Decatur Eagle, Volume 2, Number 6, Decatur, Adams County, 19 March 1858 — Page 4

Editorial Proverb*. Tie pioverbs of the editor, the servant, of the church and state. To give advise to our patroas, and inntruetion to our friends. That the wise may hear, and avoid hav-, ing their names blotted out from the list of oui subscribers. Time runcth swifter than water, and arrears accumulate faster than piety. One moon will wax and wane until we commence a new volume, and the credit syatem withdraws bis hand from our delinquent patrons. Take heed to thy accounts then, and examine thy standing tn the ‘Messenger’ office. Then will a new light shine unto those who have paid in advance; who have taken heed unto their ways. Hear then, our friends, and receive nur sayings so shall the blessings unto thee be many. Tobacco may seem good to the taste but barren to the mind that lacketh knowledge. Wisdom shall be lack who neglecteth mstructioua and taketh not the “Messenger.” He that taketh it, and payeth for it, in advance, shall find great favor with the publisher. It shall be a glass to his eye, and bring distant objects to the windows of his mind. The office hath builded her house, and ret up her presses. She hath procured her type, and employed her printers, and furnished her material. She hath appointed her agents, called upon to be vigilant. She sayeth unto them, Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. 'Until thou ha.-t firmly resolved to continue to take the ‘Messenger,’ and always to pay the price in advance. Can a man take fire in his bosom and not be indebted? How long wilt thou wait, 0 sluggard? When wilt thou send us thy name and money, 0 delinquent? The delinquent shall or ought to be struck off from the books, and al! those that pay not. Be valient, ye strong ones, and gird on your armor, ye feeble. Go forth unto all and entreat them to subscribe for the ‘Messenger.’ If ye are diligent in this business; ye shall stand well in our esteem, and surelv confer good unto iiieu; and may thy shadow never grow less. Tin: PRINTER. The Belfast Mercury gives the following in relation to the printer: •Front high to low they are the same careless, clever, well informed, reckless fellows, knowing how to act better than they do—nothing at times—everything if occasion requires, or the tit takes them. No sooner are they comfortable in one town than they make tracks for another even though they travel on “hair space” means. And to what will they not turn their hands? We have seen,’ savs the American ednors, “one and the same individual of the craft a minister in California, a lawyer in Missouri, a sheriff in Ohio, a boatman on a western eanai, sailing a privateer, and a pressman in a large printing office. Nor are the characters confined to any one country, they are every where the same. We have met them as lecturers, actors, traveling preachers, in fact every thing. We have met on a tramp in this country, members of this roving profession from all parts of the gljbe—Frenchmen, Spaniards, Portuguese, Germans, and Swedes, and all apparently feel as much at home here ts in their own country. Ardent lovers of liberty, kingcraft and priests find but little favor in their eyes, they are always with the people. When the Chartist excitement was eloquent and spirited leaders in the movement were printers.— When parricades were raised in Paris, in 1858, the compositors cast their types in bullets and Cred them at Royalist troops. When the Americans were at war with Mexico, one of Gen. Tavlor’s regiments was composed almost entirely of printers, and they were the bravest of his troons.’ On Earlt Rising.—One of our cotemporaries disposes of the virtue as follows: •We have watched (he says) those fellows who are the early risers, and as a general thing they are the first chap? who go to the groceries of a morning. It is all moonshine about the smartest and greatest men being the early risers. It might have been so in old times, but nuw-a-dava. when you see a chap moving »bout very early, you may be certain he is after a drink-.

