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Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-01-14

TIE fundcrs are both unfair and
ungcncrous, when they assert that no
one would trust the State of Virginia
for policy Of Insurance, because Of
the present indisposition of the old
commonwealth, to be buckcd. gagged
and robbed under that bribed meas
IRE they are 50 anxious to enforce. -
We assure them that there are very
many persons, in this portion of Eir-
ginia, who do not regard il a dishon-
or to resent this iniquitons measure,
and they will be very willing to take
the fair obligations of the State for a
pure policy i The de't qrsstioa ca, Ie
c9uitoJiy adjusted. Otherwise it
would be a very doubtful matter, but
the fundcrs propose to get the State.
ard seem 30 think its credit would
then be very fine.
1t is useless to discuss this question
with men who have State bonds in
their pockets at least with the major
ity Of them, Certain i: is that a very
large portion of the property upon
mhich the public debt was rrcdicated
was forcibly taken from the tax pay
er. Certain it is that no divine law
will assert or has ever done so, that
obligation and protection are not the
reciprocal conditions of all
property in the hands Of any peO-
pie. The people will not consent to
self destruction, and we believe we
now have Legislature, which cannot
be bribed into State suicide.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-01-14

SrozEs complains that the lawyers
who prosecuted him to conviction
were under obligations to him and
violated them. Perhaps they did
not take an exclusively FISCAL
view Of the matter.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-01-14

almost like ball, was the country
man who had paid fifty ceuts to hav-
ing his boots pulled of.
'.Please read my ticket, he said,
handing it to me; Il cant read"
[ did so, and asked where he was
from.
"Indiana," he replied.
Indiana, and can't read 1t was
most too unnatural, and | ventured
to ask him if he was born in that
State.
Nc, sir" he answered; 81 was
born it North Carolina.
My guess was right, after all. He
was yeritable Tar heel
..How long have you been living
in Tndiana?" I asked.
Two years, I'm just now going
back"
Don you like it up there?''
mot so mighty well. A South
ern man don have fair show. You
see [ was in the rebel army four
years. I'm willing to acknowledge
that am whipped, but | don't want
to take all the blame on our side for
all the trouble. Up in Indiana they
seem to think that all the blame
should 60 agin the South. | don't
quite acknowledge them principles,
and that makes discOrd. The Dem
ocrats sorter held up for me, but there
amt many about where | live, We
only polled thirty-four votes in the
township out of about three hun
d7ed."
10 "You got in among the Radicals
then?'
mo: the sort about where / live
are not old straight-out 'Publicans.
| call them worse than Radicals"
.'Are you going 10 return to North
CaroIina?''
s'Yes; l can't be satisfied in In
diana. A Southern poor man has
little show there, L tell you. Pears
like the whole community is susPic-
ious of him. Then. l believe every
maa gets along best among his own
sort Of people The Northern folks
are different from the Southerners-
a heap different. They don't even
chew tobacco alike. Up there they
use what they call 'fne-cut.' | don't
want any of it in me. We North
Carolinans stick to the old plHg.-
Well, but that aim t the only differ
ence. Southern people have bigger
hearts. They are more kind and cOns
siderating. They don t make money
their god, like the Yankees, l know
men about Indianapolis that hayego
enough money to buy out half OF
North Carolina, but sill they are on
the hunt for more. Seems like they
can't get enough. So much money,
or trying to get more, or something,
makes them cross. They won't stop
and talk like a Southern man. If
YOU ask one of them the way any,
where. he Will nearly snap your head
Oh A Southern man will stop and
give YOU all the directions you want
and talk with you long time.
and ask about your crops and
family, and If you won't come in
and take drink, and if you don t
want to come around to the field and
see some of MS stock, and all that.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-01-14

In Louisville during week before
last the number of deaths from
small pox was sixty. An average
of nine per day.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-01-14
FOR SALE.

am ready to negotiate on very
favorable terms, the sale Of the most
valuable water power within the vi
cinity of Bristol. 1t is within one
mile of Main Street and furnishes a
fall of II feet with room above that
point for more than one Factory with
fall of twelve or more feet. The
property is peculiarly valuable and
can be had at a price low enough to
entice manufactures TO our locality.
I. G. FOWLER.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-01-14

Stuck away in 4 corner, rolled up
almost like ball, was the country
man who had paid fifty ceuts to hav-
ing his boots pulled of,
''Please read my ticket, he said,
handing it to me Il can t read"
[ did so, and asked where he was
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-01-14
Back 70 Norti. Carolina.

