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Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-08-17

of Representatives at Washington it
seems very small. On the ground
floor there are not enough seats by
nearly two hundred for all the menu
bers, So some of them have to shift
for themselves as best they can.
The gallery accommodations are
greater in proportion, There are
some features of this body and its
way of doing business that look very
strange to an American. The Speaker
sits in high chair with a white wig
on his head; the two clerks of the
body, both be-wigged, occupy chairs
just in front of him. The members
have seats on benches, butare without
tables or desks-except the ministers
present, who sit around a table in the
middle of the hall Nearly every
member wears his hat during the
whole session. AS large as the body is
nominally, but fifty were present when
we made our visit, some of whom sat
up with their hands in their pockets
and Others yawned and NODDED in the
easiest attitude they could assume,
We heard several speeches, all of
whicn we're far below the American
standard in style and delivery. except
one by Hon. Mr.. Bourke, under secre-
tary for foreign affairs. That was
clear concise, and delivered with
ease and energy. At first we saw no
place in the hall for ladies, but soon
discovered that there was a gallery
occupied by them, in which their
faces were almost concealed by a
wire screen. The members, doubt
less. fear that a sight of fair faces
might divert them from tbelI
sober WORK or make them miss their
parliamentary nap.
OF THE ART GALLERY He SAYS.
But there was one sing.o work il
this splendid salon to which we turned
our feet frst-the bronze statue OF
St0newall Jackson. Five Virginlan,
met together where it stands, and
gathering around the majestic figure,
there, in a foreign land, amid stran
gers, uncovered their heads in mate
homage to the mighty dead.
The idea of erecting a suitable
memor al to the great Confederate
leader was conceived by several Eng
Iish gentlemen soor after the news ot
his death reached this country; bu
this statue. by the distinguished sculp'
tor. Mr.. Foley, was not finished unit
1878. The great artist has, like the
hero whose face aud form he has lei
in bronze to be looked upon by pos
tcritY "crosaed over the river anC
rests in the shade # the trees,
The figure is of heroic size, cree
and noble head uncovered, righ
hand grasppg a gauEt!et, rests natur
ally upon tie hip, on the left arm
hangs a military cloak, while the lef
haud holds the hiIt OF sword who's
point touches pile Of hewn stones
} its empty scabbafd hanging from
belt hanging around the waist. Th'
form. the attitude, the face and th
expression of the countcnancc com
! binc to make one Of the most impres
| siYc sta'iies We have ever seen.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-08-17
81 Il
ANDREW JOHNSON.
By GEORGE ALFRED TOWNSEND.

They who in Northern hamlets drew
The warrior breath of freedom in,
The Soutbern's struggle little knew
That obdurate and sturdy few
Whose feet was set against their kin.
Who for the Union sought the hills,
And lived like hunted things of prey;
In household feud and civil ills
That put to test their iron wills
These renegadoes held their way.
Tall, bony men Of Irish stock,
And local loves that bind them fast,
The Union only was their rock,
And like the pines they stood the shock
And grew the tougher for the blast.
The life and druhna they did not hear
That mustered millions 10 resist;
Tie States command, high ans austere,
Reached not their mountain atmosphere:
The nations roar alone they list.
But pence renewed hundred ties
The Northern statesmen never feel;
Traditions steadfast as the skies,
That slowly fade among the wise,
And wounds of pride that slowly heal.
No negro was the mountaineer
Whose freedom was. his flthers spoil
What time they mustered with SEWER
lie felt himself the planters peer,
And pothing sGrvile for his toll.
Yet rights like his, with blood bequeathed,
We're now the bondman's easy prize
For this his willing sword unsheathed,
The poems brow with bays had ,wreathed-
Himself his blood the sacrifice.
So Andrew Johnson's neighbors spoke,
And half their sulliness was his
He was man IF lowly folk,
And restive under every yoke,
Except the yoke of prejudice.
He governed men from that estate
or HURDLE birth and old neglect,
When on his tailOr's bench he safe,
And, sewing, unused on map and fate
And tyranny of caste and sect.
Still in his soul the phrases clung,
His wife frOm ancient charters read
They grew inspired upon his tongue,
And to the hills his challenge rung,
And unto Fame the echoes led
One grand invective was his life,
But rounded yet by reverence;
His one superior was his wife,
His route TO power only strife,
His egotism nc'cr pretence.
Tbe slavery he hated most
Was slavery Of the freedom born mind ;
The freedom that he made his boast
Was not a sentimental toast.
But freedom for his white mankind.
And honest hands made courage sure,
Thrift grew on blessed penury
| \ Congress mighty but impure,
| In freedoms plea could not endure
This lonely man Of Tennessee.
| The subtler Lincoln sucked still
| A poor white Southern m6,her's bresst
| So freedom chose to work her will,
/ One ruler from the Southern hill,
Another from the prairie West.
And freedom came by epch as these,
Who felt the slavery they broke,
| Not from scholastic hills of ease,
! Not from the dreamy Eastern seas,
But from the hoVel and the yoke,
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-08-17
The Crop Outlook.

