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SThr riFfi-M i!vii:n"in i
4llH 5UlliI &'lUtl'jh'U,:
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vuuii, AU'jCii ms VAJ.
i. Jiu., t. n.r.. . u. .i 'tui.
09v Hear. (h- 7 wtC, . frc I t 6 F. .
UKXIRGTOIK JAJOJAHY 9, lSb.
lien. Sterling Price, w ilh hi-
lave amvKl in er Orleans. They
arenruhahlr on their av uot he vailtv.
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. " I 'T. , ,
JTr , . :r"V rlle to throw out the Dover vote i
twiiei bv !ai
.Uii lor n;s .u -
trism troop?.
The Supreme Court is expected to
.decide that Alabama i in the t'nion.
Sack a decUiuii wilt .lesei the trri-
toriaiizmg project.
. ... ' ' .
P'wuei in .Mexi.u lor refusing to pav
a forced Iifi t.
teru Sherman couldn't fmd a 1'iesi-
dem in .Mexico, ae-I v- a-fi"t authorize l
to make one. ;vi Im I iitlting U d-j
btit eont Le.'u-t :.d he did U well, as
Mcrvn,.,, ' '
lite lotmmtt urt uy3 and Zxstwt
liare dei le. to rerort a bill iuvivav
Orleans, for the first time since the la:e '
f. Gen. Dragg and Ijeu Slierniaii.
vie were friends and intimates in the
AA am.y, d.ne.i t''n thi-r in !hat city
on the 21 h.
Iie C nthi.-toii e.s av'tiiat a
c-npie of ur:ay- sim-e. aAerKidev
J.ard hl lose I an 'ouent ternioii i
vw.au vuareu ia mat pave, a
. ;ieetion a taken up and ?::nj were I
rwtyl Ivr tb benefit of tiie tkring j
NjuiIi. j
report m the deatu vt Cariotta '
turn ont to he a hearties forgerv
The:
- l'ple of this country will be disposed j
iver:ofts ire meanne ! t!i par -
..,.. .
fi the par- i
igUi pav uf dfiarif.ei clerk twen- ' 'riive?. were e-eete 1 to olllee, ana the ; citizens nave never imiea nor reiuea j ine laws oi u;e i i.iieo isuues i our j
t. ptr eeur ".-.muae'ieiio' iu July ' ra Vais eouf.l not bear to see the reins j to respond to the call of the civil oili- j lives and properly, and that an i.ives-j
. r ' '- ; I.,- . r, ,i .' cor.-i : that the great m.i.--s of the citi- tigation may be instituted at the earli- i
Lit. et g., ernnieiit stippmg lroni tl.e.r . , . . . ... i . , - . . , , j
' ? i t i - .ens ot tho countv are reaiy anil aviII- et period practieabis.
lin. Braii.,ri i;.-a t..r.U-.-.f ti. LaluK ' V' K'"'r a,'"'r ing at any an.! all" times, if needed or Tios. ij. w ;r:V-E.
. . . - i fhvliou. J- li:iv !. : hatiif.xi i ...lied iniuii. l iM Iir t-lvll o:it...'rs oil . i v '
wteaerate army, ur a vitt to Aew , v...i ! t,. .,.r.,...m,.t of.!,.. I Rt. T...ih. "Mh isi!
fn who rrietrate-l ti.. iud.e, in tLe Jat.uon eotinty as a vagrant, nmler the ! Lafayette, by violence, and threaten
fTeaure of discovering the faUiry cf; state law. which rcqmres sucii persons. ' their lives if they return, and have t si
tu report. on convi'-tiop. to be lined fifty dollars ; 1 tc United State Assistant Asses-
m . ' t
Dnring the di- us"i"n of tlb MjfTrage
f ill for the District uf Columbia, in the ',
puaie, Srtiatrr t.'otrun. of Pennsvlva
ria. moved to amend the bi?I o as to
.1, t. -i-- - -- r . i i
" " .. .. r .-- .
elective fiar.ehLse. The Ihidical major-
if- Toted ildo'-tn. thus deciding that i
Luck iiegT-Mr are m-re rte-rrvn.g of
oiifidenee and eonsidrration than the j
, . . , .
lighter ot tU natios,. All right . ;
)Tr didn't xpet our lirniing coun-j
try women to have a place in the es
teem of politician who have repeated! v
deelar J that white a woman? white
lusban l wan no better than a negro.
A new liertnan violinist, name I J
ehirn, h.v set t'te rarisi.iu connis
jr -into, ecstaeici. They say he is
n ntt eniinent riohnist that ever
-wa LuarJ.
The .Sultan of Turkey i- bnildinsr a
; Iiot-Lon-e at -an exieiie of SlW.tK'O. j
"Tith the number .f wive-t he Iia. we
L..o , ...
ituKi alwavs. j
..., j
A t rulfiie ivei-ion. a Oipatcn ;
tr.m Washington to the Ieiuocrt !
ar:
U may Le i''-d that good lawyers 1
Bere give it at the.r opinion that under j Rp daughter. My father visited ur i Mitchell was robbed by them a gentle
he late decision the eerefa'-y of War, j i4,,as vrry often. Veil in love with my ! man from Michigan, tjauted Mut siield,
t!i Jnrtgi Adviare, and all the nuia-; step-iaugfiter and married her. So my ! was aKo beaten and robi ed by them.
' Wm nt the e-oirt which tried the a-sa-; father became my son-in-law, and my
t are liable to prosecution, wliilo j step-daughter my mother, because she
.ceretarr Stanton Jvdds that it over-! Wa my lather's "wife. Some time af
thr.w the Freedman'tt Bureau, and j terwards my wife had a son ; he was
'rnder he army utterly powerless j ,v fat hers" brother-in-'aw, an 1 my uu
in the South. j le, for he was the brother of my sicp-
Tl de.diou reVrred to in decisiou j mother. My father's wife i. e., my
ml Jr the tVite-l Staf Siprem sttep-dauchter had a!s a on, he was.
ourf. ot wiueii .-a,iiior l
h:f Jutic.
- s ;
i
Hi,, n.,;
fcaldi let'et" fHVinVhv with t),!
eaase oi the Cretan insurgent-. It is
Imi t iiit rit-riit.p ms i-vi-rt t hilt"
I t 1" i
thii r mM fnun Wn ' pen II " s--s '
it, thr future a ni.kt-l Gr-.e with !
Ailteanda nmt-1 Iialr with Kome
. cpla!.
r ..... i
The New Presidential Manion.
Vor several n tU past officer of thr i
t jpgraphi-al engineer crps have h en
making urvvr and examinati.ins in
he neighlH.rhooil of Washington f,.r :
the Ad-liti of a proper site for the
lift preside'ifial ic:iti-ioii. They are
r.w inakiu" nofh-ir rfi.pf. and it is!
... ' i . i .i i i
Mil have sfie' te l tor the murispin and I
!'rk a Irael I I acres iaml ly
ing iior-hward ..f the eitv, and nc.ir
1'olur.ibia lii'g
The r.eipapep of r York city )
ff eomp'aining hirtcrlv d fi.e (b-t.-lin- j from drought ti.e past season has been
of tfc.t ciiNinori.i' thai city, it must j so general and widespread, that not
1- ronfesed fintortatiate, alamitmis. j only arc liioiisamls without bread, but
ft'i'l i. dotibtlrsn painful to the peopleol j it is not within their reach, that is. it
Nw Yrk. lint why complain vihen ! is tif t in the region of the State where
Iff firnnil'f of broken laws of rum. ; they lite, or in any to which most of
merce f-ome nfnn us ? The breach was j them can go for relief. In this state cd'
deliberate. let the affliction be received i things, to prevent actual starvation,
Hfimurmuringiy. Tl.e people f the I women waik thirty miles for a sack of
North ha-e liven running a muck in j corn, which they carry home on their
pditi. thev hav b-eti einpi I in a . hack, or by turning up tiie bottom of
iT-i!, pditi' ai find bii-iiie-s hari-kari, i iheiriiri'ss-s, and making bags ot them,
and thsf th bowels f their xoci- j lr. Gariaml toi l me, a few days since,
ev, Mditi and lttiiiesH are out they j lha! he hid seen a poor woman who
l ari'y wid theiu back again. lo hal walked thirty mile and brought
thy repent the firny which iiid j nn infant in her arms starting back
lh? work ? The Trihnn-, and 'Hmes . with her babe, and as mil! h meal as -j-.e
ami other Yrk jonrnals up1 ev.p ; . cuid carry in a haiulkcri-hief ! One
ti-ly parading their griefs at !'s i-t tf tl.e commissioners for this country,
ommeree in h same eolnitms where; whose duty it is to look after the poor,
tfeev enfii iii their ins:nity -tor pr -; told ine yesterday, that after convers
tr.itire farirt'. Tf,ey rg probibii ion ing vv'uh many members of the Legis
nf rowoto-rei. and motirn that com- lature frcmi interior and norf hern cfiutit
hwrrt hn- brr'i prif.iliit-tl. 7 hi'i. ies, he was sadistic-! tiiat people will "lie
I ef starvation iii this M,-tt- the coining
The Fropwjd Prh e Fnn;J. t ,,.,.,. j
Our .ggi'
a ni.-
...... f Ir- t
tin! intrrf of '.
