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We MUST answer for the vanity of our
reasonings as we'll as the vanity of our actions.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-07-16

SALT LAKE, July l3.-The San
francisco Arizona Mormon mission,
projected by Brigham Young to settle
in that territory and build that
section of Tom Scott's Southern
Pacific railroad has proved a disus-
trous failure. The entire COLONY.
more than seven hundred persons, is
on its way home to Utah ngsin. MANY
have already arrived. The others re-
NAMED Oh the other side Of Colorado
river for want of boats, which were
the last to cross The emIgrants ex-
perienced terrible suffering, The
character of the country was com
ipletcly misrepresented. It. was
sterile, water and pasturage scarce.
Nothing short ofthe Apache country
could come up to the representation
and the COLONY refused to take the
chances Of massacre by Indians. On
their return tho einigrants were com.
PEELED TO throw away stoves and MI,
heavy articles to enablethem to reach
water and food for their teams, The
of the people aud train ia
extremely bad. The result is a
shaken faith in the infaliibility of the
head Of the church as an inspired
prophet.
The Rev. Norman Mcleod, q dis
clergyman, has gone west
to commence a lccturing tour on
Utah aud Mormonism from q Gentle
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-07-16
TarnAda.

The southeastern part of Callaway
county was the seen of a fearful tor.
nado OH the night of Thursday, Jul,
LIST. 1t commenced near the mouth OF
the Auxvasse and moved almost di
rectly east. 1t seems not to have
been more than four hundred yard:
wide. q Considerable damage was
done 10 farms lying in its cours.
Several corn Cribs and sheds in tht
vicinity ofReform were blown down
fences shared badly, not IL rail be.
ing left upon another where it passed
and trees three feet in diameter were
Snapped like pipe-stcms, and log,
which had lain i'll the III positions
for four or five ysars were moved
from ther beds. A large number OF
fine orchards were considerably i'll
jured. No lives were lost that wt
have heard of.:-[Fulton Telegraph.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-07-16
The Coming st. Louis Fair-ChaBucs
in the Programme.

The next ST. Louis fair promises 10
be something quite unique, and in
some respects greatly. i'll advance
of any OF its predecessors. A mum
Der OF new features have been intro
duced into the programme, whicl,
appeal directly to the popular heart,
and will doubtless add largely to the
interest of the great exposition.
The most prominent as well as
most important of these changes is,
that of making the exhibition through
ont the week not only a display OF all
things suitable for such n place, but
q grand stock mart ami exchange
u place where everything on eXlibi-
ton can be. sold ut the option OF the
exhibitor, embracing not only live
stock, but all the variety OF farm
products aud manufactured articles,
machinery, etc. This feature will
add immensely to the interests of the
coming fair, and greatly increase the
number of visitors.
The lovers of fine trotting and racing
will be pleased to learn that there is TO
be a halimile speed track directly west
of the grand amphitheater, and seats
will be provided, where many thou
sands can watch, the trials OF speed
the racers, PAGERS and sad
d~lestcrs that will be here in great
numbers.
Other important changes will be
noticed hel ca;ter.5Rural World.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-07-16

II Attornev-General has given an
elaborate opinion in Gen. Towards
ease. His paper is a legal curiosity.
1t shows that the government has no
possible hold on.Gen. Howard, who
somehow strangely enough has drop
ped through asuccession of loophoIes
in the law beyond the reach Of ius-
tice. Some 500, 900 lave Mysterious
iy disappeared under his manage
msnt ; he cannot account for il the
Frcedmen's Bureau has been run SO
loosely that nobody can tell into
whose pockets this money has leached.
And for this the government has
nothing 10 show but Gen. Towards
bond for $4,000, and his certificate
or church-membership Gin good and
regular Standing" The thing is ex-
ceedingly unhandsomn. Gen. How
ard may be q very good man, but
gifted with remarkable incapaciiy
and supcrhuman gullibiIity; he may
be a very bad man playing q game
with consunimatc skill; but it is i'm
material which he is, SO far as the
Government is concerned, while he
manipulated thrce-quarters of a mil
million dollars from the treasury. Onc
tiIlHS ioONS OIull loI NCu. IlOW aTU.
He has been a%poiogized for and ex-
planned continually and Unfortunately
for a half-doZen years. Every week
or two he has had the benefit ofa new
coat of whitewash. lie has required
a vast deal of writing up. 1t looks
suspicious. lie has been explained
too much by half. No honest man
could stand SO much pufTery and pal
aver, SO many polishings and. per-,
fumings, rs has been found necessary
in his case. We see ITO harm in his
being interested i'll churches and
speaking in meetings but what the
public want 10 know is how q man
can reconcile the holding OF an office
for which he knows he is incompe-
tent, and IN which he Is IL confessed
defaulter for nearly tliree-quarters of
a million, with II religion that
recognizes common honesty AZ a viz
tue. TO admit his honesty is To i'm
peach his capacl1y-ana an incapac tv
which call Ito more he distinguished
from a crime than two peas growing
IN the same pod can DC distinguished
from each other.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-07-16
The Bridge Disaster.