lDr Henry Victor Eedfeld's Rsilre,d letter in
Cincinnati Commercially
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-01-14
PURELY VEGETABLG.
LIVER MEDICINE,
sGREAT UNFAILIEG SPECIFIC

for LIVER COMPLIANT and the painful offspring
thereof, to wit: DYSPEPSIA. CONSTIPATION,
Jaundiee, Bilious attacks SICK HEADACHE, Collie,
Depression of Spirits, SOUR STOMACH, Heart Burn,
&c, &c
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-02-27

got up on his hind legs and came waltz
ing after me with facilities enough about
him to convert me into hash, but turned
and Just laid for that fence with all the
agony prospect of instant death could
crowd into me. II our late candidate
for the Presidency had run one half as
well, there would be seventy-five Post.
master in Danbury to-day, instead OF
one.
l got him out finally, and then he was
quiet enough, and took him up alongside
of the fence and got on him. He stop
ped an instant, one briefinstant, and then
tore off down the road at frigktful
speed laid down on him and clasped
my hands tightly around his neck, and
thought of my home. When we got to
the stable was confident he would stop,
but heIdidn't. He drove straight at the
door, It was low door, just high
enough to allow him to go in at lightning
speed, but there was no room for me.
saw if I struck that stable the struggle
would be very brief one. thought
this all over in an instant, and then,
spreading out my arms anC legs, / emitted
scream and the next moment | was
bounding about in the filth of that stable
yard. All this passed through my mind
| as Stlyer's horse went up into the air. III
frightened Mrs. Perkins 6readfully.
"Why, you old fool" said she, "why
don't you get rid of him?"
How can II" said I in desperation.
"Why, there's thousand ways" sale
| she.
This is just like woman how diff
ferent statesman would have answer
| ed.
But I could think f only two ways tc
dispose ofthe beast. could either swallow
him where he stood and then set down or
him, or | could crawl inside of him and
kick him to death.
But | was saved either of these expe
dents by his coming toward me so alb
ruptly that dropped the rope in terror
and then he turned about, and, kicking
me full of mud, shot for the gates, rip
ping the clothes lines in two, and went of
| down the street at horrible gallop, with
two Of Mrs. Perkins garments which hi
hastily snatched from the line floating
over his neck in very picturesque man
ner.
So I was afterward told, as / was toe
full of mud myself to see the way into the
house.
Silver got his horse all right, and stays
home to take care of him. Mrs Perkins
has gone to her mothers to recuperate
and / am healing as fast as possible.
CYRUS ID. PERKINS.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-02-27
FAITHFUL OF SNO ".
BY GEORGE B. HERBERT.

EY GEORGE B. HERBERT.
Beautiful. Snow? No, thank you, oh, mol
I'm not very sweet upon Beautiful Snow;
For while the earth's wrapt in it's spOtless folds,
As a rule I'm rather martyr to colds!
Beautiful snowi with cough ON your lungs,
And a chill that each nostri carefully bungsl
Beautiful Snow? well! that's rather jest,
With big mustard poultce singing your breast
Beautiful Snow' what delicate thaw
Makes the air chilly, and damp and rawi
Beautiful Snow! they may sing whom it suits,
object TO the stuff COS it soaks through my boots
Beautiful snow, with its floating flakes,
NV mind viii mix with rheumatic aches;
Beautiful Snoql on the hillocks and cluTnps
] do not admire, while choked with the mumps!
Beautiful Snow i'm fact, is all bosh-
Crisp it's a nuisance-thawed, it is slosh--
Beautiful Snow is like Beautiful Star,
Admired by me only when seen from Atari
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-02-27

As CLAUDE Rs wife sat quietly in the
twilight, fellow stole behind her and
Kissed her. "Is it Claude?" she asked
nurrledly. "No, dear madam" A mo.
ment afterward he was heard to exclaim
On, yes, | am clawed now, indeed |
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-02-27

A SHIP Captain, in the China trade,
reports that on his last outward passage
he saw serpents fifty feet in length dis.
porting themselves about his vessel.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-02-27
In one of his lectures, the celebrated