I , )
'
re roi-i
t-u t Mis.o-i l,. Fee. the .t,i,j,...t.
.-f e,,--Weo.p.t.i..:tf;.oi.u lV;.,.n! -
I . L-.;:s. a.l nwae-M.U.U.nt'tUt tne ;
i.TtKi,.ti..e,warv toaBucCrs,fulae-!
Ta prartieal question i therefore,
wIim anil wLcra ithall the nicetintf le
tri. Onr column are open to' any j
rjrstiou ta rerd tu U.e tiftlter. .
titan and a eommencement. We t.ro-! eMti ' 'eri4r, H e nsid iiiem. ; fa,.tt ,.;..;.,! j,v L.-j.-Ji,, iti.W!is oft he i than the miinherofsohlierscontrihiitwl j to anaon their homes and himU. and ...uri. ami i-t.-tl m r..r-ht. umu.ritrt.l. jtkir of
pa, tberfr. tbat a ineetiwi: of few 1 a KUd that -he '0' ot Ke"V mUy, wan aitlln-fore tie Governor, I hv ti.e State ot tl.e armies of the lTnion;i then to purchase U.em from tho han- Z'ViZ
f the leadini; friend of Hen. i'riee. !e! t!U'ky are moving in this mutter, n : a,i l.e was solicited to remove thorn and onlv one hnli' of tie nninher oflsl,e' proprietors at a nominal price, im's.-miu-i ,i.ri..:.ii!i..-Wt.iii,1 m.,..,:.! -at
once LehJ. and that a committee c' o"- tl.o cciwlition it was j or ,rot04.t tLc .t;)S,nrci (,r the votes polled in this State at the Presi- oral tl.e kales under the laws passed tiZ-ZZ" a "u """ '.
pjMiutej (a.intiir whether Ut, a mcri.v tv should nee., no he.p lroni j nhiii-v of Tl,e civil oHicers to enforce dentin! election of l.M'.O. The new Con- lor .that purpose. j , ,v : .:',, '.V Wl:1. ,? o iV'.V? ifi
aardoD 'ran Leohtained for tien. 1'riee, a-;rosd- I3at alas .liis not. lticiercli :nV;i :j ti0 In;;t;a were witlnlrawn stituiion was t.rociaime-1 to he ratified Undei these painful and tlircaterdn ' i.a. TiiiiM'-t-rnji ..11 ii-.e wt r. r.n.t j.prai-Vii to
arwl neeond. whether lie wwuM w-e.-pt and hand nltnevan.lal have heen amoiiir; i .u,(j ,,f (lc wi:,;iil,,!t.ss t!e cit;z0lls ,v eis-I.tcen hundivd majorif vwBomc of eirennvstance-i the nndersi.--.ied ioel i ..iwt 1 ' .SA ' ' J P'
of one sud comply with the contliiions ; B. an'1 our l"jvier to car? Kr wur Ii0or ! to aid them in t'.oir- fr. The only re- j the strongest riii.ni cu'i.ties at the first ! ileni-i.Ives eompelled to appeal To your j Ktmi' vtV'.n'miitor.
Jreretlent, TLat learned, we are ennti-' 19 , , ;fpot.e to that ftpplication was. it was j outbreak of tho war Riving the lieav- j Kxcellency, '.nn'l through yoa to the 1 "'V.! "'i-oS'ri Aott'itfv,M
ot from the every where farorahle re-i our triind abroad can forWarded l-r the (iovcrnorto thecom-i iest majorilv against it, and some of ; Congress of the United "States, ' fir !&iUMth?un t.1iitiIV'J'n1rS3in,rtii
Mpti4N trf onr Ofrgetiti that tbe pro-1 te" fc.e.n 1''- J. Hamilton-, j wander of the militia at Lexington, tho . Ktr"oi:.ire; t secession counties in j.rotec-tion a.-runst the oatra.ge.-t of; "ft;,
eareaieat of tne neeearv lands wocd ' ' "- wS:o witn a snad ol Ins men, inol.tcdi the Male at that ponoa giving niajori- wmcu o'nr -Jellovv-ciuzens in almost j ' i t-.-inii. i. ism:. .
11 ..t 1 I a : . i . .. , .-...I i... i -,. I I 1- T " . - . - ... ... . r:- I. . . : . . . I . . C . i",.. . ...... 1 . I -i ; .ri.-.ui in..-u..- t.i i-i.i.i --mi..- " ...
r VBl mviieuiril UttniUEl ill lliv nurh. t .l l-.. in tuilllif i:ill llflli"t.ail!lli-i in. ViCl".. vii uut-i , n i,-;4:o;:i; I nioi. , i uvs ji.ir jl. j liti. .--.i. im election ill ; ft t'l i finii' v ot iiivi ni.tui, au:t cstic- : nnfiiuli- tum.-iit: nil i:il i t-r-'r'.is iiitviliff ci
I the War Over
... . .
i ar,..crt:md thai u UiSi.atvh was
wKTiini rv it L;e!i!:en;:m in inu n.T,
It Thurstiav, rti.notittciiiir that iUi,i
; Governor lad given oonjinl-Snfof-s to
A'.l;iaii, as jheviii", and Ooou-y as ,- i
per iwr of registration.
If
: cae, aud we believe it is, the Dover
t vote must ccr?a;uiv have teen thrown
.
: ovcioo.ird. What right tho radieahs
i , , ,
' more tuan we can ee. Il the vote was
... ,
t not tegal. it was certaiii.y their lau'.t,
j and if grinding on them they ou-ht
f not eonip'.ain. i'v thowing out Dover
! towni-hii. the entire ra Heal ticket is
'
jeweled, with the exception of County
if.'ierk, Judged of County CVutl, and
i Count v IJcprescntutive.
- 1
: a itv .mi v.vuiiL vtiiu t nn1 ill tv
! sion last Saturday. and hi the absence
t '
e.f Adams m, J. M. Pool was
t nized a lierilf tor the present.
11
radicals have got possession of all the!
! otiiees. vc eertaiidv will have peace be-
I fore Ion-, or nt !eat such peace as thev
i fore long, or at lea.t such peace as they
gent.ran gue. -i.. our i.i.e tiouoes
! -' tl3 fact that a few confer-
All ur late troubles
i LoM ilii ?.
there is so much steat
- iitii t'ui.i,.j itio . vii, aim u.e
1 -. .
; thieves going ui.puf:'slie.l, we do n..t
: wonder that the rads u,
! tion tO hofd tl;-"- eff e?.
every exer-
7t-
1iVlijUgUtS.
The Iluiitsville Democrat of the 2Isi
to-:, mentions the arrot by the I ni-
state marshal f Xunh
Alahama
of C.-ionel l.emu i G. Mead, late of t lie
i-otiie'ierat army, who was re
to give bond in !l,e s im of one
sail) j'.u;;rs i,r nts ap;earance
next form of the Unit
i i
ates district
court to answer an indictment for the
aiiege.i violation oi the civo r;gnts lud
1 .. 1 . ... .1 ' rri,
!.. - T-
facts arc that a neirro w.-c ar;vs!v.l m
llir I'll iilM? i Ii. I . fIXIll i . fi
n ii ? iii i .ii-imf tl Ai-n.it t.:.... I ...
fx month to the hi"!te
..,. ivim. . it u.. i "i, i . iv iii i v .i n. i
mnntl. tn ll a t.:..!..!.! I.MIu. ... 1
shali be entitled to his "labor for ihaa '
mTi.id, the amount
of the bid to be
trea-ury f-r '. h-
Ti.e taw existed
V:t' U f t,,l!1!!-v
ie: e:u i i,;e poor.
reform tt:c warneariy as it is m.w. t ut
applied to white persons alone. Si 0
the war il has been mo iitio i ? a to
aPrlv person, without distinction
" '':- - .... ...
otuithstftnd-r.g. ho v. ever, tiiat fi.e
vagrant law of Alabama make no tiis-
crimination a t r.uo or color, and '
provides ..r such a disposal of vagrants :
as has I
e recognized as l ericetlv le-.
gitimate and proper by ail the non- ate war as Confederate bushwhackers. Mulligan, and served subsctpientlv mi
slavehotdiiig states, the eoinriiissiprier I William 11. IJowen, County Cierk for til near the close of tho war, with the
of Busteed s court tor North Alabama j county, was attacked and beaten rauk of Brigadier (ieuerul in the ser
preames to set up such a new order of - by t.hem, and driven from his oiiit-e, and i vice of the Mate. Mr. Green is a law
morality and jHtlitieal tenderness ior ! his !,ite threatened. Alexander Mitchell, J yer of high character aud social po-i-Alahatna
as Sickle attempted toset up ! a prominent I "nirm citizen and banker. "tion in Lexington, ami known to ti e
for -Xorih t.'arolinn.
