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The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-10-09
THE HIDE AND FUR TRADE.

Below will be found the corrected list
Of prices by Ii. Levi for hides, tallow
feathers, etc. II. Levi does very large
trade in his line, and it is well known
fact that he always pays the highest prices
to be obtained in this market. He is pay
ing for
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-10-09

MRS. ANNA LANG, Eighth street be.
tween Commercial and Washington ave.
nues, has just received a large and varied
stock Of fall goods, and desires 10 call par.
ticulsr attention to her handsome assert.
ment Of ladies and children's underwear,
something new in this market. Her wooden
drawers and leggins combined
are also something new and
the most comfortable thing
for children in cold weather ever devised.
Mrs Lang also has we'll selected assort-
ment OF hats, bonnets, ribbons, flowers,
and notions OF all sorts, all OF which will
be sold as cheap as can be found elsew here
in this market. lo9.lm.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-10-09
PHIL. HOWARD.
STEAMBOAT BUTCHER,
City National Bank building.

sA-special attention paid to orders from steam
boats night OF dsv
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-10-09

LOUIS BLATTEAu, whom everybody
knows, and who is the friend of every
body, is now fully installed in his new
quarters, on Eighth street, between Com
mercial and Washington avenues. He Of
fers to the public the best st. Louis beer
the choicest brands of wine and the purest
liquors to lie found in the city, and hopes
that these, civil treatment and cordial
reception, will insure to him a generous
share Of public patronage. Come and
see Louis in his new home. He has well
come for everybody, and for you, reader,
cordial one. IT,
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-10-09
THE BULLETIN.

p.s,scsssss Omce. BuiIesin Building
WashiagsOn Avenue.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-10-09

VIEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
STOP AND READ
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYBODY
y place where you can buy as much for
ON e DOLLAR.
a you can elsewhere for
ONE DOLLAR AND A QUARTER
The undersigned would respectfully in
form the public that they have fitted their
new store house on Eighth street with the
finest and best assorted stock Of
general merchandise ever before brought
to this market, and in order
to secure large portion of the patronage
Of the public,
WE ARE DETERMINED TO SELL
OUR GOODS AT LOWER
FIGURES THAN
ANY OTHER ESrAB-
LISHMENT IN THE VICINITY.
Our stock is entirely new, and
bought expressly for the coming fall and
winter trade of this locality, and consists
of Ladies, Gents and Childrens
DRY GOODS,
BOOTS sz SHOES,
CLOTHING,
FL ATS 81 GAPS.
And all ether articles to be found in q
first class dry goods and clothing establish
ment.
We call especial ettention to our large
assortment Of dress goods, shawls and
cloaks, which department is complete in
all IT. details Our stock of
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1872-11-12

Ga=EavILLE has its honors and
l.s locals. On Friday night last
zee B&clcr was serenadcd, and
b. londs Of Carter got up a com-
monstration close by. The
. was a free fight, led by JAS.
d. Mercer, Oh tie part of Butler
and Mr.. Taylor, on the part of
Carter. The negroes took a hand,
and blood MAS spilled in rather a
prodigaI way. The fight VIC are
CAD TO say is now ended, but But
Ter is elected and Carter defeated,
nevertheless. The belief at late
hour was prevalent that the engage
mcnt viii not in any material way
effect the result Of the election
That Butler Will go t. Congress
and Garter viii go to Garter. To
put the thing in a nutshell the
Grccnville engagement is without
practical result.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1872-11-12
FOR THE EMORY BANNER.
NOVEL READING"
BIZ BEAUFORT,


