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Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-08-28
GEN. GARFIELD's CREDIT MOBILIER
RECORD, ....- ...

From his Own Sworn Testimony before the Po-
land Committee, january IA, 1SI3.l
L never owned, received, or agreed to receive
any stock oil the Credi. Mobiiler or OF the Union
Pacific raiiroad,' nor any dividends arising from
either oil them. raa. .a. &c.. rs... ..--. ..4
From Judge Poland's Report, Feb. Is, 1875
Garield's Testimony PeJury.l Hr
The facts IN relation to MIR. GARFIELD. us found
by the committee, are that he agreed win Mr.
Ames 10 take ten shares OF Credit Mobilier STOCK,
but did not pay for the same. Mr., Ames recelV.
ed the eighty per cent. dividend in bonds anu
sold them ior nnety-seven per cent, ana also
received the sixty per cent. cash DIVIDEND; %
which, together with the prics: of the stock and
interest. left u balance OF $3.50. This sum was
paid over to Mr.. Garfield by check On Tie
stood this sum was the balance OF dividends al
ter paying iOr tile stock. rrf.. o..
[Frum the New York Times, Rep, Feb. 10. '73.
Messrs. Kelly and Garfield present most dis
tresslng figure. Their participation IN the Cred
il Mobiler utfair is complicated by tile most un-
fortunate contradictions Oi testimony.
[ErOm the New York Times, Rep, Feb. 20, '13. ]
The character of the Credit MObilier was no
secret. Tue source vi Its profits Was very well
known at the time congressman bought 1t.
Though Oakes Anes may have succeeded IN con-
ce,lIInS his own motive, which was to DrIDe
congressman, their acceptance OF the stock was
not on that account Innocent. The dlshOnor oil
The act, us u participation IN an obvious fraud,
still remains. rHT .---a..' a..u.
Sume ol them have Indulgel in testimony with
felet the WHICH has Dcch CohtIa-
dictet Tile committee directly rejects the testi-
mony OF several oil the members. Ibis can only
he done On the ground that 1t is untrue. But IN
true testimony given under Oath Is morally, II
not legally. perjury.
1t is The clear duty OF congress TO visit with
punishment all who took Credit Aiob!licr STOCK
from Oakes Ames.
r, ON the New York Tribune, Rep, February
10, 1878.
james A. Garfield. of Ohio, had ten shares
! never paid dollar; received 1923. which. after
the investigation began, tie Was an xiOus to have
considered rs y loan from Mr.. Oahes Aines Il
hiuself.
Well, the wickeilness of all of it is that thest
men betrayed the tIunt Of the people, deceived
| their constituents, and 10y evasions and false
hoods confessed the ransactiOnto to be tisSraceiul
IFrom the New York Tribune, Rep, Februar,
70, 1878 ]
Mr.. Ames establishes very clearly the pOin
that he Was not alone in this offense Ii he Is to
| be expelled for bribery, the men who wert
bribed should go with him.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-08-28
LAUGHING OFF A DUEL.
ATLANTA Constition.l

Speaking of the Cash h-Shannon duel,
said the exchange tiend, putting his
feet in the waste basket" 1--WE need a
few men like Judge Dooly. He laugh
ed out of duels with an audacious wit
that compelled even the admiration OF
his enemies. You remember he said,
when they threatened that if he didn't
fight his name would ill the columns OF
Il newspaper, that he rather fill ten
newspapers than one coffin. Once he
went on the field with man who had
St. Vitus's dance. His opponent was
standing at his post, his whole frame
Jerking nervously from his malady.
Dooly, in the soberest manner, left his
post and cutting iorked stick stuck it
in the ground in front of his opponent.
what does this mean? ?' asked his
opponent
why" says Dooly, Il want you to
rest your pistol in that fork, so that you
can steady your ann. If you shoot at
me with that hand shaking so. you'll
pepper me tull of holes at the first fire !"
Then there was laugh all around
and the duel was put off without day."
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-08-28
THE REPUBLICAN PRESS AND SENA-
E.,,,ii, TOR HAMPTON r.