Ee is his Own Graadf.tther.
nifIai.eho!y case of suicide oecure ! j
ou Sunday, m the l'iiiunk tarm near
! Titusviite. The name of the unforn-
i.. - ...... ..... .vi .-veil iiivtiifif'i.
but it appears lnmi the lollowing pa- j
thetie ctiu-ion, found in his boi.t. that
tjie smcide was not instigated bv the
exploration of Miv holes ," us at first
tsuoDosed:
-i married a w i low who had a grown-!
i,j toiir-e, iuy p; otner, and m me mean-
time mv grandchild, for he was the sou
lot mv daughter. .My wile was my -
I"1 ' laugnie-. .i
i . ... l .... I .
, granumoiiier, i t-cause sue was
' ,',,"c mic na m
i i i "i -1 . . i - . '
pami and grainiciiii i at. ti.e same lime,
-'" a ,I-C ''lisband of a person's
sfam.iuiotl.er is m, g antuather, J was:
'" !" " grandlatncr. .
1 Uii Mn.r 1-i.iiii-. ihii: -.1 wn- .i ..t it. .
, I-"'.-" . i - l i '
er oingtitar complication !! kiunred but :
wc M'' reason for commiting suicide
on the tliseovery tiiat votir wife isi-on-
netted to you by two ..f ti e tenderesi
lies in the w. old of b.ve. We hold that
their l.-iicity should bo the greater in
conscipie'ice. V.-v't,-. H'ttte.
Relief loi" ti.e bOtltSl.
I'r.ii.i r! i i
r EtdioK
i.-.i! Mi ! Ian.
M v atleni ion has re-
ccniiy been c.-dle I to the case cf tl.e
m.-i-cssitoiis poor in our State, and I
iiud a condition of things I did not
anticipate
J be failure of the
en
I his lHcertaiiii v a sad state ot loiigs;
i ..- .i , ..... . . . -.
-o .ad, ri.ai Tiiousaiio- arc pulling iu-ir .
: .1 - !-.! . ... . . 1 !-.. !
'" vaio nu.ecaris i-ic.,an.. ne.v-t
t:.t - : ,.i,.g, t...v know i.-H
'". ? ot im ad.
'!'::r r.vcrs are novy up,:.nd we;
. I ...l i. .4 ii I .iiii .v. - i 'j in iii i . ii iiitiu ..i.
el in political econotny were aked, i
"Uow i itinnrres! oivuted ? ith an '
air of -on',hene a sweet sixteen repli- j
e l : iviurea, li&!l-tjivi!izcd end tav-:
CONDITION OP MISSOURI.
i
; Statement to the President A Scath-
iti-, it. vi ii.iius.ii iu i:n;
state.
; "Tt,"iru F.Ci'ukney ..
resident
If t!t,
LTiuU--.l Ss.it.s
. ..
T1-JC 111,
!ersit?:ie I,
us I nncd ytafos
... -.... c:. .t. rv.i!, n:..
; : . " , s.:.t,'t- Missoi.ri. would
.ve.-
! v.ntt.-te-iKv suhmlt f- void- I .V.a!l,.t.r .
,. . -
the fallowing statem-mt in regard to
, the UMfortunateanddi,tnrh..d condition
l of t!-.t"rs in ti e eo'imv ot Jntavet'e
j !n "I-.-J io.t,. ,
it 1 eiiiLT I'.e count vin which 1 lv.ude
! ,, i i.,' . ,. i r .,;.., .
j i. .Martial law has In-en proe'.aimed
! by iho liyvernor in t-aid county, he
assigning the reason f r said pr.ie-
1 .!-...! 4.1 . . T . I 1" . 1
la iiaLioii mai - nas i. I'tviiii: ?ai;-n'.'i
that ordinary process cannot I e exec
ted in said county, and that a sutik-ient
posse- wid not rospond to t fiei call of t!:e
ollieer for that purpose." It is not ai
! u--'1 eivU l
res :s-
... I I ... ,1 , !
eon call-
il, . I, vi i n.ii. IUL l itl.A ll li.tll
e l mum by the proper o
eer an ij
j relumed to ivspoii'l, wloen aione com
under tho Constitution ot ti
e United
Maie-, auihoi ize the plaeini d" tlie
' "'t.V under inartial law, aud the call-
i ing out of the militi
.f the State.
j TJ0 r.lets aro tl,at ,U( j.oress has ever
i i,ten resisted in the county : that the
I ii onenaers; tnai tne civil oiiHers ol
li .1 ..i .-1 -i.
U.e county statm reaov at all tunes to
..ii i . i
i execute tne laws, ami say thev needim
: mipttarv ay ; aoin-' so. and it is not
j at tln-ir reipiest nor by their desire that
) martial law has been proclaimed or
I troops tjuartered upon tne people ol
j the county, and there is no neeesMty
wluttever to authorize or justify such
invrposiii-u ey u;e t.o ernor.
' -. .Sin-e tiiO quartering ot militia
' from for.'ign counties in the county id';
ouired : l.atuyette, tm-y, l y tlieir l:iw!e-ne-s
h u-! and violence have interrupted the exe
.t ii.e cation of the civil laws, ami also the
revenue laws of t!-.e United States, by
; driving out the Sheritl of Hie county
. ana ins uepuues, ami tr.e i ntse States
1 S . f. ....... :.l .1:. ..I... .i .. ,1 f ! . .. I ' ii I .
-.i. .... in i.tn . t iv. i . ....... .... .. .1.
i o . . .. c .. .,; i . ... ,
ted Elates Collector ior sanl ci.niit
srir :i iirwniif-r tens (-nEiiti i-tc v- iih-!
-- i " j
1 -Ai"l f? ill" 1 I" - liVi'Mtt Inn ft T 1: i 1 tlOC'l!
States revenue laws ij said sixth
coiiection district. i
;;. Thev have and are committing;
such acts of violence upon the citizens
of said .ountv as to cause n.anvof them
to ilee from their homes and business.
and to cause a complete suspension of!
: I'lisiness in said county, for the fur- j Mate. They arc gentlemen of unbem
ithor int'oi ination of yoi'.r Excellency ! ished private character, and of well
we enumerate the toll. .w ing among the
many acts of bloodshed and violence
perp
,t.v! i- ...;i;t;., !,.. ....... ...
.iv i .-..I- m.iiiiii, iv ii' .iiv in
the 1 nain eoiupo.-e I of desperate men.
s'm t wnom wen; known during the
wa-i stopped upon the street by one of; whole community as a lirm and deci
tiie mihtia, a revolver presented to his j ded I'nion man. Mr. Mitchell was
i.e:l. and he compelled to remain oniei
while he was robbed. Next mnrnin"
in company with
in company with ! -j Ke!',v. ofM-.i
ea. llaiicot k's staff, l.e eutied no..
''.! .'iiiiu"iin:!i, uif commander ol
the militia, and pointing out the man
w ho robbed him, some of the property
I was found m his possession, ihe lite
n.f Mr. Mitchell was then threatened,
anl he was compelled t.' llco lrom th
eenntv. nth-
lime night, that Mr.
and four other ci'.in'ns robbed and
beaten upon the streets. Three of
tlietn went to trie resilience ol the
County Treasurer, named John Anil,
drew their revolvers upon and threat-!
cned to shoot bis wife. A squad of
:them attacked Mai. John E. i'yland,
; who was during the war in the milita-
rv serv ice oi me i niieo stales, and
were about to beat and maltreat him,
wl.cn .Ma. .ilontgomerv coming up
-.t I...1 , 1 ..... ...!....:. , ..'.: t
wui-v.n-n i.u .n n uv-i.-i, n-iun t i.cin
. , . . i . n . -
on me streets, nui n any citizen msiil-
t-. d them to shoot him down at once.
there was a citizen pamel Uicnardson
s!i(.t on the street sand kiUd since they
h'tt . I....ti in theeilv I!
mnrde rer
i . ,1 - 1 " l
has pot vet I ecu identitied.
the I'ni-
te 1 States Ein
s has I een robbe i bv
i them. A tjtuet and jteacetuue -itizen
; named Ma-on was shot by lhcni and
' dang, r-iiisly tvt uoded. A hirge num
ber of I'nioii citizens among whom
we l.. Mine James M. Pool; the Sl erilf !