While glancing over one of Ten
nessee's county Journals Lot long
since my eyes fell upon a piece enti
tied Novel Reading" 1t was writ
ten by one who, Unexpectedly to me
and unusual for one of her sex, took
grounds opposing the reading of these
commonly. supposed, air-castIe books.
While we admit that in particular Ca
ses there are such evils as was clear
ly portrayed by her gifted pen, We ad-
NIT it in particular cases only. We
are not like those who take the broad
grounds that such reading is altogcth-
er detrimental, and denouEce the
whole field of fiction as trash. The
reasons they advance for sustaining
this unrestricted condemnation are
unsafe. Let us notice their mode of
showing how novel reading is delete
rious. They are quick o seize upon
the most trifliug books of fiction, such
as Beadie's or Monroe's Dime novels,
picture their baneful influence to the
world, and with this partial consiac-
ration, they classify with the above
the matchless works of Dickens and
Scott. But they must remember that
there are grades in all human works.
We might with equal consistency Sc
lect from the numerous histories that
form so great a part of the literature
of the day the most imperfect and
partiai-which would be but book
Of falsehoods written under the guild
ance of a burning prejudice-ahd
within this narrow view condemn his
tory reading as altogether detrimeu-
tai. With such false logic we could
condemn all human works and make
them out objects of lasting injury.
But the fact is fiction works, like all
other productions of man, have their
beauties and faults. their truths and
errors, their benefits and injuries.
Again it is said that Novels elevate
the mind above its ordinary level,
and so condition it. as never to be
satisfied unless under the bewitching
influence Of some exciting story
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1872-11-12
SNAIL POX.
Letter frsTn a Successful Physi
cissss.
To The Editor Of the Bristol .NeUs::"
DEAR SIR:

To The Editor Of the Bristol .Negs:;"
DEAR SIR:
As Small Pox has made its ap-
pearance in the Town of Bristol
Goodson, send you the following
article, which originally appeared in
the Atlanta GA Medicd and Sur
gjcat Journal, april, Up. for publica-
ton in your paper. The medicine
referred to, is the plant commonly
known by people in this part of the
country as R0tieueed." It grows
abuadantly in our woods The tea
can be prepared by taking about one
ounce of the root to one and-a half
pint of cold water, Boil to one pint
and strain. A small drink, one or
two tablespoonful, viii be enough to
take about three times a day.
CIMICIFUGA RACEM0sA AS A PRE-
VENTIVE OF SMALLPoX.-Dr. G. ID.
Norris, at a recent meeting of the Ala
bama State Medical Association, sta
ted that during the prevalence of small
pOX in Huntsville, certain families. at
the instance of some one unknown.
had resOrted to the free use of the tea.
Of cinaicitugd T0cem0sd, or black
snakerOOt of the United States phar-
macop@ia (cOhOsh,) as q j)rcUcntiUe of
Sns0U-pO.C. In the families using the
cimicifuga, there occurred no case of
the smallpox, though some were ex-
posed to the disease. In the same
families, DR.. Norris vaccinated the
members, but without effect so long as
continued the use of the cobOsh af-
ter ceasing to use the tea as prophy-
Tactic, he again vaccinated them, when
the specific effects of the vaccine virus
were produced. He submitted the re-
suits in these cases as new, and not
without interest to the profession.
DR. Carl Booth. an eminent Physi
clan from Weizburg, but now resi-
dent Of Boston Mass, has written a
pamphlet in which be contends that
the proper use of Salt in the food
eaten, will prevent an attack Of Small
POX. He further contends that it
will entirely exterminate the disease.
Let this be as it NAV, it is proper
that ali persons should be areU yacci>
mated by physician who will care.
fully watch the case until the vaccine
virus will not take, and also have the
food properly sailed. The victuals
should not have too much salt in
them, just enough to make them
paiata bic.
A PHYSICIAN.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1872-11-12
FANNY FERN,

Mrs. Sarah Willis Parton. better
known to the world by the familiar
name of Fanny Fern" breathed
her last amid her family in New York
on Thursday, October 10th Already
the news Of her demise has been
heraIded throughout the whole land.
She was not distinguished for a
display of profound thoughts in her
compositions, her works and articles
we're light, cheerful and animating.
Always pleasing, she seemed to be
able to inluse into her literary produc-
tions the spirit Of a happy life. Every
thing that she has written is valued as
worthy of a prominent place in any
Library, We make the assertion,
feeling confident that it is a truthful
one, that there is not a Journal In
the United States but what has cop
led or published her articles more or
less. Mr. Bonner has paid her the
sum of $3.50 GEO for her contributions
to the Ledger alone Thursday eve
ming, when she had been informed
that her life was fast drawing to an
end, she summoned her family around
her, to hold the last brief conference
on earth. She gave to each member
of the mourning family as they sadly
approached her. some wholesome adj
monitiOn. which doubtless, like her
pretty sayings through her life, will
continue to swell up in their memory,
as souvenir of their friend who
spake to them. But last year we
were called upon to part with two OF
Americas most talented authOresses,
Alice and Phnby Carey, now to this
number another has been added by
the will of Him whose ways are mys
FERROUS, and whose pathos are I'M
known to mortal. And now the fla
nous trio has been transpIanted from
the earth, we trust, TO that bright
realm Of which they have so often
given us glowing descriptions.
Long will the name of Fanny
Fern" live fresh in the memory Of all
who have read her cheerful writings.
Long after her body, which has just
been inferred by loving hands, has
mouldered back to dust, will her
thoughts, so pleasing, SO fascinating /,
penned by her oXn hand continue to
exert a good influence. and her name
GROW more illustrious. her fame brigh-
er and her productions more famous
as the cycles of ages pass away
Emory Banner.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1872-11-12
Col. John Baxter IS about to be let

