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Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-02-13
Richmond Stock Market.

The following are the ruling prices
on Saturday last on the Stock yard
of II. Robertson. Live Stock Broker.
as they ruled on Saturday last.
Beef 8 to 5tcts Gross.
Sheep to 81 and 6.
Pork 7 to and 81.
Mr.. Robertson is very popular
broker, ard has a large share of the
custom of the State. His accommo,
dations for shippers are very exten>
sive and kept in the finest order
Col. VIM. A. Grills, formerly OF Pu-
IaSki, is connected with the business,
and is one of the most popular gen.
tlemen in the State.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-02-13

FRIDAY is no good day for Demo,
Gratis, and we slipped up with Flori>
day before the Commission. That
august tribunal decided that they
could not regard as evidence the
act Of the Legislature nor the
Court decision, because they were
subsequent to the day the electors
cast their votes. In other words,
if the State had anything to say
changing the action of the Return~
ing Board she ought to have said
1t before the electoral vote was cast
on the 9th Of December. AS these
were the only two points of evil
dence admissible under their pre-,
vious decision the door was de-
clarcd closed against Tilden. AS
to Humphreys, there was not Suffi-
Gent evidence of his ineligibility
to make case against him.
Thus fades the pure character of
the Supreme Court, unless it shall
yet do something to purge itself of
the faint of party. There is really
nothing alarming in this Florida
case save the fact that all the ma
terIal points decided show that the
Justices are as strictly aligned ac-
cordiAg to their party antecedents
as are the politicians of the House
and Senate.
If the Louisiana and Oregon ca,
SEES are to have a judicial decision
Mr.. Tildcn is very sure of his in-
augnratiOn. If, however, we are
to have a partisan decision, then
the case is already doomed and, we
might add, the Supreme Court
damned. 1t seems to have been
significant that the five Judges dis
carded their robes and came down
from the bench onto the floor of
the courtroom and sat as other
men do.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-02-13
From the Richmond State. Feb. 10th.
Keep Cool And Wait,

As will be seen below, the Commits
sion has not decided on all questions
by party lines. As to Humphries.
elector for Florida, the Democrats on
the Commission voted with the Re-
publcans.
Abate your phrcnzied zeal, there
fore, oh reader, and consent to do
justice, by waiting, to the Commits
sion, Abate, also, your passion,
through which truth is never seen
without distortion.
Observe, also, that the Louisiana
case offers some remarkable features,
each one of which looks fav orably to-
ward the truth Of Tilden's election in
fact.
Nothing is yet lost, we verify be,
lieve, and TO teiei piStin 1heron, we
beg our people to keep their minds
quiet, reasonably confident and ready,
for either fortune. like Caesar il.
utrom que paratuS, and not weakly
fearing before the event, nor weakly
distressing the strength of the case
nor the purity of the tribunal ever
established by people in whose ex>
iStence nothing ever so distinguis he'd
them as the establishment of that
same tribunal.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-02-13

ToBAcco is selling in Richmond at
very unsatisfactory prices. Yet some
Of the best judges advise farmers to
to sell without awaiting future chanS
gcs in the market. The remarkable
weather for four weeks or more has
enabled the farmers to make extraor-
binary preparations for plant BEDS
Plenty of plants means plenty Of to,
bacco for next season. Such pros.
pect for plants has not been known in
any February since the war. Hence,
in anticipation Of fine crop, tobac.
co is low.
We advise every farmer in Wash.
ingtou and Sullivan to put out all the
tobacco possible, It is the coming
staple Of this country, aud the only
one we can adopt. Ii is destined to
make this a mouied community aud
Is the only ;hing that can do ii.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-02-13
Tho Great Exposition

We have received from the publish
ers, Messrs. Hubbard Bros, of Phila-
delphia, advance sheets of a forth
coming volume, which will greatly in
tepst every American. 1t il entitled
THE Centennial EXPOSITION, De-
sCRIBED AND ILLUSTRATED" and is a
complete history and pictorial repre-
sentation Of this grandest worlds fair
the world has ever known.
II has been prepared from material
gathered on the grounds by the most
careful, patient and laborious research,
and from official sources, aud though
II does not claim, az some do, to be by
official authority, it commands conf
dence thereby, Gen. Hawley having
announced that no book has any right
TO such claim.
But the interest and value OF the
book lie largely In its prOfuse and bril-
Liant illustrations. In this multitude
of finely executed engraving, the main
features of the Exhibition are wildly
impressed on the mind of the reader in
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-02-13
THE ROAD BILL.

