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Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-01-15
Charles Sumner.

We regret to hear of Senator Sum-
ner's continued il! health. 1t is
considered doubtful whether he will
ever be able to resume his seat in the
Senate. lie is a man of perhaps the
finest scholarship in the senate, and
is an effective though rather heavy
orator. We notice that every account
of Summers illness speaks of it as
the result of blows received from
Preston Brooks, of South Carolina,
years ego. Nothing has every injured
Sumner SO much i'll the eyes of de-
cent people rs the attempt TO make a
martyr out of him, and hold him up
to the sympathy of the world, be-
cause he received q. sound drubbinr
from a much smaller man than HIM
self. Men of small calibrc, like Geo.
F. Train, court the n%otoriety confer
red by abuse, but we have q higher
opinion of Mr.. Summers sense and
%sensibility than to suppose he would
c~ountcnance anything SO contcmpti-
bic. Many as good me as he have
been Knocked down, and for less
cause, and w thought of making
capital out of it. Mr.. Sumner has
been gaining oil the good will of the
Southern people by his recent course,
but nothing could quicker remand
him to thcir.old contemptuous dislike
of the man, than this coward;y
whining owe III incident That should
have been buried i'll oblivion years
ago.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-01-15
Che "caucue Outrage"

II has been a matter OF astonish-
meat with us to sec papers protesting
to he Democratic, dcnouncing as an
~"outragc" a system which has been
uniformly practiecd from u earliest
remembrance. The Democratic party,
after twelve years Of defeat, during
winch time It has been pitilessly cX-
cluded from any share in the man.
agement Of afairs). at last finds itself
with a good working majority In the
Legislature. The attempt has been
made to render pugatory u great
triumph by preventing e concert of
action on the part of Democratic
members. In other words, a small
aud selfish minority prefers with the
assistance of the Radicals to govern
things their Owl way rather than to
submit to the will Of the majority Of
their party. We were rcjoiccd to see
thatthis disorgan.zing scheme was cm-
phatically repudiatcd, and whoever is
chosen Senator. we know it will DO
done by Democratic, mot Radical, votes
and shall rest content. Another thing
VIC know, the St. Louis Times and
the lesser yclpers, throughout the
State against the caucus system will
bark just as loudly the other way
next time if it suits their interests.
So moves . part of tho newspaper
world.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-01-15
A Forty Day Fast.

A German named Mewson died in
Miami. Saline county. OF the 3lst ult.,
after fasting twenty-scven days. His
intention was to abstain from food
for forty days, in imitation of our
Savior before the temptation in the
wilderness, but u Dutchman, like
the horse which almost learned to do
without eating, succumbed to the
laws Of nature after two-thirds of his
fixed time had expired. The strangest
part of the story. however, is that he
had once accomplished the feat, if we
may believe the narrative in the
Saline Democrat. Mr.. Fred Smith,
who is well known in Saline county,
and at whose house MewsoD boarded
in 1851, "says he is willing to testify
an oath to the fact, that lie ate moth
ing for 40 days. Some eight or ten
days previous to commencing the
fast, he began to prepare his system
for it by daily decreasing the amount
of food, and when the day arrived
for him to commence to abstain alto
gether, he wentio bed where he re-
NAMED till the fast was ended.
Being then a young man with a
strong, robust constitution, he went
through with it, though he vas
reduced to a mere skeleton when his
fast was ended. When he commenced
to eat he could only take one tea
spoonful of milk and mush at a time,
but by little and little soon gained
his strength"
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-01-15
Railroad Commission,

The railroad bill prepared by Mr..
Brown of Monroe is intended to rive
US snch a supervising commission
over railroads in Missouri as exists
in Illinois, OHIO and Massachusetts.
and to supply Information about the
cost Of construction and operation of
railroads, earnings, expenses, fares.
rates of transportation aud amount
OF freiShts moved. 1t provides for
three commissioners to be appointed
ny tue governor, who shall hear and
consider all complaints against rail-
roads, and. if they deem ii advisable,
prosecute the company in the interest
of the complainants. They shall also
make an annual report to the COVER
nor OF the condition and operation
Of each railroad in the stale. The
VII appears to be patterned after The
railroad law of Massachusetts, which
has worked with great satisfaction
and the public.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-01-15
Gen.. Frank p. Blair,

