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m .mn...i j THE BRISTOL NEWS rt r.i itiiED iv (ioonsox, it- Virginia' port!n of the Tawn. l:Y I- C FOWLE1J. j, miup-l every Tues-iay-at S-00 I"6' an t .,. It ii furuishti V) clubs of too at?1.00 i-i-r copy. I i ' or i T ie Ehtorsof the Nkws are act recponti b f,,r opinions cxpretsei ty orrei-pond- JOB WORK prcted with uev.ne-a and di.-patch a y ' rk inrtea. ADVERTISING RATI CO. The Pte for AJvortisirj: ia th? fc rili be r For the r-ft Tr.rh 1? M-flu $ Jfi ) er.ii i4 tJi:Tii Invii 4 () ' .'ix :i :.... r.:vi U.i'. i. .-1 ;. . :.' !..,' In ! U ) 0 j F.r l-t I'u W. 'Vt in i;;: 1 i , " rii- ii - I " '. j ' i-. i ). . i i i ! r':i .' ' Sf-in'w, ,,.'it!Mii.t..lr i....rOi-j lif VOLUME VIII. BRISTOL, VIRGINIA &. TENNESSEE, TUESDAY. JUNE 10, 1873. , ! !. I.-' m i. w 'l . Vy. " Whole No. 405 j No. 41. wo. of clmreJ ;er t v..si i.-i i Kjl h-. TUESDAY JUKE I0J873. COMMLXCOXT AT KMOliY. Wednesday last dawned with those ominous clouds nbicli have neces-:-!ily associated with the rommence ,w.t exercises of Emory and Henry C ,'firel diti's somewhat acquat ic ia their nature. Hut tlie occasion is one fraught with such local and vdentific interest that neither clouds nor t en.er.ihrances of the heaven-sur.k. iicaj.acitks of the huge paviUion, so"su2tiwly dubbed bv the He v. John Boring, as a "magnificent hum l,u," was stifflcient to deter the usual throng, which on former days marched under the canvass like an army with !;uiners and as usually came from un der it with its Aural decorations and trailing beneath the Iwt of the rtmni. On the last occasion the hour of 10 A. M. witnessed the assertion of a pre unpt-on claim to every square fVrot of :u;c(iiiiiilations furnished for the day . The Mormon tahanacle was never in ie solidly packed, and we doubt if the day of 1'cntoco.st did relatively i::oie to draw the lovers of the curious t!.:i.i did the day on which it was said l! c jeweled orator of the Southern Mi-tliodist pulpit, IV. Muusey. was to !;; t!ic exercises by the delivery of one his matchless orations. Neither up', nor sex, nor fortune had power j to stay the tide. The Abingdon Brass Ba?id. fresh lVoin the artistic manipulation of Prof. Hacker, ave us rnM which wasde Oidivl!'ood. Ou the previous day Mr. Flemniinjr f;tiled to tome to time with his ad dress. nnl now flew t!ic winded "his. per tlial Ir. Mu.isey too, had failed to come. Thrio was no literary d 'res, and so tin? Senior class, minus iiioro J'. MvTi-er, iino of its number whi was sic k undertook the ta:,k rf filiing the literaiy burger oftheau !ic!ic. Here . as the army which I3r:i-: y w:s .-ctidhig ouinlo Cr.e world to I'Ai ilie places vacated by its dead haloes. )o the st.igc we saw seated the b-i.t figtie of that o!.i .Methodist W.-r !ior--. Rev. Joseph Ilaskew, wi n si:. re t.':." founding of the insti uK'on io r:)7, has nnde his annual I'i!,r!:j..g." to itsshi ine. The next most 1 1 ;.n Ac i',''nrc thereon was that of ii'r Joseph W. Ia vis. whose b'-o'i- rnpUy. if written would invade every pa-p.f the College hiory. Hyars J snd J nee. and i'ukorj and Smith, Mere not 'ttc'. They had folded The collegiate, infant io their patri aic! nl alios and had depuricd in the j "vice which- crowned ll.eir sublime llVfS. Ti e I.r.tin address wn rielivered by Mr. Kan so ii, tif Mississippi, and the lart that this was the second of the honors rf the liny was simply by that audience placed to his credit, with presumption that it was fairly de. livered. Mr. Jiell, of Gallatin, To nncssee. i-ume next with the Mhtatii ysk al ration, and its immediate subject was Imagination. The orator took his position well and opened with ad mir..ble deliberation, self, possession nnd earnestness. His final articular tions were slightly faulty, especially lien dealing with the possessive case. The frequency of gesticulation was hardly sufficient to merit more than a hare allusion to it. The speech was short and gO')d. Mr. Pouglas of the same town gave tis the Mathkmatk ai., and went into this grand -'basis of physical science." with an earnestness which is worthy of special re-nark. lie mixed admirably the covcrsational with pomtr.1 emphasis. The usual oratorical monotony of supreme effort was wholly absent. Mr. Douglas had something to say and -aid it earnest- .Mr. Wm. I). Earnest, of the vicin. ity of the College, gave us the scien tific or the achievements of science.' Evidently the young man had stud died and had stored his mind with facts. His speech foreshadowed a mind which is not apt to" neglect a practical view of things, lie was somewhat conversational and yet not una..i:natcJ, and seemed to think the matter of his speech should be the attractive feature of his effort, and 've thick he did not miss the mark. There is out ccme in him. Mr. E. J. Griffith, of Lee county a. had, been assigued the classical oration. His position was taken with self-possion and grace. He was evi. dently not unused to speaking, but his effort was injured by the early introduction of quotations. His ges ticulation was easy and good. The "peccix was more lengthy than any