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Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1876-05-30

either side amidships and one large
one aft. Her propelling power is a
pulling fan, or screw in the bow which
VIII be driven up to 200 revolutions
per minute, if nee, ssGry, by a ten
horse hydro carbon engine,n which
can be driven for twenty-four hours
on one gallon. The whole apparatus.
including the gas, will weigh 1850
pounds, and the lifting power OF the
ship will be q 900, for the hydrogen
gas Shredder intends to use has an
elevating power of one and one-quarter
ounces per cubic foot, the weight of
the 1850 cubic feet of gas employed
being one pound. For illuminating
purposes the inventor proposes to have
ten tirst-class silver-plated reflectors,
ten feet each in diameter, suspended
from the car, in which will be The APP
paratus of the calcium lights. Mr..
Shredder Is most sanguine OF success,
and declares that from a height of five
or six hundred feet he will illuminate
an area of four miles. If the councils
accept Mr.. Schroeder's offer, and the
should happen to prove a sue
cess and obey its inventors will, the
Centennia Exhibition will have added
to it feature that will attract the at
tention of the whole scientific world.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1876-05-30
From the New York Sun.
What Bishop Simpson told the
Almighty.

THE most eloquent prayer ever nd.
dressed to the Legislature OF Massachu.
setts,n was the description of an invo.
cation once made nOminally to Heav-
en- by the Rev. Edward Everett. The
Centennial prayer of Bishop Simpson
was remarkable piece of elouuence.
He covered great deal of ground with
fine phrases beautifully arranged. He
told this was prayer, mind you y how
the Puritans were led through the deep
to n land of vast extent, towering
mountains, broad plains, unnumbered
products, and untold treasures that
had been yelled from the ages. and
from the ancient world.
He told of the men of mind and
might who have done great deeds in
this country in laying the broad foun-
dations or this grand structure of civil
freedom. He reminded the Almighty
of the immortal Washington and his
grand associates. He desCanted, as he
addressed the Divinity, upon our la
bor-saving machinery, multiplied in
ventions, valuable discoveries, and pc
riOdicals that are scattered like leaves
over the land. He told of the long
labOrs, anXieties and difficulties of the
Centennial missioners. He took
occasion to welcome our foreign guests
in his prayer to the Creator. He re-
ferred to the relations of capital and
labor. He told of the intelligence
purity and enterprise of the women of
America, who, he mentioned, for the
first time in the history Of our race,
took so conspicuous place in ma.
tiOnal celebration.
And he closed his brilliant PRAYER
by telling the Almighty of "that one
of our country's illustrious sons who
was the first to draw experimentally
it was we'll to be precise on this point
the electric spark from heaven which
has since girdled the globe TShak-
spearel with its celestial whispers" I'll
this be not an eloquent prayer, what is
We have examples of
prayer in the Scriptures, but it il evil
dent that Bishop Simpson has too or
namental a mind to be able to model
his invocatory styles upon theirs.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1876-05-30
The Naked Facts in tho LOuisi.
ana Business,

NeaO Orleans Dispatch to the Charles
| to Journal Of Commerce. The cause
| of the disturbances in West Feliciana
has come to light, and the circumstan-
| ces put much less serious aspect on
the face of affairs. 1t is a fact that the
| depredatiOns of the negroes in the
parish have been terrible !; that no
kind of property was safe, and that
the stock Of the planters in the parish
has been almost entirely DESTROYED by
nocturnal marauders. These robberies
We're carried to such an extent that the
colored people, for their own protec-
ton and to protect their property, or
gained a mutual protective union, one
of the regulations of which was that
any negro found guilty of thieving
should be publicly whipped. Aaron
stein, who was killed, resided in the
neighborhoOd of Laurel Hill. One
night not long ago, he detected four
negro men in the act of killing some
OF his cattle. He informed upon
them, and they were given five hun
dred lashes by tie colored people them
selves. Several night afterwards, ami
mated by n desire for revenge, they
came to the house and shot Aaronstein
and colored man who STAYED in the
house with him, killing the first and
wounding the latter In the hand. He
recognized tue murderers and inform
ed upon them, whereupOn the whites
in the neighborhood captured and exc
cuted the two leaders OF the band of
assassins. No further intelligence has
been received by Marshal Packard
from the parish The text OF the la
test dispatch to the Lieutenant Cover
nor was not made DuhliC hut the Stata
officers interpret it as conveying the
impression that tho Sheriff Is unable
10 preserve the peace. Apparently the
secure the Intervention of United |
states troops If it could be effected. Il
but upon communicating with Gen. |
Augur, commanding the department, |
the latter informed him that his in
structiohs ala not permit any use of
the troops except where the officers or |
soldiers were molested or Government |
property disturbed. Antoine tele-
graphed to Governor Kellogg, in
washington, and doubtless the matter
has been brought to the attention of |
the war Department by him, but Fed
eral troops are not as easily forthcom-
ing lnf these purposes as they used to
NEW ORLEANS, May 18.-The latest
dispatches report everything quiet at
Bayou Sara, Laurel Hill and Wood |
Nllle' The reports OF the trouble have
oeen greatly exaggerated. One white
man ana TWO negroes killed and seve-
raj negroes wounded cover the casual.
ties as far as known, The military
decline to interfere,
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1876-05-30
THE OLD SCISSORS sOLILO.
GUY
BY FARMENAs MIX.