At present it isSomcwha. hazardous
to speculate as 70 the crop yield OF
the country. owing to the fact that
the damage inflicted By the anprccet-
ented foods Of the last ten days can
not vet be estimated Enough Is
known, however. to render it certain
that, although the fearful loSsesin the
West may, to sonie extent, be bllanc>
ed by a surplus in the South and
East. that the general yield will be
far below the average. When it is
borne in mind that the estimated
losses in the cereal growing States Of
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-08-17

THE Knoxville CHRONICLE says,
if Gen. ID. II. Hills rebellious
paper were circulated in Ohio, and
Judge Kerr could be induced to
make some of his red hot speeches
there, the republicans would carry
the State by forty thousand mas
jority.
This is Z very plain admission,
that democrats have only to refrain
rom acting the fool, for democra-
cy to win, and that republicanism
is dependent on democratic fools
for its success.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-08-17
WORCESTER. August 4


One of the most terrible murders
that has ever been committed in this
States was brought to light on Sunday
in Petersham, is this county The
victim was Frank p. TOwne, and the
person accused of the murder is his
sisters husband, Samuel J. Frost,
Frost is forty one years Of age, and
was born in MiddletOwn, y. H.. where
he learned the boot and shoe trade.
About eight years ago he married
Caroline 2. TOwne, and by industry,
and hard work managed to save q
few hundred dollars. In December.
1872, he purchased the well-knOwn
Nathaniel Cook farm in Petersham,
and soon afterward TOwne began visit
ing the family. During the spr ng and
summer of 1874 he went TO work for
Frost on the farm and took a note for
his wages 70 the amount of $500. Last
spring he leased the farm 70. the sea
son, agreeing to pay $500, and this
amount was endorsed on Frost S note.
Towne brought to the farm horse ard
five cows. Frost owned three cows
and horse. The farm comprised $50
acres, nearly all fit for tillage. Every
| available place was planted early, and
the lesse was happy at the prospect OF
a good harvest. Frost retained some
| interest in the farm, and some disputes
| bad occurred between him and TOwne
relative to the cultivation OF certain
tracts, but beyond this their relations
had always been pleasant.
| THE THEORY OF THE MURDER.
On Sunday morning, July 4, Towho
! went out to the barn as usual to milk
] the cows, dressed in brown ,OvefalIs
and blue cotton SKIRT. He was soon
| followed by Frost, both entering the
! barn at nearly the same time, This
was the last seen of TOwne. Frost
went back to the house alone, and his
| vile noticed that he acted strangely.
| He suggested that she nad better go 10
| church and take The children. She
! asked where her brother Frank was,
| as he had told her the night before of
! his intention TO attend the morning
! services. Frost at first tried to avoid a
.direct answer, but the wife repeating
! the question, he said he had a squab-
| ble with Frank and had blacked bis
! eye by striking him with a small base
| ball bat in the barn. Towne did not
come to breakfast, and the sister began
to wonder what had became of him.
To dispel her fears Frost told her that
| Frank was ashamed of his black eye.
and had gone down into the pasture.
! The wife said she did .iot feel like GO
ing to church; but Frost urged her 10
go. and hitching up the team. sent her
aud the four children off. On their
departure Frost was the only human
! being within a radius of at leTst a half
a mile of the house, the two hired boys,
John and Charles Rathburn, having
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-08-17
PicI1cn's Information for the
People.

