lines and desire to sec it con-
StruCtcd.'
REQUISITION FOR a MURnERER.-
Gov. Walker received on Monday a
r"quisition from the Gov. of Wet
Virginia FOR thc delivery of Il negro
named VIM. Johnston. Charged with
the murder. in Monroe county, of that
State ofG. III. Hunter of Augusta cOun-
tv, Va. in October last. The Governor
ISSUED u warrant Of rendition for the
prisoner, who is confined i'm the Jail OF
Staunton, to the West Virginia au-
thoritics for trial -LyhchbUrg IirgiH-
ian.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1871-02-10

THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH.-'rhe fol-
ing statistical information will be OF
interest to our Episcopal readers. The
Church Journal says:
"This week we begin the year 1871
with thirty-nine Diocesan and nine
missionary Bishops, III place Of thirty
seven ten years since; 2,7S0 other
clergy for 2,O2S; with 222 900 commu-
nicants for l39, GIL, and 202, ,729 Sum
day scLOoi children for ,9l2.-The
contributions for last year in thirty
seven DiOceSes and two missionary Di-
Occscs amount to S5.002, 731 IS. These
were contributions for missionary and
Church purposes, leaving us to imag-
inc the wealth lying behind, out OF
which this large sum was a voluntary
offering. The ordinations have been
2GS, the deaths of the clergy, including
two Bishops, were 3S the net increase
40.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1871-02-10

IN speaking of the acquittal OF
Judge Butler the JoncshOr0 FiGg asks,
"What next will the Rebel Democracy
howl about - Now We again say to
our friend of the F'tdg hat this Betha-
ny Farmer case is one purely of Radi-
cal conception and bringing forth
The Carpcthag element which he 50
patiently nurturcd for many a weary
day got it up and really it seems to
have the Flag on the hip. Come over
friend and help ur; We will do thee
good, and may the Lord reward you
according to your works.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1871-02-10
BY HENRY AFFORD.

Say, wilt thou think OF me when Pm away
Borne from the threshold and laid IN the
clay,
Past and unhear,l for many day.
Wilt thou remember me when ! am gone
Further each year from the vision Win
drawn,
Tho, in the sunsct, and il. the dawn!
Wilt thou remember me, when thou shalt
Daily and nightly encompassing thee
Hundreds OF others but nothing of nc!
All tina. ask is a gem in thine eye,
Sitting and thinking when no ono Is by,
Thus looked he on me-thus rang hl6 re-
ply:
.Tis not to die though the path be obscure ;
Vast though the peril, there's one can Sc
cure;
Grand is the conflict, the victory surO;
But tits TO feel the cold touch Of decay,
I'll. 70 look back on the wake Of ones way,
Fading and vanishing day after day;
This is tho bitterness Zone can he spared :
This. the Oblivion the greatest have shared:
This, the true death for ambition prepare"
Thousands are round us toiling as we,
Living and loving-whose lot Il to be
Past aud forgotten, like waves on the sea
Once in lifetime is uttered a word
That dol; h not vanish as So0u a. It's heard
Once in age II humanity stirred:
Once in century springs forth dcel
From the dark LANDS Of forgctfulness
freed,
Destined to slime and to blcss, and to lead.
Yet not ey'n thus escape we our lot
The deed lasts in mcmory-the doer is not,
The word liycth on, bat voice Is forgot.
WHO knows the form of the mighty of old
Can bust or can portrait the spirit unfold,
Or the light OF the eye by description Le
toldg
Nav, even he our ransom became,
Bearing the cross, aud despisiug the shame,
Earning name above every name.
They who had handled Him when He was
here,
Kept they in memory His lineamcnts
Tould they command them at viii to aP-
pear!
They who heard him anil lived in his voice,
Say could they always rec:ol to their
choice
The tone AMI the cadence which made
them rejoice.
Tc we content, then, to pass into shade.
Virsa..c and voice in oblivion L.id,
Aud live in the Ii GIT that oar actions have
ma.ic.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1871-02-10
VIRGINIA.

