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Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-01-28
TUESDAY, JANUARY %, 1873.
TROUBLE AT OLD FORT.
THE w. N. C., r. r..

The Ashville Pioneer says the sale
of the Western n c. R. R., has been
postponed by an order of Judge Dick
Of the United States District Court at
Greensboro, and that the order was
procured by the Attorney General at
the instance of Gov. Caldwell.
The Pioneer further remarks &.
"through the fundamentally of these
parties we may regard our hopes of a
railroad at an end" This stops the
eastward progress of the road at Old
Fort
The Pioneer is very furious at this
result which it charges wholly up to
the republican administration of Gov
ernor Caldwell and it says the repub-
licans west of the mountains will
withdraw from that party and join the
democracy or any other party before
they will submit tamely to it. 1t &C,
cuses Gen. Malone as the prime
mover, through a lawyer named
Smith, whom it denominates "a ma
tive born yankee, recently removed
" from Norfolk, Va, and who is IN
"derstood to be in the employ of
"Gen. Malone, who desires moth
ling more than just what has been
"done by our new Attorney General,
"by Smith of Virginia and Governor
Caldwell" These sentences are
pregnant with dOloroYS sounds and if
the editor knows whereof he speaks,
would seem to ring the knell of the
new plan to flank Virginia and East
Tennessee by new rail route from
Chattanooga through North Carolina
to the city of Philadelphia. 1t is of
10 use to speak about this matter in
parallels. The fact is that Col. Scott
of Pennsylvania, has interfered with
Mahone'S connections in Kentucky,
and then bethOugt him of this North
Carolina route as means Of bottIing
Malone. Bat Malone does not bot
tie as we'll as did Butler, if the Pion-
eer be correct. But we presume the
uncOrking process is really needed
between Petersburg and Washington
as the Legislature of Virginia has the
screw in its own hands it will hardly
apply it just at this juncture.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-01-28
THE JOHNSON MEN.

Since the Johnson division, in con
sequence of the last election, things
have been so silent as to the conduct
of the aJohnson men" at Nashville,
that one could hear pin drop, The
Courier Journal. which insists that
it has "a subscriber or two in Tennes-
See ;" has a correspondent who keeps
his nose within the Capitol, and man
ages. despite the disgust of the IN
ion and american, who looks upon
the Kentuky Editor in Tenn. as
carpet Dagger, manages to keep one
eye open. has opened his lips in the
matter. Here is what he says.
The Radicals and Johnson men have
fallen out completely, and the breach
is not likely to be healed. This is eX-
actly as il should be. During the bal
lOting Johnson men voted for straights,
anf the straights for johnson men,
thus creating a good feeling generally
mong those who are essentially one
III the faith. Hon. Holms Cummins, of
the House, elected as an independent,
was gallant Confederate soldier, and
could never by any possibility go over
TO the Radicals. And this is equally
true or others of that class The division
between the Radicals and Independ-
ents has been brewing for several days,
even Judge Houk, the leading Radical
IN the House, protesting that the INDIE
hendents had acted so badly" he
would vote for straight Democrat in
preference to one of them. The John
son men of this Assembly are
straight euourh for me.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-01-28
DENNY on A DWARF.

The Courier Journal has with its
unbounded energy invaded our local
domain. and tells this good one.
SMALL MAN AND A LARGE BILL
Capt. l.. II. Denny, of Sullivan
county, has introduced resolution
authorizing the comptroller to issue his
warrant for the payment of the fee
bill in the case of the State VS.. VIM.
Walters. Walters. in the year 1859.
moved from Wythe county, Va, to
Union Depot, Tennessee, with his
wife. While the latter was of full
stature and robust strength, her sweet
William could only show thirty-cne
inches from top to toe, and very spare,
raw-boned inches they were. There
by hangs a tale-or rather this one
William was jealous of more manly
looking men than himself. whenev-
er the eyes of his Betsy turned long
inglY i'm the direction of some fellow
who could exhibit more inches than
himself he would go off crawl into his
wIfe's handbook, and weep. What
time Elijah Cross came, William was
in mood, Though he kept the only
corner grocery in town he refused to
be comtoI ted, even while Elijah pat
rsnized the bar and invited him to
smile. But Walters, though a small
man, was a terrible little desperate
when angry, and said to be a danger
Gus man. Cross, getting too much
whisky aboard, began in a drunken,
maudlin way to foDdle Mrs, Walters
under Tor rather over the very nose
of her little husband, and to upbraid
her for living with such conttmpti-
bic scrap of humanity while so many
better men were running loose, when
William went for his doublebarrel
shot gun and killed the trespasser on
the spot. After his arrest and indict-
ment began the trial, which lasted
from 1859 to 1864 | say the trial-it
was rather series Of trials. The pris-
oner secured change of venue, and
trials dc nOUO &c, enough to run the
fees up to 81 ,I64 81 For this sum the
Controller refuses to issue a warrant,
upon the ground that Tennessee, for
most part of the time of trial, was I'M
der the jurisdiction of the Confed-
eracy.
Walters was knows as "bitter Uni
on man what there was of HIM du-
ring the war; in fact, many suspected
him to be spy for the Union soldiers.
He was once arrested by the Confede-
rates and escaped in very novel man.
ner-that is, his faithful spouse put on
her bonnet and walked oft, her little
man walked off at the same time con-
ceaIed under her petticoats, keeping
step to the music of the Union, and
illustrating the beauty of the maxim
that imam and wife are one" The
very fact that in this instance she "lov-
ed him little" enabled her the better
to ''love him long" Not very long
either, for he Jared worse on second
venture. A sqnad of soldiers went
again to arrest him few months la
ter, when he climbed into a loft and
refused to come down whereupon, to
frighten him from his retreat, one of
the number fired his gun through the
floor into the loft, the ball CHANGING to
take effect and killing the poor fellow
instantly. An order of mol pros. was
therefore entered in the case, out of
which the resolution referred to grew.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-01-28
Judge, GiIIenWaIcrs.

