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Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-03-09

would be folly to suppose that views
so clear and so logically expressed as
those of Senator Carpenter would rot
win many adherente, if they did not
already have them. But the fact is
that Mr. Carpenters speech only put
in more than usually distinct and
forcible forms ideas that very gener-
ally prevail in the North among Re-
publicans. And the same may be
said of the speeches Of Mr.. Ward and
General HawIey, and Judge Poland
on the Force bill. The Republican
party does not want that bill. 1t ex>
pressly wishes not to have it. 1t does
not believe it necessary. There has
been no demand for it. The men
who have allowed Mr.. Butler to bully
and wheedle. and cajole them into
voting for it do not represent the Re
publican party, On the contrary, its
opponents represents that party, aud
their pOlicy-the policy of common
sense-is the only one by which the
party can afford to stand.
baltimore SUM-
Of the civil rights bill-Of as little
practical accounts as it is, in its
denuded shape-it is difficult to rea-
lie that among It's supporters there
were not some who in their secret
hearts believed it to be unconstitu-
tionAl. and who voted for it trusting
to the judiciary to set it aside. The
able argument Of Mr.. Carpenter
against the bill, particularly that
clause of it which is intended to
force a particular class Of people into
the inry-boxeS of all the States must
have carried conviction If IT, did not
find it already-tO some on the Re-
publican as we'll as the Democratic
side of the Senate. If Congress can
define the qualifications of jhriOrs in
State courts, who are, after all, but
triers of facts, why may it not pre-
scribe those Of judges also, who are
tricrs, of the law? In other words,
what is there to prevent Congress
from taking into its own hands the
organization of the entire judiciary
system of the States ?-and if of the
judiciary. why not of the legislative
aud executive departments also
What rag is left by such bill, if ii
be a law, to cover the nakedneSS and
poverty of the once sovereign States
of the Union, now reduced to mere
dependencies upon congressman viii
and pleasure? Its enforcement will
only tend 30 the separation and
antagOuism Of the races, creating new
breaches and causes of strife when
old ones were closing and dying out,
It's failure, if, as Senator Carpenter
confidently perdicts it will fail, be-
cause of it's unconstitutionality, will
not compesate for the waters of Bit
terness and strife which its passage
will unseal; and this bitterness, il may
be observed, may be probably felt
and manifested far more Intensely at
the North than the S0uth-Gor at the
South most of the purposes which the
bill aims to accomplish have air, ADJ
been reached either through the
voluntary concessions Of the whites, oil
compulsory legislation by the blacks
in States where these latter and theil
radical allies are in the ascendnncy.
"A thousand sucn laws said Sena-
tor Eaton, of Connecticut, ''canno'
put black man in the jary-box ii
my State unless the laws CT the Sta !e
permit it,
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-03-09

THE Knoxville CHRoNICLE has
been, since the flood, our entire
source for Nashville and other
news from the West. The Press
and Herald, a paper about as de-
pendent on its exchanges as any
we know of, has about disappeared
from this field. The CHRONICLE is
a live paper and of course a very
readable one.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-03-09
The Empty Sleeve.
BY DR.. G. ". BAGBY.

Tom, old fellow, grieve to see
The sleeve hanging loose at your side;
The arm you lost Was worth to me
Every Yankee that ever died.
But you don't mind it at all;
You swear you've beautiful stump,
And laugh at that damnable call;
Tom, | knew you were always a trump.
\ good right arm. nervy hand,
A wrist as strong as a sapliug oak,
Buried deep in the Malvern sand
To laugh at that is a sorry joke.
Never again your iron grip
Shall feel in my shrinking palm
Tom, Tom. see your trembling lip,
How on earth can l be calm
Well, the arm is gone, it is true;
But the one that is nearest the heart
Is left-and that's as good as two;
Tom, old fellow, what makes Won start
Why, man, she thinks that empty sleeve
A badge of honor so do /,
And all of us-I do believe
The fellow is going 70 cry
''She deserves perfect man." you say
"l Ou not worth her in your prime ?''
Tom the arm that has lurn'd to clay
Your whole body has made sublime
For you have placed in the Malvern earth
The proof and pledge Of a noble life
And the rest, henceforw'rd OF higher worth
Will be dearer than all to your wife.
see the people in the street
Look at your sleeve with kindling eyes;
and you Know, Tom, there's naugllt as
sweet
As. homage shewn in mute surprise.
Brayely your arm in battle strive,
Freely, for FreedOm's sake, you gave it;
1t has perished-but nations love
In proud remembrance will save it.
Go to your sweetheart, then, forthwith
You're foOl for staying so long
Woman's love you'll find no myth,
But truth, living, tender and strong
And when around her slender belt
Yoursleft is ciasped,in fond embrace,
Tour right will thrill as if it felt,
In its grave, the usurper's place.
As l look through the coming years
| see a one-armed married man;
A little woman with smiles and tears,
Is helping as hard as she can
To put on his coat, pin his sleeve,
Tie his eravat ana cut his food:
And say, as these fancies l weave
That is Tom and the woman he wooed )
The years roll on ,:and then see
wedding picture bright and fair;
look clos, T, and it's plain to me
That Is Tom with the silver hair.
He gives away The lovely bride,
And the guests linger, 10th to leave
The house of him in whom they pride
Brave old Tom vita the empty sleeve.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-03-09

