Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-10-14

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FOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ToWNsHIP,
E. B MCKEE.
Eighteen hundred colored voters on horseback
were a feature of . procession in honor of Wade
Hampton in South ca: olina, recently:
The question, says an eastern manufacturer
is s.Tilden and renewed business activity and
prosperity,'' or ''Hayes and stagHation and
starvation"
The democrats are not merely going to carry
New York, but all indications point to a larger
majority than has been given to either party for
ten years past.
John L.. Swaney, probably the oldest Mason
in the United States, died recently at his home,
in Sumner county, Tenn, aged ninety-seven.
He had been . Mason seventy years.
Counterfeit ffty-cent pieces of the most ad-
mirable execution are enjoying precarious Cir
c~ulation; also twenty cent pieces, ingen iously
nicked on the edge, in order to pass among the
unwary for quarters.
The Independence (Kan.,) Courier says:
..Irish potatoes are selling at IS cents per bushel
from wagons. Retailers will probably advance
the price to a dollar this week. Four weeks ago
YOU could buy all you wanted for 16 cents per
bushel,"
The democratic chiefs of New York are very
confident. They tell of great gains all over the
state, and Gov. Tilden is said to assert that lie
will carry New York by Mt least seventy thou
sand majority. The republicans are no less con-
hdent, though not nearly SO communicative.
Mr.. Richard Ten Brock, who started his
equine namesake at the recent unparalleled race
in Louisville, was the first person to taxa Amer
lean horses to England and win with them oil
the English turf. Since his notable car. er abroad
he has lived quietly at his country place near
Louisville.
Mr.. William NJ. Evarts has not yet been Sc
duced into supporting Hayes and "reform with
in the party at the expense of his own high
reputation for courage ann consistency; but
while the campaign RACES cultivates his Yer
mont farm with antique and philOsOphic sell
possession.
The amount of gold available for coin falls far
short of sixty millions per annum, and vastly
more than this is required to pay the interest OIL
the foreign debt. So that gold redemption Is
wholly impossible; and the cry of resumption
on a gold basis IN 1879 is only made to serve the
interests of foreign gold operators:
Late sdvices from Havana are that the new
crop of Cuba tobacco is of very poor quality. In
the whole of the new crop there are only five
thousand bales suitable for frst-clsss msnufac-
turers. The old crop has been completely ex-
hausted. Several of the frst-class manufactures
have been compelled to suspend for want Of leaf
Hon. Willard P. Hall, having declined thu
nomination for judge on the supreme bench, vice
Vorhies resigned, it appears positive that Judge
Norton will be appointed in his place, and that
tho nfar vao a Omnlirnoufarv n fo Gov Hall
faeling or seemingly knowing the result, and
that Judge Norton would be the man.
We hear from Chicago that Moody and
Sankey's meetings are crowded; that Brother
Moody's sermons are eagerly listened to by the
audience. and that Brother Sankey's songs are
heard with great satisfaction. But we do not
hear of many of the listeners turning from their
evil ways to pursue the paths of righteousness.
Lord Roseberry is about to marry Miss Hannah
Rothschild, daughter of the Baron Meyer Roths-
child. She brings a dover of eight millions
This is the second daughter of the great financial
house that has accepted a Gentle for Q husband.
Two years ago, Miss Annie, daughter of An
thony Rothschild, married Mr.. Elliott Yorke,
and that, too, againsts her fathers consent,
though no great fuss was afterwards made
about it.
To the republican argument that there is
plenty of money in the country, s'Rise Up''
William Allen answers concluslvely and logi-
cally: $50 there is, but it aim In circulation.
A man Immediately after his death. if he dies Ivy
fair means, has just as much blood IN his veins
rs he had before, but it isn't in circulation.
That's just the way with our money. There's
plenty of it in the country, but it isn't circulat-
ing"
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