I of the county, who was iu the l.'nited j ted States.
i Stales service during the entire war : j War was flagrant in almost every
' hi -- deputy, Jacob A. Price, a prorni- j county of the Male, and in many phi
, pent I'nion man, and his two sons, .. j es the polls surrounded bv armed men
I'l lo, I n !.,, nl.ii i-..-,.. 1 ilni-tri.r 1 1, .. i t'ri 1 1, i olln.i- s:i.... ..,,,1 i i ... 1 1 i , .. ,.('
: war in 'the I'nited States service": tl.e
t'oiinfy Attorney for the county; li. I success of those wht clamored most
j Beverly Vaughn, the I'nited States i loudly gainst the rebellion, but whose
Assistant Assessor, and who vviis dur- conduct in remaining at home during
ing the war, al-'o in the I'nited States j the war, showed a keener appetite for
i military services, and many others j civil ollice, as a means of its over
; were taken by the militia and held as throw, than for the hardship and tlan
1 prisoners ami some of them badly beat-i gcr of service iu the held. The Co.i-
eh and titl.erwi,-c malt reaied, and when st itutioual Convention thus elected
i discharged, were told by the commaii- j passed an ordinance vacating almost
. dor that if any of his men were hurt i all the civil ollices in the State, even
: or injured, that no matter who did it, I those elected at the same time, anil by
they should bj held reponsible. The j the same voles by which their own
; commander of the militia threatened power was conferred ami gave to the
; to set lire to the City Hotel, ami or-i Governor of the State the power of ap
, tiered turpentine for the purpose, but pointing to all the ollices thus vacated.
was prevailed upon to-desist. If fired. The Governor under this authority,
;it would have burned the most valua- reappointed such as were his friendH add
Me business square in the city. Squads i partisans, ami tilled the otiier vacancies
j were searching for the l "niied States j lrom the same class of persons. The
I Assessor for the district, threatening ' Convention then made a new Constitn-
his life; all the roads leading out of; tion, which was iwt submitted to the
the city were guarded by them, ami J ', )Kop!e of the State for ratification,
escaped by the fern,- over the river, j but those of the people only who would
I which, a few minutes afterwards, was take an oath which the Convention
- also guarded by them. The lives, lib-j had prescribed which oath is believed
crfy and property of the citizens are at: to be in violation of tho Constitution
; ti e mercy of these desperate ami law-! of the United States, and which tlmus-
loss men sent into t tie county, it is said, I
ly or K r .f iho (Jovornor, some two nut ooiiPcirntiously t:.kc, aui e;nt of
wroks Icriv llif i?sHin of roi-iu- i !1 tiiose w lio franuvi the oath and
TnuTi.jn w his u is n re -v i 1 1 end wl, m n 1 j torrid in npun the people f t ho State.
ih-y aro nv loiu- riidor'-J by Tho rosuli was that eirhty-fjvo thous
nuuthfr1 fit" the niot d'sper:ite men in I and votes only were rust at the election
the State inu'er the call of the (lover- j upon the ratification of t iio i'onstltu-
nor Ir tr.oTv. Htau-ment ot the !
eitizen. localise he had aided in having j
t he afnlicai ion or sta eir.ent made to ;
the Governor. The I'nited States rev-1
enue law cannot he exe'-u-ea in tredis- j
jtrict. whihe t4is latnevtal !e CDRditioBfifi
I thin-r-j exis'.. The I'mfcd States
istam ,.eor f,.r Ihtv ceuntv i
s-
also
m:il a prisoner hvthe militia.
i,. vicVV Ot the interruption lO lilO
execution ot mo mneu aies aa iu
said thstnet. ainl ot t..e laet tlta. mo,,, u.e spirit which made the Oorbtitn -
tivii oilicers oi u:e clucumuim can -
.,.. ...... ...ft. ,. .coil itU'ro-t u-llhonf jiim.
! 11 v" -'"'" ' - i
tection airainsi me luienee o muse
i lwiea men who are now in posi-es-
ion oS ILo county, we respeetiully o -
licit the interposition ot your i.xec-
letiey to p-.M'.ei t. us m U:e discliarge ot ! t!:e State, and the reL'istrai s thus ap- ; have leeomc undurahle, then will Con
ouf duties as Assessor of said district, s p dated had the por nah.st.uitiallv to ! srress make itself responsible for tie
and that your Kxcelleney will takesueh . appoint the voters. Thev could, with 1 consequences which may follow,
steps an will lead to a full and complete or without evidence, rejei-t the vote of! Respectfully,
investigation of the outrages perpctra -
ted upon a loyal and peacelul people
under this unfounded and false pretext
that the laws cannot le executed in
said count v.
KI' IIARD r. VAUnlf w
Uniii ! Sl.i!t A.-.-. .i', si.vili l)i.,i. ict. Mo.
We, the undersigne 1, citizens of Lex
ton, and of J.afavette county, state
tha
know the f
roimr
.eciiai ot
uC 1 upon
some of the outrages perpeLr
tbe peojile, as fet forth by the United
Mates Assessor, li. i. augiun, to i.e
true. and they can le established by the
! concurrent testimony of thegwat mass
j of the people of the county, including
' tl
0 civil o
I'it ers, and we most earnest-
! ly and respectfully unite in tl.e prayer
! of said petition for protection under
TI ..1.1 ....l .1
,' i mie me nouor to suite inummng
i uuan iho ears oi ine !ast war, was
in c.
imand of.the United Stales tirces
I in the district of country
herein infer
red to; that 1 am pcr.-onaiiy and inti
mutely acquainted with the signets of
this petition and statement, and kiow
that they were original Union nen.
and have ever been smh, and that. hey
are men of unblemished renulationaiid
i cnaraeter.
I a I
o say that 1 am ac-
qusiinted wi:h the men w ho have jeen
euL i v ine no ernor to J.aia ene
county
or by
;i'. milit tauieii, ei! nerper.-oiallv
their general reputation, and j
know them to Iks men of had ehattM...-
a Portion of w hom were tlishononhl v i
dismissed the service for bad contact, !
and some of them have the reputaioii
f. of having I ceo rebel bushwhacker. j
i; P. mi'ONs.
I.Mti lric:ti!ii-'r ili-tii-r;(I nlunii.T. i
St. Lous, .Mo., Dee. it", I -tit I
Tv the J.Wi'i(i'lit " the United
The tin ier-igne I, citizens
atuct :
of the
State of Missouri, respectfully rep-o-i
j sent
that thev are aciuainted vith
Messrs. II. C. Vaughan, A mos lirn-n, I
A. .Mitchell, and Titos. 1). Wallace, vh.. !
have signed the aceomt.anvin ' stiu- i
j ment in relation t. tl.e deplorable m-i
dit ion of anair- in theciiv of l.exp- !
ton and ountv of i.alavetic. i this
: known loyalty. Mr. aimhan was
j among the" lirsl to take arms for the
; i.. ,i. t. . i.u-
--'.i ir. i.iu.-ii i i ii ii inii i:ii, re (i unTi i
belli.
j and was made pri?
oner
ti
rebels!
i at the time ol the enpiure of i ! m. I
also in the sen
ltuirtcrniaster
M ' aihn e
ice during the war as a
with the rank of Major.
was
i
t .!...: VI..
n' Missouri by .Mr. Lincoln, at the be
ginning of his a dininist ra'ion, and has
been reappointed to that position bv
i your
i "ihen
i'.xceneiicy. lie undersignou,
re, tin pot hesitate to indorse
fully the statement of these gentlemen,
and call upon your Excellency to exert
the tiower of the Government to arrest
and punish the outrages which have i
been and are now being committed, j
iihiii an iiriottendiiig and unresisting
community, whom the Executive!!' the
j State, m viola! ion of law and without
any justifiable pretext has made the
victims of robberry and murder. Tlie
i extraordinary occurrences detailed in
I the statement oi Messrs. Vaughan and
i others would naturally excite in i-redul-
i if v u tne history oi tlos Mate lor tl.e
I past few years had not prepared most
men ot intelligence and observat ion to
i i . nh. . . 1
e.xjiet i smii a cat as, ropne. inogoxeru-i
i ' "... ' ' . . "" I
since ceased to l e rcpuMican except in
its n ere name. The present tJoveruor
, o the Mate and Stare ttliieers were
, elected m the mnM ,,f the recent war.
t tne same time a opstitul imial tun
ventioii was eailed to consider amcml
mt.nts to our constitution. At that
time the great body of patriotic citi
zens ot our State wi
were exerting!
i ii-
i iicmseiv es to put down the ret eilion j
were absent from the State doing ser-!
vice as soldie
in the arm v. of the I'ni
our own State! Tho result was ' the
amis oi our most loyal citizens could
t i.-n. ie hv 8one twenty thousand
which more than oue-hatf-of the people
were, tuslranc iiscd lv an liticonstitu-
tional test oath ninny thousands of I
tnose d.slr.uii-!iis.c I ?irg ia ti e scmee
m ioidim tf t-r -Fepntlic Ity
nority tote ot the people, this new : hires; of a minoritr and tie equal ic
lonMitaiiott was l'a-tei.cd upon the ! fr-tru mentis of the oppression of the peo-?--tate
a its fundamental law. 'i be Con- i pie whom thev have wroticod and
siiii.ti.-.ii required a regibtry law to be i whom they eonseqitetitlv fear aud hate.
; put in loree, and one was enacted, horn
; tion ana intended to retain tho power!
. .C 1 1... . ..i ., : ..j. f . . - !
. v '"'- in n.e nanus oi me ininori-
iv wi na-1 m:itir if. I l.o I.V.,r;.....;.,.,
law gave the tJueernor t!. auihorilv to'
1 aitpoint a supervisor, who was to sir-
j p..,int the reg sU-ars i jr evei-v count v in
! any one or admit
... 4 r . i : ... t
. "imifc i lit. 1 1 .i;;e List? i
j whomsoever they plea-ed. The ju-.Ures j
I of e'eetioa were appointed hv the Ju l '- i
es of the (.
;unfy C
ir;, ail of whom i
were appointed by the Governor; nd ;
the Clerk of County Court, whose duty j
it was to give the cert iff -a to of election !