FIRSTLY.
l shall continue to keep my work
up to its present standard of excel
euce.
SECONDLY.
NY best endeavOr7 will be, to inn
trove its quality in every respect,
THIRDLY.
To announce to all and every one, a
great reduction in prices, and stih in
creasing the acknowledged largest
stock from Richmond to Memphis.
LASTLY.
Call, examine. and purchase at the
New Model Jewelry Store.
Bristol, ! 9 Go9dson,
Tenn = Va.
Aug, l0-tf,
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-08-17

An able writer in the New
York papers, recommends in the
treatment of yellow fever, that ice
be freely given the patient, Int
that every means should be used to
prevent the access of g current or
draft of air TO him. In other
words, cool the patient inside and
keep the outside warm. Very
good philosophy wet hink. When
You drive a fever from the centre,
don inject it at the circumference
and drive it back.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-08-17
TUESDAY, AUGUST II, 1851
EVENT and COMMENT

Thieves seemed to be getting their
dnas The absconding Treasurer Of
C.. Parker by name, was on the
s,b captured in Camden and taken
back in irons.
The late $4,000 theft from the
Federal Treasusy has been unearthed
and at the end of the hole we find B.
b. Hallcck, VIM. IL. Ottman. and Peg
leo Brown. The said Halleck owns
uo that he handed the package to
0ttman, who deposited twenty nine
$500 bills of the money in strong
nackaqe in an Alexandria bank
HaIlecks wife visited him in Jail and
threw her arms about her recreant
husbands neck, weeping bitterly
Alas that Justice must so often wiring
ils bitterest tears from poor faithful
,voman. whose first fall came from
irving to make her husband IS enc of
tie Gods
The hung jury in the case of John
u Lee. leader Of the Mountain
Meadow Massacre, goes far toHards
instifying Lynch law, Only three ia
yored his conviction. Mormon JUS
lice is but song,
Five negro convicts escaped frori
,be Va. Penitcntiary on the 9th
They were there for arson, theft and
rape. Cutting their window bars,
using a ladder and blanket ropes,
we're the means Of their escape
Out and over the walls they went out
into the world.
-Four Of the escaped Richmond con-
yicts have been captured on the canal
near the city. They reported unfa-
yorably Of tbc institution which they
called 4 kcll>hOle.
That "rcliablc correspondent of the
Chicago Tribune. writing from Greene
Vile, Tenn" lies. Andrew Johnson
did write the cholera paper. and the
deduction to be dawn from ii that
he was in some degree 4 religious man
/, H,,gi absurd The Bristol Ne,rS
at first disbelicved iu the genuincness
Of the document, but We have found
oat ihc error Of that disbelief.
Wc omitted to tel our readers last
week that Isaac NJ. Siugcr. WHO in
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-08-17

Mr.. Joseph Palmer, of Syracuse
n. Y, father of Mr.. Geo. W. Pale
mer Of Saltville, IN this comfy,
died recently atthe age Of 68 years,
He was a gentleman of fine charac-
ter, and greatly respected.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-08-17


THE assertion that eX-President
johnson was an atheist, is fully
disproycn 10y Ilie statement made
by him, when he believed death
near at haad during thc cholera
epidemic in Greencville in 1879
The authenticity Of this document,
can no longer be called in question.
His private Secretary, Mr.. Thomas
Maloney, informs us that it is un~
qucstionably IN the handwriting Of
the Senator, whose entire family
rccogniss it as genuine. 1t is now
in the possession OF his daughter,
Mrs. Judge Patterson. Why he
left no such testimony from his
conversation in his last hours, is cas-
lily explained, 10y the fact that he
gave no evidence whatever, that
he was aware of the approach OF
death.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-08-17
satisfactory.

Remember that every piedA Of WORT;
done ut
Pickpn's New Model Jewelry
Store, satisfactson il guaranteed. and
all promises carried out to the letter.
Aug. l0-tf.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-08-17

Coz. r. P. Carson, one Of the
most competent and practical in
structor5 in the Southwest, has
been associated with Prof. Baker,
IN the Abingdon Male Academy.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-08-17
Important CiaocVary.
A Cure for Ali.