In one of his lectures, the celebrated
English agriculturist, J. J. Mechi,
said: Where you have plenty of food,
warmth, and stock, you will have abund-
ance of flies. My bullocks could never
lie down in the daytime, owing to their
attacks, and, of course, the long-contin-
ued lifting of their feet prevented fatten-
ing. By darkening the feeding houses, I
entirely removed the nuisance, and had
the qualification of putting my animals in
most profitable state of repose, for, if
you have ten millions OF flies, not one
will bite in the dark. Mechi is a warm
advocate Of providing shelter for stock,
first on the ground Of economy, and sec,
ond on the score of humanity
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-02-27

Ara ball given in Philadelphia. -"Then
you are fond of dancing, sils" said a
pretty girl to her partner. "On the con
trary, miss, detest it, 'sBut this is our
fourth polka, if I don't mistake" "True.
but the fact is, my doctor has ordered me
good perspirdtion at ana cost.n
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-02-27

, AN omaha man tried to get stone
b bnho a. drunk on jug of linseed oil, but
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-02-27
Habits Of Literary Men

There is good deal of curiosity
literary men in regard 70 the :.
each other. Men who fnl th@
hard, their health poor, and ID.
duction slow, are always curious
ing the habits Of those who aeon
great deal with apparent ease
men do all their writing in the D.
Some of them even rise before th5-
holds, and do half their days WOE
breakfast. Others do not feel lls.
to work until after breakfast 81
exercise in the open air. Som
that they can only work III the Fl
and some of these must wall n
best hours until all but theuists
asleep. Some cannot use theIf o>
all Immediately after exercise
smoke while writing, some aHf
stimulus of coffee, and some Oh
alcohol. Irregularity and strans .
are supposed to be chTac5s'S,
genius Indeed, it rather tells :. !.
the reputation of a man TO be DELI y
in his habits Of literary labor -
this stripe are supposed to be n ..5>
plodders, without wings, and VIZ.
necessity of an atmosphere in w.
spread them. 81
We know Of no better guide u
adjustment of habits OF htef~!
than common sense. After
nights sleep and refreshing oi s:-
man ought to be in his best COW NJ
work, and he is. All literary i,
accomplish much and mala main.
do it every morning. II ,,,
daily task, performed D he
ter morning Throughout Z"
carefully, conscientious,
ently-that tells in great resG ~ HI;
order to perform this tash =, ~
there must be regular hapI a-r, II
with which nothing shall DC KIN o1.n
interfere. The man who ga@ d
pers, attends parties and cIu " he
out every night, cannot VOTE =. - "a
ing. Such man has, in iac'' me
work In the whole round OF INF
Late and irregular habits al ~ 7I'5
tai to literary production as arbis5
exceptional cases are those fer IS
fatal results upon life IN
Scrabner's Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-02-27

A aUHELEss young man of Salem, Ind.
OF an artistic turn of mind, seeing bean
tlfu' steel engraving of George Washing
ton advertised for one dollar, sent On the
money and received by return mail ;
three cent postage stamp.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-02-27

MANY of our readers VII a
that little deformcd Weazs abp1
man, who for years has ssa I rs.:
ters for bits of paper ana
much money do you supPo'd, ,
out of Greenebaum's oalfa oIl3t
recent run? One thousanH :" 4.
$4,000? No. $4,000? ~ Sol
much? Why, not a ecu"
cdgo Times.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-02-27

ONE hundred young saw, SAW %
secting at indianapolis o." coIoI.
ton on account Of sex or w.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-05-17
GAZETTE.
The war on the Nodooa.

The Journal Of Commerce lately commented
very severely on the conduct of the campaign
against the Modocks too severely wo thought,
but succeeding events do seem to indicate an cN-
traordinary 1mbeclity in those who have thus far
directed the operations. One astounding Incl
dent Is successful slly OF this handful of In.
dians, and the actual capture of q baggage train
What was 1t doing near the enemy with an insult
ieient escort, when our troops are vastly superior
in numbers?
Indeed the country may begin to ask how it is
that these Modocs arc SO inaccessible. Where a
red man can go, Is il not possible for white mon
to go too Hitherto the skill OF the Indian has
been i'll avoiding pursuit but these Modocs seem
like stag at bay, only the hunters do not rush in
upon them. Why not? We are told that the
Lava beds are very difficult grOund-granted ;
but 1t is not impossible. The Indians seem to
pass over 1t very freely. We read in the history
oil the Mexican war, of American troops crossing
such region known as the "Pedrcgai," and be-
lleved 10y the Mexcans to be impossible but tho
American troops, some of them led hy General
GEORGE Cadwalader, Of this city, crawled and
scrambled over it, took the enemy's works in the
rear, and captured them. 1t seems as though the
masses of troops and heavy artillery and vast
mln@uveres ot the late war had obliterated the
OLD tactics OF the little armies of the United States
In our Indian wars hitherto, the main difficulty
was TO fnd the enemy, and when found he was
whipped. The defiant position of these Modocs
ls bringing no particular credit to the armies o
the United States in this campaign against hand
ful of savages who have only small arms and
tomahawks, and yet are talked about in dispatches
as "strongly ontrenchcd r'-Age.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-05-17
TINE PEOPLES COLUMN.

