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Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-16
REVISION OF THE CONSTITUTION,

Mr. ingalls,, of Kansas, introduced In the
senate last Monday, the following resolution,
which was ordered printed and laid on the
table:
Joint ress!"tion recommending a comrcn-
ton to revise and amend the Constitution
of the United States
Whereas, Article fve of the constitution en-
powers congress to call a convention for pro-
posing amendments to the constitution on ap-
pllcation of the legislatures of two-thIrds of
the several states, and
Whereas, 1t Is apparent there are important
defects IN the system OF federal government
which render the situation of the United States
at TINS time delicate and critical, calling for an
exertion of combined virtue and wisdom of all
the people; therefore, be it
Resolved, |. In the opinion of congress a con-
vention OF delegates from the several states
| should be held for the sole and express purpose
OF revising the constitution of the United States
ana reporting such alterations and amendments
| In the nature of an entire instrument, as shall
when ratified; a, as provided in said Article 5,
render the Federal Constitution adequate tor the
preservation and support of the Union
=. That in the opinion OF congress each state
should be represented in said convention by se
| many delegates as it is entitled to senator's aud
| representatives. in congress; two of said dele
gates from each state to lie chosen by the legis-
| iature thereof. and one to be elected from each
| congressional district by the qualified voters
| thereof vt such time and places the legisla-
ture may prescribe, and that no person holding
| An office of honor, trust profit under any
state or under the United States should be eligi-
bic Ms delegate to the said convention.
vention should be held at Columbus, in the
state of Ohio, on the second Monday in May, in
| lSI., and without unn, cessary interruptions un-
| til its deliberations are concluded.
That in the opinion of congress the chief
justice OF the supreme court should be the pre-
| siding officer of said convention, and that each
delegate should receive compens nsatiOn at the rate
| of $50 per day with mileage at the rate of 20
cents per mile necessarily travelled going to and
| from the place of meeting, and that all the ex-
| penses OF The said convention be defrayed by
| the treasury OF the United States.
| 5: That in the opinion of congress the revised
| and amended constitution should be reported to
the president of the United States, on the sd-
i yournmsnt of said convention and that it should
| thereupon Immediately be submitted by the
president 10 convention OF delegates chosen in
each state by the people thereof, under the rec
ommendatiOn of its legislature, for its assent
| aud ratification.
| of the several states of the union to apply to
congress without delay to call convention a
| aforesaid. rs provided in article of the con-
ntltutiOn.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-16
THE POETS, PERSONALLY.
(From the Home Journal. ]

sghty-second ,har birthday, having been bern
looks little over thres-scoro and-ten, having
still IN erect figure and elastic STEP He showshis
yigor and iondness for exercise by walking, ~
Evening % Fost' R The poets nz he.a and % face are are
coyereu with liberal supply of silvery locks,
AID venerable self as Others see him, for there
is scarcely photographer in town who bas not
fine photrslt of Bryant. At public dinners he
not ct ali backward. Although h. IL frequently
to be met in the streets Of the city, he rarely At
tends IDS; Lhe opera or theater. Mr. Bryant writes
30 little poetry now he may be said to have laid
iournslistic labor he still performs = great deal
of work.
Mr.. Tennyson, now twenty.sx years old, il
s.lll in the prime of thought and capacity for
work The only ill he i. heir to is an annual
dered and larged-boned, but not stout. His
hands and feet are large. His face is long. and
somewhat resembles tnat of Dante, save that it
has not the right mould and expression OF the
great Florentine, and the nose 10 not 30 aqulins.
His hair is long and black, his cemPiection
Tennysoa's personal spp.srsncs. .ueh.nsn
Read called HIM "a dilspidsted Jupiter''-a
piece OF description ut once picturesque, aceu-
Whit Whittier i: .izty-eiEht year. old and most
quaint; t. kindly, and rsa,sd persoa: using habit
Henry v. LongfelIow is on. year older. and
wears well the dignity Of the gentlemen and the
poet.
Lowell is ffty-seven, and has the look Of the
critic rather than Of the poet.
Stoddard il ffty-six years old about ave feet
nine inches high, and wears q full IRON gray
board. This author looks every inch pott,
and in conversation 10 bright and witty. For
fifteen years he ''fed at the public crib" in the
Custom service; but new his whole time is Occu-
pied in contributing to the magazines and news
papers. The right hand being paralyzed, Mr..
St0ddard has learned to write with his lett.
Stoddard's wife 10 . writer OF no mean ability,
,sndrhas made q reputation for herself in the
| literary world.
Thomas Bailey Aldrich. just forty years Of
age, was born in New HampGi;re; laid the
| foundation Of his reputation in New York; wrote
| enable Belle" while he was in his teens, and
now resides in Boston. Aldrich's reputation ~
| poet and novelist 10 increasing and improving.
| oreign critics Of high authority placing him
| among the first American writers. He has had
some experience as an editor and literary critic,
| having commenced his career in the ofics of the
Home Journal. Aldrich has . wife and several
| children.
william Morris, the poet. lives in = charming
house in London, frightened by the presence OF
| Il beautiful wife and three pretty children. tie
study 10 reached by three flights of stairs, Ind
| is bare room, hung with Jumps OF tobacco, and
having, for writing purposes, q curious hacked
| table and an ancient ink. horn. Herein the
''Earthly Paradise" was written. The shaggy
haired. kind faced poet never looks hands0nler
than when his little ones are dancing about him
| and climbing over him,
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-16
THE NARROW GAUGE.
[From tn. k..sa. City Pric. Cure