Mhkr preceded it, and its delivery vpry fair that it was taken at its full par value. The English Clasical had been Svea to Mr. Preston of this vicinity ' "t'ret, Journalism. His very first sentence carried a compact idea, and openca up me suuject liis enunc.a tioii was decidedly above the aver n;e, his bearing good, and delibera tion marLed, but there was lacking in his gesticulation a slight degree of that freedom of which the previous speaker had so much. His subject was treated wiih practical ability, and in spite of its brevity covered the ground admirably. The Power of the Orator, was the subject of Mr. Clark, of Miss., whose voice was marked by monotorny and faulty enunciation.' His gesticulation was easy, scanty and good Mr. Fain, of Marshall Co.. Tenn. , had for his subject, Decision. His deliberation and antithesis, were quite good but his voice had more force than compass, the closing por. tion of each sentence being partly in audible. His attitude upon the stage, was not quite easy, but his subject was treated methodically. Mr. Gray, of Salem N. C, had for his subject. Tiie Shadows of Evening Point toward the Jlorniny, and trea ted it in rather an imaginative view. II is gesticulation was hardly as free as it should have been, and his falling cadences gave a faulty monotony to his effort, which was releived at its close, by a huge shower of boquets from fair hands. The speaker looked young. Mr. IIolloman,of Miss., had for his subject, The Power of Truth, and was not unattractive in the manner of opening it up. Emphasis was abundant, but he put to each sen tence what we will denominate a sort of facial period, which might have been omitted without detriment to the speech) which was nevertheless pretty good. Mr. Moore, of Brentwood, Tenn. , paid 4 "a Tribute to Sir Isaac New ton." The bearing of the speaker was pleasant, and the composition L'ood. There was a slight defect in his articulation, and one or two sen tences were tripped over with undue precipitation, but the main effect of his effort was favorable. We suspect there is within him a vein of social attraction and the Indies gave him a floral shower which was decidedly el oquent. If one S'ich boquet had fallen on the head of bis hero, it might have won the honor since be stowed upon the apple. The final orator, Mr. E. S. Gools. by 0fsmythe Co.. Va., had chosen s the subject of his graduating oration 'Press with vigor on." Seif possess ion and ease of de livery seemed char acteristic of this young man. who had won the first honors of his class. His stle and delivery were earnest and animated. Gesticulation was econo mically resorted to, but very grace fully executed. The Valedictory Ad dressse of Mr. Goolsby, were marked by a brevity rather unusual and by a practical and solid view churacteris tic of the speaker. Dr. W. K. G. Cunningham, of Ab ingdon, awarded to Mr. Chas. L. Da- vis of Columbus Ga., the Science Medal. Col. Tho. S. Preston awarded the Mathematics Medal to Mr. Jno. M. Campbell of Smyth Co. Va. Piest. 11. W. Jones of M. W Col lege, awarded the Composition Medal to Kev. Dan'l. H. Atkins. THE ORATOKICAL PRIZE MEDAL, was by Judge James P. Kelly of Tazewell Co. Va., awarded to Mr. Jno M. Campbell, of Smyth Co. Va., who left the stand with his two Med als about his neck, and if he w as not proud of his successes he ought to have been . Thus Smith County has its honors, as it doubtless deserved them, and we hope that Messrs Gools by and Campbell may wear them well, and win more of them in the future. We are glad of the early fame they refiect upon our neighboring coun ty, and we take the opportunity to say of Mr. Goolsby, that he is the son of an estimable lady, to whom if living we w ould be glad to bear the flattering story of his College life. While living she did the writer one of those kindly acts which have their inception in the modest nobility of a cultivated heart, and now that she has passed away to the boundless re ward of a noble woman, we lay this little sprig upon her tomb . Fkaxck has had her expected revolution. M. Thiers is no longer her president, bus is succeeded by Marshall 3IcMahon, who, if not her greatest military genius, has been made her greatest military, hero.- There has been no blood shed. The administration was defeated in the assembly on a test vote, and Thiers resigned. It is known 'that McMahon is not favorable to republi canism, and his elevation may be re. garded as the latest step of that vola. tile people who having lost first their Bourbons and then their Napoleons, and having next followed Ganibetta upon his march up the hill of repub licanism, arc now about to march down again. We have no idea that there is any hope for stability ;n France , save in the establishment of the Empire. The President has said that if the people of Louisiana can make good their latest charge of corruption against Judge Durell he, will ask the next congress to impeach and remove him. EVENT and COMMENT Franc e has had a reqolution which is wtioiiy bloodless : MARSHAL M'MAsIIOX',5 ACCEPTANCE Marshal McMahon has pent a com munication to