The defeat of this gentleman in the
recent senatorial contest will be re-
ceivcd with regret by thousands
throughout the State, for no man in
Missouri has more Or warmer friends
than Frank Blair; aud he has won
them by course which will go OH
making him friends SO long as LiLcr-
ty and Fair Play have any to regard
them i'll this land. Twelve years ago
this man would scarcely have dared 10
venture his life outside of St. Louis
among the same people who now
honor and love him. The manly way
i'll which lie turned his back upon the
Radical party at the time when il
could and would have done most for
him, to lend his powerful and fearless
assistance to the DISTINGUISHED and
down-trodden people OF Missouri,
was an exhibition OF moral courage
and d~isintcrested patriotism, such.as
is seldom witnessed in the vcnal
times upon which we hnvc fallen.
We shall feel ourselves deserving the
rcproach Of ingratitude should we
forget the noble and perilous canvass
lie made through Missouri i'm the
campaign of 1866. The Democratic
party showed its appreciation of his
by running him against
for the Senate, and by electing
him to fill the unexpircd term of that
worthy i'll 1870. The INTELL1uENCER
expressed no preference in the late
between the various contes-
tants, because of the many conili. l.
ing local interests involved in which
this county felt no interest. We
we're prepared TO be satisfied with
any good man from any part of the
State. But we can say now, the
struggle is over, that no one would
been more satisfactory to us
han Gen. Blair, and we believe such
s the feeling entertained by agreat
majority of the Democrats of the
State.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-01-15
The ~Bonapartes.

The Emperor Napoleon died Oh
Thursday, the 9th inst, and now the
news comes that the Empress Eu-
genie 10 seriously i'll. This announce
mont will provoke q thrill of vmpa
thy throughout the world, for no
feminine character Of the age has inch
hold upon the heart Of mankind.
not even the good queen Victoria
herself. In nothing do the Napo-
Icons better show their fitaess for ru-
lsrs thaa in the selection OF their
wives. Josephine was not less the
stay Of the first Empireihan Eugene
was OF. the second, and Clotilde,
the wife of that enigma, Prince Ma
poleon, the accomplished daughter Of
Victor Emanuel, 10 regarded as of
the most remarkable women in Eu-
rope. T'heiste Emperor's will appoints
his wife, Eugene, Cardinal Bona
parte and n. Rouher guardians of the
Prince Imperial, now Napo-
leon ~, who is in his seventeenth
year. The death Of the Emperor will
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-01-15

O1DEH Or HUuErUArrn1.
STATE or MisaOUHr.SY
L~AnAfxrrx C0uHfr. }ss.
In the Circuit Court Of ssid oop.tv 49,
Term, ls7z-sifh day, D~eceuttr ish. ls7a.
Jes. u. Leiioefsasr and lewis Tex,er
Henri. Lens.
mo ihs said H.pry I<vnE. You mn. hs..a.
i n1tifieti that said pisintiG has e0flin~nr..I z
sait b against you In said coxrr by rt,tisn ths
object and general nature Of which Is Ia o,,t.;,. :
sni nipety-tsO dollars ana ninety zone crut, wifi,
interest, sni 10 esforee tbrir Juechanics, lien fvr
4ald sum sgninst q Trans building ~ by 10 fest.
1,it room of said building H. feet square, . stories
si3li. with si,ie weather bOsrtisd nnd sttusie
rooi, u,it rom u W ID icet, one st0ry high, 81.
accent 10 nud a pJit OF the sarpc i~atii.iipg and
north OF The two story room, with 70 porch Oh
enst -fas INTO Which d door opvns from zach oi
t'Iu iiid Mhsrrcn the siIne stands ~ tile extent
81 one acre nid drscrib.d ms follows so-wit:
The south west guar ter OF Itc sOith west quarter
oi srriion -. in tow ..s.iit - VI range Vi, CON-
taining 40 acres, situated 10 Iafayet:e county,
Aud you are further not fsi, that unless you
appear nj the next term 1T sad court. 10 be
holden ~ the court house ia the city Of Lexing-
ton, on The Ifii day Of Aiiii next, aud on or be-
fore ihe sixth dny thereof, IL the term shsil so
long continue, and if moi then irfor. thu end of
HE term, and answer said petition the sam. N m
be takea III cpnfcssrd.
Aud 1t l. further ordered that . copy hereof he
piniished ~ the Lexington " .ekly Intrliigenccr,
iorIonr weeks stcerssiyrty, the last insertion ~
lie ~ least ionr weeks before fine cu.nIncncr,n.ni
oi The next term of this court.
~ true copy, attest.
,-, IL l.: n~ARKSDALE, Clerk.
laniJf5 Bye. u. DA.IEL, -. e.
Tut It Haynes, attorneys for plnInfiI.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-01-15
Non. lewis v. sogy, Y. S,
Senator Elect.