Col. John Baxter IS about to be let
loose upon the unarmed objects of
his undying hate. The Supreme
Court at Knoxville has decided that
he act of the Legislature which was
attend to spoil his pretty game of re-
,ovcrv against the Tennessee press E,
is unconstitutional. We have nerer
admired the spirit exhibited by Col.
Basier but as most Of these editorial
gentlemen have proven themselves
wholly incapable of forgiviag Mr..
Johnson who first forgaye and then
fought Tor them. we presume Baxter
,an plead the precedent. and We are
b.ly warranted in the belief that he
WI ;.cycr forgive them though he
should recover FROM them the whole
of the $4,000 for which he has
brought sui: in each instance. He
Starts with the judgment Of over
$4,000 agains. Sardcrs, Clark & Co,
Successors to Brownlow on the Wing.
We would not give the Fabcr No. ,,
we are writing with for all the mercy
Baxter will show his victims IN this
matter.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1872-11-12

The horse disease is in Richmond,
Petersburg and Lynchburg. One
gentleman at Suffolk has already
lost twenty mules. Capt. Jno. A.
Mccall, of the Salem TINES has a
valuable horse, in Richmond, i'll
with the malady. Three fourths
Of all the horses in Petersburg are
disabled by it. The APPEAL says
drawing is done by hand and the
price has advanced from 40c to two
dollars.
We are very certain to have it
in Bristol and our citizens had as
well look out for it. We venture
TO assert that warm blanket fast
cncd upon the horse, together with
moist, soft diet, warm dry bed
ding and rest viii cure any case Of it.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1872-11-12
Hill Arp EGItSr.

BILL ARP has taken charge of the
Rome Commercial. Here is what he
says:
I'VE are goin to run a peaceable
machinc-very peaceable. The great
intru>tS Of our coantry-commerce
and trade, pig iron and pork, cotton
and cora. the Fair and fair sex. aksi.
dents, burg!aries, sircusseS, and lit
tie SANDER throwcd in occasionally as
seasGnin. Gentel reader dost thou
love SANDER and slandal, and due!s
and snake bites, and SIGH like Dost
thou sometimes glory in human mis-
cry If yea, we will feed you on
some morseis. Art thou sick, or dis
eased, or hipshotten, bellowscd, or
colicky? Look over our patent med
isines and pay your money and take
your choice. We intend to caper and
cater for the publik. The publik is a
menagery. and the different beasts
must be fed on different food. Our
Bill Of fare is before you. If you
like it, board with us. and pay as you
go, and when you get tired, quit.
BILL ARP"
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1872-11-12
OUR COLORADO LETTER.
EnCEsaniEzRc.sE oE distant Bristol
~-EYhat oar Correspondent
disIikcs--U Uncertainty Of
land TITLES.
TRINIDAD, COLORADO,
November ond ID
No. L.
NIR. EDITOR !:

