Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-03-20
GEN. CARD.
The Source Of Our Information.


The charges and abuse which he makes and
heaps upon other parties. we leave them 10
answer. Witbthe history OF the transaction
between himself and Caranaugh q Co., we
have nothing to 10. We have only time mere
to notice what he has >aih about ours"!f. anu
the article. which We wrote and published.
/ After constituting our article to suit him
self, he SAYS: when You charge mt. or any
one connected with me. rs having had. with
the county court, any arrangement to re-
crivc any part of said bonds. YOU charge NE
Will, wlat you know to he i deliberate lie
! and SANDER"
Aftcr.narratimg what had taken place be-
tween Gen. Shelby and Judge Ambrose. in
relation to taking the bonds out of the
custody nf c. .Cltron. and the action
of the county court III the premises
we. stated: .lf Gen. shelly can make the
county court take the bonds out Of the cI,-
toby of Catron, lie can. make them trun
them over to whnm>ocrrr h. pleascs, and
that will be another OF his minion>. who. ut
his bidding, Will tern them over TO him.
We submit it to Al intelligent public if such
i. not u fair conclusion. In regard to the
charges. of fai>chooi which Gen. Shelby
makes against III. we merely state that We
chccr:uIlv leave it tn tlio>r who are :,cuuaint-
cI with IL both. to decide between IL, upon
Il question of NcrlcIty..
IL. information upon which our article
was based came from Gen. shelby himself.
. About six months a-o he told Us Ia. would
get these >aimr bonds in less than twelve
days, ami a' tn" same time he divml.c'l hl>
! PIN for -" doing. said Ar. Nv" will "rGan-
iEr Il Construction Beard. for The building of
the road. AMI "" will MAKE Chris. ''atrrn
President of Iii" Board. aud YOU viii ."' tina,
w, will have tn" bonds in less than twelve
Gay" since that time he lia> repeated. said
to Us: "Wc'ii have those bnnd> vet
Moreover. on the evening before the day
the county court m.l. the order, i member
.. Of the committee from Middleton town
ship told IL, that he had just
had an interview with Judge AM
i,ro,r. and that Ambrose had said to
him tha, he did not intend to take
: the bonds out OF Chris. tatrnn'- hands;
that the county court had II" power To do so.
/ Soon after ten. Shelby arrived on TIE
scene, and WAS for Il short time seemingly
: very busy. At night we were Informed tina,
Gen. shelby had said that he sent Ambrose
!, the word which We quoted in our last issue,
i To the effect that if h". (.Amhro>r.l did MOI
make the order. that he. Shelby would 90
!. down l." Jefferson City and turn him out in
les, than a week. and that he had
: received the answer from Ambrose: tell
10. To hrl,t ON. Sc.. and he would come
" down in the morning and fix it all right.
The court maui. the order referred to Now
). before ~" wuuid publish anything about lii,
messages that passed between Ambrose and
shelly. We asked Gen. shelby whether -,
not there was any truth in the report. W,
told him We hli heard from Il truthful
source. that he had given the above rs y his
tory Of what had passed between hill>, !
/: and Judge Ambrose. Gen. Shelby w"ui,
l. not answer the question either directly ol
ne indirectly. although we pressed it upon lin
= several times. If il had not been true Ii
- could have stopped all comment. rs far Il
J., he was c"ncrrnrd. in i y"nti-manly way. l.,
l. a simple denial. A. II" did not do -. and i
:: the source Of our Information WAS abol
ny suspicion. w, concluded. a. We We're q
oil necessity compelled I" do. that ii WAS trI.
IS so chat for the whole OF our statement. :
- far a. Ten. shelby i. concerned. We have III
Gents word for it. II it was true. ~ Il
said. that IL. intended L" have the bonds;
of il WAS true. a. he said. th" cnunty court wa
Il. chewing his orders in regard 10 the bonh'
Id then the conclusion that we reached wa.
a. n-rc>>lry one. However,. IL ten. shelby
,i> "ur authority for what We have >ai,
n we >r,pr">" h" ha> u right to name il VIII:
y no ,l.,-.. u,,l call il - lie IL Ia. Wrrt, II,
We ak our readers who read our IL,
WEEKS article. to carefully rnn>ii"!t the fac
we have herein stated. (t"r the trurl,fllnr'
of which We are ready 10 v","h. and othc
y wise prnT, by li>intrr">t".l witnr>>,.S.I M
then decide who hat lied. Gen. Shelby or OH
self We have no fears Is I" the verdict.
We have too hi-l, IN opinion OF the intel
."ncr ri the la''"rin" men Of tins county.
briir,, that they ran i"' caught 10y amy >iI'
e. patent L"mn-"-u"ry a. HAT contained III Il
=. Gems card When they fee! that they ne.
~, 4 guardian. they w;ii.n" doubt. Il" their "w
-, choosing. and r"puriiatc all self app irtm"
-, I" that position.
" We did not bear the remarks of VI
IN Mitchell. which the General r",rr> to. h
49,. wc have. heard them very differently quote,
49,, III. az - - Ia - '''' '"'- 81
-, concern IL a. journalists. Mr.. Mitchell 4
answer for himself. Yet ~" fail To SEQ ~!
it al! ha> to do with the rtuuty court. OF I
trutht,iInr>> al what "" have said about ii
W.. hope in time. hy III" exercise OF ind
try and economy. To a"rtin'iiat" proper
and perhaps We may then d'lnnm>'r:i" .
"a public ~pirn hy in>r-'ln@ in enterprises "f
beneficial nature t" Iii" ru'!ir. ~ well
ourselves. but "" have no ambition for Ill
. reputation. gained by investing the mon
Of other Ir"plr. or forcing them TO invest
that We may profit ly il.
We would remind the gentleman Il
honorable. recognition ran only come from
honorable source.
ii"' And now in conclusion, VT will say. q
we whil, We will a;,ark no mans priv
"" character. or descend 10 personal abuse.
shall always. in the future rs in
MS past. closely watch the actions Of cr'
public officer, and all others whose lcti'
Vi directly affect public interest. and we '
praise where praise il due, and cen>urc {
resi- condemn wherever 1t i des"rvcd; nor i
''"' any amount of vulgar abuse deter lis fr
30 doing. nor any display OF pOt-housc bh
W ing ,wcr,c us from the course marked out
All
not duty.
- RUNAwAY-A few days ago X
ger j. X. Bennett in n one-horse buggy left
iylt place for home. When not far from the
ease his horse became frightened. kicked Il
? Of ou.lv and converted the buggy into 4 8!
this sized wreck In the 'smash up" the |
heir sOn got on . first-rlas, scare, and In la. c
lhcr fusion put up u blessing instead of pra!
Owe saying. .Lord, make us thankful for "
hso- we are about to receive" No damage d
in to bi- Reverence, except the loss Of his
ears briin.
is a --
very CASH! CASH.!
ina.
n, and affair III. lny IL ID my iufcufinI