NAhT BRIEF LETTERs GLADLY RECEIVED. LoNo
COMMUNICATIONS WILL NOT BE PRINTED. WE
ARE IN NowIsR RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VIEWS
OF coRRBsPoNDENTsl
For the Gazette
The rumor at Washington now is that the Pres
ldent will not appoint Chief Justice until after
the meeting OF Congress. We think it likely the
rumor is incorrect. On the list of names now can
vassed arc those of Justices Miller, Swayne, and
Strong, Judge Drake OF tho Court Of Claims At
torney General Williams, Edwards Picrrepont,
William NJ. Evart3, Judge d. II. Cartier, EX-Sen-
ator Pool, and Judge Settle. Senator Couklin does
not want the place, and probably never did--the
stony was started by his enemies early in the late
campaign, when it was supposed that he had not
the slightest chance to be returned to the Senate
But he would be filter man than some of the
others named 'above. Justice Miller is probably
the best material available. .-COniBlercidI May
1871.
After reading the names Of those whom tho Re-
publican Leader of this city thus seriously men,
lions In connection with the Office OF Chief Jus
tice of the United States, and apparently with an
expression OF their fitness that exalted position,
| We may judge OF the material which that paper
| would select, had it the power for this important
| and difficult place to fill. Its marvellous lgno-
rance, biased by partsanship, is shown when it
/ cites with approval such men Drake, whose
presence in any court OF jsutce is a crying shame,
aud such thlrd-rate country lawyers as Pool and
Settle. AttorneyGeneral Williams completely
in Judge Durelrs conduct in Louisiana shows his
utter disregard of law, whether ignorant of it OF
not aud proves him TO be either knave or a fool
An excellent description of Drake was gwen by
the New York Tribune, which called him the
Hstuhng of chair in Philadelphia convention
to nominate President"
1t is an apt commentary on the times when sucl
men caA be held up for such places and even re
commended to them, when one may rake the gut
terS OF politics for Chef Justice without Fecelv
ing one word of rehuke from paper pubishe
In decent community and protesting 10 be
leader OF moral ideas. No wender one who cal
name Pool, Williams, Settle and Drake in con
neCtiOn with the Office of Chief Justice wished Il
have negrO rWle IN Delalcars. d.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-05-17
Mccomb VS.. DureII.

I From the n. 7 Sum
The laat exploit of Judge Durell of New Orleans
in attempting 10 forcs the New Orleans, Ja3kson
aud Great Northern Railroad Company into bank
ruptcy on suit for soma $3.50 is likely to result
disastrously to that notorious individual, who Ii
believed to have realized enormous spoils from the
estates of ctzms which have fallen into his clutch
es. Tho road is under the control Of Henry s.
McComb, whose dealings with the late Oakes Amss
have made his name familiar to the American
public, and he proposes to make it exceedingly
lively for the Judge who, with President Grants
assistance, has succeeded in OvsrthrOWing the le-
gal government of Louisiana. The New Orleans
Herald says that Mr.. McCOmb has retained Gen.
b. F. Butler and the Hon. Jeremiah s. Black as
his counsel. There Is q prospect of fight which
may expass to the public view the manner in
which the aaministratioa of tha Bankrupt law in
New Orleans has been made the cover for long
series Of successful and stupendous vilianies.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-05-17

The Mayor aud COuncis ysG Rome, Columbus,
Macon, BFunsWick, Savannah and Augusta, IN
GeoFqa have offered the Inequalities of their cities
TO the delegates who will attend the 0OvsFnors
Convention, 10 BE- held in Atlanta, On the 10th
lust. A railroad excursion to these places and 70
tue sea coGst has been arranged.
President Grant has not slgnlnsd his intention
10 return to the United States TreA1ury at the
close OF his present term the 100000 which was
his share of the salary grab. HIS signature made
that scandalOus bill 3 law. He prOdtted SlOOiOOO
by writing bis name just once. Ftffs i 5g.
The Warren Street Msthod odist Church, in Brook
lyn, refused 70 Eaoaiys the pastor ROw essgned
them by the Conference, has nov agreed % re-
eelVe him. Tue vote on the question stood thFes
u one in favor Of receiving.
1t Is stated that In consequence Of the strikes
last year, 900 less will be invested In
bail 3,ipg Ia New York city durlRg 1873.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-05-17

