Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-12-15
OUT FROM HOME.

A sort Of mince pie letter must DO
fIr the holiday season. Such meat and
such condiments as / find, must be
poorly served, for / am on board the
AdeInide, steaming up the Chesa-
pelke in the direction from which
came the founders of that august civ
iiizatiOn, which having first sur
charged New England, has gotten
well nigh to its objective point, the
heart and centre of the South. The
Bay is rough tonight and the AIDE
]aide is certainly not TO be criticized
She heaves over the rough water and
rolls ones liver into abnormal posi-
lions. ran away on Tuesday eve
ming, scarcely knowing whether ]
went, save that Capt. Fairfax was at
the helm, and thGtI was apt to fare.
very we'll under his charge. OF course
] found the TemplaTs on board the A.
NJ. & o. Cars, on thrir return from
the Triennial encampment at New Or
leans. How this paIty went do not
know, but they were very sober as
they came home, md they are beyond
measure, delighted at their reception
in New Orleans. Those from the
Northern States say they had no con-
ceptIon, prior TO this visit of the cul-
ture and generosity of the Southern
people. neither had they any idea of
the magnitude of the punishment and
degradation which the federal govern
ment has meted out to them. Num-
bers who went there republicans, have
returned saying they are democrats
Some of them were OH board the Eas-
tern bound train which was telescoped
on the Orange Road last Sunday
That seems to have JCcn an ineXcusa
bile accident The train was stopped
for some trivial repair, and the neglect
To send o1t a flag in rear caused a
freight train to run into the Pullman
Sleeper, and it ran into the other cars
wrecking the entire train, and woHnd-
ing IL of the % passengers on board
Our Sir Nights OF the Sword and the
battle axe, had gotten safely through
the South, where the people kill and
cook for breakfast every day. ne
gro or a carpet bagger. but an attack in
rear from q red hot locomotive, was
too much for them. Fortunately no
one was very seriously wounded.
The A. NJ. & o. r. r. is simply
splendid, but its most remarkable see
ton. is the Que from Petersburg to
East of Petersburg, 1t is as straight rs
sunbeam-not one curve in it. This
bit OF engineering was done in his
young days, by VIM. tnow GeneraI)
Malone, and men will admire the
young Engineer long after the present
railroad King shall have slept with
his fathers.
/ should not forget to mention Capt.
Calvin Hill, Conductor Of our train
between Lynchburg and Norfolk, for
every one on board was made sensible
OF his courtesy;
Ats o'clock, p. NJ. the thousand
brilliant lights of Norfolk burst upon
our view, looking like fiery diamond
In a sheet of silver. Perhaps the poo-
pie were still Illuminating for Jack
Goode, over whose election they have
gone perfectly wild. Never was any
man ia Virginia so perfectly idoli2cd
10y his constituents. While running
down the placid Elizabeth River, the
Adelaide gave us ne nost magnificent
supper, you can conceive of. Oysters
AMI VemisOn and Duck and Partrige.
| mention as mere samples of the
meats, not attempting TO tell of the
numberless other dishes, all cooked
aud served in a style which no one
word, but perfection, will or can, OK
press, and which il is utterly incom-
petcnt of course TO describe. She is
now The finest vessel of the Baltimore
Steam Packet Co. 1t is said the lost
Louis ana was superior to her, but |
do not know how To believe it. / am
utterly astonished that every one docs
not go North by this charming route.
Certainly if they understood its excel
lencies they would 20 so. The State
rooms are superb and one can sleep in
them as though in a palace.
AS we stopped at Old Point Comfort
we saw few soldiers on guard
These and the lighted cmbrazures OF
Fort Monroe brought to mind many
vivid scene of the late war and thank
ing God it was gone-all gone.
walked back into the Adelaide to
th,Ik aud dream on things more
pleasant. Next time may write less
and say more.
GrE