i
Republican papers all over the north !
have been publishing and very severely
commenting on speech sot Senator
Hampton's, in which they allege that he
smd:-"Will Virginia sacrifice the DEM
ocratic party ? Will she sacrifice !, the
south? stood four years by the side
of Nirginians, and know the stuff they
are made of. Consider what Lee and
Jackson would do. were they alive.
These are the principles Tor which they
fought four years. At this crisis can
not, l will not think you will prove
false to your traditions, yrecreant to the
exalted teachings ennopling inspirar
tons OF your glorious past" OF this
paragraph the New York Herald says,
editorially, in its issue OF August 16:-
"A narrowing paragraph purporting to
be literal extract from dreadful
speech made by Senator Hampton, OF
South Carolina, at Staunton, Va. on July
| &c, is having an extensive circulation IN
the partisan republican press, and fur
| nishes a text Tor thefmOst paroXysmal
exhfbitiens of campaign rhetoric. One
journal in this city keeps it standing at
the head OF its editorial page. 1t repre-
sents MIR. Hampton as urging support
| of Gen. Hancock for president on the
ground that the political principles ol
the democratic party are the same ior
which Gems. Lee and Jackson fought in
the rebellion. A report OF this speech,
which we have received from Senator
Hampton, and print In another column
does net contain the paragraph in ques-
ton. We find in it predictions OF evl
consequences to result from the posi-.
BILE election OF Gen. Garfield which are
extravagant, such as that we shall be
hold ne more free elections and no more
untrammeled expression of political sen
timent;' but it contains no phrase which
is literally like that which republican
journals and speakers put into hi
mouth. nor any which, by. ialr con
struction, can be tortured into its slgnit
icance. Turn and turn about is NJ
more than fair. Since the republican
deem that Mr.. Hampten's view OF wha
are the principles of the. democratl
party IS so valuable, for the sake OF iai
play let them now quote tor while hi
view of what the principles oI their ow
.. party are" The Herald is very san
5 gune If it expects from the republica
i. press any correction OF its misquotatior
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-08-28
MR.. JAY GOULD GIVES UP THE GAR.
FIELD SHIP.
JFrom the New York world.l

IFrom the New ork w orlu. I.E. 1
KINGSTON N-oN-THE-HUDsoN, July
2O.-Mr. JAY Gould last week visited
his former home in Delaware county
in this state, and hOnOred Kingston
with his presence ell route.lqWhile
here he spoke his mind freely on the
subject of politics, prophesying the
certain election of Hancock and Eng
lish. In conversation with Major,
Thomas Cornell, the wealthy for
warder here-a republican by the
way-Mr. Gould unhesitatingly said
that lie anticipated the success OF the
democratic presidential ticket this
fall.
How is that 2" qreried Major
Cornsll. .;,.,...- -;tse., -.
"Well," said Mr.. Gould, "the fact
is, Cen. Arther loads down the re-
pub lean ticket, aud aside from that
tine democrats are thoroughly united
nope of carrying New York, and 1:
b. lieve that rs goes New York so
will also 20 New Jersey at least, and
Connecticut probably" ~" II
Mr.. Gould also ventured the re-
mark that the republican .'machiue''',
had already practically abandoned
the presidential fight and would
lenceiorth concentrate it's Efforts up-,
on carrying the various state lesisla-
lures, with the obvious purpose Of
controlling the United State senate.
MIR. Gould's revelations are impOr-
tant only as exhibiting the fact that
what is called the money power does
not seem to be as much afraid of the
democracy as some people make out,
and that the Tribune's lot in this
contest is not a happy enc. iluutjiugs:
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-08-28
A SUMMER NIGHT STORM.
DORA READ GoODALE.

Gray broken clouds along the showery skies
Lie dim behind the broad horizon line;
The night wind through the outer Il darkness flies, !,
Amid the green the fitful tirefies shine.
The lightning tears the heavens with sudden
shock,
Each separate le af stands clear against the light
Tire thunder crashes down from rock to rock
Across the broken silence OF the night.
The earth leaps up beneath the lurid glare;
One second all its midnight grace reveals
Then drops the darkness on the sitting air
That lifts and opens to the thunder peals.
And through the moments throbbing hush be-
tween geo J.
The fl ssh of lightning and the wild refrain,
You hear, amid the naples shifting green,
The drip and patter OF the summer rain.
Now the long echoinss mutter far away,
Like some great organ, strong in graclous
might
A voice which Natures forcesmust obey,
A grand compelling power along the night. /
Lower and lower sinks the mighty tone;
Faint are the lines of fire along the sky;
The night is lett in darkness and alone;
The storm has died and dark ness too shall die
The robins chirp within the rocking nest.
The eastern skies are flushing far away;
The phantom moon hangs waning IN tire west,
The blrds are singing ut the break Of day.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-08-28
NOT so DISMAL.