LIEUTENANT GEoRQB NJ. HARRIS, who was
mortally wounded in the ambuscade and massacre
OF the troops in the lava beds, on the 10Th OF
ApriL and whose death in camp was announced
on Thursday, graduated at West Point, and was
commissioned in 1868 He was stationed at Fort
Macon during tho troubles with the Lowery out
laws, and was subsequently, transferred, at MS
own request, to battery X. fourth artillery, and
ioiped the company in January last, operating
against the Modocs. He was Phlladelphian by
birth a nephew of the late Rishop MellValne, oil
Ohio, unmarried, and was aged 3j. Immediately
ou receipt Of the Intelligence that he had been
wounded, his mother and brother lett fhlladei,
phia to attend his bedside, arriving just as his
life was passing away.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-05-17
l. W114M1NGION, Dell, SATURDAY, MAY IL 1873. PI

The latest from the lava Beds Is that the No
docs are sntrenched in crater Of lava, nearly
eighteen miles southeast Of the old Tuis Lake
with renforcements to Captain Hasbrouck, who
campsd in sight of the enemy. Firing was heard
early on Wednesday morning, and Colonel Mason
was supposed to be engaged with the savaRes
Inc troops in the field suffer for the want Of
water General Davis and Gilem nearly lost their
lives few days since in trying to cross Tule
Lake in gale of wind 80 =
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-05-17
journalism.

The men at the head Of the leading daiIes OF
New York are all youAg-Whitelaw Reid, of the
Tribune; James Gordon Bennett, OF the Herald;
Louis J. Jennings, of tia Times; and Manton
Marble, Of the World. Not one is forty, and one
or two are several years less than that.
The New York Herald intends, il is asserted, to
abandon its long followed plan of mpGrsOna jour-
nalism, and to print hereafter the names of its
contributors it has done recently at the Presl-
dental Inauguration, and the opening of the vi
enna Exposition.
Henry Blackburn. formerly OditOr Of London
Soeiety, Is to furnish, ia connection with corps
of artists, series OF illustrated letters for the
DAILY Graphic, OF New York, something Olto
gether novel in tho history of journalism.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-05-17

The Pittsburg Post publishes a letter from But
ler county alleging that the Hon. John Hipplc
Mitchell. the new United States Senator frOm
Oregon, formerly resided In Butler under the
name of John Nipple aud that his father and
many of his relatives still live there. lie read
law and formed partnership with Col. John M.
Thompson, who was last All a Grant elector at
large for PENNSYLVANIA. Having some dispute
with Thompson, Nipple disappeared, leaving hla
wife in destitute condition. lie went to Call
fornia where he remained some time as q lawyer,
and then settled In Oregon and became politi-
elan. About year since he obtained divorce
from his wife, who had become dependent on
public charity, and shortly afterward he was
elected Senator When he ied from Butler, ac-
cording 10 the Post, ho took with him $1,000 be-
longing to his firm. Such arc the allegations
made in that journal, and we trust that Senator
Mitchell will be able promptly to refute and sci
aside imputatiOns so Injurious.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-05-17

YE REPoRTER.-When CalcFait the london
hangman. who is about 10 supend his profession
Instead Of criminals, hanged Mrs. Cotton, at Dur
ham, ho remarked that she was the last on which
he should @put night cap" though he would
like to have ended his official life with applying
his "noble are" to 4 newspaper reporter Ills
successor Is 70 be Robert Pickard Evans, we'll
lo-do Welsh farmer, who, out of pnrs love for
the "art" Of hanging, has assisted Caleraft for
fourteen years. The reporters should take warn
ing and be careful not to gain his Ill will, as they
did that of his predecessor.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-05-17

There is downright panic on the Vienna
Brouse, and one hundred failures were reported
Yesterday. The cause OF the 'catacysm," as the
New York Herald ouphsmisticaIly calls It, is not
yet known in this country. The efforts Of the
Emperor to avert the crisis seem to have failed
entirely, and it Is extending to all the financial
centres, 1t may prove to be the forsrunner Of q
series Of great disasters.