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Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1872-03-15
Communicated.
The Choke at Cumberland Gap.

Mr.. EDITOR:
Some weeks since / read an ar
Gle In the Spectator. !" from Cumber-
land Gap, proclaiming to the world,
that the prospects of the Gap finan-
cially, were Frightening, and lots could
be purchased in few days. Doubt
less the writer Of the communication
in the "Spectator,n was correct, felt
confident that capitalists ere this,
would have been there, with their
millions, ready 10 invest, and that
soon their vast fields of hidden wealth
would he exposed to the light of the
mornings sun. That the lots would
bring enormous prices, and they (the
owners) sit back in their gilded parlors
listening to the sound of the hammer
as it told the " passer by, " of the Gaps
destined march to a city Of considera-
BILE magnitude.
have awaited anxiously to see an
advertisement of the grand sale, and
hs money matters are pressing, have
been collecting up my dimes. that /
might be among the first upon the
soil to claim home, amidst its beau
ties, upon which the writer dwells
so beautifully. But disappointment
hassent chill of icy ooldness III -ough
every vein, and all my desires to see
the advertised sale Of lots" have
been frustrated, and my hopes, as TO
citizenship in that elOquently deserib-
ed locality, somewhat shadowed. The
aXigeney Of the times. demand that
the proprietors Of the Gap should dis
pose of lots, and at reasonable rates.
IL they wish the Gap built up. and
men of energy to come among them,
They must act. Talk, amounts TO bur
very little. What do you propose do
Ing gentlemen? Let US hear some
thing Of your intention. Do you wish
ehterprising men among you2 III so,
come boldly 20 the front, and make
propositions that will prove beyond q
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Im1artan1 Discovery.

Dr. NJ. StoYer has placed in our of
fice sample of Roofing Slate from
the newly discovered quarry near
Shells Depot, seventeen miles from
Bristol. 1t is of very excellent quail
ity' and is now being worked energet'
icslly by company of Welsh gentle
men, Sho have leased the premises.
We certainly need fire proof roofs, and
we understand it can be had of the
company, at rates far below those else
where prevailing. The discovery is
of immense value to Bristol.
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l. BRISTOL, VIRGINIA TENNESSEE FRIDAY, MARCH is, 1872

wears, and a more timid, modest, kind
ly young creature could scarcely be
found than she was. She bore the
same characteristics, to all outward
appearance, up to the time of the re-
cent disclosures, and is now bowed
down and almost broken hearted.
THE TERRIBLE REALITY.
Still the mother rested in happy Sc
curity, and it was not until few
weeks since that the terrible reality
came to her knowledge, which in de-
tail exhibits such systematic villainy
that it seems almost incredible. 1t
was his constant habit to kiss all the
young girls, and during the first two
wears he contented himself with kiss
ing and hugging this one of his vic
tins, but two years ago he took her
out with him, nominally for the pur-
pose of a walk, but really to an assig-
nation-house on Caroline street, kept
by a colored woman whom he had
brought here from Virginia, where he
accomplished her ruin. Subsequently
he often took her TO this house, and
taught her, in her childish innocence,
that there was nothing wrong in it, at
the same time frequently making her
swear, with her hand upon the Bible,
that she would not divulge the matter
to her mother or any living soul. On
some occasions he took her to a house
on Penn street, and at others to house
on Josephine street, and the members
of his church will remember that du-
ring the camp-meeting last fall he re-
turned to the city for one day, IS he
said, to baptize sick infant, but in re-
ality to satisfy his wicked lust. Early
in the morning of the day he spent in
the city he called at the house of his
victim, and asked her mother to allow
her daughter to spend the day with
him at his house, as it would be a
holiday for her; having left his fami-
ly at camp, it would be so lonesome
for him, and he would assist her in her
studies after he had finished the ser
mon he had come home to prepare,
The deluded mother consented, and
now the daughter confesses that it was
nothing more nor less than an assigna-
ton for the most unholy of purposes,
under his own roof. He returned next
day to the camp-ground, and took part
in the exercises of preaching and ex-
horting up to the close of meeting.
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A LARGE STOCK AT Low PRICES.