lo.. Joe. uhZettc.l -sE
1t will DO indeed gratifying to oul
citizens to know that tho accident Il
tho bridge on the fourth of july was
far less serious than was at first an.
ticipatnd. The most competent iron
engineers have examined the work
carefully, aud express the opinioi
that but a few days timo will be re.
quircd to repair the damage. Tho
question of time was really of NOR,
Importance than that of money. III,
larger portion Of the trade of the cit.
lies west OF the Missouri river, ailt
"%nything that interrupts communion,
ton with those west OF us subject.
every business man to daily loss.
The work of repairing the bridge
is being vigorously prosecuted, anc
i'll less than ten days trains will bt
crossing again.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-07-16
From Colorado.

We are permitted 10 make the fol.
lowing extracts from 9 private letter
received In this city from q well
kuow gentleman, formerly OF this
county, who 10 at this time travelling
lin Colorado for his health. The
writer 10 q close observer and an
accurate reporter of tho results OF
his observations:
Pueblo, Col. TER'Y.,}
July 8, 1879.
have Just gotten back hero after
a most terrible trip of four days, dur
ing which time | attempted To rcacl,
tho summit of Pixies Peak. Two
days were unsuceessfully devoted to
that enterprise. I could not reach
tho browning point. l found frs,
great trouble in breathing when lex-
ertcd myself, after reaching an aiti.
'tudc OF $4,000 feet /; then l suffered
greatly from nausea aud dizziness.
My companion and myself camped
for the night at the point where veg
citation ceased, aud vainly endeavOr-
led to keep warm. The next norm,
ing my companion made tho summit.
but l was compelled to abandon u
after several fruitlcss efforts. We
could see the peaks of tho Sierra
Madro mountains, covered with
snow, with a glass, OF course,) and
the plains, as FAR us the Platte AMI
Arkansas rivers. We e there
when the sun rose, and such>a sight
one rarely sees in n life time. The
clouds we're far below us, and taking
the landscape Of plains, mountains,
towns, clouds and all together, for
moro than one hundred miles in every
direction, il was grand bcyont dcs.
cription. Pixies Peak may be said
to command u view OF the whole OF
Colorado Territory. We made the
entire trip, n distance of twelve
miles, on foot. The ascent in many
places is over Que thousand feet tu
tho mile; the height is IA, $50 feet.
Colorado is the bestlied up country
i'll the world, and the falshOOds have
been profitable to the class of ruscals
who have circulated them, to-wit +:
Spectators in town lots, hotel keep
ers and railroad companies. | have
seen but two gardens in the Territory,
and although l have seen many at
tempts, l have not seen a crop of
either wheat or oats, which in Mis-
souri, would be considered worth
cutting. Asto corn, | have seen two
patches-cverything is in. patches
herc-that may possibly make TWEEN
ty-tivc bushels to the acre seven out
OF ten of the so-called crops of corn
in the Territory will not average ten
bushels to the acre. This is my de-
libcrate conviction, after travelling
through what is termed the best ag-
ricultural sections of the country.
There is three times as much land
already ditched, abandoned 10 the re-
occupation of the cactus anu sage
bush, rs there is in cultivation. The
cause is easily arrived at: IL don't
pay. Grain can he raised where il
rams and laid down here cheaper
than it can be grown on TIE spot.
The climate is undoubtedly health
full and invigorating, not surpassed,
prnbably, in the world. Its mineral
resources are exceedingly rich and
varied. AS stock country. it has its
peculiar advantages aud its draw
backs. For farming, it is a huge Joke
and q swindle. %
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-07-16
a wsaserssl T.s...r.