A telegram on Monday evening
from II. G. Wallace, Esq, from Jef.
ferson, informed Us that Lewis v.
Bogy bad received the nomination OF
the Democratic caucus for tho l.. S.
Senate ON the Seventeenth ballot.
which, under the rules, is equivalent
10 hia election. This result of the
senatorial contest takes almost overy
one by surprise. The public generally
was prepared to acquiesce in the re-
election Of Gen. Blair, as his. skin as
a political ch~ess-player was believed
to 10 superior TO that Of any Of his
competitors. It Is not unlikely thai,
this exaggerated notoa of his
strength contributed ina great ,nra,-
urc to his defeat, by relaxing the
energy Of his friends aud provoking
his opponents to greater vigilance.
1t was not expected even on the sup.
position of Dlair's bcipg dropped.
that a majority could be united GU
any other man from st. Louis, us
that city of late years has enjoyed q
monopoly OF senatorial honors. But
her good fortune has not abandoned
her in this case, and as Schurz's
transcendant abilities will render i,
an extremely difficult task TO set his
claims aside in IA, country aspiran:s
for the senate will enjoy ample time
to prepare themselves for the posi-
ton. The naIc of Mr.. Bogy is not
familiar to the people, but he is by
no mcans unknown in political cir
clee. He has been q prominent
lawyer in st. Louis for many years,
and stands among the leaders of the
profession. Ha has been a consistent,
philosophical and unusually pure
politician. He once ran for Congress
against Thos. II. Benton. but has
never, VIC believe, held Office outside
Of the State. Mr.. Bogy is a descen-
daht of one of the old French families
ofSt. Louis, and is a gentleman of
polished manners and liberal wealth.
lie pronounces his name as if written
so-zha. We think his election will
produce no great dissatisfaction in
any quarter, and have no doubt the
future career of our new senator will
V'ndicate the wisdom of the choice
that has been made. 1Ie takes his
seat the fourth of March next, when
Ten. Blair's term will expire.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-01-15
From jefferson City,

JEFFERSON CITY, January TO-
The adoption of the majority rule 70
the government Of the caucus will, i
is said, prevent any difficulty which
might arise had the two-thirds rul
obtained. 1t strengthens Genera
Blair's chances materially, SO it j
claimed by his friends, who seem to b,
glad of the adoption of the majorit,
rule.
On Monday next, the Januar,
term ofthc Supreme court common
ccs here. Among the most notet
cases 10 be tried, is one which in
wolves the title to the whole tract O
land upon which the city of Sedali.
is built. The style OF the suit il
Phillips Il Vest VS.. McVcy (curator
Phillips & Vest.
In the bankruptcy proceeding,
against the Lexington and St. Loui.
Railroad company, now pending be
fore tho United States District court
All order granting leave to file al
amended petition was granted, and
the case set for the 2sih Of January.
The city of Sedalia and the Missouri
Pacific railroad have made themselves
parties defendant.
THE END OF TIE CAUCUS.
JEFFERSON CITY, Jan 13.-Thc
caucus met promptly at three O'Clock,
the crowd being even greater than OIL
Thursday. The same rule, however.
prevailed, and none were admitted in
to the hall ofthe House.
Gen. Blair was not in attendance.
Tenth Ba.lot-Blair, 29 Dogy, %:
Phelps, %; Anderson, II; Cockrell, 4;
Fcst,7; Napton, 4; Edwards, .; Broad
head, 4; Craig. .; Slayback, .; Rsy-
nolds, !; Woodson, l
Eleventh Ballot-Blair, %; Bogy,
p; Phelps, 25; Anderson, 10; Rey-
nolds, /; Gockrcll, 4; Napton, =; Dor
ris, 1; Veat, .: Woodson, 1; Broad
head, 4: Ed wards, ,.
Notwithstanding "a: Bosy, %:
Anderson, II; Vest, g.; Napton. 4:
Broadhead, ): Cockrcll, Z: Reynolds. s.
Teirthentii Ballot-Blair, rs; Phelps
"a; Hogy,, %; Vest, 8; Cockrcll. 3; Rev
noltls, 8. j On this ballot Napton was
withdrawn, and also Reynolds and
Cockreli.
Fourteenth Ballot-Blair, 81:
Bogy. "a; Vest, 10; Phelps, p; Ander-
Is. Anderson dropped.
Fifteenth Dallot-Blair, 32: PHELPS.
81; Bogy, 30; Vest, 10. Vest was then
dropped.
The excitement now became in
tense. Everybody specialized as to
where Vests strength would 20, bets
being offered of three to one that n ma.
Jority, Of Them would go 10 Blair.
No takers could be found.
Sixteenth BalIot-Blair. SO: Phelps.
"a; Bogy, Al. Phelps was dropped,
The position has been reversed.
Vests strength went to Bosv, large
ly, and Bo.y was nominated.
Seventeenth Baliot-Blair. AZ: b.
gy,. 81: four more than the necessary
majority. His nomination was cree
ted with great applause by his friends
and the cancus broke up with the
best of feeling Imaginable.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-01-15
Gov. Woodson in Office.