T HAVE Just opened in James
l. Block, Main Street, Bristol. a new
and large Stock of Hardware, Csst-
lery, &c, and now present to the
people of this country an array of that
class of Goods which is not surpassed
by that of any retail house in Virginia.
My assortment being large and thor
Ough am also prepared to wholesale
to country merchants at rates which
will be to them both satisfaction and
advantage and / ask an examination
of my goods and prices. An enume-
ration of my stock is impossible in
this advertisement. The list would
be practically endless. 1t is my de-
sign to engage permanently in the bu
siness in Bristol and ask the support
of public sentiment and the patronage
of the county.
s. r. FERGUSON,
feb 2 If. Late of Portsmouth, Va.
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doubt, that you are in earnest, and that
you will sell not to enrich yourselves,
but at which. the Gap will soon rear
itself in point of numbers to a
prominency far beyond your expecta-
tions. Show your liberality, gentle
men. let people see that you are
friends of the country and not the OPP
pressors of the unfortunate ones, who
have not the funds to pay such long,
Tong prices. Come out, let US know if
you intend to sell, and when?
Respectfully,
ROB
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YARD
I'm BRISTOL

HAVE RECENTLY MADE LARGE
L additions to my stock of MARBLE
which were purchased in New York,
on the most favorable terms. l am
therefore selling at prices which
make it to the interest of all to pur-
chase of me, rather than go elsewhere.
Parties purchasing here will receive
work of the best material. furnished
in any style. and will save the heavy
expense of shipping.
Orders Solicited.
At. 81. PROVENCE,
Bristol, Tens.
July IA, lily.
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ed accounts of this sorrowful seduc-
ton. The exceeding delicaey of the
subject. as well as the sympathy that
was felt for the innocent one on whom
these disgraceful revelations fell with
crushing weight, prevented any ex-
tended inquiry into the runors which
were afioat. Now that the story has
become public property it is best that
the whole truth should be known.
The girl whose young life has been
blighted by the touch OF the sedueer,
as the tender rosebud by the early
frost, was pupil of the Western Fe-
male High School, the daughter of a
lady well known to many of the peo-
pie of Baltimore as lady of culture
and refinement. She was fair schol-
ar, stood well in her classes, and up to
the day of the melancholy discovery
there never was anything in her con-
duct that excited the least suspicion
on the part of her companions or her
teachers. A pretty face and a we'll
rounded form are precious gifts, but
sometimes they expose the possessor
to periis from which those less favored
are exempt. The 'evil eye" had gazed
on this budding beauty, but the charm
of nodesty and at least the emblem of
innocence still remained.
There is no truth in the story which
has been published to the effect that
suspicion was first aroused by the
finding of an improper note in her
desk. Two weeks since one of the as
sistant teachers at the High School
told the principal that a rumor had
come to her ears seriously affecting the
reputation of this unhappy girl. The
principal was much perplexed as to
what course he should pursue. He
was desirous of avoiding the scandal
which any investigation would Gre
ate, and yet he thought that The girl
ought not to remain i'll the school If
| the rumor was true. On the following
day q note was placed in the hands of
| the principal by a young man to whom
it had been addressed. There was
nothing particularly improper in the
language used in the note, but there
seemed to be an undercurrent OF
innuendo that was suspicious. The
name of the young man is not known,
except TO the party to whom he deliv-
cred the ill-starred missive. The
principal determined to show the note
to the girls mother, and to ask her to
withdraw her daughter from the
school quietly, so as to prevent the
necessity of any action on his part.
When the daughter was brought be-
fore her mother to explain the Ian
guage ofthe note she had written, she
made the confession which has driven
the Rev. DR.. Huston in disgrrce from
his church and from his adopted city.
| Up to this time there had been no
mention of his name-the inOuirV
started at the high school had no
relation to him-and until the poor girl
there had not been a suggestion that
| implicated him in the least.
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church and state in Switzerland