Thirteen millions of the funded
debt Of Virginia is held by Yam
koydom and nine and a half mil
lions by Europe. 1t is said eight
millions of it is held in Virginia,
but it is held by brokers and spec'
ulators who bought it up at SOC on
the dollar.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-03-09

The verdict OF the people was
endorse last Wednesday by Prov
idencc, in the sending of mighty
wind by which to blow the radical
Congress ont of its boots.
Thursday the 4th was the bright
est and balmiest of the year, ush-
ering in under the most inspiring
and delightful skies the democratic
party, to at least partial power.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-03-09
LETTER FROM COL. RICH
MOND.

The following letter will explain
Col. Richmond's position on the
Funding Bill. We are glad to
note that in principle he is with
the people and that he does not
recognize the binding force of
that oppressive measure. 1t affords
us pleasure to place him right on
the question: Ed. NEWS.
RICHMOND, VA, !
Feb. Goth, 1875.
Mr.. EDITOR:
notice in your issue Of the 23d
inst. under the head, Va. Legislature,
that you quote me together with the
members from Wythe and Giles as
having voted against the coupon bill,
and that every other delegate from the
Southwest voted for the bill, and
further add, "if the bill had passed it
would not, by any means, have done
more than impair the efficiency of the
funding bill, bus it was test measure
and the vote shows who are for the
bondholders and who are for the peo-
ple.u Pray tell us wherein? You
must guage us by higher standard. -
The friends of the measure here claim
ed no especial merit for the bill. l
could see no good TO result from its
passage. and as the most of our time
has been frittered away discussing
such questions, at immense cost to the
people without effect or benefit, but
remaining VcrdtG QueStej.
/ deemed it my duty, representing
ali honest, intelligent and high-tOned
constituency, to assist in giving it an
early QuietIs till something of merit,
substance and availability is presented,
The people of Scott are conversant
with my Legislative action as well as
my views upon the funding bill, which
received my condemnation in its in
cipient promulgation, because its pro-
visions are unjust and inequitable, OBJ
tained through fraud. corruption, and
mercenary interpositiOn, imposing
burthens we are unable to bear. But
are we thus to stain our fair escutcheon
by indirect, non-effective attacks, like
the coupon bill to which you refer
| think not. But when something
can be devised, operative of real relief
to our oppressed people, then | shall
enter my appreciation. and none will
be more Jealous for its cO1summation.
Very Respectfully,
j. b. RICHMOND.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-03-09

A ColOred Preacher remarked
"God made de fust man, and sOt him
up agin de fense to dry" "WhO
made de fence ?'' interrupted an eager
listener: ''Put dat man out :" ex-
claimed the preacher, "Such questions
as dat'd destroy all the theology in
the world +"
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-03-09
GrccncvtAe Intolligencer

The new dress and handsome ar
rangement of this paper, are worthy of
particular notice. Itisnow one of the
most attractive of the weeklies that
reach our Office. Jts assortment OF
news is large, its selections good and
its editorials able.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-03-09
The COlOrcd Cadet at the Naval
Academy.