Mr.. Sheppard Carpenter, Chief clerk
OF the Holston Salt & Plaster Co.,
died at Saltvilie recently.
The Grand Jury at Abingdon last
week, fouLd true bill for murder
against Ro. b. Thayer.
The Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad has
aiken TO The Western end of the road
3,o5l hands. This looks like business.
The committee for courts Of Justice
has been ordered TO investigate char
ses against Judge Alexander Nahood
a Giles, and have been empower, d
81 send for persons aud papers.
Under the new act of the Lcgisla-
tslre changing the times for the setting
- The Circuit Courts Of the State the
zNllowing list will particularly interest
<4f readers.
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IFrum the PhilaGelphia Weekly Age.l
POLITICAL.
VIEW OF TIL +
HISTORY OF THE UNITED
STATES.
BY TALON JACKSON, ESQ.
BY TALLow JACKSON, ESQ.
CHAPTER VI.
1r,n1c1ARN-lContinrcd.l

JUDICIARY-(C COntiRucd.)
Chief Justice Taney entered into Of
flee in April, 1886.
IN 1857, he assented to the opinion
of the majority of the court-in the
case o: Briscoe VS.. The Bank of the
Commonwealth of Kentucky, in which
il was held that although State cam
not Constitutionally emit Bills of
credit. it may grant acts of incorpOra-
tiou To banks that do-the power to in
corporate being incidental to sovereign
tv. aud tn nc u, ing 10 linn tation on
the power of the states to grant such
i'm the Federal Constitution.
Judge story. in "A dissenting opinion
mentioned that the late Chief Justice
Marshall was of opinion that the sc.
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MAGAZINES.

The OId Dominion. for January
opens with Brook Hall-followed 10y
an article of nine pages on Thacseray
These are peculiarly Virginia features
developed for this monthly in its art;-
Gle on Gen. Lee The Stuart Horse
Artillery &c. The present number is q
good one and the work should be sus-
tanned by Virginians. Price 80. NJ.
w. HaZlcwood, Richmond.
GodCy's LDdg's Book for February
1871. 4 splendid number of Cooley
is presented to the patrons of this eX-
ceilcnt monthly for February. The
embellishments are numerous and of a
superior Kind, consisting Off
THE Fight Interrupted, "A steel
plate; Cuiorcd i'aShion-Plalc. contain
iuy scrcR figures; Our Balloon Post, .
an extra wood engraving; Winter y
another splendid wood engraving; A
beautiful design i'm Patchwork, .priIi-
ted i'm blue; \ page containing ten de
signs in hnnnctS and hats; The other
novelties for The month are the usual
large Extension Sheet, Drawing Les
SONS. Cottage, and various design to he
found i'm the Work department.
Harper is, as usual, capital. The
opening story, 10y Prof De Mile, cnti-
/ { ed the American Baron, commences
well and promises TO bc the best yet
/ given us 10y the author of " The Dodge
/ Club Mr.. Abbot contributes read-
/ able article on Glass Blowing, but the
beautiful illustrations form its chic
attraction. Anteros continues to bore
us, but the popular history of Frede-
rick the Great nowhere drags, and il
is evidently written on the basis of the
best authorities. MIR. Conant is not
particularly happy in his poetical rem
dition of the loves of Donna Clara,
entitled The Shadow, but Miss Oe-
goods Marguerite is exquisite. The
ablest paper i'm the magazine is An EX-
animation of the Claims of Columbus
by Mr.. Maury, unless we except enito-
rial departments, i'm matters of social
life, history, literature, and science are
discussed in most able and charming
manner.
The Eclectic Magazine contains the
best literature of the best minds of
England and France, and every volume
is a cylopiedia, as it were, OF foreign
contemL orary thought. The Februa-
~ humber is at hand, and contains
nearly twenty excellent articles, be-
sides the Editorial Department. There
is also a very fine portrait of Gen. Tro-
chu, stern, patient Breton, towards
whom the eyes of the whole civilized
world are now turned. The Eclectic
is published 10y +. R. Pclten, los Full
ton Street, New York. Price, s., per
year. Single copies 45 cents.
.S.ribRcr'S Monthly for February.
This number of Scribner's Monthly
is remarkable for the range, variety,
value, and interest of its contents /;
and is probably the most readable
unmber yet published ofthis young but
vigorous and enterprising magazine.
Contents.-The New York Mercan-
tile Library; The French Conquest of
Lorraine and Alsace Illutrated; y
Tartar Lovc-Song; The Story of a
Valentine: Iauriger ; Some hing
about Balloons, ILLUSTRATED; Lucky
Per, Illustrated The Haunted ship;
MadalIne; Weathei relcgr; m- and
Storm-Forecasis; Conference WroI &
side Out; Wilfriom Cumbermede; !;
i he Bondage OF the Pulpit; Books and
Authors at Home; Etchings ITO
morrow is ST. Valentines day."
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1871-02-10

an idea of the enormous size of the
tree, for, when one enters the opening
i'll the side, he finds himself i'm cir
cular room large enough to furnish
ample quarters for a small family. Up
on the floor, beside the upright hollow
section, is solid section of the tree,
showing the character and appearance
of the wood.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1871-02-10
"Yemr scnntor. Gem.Lemcn!', .,

Hon. Jos. Y. Powell has returned
fIom the vicinity Of the South Pole
with the icy iucrustations of the Falk-
land Islands still upon him. lie wa'
i'm Washington city last week. As one
of our most distinguished characters
may the Lord preserve him until the
Saints ,Imll lie caught up in the air.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1871-02-10
8tisfut Aems.
FRIDAY, February, 10. 1871.
POEM BY DEAN Afford.