A Virginia paper tells some things
which are not generally known about
the Dismal Swamp. 1t is not vast
bog sunk low in the ground, into which
the drainage OF the surrounding country
flows. On the contrary, it is above the
level ground, some fifteen or twenty
feet, as was demonstrated by actual
surveys. Instead of being a receptacle
into which rivers and streams enter and
flow, it is in reality an immense reser
voIr that, IN its vast sponge-like bulk
gathers. the waters that tall irem the
heavens and pours them into the five dit
ferent rivers which flow onward to the
sea. Any one would imagine that the
Dismal was u veritable charnel. house
that spreads its miasmas throughout
the country. On the contrary, it is the
healthiest place on the American con-
tinent. The swamp is entirely of green
timber. There is absolutely no decom-
posed wood: one sees trees lying around
the forests and swamps. The two
principal woods that grow in the place
are the jumper and cypress, which
never rot. They fall prone on the
ground like other trees, but instead OF
the wood decomposing it turns into
peat, aud lies indisssluble by air or
water for ages perfectly sound. There
| is nothing in the swamp to create mias-
ma; no rising OF the tides and decom,
position of rank vegetables; no marshes
exposed to the burning rays OF the sun
All is fresh and sweet, and the air Is
laden with as sweet odors rs the fra
grant woods in May when the fragrance
OF the flowers mingles with the pungen
scent OF the pine and dogwood Ii
the ante bellum days all planters were
anxious to hire their slaves to shingle
makers in the swamp on account OF it
healthuiness. Mr.. ReddiCk a well known
contractor, says he worked fifty hand
tor fifteen Years in the Dismal, gettn:
shingles, and in all that time there wa
not y single case OF ague and fever.
have seen numerous atfidavits OF over
seers and agents who have lived in tn
swamp their whole lifetime, and the
never knew 4 death caused by miasm
or a solitary instance OF ague and ievel
The air is pure and sweet, and waite,
tinged with faint wine hue by the Jun
iper, is as potent medicinal drink rs
to be found At the famous swaterin
places of the Virginia mountain spa:
1t is often used by vessels going on
; foreign cruise on account OF its healti
full properties, and also because it keer
fresh and clear for years. 1t is stron
and lnvigorating tonic, with q pleasal
taste.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-08-28
THE PASS OF DEATH.

II WAS narrow pass,
Watered with human tears;
For death had kept the outer gate
Almost six thousand years;
And the ccascless Tread of u world feet
Was ever in my ears
ThrOnging, josting, hurrying by,
AS If they were only born TO die.
A stately king drew near,
This narrow pass to tread;
ArOund him hung gorgeous robe,
And II crown was OIL his heal
But Death, with Il loOk'Of withering scOrn,
Arrested him and said:
Sin humber dress must the king draw near
For the crown and the purple are useless here -
Next came Il man of wealth,
And his eye was proud and bold,
And he bore IN his hand Il lengthy scroll;
Telling OF sums untold;
But Death who C:trcth not for rank,
Carcth rs little for gold:
'licre that scroll canret allow,
For the gold Of the richest, is powcrless now -
Another followed fast,
And book was in his hand
Filled with the flashes of burning thought,
That are known i'll many a land,
But the child of genius qrlailed to hear
Death pitilcss d"Inand:-
"Here that book cannot enter with thee
For the b. ;ht flas Ii OF genius is nothing TO me- u
| Next came Il maiden fair,
With That eye deeply bright,
| That stirs within you strange, sweet care
Should you meet on Il summer night;
But Death. 'cer the gentle maid passed through
Snatchcd away its light:
| Beauty Is power in the wOrld,' - he saith
but what Gu it do In the pass of Death
\ youth of sickIy mien,
Followed IN thoughtful mood.
Whose heait Was filled with love to God
And the earthly brotherhood;
Death felt he could not Quench the heart
That lived tor others goou
~ own cried lie, 1.-The power to love,
must lei II pass To the realms above ~
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-08-28
coMMENDABLE SENTIMENTS.
Letter of General Hancock % Mr..
Glover, OF Missouri al3iI

