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Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-10-23
Letter from Emory.
If the Bristol NcWs !.

Editor Of the Bristol NeWs =.
On the night preceding the 9Th inst
"0ld Jack Frost" the grass killer.
md terror of barefoot boys, stealthi-
~ made his way through our quiet
and peaceful valley, spreading, as il
were, IA silyeIy shrOud for summers
withercd and fading beauties, and ar
raging nature in vrstaI robes in honor
of his accustomed return. The sun
ascending in n cloudlces sky, and his
golden beams rejecting their rays in
the tinsel frost work spread out before
us, presented scene Of rare and cX-
Ceeding beauty. But the day that was
usherCd in with 70 much brilliancy
and lOveliuess was destined no less
happy aud brilliant close to these who
were permitted to attend the Annual
lntermediate Debate Of the CalliopClr
Society.
Having received very kind invita-.
tion to attend the debate, Mt the ring
ing of the bell we repaired TO their
Hall, which we found brilliantly illu-
minated, well provided with comfort
able seats aud polite ushers, who
knew their duty and performed It
well. There was quite n number Of
spectators present, especially of the
lhlltl SEA- W NV - llNiA NilillNN hllNl
presence, contributed no little to the
Interest of the occasion, and, !, may
add, without which no public gather
ing would be interesting, for truly,
"The world was rad,
The garden was n wild
And man, the hermit, sighed
Till woman smiled"
The house was called to order. and
after the usual preliminaries, Mr.. J.
j. Stuart of Russell county, was an
nouneed IA declaimer. His subject,
"Too Late" was, indeed, suggestive,
and the author had portrayed in vivid
cOlors the woe and anguish Of that
being who, in the vicissitudes Of this
life, alas, too often, finds himself
TOO Late.n Stuart is fine declaim-
or /! has u good voice and fine control
az Il.
Next in order was the first orator,
Mr.. G. NJ Yeats, Of y. c., who enter
tanned the house with n well written
speech on the subject OF "Hope.n Mr..
y. spoke in cool and impressive
manner.
The Secretary then read the follow
ing question for discussion "Ro-
solved, THAT the universal pTeva.
lence of Socialism would advance the
interest Of Humanity"
The Discussion was opened by Mr.
Houston, Of n. c., who went straight
TO the question and defined his posi-
tion that the object OF Socialism was
the equal distribution of rights, liber.
ty and property among the people,
thereby placing all upon one equal
footing, increasing the faculties for
the general diffusion of knowledge,
lessening crime and ignorance, DC,
DO. His propositions We're sustained
by good argument and illustrations
from history. Tar" stuck pretty
well.
The first on the negative, Mr. Geo.
e, Cassel, OF Smyth county. Va,
having been suddenly called home,
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-10-23
lola 81" He Talks Logic About
Hayes.

The pending discussion was about
"what Hayes said" when one dar>
key announced:
''When you hcnhs or publican
President talk like he did, hits git
tim time Tor We folks to hunt de
woods :"
"Dats whar all fool piggers opghter
bin long ago - calculated old ST.
"What'S you got to do wild hit?"
"lse got dis to say, dat Hayes
kno'd de niger Huzn't IN de right
pew an he sot bout to range de
cOngrcgashuu so dat dc subsequence
preaching I'D do Fem some good -
GLOW is datr'
,,Dar amt no use er holdin' er
note book upside down in the front
Oh your face when you can't sing,
ccpiu' by cart So dere warnt no use
oh de niger tryin' ter run polyticks
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-10-23
Fresh Arrivals OF DrUgs and
Medicines ut Bunting d Pep
pcFs, No. g, James

We have very large and well selec-
ted stock ofdruEs and chemicals which
We propose TO cell at very low rates
for CASH or PROMPT PAVIG CUsTO-
MERS Special inducements offered TO
Physicians and country merchants
Give us trial. We have received
our supply Of fresh and reliable Gar
den Seed We can supply country
merchants with Seeds, on commission.
Also a large stock of White Lead,
Colored Paints, Oils and Varnishos.
Our Store will be OUen on Sunday,
for dispensing medicines, from to .,
y. NJ, and from to j. NJ.
March. Let.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-10-23
Preferred Locals.
NIlI.I.INIFIl :
New Goods! New Store !