Dr. Robertson. from long experience IT,
treating al diseases Of the Urinary Organ
Cure Seminal weakness, Lost Manhood
Nervous Debility Early IudiscreiiOn I'm
pa;sncy, Gloss Of sexual power and VII re-
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days. Charges moderate Address, with
particulars, enclosing stamp,
DIT. ROBERTSON.
10 s. Eutaw st., Baltimore, I'D
Mar Q, '7i.-6m.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-08-17

MONEY controls all. Witness
that the New York World pre-
fers bondholder's victory to a
democratic one in Ohio.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-08-17

THE following from the New Yorl,
San is good enough to bear even
twice reading:
"'Whatever the bluHders Of his ad-
ministra ton as President, Mr. John
son must have credit for qualities Of
the most precious and lofty character.
His sincerity was profound his cour-
age passed safely through every test
his patriotism was uuqucstionable :
and his sense Of the dignity belonging
to his office was so great that he re
fused every gift whose acceptance
would be .hameful in 4 President
Aud however great tie detcstati1n
that surrounded him as he retired
from power, it has since been changed
in most minds into Il feeling Of re-
spect. The administration Of his sue
cessor has in some most important
points made his admire bic by con-
trast :. and those who were loHdest in
denouncing his tergivers0tiOns now
pay honor to the fidelity which dared
everything rather than be false to
conviction. and which broke loose
from the most powerful party known
in our history rather than adopt 4
policy which threatened mischief in
the future
Mr.. johnson is oftOncd condemned
because he desired to couciliate the
South, although at the time Of his IN
auguration he favored a severe retTi-
butive treatment toward the leaders
of the States lately in rebellion. The
Inconsistency is evident, but the dar-
ing which did not fear 80 be inconsis.
tent. and which dared to obey the
sense OF duty rather than proceed in
a course which reflection had shown
to be rnwise, it much better than in
consistency. With all his defects Of
mind and temper, Mr.. Johnson will
long be hOnored in our annals; and
though we have lost greater men, the
country, in all the list of its distin-
| guished sons, has never been. called
to regret one braver, or more tho
roughly american.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-08-17
". L. BLAcHLEr, w. II. EoBERrsov, c, /.
BLACELFv-
BIaGklGI, Robertson & BIacklGy,
Attorneys as Law, C
Real Estate Agents,

WILL practice in the counties Of Sull,
van and Washington, and in the Fedora,
and Supreme Courts Mt Knoxville, Tenn
~ real estate agents we offer FOR salG large
amounts Of improved and unimprcved min
cral aid farming lands, in quality and on
terms to suit the purchasers. Our agents
viii meet cmigrant ships, rrgularly, at Nor
foll AM New York, and Will be in constant
cores 9Poadence. with Emigration Societies
and Mining Companies in Europe and the
United States. Persons having lands in J..
Tenn, 5. W. Va, and KY, for sale, or any
description, will find purchases through our
agency. CaTjtailst wishing 10 invest Ir.' ION
Coal, Lead, Grazing anl Farming laris NJ"
Water Power, viii find it to their irtr,.-J -
examine our lands. We also oEer iyva
property for sale.
OFFICE Oh Fifth S'rces.
bug. 25, lSI3.-tf,
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soon found the spot, however, but the
sack was also gone. The noise O!
something heavy falling on the ground
and something running away attract
Ell their attention to an Oat field over
the stone wall. and To- this they made
their way. The trail was followed,
and they soon came upon bundle
rolled up in n horse BANKED. On
opening the sack it was found 10 con-
tain the lower half of the trunk Of n
mans body. The men then went to
FrOst's house, ana found him hidden
in the attic. He was taken to Barre
for safe keeping, The upper portion
of the trunk of the body, including the
head. arms, and chest, was found i'm
sack buried in the corn field, near
where the other sack was buried
The legs have not yet been found
On the right side of the head, back of
the ear, the skull had been crushed in
with an instrument supposed to he a
stone hammer, the nose was broken,
and three of the front teeth broken off.
The face was decOmpOsed beyond re-
cOgnitiOn. Mrs. Frost identified the
cotton shirt as that worn by her broth
er. The hair and whiskers of the same
color as those of TOwne's.
THE MURDERER ARRAIGNED
Before the COroner's jury on Sun
| day, Mrs Frost testified to what her
husband had told her about the disap-
pearance of her brother. That she
had seen him have her brothers knife,
| watch, and pocket-book. That Mr..
Frost lad not occupied her bed fer
| two weeks. but had been out nights,
| and that Monday night, July 26, he
was out all night in the rain. That
she missed her carving knife Tuesday
! morning, although 1t was in the usual
place the night before. That on Tues
| day morning when she got up sne
| found her husbands pants and over
| aIIs hung out on the clothes line. and
| that they emitted a horrible stench,
like that of human flesh. She freely
| told all she knew of the affair. aud af-
ter the examination said she had re-
| lieved her mind of great burden.-
The Jury returned verdict that Fred
| crick p. TOwne came to his death on
Sunday July t. by reason of . fracture
in his skull made by Samuel J. Frost
in some mannerito the jury unknown
On Monday morning hewas arraign"d
for trial. before Justice Edwin W0oC
of Barre-pleaded not guilty to q com
plant charging him with wilful mur-
der, and waived an examination.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-08-17

Saratoga Fan Chains can only De
had ot Pieken's New Model Jewelry
c,oro June 15.-tk.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-08-17
MURDER!
a Murder by aM AvacriciUus
BrOthcT-In-LaW.