November End, I'D.
MIR. EDITOR:
| have not seen the familiar
face of your paper since August. Per-
haps it will not find me until | take
time to reveal my present whereabouts.
Unless the dispositions of people
have changed remarkably of late, you
have a number of readers who reap a
rich harvest of pleasure by perusing
inviting sketches of the western terri
tory. How lovely a country appears,
while two thousand miles in the dis
lance! How glitter its spots of gold,
while its dark and thorny corners re-
main unseen! How sweetly its prais
eS fail upon every ear, while only a
rare one here and there inquiries wheth-
err there be bitter mingled with the
sweet, evil with the good. In order
to furnish you a sketch that would be
devoured with the greatest aVidity, l
should touch only upon certain fea-
lures of the country and certain cir
cumstanceS that surround the newly
arrived immigrant. In order to tell
you the 1cbOlc truth, should give you
a chapter on what [ dislike" as well
n one on what | like.n Contrary TO
all custom, begin with the former.
First, in all of Colorado southwest
of the Arkansas River, ii is impossi-
BILE to obtain at the present time,
valid title to land. This is an Objec-
ton you never hear mentioned in
Bristol. But il remains unmentioned
probably because the difficulty exists
in no other section of the territory
The facts in the case, as [ hear them
currcatly stated, are about as follows:
| Before this part of the western domain
came into the possession of the Uni
ted States government, certain grants
OF land to individuals had been made
by the Spanish authorities. These
grants have been confirmed either in
whole, or in part by the United States
government, on certain conditions.
These conditions, it is asserted by ma
nv, were never fulfilled on the part of
the grantees. Whether the grantees
will hold part or all of their claims
or whether the land will all finally be
thrown on the market, as other gov
eminent lands, is a VeXed question.
But no matter who may prove to he
the final owner, it is hardly probable
that more than the government price
VIII lie eXacted from the settlers, Be
lieving this they suffer little concern
in the premises. Guided by the Home
stead and Presumption laws, they HE
upon and hold claims in the usual
way. Nevertheless il is an objection
that tends sometimes TO create uneasl-
ness in the mind of a new conner, who
was not before aware of its existence.
Another disadvantage is the difficult
ty of procuring female labor. y good
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1872-11-12
VOLUME VIII.

ted from the last chapter but two,
as embodying items of great inter
est to every reader of the News,
and as furnishing a fair sample OF
the style of the author.
"Thus ended the war between the
States. 1t was waged by the FEEDER
ais with the sole object, as they de-
clared, of maintaining the Union
under the Constitution - while by
the Confederates it was waged with
the great object of maintaining the
incstimable sovereign right of local
self government On the part of the
Peoples Of the several States. 1t was
the most lamentable as well as the
greatest Of modern wars, if not the
| greatest in some respects "llnOwn in
the history of the human race" 1t
lasted four years and little over, as
we have seen. with numerous san
culinary conflicts, and heroic exploits
on both sides not chrcnicled in this
Compendium; but many of which
viii live in memory, and be perpetul>
ted as legends, and thus be treas
ured up as themes for story and song
for ages to come.
In conclusion, a few comments on
ly will be added. One of the most
striking features of the war was the
great disparity between the numbers
on the opposite sides. From its be-
ginning 20 its end, near, if not quite,
two millions more Of Federals were
brought into the field than the
entire forces Of the ConfederateS.-
The Federal records show that they
had from first to last two million six
hundred thousand men in the service;
while the Confedcratcs all told, in
like manner, had but little over six
hundred thousand. The aggregate
Federal population at its commence
ment was above twenty-five millions
that of the ConfederateS, was less
than ten, near four millions OF these
being Negro slaves, and constituting
no part Of the arns-bearing portion
of their population. OF Federal pris-
Oners during the war, the Coafeder-
ateS took in round numbers 100000;
while the whole number of Confeder-
ateS captured and held in prison by
the FcdcraIs WAS in like round num-
jers 22Q, GOO. In rcfereLce to the
treatment Of prisoners on the respec-
tive sides, about which much was
said at the tine, two facts are wor-
thy Of note one is, that the COnfeder-
ates were ever anxious for speedy
exchange, which the Fcderals would
not agree to; the other is, that of the
270,O00 Federal prisoners taken,
-, 57G died in Confederate hands
and OF the 220, 900 Confcdcratcs ia
ken by the Fedcrals, &c, 1876 died in
their hands: the mOrtuary tables
thus exhibiting a large per cent. in
favor of Confederate humanity. The
entire loss on both sides. including
those who we're permanently disa-
bed, as well as those killed in bat
Iit. anu v 10 ul6u from NoundS re-
Ceiycd and diseases contracted in The
service amounted upon a reasonable
estimate Ito the stupcndous aggrc~
gate Of one million of men," Both
sides during the struggle relied for
means to support it upon the issue of
paPer-money thus expended on both
sides, including the loss and sacrifice
Of property. could not have been less
than eight thousand millions of dol
lars-a sum fully equal to three
fourths ofthe assessed value of the
taxable property Of all the States to-
gether when it commenced.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1872-11-12