Miss adobe GATCHELL has just
returned from the Northern Cities and
viii open in her elegant new store
room. Main Street, opposite the
Thomas House, beautiful stock of
Millinery and Fancy goods and in.
vitys the ladies' of Bristol and vicinity
to call and examine them. She has
secured the services of competent
assistant and is prepared TO DO mantua
making in oil its branches.
April 10, lS77.-tf
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-10-23

lmproUements.-M J. r. Crawford
has erected handsome two-story
front to his residence on 9th street
The work has been superintendent by
Mr.. l.. NJ. Kesner, and is a creditable
job.
Mr.. J. b. Childress has, in course of
erection. nice one-story brick front
to his property on 9th street. This
portion OF our town has been greatly
improved within the last three years.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-10-23

TIE Commander Of the Russian
band at Schipka Pass telegraphed the
Gar, I'VE will die at our post ~ He
did die, but Thurman says he will live
to sell Suspcuders at . cents per pair.
Collars at cents per box, and q good
hat at 30 cents If he dies in the effort
sept /, NIT
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-10-23

THE Premium ENGEAvNG, issued
by "Peterson's Magazine" for 1878,
like everything else from that quarter,
is Of rare excellence and beauty. 1t
is not one Of the cheap, colored ,i.ho>
graphs, with which the country is
flooded, but a irsL,class line and stip>
pie engraving, executed in the highest
style Of art. The artists Imam q
Brothers, have engraved it, Is ze, u
inches by 2S) expressly for Peter
sons Magazine" The picture repre-
seuls the ANGELS OF CHRISTMAS"
They are lowering in the sky over
the Holy City, the Star of Bethlehem
streaming down on the laudsclpe.-
1t is, we think, the finest Peterson"
ever issued. You can get it, gratis,
by raising a club for Petersen" for
1873. or by RENTING $3.50 for it
and for the magazine, the magazine
alone being two dollars Specimens
Of the magazine sent, gratis, to those
wishing to get up clubs. Address
CHAs. ]. PETERSON, 3OG Chestnut
Street, Philadelphia, Pr,
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-10-23

s, s.. CONF c n GOn.--The Sullivan
County Sunday School Convention
meets at Shells on the 3lst OF this
mouth.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-10-23
BAGGAGE CHECKED THROUGH.

Cheap and Fast Freight Line.
This is also the great Freight Line for all
points in the southwest and northern cities.
Time as quick and rates as low as by any
other route. Goods forwarded in through
cars without break of bulk. All claims
promptly adjusted. Through bills of lading
issued with rates guaranteed from Bristol,
New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore, by
our agents.
Boston agcnt-W. NJ. Clark, "A Washing
ton street.
New York agent-C. E. Evans, 81 Broad
way street.
Philadelphia agent-John s. Wilson, 81
south fifth street
Baltimore agent-W. NJ. Lawson, 1877
west Baltimore street.
Be careful to have your goods marx cd -
Virginia and Tennessee Air Line, via
Norfolk, Va.
For further information apply to Depot
Agent at Bristol, or address,
w. f. M. WORD,
Gen'l. Passenger Agent,
LYNCHBURG, VA.
Jan 80 lily.
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VslvsbLs Lzrds for ssla.

