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Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-10-15
NOTICE OF FINAL
s,s.T'EEEyl ENE'. =

Ss.TE T. EN- SsNt. -
NOTICE i. hereby, given TO nii persons inter-
- este in the estate nf Thomas u. Price. u
minor, that thu undersigned guardian "f m"
uer.nn and estate of said minDr. In, ultd MS
account for settlement "r said minor : state. ut
the January term OF t!,e Probate court al lafiy-
e;ic c"unty Mo- ,aDd w;ii apply nj tie nrNi term
az said court to i,r held an the Grst Mnn'ry IN
.J.r,ttry 1874 for final d-chIrge offs Id .,,.rd
i.:nship. THOMAS iHitE,
,,l Guuartian
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-10-15
J. IS. JOS An,
r,GHss.S s.O'TE.I..

THIS Hotel. situated on Pine street c.
L north of Main, has ciitng'.i hands, fTs:::
anal ha. been cleaned rriitir'l AMI re k.iiin
farms. Thr farc,s ~ sn0.l as any in -G-t-A
tie city and the rooms large and airy Iravces
Will be han, ,.suIury .lnia:Dn!ortahiy entertain q
Call aud sec Ior yourself, and you vii cLll
gain. nlArcG- LONtI Frc:lrletor.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-10-15
WhS; IL Boae for the !Apnc:ary
SEnrtn hY EiccIriCiIE.

Bvno meal lie Least OF the adj inc S
of the New York Stock Exchange l.
/ cu,niIg!v devised little telesraphiG
machine belonging 10 the Manhattan
Quotation Company, OF winch j.
W man jones l. The President. With
IN the last three months this cCmpar-
,tlvclv nuiscicss little messenger has
been introduced Into over two huii-
.lrcd prominent brokers anli banking
Offices, where the prop-Ictors ami
their patrons Eay quietly read oi the
| ,cvlafious III stocks, and away FROM
the Luetic aud turmoil of tic EN-
change consider the quotations and
govern themsciv, accordingly. Thc
moment this Iua..liuc-thc result u!
months of study of the best electric
iaus and experts III TIE counIry-touh
ITS place Oh the floor oi the Exchange,
it attracted general attention, and The
brokers and bankers who have had il
! placed in their offices speak il the
highest terms of its merits. In COLI
yersutiou this Eorni.ig with Mr.. l..
II. ShaughEess, Superintendent OF
1.-the Company, he told the writer that
the astonishing number o. 800 .mpres-
sions Il minute is the only limit TO tile
| cnDlCltS Oi tilC hC
the operator at the Exchange touch
the keys OF his instrument his mes
Usage is transmitted TO every oiiice i'll
which 4 machi.e is placed. BY very
intricate mechanism. the loag roll ui
iapc-iiAc paper is unrolicd as the rise
or fail or sales OF s;of; KS and bonds
aud gold, &"., &c., is printed thereon.
tlt shows accurately all transactions
lin stocks, gold, United States bond
state bonds, rates nj exchange Ill Liv-
crpooi amd New York, the COURSE OF
The cotton III ,rkcis, arrivals oi steani-
Grs, aud other valuable niercantl!e
news. The instruments are set up
whcrevrr desired, by The Mamhafta,
Company, and kept i'll perfect order
tho on;y charge bring So weekly f''
The new s, wnirh The broker or specu
!.tor can quietly rcad III printed slips.
. The instrument has Recently be',!i IN
/ ,roducrd in most vi The hotel ."bbics
new Spapcr Offices, and prominent
: places of public resort. II is The III
vention OF Mr.. Charles /. Chester.
I
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-10-15
TRUsUEE,s SALE OF REAL Es-
TATE. r' RI