Our new Governor vaults with
vigorous bound into his curule chair
and proceeds to take a lively if O s
comprehensive view of the situation
He criticises with a free hand LAVE
lawmakers and law-executiyes. and
gives his advice with reference to all
matters without reserve. Whether
this c~ommendable display of zeal for
reform is simply part of the pagcan-
try Of inauguration, or whether VIC.
are to look to it as the guiding star
OF h new administration, remains
to be seen. Gov. Woodson need not
be reminded that the work of the
true reformer is beset with pun,bcr-
less difficulties, and that those most
loud-mouthed to encourage him in the
beginning. are generally found OH the
other side when the pinch comes.
The younger olons are earnestly and
sensibly advised against being too am
bilious of originating new laws. The
does not think the State
ought 10 pay any costs in criminal
cases, a view we think erroneous in
principle, and II that would he
productive of mischiefif carried into
practice. We shall have more 10 saw
on this subject hereafter. The re-
marks with reference to the public III
st'tutions of the State, especially the
~penitentiary, are just and appropri-
ate, and we trust will receive the at
tention they deserve at the hands Of
our legislators. On the whole we are
inclined to like the tone of the adj
dress, and we shall not be slow, if &C.
casion requires, to remind Governor
Woodson of the brilliant promises he
has made.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-01-15
Death OF Napoleon.

LONDON, January 49, apolean
died ut ~forty-iiveS minutes past ten
o'clock this morning. Although tho
case of TIM eS-Emeeror was regarded
as very eriticna, tho news Of his death
this morning appears TO havo created
much surprise, nj his demise was not
believed 10 be so Imminent. A dis
patch from Chiselhursti ato last night
stated that his condition was I'M
changed. Another, forwarded this
morning, but y few hours before his
death, announced that he had passed
a better night, but that his symptoms
remained tho same.
DIR. Gall Went to London yester-
day, and many of the empcror's per-
sonal friends, who h%astcnc,t to Cl,iscl-
hurst at the first alarm, had returned
to their homes There was no reason
whatever to apprehcnd a fatal turn
In the case up to Q a. NJ, when new
and dangerous symptoms suddenly
set in. The cmperor's vital forces
seemed to leave him all at once and
he commenced to sink with alarning
rapiditv.
A telegram was instantly dispatch
Ell to Woolwich for the prince; DR..
Gull was summoned frs,n Loii.lon,
and Father Goddar, the cmpcror's
spiritual adviser, was sent for in.thc
quickest haste to ADMINISTER the last
sacrament of the church. The en-
peror's .rivatc chaplain was also
informed of the danger and started
for Chisclhurst, but they were all too
late to see the Emperor alive.
Charles Louis Napoleon Bon
apar,c's mother was iIortcnsc,
daughter of the Empress jose
phime by her first marriage. His
wife was Eugenie-Marie do GuZman
to whom he was united OH the goth
day of Jamuary, 1858. The only issue
of this alliance is Napoleon Eugene
Louis Jean Joseph, born March Is,
1856, who may some day take even n
more prominent part than his father
in the government of Franco.
The late emperor was born April
20, 1903. lie. was a favoritc OF his
uncle, and had every educational adj
vantage that it was in the imperial
power TO give. For many years his
political position was a prccarious
one, during which time, or for a short
period at least, he was an exile to the
United States. but the man never
gave up for a moment his aspirations
to the throne ofFrancc, and improved
his cratic Punishment from public
life by the publication of numerous
treaties, which show him to have
been quite as much Of 4 statesman as
he was of a politician, though in
neither respect remarkable.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-01-15
Missouri Legislature.