Our delegates are receiving a
good many letters from their con-
stituents touching the new Road
Bill. Although this county has
been withdrawn from the bill, it
was because the other counties in>
volved in it were not willing to
wait longer for the expression Of
sentiment in Washington. This at
once revealed the fact that any
amendment this county might here
after wish to the bill might be res
sisted by the other parties in it,
and hence on this ground alone it
would be wise to withdraw our
county from it. Messrs. Fowler
and Coale still wish to hear from
the people on it.
If the people wish it they can
get up a special bill of the kind,
and they may even improve on the
other one in some respects, 1t
now seems that very many people
of the county wish this done, and
it is quite likely that a large ma
jority of them do.
Let the people write to our
delegates as soon as possible.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-02-13
A POINT FOR THE DEMOCRATS
From the Abingdon Virginian.
Sad.

Mr.. EDITOR: The action of Mar
shall Gray in going out of his district
and ontside of the State for deputy
would indicate the Republican party
of Judge Rives district to be in a sad
plight. Mr. j. G. Conway, who late
ly received the appointment of depu-
ty marshal, has been domiciled in
Tennessee since his advent South, and
he is still domicied there. 1t is to
be inferred from this action of the
Marshal that there is no Republican
in the Western District of Virginia
worthy of the position to which Mr..
Conway has been appointed. Sad as
the condition of the Republican party
in the Western District of Virginia
seems to be, it is not more lamenta-
bic than the condition of the Con-
sentative party in the lower end of
Washington county. That portion of
the county west of a line drawn thro'
the Court House, contains a popua>
ton of 5000 or 10000, nine,tenths
of which are COnsery ative, and vet it
looks, from the action of our Sheriff,
that there is not a man in all the Sec
ton capable of filling, or worthy Of
The Office Of deputy Sheriff. If this
is not the reason why is it that the
Sheriff imported saddle Dagger for
the lower end from another and far
distant section of the county?
The lover end of the comfy Dor.
ders on Tennessee long distance,
making the presence of an official
most cOnstantlynecessary. Asmuch
business originates in this as in the
balance of the county, and yet the
services of deputy Sheriff except
when he makes flying trips at such
times as suits his convenience. Let
us have reform, or quit abusing car
pet-baggers.
SAD
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-02-13
SAD.
How to Judge "a Person by the
Walk.

Careless persons are forever stubbing
their toes
Unstable persons walk fast and slow
by turns.
Fun-lOving persons have kind Of
Jig movement,
One-idea persons, and always very
selfish ones, "toe in"
Cross persons are very apt to hit
their knees together.
Good-naturcd persons snap their
fingers and thumbs every few steps.
Modest persons generally step swift
ly, for fear of being observed.
Calculating persons generally walk
with their hands in their peck cts, anu
their heads slightly inclined.
Lazy persons scrape loosely with
their heels, and are first on one side of
the walk and then on the other.
Very strong-minded persons place
their toes directly in front of them,
and have kind Of stamp movement.
Wide awake persons "toe out" and
have long swing of their arms, while
the hands move about miscellaneous
ly.
Timid persons often step Off OF the
sidewalk on meeting another, aud al
ways go around the stone instead of
stepping over it.
Observing persons move slowly
their hands move alternately from
side to side, while they occasionally
stop and turn around.
Careful persons lift their feet high
and place them down slowly, aud pick
up some little obstruction and place ii
quietly by the side Of the walk.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-02-13
Lieutenant Governor.

The Christaansburg MESSENGER
says: Col. Fulkerson, of Bristol is
spoken Of as Lieut. Governor
Its a good suggestion, we don't care
who made it.
Fulkcrson has ability sufficient
for any position on the State tick,
it, and if he should live ten years
we should not be in the least sur
prsed to see him Governor of the
State, position for which he has
peculiar qualifications.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-02-13
THE ELECTORAL BILL.