annapolis, February % During
this week Mr.. Gordon Claude, of
Annapolis. a young man Of most ex-
cel,ent mind and of fine social staud-
ing, now a cadet engineer, was orders
ed to fence with the colored mid
shipman at the Naval Academy, and
refusing to do 50 has been expelled.
He was at first requested to resign.
He would not do that, though he dis
liked to disobey orders, He was then
informed he should consult with his
parents. This he did when his father,
DR.. Abram Claude, said he would not
advise him, leaving it to the young
mans judgment DR.. Claude. how
ever. went to the superintendent and
told him his son was raised as a
southerner, ana not on social equality
with negro, and he would not ad-
wise him to do what he would not do
himself. On this Mr.. Claude was ex,
PEELED yestetday,-Specid to Balti-
more San.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-03-09

The spelling more than the
sound often makes the word. The
human sleeper rests upon pillow,
but the bridge sleeper rests upon a
pillar.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-03-09
II. L. BLAcKLEr, W. II. RoBKKrsoS. o,
BLACKLEv.
BlaGklGy, Robertson & BlaGklsI,
Attorneys at Law, &
Real Estate Agents.

WILL practice in the counties Of Sulli
van and Washington, and in the Fedora.
and Supreme Courts at Knoxville, Tenn
rs real estate agcats we offer for sale large
amounts of improved and unimproyed min
erul and farming lands, in quality and ON
terms to suit the purchasers. Our agents
will meet emigrant ships, regularly, ut Nor
fol. and New York, and will be in constant
correspondence with Emigration Societies
ana Mining Companies in Europe and The
United States. Persons having lands IN T..
Tenn, S. W. Va, and Ky. for sale. e. nv
description, viii md purchases through Co. r
agency. Capitali, wishing to invest ia !i,..
Coal, Lead, Graz. ng and Farming land-. !
Water Power, will find il TO their interest TO
examine our lands. We also oGer i,.h
property for sale
OFF,Cs Oh Fifth Street.
aug. %, IS73.-G.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-03-09
CHaS. ". BUTTON
Publisher ''ViFgfnian.
VIRGINIA HOUSE,
v Formerly Prices Hotel
MAIN STREET, ABINGDON. Va.
A. A. BANKS, Manager.

TIE Proprietor has opened at this place a
Firs;-Class Hotel for the accommodation Of
Summer Boarders and the travelling pahlie.
Fare good as the county affords. Board per
day. g.
A comfortable Omnibus for The aecommo-
dation Of passengers and citizens will meet
all trains.
WI. 4. WAUGH, Proprietor.
Ian % '-i-tf
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-03-09

Boarding department IN charge Of President
and wife. Young ladies' furnish their own pillow
cases, sheets, towels and lights. Wsshing can be
had at dollar per month. No deduction from
bills uHless in cases Of protraeted sickness.
s5s-For particulars address the Principal at
Bristol. Tenn. Sept 10, '74.-tf.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-03-09
DeHt0L.

Can be found at his Office every Sat
urday.
~ Office on Main Street, opposite
Peppers Drug Store.
March 81 1S74.-tf
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-03-09
From the Richmond Wing.
THE CRUCIFIXION OF JE-
SUS CHRIST.
How Viewed from Jewish Stand
Point,
Il. J. MCC.

DIR. Mayer, of Baltimore, lectured
last night at Assembly Hall, on 1.-The
Crucifixion of Jesus Christ to a de-
dedly intelligent and appreciatetive
iu lIence. After a brief glance at the
term Messiah" I" which he defined as
ruler or king he launched into the
subject proper of the lecture. He said
he would treat the matter from Jew
ish stand point. He first alluded to
the prejudice which has existed
against the Jews as nation first be-
cause of the alledged rejection of the
Messiah, and second, because they had
him put TO death. He alluded to the
bitter persecution of the Jews by the
Christians some centuries back, and
said that even now many ministers
keep up, in a degree this hatred and
prejudice against the israelites, by al
ways averring in ther Sermons that
JESUS WAS SLAIN BY THE JEWS.
He would in his lecture, he said,
take history as his witness, and would
assert nothing but what could be
proved by history. He said that
the same views and plat
form as adopted by Christ had been
advanced 10y Hillel before him. Je-
sus, he said, was man whose attain
ments ana excellent character made
him pTe-eminently fitted for a ruler or
monarch. and all that prevented his
being such was his religion and his
calling himself a God. He had the
sympathy and cooperation of the
masses. His intimate companions
were tax-gatherers and poor men,
while he always spoke against the
rich men and money-changers, which
caused them both to hate and fear
him.
DIR. Mayer then alluded to the law
of the Jews as laid down in Deutero-
nomy, and which positively commands
that ii a man acknowledges himself
guilty of blasptemy, claims that he is
God, he
MUST BE PUT TO DEATH,
When. said the learned lecturer, in
proof of this fact, the High Priest ask
Ell Jesus if he was God, and Jesus an
swered and said, II am," the High
Priest "rent his clothes. and said, this
man blasphemeth, aud Is, therefore,
guilty of DEATH" No intelligent man.
argued the lecturer, could accuse a tri-
bunal composed of such men if they
declared a blaspher guilty of death,
with the law so plainly before them.
1t is impossible to blame them, when
not one of his followers denied at the
time. or attempted to defend him
against the charge. The verdict was
in accordance with the law, and the
acquiescence of the people to the YER
dict proves that they believed it just.
The verdict was, however. not brought
in by the Jews, but by the Romans,
said the doctor. In proofof this point,
he said that there were only three
kinds of punishment laid down in the
Jewish law Stouing TO death burn
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-03-09