. l .i l . T . '
n me isuei-e.oiui eanuiuaies, was also
j npjjoimea i.v ii;c uovernor. Jso sr.igk
link of the chain of despotism by whirl
the absolute eonfrol
th
C'eet ;ons
was given to the Governor will be found I
wanting in this elaborately contrived
plan. o shameless and careless even
of appearances where ti e contrivers ol ; -M,!.u 'l ,r"m ,u'c a,11
this palpable fraud, that at the ia.telec- i s'' U t.U1fl,"'ro1 tL uon,' t,,,ri1
tion iu this Stale a iarge number of the i the ,wr a,", "'uUriasf
registrars and supervisors were them f.,,,,'v,,.,nt t. Ihe sagacious
selves candidates for the most lucrati , ti0 'l"r HOe"un- t( lo "ware of the
offices in the several counties while-""- ':!n-er wi 'r some time, but fail
kingout tho lits of tbenualinod wiers. ed to arouse the family in the rooms
Tl.e result of the ele-thm-if t can ! a"ve, and commenced making efforts
u .n'lA.l 'aHa tn l,;i.i one no-l
itieal party had the no.ver to dislran-
close its political antsgomsis was, as
it was intended it should be, to confirm
. . i
.1 . . .1 - ,..,., ., !
me power oi iuo mmono - .
its leaders in oiiicer lie majority ot .
thejicoploof the State.
i. .... l : . . i ... . . .in
.: .,... . . i : l... i
jit s am nisei n
nt niitt il i
ui'iimi e i
"a" 1, ,:u, a aVu r I ,?.. ! : .;:. ... !
peaeeuno ani quie-. , " : . i
e. peciation Tl;ar i oh-lo. u n..i.n ,
. , ..... t.i 1 ., 1 ,.
i ii;in oi s'iurat vouii i-v,- ivni iv;
by an appeal i 'he judiciary of the j
United Sl;i!e-, and that with its resto- i
.. . . : .. .i . v.-, .,1,1 ...... ; i. ... ti i
I .11 inn tlU'i'iinv iiL'iii'inU'ii'i ii.-iiiin- it..
i i , l 4 ,,. n. ,,-ii ...
republican character in lac!-as wco as:
in name, and that tl.e niuoainenlai
i , ,
principles ot libei tv would l.e vindlca-
'ed and enforced.
It is not to be supposed that tin
whohave commit ted such crimes agaii
popular liberty would hesitate to com-!
'' father ami greater crimes to retain j
'he power they usurped, nor is it to be
supposed that these crimes have i.een ,
. . i .i .-. . 1
lrpe.rateu ior i.no lume .u.p...-e 01 pm-,
sessmg meuisei es u ttic liimast t-niui-:
utnentsofodices prescribed during the j
,,a- !" ' T" " , ' 1
:u,u 'd' 'Ll'J ' . luc " " i
aU--- US 1 as a.leMingtne
c0,lU'ie"cc wl "" -diow wtuens, muc.. ;
attract nm lor those who no onger seek :
lhcni the consen. oltt.e people,
I he-e men l.ave been acluateu by ot ner
""uvvs- ltiC n"" 1,1 " liu
siirpod power has teen u-e 1 will ths
lose the objects for which they have
' v ..it..t ...... -""- i'-"
! u;t' liC w,ltr lon wt waf .
i ( lovernor oi tins .state upon ine people
the tu
provoked robberv and murder ol
1 . . ..
their citizens, is but the continuation ol
similar acts of violence by which many
citizens of this State have been strip
ped of their property :?nd lives by ti.e
direct .sanction and connivance of the
authorities, v hose appointment and
power emeiia! c 1 from tl.e Governor.
I'leac! e:s o! the tiospel have in many
! parts of this State I.een dragged from
j the pulpits, not alone by tl.e oiiicers ot
the law under the harharous pi-uvisions
armed moos ol law. ess ruluans. Oi
preacher at least, if not more, the lie
.dr. lleadlee was taken from -ihe horns
ol 1 he alter
au
1 brutally shot and kil-
led by a baml of armed out law s, and no
c:f rt of any kind has been madehy the
authorities of the State to arrest or
punish the perpe! rators of t l.c-c criiucs.
Many men have been murdered, iu some
instances by persons claiming authori
ty imdcr the Gov. under ti.e jtre'en-e
that they were or had been rebels or
s-ympu'hixcrs, and while tl.e courts o!
law were open for their trial and pun
ishment, and no attempt has hecn 1
made hy the Mae aan
vent or pu lish the-e c
rd.es ,o pre
init's-
ut
on
the eni rary, the perpetrators, as in
the case of a man named Ihibcoke,
l.ave by such acts ntorcd for a long
life of inamy and crime, and become
the famii.ars and favorites of our Gov
ernor. The mere possession of properly in
some purt.s of tl.e State has ji fiord ed
sr.nieient cause for a notice to tpiit the
country under pain of death in case ot
refusal, and always under i-i.eumsta'i- j
ces involving tl.e sacrifice of the prop-
crty which usually tails into the hands !
of the patriots most active in ridding,
M ,1 I. -I' ..t'.lll l, l.l.t,,!.;,.! i.t-.n S
' . . , . . . . ' I
; icrs. .Miriiii-t tins spirit i tvn oouietii i
with the spoliation of private properly. 1
The railroads, public works aud tit her
vaiuabie property of the State, to j
w hich our creditors look for reimburse-j
ment am! our tax burdened people fori
relief, have I een wickedly and cor- J
ruptiv sacrificed for sums of money i
1 1''"."'"- -ritling, in comparis.
in wit ii :
their cost or value, ami that too, when!
in some instances double the amount,;
and m every instance much larger
amounts were offered for the same
property than was accepted from the
political partizans to whom this prop
erty was sold. We challenge tl.e
tcrord of any civilized State to show a
more shameless ami profligate spoli
ation ol' public property to gratilv and
enrich partizans ami favorites than!
tiiose luruished by the sale (so-called)
of the Iron Mountain Ilaiiroud aud the
Southwest i'acilie liuilroud.
Such transact ions by which the prop
erty of the State was dispose I of for
sums of money so inadequate, when a
larger amount was offered for the same
property by parties of greater peeuri
arv rcspousihilit ies, brings us irresist
ibly to the conclusion that the officials
who sanctioned them must have shared
the l.ltintier. The declaration of
war utH.n the counties tit l.aiayette
and J:n:i;stn is the criiitiiinatioti and
dcvehineiit into a system of the spir
it hv which Missouri litis heen ixovcrn-
ed durinir the last few vears under the ;
usurped rule of a niinoritv. It will I
hist as Ionian tlierilleof the niinoritv
COIlticncs It f -ircslnilAws t'tui l'it if I
toiini.iies. it i.rt siiauows uic i.itt ot
. ....... 1 . 1." V I. 1 .
everv coitmv in i lie -si :u e Avntcn nas :
.sunicienf. v.ctt'i'li to tetiijtt the plunder- !
Ihe olijecl seems t,i he t drive i
tho people hy violence and intimidation
those- f the comities of La! av-'
etle an-l Jackson, nave I een made the
victims. In this State the Kxcentive !
lanctiorRrics, as wc.f as the Legislative ,
mi-'and jTidieial, t almost nil tt4m;
-
i We iuvitc from Concress a scrutiny
! and investigation of the facts alleged
and the ehar"e we have made. If
.-. . . 0 . . .. .
j congress tails to investigate u.e enar-
. i.insi
the anihoriti- of the tJovcrnment to
protect peaceful, leva!, and law-atd
1 dim.' citizens from oppressions which
o. r fit.t.ev. .toiin- iwn .
.lAMl.v r.'tOAnnLAI', '11M. T t.ASTT.
t . I!. IlKOU.X. t.. F "IM.KY,
HiAMii'. iii.An:. .losiJ'ii tj-Atix.
s. i. i;r.ivi:u.
Reinarkalle foiidurf of a Bog.
A :e' ni
iirht 321 tho sen-ant of a
ladv of this city. --;'t her room in the
basement o'' G.i hoiis? and went off to
cimrch. A coal fire was burning in
the gru'.o ar'd the servant throwing op
a few p"'!' before she left, locked the
i. t I. ...I. .1 ....
, l",,r . """ Iiu:
! ,,n . . a sLol't tim ''! of
"s11 inv wiiioow ana aoors
Win" closed lie hroke a pane. f "lass
actualU fj.iftwed tliruigh the slats in a
Venitiau blind, atid thus effected his
lie ran immediately toward
-i .1 n-
,,.,, : Kf.:livl. of serva.,t.
...... . .... , '
iiiiiim lit i iti i i.t u-.i'i m i i'v ni.
. . , . . . .
wav home, ami oarKing annum lienor
- . , , , , . .
aslmrt time, ran suddenly towa
l t lic
Jjuse, as il anxious to signify to her
that
somet hing was goimr wrong there.
lie returned in a few minutes, barked
lc
P''c'
ousiv a;
am, ami tl.en oasi.ea puck
house. This be repeated
again lo I n
- . . ., . , 1 J
several times, until the g.rl reached
' .
uotue, w nen I e ran 10 i ne o or aim nn,-
ii:el to bark until she opened it. The
girl
toll-.id fl.i
ft
unes bursting through
tloor, and saw
1 hi i tl n.s ;i 1 1 ;c
instant iv ire secret
v. His evident ob-
or
ject was in appraise I it oi i l.e toinger,
and she was brought home iu time to
save the proj crfy from tlest ruction. A
more remarkable instance of e.imne
sagacity we have never known.-Jlnifn-villc
Kit., JiuVftiu.