Judge Glllenwaters has appointed
a special term of his court at Jones
boro. while a case of Small Pox ex-
lists near that town. This in conse>
quence of having postponed his Court
on account ola case at Bristol, which
was thirty-two miles away, There
now! We are glad the Judge is get
ting better of his alarm.
The Jonesboro Press may exclaim
with Mother Goose
There was Judge in our town,
And he was wOndrous wise:
He jumped into a Small POr case
And scratched out both his eyes.
And when he saw his eyes were out,
With all his might and main
He jumped into another one
And scratched them in again.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-01-28
DIsinteTmeHt Of kIng Charles
the FiTst-SIramge and Truth
fUI Sketch.

In some remarkable instances,
where the location of the burial pla
ces of celebrated personages has been
in dispute, the work of Identification
has been accomplished by the dis
covery of what were plainly per-
ceived to be the remains of the in
dividual in question. In other in
stances the body has been complete
ly identified by the close resemb-
lance of the face of the corpse to ex'
tant pictures, busts, or coins. The
Identification of the remains of Hen
ry ", in Canterbury Cathedral, af-
ter tie lapse of nearly four centuries
and a half, is an example of the first
class of cases. The remains Of
Charles /. we're completely identified
by the striking resemblance of the
countenance, Notwithstanding its
Disagreement. to its portrait, and by
the fact that the neck was found
smoothly divided across. We have
the following particulars of the ex-
cellent condition. after 165 years, of
a body suddenly deprived of life, em~
balmed, and inferred in lead:
On removing part of the lead coffin
an inner coffin of wood, much de-
cayed, was exposed. and within this
the body. wrapped in cere-cloth. in
to the folds Of which an unctuous
matter mixed with resin had been
poured to exclude the air. The coffin
was quite full, and on removing the
covering from the face the skin was
found dark aud disrolored. the fore
head and temples well preserved, the
cartilage of the nose gone. the char
lcteristic pointed beard perfect, the
eft ear entire. and the left eve open
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-01-28
what ..Credit 1ebfIier'' Means.

A correspondent asks the meaning
Of the word Credit Mobilier. p
Several Congressman have asked the
same question: We presume he
wishes to be informed concerning the
original derivation and use of the
term. We will endeavor to explain
it. The 'NCredit Foncier' has long
been the general title in France for
associations that advance money on
landed or imnaOUdble securities. The
Credit Mobilier'' was the name Civ
en- to a powerful corporation. organ
lied in France in 1852, for advancing
money on moUaLle property. The
name was adopted evidently with the
purpose of affording a ready defni-
ton of the object of the association.
The "SOciete. Generate de Credit
Mobilier" became great and profit
able enterprise. 1t had special priv
ileges under its charter. 1t assisted
materially IN the construction of rail-
ways and the promotion of mining
schemes. Among other enterprises in
which it was notably interested were
the Government loan on account of the
Russian war, the Grand Central Rail
way Company, and the General Om-
nibus Company of Paris. At one time
1t advanced $50 900, 900 francs, and at
another time 3T5, 000,000 francs to tbs
French Government. Its business
was so great in 1855 that it declared
dividend of 40 per cent. on its capital.
While it was manifestly the means of
doing much good in France, it event
ually failed.
The introduction of the terms "Cred-
it Foncier" and Credit Mobilier" in
to America are due to Mr.. George
Francis Train. He established a
Credit Foncier" with Omaha lands,
which be hawked about the country
some years ago. He gave the name of
Credit Mobilier of America" to a COR
poration with universal privileges,
which was organized in Pennsylvania.
1t was appropriated by Messrs. Cakes
Ames, Durant & Co., to serve as the
party OF the third part in the famous
"triplicate agreement by which the
managers of the Union Pacific Rail
road let out the contract for building
the road to themselves, i'm payment for
which they modestly took the road
itself, all the United States bonds, all
the first mortgage bonds, all the Uni
ted States lands, ETC., at a profit of
over one thousand per cent. on an
entirely fictitious capital. This is
what Credit Mobilier" means, in the
modern American and Congressional
use of the word. The title is not inap-
propriate. The transaction was liter
ally Credit on Movables-the United
States Government furnishing the
credit and the money, and Messrs
Cakes Anes & Co. taking the nova
bles-that is, the securities and the
profits.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-01-28