WITH view 10 change NV bust
" ness, | offer for sale my place Of
residence, known az CulumO, living ;
miles east of Bristol on the \ VI 4 O
IL Il, containing about 200 acres. over
500 acres cleared and in good state Of
cultivation. The mansion is of brick,
Two stories, with ell aud cellars, with
tin roof and is elegantly finished. 1t
occupies a commanding site, and the
view is extensive and attractive. The
.EIouuds are well improved. and I'd
jouruing them are apple and peach
orchards, with a variety Of other fruit
trees Of the choicest kind. Altogether
the property j. valuable, and with a
small outlay could be made as charm
ing, a. il il now very desirable
place.
Beaver creek tIGverses the farm. af-
fordiug ample water supply, and upon
it are two sites admirably suited for
machinery, one adjacent to and the
other two hundI i yards distant from
the railroad. Iere are also iudica-
lions Of iron o. o. value.
The land IL .vidpi into three par-
cels, with dive nag. and appurtenancea
to each to sui purchasers, "a a whole
il would mat a Lrst-class stock farm.
Also tfac Of One thousand Acres,
lying at the month Of Bagvercreek. In
sullivan county. Tenn, y miles south
Of Bristol and six from Union Depot.
This t. good farming land, 800 acres
cleared, balance timber of zine quality
There j. a very fine water power upon
the place sufficient for any kind O!
machinery; would BE- a fine location
for the manufacture of wooden afti-
Giles; great deal Of cedsr and pine,
with other valuable timber abound on
the land and IN the vicinity,
Also some smaller tracts OF uufm-
proved mountain land of good quality
Corresp ondenCe solicited.
Address
Col T PRESTON,
Box II,
April 10, '75-tf Bristol Tenn,
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Baltimore, PHILADELPHIA, New York.

Jsv York tickets, via Baltimore, good TO s,,a
over in Baltimore and Philadelphia any length u,
time.
The cheapest route to BALTIMORE is via No-.
folk, Va. Daily, except Sunday.
For PHILADELPHIA we offer an excellent com.
hiuatien o. Railway and Steamboat Travel. via
Norfolk ard the Boats Of the Baltimore s,esrr
Packet COM any. Daily, exceut sunday
For NEW YORK, the magnificent Stcamshtrs
Ct tho Old Dominion Line, leave Norfolk, Va
every Monday, Wednesday aud saturday even
IuEs. No close connections made during The
winter months.
There are no routes equal to these in chslpaes,
and elegant fare aud beautiful scenery.
Fare from Bristol Tenn, 20 Richmond, Va ala "a
Fare from Bristol, Tenn to Petersburg. ." IA Is
Fare from Bristol. Tenn, via NorfOl6 to
Baltimore, meals and state room on steam.
er inrludea) $3.50
Faro from Bristol Tenn, via Norfolk 10 Phil
aiglphia, via Baltimore meals Sld state
room on steamer included) $50. ~
Fare from Bristol. Tenn, via Norfolk to
New YORK, yia O!i Dominion S. 8 Com
pany, meals and state room on steamer
included 5000
Pare from Bristol Tenn, via Norfolk and
baltimore, aud thence all Railroads, via
Philadelphia TO New York. meals and
state-room on steamer included, $500
Fare from Bristol Tenn, via Norfolk to
New York and return, meals and state
room on steamer included, s34.o0
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-10-23

Main Street, Bristol, Tenn.
7 HAVE again reOpened the Thorn
i "a House. on Main street, and am
prepared 70 furnish first-cla-s accom-
mediation TO The public. y" noney
and 30 pains viii be spared l. make
the hotel all it was in its palmiest
days.
Boarders will be received on GOOD
terms.
Being provided with good stables I
am prepared 70 furnish stalls. foCd ana
attention to horses.
Rail road passengers will find the
house located in easy distance of the
Passenger Exchange, the tables well
furnished and lodging unsurpassed.
POrters regularly at the trains to re-
ceive baggage and conduct passengers
Jan g. '74-tf
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-10-23

Tie Question has often been asked
where can | get my fine watch or
clock properly repaired, so that /
can rely on it. That question can
easily be solved by having yonr
time Keepers repaired, adjusted and
cleaned by
A. PICKEN,
practical matchmaker and ioweler,
from London, England,
Bristol, Va. & Tenn.
June Oft.
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BINDING done IN noat style at the
\ HWS Office. Old books rebound
MAGAZINES and other periodicals
stitched trimmed and bound in hand.
some style. Prices moderate
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-02-03
Foreign.
The Pope is i'll.