White men to govern us.
A pist system of t a rids.
St. Louis Advertisements
WILLIAM I'. !:?. T I'.. LlNlJ-htV.
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'ii,T.....,r. T'i i'lirki-r. Kii-i.1 .Via
i W'iku.i.s am. ;i:im ki: .v ..umiiioii Mor-
ft !i:ii.l-. U'-rtilH-rs. nn-i tti-itlcrs mall k:mls i.f
iini l.iuiKir-. Nu -'!." l.ilil No t'.il .u rlis.T-
i.:i:i Mi-i-i-T. ! i t i--n 1'iiif unit liv... si. l.i. tii. Mo.
onlcr- hy in iii 3li ill It oif r irt-l'iil mii-iitinti. jamty
. If. 3'..(" 11. li- 31. t.tTOX
I'tXJiO K.ITOX,
GFAFdTAb A I V ERTISI Nil AOEVTS.
0
t I U I-; Nn l-'l I'ini' stn-I. -t l.i.ni-. VV k.i
III.- li iilini.' l-apri s "I Oii-VV,-t ami Siituti mi HI.-
in ii
h-li
t iit-i-rT a.lvi-i-ti-i-tii-iits al llif cub-
i.tt I i-a-li rati--. i;iuU
U. S. i . TODD KVr,
M;ii:i. ! urm r
I Morgan ST. LOl'I'
l'riitii it-turs of
AMI
Mill Farcis'-ing ManufacturiBg Co.
ri.oRi:xc e
S c ir i ii Mft c It i n e ,
Miii:S rOI U DISTIMT STITi'KES
Oa one and the same Slacliina, and the
ONI. A" 'Ni: THAT II AS
THE KEVESISIRI.E 1T.F.D.
sfi elic; .)!-
irk will I--,.
all mid cx.nsiin
ttie womli-r of all. The
Miller to the light or left.
jvviVl. t. rLAN I , lien. Acent,
OS (hfsnat, IWwpra Fifth scd Sixth,
St. InOiii.-s, Mo.
t i-.V(.;:X fs WAXTKIi. janflmS
REID'S
x u.v err i c?v l.
COMMERCIAL COLLEGE,
S. E. Corns? Fifth and Pine sts.,
S.AIAT EOl IS, MISOlRE
STUCIES:
HOOK KEEPING,
Penmanship,
Correspon den ve,
Arithmetic,
COMMERCIAL LAW.
pllf; TiVAT CK F Tflls I.TITt'TroX
1 ;u-lli it it tt-;i'-!a nly vtiai is r--iiiii--l of its
tu h-nl- in htii4--. ami .ir:iris yi.iutg' iim-ii for
Ihe routilin ni'.iii in niin'it !. tiiiK-'than any thr
i'I!IUHiri:tl l 'ollt'tft in Hit- Wfst.
mii- ittth't lN-'iMiic .so fiimilitir white (tnrsuinjj
tli-ir roit trt biMtk Wt-fj ini: w ith i.n i.ic-?., ii(.t?.
Itmi'!.-. rcrfiot Ac. Oi:it n:niy tf tht-m fnkt--Iftirtr4'
(I iniortant s-ts of iMmk.-- ht-fori cimij'lvliug'
tln-ir rmirv.
Writ. fur circular ami bursim'ss -aors.
A. r. I.C ll. Principal.
H . W. C.ITOSf Sup U
t rim Mi Ti ti. Kiwr ft M tuivE Ins. Co.
I t.xisi; ris, .Mii.,.Iax. 3. 1st;;
1'I.KCTiOX NOTIC E.
riilll. ri'iriilitr :t;iint:il ntei.tiiic ." thr I'oliCT ll.itii-
J t-r- t' llii' Mtituul Ki-e tinil Marin. luurttlHS--
be ,uM at 1i'"' ' fonij.uy, iu
MttMI.VV. JAM AltV 21st. 1967.
at whii-h timo aii.l pltn-r tlirr - ill bo an rtix-tion
"'"iii-n-.n Piris-t.. tu smt tl urn-nt yrar.
,. , , u, , x k u tim,.A , 2
. . . ' '
t
Kuril 'i.'hi-y tmliif-r i-i rniiliii tolte Tot1.
.i.tu;i:'. K. WINstilt, s..r-vfry.
Mrav "KMi-4.
.-vii.xHin.-r i lieiirhnm. !ivm-r in
im-
,:cro4
i" Rf
.-iatf Hi- ritmml l.i rMutut tlit-ra lo
ivulii-i w:fiiir..nv i;ir l-ni tlw ilnTe iir
nuiit i-tiirsnrOHV i.mv i,e 1 iir!".ii-ltn.mmv bro
l;la'li'Ma Vu'thiJ"t-
ter tir-y mhiik 1 t'arv-'i
t ii vs. l. kv rv;.
' i ' . i i-. i i , i
Xew Advertisements.
COLUMN OF FACTS
FOR THE
3IILL.IOM
SELLING AT
;
GREATLY REDUCED PRICES I J.
;
j
Clsl ont to atake Rooa for my
SPUING PURCHASES
As ha ben my rtistom for years pa-. nt
tilt- end of the serf-oil, to nm oft" llif tialaiwr
of niv Winter. Ip :inl Fancr ;i:ts. I
now offer CRK IT ISDIC EWEXTS to
the public genciallv. nd the Ladies in par
ticiiior. 'i'licv will liinl it to their interest tt
Iniy now, and
" akc Kay v.hi tbf Sua Shiuc s."
A I w i-h to reduce my sttu t to tli lowest
Hissite point, nor i-liing tt carry awsiy
auv of my winter goods, I vill coiitiuue to
sell at
GREATLY REDUCED PRICES,
IXTIL THE FIItST OV MARCH,
unless thev an- sold out In-fore that time.
ALL WOOL FRENCH MERINOS
rOK $1 lO PER V ARD, AT
WILSON'S.
CfoaJs
f 1 1
Cloaks!!!
I ROI S5 OO TO SCO OO, AT
LONG SHAWLS,
rRon j 00 to -H20 00, at
I wish it distincly understood that 1
mean what I any in ofl'ering my
r
DRESS and FANCY GOODS
AT REDUCED PRICES.
Staples will be fold at as cheap rates
as are to be found iu this market.
The first that come will have the best
selection of my largo and attractive
stock.
e-wiLSorrs.-sa
1 wonM say in conrlusioa to one and all t
Call aad Exasiae 3Iy Stock aid Trices
BEFORE PURCHASING ELSEWHERE,
a1 after doing , I Crar mot the mult, a tlte ;
;ood.- oa th cMuntrr will ronTinrc yoa Uiat tbe
&borc ib mut ucre "Buncombt,' but
SOUD FACTS-
Thankl for tb.e liberal patroaag iri"4i me in
past years, I will tlo my utu-r-t to merit a cuufcin
aance of tfa aaune.
KaftpcclAilly yauia
nccinT.wiumir.
Xcw Auvertiemcuts
nt sals: a BAitAi:
T11K U..L H, vh.cu l r-,4-tr, vi.ilairinr
''" I s ; t WaiiiP iutj.nAfd. Also
I.:-! aiiv.-i.l lal rtiiiljinin l.;iiicl, .-.it.Oi.,1 '!
tvrtrruu.Ac. jij t W. W. iin.INS
rOl I - A SATl IIEI.
I 1 , u,'r-':-. l'-iintrvtii. on l. 'iv r.ia.1 from
XKllfli.U 1 , . 1. ...1. ... I. ... . i .. .
I ...in- i -.l.'l... , -n.clM-l. contiillillis; .im.
! ,i: r;l't"'h--. A . Any ns .IfWrihtiiw tlw
j tiutilHl Ml.d oinimls; mw fmrit, Hir tlii ciicp
I c;"' iiiitma it liy cail:i:;at n.j li.,;t--, iw. ai.ri a half
. inil.s iiihii .rtYulun, vii Ok Wriiiivcton rnad
j I.J6UT 4 AS A. MKltATTOSf.-
! r.n"Biox.
i Iiiiis4rapil i.M-ir, bv .itvhrir: Thr HM-i
i .Vii -m, iiiu trattsl; Wouuu M il ni r In. i,v Mn.
i I-alnllnu.-.-: l.iiy.; l h1-ii. i.v Air l-'arli..ii -
'Ihe omi.l ii- l nul'.niutH-r ami linkn ; t
wuriT u:nl rr.-i.i-t-i .f Ain.-ri-, bv IVto; lit
KivaU r lin-'l . Iltirr iitci !I:imi:i.m: IVm,.
Iy lin-Ii (C .-lli : lb,. l;a.iB Hliv r Oi lirral
scu-i..-; Tiik l.a,t Timi -.iiv Sti-.a; I'.ok.Iiv Jean;.