for servants room, and is near the
stairs. The linen rooms are all meet.
ly furnished and papered.
The exterior of the building is on
the Italian style, neatly finished with
porches, bay windows. and hand
scmely proportioned tower. which is
the leading feature in the architect
ual ornament of the building. The
residence is by far the handsomest
building for its cost, yet erected in
Knoxville. 1t was planned and its
construction superintendent by Mr..
A. c. Bruce, architect. of this city,
and it is certainly one that does
credit to his skill and archirectual
and Herald.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-01-28
a MISTER Y

The river hemmed with leaning trees
Wound through its meadows green;
A low, blue line of mountains showed
The open pines between.
One sharp, tall peak above them all
Clear into sunlight sprang;
L saw the river of my dreams,
The mountain that sang!
No clew of memory led me on,
But well the ways | knew;
A feeling of familiar things
With every footstep grew.
Not otherwise above it's crag
Could lean the blasted pine;
Not otherwise the maple hold
Aloft its red ensign.
So up the long and short foothills
The mountain road should creep;
So, green and low, the meadow fold
Its red-haired kline asleep.
The river wound as it should wind;
Their place the mountains took,
The white, torn fringes of their clouds
Wore no unwonted look.
Yet ne'er before that rivers rim
Was passed by feet of mine,
Never before mine eyes had crossed
That broken mountain line.
A presence, strange at once and known,
Walked with me as my guide;
The skirts of some forgotten life
Trailed nOiseless at my side.
Was it a dim-remembered dream?
Or glimpse through aeons old?
The secret which the mountains kept,
The river never told.
But from the vision ere it passed
A tender hope | drew,
And, pleasant as the dawn of Spring,
The thought within me grew.
That love would temper every change,
And soften all surprise,
And, misty With with the dreams Of earth
The hills of heaven arise.
From, tie AAaattc for February.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-01-28

The gallant General Gordon has
been elected to the United States
Senate from Georgia. THUS does the
Empire State repudiate the impracti,
cable " straight" politics of Mr.. A..
ii. Stephens, who will now, it is said
be elected to the House from his dis
trict.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-01-28

THE Reporter says: 1.-THE merchants
along Main St., think of doing BUSH
ness through their rear doors soon, if
those mud mounds are not removed
from their front. There is report
current in Bristol that there has long
been too much business done through
those rear doors already"
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-01-28
FOR SALE.

I 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 IL 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.
l. G. FOWLER.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-01-28
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PART ii.

PART II.
But the storm bowls no longer; the des
ert is gone
The battles fierce strife no more .hurries
me on
The tempests no more lash the ocean s
calm breast,
And the clouds float in beauty afar to the
west.
l move through life's bowers, full of bliss
and of love,
Looking fondly to earth and transports
above
And an angel soft whispers, 'The Lord
set you free
To come to me, come to me; dwell here
with me.
I thank Thee, o Lord, that my rowing ca
reer
Was checked by the hand of Omnipotence
here,
That struck from its Jared equilibrium the
mind
Whose balance my madness and folly COM
bined
Had periled forever my earthly career,
While nights thick ming darkness encOm-
passed me here;
And my sad soul is ransomed, imprisoned
and free,
1 am coming, o God, l bow gently to
Thee.
Joy joy 4! oh !! sorrow and anguish no more
Shall lead me its victim on life S cruumb-
ling shore
The winds that watt me gently; | perish
no more,
l thirst not; the war of life's struggle is
Ger.
Hope beckons me on, with its whispering
tale,
To walk through, all hopefully, life S pleas
ant vale,
And come to Thee, Lord, imprisoned and
free,
And bless Thee, oh bless Thee for mercy
TO me.
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Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-01-28
HA,SKELL,S LAST POEM