The Pope is i'll.
Russia advises Servia to conclude
peace with Turkey.
A heavy defalcation in the Banque
de Paris has been discovered.
The brig Artroa, from Wilmington,
N. c., to Liverpool, lost her master.
The Military schools of Turkey
have been thrown open to Christians.
A difficulty has arisen between the
government of Hayti and the French
Minister.
The Servian cabinet las decided to
accept Turkeys proposals for the
conclusion of peace.
There were seventy mine smallpox
deaths in London last week, against
100 the week before.
The Stonehill colliery near Bolton,
England, is burning; fifteen persons
are known to be lost.
Gambetta is reelected president Of
the Budget Committee of the French
Assembly. He declares himself in
accord with the ministry.
A dispatch says the Porte intends
to ask France for officers to instruct
the gendarmie, and England for f.
nancial administration to reorganize
the finances.
The body of the wife of Capt. Will
cox of the American ship George
Green, has been identified at Kings
ton, Devonshire. The ship, with all
on board, is undoubtedly lost.
A congregation of Cardinals or
dered by the Pope to examine tho
clerical abuses bill before the Italian
Parliament, unanimously declared it
violates the liberty of tile clergy.
An official decree forbids the i'm
porta .ion into or transit through
France of horned cattle, sheep or
goats from Germany, England, Aus
tria, the Danubian principalities or
Turkey.
Great excitement continues in the
Basque provinces of Spain concerning
CONSUMPTION. Several war steamers
have arrived at Bilboa, and have
been placed at the disposal of the
military authorities.
The first Turkish Parliament will
meet on the Ist of March. Midhat
| Pasha has issued an ediet ordering
tho disarmament of the population.
A Turkish envoy has been commits
stoned to conclude peace with Servia
on the basis of the statu quo ante bel
lgm. Turkey is willing to grant ters
] ritory to Montenegro
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-02-03
Our Washington Letter.
The EOznpro1aise Fian-Mena.
Fet@ry ROADesOn and Pest
master James TiRdic24ed-
EVns hiMga0n Items.
WASHINGTON. d. c.. jan. 25, 1877.

WASHINGTON. d. c.. jan. 25, 1877.
EDITOR CHIEF:
The sentiment of opposition TO the
compromise er " concession pro-
posed by the joint committee, while
it will not be sufficient to prevent the
affirmative action Of either house, has
become better defined aud more out
spoken with the lapse Of each day
since the announcement of the COM
mittee's agreement was first made.
Its constitutionality aud its expetliency
are both doubted by some of the mem-
bers of the longest legislative exper-
fence; but the money capital of tie
country has become clamorous for an
immediate adjustment. 1t ia very
sensitive, very timid and yet all-pow-
erful and it must be said that the
PROSTATE condition of business, and
the resulting suffering and distress
appeal loudly for settlement, rather
Indifferent as to it's character, so that
relief is prompt; but the Republican
opponents of the proposed method
claim that it is not only unwarranted
and inexpedient, but that it also in
wolves sacrifice of principle and is
a very "ne-sided compromise, as the
supporters of Mr.. Hayes yield fifty
per cent. and Tilden's adherents gain
that much without yielding any thing.
Mr.. Edmunds and MIR. Conkling both
took occasion in their speeches sup
porting the measure, to declare against
the right of the President of the Sen
ate to count the vote, while Senators
Morton and Sherman strenuously con-
tended for it. The constitution, the
only authority, is specific that The
President of the Senate shall, 10 the
presence of the Senate and the House
VI AOpLCcChb<h1AfOc1 olpCA 0lA tAO SCi :
tiicates, and the votes shall be
counted" Now, in the absence OF
more explicit directions, is it unrea-
sonable to presume that the presiding
officer of the Senate, who is directed
to perform the work preliminary to
the actual count of the number ol
votes, viz: "open all the certificates, y
was intended to complete the work
which it was made his duty to begin,
rather than other parties who are only
collectively named, that their duty Of
being present when the certificates
were opened might be enjoined
However, it is foregone conclusion
that the proposed plan will be adopted
hence the interest which has so long
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-02-03
DoNALDsoNvIILE LA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1877.