TRUSTEES SALE Or HEAL ES.
TATE. ''~
VYYHEREAS. Urfih Downturn. by his certain
w ,i.eI of trust, hated he 18th day oil March,
A. D.. Is.a, r,cnrlci III hook No. b Oh paGe
l41 and forward, in the Eeror,ier's Office OF La
fay.t e county. in the state of Missouri, FOR the
purpose ot securing To Stephen &. wentworth
and wm. Morrison sS To-, The pavInent OF GER
tain promissory notes in said 81 e'l d 1scriie'!,
conveyed to the under ne trustee he following
ii i,cribed real estate, situated in Lafayette coun-
w. aud Stat. Of Missouri, that is to say,
Lot thr,e CD in b ocs one Q1 an.t lots numbers
six %. sevei O eight ~ niue 90 and ten tIol,
in block number tw, f.I, all In Wenfworfh,s
a a,dition tn the city of Lexington, according t"
the plat now on lille in the HecortGr's Office OF
Lafayette cnuIfy.
Aid, whereas, said noies hive long since
leen due anil remain imp aid: now, fhercfore,
n.,tic- is hereby gwen to all cnncerne !, that
the un,iersigned ira, e., ai the request oi fhf
legal hold ~ of said nui'-, AMI by authority anu
virtue ofth- provisions in said deed, will, on
Saturday, the 18th day OF October,
A. ID. lS73,
between the hours of nine O'Clock in the fore
noon anil live O'Clock in the afternoon Of that
f,y pryceed To sell the above described lots OF
lnn, and prcIui-es. at public suction, to fh''
hgbe Il bidder for cash. ut the court house door
In Lexington, in said county of Lafayette. to pay
sai,l trust debt, interest, costs, an eNi,enses
sep.a: JAMES WENTWORTH. TRUSTED.
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Dns,,sMALL, CHAMBEHs s. CO.

A. V. SMALL, NJ D. j b. ALEXANDER, N p
u W. YoUNG, NJ. j.. T.. ii. CHAABkns, M. ID.
<NrFt:I: their services in the pr:Nfice ot Me.i-
bt,nc that their association together VIII tenn
greatly to promote their knowledge OF Diseases
tn,I TO improve their skill in atnS them
They will give special attention to Chronic
Disorders They WILL in all cases, CONSIDER
:h.;l fees due wien the services are ren'tcrtu.
xnL will collect us soon thereafter as they may
letn advisable -.
,o,;rs ,b,. rnnr; house novlSu.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-10-15

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER ga, Is7s,
= my resi,eaee, ne u kimwood, Saline county.
Short Nom Caitic, eoasist,ns Of tw.niysone nc
hessi Cevs and Hsifrr.. and four Rails, Al the
he .teT which stsstts fhe Dashrss Bill, Gpntieu
nel %rI. Bourbon county. Ny. sir by 9Th
Duke OF Cen "a, -, Jam tsn,ntoa Duchess. by
imported nuke " .Airirie tls, s3u,,
Tive cews are resular brec trrs, and majority
S'thrm htve takcn prs.naiss,as In the show rings
tathis AMI adjeinieg coatsstlrs. This VIII sH"r,l
lovryS Qfxdoa stock On o.hprtcu,tS Of obtaining
some at the IN steek tn. country affords.
VIII also srll very superior lot Of berkshire
saws; Suss sad ysaps Bsars aii dssceadaass OF
TERMS OF SALE.
-Four months' credit, with good and approved
security, ar four per cent U6 Tor c:ish. .
Catalogues will be furnished on application.
= JOAN ". SPARKS. !
MyffAfua Is nine miles north Of f<Brownsviile
g line county, Mo-, aud twelve miles VIC el
uarshall. octttJ
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-10-15

Proper motto for boarding house
flashes 10 hashcs and dust to dust.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-10-15

A Kentucky enyinssr goe 70 ys.s y.Is
ing with womsu, Hegiees1 ~.
boiler, and there was ~ eAra'aS'
which killed three mss1 e
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-10-15

r-prrsonal attention given to the Purchase
aud SAL Of Grain, Flour, Pork, Lard, Hemp
Rope, Cotton, Tobacco, Sc. sei''h
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

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Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-10-15
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s. FUrT 4 SON, a
A Troezxxs AT LAW, q .,:5..s.. sn
.6aire u e5K Main stfeet, ever Teyts' Drug
storc, wl11 prac1ire Ia the Lafaycftc and adlein-
ing Special htts1tiop given to cpitect-
dune auskea,e invest tisalion q land titled.
New-York tribune., 1873-01-18
men of business, and il is as matter Of busi,
ness solely that we have to regard it.
A TIMELY ORDER.