PART 1.
I'm adrift on LIES ocean, and wildly [
sweep,
Aimless and helmless, its fathomless deep.
The wild winds aSsail me, it threatengly
storms,
The clouds roll around me in hideous forms,
] drift to a lee-shore, strike, am aground;
The mad waters whelm me | drown, oh /!
| drown.
Mercy oh, mercy o Lord, set me free,
And take me, obi take me to heaven and
Thee.
l wander life's desert, lone, desolate and
sad,
Faint, reeling and weary; I'm mad, oh 4!
I'm mad
No glad waters greet, no streams flowing
free,
l perish | perish o God, set me free.
All! hopeless l pray thee; tbs idle and
vain.
| perish l perish rain! give me rain
Let the stream of deliverance flow gently
to me,
And drift me, oh drift me to heaven and
Thee.
Mid the wranglings of men, and their con-
fictS so fierce,
Half mad and despairing, my lips spit
curse,
Instead of imploring a refuge and peace
From life's maddening battle, for hope
and release.
l bear on defantly, proud, reckless, un-
blanched
At the dangers that hem me, the curses [
launched
At earth and at heaven. Lord, mercy for
me,
Receive me, receive me to heaven and
Thee.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1873-05-02


ne news y again received that the
"ooocs nave been successful N another
ensasemen' WIN our troops On the
SUI" "''''"o 'nree compsn'es OF oni'ed
o'"'es troops moves Toward into the
'ava oeds, with view OF reconnoitering
'ne POSITION OF the Indians. Either
moving incauuous'y, or being led by an
incompetent omcer, they were suddenly
'''cSeo oy an INFERIOR number o. MO
oocs' VINO mad 50 managed the DISPOSE
'on o' '"elr forces as 70 give our troops
oo'" 'n e""'a''ng ana cross nre' Ter
TUT -s'''cken ana almost paralyned oy 'he
uneAPec'eo a''ack' tne oni'eu o'a'es
so'a'e" maze a very shaooy snow OIL
ngn', ana IN an awkward attempt to en'
'r,ca.e themselves from the trap into
wh'cn .hey mao oeen led' nineteen out Oh
.ne sixty nine engaged were kiileu on tne
ne'd' indeed some OF the dispatches
60 20 mr as 70 say that many OF the sol
oiers were 30 powerfully stricken by fear
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1873-05-02
POCKET and table cutlery of all kinds
and prices at w. II. Anderson's

AT a meeting held at Lexington on
Saturday to consider the question of as.
surfing the right of way through Fsyette
county the Cincinnati Southern, Mr.. W.
A. Gum, chief engineer of the road,
was present and addressed the meeting.
Among other remarks as reported by the
Press, he said "The trustees have not
decided on any particular route, but still
hold themselves in the same attitude
they have always maintained. They
will give an equal chance to all routes,
and in the final determination of the
line consider all the advantages offered
by each. The instructions had always
been to survey each lie thoroughly and
obtain the best line that could be had in
each case, and he thought the people on
all the routes would generally give them
credit for doing the work well. This was
the probable reason why SO many feel
confident that their line will be adopted.
The movement to give the right Of way
was begun by the people of the counties
in several cases, and a number of them
have actually secured the right of way
and handed over the releases to the trus-
tees. All opportunity to do this by a
county vote having failed, it only re-
manned TO do so by private subscrip-
ton. Tn several counties they have
made up subscription sufficient to salts
fly the land-holders, who have made
agreements with the local committees 10
accept the subscription as a guarantee,
and have relinquished the right of way
to the trustees"
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1873-05-02
LATE NEWS.


Hog cholcra is prevailing 10 fatal de
gree in wocdford county, and many
farmers have lost nearly all Of thci,
hog.
Il is probable that Hon. A. q. Tai
bOtt Of Boyle will become . candidat,
for reelection to the State Senate from
this district.
On the 2sth ultimo. a negro boy, no
cuscd Of committing rape about year
ago, and Of recently repeating the of
fense, was taken out Of Jail at Harrods
burg by party OF fifteen masked men,
supposed to be negroes, and hung.
The dispatches received April 30 from
the seat Of war are decidedly alarming.
IL Is stated that the Indians in Oregon
show marked signs Of restiveness, and
that there is every prospect of a general
Indian war.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1873-05-02

Ne. JAMES X. MARRs. editor Of the
Kssiseky Advocate, received very fat
tering call, last week, TO become candi
date u represent Boyle county in the
mat Legislature. Very few men. il
any. In Central Kentucky have served
ths Democratic party more faithfully
than Mr.. Mars. and no citizen of Boyle
county b more able or worthy 10 repre-
ssnt her. Bat it would be a shame tC
spoil 20 good an editor as Mars, and en-.
danger the suecessof % excellent paper
rs the Advocate, BY "calling him from
hbor to refreshment;' though, II he can
s1sbrd the sacrifice for the dear people,
we are for him. "ieeth and claws"