men of to-day would not have let it
slumber so long-and the story has
been handed down FROM father to son.
Some time since a company was or
ganized to search for the treasure,
and last week operations were begun.
The belief is that Kidd's treasure is
in " Money Hill,n as the place is called,
and the company will neyer stop till
they have gone through the entire
locality, and they have abundant capi-
tai to do it. There are three hundred
men at work, but up to date nothing
has been found. Their faith is SO we'll
grounded that the men at work were
offered very good sum per day in
lieu of the share in the spoil originally
promised them, and every one of
them declined. The work is being
done by regularly organized com
pany. The race of fools is not entire
ly extinct.
Business is still as dull as it can be,
with no prospect Of improvement.
The people are now waiting for spring,
hoping that warm weather will bring
the change.
Vanderbilt's son Cornelius and his
sisters are preparing to make move
(son the old milliOnaire's will. They
Fsre not satisfied with the half million
each left them, but they want slice
of the hundred millions he left. |
should be satisfied with what the least
of them got. Cornelius, Who is NOV
ing, was left an income of two thou
sand dollars q month, but it isn't
enough for him. He wants e-tenth
sOf the estate or nothing. There will
be an ugly fight over it. have made
up my mind unalterably not to leave
a hundred millions for my heirs to
wrangle over. don't like these fights
of families over property.
The snow stopped falling week
ago, but We are suffering from it's ef-
fects yet. There has been but little
freight over the roads fer weeks, and
a great deal of INCONVENIENCE has re-
suited. Merchants are unable to ship
and produce from the interior is lying
along all the reads, waiting fer clear
tracks. The snow fall on the coast
has been the largest for fifty years,
aud as it has been general, New York
suffers from it terribly. The reads
are now we'll nigh cleared, aud freight
is lenring in in Immense volumes.
Ten thousand Issen, two days, would
have kept the Central track clear.
but EandesLilt would not do it. He il
a chip of the old block. PIETRO.
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II Ti.ibodaux SeaEssetc &es,er has
there been sthAl II general settlement
Gf current Giezlxts IN E9abtGaAux as this
season has WHtRleAsesi.
- Lafayette 1tlCeyfisers We learn
that q colored man by the name of
Mifien Grange was shot and killed
last Thursday evening, about tgeiVe
niles west of this place
~ Morgan City Register: DIR.
Darrall Aas purchased the Avoca :"
sllantatians situated on Bayou Bnuf,
siear NeEga4a City, The store of Mrs.
jacobs, aN Berwick, was totally de-
stroyed bs SIRE east "Wednesday night.
~ 0uaclita Telegraph: From the
ast Of SepteMber to the lst of January
Trenton slM pped 10, ,l34 bales OF cot
ton, aud Monroe IL III AT last the
Ouaoaaea lis open for navigation. The
river Es in good boating order and
Tising.
T st. Charles Herald: About200
feet of levee, in front of the Sauve
place, in Jefferson parishs about ten
miles above the city, cralnbled away
during the earlier pa1t of tho week,
and much CONSERVATION was caused
in anticipation of a crevasse, which
would cause an overflow OF portions
of the city of New Orleans. Parties
have been at work on the break, how
ever, and a new and stronger levee
partiallg constructed.
~ IAawille South: The levee at
D.r,oy, Gx.s.Jo hos c;,nt- 1otus, v,,unl
that a levee has TO be built in the rear
of the town, thus throwing out nearly
the whole village. This is truly an
unfortunate calamity to that thriving
little town, as very few of the people
have lots upon which to place their
buildings. tract of land, measur-
ing two hundred arpents, belonging
to the estates of Thos. G. Brown and
wife, was sold at auction for 5000.
H Lafourche Union Among the
rejected Louisiana war claims reported
by the Commissioner of Claims to the
Speaker of the House, is that of r. Ii.
Allen of this parish, amounting to
1926. .663 66. Among the claims al
lowed is that of Mr.. David Pugh of
this parish for 1924. We are sorry
to learn that DR.. Fulton Rogers, who
has been confined to his bed for sew
eral weeks with broken leg, had the
misfortune one day this week, while
attempting to go down the stairs of
his house, to fall and break his leg
where it had just commenced to heal.
q iberia Sugar Bo,cl: Small pox
has broken out on the Stirling plan
tation. near Franklin Jean Noguez,
who killed q colored man in New
iberia and afterward escaped from
Jail in St. Martinsville, has been heard
of in Mexico, J. SO far as we can learn,
We believe that the total sugar crop
of the State, last season was about
5000. In 1875, the crop was "A l46,
according to Mr.. Rouchereau's report,
80 the gain was about 10000 hogs
heads. = Up to the present time, the
eyes of the Fattoons haye remained
dormant, but examination shows that
they are perfectly sound. The stub
bles are more liable to injury during
an open winter, when cold follows a
warm spell after vegetation has COM
menced. :. Mr.. Jules A. Blanc has
completed Harang's canal, SO that
vessels drawing four feet of water can
pass from New Orleans, via the Bar
ataria Canal and Lake Salvador, to
Bayou Lafourche. The HaraDg canal
is thirty feet wide,
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NUMBER %.
Weekly News Summary.
Domestic.