The Executive Order relating to Federal
officers holding State positions, published to-
day, has been anticipated In New-0rleans,
where the most mischief has been wrought
by mixing Federal and local politics, re-
movals and designations have been quiz
etly and discreetly made with ex-
press reference TO what was about
to happen. But the official promulgation
of such an order will have an excellent effect
on the morale of the Office ce-holding corps gen.
erally. Men in Federal Office have too often
made their official hOnors and position serve
as q means of leverage for other and ulterior
purposes. The Presidents order notifies to
them that they cannot accept State, county.
or municipal Office and still keep that which
the National Government has conferred there
can be no shuffling here; an acceptance OF
one place vacates the other, with few un-
important specified exceptions.
But perhaps the best effect Of The rigid en-"
forcement of this new rule will be to separate
to some extent national and local politics. If.
as the President says, the discharge of Fed
eral aud State official duties is Incompatible
with the spirit of our institutions, the use or
power and influence of Federal patronage and
office in local politics is also pernicious and
unfair. We do not look for any order to re-
strain officials in this abuse of their position.
but their withdrawal ifrom competition for
subordinate places in municipal governments,
State Legislatures and local boards of control
will have its influence on the men who have
been willing to "run" all the offices and all
the politics Of the country. When the Post
master at Podunk learns that he cannot go to the
State Legislature and leave his clerk IN charge
of the mails for the Winter he will find that
he does not care half so much as he did about
controlling the Podunk primaries. Certainly
we shall be spared the scandal of seeing
Deputy-Suryeyors, tide-waiters, and Gus
tom-hOuse officers generally sitting in the
Legislature, as they have in Louisiana,
making laws for the State and choosing
United States Senators. Nobody wants to de-
prive men who hold Office under the National
Government of their legitimate share in tho
duties and obligations which rest upon every
citizen of the Republic; but decency and
Just regard for the rights of their fellow
citizens ought to restrain them from throwing
their share of the national influence into the
scale of domestic politics. The Executive
Order will have its significance with the mon
who have packed conventions and primaries
with their official Tetainers; and we thank Che
President right heartily for his timely inter-
ference,
New-York tribune., 1873-01-18

this ia abundant, it keeps down the rates.
Notwithstanding all Juggling with figures to
the contrary. our rates are low, and have fallen
one-third within three years Competition
compes also the adoption of economical inven-
tions-which constitute the history of the
business, and of most Of the science of tele-
graphy Three million dollars a year are ex-
pended in telegraph improvements and con-
struction. Does anybody imagine that our
Government would 20 and do likewisef 1t
would expend that amount, doubtless. But
howf Perhaps on the $4,000 additional " Post
masters" that the postal telegraph would re-
quire. Not that any addition to their number
would make it safe to send messages by them.
If the mails are not safe-and every business
man knows that to his cost-what would the
wires be' If telegraph company makes a
mistake, we can mulct it in damages; If the
Post-Ofice could be made similarly responsible
about letters, its annual deficit would be
doubled, aud we would still hire an express
company, as we do now to take our packages
when we want security.
To sum up. 1t cannot be wise TO buy for a
vast sum that which we don't want. 1t is bad
investment certain to cost more every year.
We don't desire paternal government to do for
us what we are doing very well for ourselves.
We don't want a new army of postmasters.
We object to espionage, and to a measure
which proposes in so many words "that the
" Originals of all messages shall be trans
"mitted to Washington" We believe that no
man with the interest of his country at heart
will favor a measure that may become an en-
CINE of political oppression that may turn a
national election into the plebiscitum OF an
emDjre
New-York tribune., 1873-01-18
TVJRJEEN MURDERERS.

An article on another page brings before ua
the startling fact that the TOmbs prison
at this moment contains thirteen homl-
cides. Three are under sentence of death, one
is awaiting q new trial from the disagreement
of jury, and the remaining nine have
not been tried. They are of every
class and type Of society, from tho
jeunesSe doree of the metropolis to the
most stupid offspring of poverty and
vice. There is the politician, the stock broker,
the pander, the burglar, and the rough. The
murders they have committed were from
causes as various as the actors Avarice,
jealousy, revenge, whisky, and pure brutality
had each their part in the matter. There was
but one point of sympathy which unites them
all, and that is contempt for human life
which caused them to Kill their neghbor and
leopard their own necks, rather than to give
up some darling passion Of their own. Selfish
ness which is the final cause of all crimes, is
in its lowest and most bestial form, the moving
spring of all murders. There is always this
sordid faint about them, whether committed
with the rapier on a dueling ground for a
point Of honor or with a slung-shOt in a dark
alley for pocket-book. A murder is essen
italy dishonest act
What is to be done with our thirteen mur-
derers2 is question which cOmmends itself
to all thoughtful people. Every one of these
unfortunate men has strong hopes of yet
cheating the law and going free. II they
were all found guilty and all condemned, the
successive shocks of their execution would
impress the city and the country painfully and
iDjurOusly. Such thing would embolden the
nervous and the sentimental to clamOr against
hanging which perhaps would do little toward
an end we sincerely desire, the aboli-
ton of the death penalty, but would be
much more likely to weaken the hands of
justice and give q new run of impunity to
crime. 1t is not in the interest of the muir
derers that we condemn the gallows. 1t is not
because we believe in hanging that we demand
the punctual and rigid fulfllment of the law.
But in some way, the certainty must be
established that murder shall be punished
promptly and severely 1t is the surest way to
encourage crime to allow laws to remain I'M
executed on the statute book. A tact revolt
against the gallows has resulted for some years
past in letting red-handed murderers go back
to society. This is unworthy of any civil
lied people. If we retain the gibbet.
it should be the solemn symbol of an
inexorable justice, and not harmless scare
crow. IL, after due delibeation and inquiry,
it is found to have lost Its supposed virtue,
then let it be abolished and some more
effective means of punishment be devised.
But whatever the law may be, it should be re-
lgiously executed as long as it remains un-
reDealeC.
New-York tribune., 1873-01-18
SENATOR SHERUApS BILL.