/ am lying at reIt in the sanctum tonight
The place IL deserted aud STILL
To my right Ito exchanges and manuscripts white
To my left are the ink and quill
Yes, the quill, for my masters old-fashioned an
quaint,
And refuses to write with a pen,
He insists that old Franklin, the editor saint,
Used aquil, aud he'll Initiate Ben.
love the old folIow-togsthsr for years
We have managed the "Farmer'G Gazette"
And although am cid, Pm his favorte shears
And can crowd the competitors yet.
But my duties are rather too heavy, think,
And oftentimes envy the quill
Az II lazily leans with its nib in the Ink
While I'm slashing away with y Will.
But when was new, -. remember 1t we'll,
Thoughts score OF long years have gone by
The heaviest share Of the editing fell
On the quill, and think with sigh
or the days when I'd scissor an extract or two
From a neighborinnB editors leader,
Then laugh in my sleeve at the quill as 1t hsW
In behalf Of the general reader.
am being paid off for my merriment then.
For my master Is wrinkled aud gray,
And seldom lays hold on his primitive pen
Except when he wishes to say
I'VE are needing some money to run this machine,
And subscribers will please 10 remit"
Or, "That last load Of wood that Jones brought
Us was green
An so knotty it couldn't be split"
lie is nervous and deaf and is getting quite blind
Though he hates to acknowledge the latter,
And Pm sorry tosay it's Ia puzzle to lind
Head or tail to the most Of his matter.
The compositOrs plague him whenever they see
I he result OF a luckless endeavor,
But the darling old rascal Just lays 1t to me-
And make no Temonstrance whatever.
Yes, shoulder tho blaRe-very little care
For the jolly competitors jest,
For think Of a head with the silvery hair
That will soon, very soon DO at rest.
He has labOred full long for tho true and the good
Mid tho manifold troubles that irk us
His only emOlument IaIment and food,
And-apass, now and then, to the circus.
Heigho from the past comes a memory bright
or lass with the freshness Of clover
Who used me to clip from her tresses one night
memorial lock for her lover.
That dear little lock is still glossy and brown
Butthe lass Is much older and f0tter,
nd the youth-he's an editor here in the town
I'm employed on the staff ofthO latter
am lying at rest in the sanctum to night
The place is deserted and still
The stars are abroad and the moonis in sight
Through the trees on the brow of the hill.
Clouds hurry along in undigniAsd haste
And the wind rushes by with avail
Hello thSre's a whOpping big lat in the paste
How I'd like to shut down on his tail
-Seribler for april.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1876-05-30
TUESDAY, MAY 30, 1876.
THE A. NJ. 81 o. IL. IL. CASE.

