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Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-11-18
"What Whit Amount 10.

Ander this caption, the Bristol
Neus, edited by Bro. Fowler, who,
though originally opposed to the Nc.
Culloch Bill, some months ago adj
vised It's acceptance, upon the ground,
If wo remember correctly, that
nothing better could be secured, and
that we could not defeat It's operation,
M to any bondholders who should
avail themselves Of lts provisions, now
says:
"The majority Of the new Legisla-
ture In favor Of REIMBURSEMENT may
amount to Is on joint ballot. or
course this cannot repeal the McJul.
loch Bill. But II can. II II be unified,
elect a Senator aud State officers, such
as First and Second Auditors, Treas
urer, Secretary Commonwealth, Com
missioner Land Office, Sdperlnien.
dent Public Instruction, go. This
done such hold on public sentiment
will have been won, as will enable the
Readlueters 10 elect Supreme Court,
Governor, q Legislature two years
hence, and to pass euch a scrap bill for
the collection OF all the revenues. az
will nullify tho coupons. II can
Just come to this, but II will take two
years more, and the end will DO death
to both the Funding bills"
Aud thus, the revolutionary policy
--orce tried, and afterwards abandon
cd In q similar case, In Kentuoky-is
again brought 10 tho front, the Su-
premo Court Ia TO be changed-as Gen
Malone intimated IN one OF his recent
speeches a new and packed court
In 10 be- constituted, that will pro-
nounce the present law unconstitu-
tional. But what will you do with
the Supreme Court OF the United
States, Bro. Fowler VIII you rovo-
lutionlze that, two2--slnce II stands In
the way, a barrier TO your revolution
airy purposes.
And 40, as you conccde II will re-
qulre the period Of two years from
this date TO consummate fully your
scheme, you propose to keep up agita-
tlou. 10 the detriment Of every Inter-
eat Of virglnis--msrely that all the
offices OF the State may be put Into
the hands OF needy Readlusters ? That
" about the eize OF IL, after all. Lynch
Virginidn.
Bro. Button, and the party with
whom be has for years coopcrcutcd,
are, themselves, responsible for all
this he now complains so loudly Of
Lay Il not our door, good friend
Last winter We did warn you In good
faith, you we're putting up job you
could neither cousummate nor satls>
~ the people with. We came home,
aud at tho risk Of personal peace,
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-11-18
Gen. WIN. 70 ,Jones, nlood


The following is taken from the
S,aunton correspondent Of the Rich :
mond Dispatch.
A wnr.map Of portions Of Virginia
North Carolina. Tennessee aud Ken.
lucky, which was taken from the body
Of Gen. William Il Jonee, Of Wash
ington county, who was killed nj the
battle Of Piedmont. In June. 1864, and
In stained with bls blood. has been
sent to tho office Of Mr.. John M, Car.
roll, the city treasurer. II was con
signed to Captain j. II. Waters, OF this
city, who IL attending an invalid
adopted son Mt Providence Hospital,
In Washington city, by Captain Il. II,
Bailey, Of the FIret New York regi'
ment. Captain Bailey Gays he killed
General Jones In the battle referred to,
and wishes the map 10 DO returned Ia
the friends OF tho General.
II strikes us that if wo had spilled
the blood Of Gen. Jones. or General
anybody else, ane knew the fact, we
Nigh, feel as Capt. Bailey, like send
Ing his family something Bu, we
would never send them the blood VIC
had spilled. This man may have a
very good heart, but he evidently
lacks good hard sunse aud nice cult
walton.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-11-18
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NATION (nAIIHA Matters.

At the meeting of the Board of Di.
rectors last Friday Col. Jno. +. Ter,
ry, Director, and Mr.. j NJ. Barker,
Secretary and Treasurer. resigned
their position, ard each one wa:
elected to the position vacated by
the other. This even swap was de-
sired by both these gentlemen.
The Board determined to suspend
work by the Engineer Corps unit
Spring, as there is now work enough
staked and calculated to last the force
under Capt. Bib until that time.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-11-18
Special to the Baltimore Sun.
Prospects and claims OF the Re
adiuSterS In Va.