NEWPORT, II. l., July II, 1868.
S. L. Glover, Esq, St. Louis My
Dear Sir-i am greatly obliged for
your favor of the 18th inst. Those
who suppose that l. do notJacQuiesce
IN the work OF the national demo-
cratic convention, or. that do not
sincerely desire the election of it's
nominee, know very little Of my
character. Believing, as really DO,
that the preservation of constitu-
tioual government eminently depends
on the success of the democratic
party i'll the coming election, were |
to hesitate in its candid support l
feel should not only falslfy my, own
record, but commit crime against
lay country. . a..a 4.ti.,5f,.,a
never aspired to the presidency
on account OF myself. Inever sought
Its doubtful honors and certain labOrs
and responsibilities merely for the
position. My own wish was to pro-
mote, if l could, the good. of the
country, and to rsbuke the spirit of
revolution which had invaded every
sacred precinct of liberty. When,
the refore, you pronounce the state.
ments in question false, you did ex-
aciy right. Principle, aud not men,
is he motto for the rugged crisis i'll
which We are uow struggling. Had
| ben made the presidential nomi-
nee | should have considered it q
trihute not to me, but to the princi-
pies which l had proclaimed and
practised. But shall cease to revere
those principles because, by mutual
political friends, another has been
appointed to put them into execu-
tien? Never! Never! Neverl
These, sir, are my sentiments, w hat
ever interested parties may say to
the contrary, and l desire that all
may know and understand them.
shall ever hold in grateful remem-
trance the faithful friends who, hail
my from every section Of the Union.
pre- ferred me by their votes and other
expression or contidence, both i'll
and out of the convention, and shall
do them all the justice to believe that
they were governed by patriotic mo.
tivcs that they did not propose
simply to aggrandize my personal
fortunes, but to save their county
through me, and that they will not
now suffer anything like personal
references or jealousies to stand be-
tween them and their smallest duty
| have the honor to be, dear sir,
very respectfully yours, .f'e
WINFIELD S. HANCOCK.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-08-28
CIROUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.
Detroit Free Press. /

John Smith," said the court, '.do
you mean to say that you were not
drunk when the policeman arrested
you!"
No. sir, l was SOBER"
"Well, your honor" said the police
man, II seed him coming up the street
at IL O'Clock last night and he was
tackin' like vessel wi, head wind.
And when he got to the corner he made
for the lamp-post and dropped nick
ell in the letter box and took a seat on
the curbstone and commenced singin, !"
There Is west faw the weawy,
There is west faw the weawy,"
sAnd when | told hm to move on he
said he didn't want no CAB from street
Car hoodlum like me, and allowed he'd
throw me out of the car. I'll leave it
to your honor to say If he was sober"
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-08-28
\sIIA ANYB0DY's BusINEssp

Is it anybody's business
Ita gentleman should choose
To wait upon lady,
If the lady don't refuse?
Or to speak a lit le palmer,
That the meaning all may know;
Is 1t anybody's business
If a lady has beauX
Is it anybody's busiu ess
When that gentleman may call,
Or when he leaves lady,
Or If he leaves at all
Or Is it necessary -
That the curtai should be drawn
To save from further trouble
The outside lockers on?
Is it anybOdy's bus mess
But the lady's, if her beau
Rides out with other ladies'
And he dOesn t let her know?
Is it anybody's business
But the gentleman's, If she
Accepts another's escort
Where he dOesn' chance to beP
II PERSONS on the side walk,
Whether great. or whether small,
Is 1t anybody's business
Where that person means to call
Or If you see person,
Calling anywhere,
Ia it any of your business
What his business may be there?
The substance Of our query,
simply stated would be this:T
us II anyboly's business
What an others business is 9?
II 1t Is, or il 1t isn't
We would really like to know.
For Wa rerfaip IL IL isn't
Some would like to make 1t so. -
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-08-28

will not soon be forgotten. Nearly ev-
ery state in the union was represented,
and some idea OF its numbers. can be
had, probably, from the fact that they
were about four hours in passing given
point, and marched fifteen abreast.
Handsomely uniformed, each comman-
dery carrying an elegant banner, it was
a beautiful sight. But what looked odd
to me were the drum majors who lead
the bands Poor fellows; l feel sorry
tor them if they have to carry that enor-
nous head gear very long, and then it
gives them look of snch awful feroc-
lty, too. Or what service they were,
do not know; but they appeared to me
as the fifth wheel to a wagon. Early
this morning it was sprinkling quite
briskly. and the prospects for heavy
rain were good, the thunder being fire.
quent and heavy, and the clouds black !;
but,
:Like lobster boiled, the morn
From black to red began to turn
and the day was as favorable rs it could
have been, the shower making it all the
more pleasant. Just alter the process
sion l saw Mrs. w. NJ Jordan. She
was with Mrs. Colgan, who was,I think
Miss Ida Jordan, who lived, years ago
in Lexington.
Tonight the grand ball, for which ex
tensive preparations have been made
takes place. shall go to the Olympic
ter Idalene.
No doubt too much OF your space ha
already been taken up,se | will close, il
order to see the city still further.
Yours, sleeyily, SAM
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-08-28
LOVE THAT GL0RIFIES THE HUM
BLEST MAN. slY -9gd'
[From the New Orleans Timcs.l