Whatever the result reached by the
Commission we shall continue well
satisfied that the Electoral: bill be-
came law, as the country can afford
to acquiesee in the Inauguration of a
President declared elected by a tribu-
nal legally constituted and clothed
with authority to determine the result.
But if we are we'll satisfied with the
passage Of the Electoral bill, even
though HAYES would be MegaHy and
traudulently counted in and that
there would and ShOnM he no resist
ance. Certainly, if we are to have
HAYES. it would be far better to
have him nnder the Electoral bill
under the ialU-than illegally counted
IN by the Senate or forced upon the
country by GRANTS bayonets. If
the Democrats have Numbered it was
in not taking firm and decided po-
sition from the first, that the country
might understand that they intended
not only to respect and uphold the
law as it stood but to compel others
to DO so also. 1t was the division of
sentiment amongst themselves that
rendered the passage of the Electoral
bill expedient aud proper.-RtchmOnd
Whjy.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-02-13
BAGGAGE CHECKED!THRoUGH

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This is also the great Freight Line for all
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Time as quick and rates as low as by any
other route. Goods forwarded in through
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Issued with rates guaranteed from Bristol,
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our agents.
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For further information apply to Depot
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Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-02-13

Col FULKERsoN during his visit
to Richmond came very near being
sent to the Penitentiary. The resem-
blance between him and Col. Swami,
the newly elected superintendent Of
the Penitentiary, Is so striking that
he came near being forcibly installed
in lieu of Col. Swami.
Col Swami being single and exceed
ingly popular with the gentler sex,
there was also we close this
article.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-02-13

TnE House Committee on Schools
has reported a bin to equalize the pay
Of County Superintendent. 1t does
away with the right Of counties to
supplement their salaries which it
taxes wholly out Of the State treasury.
For each thousand of population up
to ter it allows $50 For each thous>
and between ten aud thirty it allows
500, and on each thousand over thirty
it allows $40. If adopted it will res
move all contention over the subject
from the counties. In this county it
will reduce the aggregate pay about
$50, but makes that amount a Ger,
tainty.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-02-13

a way that words canh5t do, It Is
next thing to seeing the great Worlds
Fair itself We advise our readers to
examine the book carefully should
they have an opportunity. We pre-
sumo the publishers want agents i'm
this vicinity, and we hope some of our
energetic young men will improve
what seems to us an extraordinary OPP
portunity to favor our citizens and
profit handsomely by it.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-02-13

Mr.. CoALE has been equally as &C.
tive as Mr.. Fowler as to the new road
law and deserves special mention for
his effort to serve the people.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-02-13

Free Of charge. Your Druggist will
refund your money if DR.. Bulls Cough
Syrup does not give you satisfaction
aud cure your cough.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-02-13

OF the question, occupying only about
half their time, sustained the Com
missions report in favor of giving
Florida to Hayes, by vote of IA to
% They hurried their report of ac-
ton to the House, which was then
voting on point of order referred to,
it was announced and the vote pro
ceeded, when, at :55 the speaker
announced the House takes a recess
until Monday morning. This action
shows the House is at Inst alive to its
seIf-respcct, privileges and powers.
ASSOCIATED Press dispatchI
After reading of report Represent
tative Field presented objections
signed by the required number of
senators and representatives
This involves a separation Of the
houses for consideration, and will
delay the progress Of the count. All
interest in the case has ceased for
to-day.
Handsome Conduct of the Dem.
OCratic Members of the Commits
sion.
AN EN- PENITENTIARY CONVICT AND
y CITIZEN OF UAYTI ARE TWO OF
TIE HAYES ELECTORS FROM LOU
IsIANA.
Especial to The STATED
WASHINGTON, February, To-
The Democratic members of the
Commission refused to consider the
techniCality and voted unanimously
with the Republicans to hold Hum
phreys as eligible as any other cleo.
toral candidate. This makes
A POINT FOR THE DEMOCRATS
in striking contrast to the course of
the Republicans in voting together
on party questions. 1t transpires this
morning that one of the Radical cleo
tors i'll Louisiana (Josephs) is a cou>
vict who served a term of three years
in the States prison of Alabama for
hOuse"breaking and never was par
doned, and another elector is ma
tive of Hayti, who was never natura-
lized.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-02-13
Baltimore, PHILADELPHIA, New York