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We have been permitted to rend o
private letter to DR.. John II. Howard
OF this city from; BENZ. +. Grant OF
al. Louis, who was at that timo DULY
~ ~rusticntfng IN Western Missouri.
In Il No gives al account Of q horse
whose action he witnessed a few days
bcforca Olatho, Kansas. Tho horse
is a stallion callod Smnggler, bred In
Ohio, but taken to Kanas when y
colt. lilo is seven years old, full
sixteen hands high, a benuiiful dap.
pie brown, Quo white foot, with large
star and snip IN his face. He war
handled NIL last summer "a o PAGER.
went 10 trotting In the fall, aud tr0i.
ted In 2:30 before tho close of thu
season. His stride. when at tho tol
of his speed, measures % feet. liz
was sired by o Canadian PAGER and
was out of an Eelispe .raco marc
both sire aud dam now dead.
Smuggler IL owned. bv Mcssrs.
Short u Mitchell OF Olathe. Mr..
Grant Witnessed his performance &
short time since. Tho horse made
three trials, all coming under $3.50,
aud the last mile was made IN 2:22 IL
tho fastest timo ever made by u
green horse. Mr.. G.says he 10 conf
dent he Is faster than Goldsmith,
Maid, and will, when IN full develops
ment, make the fastcst time eve
mude. The owners have refused
$4,000 Tor him-holding him nj
$4,000.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-07-16

During the pleasant hours of the
long summer days the high-lonc.t and
higli-priecd members of the Forty.
ttilrd Congress, whose services thus
far have consisted in doing nothing
ut all, are earning money at the rate
of twenty dollar, Il day. Every hour
that wings, its golden flight passes
eighty cents to their credit in the
treasury OF the United States. by
merely spending an hour in consum-
ing II ii ~ cent dinner they ceine out
thirty CENTS ahead, and should one
OF them retire at ten and enjoy the
sweet reposc ensured by n good COIL
science, lie would wake up 1T eight in
the morning eight dollars richer. l.
it too much, then, to ask that he
should pay for sending his own let
tiers through the mails? If he con-
sulncs ten minutes in writing a letter,
the mere passage of the limo has
given him twelve cents, which will
more than reimburse him for the
postage stamps, aud the stationery il
furnished him gratis.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-07-16
The Paris Cosmopolitan reprints the


The Paris Cosmopolitan reprints the
annual report of Col. Thos. A. Scott,
president Of the Texas and Pacific Rail
road company, adopted by the stock
holders on the 10TH of May last, and
states ssthat Col Scott has offered,
through the French government, to in
demnity the French bondholderers of
the Memphis and FL Paso Railway COM
pany," and that "Col. Scott. recognized
with his usual foresight and Judgment
that IT was right and proper before the
bonds ofano,her American railway should
be offered in Europe, American good
faith and credi, should be maintained,
and that although tie Texas and Pacific
Railway company is in no way implicated
morally, legally or financially with the
Memphis and Ell Paso company, fe has
offered to indemnify the DO d~holders,n
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-07-16
More Beau,sc. of the salary Steal.

il0re of the Salary Steal.
lFrom the Indianapolis Sentinel.
All of the beauties of the late sal
airy grab don't appear on the surface.
1t was thought bad enough that the
robbers should carry of the $4,000
back pay; but the recent death Of 1,
member elect brings out the fact that
:orward pay-as it may DC callcd--is
quite US prolific a source of.thcft. For
instance, by n provision of the last
Congress, II member m forward
and leaves his name with the Ser
geant-at-Arms as member from so
ami SO. lie is ut once put OH the roll
and his pay begins at that time, and
is given him monthly by the Treasur-
er. A member may draw his pay up
to the last day of November, and them
resign and receive his money up 10
The last day. Or suppose that Il COLI
t%cstaiit Gusts the claimant, or sup
pose n hail dozen men appear from Il
district, is the Sergeaut-at-Arins to
put them all OH the pay roll? In
whatever light this pay business is
regarded, it stands out as q monll-
nicnt of open, tald-flccd robbery,
and no argument can strip it of its
lcatlisnmc character. Tho present
Congress, before it shall have even
bccn i'll session an -four, will have
cost the country So, O57, 75O-or almost
three times as much as an entire ses-
sion cost the country before the war,
and twice as much as tho famous war
sessions. The entire session of the
present Congress will cost the oun
try Il triflc less than ten millions of
dollars, whether-it is in session one
day or 800. Ii the farmers want to
know why their produce brings so
little, and why taxes bear down
heavier and heavier each year, a short
study of the money appropriated to
the grabbcrs will cnlIghtem them.
Every day since the close oil the war
the axe have increased and the
earnings have diminished.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-07-16
Supreme court.