adjuSters i'm Va.
WAsHINGToN. Nov. 13.--It appears
to be reasonably certain that the Re-
adjusters will have control Of the Vir-
ginia Legislature, to he organized next
week. Republican authority here ia
given for the statement that such re-
publicans as were elected as being in
favor Of the scheme Of reimbursement OF
the public debt will enter the caucus
OF Gen. Mahone's friends, which will
he sufficient to give them control OF
the organization. ]. il believed also
that the whole Republican strength
will be given, with very few excep-
tons to the election Of Gen. Malone
to the Senate In place Of Senator
Withers. In return for quid pro quo
in the shape OF favors. How far il
may be necessary for Malone and his
friends to have Republican aid in or.
der 10 seizure the Senatorship and the
offices at the disposal Of the Legisla-
ture is not yet ascertained, nor what
the equivalent TO he given for such Re-
publican aid. That the complications
in Virginia. created Ivy the victory OF
the Readjusters, may be very far reach
ing as to future politics In freely nd.
mitted by Virginians usually well in
formed as to State politics, Mahone,s
friends protest that they mean no harm
to the integrity of the DEM cratic or
gan lzallons, nor to the States credit,
On the contrary. they say they have
broken up All incompetent ring which
has sought TO dominate the party and
to ostracise the men who were iIs r, al
leaders In the struggle Of radicalism
when the latter was II formidable pow
err in Virginia politics. They also
claim that their opponents have used
the debt question merely to perpetu-
ate themselves In possession Of the
party organization, mean while assun' :
Ing 10 READ out OF the party oil VINO
have opposed the McCulloch bill as
providing and !mpractible settlement
OF the States Debt. A promin, nj
Readjnster writes here; "As to the
debt the cry Is all stuff: we intend to
make an equitable settlement II the
fools will let us-one by which the
people will be relieved. aud nobody
but the brokers hurt. Etlfontry aud
tyranny have been the weapons of n
ring without popular support, with
out brains and without a spark of pa.
triotlc impulse, which has yet malign.
ell us, and sought to ostraclse U.S."
The Virginia Legislature will meet
early In December, and the plan OF the
victors will be speedily proclaimed.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-11-18
The VIZ. a. n NJ. College.

The Board met at the Norvell House
on Tuesday night, none absent, and
adjourned on Thursday night. The
report OF the Committee on Reorgani-
cation was read and adopted. ItsayG
After careful inquiry, tho Board
came to the conclusion, that the mark.
cd decrease In the number Of students
Is due to defective system OF organi-
zation, and an inefficient system Of
discipline
How TO remedy these, was the ques-
ton. In the judgement Of the COM
mlttee this could be largely done by
compelling every student to lodge In
the College building, eat at the mesa
house, study at certain hours, never
absent without leave, DO Az far Ms
the military could assist In any OF
those matters, II must DO utilized.
Keep the students constantly In hand
and always know where they are.
No military school, for this involves
instruction In military science, leo
lures upon the art, &c. only TO make
use Of what the act OF endowment en-
Joins.
The financial system was also reor-
ganized, requiring nm auditor OF ac-
counts az well ma treasurer.
The farmer Ia made TO supply, o. far
farm can. the wants OF the mess,
which will make a market for the
firm products.
The Professor Of Agriculture Ia TO
institute a series OF experiments for
the solution Of such question: and
problems In scientific aud practical
agriculture M possesses general lntei-
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-11-18
OLD PRINM ER.

REVISED BIZ SENATOR HENRY.
In Aliens fall we sinned all.
We IL mourn for our first born.
Rutherford came in royal state
To save McCulloch's dismal fate.
Withers' beauteous seat
Made many Funder speak.
John Marye did climb a tree,
TO guide his Royal Committee.
Thirteen wise men went to sea in q
bowl.
If the bowl had been stronger my story
had been longer.-Mrs. Goose.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-11-18

Col. PoPHAM Of the Richmond
INTELLIeENCER, the leading Repub-
lican Of the State says when the first
ballot shall be taken for U. s. Sena-
tor, it will stand 90 for the Rcpubl-
can candidate, So for Wi,hers and 81
for Malone. The date of this ballot
will be the 10th of December.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-11-18

ourSeli, agreed to let you try it en-
But you have failed. You made the
mistake of apparently defending an
indfeensible bill. You made the
mistake Of declaring it voluntary re-
adjustment, 10 order to make it tally
with your position of opposition to
forclble readjustmeht, when even its
recent practical working, shows it to
be murderously and cruelty forcible =.
You have been for six months fund
ing fourth of the debt, and you
have funded the pealers at 80 and
the consols at GO. Thank God, this
was no job ofours. You have defend
ed the tax receivable coupon, which
has bred all this dissatisfaction from
the first. You broke down the Bar :
bour bill that was to have been fol-
lowed by an equitable settlement.
with pealer aud consol alike. This
is the fruit of opposition to deep
seated popular clammor that could
have been answered. Then to fasten
it on you drew a line through the
Conservative party and madly threw
away one of the fragments and left
it to form such friendly alliances as
the "frst law of nature" Away. sug-
gests. The worm was troddcn on and
it turned. We say these things in
sorrow. Bro. Button.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-11-18