[From the kansas City Price Current.l
We feel called upon again to refer to the ques-
ton Of The right Sf way being granted TO the
reach ths western portion Of the city, where are
located the elevators, stock yards and packing
houses. The Price Current considers this SUBJ
stated on several occasions that II the proper
facilities are Afforded the company and the prop
Of energy displayed very valuable trade may
be turned in this direction, which has hitherto
gone to st. Louis.
. committee, consisting Of Messrs. Ksarney.
Vaughn and Barber to wait upon the city council
and endsavor to use exertions to have the nsces-
sary right Of Way to west Kansas City granted.
The following WAS the action taken At the meet
ing Of the city council on Monday evening, A.
clipped from the TInes' report:
A COMMITTEES from the board OF trade appeared
and addressed the council in favor Of granting
railroad.
tAlderman Bigger appeared in his seat.) On
motion of Alderman Buckley, the reports OF tho
committee on public improvements on right
Of way to the Marrow Gauge were laid on the
tubls.
On motion. the ordinance granting right OF
way along the levee to the Wyandotts, Kansas
ordered to . second reading.
Moved by Mr.. Lovrjoy to refer to the commit
tee on public improvements and engineer,
dsrmen Loysjoy and Holmes " with Ii tn. enxinser; r
amendment lost. The original motion was put
ing out certain words. Not seconded.
Moved by Aid. Reid to reconsider the amend
msnt to Aid. Lovejoy's motion. Carried, when
the natter OF the ordinance granting right of
way was referred to Aids. Lovejsy, Lynde,
Holms: and Buckley, with the engineer and
counselor.
1t is to be hoped that the right of way may .bs
granted, for the reasons already stated. And to
show the interest which our neighbors, at the
other end OF the line take in this matter we beg
leave to call attention TO the article of the Lex
ington Intelligencer, whish will be found ON this
page, under the head Of Railroad Intelligence -
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-16
CRADLE soNa.
FROM "BIrTRR SWEET

What is the little one thinking about
Very wonderful things, no doubt;
Unwrittsn history
Unfathomed mystery!
Yet he chackles and crows, and mods, and winks
As if his head were as full of kinks
And curious riddles as any sphinx
Warped by collie, ami wet by tears,
Our little nephew will lose two years;
And he'll never know
Where the summers go;
He need not laugh, for he'll find it so.
Who can tell what baby thinks
Who can follow the gOssamer links
By which the manikin feels his way
Out from the shore OF the great unknown,
Blind, and Wsiling, and alone,
Into the light of day?
Out frem the shore of the unknown sea,
Tossing in pitiful agony;
or the unknown sea that reels and rolls,
specked with the barks OF little souls,-
Bsrks that Were launched on the other side,
And slipped from heaven on an ebbing tide !!
What does he think Of bis mothers eyes
What does he think Of his mothers hair?
What of the cra1le-roof, that flies
Forward and backward through the air?
What does he think OF his mothers breast,
Bare and beautiful, smooth and white,
Seeking it ever with fresh delight.
VI, Cup of his life, and conch OF his rest?
Presses his hand and buries his face
Deep where the heart -throbs sink and swell,
With tenderness she can never tell,
Though she murinur the words
OF all the brds,-
Words she has learned to murmur we'll?
Now he thinks he II 10 to sleep!
can see the shu low creep
Over his eyes in soft eclipse,
Over his brow and over his lips,
| Out to his little hnger-tips
Softly sinking. down he goes
Down he goes down he goes!
See he's hushed in sweet repose.
-(Josiah Gilbert Holland
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-16

