Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1876-02-22
RICHMOND, VA.
Feb. pit. 1870

The date of my letter is suggest tive.
Just month hence and we will have
the equinox with its equal days and
nights and its storms. One day
heuce brings us tn the birth day OF
ashlngtun, respectable NIrgIuian
Whose glory has, in these fast DAYS,
hec5me almost obsolete. Mrs. Gen,
Heath and other ladies will, on to-
morrow evening, try to revive it by
Centennial bail, to he at the Rich
m"nd Theatre, the dancers To be
dressed in the costume of the revulu-
ton 1t is expected that the theatre
will he packed with the elite Of the
city, and that the sight will be well
worth seeing.
AS TO the Legislature there are GER
tain members who sUeur there shall
he an adjournment this day week, the
18th, tut | will SAY to the readers oftne
y eICS there will be no such thing as
an adjournment that day. As far ~
my memory just now reports not one
single imp1rtaut measure before the
Legislature has been yet disposed Of
The constitutional amendments have
not yet finally passed, though Will in
a day or two The Canal bill, the
University bill, the Dog bill. the
Wh'skey bill. and the Tax hill are yet
to be disposed Of aud notwlthstand-
ing the amendments will hesIbmittrd
and voted on by the people next No
vtmher. aud II adopted. as their II lends
avUw they will be toy 80, 600 majority,
tie present Legislature will he Tequir-
ed in December next to. repeal Jhe
present per diem allowance t. its
members and agree upon a ga larry to be
D. l..
urginging the passage of till to re-
duce the present per diem Just such
work as this causes each session to be
extended beyond the ninety days.
Some If them would speak though the
devil himself were to walk into the
hall
Mr.. Stuart, OF Augusta made very
line speech on the cal al extension, and
urged that ;he water line be extended
To Cruig's Creek. some II miles. he-
cause the masonry has already been
completed that far, and then that the
remaining sixteen miles to Clifton
Forge, Oh the G.. d o h. r., be span.
ned hy temporary rail road, whose
r"ad-hed would do for the tow-path !
Tor the canal at some future day.
such Measure will doubtless pass
In any event the ccnvicts will be used /
on the canal.
The bill allowing $50. 900 to the Uni
Nerslty, rs the pet child of the State, !
was defeated, but the vote was recon. |
vi, er Il and the matter then postpon- |
ed. voted against il foe several rea- ]
sous, among which | will mention |
the feature making tuition free TO all |
young men In the State over eighteen |
years of age. Thi, would tend la ruin |
the other colleges of the State. aud |
would also result in free education TO !
all VINO live near the University. !
while few comparative of those at a |
distance would be benefited Ivy it |
Moreover, whatever sum we are in |
duty bound to appropriate to the Uni |
ve'sity | would vote To allow without |
any palliative feature in the bill |
More than that | would not vote for !
under the present state Of affairs, for |
the people nf tie State are in no con- !
dition 10 bear it.
The Senate has at last seated Gen. |
Bradley 4. Johnson v vote of 10 to |
n Only one radical tLathTop) voted To 1
seat him, and but one was needed. -
! here Is much talk, nf which the said |
Lathrop is the subject.
The Fowle-Stppheus investigation is /
still incomplete. but the committee is /
yet actively al work By The way, /
WOrshan and all the other Faro daa. /
ers have been indicted, As twelve |
months imprisonment is a portion of /
he punishment, il IL not likely they |
will return for while. A marked in |
'rease Of snbriety on the part Of sever |
Al gentlemen * one result Of all this.
r. ID. Rullin Of Dinwiddie, was .
Yesterday expelled from the House Of |
Delegates 10y "A NuGe of 0S 10 8 for n lit |
lie "irregularity' by which he. when
lrawing his own per diem forone day,
lrew another n iihers per diem for
i've days. Rufiin's seat was contested |
~ a Conservative early an the Session,
md he was confirmed in his seat, he !