Mr.. Sherman stands at the head of the FL
nance Committee in the United States Senate.
His position in that body, and his relations to
the President, give special significance to his
bill for the resumption of specie payments
and to his forcible and interesting speech in
presenting it, which we printed on yesterday.
The bib undoubtedly represents the views of
the Finance Committee and probably of the
Administration and the speech will be ac-
cepted as the compact expression Of the views
of both. In one word, then, the fixed purpose Of
the President, and of the Finance Committee
of the Senate, is seriously to undertake
placing the finances of this country on par
with those of the other great nations OF
Cbristendom. The Presidents well-known
tenacity in pursuing a line of policy once
resolved upon should therefore be a timely
warning to every business man, hay
ing large outstanding engagements,
to pursue conservative policy. Those houses
and those enterprises must surely be carried
down by the shock of resumption that have
large outstanding liabilities to be met here
after on a gold basis. Wise business men, in view
of this pronunciamento of the Finance Commit
tee and of the Administration, will set their
houses in order, will avoid overtrading, and will
shun debt. To pursue this policy is to avert per-
sonal disaster, and to aid the Government in
lessenng the financial shock which must pre-
cede any actual resumption of specie pay
ments
1t is quite true that the fluctuations in the
premium on gold are now to a great extent
independent of the quantity of paper money
in circulation. Gold has become an article of
merchandise, and its money value is regulated
by the same influences which control the
prices of commodities Though it cannot now
be maintained, except in broad and general
sense, that the gold premium measures the
depreciation of our paper money, it still re-
mains fact that the cause of the deprecia-
tion below the gold standard is the excessive
amount of currency in circulation. Money,
whether of gold or paper, is like every other
article In this respect: the circumstances re-
manning the same if you increase its quantity.
the quantities of other things for which it will
exchange will be less. 1t is the same as with
grain or cotton. II the crop is heavy prices
fall II the foregoing propositions are true,
and they are almost universally accepted ns
fundamental principles of political economy,
it follows that there are but three ways
New-York tribune., 1873-01-18

admitted that at might have been probable
that MIR. Brooks's name was written instead
"NeilsOn's, on account of the intimate con-
"necton of Mr.. Nelson with Mr.. Brooks; II
"Mr. Bro0ks's name was written there hrst'
Z" it was a mistake" Mr.. Crane confirmed the
statements already given, and demolished the
contradictory letter of Mr.. Kingsland, quoted
above. He said:
"On the oath OF December, 1861 Mr.. James BROOKS
paid me 1900 by check and gave me his draft Tor
5000 for which transferred to Mr. Charles H. Nelson
at request of Mr. Brooks, 100 shares OF Credit MO
bier and 200 shares OF Pacific Railroad stock; believe
| delivered TO him the same day five first mortgage
bonds Of the Union Pacific Railroad"
Mr. Brooks examined this witness for
the purpose of showing that the check and
draft were loan to Mr.. Durant, but Crane
replied, "No, Sir; 1 swear positively it was
" for the stock | made the entries myself )"
and he produced a copy Of the memorandum
from bis books, fully confirming his statement.
Mr. Durant also declared that this transaction
had no connection with any loan. He further
more said that he had "never had any con-
"versation with Charles II. Nelson" but sold
these shares in question to Mr.. Brooks; Mr.
"not want to hold the stock, and therefore
=" had it transferred to Mr.. Nelson"
Some testimony was also taken as to the
value of the shares, stock, and bonds involved
in this affair. Mr.. Crane says the Credit Mo-
bilier shares were worth at least 200 at the
time when Mr. Brooks bought the 100 shares
in December, 1867, and Durant testifies that
he had actually been offered that amount for
them. They had risen to at least $50 when
the additional 80 shares were obtained at par
and interest, Feb. 30, 1863 The five first
mortgage bonds were worth e5 cents on the
dollar, and the railway stock, according to
Crane was worth not less than so cents on
the dollar. Mr.. Brooks (or Neilson) therefore
paid S15,233 Gncluding the stock transferred
to Dillon in satisfaction of the loan) and
received for it:
New-York tribune., 1873-01-18
2triu.2lorIs Daily gribmo1e,
FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY.
SATURDAY. JANUARY 1S. 1878.
QUADRUPLE SHEET.