THE Lynchburg VIRGINIAN is out
IN a beautiful new dress, including n
much more tasteful heading than its
old one. 1t is now one Of the very
hondsomest papers in the State, as it
has always been one Of the best news,
papers anywhere on the Atlantic
slope in the South.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-11-18

If the McCuloch Bill men reap
the whirl wind, it is because they
sowed the wind. They gagged discus
sion on it, and when under the rules
the opponents of that measure got
the floor, they refused to listen to
them, and INDUCED in disorder to
prevent their being heard. The re-
suit is the people have rebelled, and
the effort at forcible peace has failed.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-11-18

Maj. r. Il. Walker. who two years
ago was elected without reason from
the Office Of Public Printer, which
he had for years filled with signal
ability and marked success. will like
ly ask the new Legislature to rein
state him. He is an invaluable man,
and an unparalleled officer, aud the
people will hail with delight his re-
election.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-11-18
Pretty We'll tor Scott Co.

Judge Morrison at the recent term
of Scott Co. Court sentenced to the
Peniten,iary Joseph Rhoten. two
years for seduction and Ebert Lowe
five years for demonstrating. At the
previous Court he sentenced -Ly>
ons 3 yrs. for DEMONSTRATING and G..
7. Carroll is now in Jail awaiting
trial for horse. stealing.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-11-18

est and Importance, aud publish re-
suits at his discretion.
Some of the chairs were consolidat-
ed, discharged by officers not connect
ed with the Faculty, and thus effect
retrenchment.
Adjourned to NEST in December 10,
to elect Presideat.-Lynch6ug Vfr-
ginim.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-11-18
A Mistake,

The Richmond lNTELLIoENcER is
mistaken as to the meeting Of the
Legislature being Monday the 2Dd Of
Dec. In the first place the 2nd day
Of December will be Tuesday and in
second place the Legislature will meet
on Wednesday the Bird.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-11-18

ga Bigger man than old Grant"
just now. Senator Biyard
Winter comes when Autumn leaves.
South & " est.
Winter comes when summer leaves
fall. BRIsToL News.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-11-18
HUMOROUS.

Three old gentlemen are sitting
around table OH steamboat waiting to
get another party to game of cards.
Presently they espy a nice-looking
young fellow. One old party goes up to
him and says;
PARDON me, young man; We want
somebody to join us in game of cards
would be happy to have you with us"
Thanks; never play cards"
Take drink with u.s."
"Thanks; never drink"
"Well, have a cigar"
Thanks; | never smoke"
och! Now rather like that in n
young man. Come into the cabin and
I'll introduce You to my wife and daugh-
tiers.
"Thanks," said that demurc young
man; 81 shall never marry"
Mr.. Standing Bear, the distinguished
Indian, heard Joseph Cook lecture the
other day. "Heap smart man. slid
Mr.. Bear at the close of the lecture.
"Talkee, talkee, talkee. Big sound.
who wind him up?" "No," said Mr..
Cook when he heard of it; "the Indian
caunot be civilized. He's an Internal
brute, and | can prove it."
dat cullud pussun on de jury, him's
de man objec' to-" said a negro when
put on trial in the Marion Is. c. the
other day. The black good man and
true was unscated, and the prisoner given
acqnttal. After his release the darkey
was asked what he had against a jury
man OF his own color. "Nunin at all,
boss" said he, "but We see, | knowed
eff BATTERED de prejudus OBJ d odder ju-
rymcn dat get off, an golly, did,"
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-11-18
DAN'L. DEANE.
Re. sentenced 10 he Hnnred

NORTHUMBERLAND 10 10 ThWHEVW'
Judge II s. X. Morrison, OF Scott,
Mt the recent session Of the Court,
sentenced Ddn'l Deane, to be hanged
Friday. December 10Th. Mr. p. Ha.
gan is now in Richmond endeav oring
to have the Governor commute bis
death sentence to that of life-time
Imprisonment in The penitentiary,
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-11-18

To mothers whose children are
weepln. Sweet and halmy slumber
secured for the little ones, and coughs
and colds rapidly banished by the use
Of DIR. Bulls Cough syrup. Price 25
cents,
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-11-18
A World Of Good.