There IS hulnor in suicides Miss Pixley of
South Lsr, Miss. jumped into II river to drow
herself. and pulled herself cut by the bough of a
tree under which ahe ioated. She writes an &C
count for the newspapers, saying: ''if there is
any one who reads this foolish enough to want
to die b fore Gods chosen time. don't jump in
to the river where there trees with limbs
hanging in the water. for if You do. NO matter
how determined You are to leave this world. you
" i'll either have to make up your mind TO stay =
little longer, or else try it again, which latter
you will not be likely TO do" Lawyer Ban
with laudsnum, wrote in . letter to q coroner
81 beg to inform you that this Is = case Of lsud-
anum taken with suicidal infant. Reasons con-
csrn no one but myself; still, IL any one should
insist apon having . reason, you may say I was
driven to desperation by the presidential mud
die, and seeing no prospect Of aScertainlng in
this world who was to be the next pre- ssident
went to the next where all things are supposed
~ bs known, ter the Information
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-16
SPEAKER RANDALLs ADDRESS
On taking tho Chair In the House OF
Representatives..

'GentIeme,, of the House of Representatives:
Called to this position because OF the d0ath
of the lxte speaker. Mr.. Kerr, of Indiana, only
express the universal sentiment in saying he
was . great and good man, whose public and
private Lille was characterized by purity, patri
more completely appreciate than do the high
honor of presiding over the deliberations of the
representatives. OF the American people, and for
this mark Of your esteem and confidence, trs-
turn nay prsfound and heartfelt acknowledge
ments. In the discharge of the important duties
fair and impartial. While enforcing the rules
and upholding the constitutional prerbgatives
of the body j. shall At the same time protect each
and every member IN the rights and privileges
to which hs may justly be entitled in the exsr-
else OF the parliamentary power of the chair. It
will be my duty and my pleasure to give true
expression in the appointment of commtttsss to
the opinion and wishes OF the house upon every
question presented, believing myself, as l really
am, no mere than the voice Of the house itself.
We stand in the presence OF events which strain
and test in the last degree our forms Of govern
ment. Our liberties, consecrated by 80 many
sacrifices in the past, and preserved amid the
rejoicing of an exultant people 10 our centennial
anniversary as one among the nations Of the
earth, must be maintained at every hazard. The
people look confidently to your moderation, to
your patient, calm, firm judgment and wisdom
iraught with 30 many perils. Let US not, be-
seech you. disappoint their just expectation, /,
prevent even the slightest departure from tho
constitution and the laws, forgetting in the mo-
N mt of difficulty that we are adhsrents Of party,
and only remembering that We are American
| citizens. with a country to save which will be
lost if unauthorized and unconstitutional acts ,
down at once with relentless and unspsring
QQemn atiOn.' -
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-16
AN EXCHANGE FlEND.

Tother evening We were lying
Inour sanctum, vainly trying
To inyut some local ite for our valuable sheet,
Mhn ''fend," who thought us sleeping,
To our desk came softly creeping,
Picked Up some late exchanges and then started
forths street.
Then he air grew denser, thicker,
As Oui old 'Bogardus Kicker''
Raised thegrlm, audscous stranger through the
wind'w with crash
just lifsd him so neatly
That he disappeared completely,
With his shoulders ornamentsd with u shattered
windoW-sash.
And the Stranger still is hieing
Through tie atmosphere a-nyiDg,
With flag truce'' protruding through the
hole "Bo,ardus" tore;
And the soothing thought comes DER US
That he never more will bore
Never come to shal exchanges from our sanctum
any more.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-16
THE TREASURY ESTIMATES.