This may be true with an inferior
order of inte!lects who are by nature
devoid of a sense of propriety anC
reason, but with the majority we con
| fidently assert that this is not true, In
fact we know from tic very DISPOSE
ton Of our nature that it is not true.
The mind like the taste loves change.
However much we may appreciate the
peculiar favor of some iaporite diet
we know that if it is constantly set
before us We become tired of it and
long for something else. SO it is
with the mind. By the constant
reading. for length Of time of any
particular kind of literature, the
mind grows tired of the sameness and
calls loudly for change. 1t wants
and It's nature demands variety, Bat
perhaps it may be said that Novels
are full of variety. This is true, but
the effect on the mind IS all the same
Spring, 1.-the most delightful season
in the yearly round" is full Of varie,
ty. 1t has its green verdure and &C.
NAL sunshine. its flowers of every hue
redolent with sweet perfume, and all
that is calculated to give life pleasure,
vigor and vivacity; and yet the poet
has beautifully and truthfulIy said
that
"Spring would be but gloomy weather
If We had nothing else but Spring"
As Spring. Summer, Autumn and
Winter give variety 10 the yearly
round. so Novels, History and Poetry
constitute the great and pleasing va
ricty in the literary circle. TO con-
fire the mind Of the reader eXclu-
sively to any one of these great de-
parLments would be TO fetter a por-
ton Of it, and thus destroy, in a
great measure, the love of reading.
But as We have all the grand depart
ments of literature, the mind after
growing tired of storing away the
solid facts Of history, can relish more
pleasantly a feast of fancy. The I'm
agination longs for it and must have
it. Il is gift of God as well as rea-
son, and must be equally cultivated,
and its wants gratifed. But novels
are not always mere books of fancy.
They more frequently portray the
real picture of life and thus human
nature in all It's strange phases is
laid open for our inspection. We
have pictured with cxactness the
strong passions and strange motives
by which men are everywhere urged
to do their acts Of infamy or deeds of
honor and purity. We are, in fact
introduced by the careful study of re.
nowned fiction works INTO a new
world full Of wonders. They clearly
set forth in elegant language all the
singular effects brought about in hu
man nature by the love Of money,
ambition. pride, envy and all the pas
sions to which man, 1.-The monarch
of earth bows submissivcIy. With
such facts plainly in view. we would
certainly arrive at the conclusion that
there is inestimable good to be de-
rived from the stndy of Shakespeare,
Scott aud Dickens. There is undoubt-
eddy pleasant path through these
authors to a rich field Of informa ton.
To gain this information would be to
gain a knowledge of human nature.
which few ever possess in a sufficient
degree. Then not only read novels
but study them. and learn the imper-
fectiohs of human ways and shun
them; learn a lesson from them acts
of the noble and good, accept them
and be prOfitcd.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1872-11-12

We have peruscd with great in
terest this last and least work of
Mr. Stephens. We have no hest
tation in pronouncing it his great
est work. 1t commences with the
earliest dawn of American history
and reaches down through the
stupendous struggle for secession
INTO the eliminating measures which
have marked the first administra-
uon Of Grant. The greatest per
Sp;cuity marks the general design
and skeleton of the book, and though
the cultivated reader viii not fail
10 note a want Of thorough per-
spicuity Of style, inseparable from
everything emanating from Mr..
Stephens, yet viewed in all of its
bearings we are disposed to regard
i as far the best school history of
the American republican which we
have seen. The Typography, bind
ing and illustrations are very at
trac6ye. The book contains 500
octave pages, and is furnished hand
somely bound in half morocco at
$50. We hope to see it made
'De text book Of every school in
tie land. The following is sclcc-
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1872-11-12

servant girl is scarcely to be had.
This class of eastern population is
very meagerly represented, The few
that are here command readily twenty
to thirty dollars per month. Wages
for washing clothes, Might've to
three dollars per day. or twenty-five
cents per garment. [ will speak of
two other objections il my next.
S. w. DEB.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1872-11-12

GEa. MEADE, who won the vic
toy of Gettysburg, died on the
morning Of the 9th. He was a
Virginian, though actually born in
Spain, his father being at that time
the American Consul at Ca
diz. His age was Sc.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1872-11-12
Tr. Stephens School History Of
the u. :.

A COMPENDIUM or THE HISTORY OF THE
UNITED STATES from the earliest settlcmcn MT
iH l>'2. Designed 10 answer the purpose Of a
.Hsj Book u schools and Colleges, well ~
I' meet the wants of general readers. Bv Alex
satrr n. Stephens, azthor Of the constitutional
view NJ tae late war between the states, and
Professor Of History and Politics. Science in
University Of Georgia. New i rk, Z. }. HALE y