One of the most popular medicines
now before tie American public. il
Hop Bitters. You see 1t every where.
People take 1t with good effect. 1t
builds them up. IL is not as pleasant
to taste as some other Bitters AZ is is
not whiskey drink. 1t ia more like
the old fashion bone set tea that has
done world Of good. II you don't
feel inst right try Hop Bitters. -Nm-
da Ne,Os. 2t,
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-11-18

Cor. BAssETT FRENCH would make a
capital Clerk of the Senate in lieu of the
lamentcd Shelton G. Davis, deceased
He is one of the best posted men in the
Gtafn
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-11-18
EVENT and COMMENT

Five prisoners dug their way out of
Knoxville Jail II week ago. The leader
was the notorious moonshincr, Hut Am
airline, aud the others were Dan G.. Pot
ter, charged with murder in Sewer,
Frank Taylor, an escaped convict from
the Va. penitcntiary, and VIM. Nelson,
charged with larceny IN Knox. They
had been put in the dungeon to prevent
their escape, and with saucy contempt
for the reason of their being put there,
they dug out through the sewer pipe of
the prison. Hut now curls his tail in
the moonshine Of the mountains once
more.
jonathan +. Boush, who lost the GER
tiflcate of election IN the city of Ports
mouth, because of his initials being
wrongly printed on some of his ballots,
is fortunate in having a gentleman for
his opponent. Jno. j. Griffin, his fun
der rival, declines the seat in the Senate,
saying Mr.. Boush received more votes
than he did, and they ought to be coun-
ted up to him.
Mr.. Thomas Cecil, who has been in
charge Of n school ut Glade Spring in
this county, has been elebted President
OF the Peoples College at Pikcvillc
Tenn, vice Rev. r. n. Price resigned.
Mr.. Price still continues his connection
with the lIolston Methodist and will be
assisted thcreat by Rev. Il. p. Thomas.
DR.. II. +. Baldwin, Superintendent
Of the w. Lunatic Asylum at Staunton
died last Thursday Of cancer Of the brain.
He was elected to succeed the celebrated
DR.. Stribbling some five years ago. His
wife died few months ago.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-11-18

Thirteen cOlored members e.e cted
to the new Legislature.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-11-18

AZ LyNCIEBVRG, connection IL made IN
virginla MidlanJ Il Il leaving NJ ,bnr' Tor
Charlottesville, Sipuhiot, AleNandria, washing,
ton, Baltimore. Philadelphia and Ncw Nolk, anl
South 10 Chatham and Danville, leaving S"o
rM .
Am RKEyIIIF. With h. 4 D. X. n. 10
anl from Tho South aud North.
A. PETERSBURG. with Richmond 4 ?
Road for Rlchm nd. Washington. Baltimore
Philadelphia and New York, sud 18th Petersburg
Road for weldon Raleigh, 0oldsboro, whining.
ton and South East.
Pullman SLEEPER, New Orleans via Lynch
burg to Washington without change,
LBfGHTOH SLEEPER Memphis 10 Lynohburg.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-10-24
Destroyed His Usefulness.

A deacon of prominent Connecticut
church, whose pastor had just resigned,
says the Hartford COur0sat, recently met
a Hartford divine, when the following
conversation ensued:
ssI was sorry to hear that Brother
Blank had resigned. I have always
liked him. He is regarded as very
able man, isn't he ?"
Well, yes (hesitating). Oh, ye-es,
he's an able man..
''But he is first-rate preacher, isn't
he.?"
"We-e-l-l, yes; he's very good
preacher"
: sAnd he is a man of the highest Chris
tian character; so we have always thought
here"
"we-n, ye-es. Oh. yes. he's good
Christian
.But there must be something the
matter, deacon. Why do you hesitate
SO, and say, We'll, ye-es? Has
Brother Blank been guilty of anything
wrong? I know of church that think
he is Just the man for, and I mean to
recommend him very highly. Have You
any reason to suppose that he would not
give satisfaction ?"
ssWell, doctor, Mr.. Blank is all you
say about him, but I'm afraid he's not
| calculated to make successful pastor IN
the country
"Why not, deacon? You surprise me
| very much"
sfWell, I will tell you one reason. Mr..
Blank lived next to neighbor whose
hens and chickens troubled him very
much by digging up his garden. He
spoke about it several times, but it did
no good; those fowls kept in his garden
| ali the time. And what do you think he
did? Instead of shooting some of them,
or building high fence around his gar
den, he came here to Hartford and
bought the best game cock he could, and
took him home and turned him loose in
the garden. The next day that neighbor
heard great commotion among the
poultry, and when he looked over the
fence, there were all his hens and chick
ems lying in windrows and that game
cock walking over the bodies and crow
ing. Now you can't say that was I'M
christian conduct, but it was certainly
calculated to destroy Mr.. Blanks use
fulness IN that section
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-10-24

Syracuse Hre0ld believes Mr.. s. Jones
Tilden keeps both barl's loaded.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-10-24
How Mushrooms Grow.