M. Untfet, President of tlie Assembly, acknowledging the receipt of the olUcial notification of his election to the Presidency, and accept- iing me omee in tlie following terms : "I will obey the will of the Assembly, the depository of the national sover eignty. I tis a heavy responsibility; but wiin uou's aid and the devotion of the army, I will continue the work of lib- eratmjr the territory and restoring or der, and will maintain tranquility and the principles on which society rests. To this I pledge my word as an honest man and a soldier." Boston had her second fire on Friday last. The loss was millious of dollars. Nashville, May 31. The negro wno outraged, and tnec crushed a wid owed lady's skull in Itutherford coun ty, is in jail. If she dies, which is probable, the people will hang him. There are two cases of small-pox in the family of a Mrs. Ross, at mouth of V flson, in urayson county. Both are of a mild lorm. The JVtws is informed that a plaster bank has been discovered iu the upper end of Grayson county. John Alexander has been elected Mayor and James II. Francis, Recor der of Marion, Mr. .It. C. Bailey, a well known cit izen of South-western Virginia, died rn WytheviHe on Tuesday night. Wm. Davis is appointed postmaster at Black Lick. Wythe county, Va., vice Hugh A. Buchanan resigned. A little boy, named Thomas J. Win ston, was drowned in tlie river at Rich ond, Wednesday afternoon, while bathing. His body was not re covered. The Roanoke Thncx says the case of Tip Hodges, under indictment for murder of Shively, in Franklin countj-, has been removed to Roanoke county. fc'teps have been taken ro form a Far mers' Club in Carroil and it is expec ted a permanent organization will be effected at the June term of the Couuty eourt of that county. The present fence law wn defeated in Rockbridge by a vote of lii'J for the law to 083 avainst. Majority of free holders against the law, 10S ; non-free holders o0(i. The Marion Prms and JTcrald says the company which proposos to put up an iron furnace near that place has gotten some ' tons o: ore ana snippeu ilto Knoxville, Tenn. to have its quality thoroughly tested before be ginning operations. Mr. Montgomery, of Greensville county, one of tlie delegates to the Episcopal Council in scsion in Win chester last week ; received a telegram just as he was about leaving for home informing him of the destruction of his residence by fire. The Roanoke Times says : "Every body except two. is in high spirits over the letting of the , Valley railroad. Property has advanced one-third. To bacco factories, ware-houses, &c., are talked of. Things will get red hot liere after awhile." Last Friday the body of a man was found hanging in the branches of a fmall tree, on the island, near Mr. William Adair's.in Giles county. The body was in such an advanced state of decomposition that it could scarcely be buried. The Entcrpr izc announces the or ganization of the Farmers' Bank at WytheviHe. Gen. Win. Terry is President ; Dr. V. C. Huff, cashier, with the following board of directors : William Terry, James II. McGavock, Augustus Heuser, Thomas Wood, Robert C- Kent, Frank G. Blair, Thomas II. Simmerman. Kite of the Tower of Babel. From a foreign periodical we copy the following tnteresting account of a visit to the reputed site of the Tower of Babel, by Rev. G. M. Gordon : People go (be says) to Babylon, and come away saying. "There is nothing to see." 1 confess I went there pre pared to see nothing nothing, at least, like Thebes, or Baalbee, or Pcr sepolis. But what one does see is in the exact fulfillment of Scriptures, and surely this is a rewarding study "Babylon shall become heaps, a dwell ing place for dragons, an astonishment and a hissing, without au inhabitant. Her cities area desolation, a dry land aud a wilderness a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby." (Jer. ii. 3743). The wild beasts of the deserts are now the only occupants of what was once Nebuchadnezzar's boast, the centre of a kingdom which stretched from the river of Egypt to the river of Euphra' tes, and none of the beaten tracks of pilgrimage or traffic so much as pass the spot. It is difficult to sit on that ground and try to reconstruct in im agination the stupendous temple of Belus (the "Bell," of Scripture), or the "hanging garden," or the miles of streets, or lofty walls. So complete was the destruction of the temple by Cyrus, that history tells us that even Alexander the great, when he wished to rear it airain from, tlie heaps of rub bish, failed in the attempt. It is diffi cult to realize that here Daniel wit nessed a good confession, and rose to be tlie first, minister at a court before which the world trembled, and that here the Three Children passed through the fiery furnace. From this moimd I had my first view of the Eu phrates, a stately river, like the Tigris, winding between rows of date, palm, and fertilizing, wherever it flows, the "waters of Babylon," beside which the captive Jews hung their silent harps upon the willows. It seems the one gladdening feature of a country which is bound with a