lrGon Tue NeW OEIeanb 1imcS.l
There is nothing in the world so
sad as human nature, and, the tears
come into my eyes now as l think of
the pi,iful story Tom told me as he
smokei his atter-supper pipe last
night. The other day, just before
, aine home, Tom had occasion to go
over the lake. On his way back aud
when the train stopped at the bay he
noticed man getting into che car in
lrcnt of him with ajlittle lbeby lying
IN his arms. The baby seemed young
and the man hushed it in his arms
with u gentle, rocking mo ton, bend
ing over now and then to kiss its little
white tace. Alter the train got under
way the conductor came to Tom and
said :: ''Come with me; want, to
show you the saddest, strangest sight
you ever saw IN all your hfe,0 and
ne lead the way into the, next car
''Do you see that man over there ?'
said he, and there sat the man whom
Tom had noticed with the hsba. !. His
precious little bundle lay quiet on
The seat in front of him. and as these
wo meu watched, he Leaned oyer,
looked long and earnestly III the little
tlower face, aud then kissed the 'frail
finger tips he held SO gently in his
hand. THAT baby's dead" said tho
conductor. at died this morning at
| the bay. He couldn'tl bear to putit
III coffin, because then it would have
| TO 90 without him in the baggage car,
aud so he is just carrying 1t heme to
New Orleans in his arms.'' And the
car ratified on-the boy called the
stale slices of sponge cake and his
cigars through the train-the passen-
gers laughed, and smoked. aud fought
The mosquitoes-and he, stricken to
the hearts core, sat there quiet and
unheeding, watching over his dead
child, kissing the fingers that would
never again softly clasp his, looking
down upon white lids that had closed
yer the bright eyes as the petals of a
sensitive flower close at nighttime
over its delicate heart-and the world
was nothing to him.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-08-28
A BOOM FOR ARCTIC EXPLORERS.

tFrom the Virginia Territorial EnterprIsc.l
An Old California prospector, OF this
city, is of the opinion that the North
Pole is solid mass of gold. lie says
it cannot be otherwise, for the rea-
son that all gOld-bearing true fissure
veins, i'll all parts of the world, run
i'll the direction of the North Pole.
just like the parallels OF longitude,
and that, like these, all the gold veins
must come together at the Pole and
end III u great golden knob.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-08-28
MORBID OoNUNDRUM.

From the Anonymous Cynic.l
Who has not felt the little worth. I
OF all our soul may buy /? I iIlk
Who has not telt with me Tonight
IT'S best OF all TO die? t
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-08-28

Paris, Mo, Mercury Our Mlssou-
ri greenback exchanges omit the 18th
and 10th planks IN their Chicago plat
form. The former Of these declares
that land is as free as water, ,air or light.
This Is flat footed communism. The
10th is the woman suffrage plank.
What do the farmers think ol the greeu-
back land plank? Under that resslu-
tion you have no right to more land
than the bosses OF the commune are will
ling to permit you to hold. And what
is to be said OF the candor and fairness
OF the party managers who willtully and
Intentionally omit two important planks
in their platform? They excuse them
selves by saying that these resolutions
were not reported by the committee on
platform. True they were not, but the
convention was not satisfied with the
report, and these two resolutions were
introduced and passed as a part OF the
platform, and are so printed in the Chi
cago organ OF the party and elsewhere
in the east, and numbered Is and Is re
spectively."
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-08-28

A republican exchange says:-"Eng-
lish, democratic candidate lor vice Pres
ident, seems to be bad case OF 'me.
myself and L. In Il recent speech he
mentioned Hancock-s name but once
and referred to himself fifty three
times" This is exceedingly gratifying
When MIR. English becomes vice-presi
dent there will be some probability that
the people will! know that there is such
an officer IN the country.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-08-28
A PRACTICAL JOKE.
IA San Francisco Disna,cb =,

IA San Francisco Dispatch.l
Max Burckhardt, editor and pro.
prietor of the Humorist, a German
weekly, committed suicide at San
francisco yesterday by taking NOR.
paine. .... ......-'
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-08-28
~ ALEXANDER, !,

a rroRNEY AT LAW: Mih pfasros aS rountiss nj
Nm IsS attend promptly the collection rssi al
aims and to investigation oi ,Iause t,,l of VIM
Morrison Il Co. - -------T-T II
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-08-28
IEyuY c. wALLAcs. - II. WV ~ --
WALLACE & CH1liESs

A rroKNEYs AND n. Go9SsaLhf0nts 1Siss front room JON
a Lay Law IT sSinsion Savings Bank, " opposite
over are honse. viii practice in the courts Ei i
Seftc and surrounding sountsI Missouri anu s and
he supreme court OF 5 se n.srtet courts for the
Western District of Missouri ,,t -.