church and State in Switzerland.
From the New York INDEPENDENT
The Swiss are discussing amendments
TO their constitution, and they find some
trouble in readjusting the relations oil
Church and State. Heretofore these re-
lations have, with two exceptions, been
left wholly to the several cantons. In
confederation where some cantons are
almost wholly Protestant, others almost
wholly Catholic, and others about evenly
divided between the two forms of faith,
it was plainly impossible for the national
government to make any definite rules
for the control of religious matters. The
only reference in the Federal Constitu-
ton to religious questions were pro
vision that no secular disability should
be imposed on either Protestants or
Catholics in any of the cantons, pro.
hibition of the Order of the Jesuits
throughout the whole extent of the Con-
federation, and a clause making the
clergy Of both churches ineligible to the
national council. 1t was proposed to
strike out the last clause; but the propo-
sition was violently opposed by the ultra
Protestants, and at last rejected. The
question of religion in schools was
also discussed with much warmth.
Heretofore education has been left
to the care of the cantons; but some
provision has now been made for the
establishment by the confederation Of
schools of the higher class, and large
minority of the council insisted that no
person belonging to any religious order
should be employed as a teacher. This
prohibition was not enacted; but the
council added to the Educational Bill a
provision which makes the Grticle against
the Jesuits yet more stringent, forbid
ding the interference in educational
matters of any class of men who could
be suspected of Jesuitry. The signih-
cant feature of these discussions was
the greatly increased hostility of the
Protestants to the Catholics. This hos
til;ty appears in some instances to be
narrow and unreasoning; yet it is the
legitimate outgroyth of the Vatican
Council, and of the seFies of acts by
which the Ultramontsne party has ar
raved itself against the civilization Of
the nineteenth century. We could wish
that our Protestant friends in the Swiss
Council were little more moderate and
fair. Int when we remember with whom
they are dealing we can hardly blame
their severity
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me all sharp repeating words. 0 Holy
Cross Of Christ, ward off from me all
weapons Of danger. o Holy Christ,
ward of from me all things that are
evil. o Holy Cross of Christ, protect
me from all my enemies. 0 Holy Cross
of Christ protect me in the way of hap
piness. 0 Holy Cross Of Christ, ward
of from me all dangerous deaths-give
me life always. o Crucfed Jesus OF
Nazareth, have mercy on me now and
forever. Amen.
"In honor of our Lord Jesus Christ,
and in honor of his sacred passion, and
in honor OF his Cod-like ascension, to
which he liked to bring us the right way
to heaven-true as Jesus was born on
Christmas dey in the stable-true as the
three kings brought their offerings to
Jesus on the thirteenth day-true as he
ascended into heaven--so the honor of
Jesus will keep me from my enemies,
visible and invisible, now and forever.
Amen.
80, Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on
me; Mary and Joseph, pray for me
through Nicodemus and Joseph, who
took our Lord down from the Cross and
buried him Lord Jesus Christ, through
thy suferings on the cross-for truly
your soul was parting out of this sinful
world-givc me grace that may carry
my crosSpatiently, with dread and fear
when | suffer, and that without com
planning, and through Thy suffering !
may escape all dangers, now and for
ever
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UNDERGROUND RIVER.
Two Men Discover River Wilhol
Source or Month.

Two Men Discover River without
Source or Mouth.
From the Leavenworth Qnd.) Democrat.
During this age of discoveries and
superstition it becomes our duty to re-
port fact, which, to those unacquainted
with the singular developments of the
day, may be somewhat disposed to doubt
But we give it as a positive truth, as re-
lated to US by one of the best citizens in
this county, who went and examined it.
1t is as follows Two men named John
E. Stanley and Frank Henniger, we're
employed to dig well on the iarm of
Mr.. Benjamin Ellis, who resides in
Washington county, near the line of Har-
rison and Washington counties They
commenced digging in place where as
they thought, it would be probable not to
encounter an obstruction in their search
for water. They had proceeded but
short distance, however, when they en-
countered bed Of lost "nigger head
rocks, which, upon being broken open,
were found to contain water and other
substances, supposed to be ore of some
kind When they reached the depth Of
sixty feet from the surface, they came to
large cave, which they followed to the
distance of ten or twelve feet, when there
before their gaze was beautiful
river of clear water, which upon
examination was found to contain an
innumerable number of small white
fish. Upon a closer examination it was
found to be sixteen feet wide and FIVE
feet in depth, and as clear and as cold as
spring water. As an experiment,
lighted candle was placed upon a small
piece Of plank and set ahoat. 1t started
off into the darkness with the current,
and was soon lost to sight. Several per
sons have visited this great curiosity,
and many were the conjectures as to
where the water came from and whittier
it went, but nothing satisfactory could
be arrived at. 1t seems, however, to be
the general impression in that neighbor-
hood that, in days gone by, when this
country was inhabited by Indians, that
they had known of this cave and river,
and had concealed their wealth in it,
and then filed the entrance to the cave
with loose rocks, and left it to return,
perhaps, a. some future time and convey
it hence. The last is only o supposi-
ton, yet we think it very probable one:
Who will Investigate this matter, and
throw more light on this strange and
singular discovery
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The Prayer Found in Christs
Grave. A. ID. sos.