Julius A. Palmer Jr. writes to the
Boston Transcript: A few years ago the
banks of the lot opposite the Brunswick
Hotel, in this city, were scaded and the
land levelled to it's present grade. As
the pick of the workmen broke up the
soil, white substance ran through every
piece. Starting with large branches, it
divided and subdivided like the veins on
the back of the hand. The smell was
very strong, quickly noticed on the OPP
posite side of the way. This subteran-
can white yein-for it had that appear
ance-was nothing but hidden part OF
the Cornri,aus c0natats, a mushroom freely
eaten now although twenty years ago
thought to be poisonous. The common
name of this substance is "spawn." just
as cutting of grapevine placed IN
condition favorable to growth will shoot
up, put forth branches and bear fruit, SO
part of this coprinus vine transplanted
will continue to ramify and in time show
the result in the form OF mushrooms.
The whole earth beneath your feet on
country walk is alive with vegetation to
great depth. This vegetation is just as
real. and the various vines-or, in other
words, the thousand varieties of mush-
room spawn-are Just as distinct as the
hopvine and the woodbine, the ivy and
the virgins bower that twine their ten
drills above your head just where grew
this year a peculiar kind OF toadstool,
there. next year, and SO on for successive
harvests, will you find the same plant.
There is no more mystery about its ap-
pearance than in the growth of the chest
nut on the tree that shades it. Rapldlty
of growth is not near so general as it is
thought to be- The common mushroom
and many others form for days just below
the soil. A heavy dew or an evening
shower straightens the stem OF the
fungus and expands its top. 1t breaks
the earth in the night, and the gatherer
is able to find in the morning the white
buttons where he could see nothing the
day before. So, popular error has made
mushroom growth proverbial for super
ficiality which by the fungi, at least, is
| undeserved Further, the various varl-
eties of toadstools succeed each other IN
| rotation, Just as the bloodroot and ane-
mones of spring are followed by the
| roses of summer and the cardinal or
| gentian of fall. These are not theories
! that are here advanced; they are the re-
suits of several years careful watching
of the growth of this order OF plants.
| On the very spots where, in 1874, gath
cred mushrooms, there. in 1879, I find
the identical variety, SO that the lover OF
fungus may have his regular harvest
with all the certainty of the farmer who
looks for the return of his wheat crop or
the results of his cranberry culture.
With just that degree Of certainty, no
more and no less, for, as certain years
/ are favorable to the production OF GER
tain fruits, as the potato crop sometimes
fails and the apple orchard is barren, SO
the mushroom spawn, usually producing
abundantly it's expected variety, may
pass a year, or even, under diticuItles,
become extinct. The blight which may
visit all life, animal or vegetable, does
not fail to fall at times upon my humble
friends.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-10-24

A witty lady was once told by gen
tleman acquaintance that sshe must have
been born with silver spoon in his
mouth. . She looked at him carefully,
and, upon realizing the size Of his mouth,
replied: ssI don't doubt it; but it must
have been soup ladle
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-10-24

The SEA EAGLE AND THE SALMoN.-The
sea eagle watches his prey, lowering
above the water until he sees fish,
when, pouncing down upon it, he raises
it up in his claws and sails away with it
to his nest, where he devours it at his
leisure. One day contented shepherd,
watching his focks on a hillside over
looking a river frequented by salmon,
saw one of these mighty birds lowering
over the water. He needed none of the
smaller fish, but at last pounced upon
one of enormous size. The shepherd
wondered to see that, in place of flying
off with his prey, he was violently flap
ping his wings on the water, and on
going to the spot he found the eagle
drowned, but having the large salmon,
also dead, in his claws. The fish had
proved stronger in his own element than
the bird of prey between air and water,
and SO the shepherd carried home both
the eagle and the salmon. Thus it is
that the ambitious and greedy are often
fishing for the contented, and themselves
falling into destruction and a snare.