Che Supreme Court Of Missouri is
now in session at jefferson CITY.
with all tho Judges present.. The
docket, which is full ono, embraces
some highly important cases ofgsner-
al interest, prominent among which
10 the case Of Gen. JET. Joncs, plain
til IN error against Marshal Gibson,
defendant Inferior. The case Involves
the validity Of the subscription Of
sGsalsway county 10 the capital stock
81 tho Louisiana & Missouri River
railroad. Jones having refused to
pay his railroad tax, his lands were
rcturned delinquent ana sold under
the tax Law. Gen. Jones argued the
casein bis own behalf. The record Of
an agreed ease was presented by w.
y. Johpso., involving the construc-
iion TO b placed ON the township.
law offset winter, In its
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-07-16
SHERIEF,s SALE.
vs..
Nernwag & Chans

Wernwag 4 Chanslor.
\ virtue of an execution, issued from the
II Office Of Tie clerk of the circuit CONT of Ia
fasette county, Missouri, In favor Of John Reid.
and agains, Lewis v. Wernwug and Isaac Chsns,
!or. TO me directed, and returnabie to the August
term, 1873, Of said court, l will, ON
Wednesday, the 9th day Of August,
1873,
Between the hours of nine O'Clock in the forenoon
and i've o clock In the afternoon of said dny. md
In 'front.' Of the court house door, in the city OF
lexington, IN Lafayette county, during the Sea-
slen OF the said circuit court of said county, sell
PUBLICLY by auction, 70 the highest bidder, for
cash IN hand, ~ the right, title, interest claim
ande estate Of the said Lewis ". Wernwag and
Isaac Chanslor. defendants in said execution, ID
aud to ths following described real estate, sit
eate, lying, and being In the county o Lafayetts,
and State Of Missouri, t0-wit:
The eoutheast quarter II the northwest quarter
Of section hirty-five t3S, In township nhy-one
Toll, OF range wenty-seyen GU.
GiSen under my. hand, this 18th day Of July,
1878 uylSl WILLIAM YOUNG, sherf6.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-07-16
Woodson.

The best possible evidence that an
ofllcialcm give Of fidelity and ability
In tho discharge of his official func.
tions consists not infrcqucn,ly IN the
vulgar abuse heapcd upon him by .
class ofwould-bc critics, who seek to
,tcvato themselves iuto notoricts
simply by shocking the public u
Of dccency aud propricty. This W.
believe To be mcasurahly true OF the
Governor Of Missouri. Governor
| Woodson was not the first choice OF
the Democracy OF Lafayette county,
aad would not, probably, have been
their second, but his nomination was
! received with satisfaction and hear
tily endorsed at the ballot box: His
course as executive of the state is
generally approved by tho party to
which he owes his position, both in
this county aud tho state at large.
The high character for executive tai
cnt aud integrity with which hc came
to the chair has been fully sustained.
The interest which he has manifested
IN all of tho great questions which
have a direct bearing on the welfare
and material prosperity of the state.
and the effort which he has made to
give them practical shape and appli-
cation, eutitle him to the confidence
aud encouragement ofallM issourians.
without respect TO party. Ills APP
Rpointmcnts, which ut first gave such
umbrage to the opposition, as ex-
pressed through the opposition press
Of the city of St. Louis, have proven
to have been made with judgment
and a due regard for the public good.
Tho appointment of Judge Napton
t. the seat on tho supreme bench,
made vacant by the death of Judge
Ewing, meets not only with general
appreciation. but with universal APP
plause. Gov. Woodson is q Democrat,
Of the old school, and holds his office
as strictly accountable to the people
under the constitution and the laws
made for his guidance. Democrats
will appreciate him, and testify their
appreciation of his services by sns.
tanning his administration. The odds
and ends of which the opposition lie
composed will continue to abuse him,
and give him thereby the only eu-
dorsement which they can give him
| or in fact ANYBODY.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-07-16

A special agent Of tho post-O fico
Department 10 reported to have q
an amusing experience while making
his official visit Of inspection at Iron
Rod. Going Into tho post.ofiice no
found tho room divided into three
socti0ns-frst q saloon, hextth0 post
Office, and tho Inst Il faro bank. The
mail bag was brought In. A rougli-
looking customer opened IL aud emp
tied tho contents on the floor. The
ontire crowd got down OIL their hands
and knees, and commenced overhaul
they wanted. After they were
through the remaining letters were
showed into a candle box md placed
on tho bar. Tho special agent,
thinking tho office needed n little
regulating, asked tho bartender, who
had received and distributed the
mail, IL he was tho postmaster. lie
answered., "NO." "Whcre il the post.
master 2" "Out mining" "Whcre's
the assistant postmaster 7" ''Gione
10 HELPS Canon, aud, by thunder,
Bill Jones has got TO u the post
office next week, it's his turn" The
government official then ced
who he was, and demanded the keys
of the Office. Tho bartender coolly
took the candle box from tho bar, put
1t on the floor and gave it a kick,
sending it out of tho door, saying.
"Thcre is your post-ofice, and now
git" The agent says: "Knowing the
the customs Of the country, I lost 10
time in following his advice, and
got" The Office was discontinued.