The above is the title of prayer
given to the public through the medium
Of the press for the first time. 1t con-
sisis ef three collects--asking for a
variety of blassjngs, invoking the aid of
Mary and Joseph. This prayer, as the
document states, was found in the
Savior's grave in the year 500. Here it
Is Read and judge for yourselves:
gTha following prayer was found in the
grave of our Lord Jesus Christ in the
wear 500. and sent from the Bose 70 the
Emperor Charles for safety as ne was
goisg to battle. They who repeat Il
every day, or hear it repeated, or keep
Il about them, shall never die sudden
death. nor be iroEped in water, nor will
poison have any effect on lheH, sne u
being read over a woman IN labor she
will be safely delivered, and be a 9 lad
mother; and when the child is born lay
il on his or her right side, and be or she
will not be troubled with any misfor-
tunes. And if you see any one IN hts
lay il on his or her right side, and he or
she will stand up and thank God. And
they who shall repeat it in any house
shall be blessed by the Lord, and woe to
him that laughs at it, for he will suffer.
Believe tbs, for it is certain as Il the
Holy Evangelists asd written it. They
who keep it about them need mot fear
lightning nor thunder, and they who re-
peat It every day shall have three days
warning before their death.
20 adorable Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ dying on the cross for our lives.
o Holy Cross Of Chris. ward oH fron
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PAY or Fight-wanted, n Cromwell
and n MOIEkc.

From the London Advertiser, Feb. Ill
The course of England is now plain
il admits of no optimist aspirations and
delays. We must be prepared to pay or
fight. The whole resources and ener-
gies of the empire should be at once put
forth. Fifty millions, or a hundred, will
be dirt-cheap 10 place us in positions OF
dignity and safety, and they would be
spent among ourselves and on oar own
people. a hundred millions will soon
be poured into the sea, or be lavlshed
over foreign mercenaries, supposing we
could get them, which We very much
doubt, il We drift into war after our usual
fashion. Let the queen send for states
man, if she has one in her realm, and
let the Admiralty and the War Office be
placed under the absolute control OF able
professional ministers of war and ma
rina. Let an order in council proclaim
that no arms or nunitions OF war, and,
above all, that no steam-Coel leave the
kingdom for any foreign state. The
emergency justi6es ALL Let a tempting
bounty be offered for seamen and sol
diers. Let Is ect as if We had a Crom-
we'll and Moltke 10 gut our house IN,
order. If this is declared chinorical,
all we can say is that there is chimeTs
oyershadowing Us that viii soon present
the features Of dead reality, when II
NAV be too late for resistance.
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Interview with the Woman who
Owns the Whole United States.

The Boston Post has been interview
ing Mrs. Thurston, the lady who claims
to own our whole country. Here is a
part of her statement:
Q. What is your claim against the
United States2 Does it include any
thing besides Portland3
A. | advertised in the papers that the
State of Maine would be sold at public
auction by a months netice. / made
the sale by the assistance of one Of the
State officials, the Secretary of State,
who posted notice of the sale upon the
outside door on the morning of the sale
| asked who was to make the sale, and
was told by the United States District
Attorney that Mr.. Marshall had promised
to make the sale. The sale was to take
place January 5, 1870, but when the
time came, | could not find Mr.. Mar
shall. The Legislature had convened
for organization. went into the Senate
and House to find Mr.. Marshall. Itw
ten o'clock when ] went to the office of
the Secretary of State for my papers.
went hack and read to them the
notice of the sale. | called for
q vote one Oh lnc InemDefS
of the House advised me to sell
it as a State instead of by counties. Mr..
Haynes bid $4,000. Then Mr.. Lane,
Senator elect, bid $l0O,000,OOO. / bid
1925, 600, 900, and then it was mine. Mr.
Vinton came to me and said: Mrs.
fhurston, the writings are to be made
out now, walk into the Governor room. "
replied: Not until the writings are
signed" | went in, and dozen or
more men stood before me, and among
them the former Speaker of the House,
who had signed paper that he would
pay a part Of the expense of paying for
my land. He told me if ] did not come
down out Of that place twenty-five men,
bers would take hold Of me. Another
member told mo to GONE down. told
him | owned the State and owned him,
too. He said: 81 know it, and am
your subject; please walk down Mr.
B. +. Walker came up and seized my
sleeve, and had it not torn, in another
moment | would have lost my life.
Q. Then you claim to have a propri-
etary interest in the United StatesY
A. Yer, sir.
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MARCH WINDS.