curse, threading its way through barren lands, like the "promise of blessing" to Abraham, which has ever been sustained through the darkest periods of his descendants' apostaey. From the, mound, I followed the river's course to a spot called the "kasr,"or "palace." Here Mr. Rich made some excavations, and laid bare ime walls of great thickness and and height, forming several chambers and looking as if built but vesterdav. He also disentombed a large granite lion, wnicn was men standi ncr erect. but has since fallen upon its side for wantor support, these Cities of the Plain are as completely buried beneath waves of sand and clay as Sodom and Gomorrah beneath the salt waters of the Dead bea. What a commentary . . T . t n.i . - . ujjuii is. xiii. ana xiv.: After a refreshing bathe in the rivpr and a caution from the Arabs against sharks, which make up in these riv ers ior tae absence of alligators. reached the town of Ili'lah, and crossed the Euphrates on a bridge of boats. A few hours sufficed to rest our horsea, and, before sunset, we were again in the saddle, with our faces to wards Birs Nimrod (the town of Nim- rod.) I had scarcely left Hillah. when I saw it, at a distance of seven or eight miles rising from the plain, which corresponded strikingly with one's conception of the tower of Babel. We caine to an Arab encampment, and my escort proposed a halt. T knew there was another Arab camp iunner on, ana . i reiuseu to A-ield till we got nearer to the tower. An hour more brought us to the sound of voi ces and the barking of dogs, and the tents and fires of a camp. The chief received me with Oriental politeues-. aud bade me welcome to all that he possessed. I asked for a little milk and firewood, spread my plaid on the ground, and soon enjoyed my cups of tea over a book, which "carried me back to the days when men idur neyed from the East and found a plain in the land of Shinar. and said : "Let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven'-' Mean while, the fire light flickered upon the fine bronzed features of a Hug of Arabs who sat mutely wafching me, and up on picketed horses and ruminating camels, and low tents, with tall spears stuck before them in the eround rand inside Arab women chatted and grind ing at the mill the one turning the upper stone round and round, the oth- pouring in the grain. I found that the Arab dogs showed the same hospi tality as their master. No sooner was I an acknowledged iruest than thev ceased barking, and commenced wag ging their tails, the largest and most powerful of them took charge of me for the bight, and walked round and round me as I lav, With all the grave dignity of a sentinel at Buckingham i'alace. If any intruders, dog or man came near, one grcwl was enough (he knew that a bark niiurht disturb me. and refrained). Of course begot his "baksheesh," in the shape of some chicken bones, and our mutual friend ship was firmly cemented. 1 rose at the earliest dawn, and soon reached the foot of Birs Nimrod. A high mound is surmounted by a ruin ed and unfinished tower of brick, the summit of which is 233 feet above the plain. An examination of the mound shows that it is composed of the same elements as the mound of Babylon masses of Brick and rubish, mterpers- ed with broken pottery. These are, all of them, inscribed on one side with cuneiform characters. The cuneiform of the ancient Assyrian, and is sup posed to be the oldest written lan guage in the world. To look at it, it seems as hopeless to decipher as though one w ere to gaze upwards, in a starry night, and try to construct cntences out of the stars Ihere is generally a touch of the ludicrous mixed with one's contemplations of the ancient and sublime. Our countrymen are unfortunately given to the habit of commemorating their travels and handing down their insignificant names to posterity, by scraw ling upon the rock or wall, and thus defacing the hoarest monuments of antiquity. I was searching for specimens of Cuneiform among the chaos of bricks that strewed the mound, when my Arab guide came up to me and insi.-ted that I was look ing for inscriptions in the wrong place : he would show me some really good ones. I tollowed him with some lit tle incredulity, when he led me to the tower itself, knowing that there were none there. "Look, here!" he ex claimed triumphantly, and pointed, with the utmost gravity, to a series of recent scratches, which spelt "Timo thy Snooks, 1S50," and John Thomas, 1802," &c., &c. My laughter quite as tonished him. There is something truly mysterious about this remarkable ruin. On one side, where excavations have been made, you may see walls of brick as cending tier above tier with masterly ambition. On another, all is convul sion and disturbance hugl masses of bnck-work, rent and overturned, yet so solid in tteir ruin that it is easier to pulverize the brick than to separate it from the mortar. One of these blocks has rolled bodily to the foot of the mound. Others are vertified or fused by a process which can be none other than electricity or fire. Curiously enough the Arabs have a tradition that it