Always on hand q large stock Of Groceries
for Sale, Lev, for Cash, or TO prompt pay
ers. Jeu. 26 I'm
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-03-09
PROSPECTUS
OF THE
Lynchourg Weekly Virginian.

The undersigned yielding TO the Iesire
expressed by many friends Of The VIRGIN
IAN, has determined to issue n WEEKLY,
which will contain the choicest selections
from the Daily, including, Editorials, Mar
kets and the Latest Tele rams received on
the day Immediately preceding the day Of
its publication. The Weekly is not desigB-
ed to supereede either Of the other issues Of
The VIRGINIAE. but to accommodate distant
subscribers, and those in the country who
receive but one mail week. Il will be
printed On q sheet "a by 80 inches, will
contain 28 columns Of matter, and being in
smaller type than any other Lynchburg
paper, will furnish an amount Of reading
matter equal to a sheet one-fou tn larger.
Il will be rnish at tie low price Of
$3.50 Per copy IOF One Year.
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CLUB RATES

Five Copies one Year 5000
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No name will be entered on the subscription
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Der viii appear On or before the 9TH Of
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Of publication and costs the subscriber
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Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-03-09

Opens uniformly on the 4th Thursday
i'm August and third Thursday i'm Jan
uary in each year and Turs % weeks.
REV. D. SULLISs, D. D., President and
Prof Mental and Moral Science.
REV. r. II. PARKER, A. NJ, Prof. of Ian
guages and Nat. Science.
hRs. b. L. CHANCEAULME, Priucspal
Academic Dept.
Miss ANN PATTON, Mathematical Dept.
Miss EMMA Cox, Principal Of Preparatory
and Primary DcFts.
Miss SALLY JAMES, Asst. in Prirn, and
Prep. Depts.
F. f. HAcKER, Principal Of Music Dept.
and Prof. Of Modern Languages.
Miss MAMIE Il. CHANCEAULME, Assistant
in Music.
Miss IDA VAUGHN, Vocalist.
Mas. SULLINs, NatrOn.
The Painting and Drawing Department
will be taught by Prof. Hacker.
Wax-Work will be taught by Miss Chan
ceaulme.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-03-09

le7 Bowery, New York, Post omee Box ASS
Hay lS74-IY
, 1875-01-23
NEW PUBLICATIONS,
Richardson's New Method,
FOR THE PIANOFORTE.

Il stond. nef.st! 'sfXs $4,000 yearly, ond
structton book err issnftt approaches II far rfnt
4nr,3t ind torth, and no tfachers regret usihg
it in fhfir coufxe IF instruction. This tsord: is
q tA''Fcr in Tic a,uMt1t ndra'tce If Ar slay, and
hos bern IT most fm7'ortnn. nqrnt in The rfcent
fremcndous Increase gf t'thHit"i dhorirt,ge ef
Tie Pnnatorh.
The sHcce*s Of R1cHAnnEoss NEW S1Eruon
i 'rorW:4c'de. and prompts many |"mlshtssrs,
tut its saie sarpassns TINT Of MI ofhfrs COM
n1HEp, aud II stands today inconteata5ly supe-
3Ior 10 all othtr i'asao tNeftois.
Cscd by Thousands Of Music Tcnciler. and sa1h
by nll link unt alM*fr Healer, in
this Country and Enuntn.
, 1875-01-23

troops In Germany known, than officers Of ali
Ern2ca. vim had been thrown ont Of service br
tho close OF The Seven icarH' War, and the con
segment reduction of tho Rr1ntcs for wbicl, it Ind
5nuiM employment CAME ctowtling with propoa.
als to open recruiting Offices and raiso rnen, How
men were raised hhs already been toll. ueorso.
III Hpltc Of his Royal conrictious, felt humsne
fcruple. 10 Eiso German officers authority to
moro nor less than to become man-stealcr,
which ! caunot look upon a. very honorable
t'ccupasion.' But Novsi pcsupns fo1dom a. far
IL the Interest Of humanity. Recruiting officers
, 1875-01-23
REAL ESTATE;
FOR SALE.