Listen, Kitty, my darling
Here, by the fresde bright
Dc you know what the winds are saying,
Abroad in the gusty nighJ?
Moaning under the windows,
Like the voice Of child that grieves,
Making the naples shiver
And creak at the cottage caves!
Listen, Kitty. my darlingl
The winds are singing song
OF the Spring that is softly stealing
From SUMMER lands along;
The snow drops smile as they hear it
A smile for the Springs sweet sake;
And the shy little violets whisper,
I'VE hear-we are broad awake"
No matter, Kitty, my darling!
Though the March winds drearily blow.
| am sure that the daisies are stirring
Down under the sheltering snow.
In spite of the clustering weather,
The crocus is budding again;
And the daffodils whisper together,
And wait for the, April rain.
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A PRINCELY WEDDING.
ApprO aching Nuptiais of the Mar
qais of Butte anu Lady HOward--A
Husband with Two Millions for a
Yearly Income


qafs of Butte ana Lady H0ward-A
Husband with Two Millions for "a
Yearly Income.
From the New York Herald's London Sps-
cial, February 2lst.
The marriage Of the Most Noble The
Marquis OF Butte 10 the daughter Of Lord
Edward George Howard is announced
to take place soon.
The marriage, which is referred TO in
our cable telegram from London, given
above, will unite three of the most ex-
alted families Of the British aristocSacy
those of the Howards Of Norfolk, Of
Crichton-Stuart Of the barony and mar
quisite of Butte, and Of the Talbots of
Shrewsbury.
THE BRIDE-ELECT
is daughter of Lord Edward George
Fitzalan Howard, younger son of Henry
Charles, thirteenth Duke of Norfolk, by
Lady Charlotte Sophie, daughter of the
Duke Of Sutherland. She is thus niece
to Henry, Duke of Norfolk.
THE INTENDED BRIDEGROOM
is the Right Honorable John Patrick
Crichton Stuart, Marquis Of Butte, the
only son of John, the second Marquis,
by his wife, Lady Sophie Christina,
daughter Of the Marquis Of Hastings.
The Marquis of Butte is enormously
rich, his income exceeding 100000
sterling per annum, Independent Of the
savings of the huge revenue during "a
number of years, which he received in a
lump. His conversion to the Roman
Catholic church some few years since,
with his open profession of that faith
in Rome and his present to the Pope Of
the magnificent cross of gold and dia-
monds which was borne in front of the
Episcopal Procession in ST. Peters at
the opening ceremonial of the Vatican
council, produced deep sensation in
the Christian world.
THE HOwARDs OF NORFOLK
have ever been Roman Catholics, no
titled representatives of the family hav-
ing swerved from that particular form of
faith, even at the moment OF the Eng
lish Reformation, or subsequently during
the operation of the penal laws. Des-
pite all this the Duke Of Norfolk, Of the
moment, has always been recognized rs
the Premier Duke and Earl of Britain,
and at each succeeding coronation Of
the monarchs of the kingdom names, in
his capacity of Earl Marshal, the knight
who offers battle in his behalf and that
of the nation to any disputant Of the
royal title to the throne.
The marriage of the Marquis Butte
and Lady Howard will be most bril-
liant religious ceremonial.
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INSURANCE.
REMOVAL.
REMOVAL.

rI,UE oPFICE OF THE WESTERN METH
adist bss been moved from p Jefferson
street 10 27s% Main street. up stairs, in the
rooms formerly occupied by g: W. L. Crook.
Correspondents and others will take NOTES.
and direct their letters aoeordingiy. we
issue now 6S00 copies. The Methodist Is
good medium for advertiser.
st R. W. BLEW CO. Publlshers.