has been destroyed by "fire from heaven." The sides of the mound are pierced with holes and strewed with bones, which plainly indicate the lairs of wild beasts. The view from the summit at sunrise is distant and varied. The broad sheet of the Euphrates winds for many a mile, till lost in the distance in a "sea-like plain." Looking along its bank to the south you see the white minaret which marks Ezekiel's tomb. Modern chies appear like miniatures of the ancient Hilliah, Tramasia, Mohawill. In the foreground are the "tents of Kedar," and the flocks, with the patches of tall green corn, which the Arabs call "idtieva." It is difficult to resist the conviction that Birs Nimrod is the Tower of Babel, the oldest ruin in the world. Tnere are those who (like Mr. Rich) believe It to bn the Tower of Belus, and regard it as part of the ruin of Babylon, but I prefer to hold the older tradition. And surely it is when standing on ground like this that the language of Scripture ac quires a vividness and reality which rewards the toil of patient in vestigation, and makes the privations of travel forgotten ; and a voice seems to breathe from the resting places of the prophets besides those mighty rivers wnicn I3aanv moie iicaru iinu felt, rebuking the sneer of the scoffer and the sceptic. I have cut off the nation, their towers are desolate. I made their streets waste that none passeth by ; their cities are destroyed, so thare is no man, that there la none inbabitans. Therefore, "wait ye upon the Lord, until the day that I rise up to the prey- -For then Will i turn to the people a pure language that they may all call upon name of the Lord to serve Him with one con-sent."-(Zepb, iii- 6, 8, 9.) A Fight with a California Lion. Tlie Trinity (Cal.) Journal rives the following account of an encounter between hunter and a camornia non : .Mil Day reecnt'v fell in with a Cali fornia lion, "and foupht him single-handed under the moH" cxcitin; circuiuMancesi P;U- was hunting in the mountains, lack of Steiner's flat. The dogs brought some thing lo bay high up on the mountain side. Supposing the game to be a lynx, or a wild -cat, he made his way to" the spot, guided by the noise of the dogs. Before reaching the dogs, the mountain side became so steep, that it was with the greatest difficulty he made tlie ascent. Finally he arrived near the place, and found an almost level spot upen which to stand. Lastin? his eyes upward, he be held upon a cliff of rocks, ten or twelve feet alove, a larce California lion crouch ed and angry. Our hero lost no time, but leveled his rifle at the animal's head and fired. Growling with pain aiid rage, the infuriated beast sprang down, full of fight and fury, and the hunter found himself prostrated beneath his savag antagonist His gun was knocked out ot his hand-, and went sliding down the slope. He had a butcher's knife, but that was in his boot, and unfortunately, ' he had a pair overalls over all. There was, luckily, a hole irt the overalls, through which he succeeded in getting his hand and got his knife. . lie hit tho brute, on the head with the knifo the first time, but the skin was so tough and wrinkled tiat the knife fail ed to penetrate. The second time he stabbed the animal near the small of the back. L'tterins a veil, the animal bound ed away. Day immediately renamed hi- feet, dud found himself hut .-liirhtly in jured. The lion having gone down the hill some distance, stopped, j lis nne being between him and the lion, Day went for his gun, and after getting it, so steep was the ground, he could not keep hi. footing, but went slipping and sliding until he was almost upon his foe. But the lion had no desire to renew the con flict. and when he saw the enemy descend ing upon him, he started for the moun tains on the opposite side, screaming worse than any female. Single-handed, no man is a match for a full-grown California lion: but Day was decidedly iu hick, consider ing that his .shot did not prove fatal. I he lion, somehow had lost one of his fore paws perhaps in a trap. This prevented h;m lroni using his lore feet, and likely discouraged him. Day's bullet broke his under jaw-. The only wounds Day receiv ed were in the shoulder, inflicted by the lion's upper teeth in his attempts to bite. Tlie President's Proclamation. Washington, May 22. The followine proclamation was issued by the President to-day : By the President of the United States' A proclaraa'ioii Whereas, Under the pre tense that Wm. P. Kellogg, the present Executive of Louisiana, an 1 the officers associated with him in tho State adniiui.--truiiou were not duly elected, certain turbulent and disorderly persons have combined together with force and arms to re.