Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-02-05

hymns, selected from the Hymna',
are printed on slips of paper, and
placed in every seat. Thirty-one of
these hymns are printed on one sheet.
and they embrace such as, Rock OF
Ages, When 1 Survey the Wondrous
Cross, A Charge to Keep [ Have,
Come Holy Spirit, Come Ye Sinners
How Firm a Foundation. God Shal
Charge His Angel Legions, Lord For
ever at Thy Side. Nearer My God to
Thee, &c. As the audience retires
cards bearing pressing Invitations,
are handed to each one to be distrib~
uted 10 friends.
st. Johns still has its Christmas
eveTgreeus in rich abundance fes-
looming and ~concea!ing its lofty
columns, so that it has the appear
ance of some dark sequestered dell,
where the mighty cedars and frs like
bearded Druids speak with poetic
impressiyeDess to the empty soul. |
never cast my eye on its gray walls
futed columns, or w0nderGt
like a silent inger, point
dustless world above, that tbs
not come troopiug Cross MY 81
in vast shsdoSs those ether
when | have seen the care-worn but
1.-THE and agile figure Of the Coufedsr-
ate President as he FASTENED on foot
and unattended TO his accustomed
pew therein. Or that great and good
military leader Gen. Lee pass ugoS-
teutaliCuS'y up It's ca'peted ais!es TO
bow his head in silent prayer, l
have seer all Richmond pressing a.
the wheels Of the carriage, which it,
1860 bore tie Prince of Wales to the
same St Paurs. but never have seen
it flied with such crowds as day By
day and evening after evening come
to hear Dir. Rainsford.
TIE LEGISLATURE
stands at last front to front with the
Debt Question. The bill o( the Re-
adiusters, sometimes called the Bar
b0ur Bill. was to day in the House,
postponed until Tomorrow, because
Mr., Barbour's Discrimination to ope0
the debate on account Of his having
Just returned from the bedside Of his
dying mother. It will come mp to-
morrow, when either Col. Barbour ur
DR. Notf-tt, will bring or the action.
Of every d1l!ar OF State taxes, ii
requires TO be paid So in clSh :"
support the State Government, 20c
in money 20 rim the FREQ Schools,
and Tie remaining zoe, for the tcue-
fit Of coupon men. OF this 81 goo
GOO in tax receivable coupons, they
will let in about $3.50. 900, or a little
more than one fourth. We shall next
propose to collect the IiSerce tax Il
money. This has heretofore amount
ed 10 about $40 zoo. aud this We
mean to devDte to The payment Of
interest 20 make the peeler deb
equal in its returns TO the cu3sst
debt, and then to pay b1.h alike. \
number of the very ab!est lawyers ia
Virginia think the Supreme Cour'
cannot set these bills aside. L we
can pass these two measures l see
very little use in a quarrel over a nc#
bond, as to whether it shall be a
three per cent one. or 6 four per cent
one. We can await the proposition
Of u friends the b~opdhoIders.
Simnlts ueousIy to-day in the
House and Senate we're introduced
bills directing the Finance Committee
to Ering in a bill to increase taxation
sufficiently to pay six per cent on the
whole public debt. It threw the
FunderS into quite a rage. They
wished it tabled, dismissed, indef>
nilely postponed. Anything to hide
it or get rid OF it. Prolonged dis
cussions eusued and they are not yet
done, To be consistent they must
vote for it, and this they have not
the pluck to do. Our Finance Com
mittee yesterday. were attacked on
the Report they have made Of The
whole debt, and the entire annual re-
sources Of the debt. 1t showed q
large annual deficit, and when my
friend McMulIin, ofGreen, moved to
have 5000 copies printed for the iu~
formation of the country, it met With
opposition of a very stubborn Sort
A regular pitched battle ensued.
lasting three hours, and ending in a
complete victory for us. The result
shows hat while the Readjusters are
not disposed to make elections for
State officers a debt issue, they ars
exactly in-line on measures.
THE N. @. r r..
If our Scott county friends will come
TO the scratch with their Subscriptions