Armantii.-, i,v W ilkii- l.i. itrt ami Srin
.f iivl:;:i.:; Thii:L4 I Iu Alx. ll; I Im- irvii li-n
Tw.. MiftM. t.ir salf l-y " W M . J l'i. M t .
it US I -t L ANrTlA M iOH iJt
I Wi-t.it H sAi.r. Hie fal ia vminst bv
I t-oii;. Yoiiiiif. living ii n.il MiMtlMra.-t
ih i.-Xiuion. i.or Hie sail l'o&.l ruail.
cuuliiuiK nbiitii 411 arrr llw I irio i-
1 i-4'.'i.ftl.l iii'iln i-i.in. ..iiilalilr iir shi m.!k
j iili iln.-r -tuck or Im-iii. 1 he itniirov.iM-iiU rr
t in- ni,,! -t, i,.,it. Aiiiiiiilsiirc .1 onli r tin.
, litnii l .i nil i in-, ,.s. Ih.w.ti Y.iiins, r...-i.iin(t
j im Hie liii w uili -lluw it tvtuur unf n I-iiilis to iur-
; ci'---. , "kvan itji xt;.
J Ag-nt i.-i ... i.m;s.
I rtRii!tsH.r;
IW t t.K toil s..r. uv lvm, iMIiir is
uiilv- -.iulli.'it nl I . vinl ia." a. il l
(. iiii.- 'imiitt,-.,t tl Uau-rli, r.ii.tiiiiiiij.
, ..-.i Turri--, in ine ihi iri:;iy ,i Uiiili.
arjs:. ill cuimalli.!!. I iii. iwti'-cic-tit- rnitst
Zi.t lrrfiiiT
all dIIm t ..;it-ljti!(.Ui-- Ai. u:t aliuii'tannr .f
Mt-v-r failiiiff trr. i lit n os mitl t- tv.it m itt.
tut- urm, ii'i. sjici aturr-n t. . vol
t Ai:M 4ih- Iluii'trdl Si-vt-six Act,
willtm ).. a kkiklf mil3 f I'&iurtM. i
fMjVnti for al'. 1 1- frm U m a hijrh niaf ol'cul
t!.i!i.ji, ry ttuiii-ttt)y ivii-l in MciMiowk.
atj i'a.ntt-s.. ilii lHlUn! vt.l .f m
Ki ii k IvvUi:i IIu-, M:tok: llra-e. r-
iiajn it. . hmi a t.tt:' liart:. tl all ullM rntr-
i t or i;ai ii:iijurs t l' -:.!-,
M.J Iu i Vaucaiiiiv
i tiets... l.rt-miBf-. tr l
ornitf liihiH4Hifl. Mo.
VNfcU, vf-n i.t-rtii;iir. invtru.-ti. Artitii
nt lfitiilv iitu-lra:wl M'-iiThiy Mtirutn
f.r l;s ami Fiil ;l iti- iui.? i Uai'njr jliti-tra-
atti lit-r-1 it:: t"t :. Muir. INa-vis, t:l th-r
4-iitrt:t!:mi iit-rlHi-. ttv. tiling w-uni off Utr
m I. H e u . lul ini i;i.-t vnu i.tii. I".rv ry Vunc
Ai--i-, n iilit.iil fi ivoltTio 'rt'xainrcraUtinft.
pk-.ic ir, n ut!-; v arr-, 1 3t; aMitimnl coiiic
-e iv f..r -" A rni ff iKaiiliful rl-n-l
.-n:n".v.!ij- rvxciit- fit-f with Uw Cmt amu
lt rr ni, t h ninrli-nli.rrflHT ar I SO. foo
iii.rr'rM o.'. , .a(-k.tfr i f m:?ri- l"faotxrmiJi.
NiirHToi n-5 r.iaiw Um- on r-r- t il i ?rrd
f-tr a i -ciinn mn,M-r. Artn i . Jrnmn
lH-inorfr4, 4,.i Uroai.V, V. noiSc
i eirat.
I I n-tti)!, in I-ufnyvlTr toii ir., jMtti t
r i H-f in- lb nn-lf .'l-1ire f t4,r Pt sot
l.'-xi'.-it.-n l vn-iirf. in I jftF.tju-n -m ?t, f.n hc
i: !-i fltv .if 1 rwntn-r. 1 - i, a. Mrty Mf-KIt.
-i-iioiil its it.!;. to-nii: A n l i-iie t-r
tail ; i.nc -I t.. I'd uif -'. vS liw-
JJi ; 1 1,AT N,4. P
J
'AHtNl'i' in Win. Ai-.iii. ltvff in nvio
t ii-iiic. I.aisiyi tu-ciiiil v, . i 'i
1m I'urv In.- i.inii-i--iiiu.ii. 4ii-t..-- .,l 111 I arr c
l.i-i-;I..;i .-ii-!it.. ill t !avtt- rutititt . tSw
-t ia . i l.-c, liiiin. l-c ;. a -Hay .11.1 R, !--ei
itiiii ti- 1..H.IW-. t-i-ui:: A ri.uu l.s-r. A yt-nr
i elil ) mat l 'I vidia -ni!h T". n llir .,
j an. I -in ..i.-l l-U in ll.i nul.t .ti . t.mi.iUU ti'h J no
j l:ti- rltiit h .i n: tin.-1 il.l iwn u liwi A .rmii.i
1 1 j,-,. i.-.i i i i..i iiivjr
Mruv : -Ms-re.
Vi-s.mri. j.,. .-i.-i.rji U l'.tif lilt- tlw Bli-
tl r-iii, ' a Mi-ti--' ! I -t-a f W a-H
inToii t .uii-iiij, l.:il'.. iu C'.uiiTy, Miit.n,
nil. r -"ti -tii' i'li-Iit ..n---!. li-rltt ni-itir nml.
t.iii. Itlar. fj---, .-im- v ar ol-l. wnr .It.n jii.-'t
I. lift ;..lijr. I i.".ltH-r a nrihl ly lacr,
uiit- vt-ar IiMi.-sf cmIi. iiM r.iis.il al i!t? l-41-r.
sn-av Notice.
AKIIX -iliv iiiiitm ltii-ft;.li-iinir
I. in i4iit-rt l-.-Ajtr-lii-, im I,il'-y-vU
rt.Ui!V, Mo., su i tl -f lit-ll.i-i-rt!lis,I
J,tli t- f 114- INiiCe tl s-aid
Ittw ti-Jii-i atfl oiui-ty n itu "it ah ! Nv'1ht W.
a-tr;iv :H A.- i.-rjM-l as fIlov,-: a l-ay nirr,
tt-n .:ar-.lJ. lilUt-n lutiMl- l.ilil. th- U ft ljml foot
whtu , -iii-i .n tin- n small -ar it the fM4wsd.
.um w hliv liuir- 'U tin-1 i-Hil t.- sf thr neck, no
bran-l- i---rc4,ivailv. A j r::i- i tf4.
4iv.v4 4 v.i. i;. v aijjsn. J. r
STOI-t:! REH'AKDS
C'TolKX. from l'.i iiu".'j--ir:--,. a li;l..i
hav Iii::-K. m -irr- tl lia
Hhile 'siMd t:i hi- f i M--i.I. at.! witif sal-
li4- marks-; sii- Mi mt.-iril -nliitt-. mini 4
.i:til s-:iro.i his llir at in fii r.li:ii'f a -
I ur it rw i J v. ill ! l rai. LifimatiuB.
il.-.t nil! t! t.. t . A d - .
II. A r.lVt-ITAM.
ItTlitJ t :-h--i.ih-ticet J..
Xotirc off i"snI etilemrn(
N'1 i K ifc-n-ly -ri"i-ii t all --rii-. cn-iiilor
aii-i i.tiuri iiit i-iifi in iht -Mit4 t -'har
.iii:s. 'l--( -i- i. .J Ii:-!U r-miy, Mi-
'i i lli:tf lite iiiti-i iiust!. a'liuiiiirtntttr .( id
--lii4-, w il jjit Iv -i tiv .l.ijtujtnt frm f tH- ITo
i.MTt urt t -! -.i-.4:! .Md .f Iv brf-um
.;ml hi i i hi Tl!i-..tjiih'Hsi iu Oii ii 'M.rxinrtcn.
th" lir-l -Miini t J:tji;arv i:-J, t M.mif
t M-tTl.-in i'i of hi- :thiHiii-Tijt(jin -l tsi-i -
late. iiir.'.v 4. . lit.ni-4'N. Atfu'r.
o?i e of KiciaS Scrdemenf.
N'J l it I. i s ht-v!v iwt t a'l f rr4:i. rrv1 :tr
iii:-r-, iui-i-UI i ll,--st-i f KiixaHrta,
.v til. firc.isf!. I sti-i.i' t-tw rititity. Mit-
si.ri. ili:it t!it- n ih r i;--i. m imv'. i.-iff4r" f t-aiit
--iiiu-. ill -ij ; ly mt ijm- m l. rw of II IT'4.le
Ciiurl of l:tt i !!t r..iily. .iii-xail tT ti lr lthli"a
uuti hii: :ii iht inrfh'.ii-4fin ihiM-iry -f f-iugtmnt
.it I'm- hi'sl Mfiu-t in 4;iHti;:ry i,,t, I?i7. t nmU
;t ttiiul i-i'h iiit iit !' hi- M'ii)iii-iia"i4-t T tail h
Mic. -k- ."f.v5 4. I. li tlil ,w A-lin'r.
ft'iital Sriticnifuf.