-ist the laws and constituted authorities of said State, and. Whereas, It ha? been duly eertfied bv the proper local authorities, and judicially determined by tlie inferior and superior courts of said State, that said officers are entitled to hold their offices respectively, and execute and discharge the fuilctions thereof, an 1 Yv HKRF.AS, Congress, at its last session. upon due consideration of the subject. tacitly recognized the said executive and his associates, then as now in office, bv refusing to take any action with respect thereto ; and hereas. It is provided m tho Con stitution of tho United State, that the tinted Mates shall protect every Mate in this Union on the application of tlie leg islature can net be convened, against do mestic violence, and, Whereas. It is provided in the laws of the United States that in all ca-es of in surrection in any State, or of obstruction to the laws thereof, it shall be lawful f r the President of the United States, on the ppncation ot the Legislature of such State, or of the Executive w hen the Leg islature can not be convened, to call forth tne militia ot any other State or States, or to employ such part of the land aud , 1 ,. for the purpose of suppressing such in surrection, or causing the laws to b duly executed, and. Whereas, I he Legislature of said State is not now in session aud cau not be convened in time to meet the present emergency, and the Executive of faM Nate, under section 4 ot article 4 ot ti e Constitution of the United States and the laws passed in pursuance thereof, has, therefore, made application to me for such part ot the military loree ot the t nited States as may be necessary and adequate to protect the said Stata and the citizens thereof against domestic violence and to enforce the execution of the laws; aud AY HERE AS, It is reuuircd that whenev er it may lie necessary in the judgment of the President to use the military force for the purpose aforesaid, he thall forthwith by proclamation command such insurgents to disperse and retire peaceably to their resnective homes within a limited time. Now, therefore, I, Ulvxses S. Grant, President of the United Suites, do hereby make proclamation and command said turbulent and disorderly persons to dis perse and retire peaceably to their re spective abodes within twenty days from this date, and hereafter to submit them selves to the laws and constituted authori ties cf said State. And I invoke the aid and co-operation of all gooii citizens thereol to uphold the law and preserve public peace. In witness wereof I have hereunto set my baud and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at, the city of Washington, this 21 day of May, in the year of our Lord 1873. and of the inde pendence of the United States the 07th. iy tne rresiuent: v. z. uiwum. J. C. Bancroft Davis, Act. Sec. of State. The Late Col. Robert L. Owen. The Lvnchburg Republican says we announced yesterday the death of our former townsman, Col. Ilol rt L. Owen, at his resdencc, near Norfolk. His re mains reached this city, yesterday and were met at the depot ty the Ma sonic order, and a large number of oir citizens, and escorted to the Masonic Hall, wherein they were deposited to await the funeral services. t,oi. uwen was a geimcnjan ot many fine qualities. He was a civil engin eer bv profession, and for several years he was the rresiaemoi me lrfinniaa: lenn essee liailroad Company. He was, also, the State Senator from this district for two years, and was an able and faithful rcprc- - . X , 1 J , semative. in social i;ie nc was very genial, and in all the domestic and family relations of life, he was a noble specimen of a husband, a father, arid afriend. He was only in the 47th year of his age, and to be cut off so suddenly only shows tint in the "midst cf life we are in death." The funeral services over the remains will take place at 1 1 o'clock this morning at St Paul's Churchy from whence they will be conveyed to their final resting, and will be followed by a large coHCOursc of rela tives and friends, and the universal sym pathies of the community. Peace to his ashes. TheNoifjk Virginia v. id flic annexed paragraph, pays a deserved tribute to Co!. Owen's worth : It is our said duty to announce the death of Col. llolvert Ii. Owed, who breath ed his last at 9 o'clock !.it eight' at the St. Vincent de Paul Hospital in this city. Col. Owen was a native of Lyttehhurg. v a., and was about iifty-two years of age. His first public services were rendered a civil engineer of the James River and Kanawha Canal Company. lie was next appointed to a similar position, to super intend the location and building of the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad, and in lsfiO was elected Pre-ident of the said road, which post he filled with honor to himself until supe -ceded by Gen. William Ma hone. In IS i'.l li3 was elected from the Ljnehhurg district to the Virginia State Senate, aril serve! through hi. term with distinguished ability. About two years ago he p'm 1 to tlrc!v. and je vhasjdthewjl known D u mond arm, in Norfolk county aoouc four unios lroiu tOWD. One million of dollars is to be spent for the purpose of erecting "indica tors'' to mark the most important po sitions on the battle-field Gettvs burg. The money would be better spent if it were given to the dismeni bered veterans who grind organs at our street-corners for a living. These inuicatois - can oniy serve io Keep auve memories wimn the best wisdom of mankind lias told us should