We copy in this issue a signif-
cant article from the INDEX and
APPEAL, touching the strange con-
duct of Mr.. Collinson, the agent
of the English Bondholders of the
consolidated loan. In another col-
umn will also be found the report
ed interview between the Reporter
of the DIsPATCH and a party whom
we take to be this same Mr.. Col
linson. The two documents inns
port an end Of all compromise, and
a final appeal to the Court. 1t
will now be, we presume, the poll
cy of the Atlantic, Mississippi e.
Ohio Co., to show that the circum-
stances are not such as to Justify the
appointment of Receiver at all.
Mr.. Collinson will attempt to show
that all his own investigations,
heretofore made in person, have
been worthless and that the views
Of those who then antagonized
both him and Gen. Malone are
correct. If the reader will bal
ance the question nicely and view
it dispassiOnately he will find it
difficult to reconcile the views Mr..
OOllinson advances with the views
Of the company he is Keeping
Evidently he is now in the arms of
Mr.. Scott and Mr.. Garrett. These
men are at war with Southside
Consolidation, and Collinson says
no other policy will suit him.
Things look very much mixed
when he declares himself in SYM
pathy with the holders of the bonds
of the links and is found in COM
pany with those who wish to de,
strOy two of the links that they
may capture and use the other one.
A few days will decide the battle.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1876-05-30

DIR. RUFTNER's letter, published
in this issue of the News by re-
quest of Superintendent Hogshead,
marks him as hopeful official
lie expects to get that $500, 900
which the Richmond officials all
lowed to be distracted from the
School Fund and paid over to the
bondholders. We hope he will
get it, but we doubt.
DIR. Rutfner is himself what we
call funder, and has aided in build
ing up public sentiment favorable
to just this result. We have read
the Auditors apology and we have
not found that it is worth the pa
per on which it is written.
The same Constitution which
laid the foundation for the Fund
ing Bill, by committing the State
to the payment of a debt for which
the Federal Government had evi-
IDENTIFY bound itself, also declared
that one fifth of the revenue should
90 to the sustainance OF Free
Schools. DIR. Ruffner says the
abstraction covers some four years,
and follows it by the statement
that the amount so distracted or
transferred was no more last year
than any previous year. The pro,
cess seems very regular and we see
no reason, according to excuses
given why things will not continue.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1876-05-30

PIERREPoNT, the Attorney-Gen.
cral, has been made Minister to
England, instead Of Schenk. The
Secretary of War, Judge Taft, has
been mace Acknowledgement, and
Don Cameron, son of Senator ST.
mon Cameron, has been made Sec,
rotary of War. Gen. Sherman
again makes Headquarters at Wash-
ington. 1t is said that Conklin had
Senator Cameron's son made Sec
rotary of War, and the Senator,
who owns tho State of Pennsylva-
mia, through the Republican party,
Is to have it voted for Conkln at
Cincinnati. This time Blaine feels
the power of the President.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1876-05-30

GLOBE IKl \ WORKS, Dayton, Ohio.
Guaranteed to be he best Wheel in the world
as has been demonstrated by recent tests at
Holyoke, Mass.
Send for Catalogue and Price List, Of
Stout, Mills & Temple, Dayton, Ohio, or
James M. Waldie, Agent, Nashville, Tenn.
Feb. "a, italy
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1876-05-30
Phila delphia Times.
shrOeder's Centennial Air.ship.

w. F. Shredder, young German
enthusiast upon the subject of balloon
Ing, sent to the Select and Common
Councils last Thursday a proposition
to illuminate the city on the Fourth
OF July, from an altitude of about 500
feet, by means of an "air-shlp" and
calcium lights and rehectors, for the
modest remuneration of $3.50. The
Sunday World interviewed him on
Saturday, and was shown a diagram
of the vessel, which the inventor ex-
planned. The ship" which is now
in course Of construction, is to be 1870
feet long, 90 feet high, and 80 feet
through tina centre. The inner bal
loon is of twill muslin, of which it
contains 800 yards, while the outer
balloon, which covers one-third of the
inner and forms parachute In case
of accident, Is ofS-ounce canvas duck.
The boat underneath the balloon is
made of wire. Is 70 feet long, feet
high, and is upheld horizontally by
wires. She has three rudders, one at
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1876-05-30

MANToN MARBLE has sold the
New York World to VIM. Henry
llmlburt.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1876-05-30

John Collinson, late the trusted agent
of the company, who used his position
but to betray the trust reposed in him,
in order that they may see how much /,
or rather how little. confidence can be
placed in the high sounding assurances
in his circular, which
abounds in special pleadings and dis
ingenious if not literally untruthful
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1876-05-30
RICHMOND, VA, |
May 5th, 1875. !
To s. N. HONAKER, Clerk pro tenn
Washington County School Board

