Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-04-08
EVENT and COMMENT

EVENT and COMMENT
THE friends of DIR. Livingston as
sert that he will be at home within
twelve months. These friends are de-
luding themselves. The DIR. is alrea-
DIV at home in Central Africa, and he
is now preparing that country to be-
come the great metropolitan center
of Grants universal republic, speak
ing the one grand and sublime Ian
guagc which now prevails in the
splendid courts at Ujiji. The
colored stone of Africa. will then
have become the chief head of the
corner.
In the last triumphant hours of the
Virginia Legislature, majority of
that body. remembering the questions
able loyalty of the liberated Butler
Of Pharaoh !, for bis former fellow
| prisoner Joseph, concluded that they
would remember Louisisna, now lam
gushing under the shadow of the fed
eral dungeon. So they passed SEE
ries Of resolutions explaining to the
President, the situation ofthe Pelican
State, cffectually setting forth the
fact that the said Pelican is sitting
upon eggs Of doubtful paterntg, and
asking him to call an extra Session of
Congress to re-arrange matters in that
Commonwealth. We think the Leg
! islature had better have kept is fin
gers out of that Louisiana fire.
Ok Wednesday last the Knoxville
& Charleston, rail road was sold at
auction, and was bid i'll by the Stale
of Tennessee at S100, 900.
THE towns Of Canton Miss, and
franklin Tenn, were nearly destroyed
by tie recent storms. One or two
lives were lost. aud several persons
injured. There are few portions OF
the country which VIII not have rea-
son to remember the EquinOctial
storms of 1873. Canton was undone
in half minute.
/ THE City Of Brooklin has lis murder
mystery in the bloody taking off of
a wealthy man named Goodrich, who
/ was found murdered III his own house
and at first there seemed to be no
clue to the horrible deed. There
now seen.s abundant reason to be-
! Iieve that like Fisk's murder, there
has been a lewd woman at the bot
tom of this one. a Spaniard named
Roscoe, found that Goodrich was his
successful rival with widow Myers,
who has made disclosures, which
lead to the belief that he is the auth
or of the deed. He is at large
Mrs Myers swears that he had said,
God help the man who comes between
you and me.
The echoes Of the recent storms
reach us with evil tidings. The
steam ship Atlantic, of the White
Star line. from Liverpool to New
York, ran ashore on Meaghers Head,
near Halifax N. s, and was lost, to-
gether with 5l6 passengers, A thou
sand persons we're on board, 454
were saved, but not a woman nor
child escaped.
The federal government has
abandoned its suit against the PIED
mont rail road, from Danville to
Greensboro n. G. 1t was claimed
that the road was built by the con-
federate government, and therefore
forfeited the national government.
VICE President Wilson it is said,
has anonymously returned his back
pay as Congressman, to be used to-
ward payment Of the public debt IF
this anonymous act had been Of that
particular kind, which keeps the right
hand in ignorance of the good deeds
of the left, we do not see how it is
SO promptly found among the press
telegrams from Washington. We
do not wish to be uncharitabIe, but
We mean to die in the belief. that If
the V. p. had believed this little
movement, was to remain annony.
nous, he would have been very slow
to engage in it.
DURING last week, the Editors of
the Norfold Journal and the Virg,nian
of that city, had arranged for dael.
which was prevented by their arrest,
and being bailed in the sum of IS. 900
each. The Editor of the Journal
Mr.. Hope Of the 1irgia-
ian. and the latter promptly acceP-
ted. These gentlemen should con-
form to the present advanced stand
ard of civilization, and seek better
methods by which to right wrong,