be dis couraged. Even Pagan Rome passed laws prohibiting all such public me morials of her civil wars. History will sufficiently preserve the story of our soldier s valor and sacrifices. It is the duty not less than the 'interest of this generation to banish whatever contributes to keep alive those asperi ties that should have been buried" for ever beneath the apple-tree at Appo mattox. A'titf York Coniit'urciai Ad vertiser. For over FOKTV YEA 113 this Purely vegetable LIVER MEDICINE has proved to be the GREAT UNFAILING SPECIFIC for Livm Comm.aixt !inI its painful off spring, DrsrKi'siAjC'iNSTirATio.v, Jautnlice, Hilious attacks, SficK Hu.i!AeiiE, Colic, De pression of Spirits, Sora Stomach, Ileart bvrn. Chills and Fever, e., &c. After years of careful experinieiito, to meet a great and urgent dem.ni I, we now produce I'roui cur oriinl Gxlixe PuW ukrs THE FREPAUED ahVui4fnrm of. SIMMON'S' LI V Kit FIXJC LATOK containing all it wonderful and val uable properties, and oli'er it iu )tE DOLLAR BOTTLES. The Powders, (price as before,) $1 perp'ge, Scait by uiftil ... j:u4f 5-CAUTION'! -a P.uy Powders or PItEPAK EI'J SIM MONS' LIVER RKGL L.VTUi: unless in our engraved wrappvr, with Trade mark, .Stamp and Signature unbroken. None other is genuine. J. II. ZCIL3. it CO., MACON, GA. and PHILADELPHIA. Sold by all L)r agists. Dei:. 17, '72. 6m. SULLINS COLLEGE, BRISTOL-GOODRON, VA. T HE next Session of Fi ve Monlli, of thi Stlxwii for Younir LailiK, will eoiuin.'nce on the 3th l.r r J miliary. '73; hi chxne of the following teacher ; KEV. D. SUIX1SS, A. M-, Principal, t,.l Pr.if, of Jf.'ntal, Moral anil Admiiced Mat. .Sciences, rof. E. Deichman, I. Ph., Profxsaor of Matiie- mul'.Ci'jid Languages. Mrs. R. L. Chnceaulnie, Principal Aculeir.ie T- partmmit, JItb. SnlliiiK. Principal Primirr and Pre-rntorr Uapartmeiila, anil Mint K. Cox and Jfi-.f rimiule Canlwell, AAiiiittaiilH. Prof, F. E. Hacker; Teac!ir of Mmic and Paint ing and Drawing. Mrs A. K. Sullins, Matron. TEXJIS. per 8in of Kiv Montlm nnr-li:i!f in advance, unle bv special contract : Primary Department 10 I'D Preparatory Department i'l oo Academic Dep't in Two Classen, lt class,.. 1A i-l " -1 class 17 oe CollcRiate Penartment l:itludinx Latin L'O 10 Moilnn LanKua'ea, each U U Music on Piano and Guitar, each ith 06 of 25 no Io no Piano : Painting ard Drawing, each ped!ewor nd Embroidery, eitch. Vocal Lemons to the whole if .Viol, . Special Vi.-nl Lessons itoard ai.d wood noaidin' department in rh:ir ft his wife. Younj; ladieA Inrni-li til- lu im ...... I' re , 2 no .- Gj Principal and r o-rf-n piilr cans, sreeiji, towels and h?. n'jin c.tji ne bad at a dollar pT month. Sn de.J.inion trow bill unless in cae of protracted sickness. t.STor particulars aj dress tlia Principal at Brislil.Tenn. Jan. '7:i. tf P. J. COMAE!!. Mailt Street, KriMol, Pf. 3, 72--tf. Va.. it Tkxx. A Handsome Cottage FOB Jg SA.X.E, OA' MA IX STREET r.RIZ'l OL. Size of Lot 1 Acres, soil cic-ellent. Abun dance of Fruit and Ornamental Trees. Fruit Tree' in bearing stajre and ynun. Cotta -e Iiand.ome and convenient, contain ing Six P.ooms, Hall nnd Cellar. All neces sary out buildings. The whola in excellent condition. An excellent well of water in tbe yard, d?pth 83 feet. House new and ele gantly painted. This property can be bought for a reason able price, and on good time. Apply to ine direct, or address m at Abingdon, Va. A. D. L. SHORTT, Jtilyll-.b. tfni Sept. ID. EHTABLIHHED 1853. J. IO- MATHEWSOX Pi'odu co COMMISSION MERCHANT, avgusta, a a. ;,-ly. 4. Teh. T-r i ii ma in an I I 'rislol Jiusiiess Csrth If. A. HICK LEY, M A N L FACT U R L' R Of ail AlwJs of Furniture AND Undertaker. A supply of FISK'S PATKXT ME TALIC CASKS, all m?s, niaimfae tnrr-U.y W. M. RavniCrUl & Co., No Pearl St.-, N. Y., ou hand and oll'tiod at low figures. I have oh li.md'a Kt cf Albin, Son & Co s new style Wood CoMiM and f a&rt which will be eold at low figure. Thcj are put up and finished in a nuperior maimer. (.'11 and examine. aug 13 March 8, '72. tf. J. T. & G. "W. JORDAN, I'LAIX A5D OSX.Mt..NTAI. I? Hi A. STSBSKS, JIKISTOL-GOODSO.V. kVA. & Txxx. HAVING locate;! r thin p'uee we res pectfully solicit the patronne of the citizens of UriutoMJivx'iion, Washington, Scott, Smythe and Lee counties, Va., aii'l Sullivan, Washington and Gr-en, Teuu. Satisfaction Guaranteed. UknavlnTal Pl.ASI KKINU A SPKCIALITY. Orders from town and country promptly attended to. tiive us a trial. net 15-1 f l re rerpcrlf'iMv infornird tr.it I have on hand a rood 'stock of Double (Vim, Kindle iiiih. Kifle. (! Ititx. shul Mnrii' mid llrr Hasks. Finn Pow der, I a..s. liartridifes for ail Onus .inj Pistols A line luxirtlni'lltol' '(still's ..t all principal muk.'rs' II. .vV linn ol all style. W.'iki'K 'icoen: i.un in '.de to older ; I ine oiin St. eked anj repaired in T Ut l,.-s' i.ilnH.'r. Ke- lilted to Lock tll uuri- k'-r' Mia'erial. All ffnds eitrsnle.-d as repre- fnl1. li.M.lesold And wo: k i.: i Ii as lb low..-t. O. rtS1Ii:!t..'