Tahs Editors Of the Eceniag Post:
Many of your readers will proba-
bly be glad to see in your columns
the following poem of the late Dean
Afford. which was FIRST published in
G,,od Words, but never i'll this cOun-
try to my knowledge. s. o.
FILIOL.E EULCISSIM.E.
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DISEASES CAUSED BY A BAD
STATE OF THE BLOOD.

Ii thoroughly eradicates every kind
OF HUmor and Bad Taint, and retores
the entire system to IA healthy cOndi-
ton.
It is beyond question the FINEST
TONIC IN THE WORLD.
Thousands have been changed by
the Use of this Medicine from weak,
sickly, suffering creatures, To strong,
healthy, and happy men and women.
Invalids cannot hesitate to give it
trial.
No Medicine has obtained such a
great reputation rs this justly eelebra-
ted compound.
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DIR. LAwRENCE's WOMAN's FRIEND
Cures all Diseases peculiar to Females.
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DIR. WIN. N. VANCE.
ATE of Kingsport, resides in Bristol
IL lie will attend to professional calls
rom town and country.
OFFICE, in Kings Block-hrst door ou
he r'ght--up stairs aug "a. "
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JIPdicHI.

PROFESSIONAL
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-11-29
The Family Table.

The family board should be honored Of all,
with JOY, peace and love. 1t is a shrine
where churlishness, GOODNESS, silence and
frcwns should have no place. 1t may be
made thrice day the scene of festival rich
er and rarer than picnics in the wooded groves,
or SYMPTOMS feasts in gilded saloons Its Of
ferings may be frugal and humble-but no
matter; better is its dinner of herbs, if favor
ed with love and spiced with vivacity, than
the rich courses Of grand hotel, where
strange hundreds swallow and gulp amid a
clatter OF dishes, regardless of each others
presence-or the weary and montonous meals
of the boarding house, where the people know
each other too well to be entirely reserved,
and too little to be familiar. Each assmblage
round the family table has its peculiar charm
and each may be made feast. The pleasant.
est family pictures are those cheerful dining
room assemblages, where father, mother
brothers, sisters, eat and drink cheerily, as
though it did them good, and cloth, urn
dishes and spoons seem to look happy in gener'
al iov.-Ex.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-11-29
The Government Debt.

Even the democratic papers concede that
Secretary Boutwell, has done wonders in
reducing our National debt at the uuprec-
edcnted rate which it has been reduced
As a fiuancier, he is entitled to the credit
of accomplishing what he set out to do. 1t
is minated however, that while the Secre-
tary has thought this the best course to pur-
sue, he has also been actuated by desire to
glorify himself and the administration more
than by a regard for the whole country, aud
that by collecting vast income by heavy
imposts on foreign goods, he has enriched his
own section of the country. Some Of the
journals contend that we have a war-tax i'm
posed in time of peace, and that the tax is
too great
We protest agains, this uudeserved i'm.
putation against the motives Of the Secreta-
ry, aud also against any impeachment of the
wisdom Of his policy in this particular. He
has, doubtless, had an honest ambition to add
to his own fame, and to command public con-
fidence for the party he has so noby served.
But the demand of the time has been to es-
tablish the credit Of the country on an eudur.
ing basis, that credit which has been impaired
in foreign money markets by the declaration Of
anti-war men that the war debt never could
be paid. This made it impossible for us to
get loans from abroad except upon extortion-
ate rates of interest 1t was necessary that
demonstration be made of the ability of the
country to pay its war debt, both principal
and interest and also to prove that We had
not only the means but the disposition to pay
it. The party in power has had a powerful
party in its front which has more than once
limited at reputation should its ehieftains
once more grasp the helm of the ship Of
State. Both at home and abroad, wo needed
a basis Of confidence established This basi.
the Secretary has laid. Now, under the di.
rection Of the Secretary himself, the officers
of his department are preparing schedules
showing how far reductions may be safely
made Congress will be advised to cut down
the revenues and TO reduce taxation. This
has been done twice already. The time fol
third Systematic reduction is at hand