Stringent have been adopted by the French
Government AGAINST Imperialism == German emf
grafton to America is increasing. -' The Committee
Of Thirty the French Assembly has asserted the
stituent power Of the Assembly.
Thos C. Durapt gave important testimony before the
Wilson Credit Mobiler Committee. === Freshets are
reported in Pennsylvania and ad Joining States.
Andrew Garyey and J. Mcbride Davidson testified in
The Tweed case = Many factories in the lower part
Of the city unproyided with fre-escapes. - The
secOndaye Commissioners have decided that the city is
entitled TO moderate compensation from the Railroad
COMPANY. Gold, ll2l. 1925, n2a. Thermometer
RIO 40 no
New-York tribune., 1873-01-18

Foreign correspondence of The TRIBUNE
forms so large feature of this issue that our
readers may readily take an intelligent glimpse
of many lands about the globe. England,
Italy, Turkey, and Japan are represented in
the letters printed on our ninth and twelfth
pages. A London letter gives us some pleas
ant "reminiscences of the late ViscOuntess
Beaconsfeld, as well as some references to the
weather which are not so pleasant. England
has been annoyed with the same sort of
meteorological disturbances that we have had
The same may be said of Southern Italy; 1;
our Naples correspondence contains a graphic
description of the December storms IN the
Bay of Naples and some account of the disas-
ters in the Mediterranean. Something of the
picturesque Observances of the month OF
Ramazan is told in a letter from COnstanti-
nople; and our correspondent at Yedo gives
a comprehensive view of the situation of affairs
in that interesting empire. 1t will be seen
that japanese politics are simmering with the
new elements which foreign intercourse have
introduced. When the statesmen Of Japan
have settled the questions of finance, tariff,
ex-territorial jurisdiction and the liberation Of
foreign religions, we may well congratulate
them on their substantial achievements in
moral and political progress
New-York tribune., 1873-01-18
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From the account given by our London
correspondent Of the strike among the colliers
of South Wales, it seems that if more con-
ciliatory spirit had been manifested by the
workmen they would have placed their case
in better light. The employers, under
the pretext of fall in the price
of iron, gave notice of a deduction
of ten per cent in the wages They plauslbly
claimed that, as the mems wages had been
increased when prices went up, it was no
more than right that the wages should be
diminished when prices went down. TO prove
the fall in prices they offered to submit their
books for inspection. Instead of accepting this
proposition, the wOrkmen demanded that the
whole question should be submitted to arbi-
tration, and, upon the rejection of this de-
mand, they struck work. By this course sixty
thousand laborers have been thrown out of
employment, and misery may be entailed on
population of several hundred thousand.
The conduct of the men must be regarded as
precipitate if not reckless; they have before
them the prospect of strike as long drawn
out as the famous movement ut Newcastle,
and are without such favorable prospects of
success.
New-York tribune., 1873-01-18
Amuscmenis, ETC., Gbio gpcniils.

RoorH's THRATRR. AT IA: much Ado About
Eohiae." Ats; Richard Ill" Btsn Booth
BowRRY THRATER--"The Twelve Temptations"
GRAND OPERA House. AT II and at 8: Round
TIE Clock"
NIBIos GARDEN.-At II and at q. Leo and
Iotos"
OLYMPIC TuEATER.-At II and at s; "Alhambra''
UNION SQUARE THEATER,-At II and at s: " Ather-
ley Court"
WNLAcx's THEATER.-At II and at 3; Brother
SAM 4 A. SOthern
ACADEMY or MUSIC.-Phlharmonic Concert.
ASSOCIATION HAI1--Popular Matinee.
ST. JAMES THEATER.-At p and at s: San Fran
Mins,rels
Tony PAsroR's OPERA HOUSE. AT p and at 8
Varieties