new tvosn1J and basement ecta4on stone and brick
dwsinE 1ndfanAav roar Twenty Just co,n
plated; Of tbs choicest tbs South Hdolot
fsatp taken from tbs eontrs Of 6on lot, leaving IL
each aids for health and clrcuation house q fest
'front.' Lalt on ssona foundation laid in and
tending fse; 6soE the uur{acc: basement Il Of brown
auno. aud this brick WbIs nthas thick ton
hutan All tn1ide walls ths second sofy fopt III of
brick, and tbs stud partitions una Closets and
Ero9t seven oiokan n,An!els chandelier.
,aodsrn prufuson heautliui iron fcaes
tn ffnt, And scnlont walk. to be made rng
nass 1oon sa thssa a..ls: ete. ETC. Al, utihar IT,
1a1, Afohltoct, No. Il IASAs NInck. Ths Af,ove il
LOT e4s 1t about cost. And s and hy
calling On tbs unaesslEned 81 t.At lnd
AnA.tF. JOHN COVERT
~ Architect Of tbs aboys desorihn house, and visiting
daily willis II ptoErs4 Ut ekection. fully inderao
A Mr. Essesk says III favor. It ranks among ths h4st
And Hloat built honses In this city,
L.. II. 1tXhT
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1875-09-10

Terrible Suicide.

Terrible Suicide.
| New York, September /.
The pilots Of Hellgste and Long Island
Sound gave . clsm-bake at City Island
yesterday to Congressman and other DIS
tinguished persons residing the summe,
on the Sound. Among the company VA
|Signor Vianni, said to be of the suite Of
Count Corte, the italian Minister. Ate,
the clam-bake the company had enjoyed
Themselves making speeches and singing
songs, and DR.. Doremus announced that
ISignor Vianni would give recitation in
Imitation of Ristor;. V,anni took his no.
|sition 10 the center Of the group. His
voice was clear and well controlled. and
his gesticulations highly dramatic; his
limbs seemed to culver with passion, while
the expression OF his face was startling.
De finished with the exclamation in I,ali
leo, God, who judges al, will judge this. !"
He then took pistol from his coat pocket.
and placing It to his temple, fired. He
TELL partly on his face perfectly motionlese.
and applause commenced, when Doremus
rushed forward exclaiming Hes killed. I"
Many at frst thought this . part of the
entertainment, but on lifting the body the
horrible truth became manifest Yianni
lived for halt a hour, but never sps,ke.
No cause was ascertaiEed for The terrible
act.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1875-09-10
An A1Air Of H0uor.(O

st. Louis, September l.
Mai. John N. Edwards, one Of the edi.
tors of the st. Louis Times. and Col Em.
DRY 8. Foster, editor Of the Evening Jour.
nal, left here last night for Wirnebago
county, Ills. to fight . duel The affair
has been kept very private, 10 one outside
of the parties directly interested knowing
anything abou! it until this evening. when
1t got on the street and became the subject
of much comment. Dispatches announc
ing the result have beeu momentarily q
pected since 1:90 o'clock, but At this writ
ing nothing had been received..
LArBR.
a u'.p".~.. ~ s"e .--es from MEMBER
of tho Edwards party says: The duel TOOK
place 1t 5 O'Clock this evening 1t point
five miles north of Rockford, in Winneba-
go county, and one shot exchanged with
out effect, both parties firing too high,
but making line shst, Major Edwards
second shot, but ~ under the
agreement to fight q sccoad shot should
not he had unless demanded BY both par.
ties and rs Col. Foster considered that he
had given all the satisfaction required Of
him be declined to join the demand for
another shot, and the matter was settled
without further difficulty. Both behaved
'plendid. The weapons used were Colts
navy revolvers: distance 20 PAGES.