To s. ". HONAKER, Clerk pro tenn
Washington County School Board.
Dear Sir.-The deficit of $4OO, 900 in
the School Fund, occasioned by the
diversion of that amount to the pay
ment of the interest on the public
debt, was the accumulation of some
four years, this department having
each year failed to receive what it was
entitled to, until it all amounts now
to over $500, 900. OF all this l was kept
in the dark, and knew nothing until
the fact was developed at the late ses-
sion of the Legislature. / have given
o full statement of the matter in the
April number of the Educational
Journal" to which refer you.
With regard to your immediate en-
quiry, however, as to whether there is
likely to be falling off in the funds
necessary to pay the teachers, l have
to say that the amount diverted from
the school funds last year was -
greater than that diverted or withheld
the preceding years, and see no rea-
son, therefore, to apprehend any di-
minuition in the funds for the
present year. On the contrary it APP
pears that besides the current revenue,
the Treasury is indebted to us in this
sum of 100000, which it is to be pre-
sumed we will some day get
The amount available for school
purposes will of course depend on the
revenue received during the year Mt
the treasury, which presume will be
as usual, though l have no means of
knowing more on this subject than
Others. 1t will be the middle of June
before l can ascertain the amount to
be appOrtioned, as the auditor will not
be prepared to report to me the amount
on hand for schools before that time.
Very truly, yours,
w. II. RUFFNER,
Supt. Pub. Inst.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1876-05-30

The Corliss Engine, which fur
nlshes the power used in the main
Exposition building at the Conten-
mai, is described as possessing the
strength ola volcano, the grace of a
serpent and the doCility ola donkey.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1876-05-30
HEALTHY DIGEsTION.

In regions where Liver complaint and its
consequences, such a. Dyspepsia, Loss of Ap-
petite, Costiveness, Piles, Sour Stomach
Chills and Fever, Foul Breath, Restlessuess
at night, Flatulency, Nervousness, Affections
Of the Bladder and Kidney, Sick Headaches
&C., prevail there has long been felt the need
OF medicine that would act specifically on
the Liver, restoring its normal functions and
at the same time. be safe from after bad
effects and so simple that it might be used
by any one. 1t is claimed that DR.. Turns
LIVER PILLS supply this want, They act
directly on the Liver, and their constant
use will not injure the most delicate consti-
tuition. They are not recommended AZ a
universal cure all, but simply for diseased
Liver, and those maladies which follow its
arrangement. Asa purgative medicine tn "
have no equal; their action is uniform, pro-
ducing no gripping or sickness of the stomach.
In their use no change of diet or occupation
is necessary, Is Murray St.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1876-05-30
ABOUT THAT 100000.

How the BOndhOIder ButteTed
His Bread out of the school
Basket-Detter from DR..
Ruffner i'm Reply to the
Washington County
School Board.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-06-13
Anxiety about Blaine.

CINcINSATl, June l2.-.The greatest
anxiety is felt by all parties to-day, con-
corning the condition Of Mr.. Blaine. a
number Of .telegrams have been received
all stating that he was improving rapid
", and in day or two would be com
pletely restored. Some parties declared
It TO be the fact that BIaine's illness was
being used to weaken his force, and es-
pccially to prevent any sympathy being
excited in his favor to the extent OF win.
ming doubtful delegates to his support.
A sensational dispatch to the Enquirer
from Washington 10 the effect that Bris.
tow had called upon Blaine in hiS pros.
trate condition and was repelled by Mr.,
Blaine, causes considerable comment,
Mr., Frye, leader OF the Blaine faction says
he doesn't believe tho statement as there
has been no alIusiOn to it in his dipatches,
and Furthermore he knew Mr.. Blaine and
Mr.. Bristow were friendly and always
had been. The Conkling headquarters
at Grand Hotel present a very as.ive
scene. Among the prominent arrivals
this morning, are Stewart L. Woodford,
A, r. Rurdctt, and W. Butler Duncan.
The New York delegation are now IN
consultation in their parlors. The
North Carolina delegation arrived and
registered at the Grand Hotel this noon
The Hartranit Club, Of Philadelphia, &C,
companicd by McLure's band arrived
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-06-13
WOmen's International Temper
ance Convention.

