Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1872-12-24
p Ito TxoRFotx osSl,a Else.

. Esq''l11 IL = EIOT
p kTo TNORF0LK 0S&Da ELSE
---r B. 90 r,SsIEEGE.~~s
r 4 trip. 10 Norfolk. reed net be ar
.F unpleasant Episode in any mans his
tor. There we're mapy of tie citi.
a zens of Bristol who found that, even
under the terrible rains Of the past
week. it was a pleasant relaxation
from the tread mill of every day bus
mess. Amid the pitiilcss- storm Of
TUESDAY might. ne steamed cpt Of
Bristolron the long AID splendid trail;
of coaches, under Conductor Horton,
Into the Egyptian darkness VIC
f. plunged, but Beneath ms wa. Tie fish
bar balIastcd track of tie \. VI & O.
Railroad. The vclyet-scaicd cars
with their new pipe-heating apparatus
vanished all appreheusions Of discjm-
fort and, at each depot down the long
line to the fertile oyster beds by the
sea, crowds came aboard armed with
the talismanic proxy. Of'course the
- carsNeressoon flied butthe AZ NJ. 4
q. has no scarcity Of coaches. Ga
this trip coaches and courtesy were
as abundant as they we're free, and
there vas room for everybody who
desired TO 90 to Norfolk. ... ...
Thomas. Richard and Henry were
o., aboard and Gov McMullin was net
absent. Who Of our readers does not
eel knox chat G oy NcNullin is an addi-
tioa to just such an excursion as this
one to Norfolk Morning came, at
length. aud the first man weinct was
the Governor, who very promptly
subscribed for the bristol NewH and
said others should do so too. \ mod
crate br, akfast at LynchbTg under
penalty of the almighty dollar, and we
we're on the tracb of the south side d-
vision. Ballast and lishbar and iron
bridges were abundant, andI daylight
inspection Of them filled each stock
holder with supreme satiSfaciion.-
The splendid iron bridge across the,
Appamat;ox, is subject of pride to
the Company Over the firm and
solid structure the massive trains flew
uith the velocity and >teadiness Of the
reindeer ,sledce upon its ficldof polar
ice. The well fed burghers Of the
Cocade City, and members of the
Va. Legislature who had spoken
themselves hoarSc over the Ubiquitous
decision Of the Court &C Appeals, fled
in upon rs Like an army of obScrva-
lion. On we went over the arrow
pl'hway of the Norfolk and Peters
burr division. that triumph Of civil
engineering which first marked Ma
hone rs the man Of destiny he IS
So0p rthere were ahoni us the sombrc
Aadcs aud DISSOLUTION goI the Dismal
Swamp, whose tall forests, and wide
waste OF shallow lagoons suggested
sha Lowry visions of the white canoe"
padded by the light of the 'lirefly's
lamp On either side of us was the
dcsolation of 1872. Night with her
curtains came down upon our field.oi
observation aud rounding the beau
tiful curve which cuts the Elizabeth
River, we crossed the magnificent
iron bridge to Norfolk Every body
went to- the Natioaal.-but~ many a
man welt away anprovidcd with
lodging. Asto the Editor of the Nears,
hcmct on 8, "a, 'he indcf tig1ble,and
cortcous Editor of the lIoanokc
Times. Friend Mccall WHO rforget>
nothing. remembered us. and having
tjlr.raphed for couple of rooms, he
took Us ia and. we were at home
The National feeds wch, but our
friend had tcIegraphed to the fiicst
restraint on the Atlautic Coast, and
thither weat the Editors. and Scna-
tors, and delegates, aud Judges who,
fQt the tiinc, Peopled those two LUCKY
rJoms. The Lypn Haven oyster
was the order of the eycni,.g. Ne
had oysters on the bali shell, oysters
fried. oysters stewed. aud oysters
broiicd, but Lynn iayea oys-
tiers all. SUCH steaks, such coffee,
such cigars, it would be difficult to
describe: such wines might bear
allusion to, but We decline. The rea>
der should marx weii theFadvertisia"
columns OF The NsrS, aud embrace
the next OCCASION to spend a pair OF
days in taat cityrhy the sea. 'Thcl
cutters ran with the rain. and some
of them ran with the finest liquors of
Norfolk. The streets were crowded
with the people Of Saith S des Virgin
ia. The oysters would have run il
they could but Submission being
their characteristic, they yielded l.,
their fate. ftr,sr.r
Morning dawned on a city drcnchcd
with rain.
THE sTOCKHoLDEE'S MEETING -
was in order,7 and at Opera Hall it
u,sakafd- Judoe " ,ttinsl of Farm /