SENATE, Jan. 7~.-Scnator Stroth.
CT, inm the special committee IN
winch was rel, FRED SENATE bill No. /.
ament;n" the law win, rcf,
crchcc To the interest and prnalt,
on delinquent taxes, and time Mt
Wnich personal property may be
selH'u anu sold TO pay taxes, reported
z substitute for the bill and amend
mcnt.
The substitute amends the existing
law by fixing the time ut which
seizures OF personal property is an
'horlZcd TO he made by the shcriffs
at the FIRST of February, and fixing the
time of the slierifls annual settlement
at the third Monday in March.
deferred to committee of Ways and
Means. ""'
House, Jan. 9.-Mr. Harvey In
troduccd q bill, the import of which
was that m counties, excepting ST.
LOUIS county, continuing more than
i've thousand population, each town
ship be allowed to elect an assessor.
Referred to the committee OH Ways
and Means.
Mr.. Heard, from the committee on
Ways and Means, ( o whom was rc.
irrrcl the substitute for House bills
Nos. and & reported Il substitut..
which provides tina: lax PAYERS who
are delinquent on the LIST of January
following the date OH which their
taxes are duc shall be chargeable with
one per ce::t interest c month
until the following April, when two
per cent per mouth shall be CHARGED
until the same be paid, the collection
to account for the interest rs
it being provided that said interest
shall not be charged against men who
are absent from their homes on mill
tary or naval service for the State or
United States. In st. Louis county
interest is to be collected MS
other taxes, but the collector is to
lie compression therefor.
Section two provides that collectors
shall have power to seize and sell the
Foods and chattels of delinquents in
he same manner as under judgments
It law, and no property is to be ex-
from such seizure aud sale.
provided, however, that 10 such
eizure or sale shall take place before
he LIST of April in any year, nor until
roper demand has been made for the
The collector will receive no
redit for delinquent taxes unless all
lliKcnce has been used in endeavor.
ng to collet them. The act takes eff.
sct on its passage. |,
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-01-15
Mlaaourl Items.
MuRpnns IN CnAnIros COUNTY.

MuRpERs IN CnARIroN County.
On Sunday, December Goth, james
A. Soper, a religious nianiac, was
Killed. In the streets of Salisbury, by
q mob who had vainly attempted to
arrest him. Sopcr was hallooing and
making n great noise, when tue city.
marshal OF Salisbury attempted TO ar
rcst him, Int was disabled by a kick
from the lnnatic's horse. Tho mob
then told him to stop or they would
shoot him. Sopcr yelled at them ''to
shoot - that he was 'thc Lord Jesus,
aud could not BIO hurt by bullets"
At this three shots were fred, but BY
whom is not known; two shots took
effect, killing tho unfortunate Than
instantly. The killing seems TO be
murder, and tho citizens of Charlton
uafc it to tho good namc Of their
county to ferret the perpetrators out
and visit upon them tic heaviest pun
ishmcnt ot the law.
The Salisbury Press, from which
we get the particulars detailed above.
also states That Oh Christmas night, a
young man, son Of Carroll llulman,
of that county, was fatally stabbed
by j. Il. Scott, nj Scott's house, in
the northeast part OF the county.
FIRE AT ARROW RocK.-A des-
truciire fire occurred at Arrow Rock.
Saline county, OH the morning of
Dec. 29th. Some dozen buildings,
situated in the business part of the
town, were entirely consumed. No
insurance. The fire originated in the
upper room of John Gilpin's saloon,
where n sort of a restaurant was
kept. 1t burned the distance of
whole row OH Fourth street, from j.
W.'Smith's g~rocery-store to the cor
ncr north of it, and Mann street about
half the block. The losers are DR..
q. ii. Bowers, Mr.. NJ. Murphy, j.
W. Smith, Joseph Al. and p. u.
Green aud Jacob Epplc. The total
loss is about $4,000 and not n dollar
OF insurance was held by any Of the
sufferers.