COtscealed to HO PurpOse-A
Boys Accidental Discovery
An EXhumatiOn at Midnight
Body Chopped to Pieces
and Reburied in parts im
g Corn Field.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-08-17
FINDING THE BODY.

About 10 O'Clock crowd Of citizens,
among them Jerus Williams, p. III.
Rabbit, the colo7ed man, Leander
Hathaway, John n. Beldou, and the
Ratbburn boys. assembled in tine corn
field. with lanterns, but the mark left
by the colored man was gone. He
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-08-17

THE following from the New York
San is good enough to bear even
twice reading:
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-08-17
DeHiUI.
DIR. J. II. KING,

{ (Grodrute Of The Baltimore Col!ege ef Deatal Sai
Dfg'yl
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-08-17

We omitted to tell our readers last
week that Isaac Vi. Singer, who in
ycn,cd the Singer Sewing Machine,
died recently in England, aged C4
year,, and vastly wealthy We hope
BE- is now singing Hood So3 s Of the
Saru la Paradise.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-04-01

THE PIN MACH1NE.-This machine is one of
the closest approaches that mechanics have
made to the dexterty of the human hand. 1t
is about the size of the lady's sewing machine,
only stronger On the side at the back light
belt descends from long shaft in the ceiling
that drives all machines, ranged in rows, on the
floor. On the left side of the machine hangs
on peg reel of wire that has been straight
ened by running through compound system
of small rollers. The wire descends, and the
end enters the machine. This is the food con-
sumed by this voracious little dwarf. Hepulls
it in and bites off by inches, incessantly-one
hundred and forty bites in the minute. Just
as he seizcs each bite, little hammer with a
concave face, hits the end of the wire three
times, ''upsets" it to head, while he grips 1t
TO q counter sunk hole between his teeth.
With an outward thrust of his tongue he then
laws the pin sideways in q little groove across
the rim of small wheel that slowly revolVes.
By the external pressure of stationary hoop
these pins roll in their places as they are car
ried under two series of small files, three, III
each. These files grow finer toward the end OF
the SERIES They lie at a slight inclination on
the pins, and a series of cams, levers, and
springs are made to play like tightening, thus
the pins are dropped in little box. Twenty
eirht hounds are days work for one OF these
ierkng little autometons. The machines reject
crooked pins. the slightest irregularity IN any
of them being detected.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-04-01

WHAT THE GREAT TORNADO LOOKED LIKE.
"A letter from Georgia; says, 'rhe writer writer
conversed with fifty people of Hancock, War
rem and McDuffe Counties who saw the north
ern cyclone. The most intelligent among them
agreed that it was cylindrical in shape, ran i'm
mediately along the ground, was half mile
wide at the base, and half a mile high. In the
distance and when approaching, it looked like
q vast column of black smoke arising from
pine forest on fire. AS it approached it was
dimy illuminated with phosphorescent light,
whilst in it, as one man graphically said, "there
appeared to be million matches just struck"
These lights were from the electricity. The
horizon and sky were everywhere overcast with
other dense clouds. From these the storm
cloud stood out as boldly as any wel-drawn
picture from its back ground. 1t was not ac-
companied by thunder. 1t travelled all OF sew.
enty miles per hour This was ascertained
by comparing the time it passed through any
piyen points apart. The roaring, appalling
noise it produced was by the same causes that
the noise of cannon balls are whilst flying
through the air. 1t was not more than three
hours passing over the entire State of Georgia.
If the reader will take rule and lay it upon
a map of Georgia, selecting any two given
points touched by the cyclone, he will see that
it travelled in line as straight as cannon ball
or crow would fly. The rule will point west
through Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana north
of New Orleans and run into the Gulf of Mex
leo. between that city and Galveston. All the
hurricanes and cyclones which pass over Geor-
pia are bred in that Gulf"