Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-02-12
o11R. WASHINGTON LETTER.

EDIToR INTEILIGENCER Tue hiS' i"
Gold weather of the season made lis appear
apce on the morning OF the second ins''' "e
,,r. thr break of day, in the shape oil a htr-
.;..,a Houses were unroofcd, trees up
rooted. tin roofs rolled up as a SCROLL anu
fences blown in every dlrectioh' w"
Fo,us seemed 10 have looseneu all Oh MS
docs of war for u complete jambouree' With
fulI nermission to do as they saw proper
with the abode of man. All of this was lol-
,owed Inv about our inches of beautiful snow,
and while | write this you can
s.He.r the sledges will, the bells
Silver bells
How they tinklc, tinkle, tinkie,
In the icy air OF night
Not much general news OF any KIM io''-
| ing about just now. The Senate mas just
| finished considering the District OF IoiuED'a
3 60 bonds, and will soon take up the fihch-
back embroglio. let us hope it Will he
Terminated without a revival of the Louis
lana matters and the waving OF the Dloo"y
shirt business.
A mo, ement has been made to secure al
anpropriation of 81 1000 900 for the purpose
of building a ship canal across the lSthmls
of D,rien have been mads
| DpIOrt luG u
t;ons as an initiatory step in the matter.
Speaker Kerrhas minated that he has no
desire to have his name connected with the
national ticket, and strongly endorses COY.
Hendricks, of Indiana, for the next presl-
dency.
Baltimore boasts of a new departure In
politics. 1t is called ''The Free Scheoi
Guard,'' and has already a supposed mem
bership of 1000. Free schools, free speech,
free press, compulsory education, Il presl-
Dental tern of six years and other cohta-
gious sentiments form u part OF its platform.
Several contested election cases are on the
docket, but all yield the palm to that OF
Brombers VS.. HARRISON, of Alabama. In
limitation, fraud and bribery unparalleled
are revealed. Uncle Sans bacon anu other
commissary stores were distributed freely To
sustain the courage of the colored voters
while they fought nobly at repeating.
HARRISON, who is a suffering negro, oiach
as the blacklist darkness, Is the sitting mem
Der. He made speeches during the canvass
{ advocating the hanging ofall parties attempt
ing to persuade colored men to vote the
democratic ticket, and proposed to treat III
the same manner all negroes voting the Sam'
> ticket. The case will come up soon before
= the committee on Elections, ana promises u
become an interesting one.
: The tariff bill, Introduced IN the House by
Mr.. Morrison, makes many exchanges AM
adds considerably to the free list. Among
> the many articles to be taxed are the follow
ing: Cigars, of all kinds, So 80 per pound
tobacco, in leaf, not stamped, 40 cents Tea
t 10 cents; coffee, 3 cents, &c., (coal free) IL
income tax is mentioned in the bill. Til
bill will probably be amended somewhat be
fore passage, and will, no doubt, be tn
cause of much debate.
u New Mexico is still knocking ut the doc
for admission as a state. The suppositlOn j
= that the committee will report favcrably
and we will have one mole state i'll til
Union. .....
The estimates for the fertilization appro
prlation bill have been reduced from tnre
- million to three hundred thousand dollars
y which is a tremendous saving to the goN
re erument from one direction. -
Gen, Clark has introduced a bill for til
e purpose of r%eimbursing the University
n Missouri for damages and injury sustalne
i, curing Lue HUG Val ny IhC tiooPS VI -
- United States. 1t directs the secretary
u the treasury, upon the passage of IL
bill, to pay to said University tue sum
L. ST.. 40. Gen. Clark is especially interested
II the cause of education III the state of Nj
~ souri,, and the bill will not lack for attention
A bill has also been introduced for the r
lief of William Morrison, of Lexington. Mi
souri,, for destruction of foundry by initial
Nj order of Gen. Lewis Merrill, In 1861. 1t pr
u vides for the appropriation of thir
III thousand dollars in full for foundry stoc
IL supplies, fixtures, &c, destroyed by III
nj under said order.
|, The debate on the presidential term W
closed by Mr.. Knott, who thus pictured
- scene which is calculated to set most III
IL one to wishing for presidential honors: -
salary OF $50. 900, 4 mansion sustained in
re style of luxury that few persons dreamed {
x furnished. repaired and heated at an annu
a. expense of So. 900, with the very air breal
=, ell there perfumcd by rare e%Xotics, PROF
gated in a S55. 900 garden house. maintain
GU ut an annual expense of $4,000; a priva
Ia secretary at $4,000 a year to do the pre-
es dents writing two assistant secretaries.
IT.. Sg.JUU Il year, 10 uO luc "olh u liz PiiNs
of secretary f.; two clerks at S2,25O to do t
. work OF the assistant secretaries Qaughte
a steward at 1000, to supply the presiden
is table with the choicest wines and the Itch
p Niands that could tempt or satiate his apl
.es titc with sc 900 Il year for books, peri'
ed icals, stationery, kilograms and "a conf
,ss pause) other contingencies. What that me;
~, he did not know, but he thanked God
:, the contingencies Qaushter.) If
no children of Israel sighed for the tleshpots
arc Egypt, what must be the anguish of Il sen
dy tive soul when taking u last long farewell
err such salary and luXuries." Several anne
nv ments were offered, and the vote was tai
on the passage of the bill, which was lost
IA Yeas to 1G6 nays.
Investigations are the order of the d
The government printing office has fal
OF into line, and Mr.. CIapp will have an OPP
ge. tunity of Interesting Il committee by eXpli
,rd ing the details, Nc, of the Office.
Maggie Mitchell and Theodore Tilton
here entertaining the people.
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