New York tickets, via Baltimore, good to stou
over In Baltimore and Philade phia any length -
time.
The cheapest route to BALTIMORE is via Nor.
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For PHILADELPHIA we offer an excellent eop.
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For NEW YORK, the magnificent Steamships
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every Monday, Wednesday and saturday even
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winter months.
There are no routes equal to these in cheapuess
and elegant fare and beautiful scenery
Fare from Bristol, Tenn, to Richmond. Va. sl4 n
Pare from Bristol, Tenn to Petersburg IA 70
Fare from Bristol, Tenn, via NorfolG to
Baltimore, (meals and state room on steam.
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Faro from Bristol Tenn, via Norfolk TO Phil
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Fare from Bristol, Tenn, via Norfolk to
New York. via Old Dominion S. s. Com
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Fare from Bristol Tenn, via Norfolk and
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Philadelphia to New York meals and
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Fare from Bristol, Tenn, via Norfolk TO
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Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-02-13

SINCE the Supreme Judges laid off
their gowns there is a lull in the
pastime of circulating petitions.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-02-13


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Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-02-13

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Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-02-13
PETERSBURG MARKETS.
CORRECIED BY
S. S. BRIDGERS.
Commission Merchants,
PETERSBURG, VA.

PETERSBURG, Va, Feb 2, 1877.
] hand below to-day's quotations Of our mar
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Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-02-13
Tho Joint Convention.
PROGRESS OF THE COUNT-THE
HOUSE AND SENATE SEPARATE.
Especial to The STATED

WASHINGTON, D, G February 10,
2:l2 p. M.-At | o'clock the Senate
and House went into joint session
when the Vice. President opened and
presented the decision Of the Com.
misyiOncrs-the Radical portion of
MIR. Fields presented objections to
the decision, signed by five senators
and five representatives, whereupon
the Senate retired TO its chamber
A motion then made in the House to
take n recess until 10 O'Clock Monday,
whena point ofordcr was raised, which
is nov being discussed. The Radicals
sustain the point aud Democratsspeak
against il.
GEHnNn
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-02-13

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Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-02-13

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GOOn paw and steady work for one or
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Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-02-13
[sEcoND DISPATCH, !

NAsHlNGToN, February lO-The =
Senate, after a pretended argument .
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The New York herald., 1877-11-21
THEORY OF EVOLUTION.

LECTURE BY PROFESSOR sEELEY BEFORE TIT
NEW YORK ACADEMY OF USEFUL ARu Al
THE COOPER UNION.
Professor Secley lectured last night before the New
York Academy OF Useful arts In room "a, Cooper
Union, Oh tho subject OF Evolution In the Aria"
Tue lecturer brst distinguished between Darwinism
and evolution, correcting tho popular belief that tho
two theories wcrc Identical rhe word evoutiou," In
It's literal sisnincation, meant tho deriving Of
ono thing out OF another Tho most strict evouton-
lists suppose that beginning the elements OF all
things Ia tho universe put together, aud that
from thcm everything was evolved. The changes
that took place down 10 the prescut time wcro
sary and consequ OF unaitcrable natural laws
There had resulted from this FIRST condition
everything Just as found now.days-a tabe.
hearers There was prcdestinaton and all the good
old Presbyterian doctrine. There were others not
strict IN their belief Lapace adopted the theory OF
evolution Ia regard 70 tho physical UNIVERSE suppos
ing that tho solar system aud all tnc worlds
around have bccn drawn from orig.
adopted aud Is being 0nnrmcd by tho daily
discoveries Of science Evolution only meant the
operation OF laws upon things Ia the physicsi uni.
verse these laws relate 10 matter and forcc Others
beiovc that all things were not created
at once, but that shers wcre successive crca
tions. There wcro good ovolutonIsts who
accepted the Morale account IL could not
ut any rate be doubted but tnat evolution going
tho present dag. IL the department OF ss,ron-
omy there such confidence IN TINS evolution, this
which took place thousands of years ago daily
calculated. or other phenomena which were 10 como
Tho tendency of this evolution progress aud its
consequence tho survival or the nttest