0C4AS6t4Cs
Carl Schurz favored the electoral
bill.
The Mississippi Legislature has ad-
journed.
A Mystic Krewe is being organized
in New York.
Merriman's block, Hartford, burned;
loss 1925, 900.
Perry & Walfskill, San Francisco
bankers, suspended.
P. O'Connell, a fireman, was fatally
cut by John c. Jones, at Memphis.
Indians massacred fifteen men, with
train, coming from the Black Hills.
The John j. Cook public school for
colored children, at Washington,
burned.
Hon. Alex. II. Stephens is very i'll
at Washington, and his recovery is
despaired of.
The indianapolis Academy of Music
and several adjoining buildings were
destroyed by fire.
John Bill, colered boy ten years
of age, was run over and killed by
New Orleans street car.
A colOred child was run over by
the POntchartrain cars, at New Orr
leans, and its left foot amputated.
Ben. O'Neal shot and instantly
killed Henry Cox, at Memphis, about
awoman. Allcolored. O'Neal escaped.
Louis and Edward Haas, silk i'm
porters, have been arrested for alleged
completely in the Lawrence SNUG
Cling frauds.
The schooner Island Bell, from st.
Johns for Boston, was abandoned at
sea. Four of the crew died of cold
and exposure.
Drs. j. r. Walker and Otto Moses.
formerly partners, had Ieeontre on
Canal street, New Orleans, during
which the former was fatally shot.
A New York Chinaman was as
saulted by two brother Celestials and
his skull fractured aud one arm nearly
severed from his body with a hatchet.
The House committee to examine
into the New York Postoffice conclude
their report: 8" Any suspicion or
charge of tampering with the mails is
utterly baseless."
The Astoria, N. Y, masked bur-
glars have been sentenced. John
James 90 years, and Is years in an
other case Jeremiah Mccarthy 90
years, and JAS. Riley l8 years.
Miles Ogle, who was arrested at
Cincinnati for manufacturing coun-
terfeit money, made disclosures lead
ing to the discovery of over hun
dred finely executed plates and $40,-
900 in fifty cent pieces.
Jack Williams, colored, shot and
dangerously wounded w. G. Pryde, \
Memphis detective. Williams was ar
rested and $4,000 in money, besides
some diamonds and jewelry recently
stolen, were found on his person.