PHILApEIPHIA, June 12.-The Wo.
mems International Temperance Con-
vention assembled this morning at the
Academy Of Music.
Mrs. Margaret i. Parker, Of Dundee,
Scotland, President Of the Temperance
Union Of Great Britain, occupied the
chair.
An address Of welcome was delivered
by Mrs. Annie Wittemyer, which was
responded 10 by the President.
A letter was read, sent by order Of
Queen Victoria, declining to send rep
resentative, and saying the matter must
rest with the British public.
The following permanent officers were
chosen President, Mrs. Annie Witten,
of Pennsylvania; Vice Presidents, Mrs.
Parker, Of Dundee, Scotland; Mrs. Well
ing, OF illinois, Mrs. Millstwood, Of Edin.
burg; Mrs. Yeoman, Of Canada; Mrs.
Johnson, Of Tennessee; Mrs. Foster, Of 10.
wa; Mrs Peuyton, OF Japan; Mrs. Stuart,
OF Ohio, to represent England.
Secretarics-Mis Willard, Of Chicago;
Mrs. Burt, Of New York; Mrs, Harvey, Of
Canada.
Treasnrer--Mrs. Leavitt, Of Ohio.
Commissioners were appointed and q
recess was taken until 2 p. NJ.
Addresses will bc delivered by Mrs.
Ycoman, OF Canada; Miss Willard, Of Illi-
noiT Mrs. Foster, OF Iowa; Mother Stuart,
OF o Ohio; and Mrs. Milltswood, Of Edinbug
Scotland.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-06-13

CHEYENNE, June l2.-Twenty head oi
horses have been run of by the Indians
from Kelley's ranch, forty miles north oi
this place, on the 10th inst. Captain
Egan is in pursuit, They crossed the
Platte nine miles above Fort Laramie.
Six companies Of the Fifth Cavalry,
commanded by Gen. Carr, with Buffalo
Bill as guide, left Fort Russell on Sunday
morning, and camp tonight at Chug
Five companies will move north in The
morning, leaving one company for the
protection Of that valley. One company
Of this regiment is here yet and another
is TO arrive. Two thousand head Of cat
tie for the agencies arrived at 0gallu
to-day,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-06-13
ADJOURNMENT OF TILE SENATE.


NEy YoRK, June 12.-The Erie, Penn:
sylvanis Central, New York Central, and
Grand Trunk railroads to-day reduced
the rates for West bound freight to %
cents per hundred pounds to Chicago
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and Buffalo, and a
proportionate reduction to all Western
points. The prospect is that the war will
be long and bitter. Al n meeting OF the
second mortgage bondholders. Of the
Pacific railroad, held to-day, the follow
ing committee on reorganization Of the
Company were appointed: Joseph Selig
man, A. Pierce. +. ButterGeld, VIM. IL
Coffin, VIM: F. Buckley, jas. P. Robinson
and W. Crocker.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-06-13
Resumed OperationS.

JEFFERsoSvILLE, IND, June 12,-The
Terre Haute Car Company, Of this city,
lately organized and virtually the lessees
OF the Southwestern Car Company, under
the management Of Charles S. Millard,
have resumed the manufacturing Of
freight cars with force OF 400 convicls
at the State prison. They put up sub
stantial work, and are open TO contracts
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-06-13

PROVIDENCE, R. l., June 12.-The
Trustee Of the A. G W. Sprague Manu-.
featuring Company has given orders 10
shut down all their many mills and print
works as soon as the stock can be.run
out. The cause is the present depressed
condition OF the market for cotton goods,
Production will not be resumed until
prices are materially improved.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-06-13

SAN FRANCISCO, June 12.-Thc Pacific
Mail steamer City Of Sidney brings the
news OF the laundering OF the Guatama-
lian ghnboat Gen. Barnes of San Jose,
de GIatamala, in gale, one week pre-
vious TO the time the City Of Sidney
touched at that point, the 3lst ult. The
crew OF the gunboat were saved, but six
teen soldiers went down with her.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-06-13

New YORK, June PA dispatch from
San Francisco received here to-day says
that the Southern Pacific railroad track
has been extended TO the summit Of the
Sierra Nevada mountains at TehuChapa,
and regular trains have begun to run
daily between San Francisco and Keene
Station, 1888 miles, or. within Is miles Of
the Los Angeles Division. The track is
already laid $50 miles east OF Los Angeles.