Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1876-07-18
WASHINGTON CITY. d. G. |
July 3rd, 1875. !
To the Editor Of the Ne,o8:

To the Editor Of the Ne'OS:
have taken my seat for the pur-
pose of writing to you, but whilst l
am attempting to do so, all Is hilarious
on the Avenue. The city is illumi-
mated from end to end from centre
to circumference. Many of our citizens
have left for Philadelphia, but there
seems to be quite enough left here to
make two or three worlds out of, par
ticularly if they had time; there is no
want of willing contributors to this
great end, where religious Influences
are not brought to bear too heavily
Religious services were given out yes
tcrday at the Metropolitan church to
commence at IL O'Clock tonight and
continue until 1915 o'clock, which
would bring us to the morning of tho
4th. Bro. Newman said he wanted to
witness the last of the departing CEN
new, before he closed his eyes for
sleep tonight.
July 4th, p. NJ. The 4th of July
has entered and passed into the even
ing, and have set me down to chron-
icle n few of its events. Since last
evening we have had three murders.
Some of them, at one at least, was a
wilful, malicious murder. But it is a
glorious thing to die on the 4th of
July, 100 years after the Declaration
of the Independence of the United
States. 1t will not be hard for a fell
low to identify the day and year in
which he dies if he dies to-day.
Two negroes, on 1921 St., had an
unfriendly alteration this morning.
which resulted in the death of one OF
them from wounds inflicted by an inn
proper use of bowie knife. After the
negro's throat was cut from ear to ear,
and his bowels cut out, he took the
knife that had murdered him out oil
the hand of his murderer, but imme'
diately thereafter fell lifeless corpse
Mt the feet of his assailant. l saw the
the wretch who committed the muir
der rs he was being dragged to the
throne of justice by two stalwart pc
Hcemen. The circumstances attend
ing the other two murders | am not sc
well posted in, but suffice it to say tina
there are two other men as dead al
hector These make up the list o
casualties reported, automatically, Il
these headquarters to-day, and an
other murder was reported as having
been committed in Georgetown thi
morning, but in the absence of au
thentic proof of the fact L shall no
chronicle it as being true, but IL W
have ordinary luck tonight ! thinl
we may run up the death record b,
tomorrow, from 4th of July causes, t
S or 10 in the city. | think that viii
be doing a pretty fair business in tina
way. For my part l have conclude
to stay indoors Tonight, and write
letter rather than to put myself up a
n target on the streets to be shot at an
killed by drunken rabbles, who ar
vicious enough to shoot at any one.
l have seen more negroes to-day tina
ever saw in one day in my life.
look to me as though every whit
man, woman and child had turned I
negroes, or had left the city, and ths
negroes had swarmed in TO fill thei
places,
Tomorrow we resume the labors {
Congress we adjourned on yesterda
to meet at noon tomorrow. Day-atte
tomorrow we commence the impeacl
ment trial of the eX-Hon, aud OK
Secretary of War; w. w. Belknal
AS we have spent so much time pr
paratOry to a trial of this case. an
will have all the witnesses on han
for the prosecution and defence by III
9Th, we, of the republican side, are d'
termined to lead of and try Mr.. Bell
nap before we quit Washington 4; an
that is not all we intend to do we IL
tend to make Congress sit as long {
we have 20 stay, trying Mr., BelknaI
am told that the 9th CougreEsioni
district II to meet in Conventio
sometime in August, for the pgrpos
Of nominating a suitable candidate
run the next race for Congress. A
The district is so overwhelmingly den
ocratic, and necessarily must be repr
sented by democrat, let me say
you in the words of truth and sobe
ness and weighing well what say l