-.inrnUr. Or,. H. It. BP.IST"!.. TE..V. IT- DOEIOT. watchmaker J E W E L E 11, "OEHS leave to inform the citueni of Bris 1 t X:A and euiTounding country that h has purchnsed the entire iStock of Vi'ATCil KS, JKWKL11Y, FANCY GOODS, Tools ami material of tlie late II: C. Caldwell, dee'd and that the old stand is now re-opened for busi ness, with a well celected and full ctock of fine Goods where he will always be fonnd ready to wait ou those who may favor him with a call: As to Jab Work, having had 2.' years practice at the bench, he fi-fia able to give entire natitifaction. Fine work Holicited. Satisfaction guaran teed. (Jail and see ur. llfini a stranger we hope by promp-t at tentinii and fair dealing to make all friends and no foes. , Respectfully; V. P0R1OT. Marth 11, 1S73. tf. 7 nnd SUMMER STYLS. and nee the larze and elegant ' Stock of .TTlllinery nmi 1'ati cy Uasdn, one d.xir Kaat ot W. W. James, iu James' Block, ouch as EIOWCTS Trimmed mid Lu Iriuaisird, HATS, KIItltO.i, I LOWERS, Wreaths, Dres oods and Dress Trim thii)(, Luce real and Iiul- tat'on , ITair, real and imitation Gr.ovKs, ki l l and worst yj : Jfotioss of all kinds; I'.'KtP SKIP.TH, PifSTLKS, Collahs an 1 CfKS in setts ; large ansortnient of Lai'B OiiI.lars, in fact every thing to idorn and lieiutiry the ladies. Come and see ibr yourself Having ptirchneed ray Stock at the right time, I am able to eell my Uocdn ( UKAP far (.'as or ou short time. Orders from a distance solicited. Mr. 11 elite Gallatray. fciJDK EASES cut anJ ma'le in style, rpl. 15-3m. H, M. GRANT, M. I, H. D. I Ct AX he found at hla Office every SIT- l una. ff-OFFICE on Main Ftreet opponne Pep pcrs -Tts, vore. Feb. 3tf end mch 13 '73 WM. ZEZEZLSTCIHIIEJ-R,' FasMsiiaMe Baiter & Hair tecr West end cf Virginia Ilcruse, Bristol goodsox. Has renovated arid rejiaired his hmii-e tor the ai-'cofnmodation of gen tlemprl. Neatness and disrjatch his motto. ec. 30-tf dOD "WORK of all ki'r.d.s neat Ir cxtTtitcd at the Xew Office HUMAN AND OTHERS rE43?rft YlJ " i'cfcssioua! Card. J.etju!. t r. yokk, a. rrr.KKRsos" T.QRK Sc. I?TOKni?SQ& ATTORNEY AT LAW f.O!SO. BltlSTOI.. Va. & Tenn. f) RACTICK mrtilarly in ill .! tl. 1 Courts in Washington -iitit y, Va., and in Washington and Sullivai oun tlesi. Tenn. and attend to the ol!cvt'oM of all elAirrts i?i rithv st V:i. !:. IVnnesstv. jOi- ncK, on LunVi.ei'and Srt c.n. sin. Va. .srp 1 '70- C M. L. BLACKIEY. Attoiiioy-at-Ijnw. -A 50 Solicitor in Chancer)', BRISTOL, VA. .t tCN.V. Will . . ... j . ..v . .-. ... oic i inirili pi M1I.IV.1T J ar'.er, W.-ishiii.'Tou rld tirrene toutil ie, l'eniieseee, and Washington, Vircinin AlMu. in the Di.triet l'.i.V nr il... " Stite . ------v. . ,.11.,., VUUP'I tie; lor U.e Nuithwe item TK-t . .r Va. Ill HIT,!.. W 1. L .. Ahiudou. Miin h IT-if Cha. R. VaJji-k. ttiittol, Tenn. G'xmImju. Va. VAXCi! & WOOD A ttorni:ys-at-l ant -:V SOLK'ITORS IN CIJANCLIiV, I3ri.VoI,TeTiii. Va. WILL rmctit-" in all tiVe rnnrf or c.,':i: Tlh, IlilwkitiN, Wa.ihinrr .ri. I.nrn. T..V..J- see nnd Washington, S:tt, Lee, Rur-nh. ViV "jinla. And inthe Supreme Curt X Knnxi ville, and the Voun of Appeals, at VVt'ii ville. fer?Pronipt attention given to th ccllec tion of all t.'htimtr. July '6 ISTlT tf. Attorney at "Lav.-. BRISTOL, TK.N.V. PRACTICKS in the sever , t Courts 0- t'l snrr.-mnding (.Vunti. s. Pt..,,,pt ttu-nticd givtn to the collection of rlaiiiiH Oftlce-, Ma!a Sirhrci, iu l.r. hU', hi htore- ivvi tr. A ttofnoy tit 1'j.irv. Wii.i'practice in the ftii.ty and itcu l otirtM ol ashintrton, Sci,;i . Sumi!.- m 1 Kii!seI. Alio in the Court :i App.-..V n:u U. S. l'istrict Court. Special attention pa;,J , ;;8 ; p., ruptcy. Otfivte Mttiu Strcei, iMntd,., Va Sep. 23-1 j it. A. Axy.iis. JATTOKXEV AT LAW; AXI NOTAllY 3i:i,r.TC. i;srif.i.i:vjLM:, vii Practices;!,) tw Cnurn of the ndj,.;,; in? Counties and in tne Superior C'iii-t.4 of the .State, Prompt attention eivn to collections in ftiuthwcst Va., nnd East Ttun. July 20, 1;72. ly. D. F. UAtLEY LAWYEtt NOTARY Tiristot 2'emt. Attendu all th Courts nt AHrvfiirv-Er.oi-xrviLLK, Ustilkvillk and .loxrs l,0K"'' Jan. 5. '72. ly ATTORNEY AT'LATV. AiiiNcit)!, VA. PRACTICES in' all the Courts of Wash ington ami IpiiKselleotilities. Circuil Courtu of .cott anT I.ee, and in Federal tour, at Abingdon. ;0T. 2C--tf, ltcdicah DR. "VVlVIi N. VAli CZ, LATfi of Kinjr'port, resides in tritoI.i lie will attend to professional cal!t Vom town and country. OFFICE, in King' Dloci SrSt .!oor 6J he r;ght up stairs. aug 14, I J. K. SIMMCiv au D, HAVING L)i??(pd in T.iiiVit of fbnhin servioin to. t!i- 'iwn .nnd vicinity. lp.-cial atteli,j -i!I l--given to dfoeoft of Wouieis t. '.'hil drcfi, and all private disease0'' 'n' 'es. &. JtESirK-cn On till Street, ofiositei Baptist Female InstitutPi Oct. 1 tf. 7)eutat. W. F. FOWLR, D. D. S. GRKEXVILLE, TEiTN; WILL furnish piirtill of fa'.t retts rt TketH accnnlijjto ! tn"nt in.iirov ed methrplj and whr!r (aMir ratiiiot visit his U!Hce, will call ai.d take iniproxiitir-, Filiinp and Exfraciin;; done, and ail work euarau!cei. i'o ttoik koliciti-d ex.fd f-..i Carfh. . ej t. 17, tt. 'C2 DR. DUK Jltniilent JKntit BRISTOL, TE.S OFFICE over Kist! k .II ill Dooi Ftore; Jn. 13, r. tr. rgnU feb i:,'7J. West End XleHei Uoue, BfTiTOr-. TEN.'.-