N'i'TI K i- lifnd.y ri".-Ti foa'i fr--tii. rr-dilora
anI ottt-t. ii:(i--Mf-l in llr -ai- r4bn W.
hilu. (h-r. a- . I,.i.-..J i.-it.4 o.iiij!-. , Mt
s'itri. itiai Iht- i:ttt-r-ii:-ii, t-x i.fr 'f f-int-,
Vi'nl upi'iy at lh-it-t Unit t thv Prohale
iiiiiini l.rii t:r iii.Ty. MisH-nii, lo lw Itrfrva
rt'i'i iii'hI :tf Iii- -'ni th'-u- in ltt- 4-iiy l I-i;iiict4.
iii 1 l;t- lir-t .'..n.l:t tn-liimiary . nt-xt. ir., t mate
a iiiuil 9-ttii-iiM-tii 4.1 :i!tiiitif-tmtin f uil tps
I-ti- iiv.m . I.U l Mr At , Kfenior
Final -tlic-mnl
N'iTU K i- h i-4-t ii t ail n-ras, crrditora
;iinl tii r- inlt-r -tt-il in tin- r-tati ! Nathan
'.r hr, -hfi. l.itr .f li-ta-it'tlecmiiitr, M.. that
ill, u-nh-r-i-."!' . -'lii:iiiisli atr h mo f
-m-t-. mI t4-iit-xt t-nn if tin- lro-
Unit- 4iii I 41 i.4l.i4 1 1-coiiHty, t le lNl-n at tfae
r ,i;i-t;i4-in s-ini ruitt , .n ih tirt Aii:l-ir in.
I:mt:iry n-l. l-ai,. t.r lilt- j iirj f inkiuar m fl
it ui s Ui4 in ni it hi-- :nitit:tn-Ha;iin ! ffaifi ftale.
mivn.i .NA I Ji AN loCi I K, aUna'r.
Final Soft lenient.
"V""-iTIi i: h- it lt -riv-n tt ail .4r, crpdit-r
. i att i ti'.inTs tit'fiv-t-4t in !:' ilalf ! J4el w.
.M'34 --.-, 4N-t -J--4 J, Jutt-i.af;V4 ttf-4uity , Mhi
t'H'ii, tit tt tli iuih-ri-ri.t-4i, aiitt:itrutrir ai-t
-.-ttt, v ill :(). ly at tiit m Tit Ti-iinif tlu lrrtiat
c-in r 4f La f:i-tt r unt . IIiitri, t le ttsz-trua
ami iu t'i wt thf 4i-4.ii: tl.-tiiM, in tin- city of LeiLing
t "t, !t the ttr-t M'tii'l.tv in -fanuarA it-t, ImC, t
iii:ik- m tiual tittKtM4 nt nt hi- a-fiiiinir-t!a-'i4a of
fcaiii -t:i:, . AJiiJ 11. U A.NKIC.
U" -aw - A4lwtuiatratir.
Final Setrirment.
N'OTM'K i.nlM-r--ly pu n !:. rxn, rrrdtra
aa-i ..th,-r.-. ii"t-i in it.fi-ijtt- of Ji- K.
il;il-t mi. hi-4, latr 4. I.nla tt' r-ounfy, iisonri,
tiiat the unl4-ririi4-4l. Miiiniii-iraTriv 4.f vui4rfat4pT
n id aji l ai I In- D4-tt ttn ( tlK l'iliate tMUtt of
K:Ha itii -4iuiit , All: i.iiii. (4i ! 14- tin and heM
at ih- rt.mti;4iu-., iti tht iiy f jt-xinftnn, on tne
tir-t M'r.ti;iy .f 4aiin-ii y ih (, lti7. lo make n final
Sf.-tih-nivtit of ht r aliiiiiiiruiitiii f r-aht eotate.
if.vltt.- tlsN4 I UALMtS,A(l'i.
Final Kel.lemcnt.
NOTK K i-- ht-rt hy -ri-a ttall irM, CTrditra
anl 4tt.ir, iiiti MMii in tht-'M-it4-f llM.maa
4 . ir4--r. h--fa-4i. law 4t IjHayt-tt runtrt Jiiw
t-4uri, thatltit- mi4h-rf-rm-l. atliniui-trati-r'm mu
taU', -ft ill -l- at th m-xt twin if the fft-4al
f4rt -l I.at;it Hv etiiiit. Mismri, tohr txrtan
ami hvM atl iW romlhttuW, in thr city f Iesinc
tm, 4h the tir--t M-il-iy in January next, lfri7, to
m.ikt- dual scltlim-iit 4f hialmini--tntt'Mf itaid
tic nuvsi IJNX It. l.-l.lHh, a.lm'r
Final Settlement.
N'OTK'K is m r ty ri.n ! nil -tB. ereditorn
a til other-, in:Vrt-d in the estate f Janr S.
Vtiitett. deeeaM!. Iatef Ijiftfyette CatfintT, Mh.
so ui, that the uiiierinte-l, cx-rlir if mh! ea
tat.-, will M(..ly at the itrxt ItiM cif tlte I'robatn
court ol I.afai ettectiunty, M., to lie Itrfcnn and
hei'l at thec-4iirthn-e iit'tUc city of IjeKingtun, oai
the lirM M4diI:iy in January tw it, ltta7, to -nke m
final sn-ttlrimnT r'l'hi-afhuiuitrarion f saiitwtavte.
4--,w.- JOKI'H A . murK,TT, Kttecntcir.
Order off Fttblicttfion.
STATKtF MISaMlri. 4
i ountv of lfavette.
In the Laf.tyttt- liuinty l'mhate Conrt. Oaaober
Term",
John A. Mahan, admin-1
x-trator of thr ttate .f Al- V
fxnml'T II . f iiIriiiit.l-'i . S
NOW at tin- Uv C4mei4 J-hn A. Mahan. adrnia
is.trator of tlw'tate of Alexander II .l,aadniM
tl-v-s-ti. awl iire-tenti to the court his etition,
liravin-; fur an onh-r fr tlie salef o mnehofthe
real estate of sail hcea-i-d a w ill ay and aatlafe
the r.-rnsiniiif rh-ht- due by aid estate, and ret nn
paid f4r want f futticient a-v-, ncconianie4 by
the accounts, lists and tnventorieii, a ie4ired by
law in su4-h caser: on evami nation wnereof it is or
dered that all ieivHM iiiteivsted in Mud estate b
notified that .(! tralin a a 4 repaid has beeti
made. an4l that unit s thecwntrarT be hown on or
Ict-ti.rv ihr tir-t lav of the next teria of tfcit conrt,
to lte held on th ttrt Mnlny in January next, an
or.T w iii le uad- f'-r the sle of the wit4e. r a
loii'-h of f he r--al e-tate 4'-aitl d-tea-d, m will b
tiuficieut fr the t ayim nt of aii dj-ltf: ; and it ia
fuiihrr crniil that this cot ice be blitbei im
i.me new.s.a-ir in tliis -i.nty. ftr lr nreekn
lei"re the next teria f tht; rmirt A true etrfiy.
stte t: tM'KIl.K ia i:iK,
tierl- jH4i-jy of t-Twibate-
FIXE FAltJI FOR SA1-F-
SITI ATI l Three Mile-wnih of I ek'iteton, ran
tai..ii)i "ilT acres, of r bich t under fence,
and a iori.n in a hiira titateof cultivation., llierat
is a fine Itltie t-ra-- la-f tire of 7." sere.
Tin I m tiding coit-ist if an elejcant frame dwell
injs lbme, him and out hotteti. l ite water prrri-lf-res
are verv line, an almndaitre of timber, and n
baiik 4.f the l'e-t ral in the ct-unty. Aim m vary
fine Orchard ff Ieariiir Trees, at-si-t KirrhtT or one
Jlundreti in tiuiulier. ? bi t- one of tiie m--t deff
ra!W firms iutiit part f the state, and tbe in
unstiaKsH 4j ia the cur.iin act bv any ia tM
Vnired state.
Al: a vwy desirable T-"t in tbe city ;f Taxing
ton , sitti:t4i tn Main Strwl, in tbv uut btneen
lrt t tite city .
AtVo'S nt-rev of vvrv fin land la Oaxltpa wwmtym
T., near the tl-tnnili-tl & St. J raltriaad, 1
ti;i4f wl'.i.-h ifVer tine lVairie, aud ifaa rraaain
tf.-r lcaut Ttuita r
for i-artirnlar call on Tho. J one tiraaat nm
SaUnveountT. Mo., Jfjbn cir Jweyb Woo- aeaai
mifrn east cf Iexii?rtTJi,r S3rs M. rOfUIn
fci?tv. 9 t4r
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