Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1882-02-07

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the Funder slate. The debate to-day
WAS opened by Mr.. Slribbling, Of Fnu-
quier, who will be followed by Messrs.
Coghill and others. The bill will pass
the House and pass the Governor. The
BIZ to confirm the sale of the A. NJ. &
o. r. II. has passed both Houses. To-
day the new Dlacksburg College Board
met at the Exchange Hotel. The new
President, Mr.. Conrad, presented very
able report, proposing Il number Of rad
zeal changes in the management of the
College and the farm He certainly has
on him The war paint Of progress and
means business. His Board seems to be
in perfect harmony with his views. |
think no other changes will be made in
Tie Faculty until August next.
New Railroad charters are asked for
every day. The New River pass, and
the Little Moccasin pass, and the Taze-
well and Russell passes, and the Pound
Gap pass and the Russell Fork pass at
the Breaks of Cumberland Mountain,
are grabbed after by number OF anx-
ious spectators. The Norfolk & Wes-
tern and the Shenandoah ValleyR.sIt's. 4
are stretching out their arms after the
great trade which S. w. Va. is about TO
give birth to. The new town Of Roa-
.nokc, where these two roads converge Is.
being improved and laid out on quite
large scale. The Roanoke improvement
Co. are spending money there with a
lavish hand. They are grading 100
acres, changing the course and direction
of the Stream, and are preparing 10 erect
10 first-cass houses, and 100 tenement
houses, u hotel worth 100000, Half
million dollars will be spent for shops
and machinery for manufacturing. They
nre now working go hands, have con-
traeted for three millions of bricks, and
have good prospects for the erect on of
the Penn. steel wotks. Very soon there
viii be blast furnace of 100 tons day.
The amount of land owned by them is
$50 acres Such is the young city of
Roanoke to-day as 1t appears in honest
Charcoal scketch." IT.. WtN
Near Pcarisburg, in Giles county, the
Virginia Improvement Company have
purchased the jesse Hale and Charlton
farms, and expect to build very -four
ishing manufacturing town there at a
very carly day. Iron and steel aud coal
and protective tariff are about to re-
generate Virginia.
The Massey deadlock Is yet unbroken,
but do not think 1t has the elements of
either permanence or success IN 1t. do
know II will not prevent the passage Of
the leading measures Of the Readjuster
party. ! have heard very many favora-
bic comments on my statement Of this
whole Massey matter In last weeks
NsDs. II is pronounced a very complete
account OF 1t. The readers of the Ne,os
should know that 1t Is endorsed unani-
mously hero. need not therefore,
make any farther detailed statement
thereof. But do wish to ask the read
ers of the Ne,cS one question. 1t is this
If Mr.. Massey in his campaign Of the
.Southwes: last October had boldly an
nouuced on the stump that ho would be
u candidate for reelection, but that he
would not submit to, nor be governed
by, nor amondable to the Readjuster
caucus, but would appeal to few Re-
adjusters TO Withdraw with him and
unite with the whole Funder party TO
defeat the Readjuster caucus, how
many Readiusiers would have applaud
cd himY Would not he have had to
speak to few Funders and large num-
Der Of empty benches? Would not there
have been sent to this Legislature 81
Senators and Delegates solemnly and
solldly Instructed to see that he should
not be regarded rsa RcalJustcrG =,
Now do not wish, nor mean TO say
an unkind word Of the four Senators
who have gone from tie Rcadjustcr eau
cus to his support. These gentlemen
| think never meant, nor expected to
give the Fundcrs aud Bourbons the Md
and comfort which have resulted from
the course Of Mr.. Massey. They de-
clare they will vote for all party meas
urcs. believe they will do 10. Since
my last the Constitutional Amendments
haS passed both houses and has gone to
the Governor. The two coupon kill
ers" passed some weeks ago. So the
Debt settlement Is safe enough. But
see such papers rs the Philadelphia
Times, edited by tho sweet scented Me-
Clurc, rejoicing over the massey Re-
bclllon" and predicting that Rcadiust-
Incnt Is cooked. see chrpapers rs
this prcdljtn the downfall Of Malone,
believing that when Malone falls Bour-
bonIsm can rctake both Virginia and
Washington.
The great heart Of the Rcadjnstcr
party, IN the strong and honest breast Of
the countrymnn, beats Loyalty to the
caucus Of the party, and ! must say that
I, like The party IN the country, would
rather take any trouble mn likely to
have IN The caucus Of my own party,
than rusll under the mad and cruel
wheel uf Fundersm. 't IHF
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