The secretary of the treasury has submitted to
the house of representatives the estimates of ap-
propriatOns repaired for the public service tor
the fiscal yeur ending with June 1873. These are
Tor co oigress. $5,JSs ,25s; executive prot er,
S1S, 4GO department OF state, 81 449 $50 treasury
department., Sl65 PAS. .4sO; war departm snt. S54
Isl .355: navy department ga, sol 96o; interior
department, SIS. 500, a22; postofice departms nj
So, ,636 .64I; department. OF justice, 81 .422 800;
Sill .69S. These estimates are sl5. eco 900 less
than those for 1877 democratic house has a
ever, have 10 submit to reduction even on thesl
ngures.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-16
o, why SHOULD the SPIRIT OF MORTAL Be
PROUDP

o, why should the spirit of mortal be proud?
Like q swift -leeting meteor, "A fast-dying cloud,
A lash OF tho lightning, break OF the wave,
Man passes frcm life to his rest In the grave.
The leaves OF the oak and tho willow shall fade,
Be scattered around and together be laid;
And the young and the old, and the low and
the high,
Shall moulder to dust and together shall lie.
The infant mother attended and loved,
The mother that infants affection who proved;
The husband that mother and infant who blessed,
Each, all, are away to their dwellings OF rest.
The maid on whose cheek, on whose brow, in
whose eye,
Shone beauty and pleasure-hsr triumphs are by;
And the memory of those who loved her and
praised,
The hand of the king that the scsptrs hath borne;
The brow of the priest that the mitre nath worn;
The eye of the sage and the heart o1 the brave.
Are hidden and lost in the depth Of the grave.
The peasant, whose lot was to SOW and to reap;
lhe herdsman, who climbed with bis goats up
the steep;
The beggar, " ho wandered in search OF his bread;
Have faded away like the grass that We tread.
The saint who enjoyed the communion Of heaven,
The sinner who dared to remain unforgivsn;
The wise and the foolish, the guilty and just,
Have quietly mingled their bones IN the dust.
So The multitude goes like the flower or the weed
mat Wltners away 10 let OtnerS Succeeuj
30 the multitude comes, even those We behold,
To repeat over the tale that has often been told
For we are the same our fathers have been;
We see the same sights our fathers have SEEM
We drink the same stream and view the same sum-
And run the same race our fathers have run.
The thoughts we are thinking our fathers would
think;
From the death we are shrinking our fathers
would shrink.
To the life are clinging they would also cling !;
But it speeds for US all like u bird on the wing.
They loved, but the story we cannot unfold;
They scorned but the heart of the naughty cold
They grisved, but no wall from their slumpsrs
will come;
They joysd. but the tongue of their gladness is
They died. ay they died: and we. things tina,
now.
Who walk on the turf that lies over their brow,
Who make IN the ir dwellings n transient abode.
Meet the things that they met on their pilgrim
age road.
Yes hope and despondeucy, pleasure and pain,
We InRgle together in sunshine and rain;
And the smiles and the tears, the song and the
dirge,
| Still follow each other. like surge upon surge
'Iis the wink Of an eye, It's the drausht of a
breath,
From tho blossom Of health to the paleness of
death,
From the gided saloon to the bier and the
shrOud,-
O, why should the spirit'o mortal bo proud ?
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-16

'Suppose that this Intervention of military
power 10 protect the action of an Independent
state authority should happen to be exercised in
Louisiana or any of the states for the purpose OF
taking ont the majority Of an electoral college
when they were choosing the president; or sup
pose that II. by subverting the vote of that state
one man should be chosen instead of the other,
who would have been chosen if the state had
voted without being acted upon by that authors
ty. what have you then but civil war, engaging
vast passions and vast uultitudes of men on the
auestion Of \ dispute over the presidency ?''-
William NJ. Evart, January, 1875.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-16

In the list of members elect of the Missouri
legislature published on the first page of last
weeks paper, there Were some errOrs which we
correct as follows: In Mcdonald county Jos. j i.
Hrown WAS elected, and not w L. Price; In
Maiies, j. \. Love and not Jos Mosby; in
Perry, John j. SeIhcl and not X. VI brewer
all democrats. John VI. Johnson, elected in
Stone county, is Il democrat and not Il republic
can, IS reported. In the list there several
errors as TO the initial oil the members, but the
following corrections are all that are material
Barr county, George Il. King, republican, Cam
den county, u. ". l.. Mitchell, republican
Clinton county, George W. Davis, democrat;
Douglas county, Abner Garrisou, republican.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-16
ShY C. WALLACE. WIN. IL. CHILLED
WALLACE & CHlLES,

A TTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS Al
"A Law, Lexington, Mo. Office, 'front.' room
the court house Will practice in the courts OF
Lafavette and surrounding counties, and also In
he Supreme court of the state OF Missouri, anu
the U s. Circuit and District courts for the
Voc nisfricf q Missouri.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-16

The chant which We publish below 10
neither classical nor reverent, but as sung
BY eur devil is sufficiently impressive to
bring the last dime out of the deep recesses
OF = delinquent subscribsr's pockets.
The man who cheats the printer
Out Of single cent.
Win never reach that heavenly land
Where old Elijah went.
The man who cheats the printer
Would auction OF his wife,
Or sell his id old over-cOat
For buek-hornsd hv ndled knife.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-16

An eminent Englishman affirms that the worst
case of smallpox can be cured In three days,
simply by the Of cream Of tartar. Ono
ounce Of cream of tartar dissolved in pint OF
water. drank at intervals, when cold, he says,
is certain remedy II has cured thousands
never leaves mark, never Causes blindness, aaS
avoids tedious lingering.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-16

AT the last regular communication of Miami
Lodge. 30. SIS, A. F. and A. NJ, held on FRI
dAy evening. the lst, inst the following gen
tismea were elected TO nil the different oflces
w. L. Williams, Secretary; ID. b. Colu ane, 8.
"; Heury Mersns, 8. D.. j. n. Willis, J e.
W; Geo. Burri., J. D.; L. j. Hammer, ,Treas-
prsr; \, z, GslsThith; Tyler,
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-16

81 submit it to you. fellow-citizens, that the
moment we compaccntly accep: The side that
profits by such military intervsntions sIo as
sumo that nothing but disappointment and
political disgust on the other side principles
are gone, and the way will be open At last for
usurpation. .'-IWilliam NJ. Evarts, January,
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-16
AIIFRED i. HAIL.

r ATE CIRCUIT AND PROSECUTING At
IL TORNEY, will practice in all the courts oil
:ecord, in Lafayette county, and in all the State
anu Federal Courts. Criminal law and collee-
tions specially. Refers by permission, to the
Lexington Savings Bank, Hon. John Red
Chairman State Democratic Executive Commit
tee; Gov. j. w Stevenson, U. Senator from
Kentucky; b. K. IRELAND, County Treasurer;
VIM. B. Steele, County clerk. Office over NJ.
4. keller's Store. janl6-ly
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-16

Another branch of American trade which 10
looming into prominence 10 fruit. This year the
trade with England will be greatly augmented
by the almost entire failure Of the British Iruit
crop, and an unusual scantiness in Belgium and
parts Of France ana Germany,
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-16
a. #. ALEXANDER,

TTORNEY AT LAW. Will practice In the
~ Courts of Lafayette and adjoining counties.
n IN also attend promptly to the collection OF
Claims, and to Investigation of titles to real
estate. Onice over the Banking House OF VIM
Morrison 4 Co ianl4-ly
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-16

A TTCRNEYS AT LAW,
Once No. SIX Main street, over Tevis' Drug
Store, will practice in the Lafayette and ad1oln
ing counties. special attention gwen 10 cohect
tiOns and the Investigation of land titles.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-16

The following shows the relative increase OF
the different religious bodies in England in
seventy seven OF the largest towns: increase
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-16
ET.nRIDGE BURDEN /.

TTORNEY g. COUNSELLOR AT Law
"A Lexington, Mo. Office back room over the
Lexington Savings Bank, opposite court house.
Will practice in the State and Federal courts
md rrohsfe business febl7-yl.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-16
RYLAND g. RYLAND,

a TTORNEYS AT LAW, Lexington, No.
"a once over No. 81, Main street. Practice
in all the Courts OF Lafayette and adjacent coun-
tias in the Supreme Court of the state and
District Court of the United States. Prompt
attention given to collections and all other
hnsiness. janl4
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-16
WILLIAM YOUN

A TTORNEY AT LAW, Lexington, Missouri.
II Will practice his profession in all OF the
courts OF Lafayette county and the courts oi
Record IN the state. Office over Aulls Bank
(Sawyer's old stanO. All business promptly