Too Good to be Lost. i he following good one, from the Memphis Bulletin, is too good to be lost: Vingt-Un—We hare a friend—or, j with the emphasis of the inimitable Toodles, ‘We have a friend’—whom, for the nounce, we shall call the major, though his right to the prefix is somewhat ques- : tionable. Now the Major has had through life due besetting sin, and that is an unconquerable love for a certain game of cards known as Vingl- Un, which is the French for twenty-one. This well known game, a fai wife and a large family, are about the only weakness that can be laid to the Major's charge. How often he has been married, the record sayeth not , —nor is it important. Suffice it that during over thirty odd years of the Major’s i wedded life, as bis wealth increased and .! his hairs became gray, one after another, , in regular succession, his board was honored with the preience of miniature edi- , lions of himself, until the number had reached twenty, when the Major concluded things had gone far enough, and should be stopped. But they didn’t, as the Major in due time found out. for he had calculaten without consulting his ! wife. There were indications of another bond of union and well-spring of happiness The Major became nervous, for his ! nomenclature was exhausted. In his dei speration, he finally declared that the I coming heir to his name and fortunes, whether boy or girl be named In vain the old woman remonstrated — .' The major was inexorable. The new ! comer, being the twenty-first, should wag his way through life with that appropri- ( ate title. In an ante-room the Major awaited the announcement of the little stranger’s sex. The nurse appeared and to the Majors horror, whispered the terrible word—‘Twins!’ ‘Busted! by thunder! yelled the Major. ‘Why didn't I stand on twenty. Sleighing.—ls any body knows how sleighing goes, it surely is Buffalo Faxon; and in this, squib, so smooth.' and glib, lie tells in telling Saxon—how. ‘The streets are white, and much delight, pervades those id!. classes, who onward drive with fun alive, escorting of (f) their lasses; with glorious swell, each jingling bell, falls on the passers ear, while brilliant eyes and rosey cheeks appear and disappear —and tingle men, and woman kind of pleasure seem to taste; men keep the girls from falling out by holding rouud their waist, they leave no opportunitv (or girl) pass unembraced; and sleighs whirl by engulfed in snow, with fear inspiring haste; till turning round some corner sharp, to clear some cumj brous buss, a heap of crinoline is split in j a perplexing muss. While Jehu extricates his head from banks where ’twas im- ■ mersed, and finds bis heels are up side down like discount banks reversed. You youthful gents who sleighing go, do n't too much steep your two-lips, if you’d ride safely o’re the snow in essence of mint-juleps; for sure as morning comes j ’twill find you in remorseful mood, to think as how you’ve gone it blind, while sleighing to get slewed. ill 1 ■ ■ — A Marriage as is a Mariiage. There were married at Durham, Canada, on the “it cd January, an elderly , gentleman and lady, involving the following connection: The gentleman is married to his daughter’s husband’s mother-in-law, and his daughter’s husband’s wife’s mother.— And yet she is not his daughter’s mother;' but she is his grand-children’s grandmother, and his wife’s grand-children are his daughter’s step children. Consequently, the lady is united in the bonds holy matrimony and conjugal affection to her daughter's brother-in-law’s father-in-law, and her great-grand children’s grand mother’s step-father, so that herson-in-i law may say to bis children: Your grand-mother is married to my father-in-law, and yet he is not your grandfather, but he is your grandmother’s son-in-laws wife’s father. This gentleman married his son-in-laws wife, and he is bound to support and protect her for life. His wife is his own son-in-laws children’s grandmother, and his son-in-laws sister-in-laws grand-childrens great grandmother. ___ Condemn no man for not thinking as youthink. Let every one enjoy the full and free liberty of thinking for himself.— Let every one use his own judgment since every man must give an account of him- i self to God. Abhor every approach, in [ any degree, to the spirit of persecution. I If you cannot reason or peursuade a man into the truth, neverjattempt to foicc him into it. *

PROSPECTUS Iffll.n”™ SENTINEL, 1858. It is the intention of the Proprietors of the Sentinel to make it in all respects a newspaper worthy the sipport.of the Democracy of Indiana. And in the proportion its circulation is increas- j ed and its advertising patronage enlarged will he our ability to add toits interest. Having no local Agents, we depend entirely upon the effortsof our political friends to extend its circulation. In no cheaper or more effectual way can political intellence be circulated, zeal excited and party organization preserved, than through thetnedium of the press. All then, who are deair,‘ous of the succes of Democratic principles and policy, can serve the cause in no better way than in extending the circulation of the political organs of the party. The year, upon which we have entered, will doubtless be one of important events- Upon all matters of public interest we shall give full and reliable intelligence. An important State election occurs next October. A new Legislalature, members of Congress, Supreme Judges, and most of the State officers are to be elected. It is only by sleepless vigilance and untiring effort that we can exnact to maintain the supremacy olthe Democratic parly It behooves every Democrat, then, to inform himself upon the issues of the day, which it will be the object of the Sentinel faithfully topresent, and thus be prepared for the conflict. ... The Sentinel will be governed in its political course by the authoratively expressed sentiments of the party. The principles and policy it promulgates it will be our aim to advocate and defend, believing that upon the integrity of the Democratic party rests the preservation of our unequalled Government. It will represent the Democratic party of Indiana; not cliques, factions or men. It will be impartial towards all candidates for party favor but whoever it may select as candidates for public, position, and its representative men, it will be our object to elect end sustain. The Sentinel will pay especial attention to commercial news, the agricultural interests of the State, and all miscellaneous intelligence. We have made arrangements for the news by telegraph as full as the Cincinnati papers This will add largely to our expenses, for which we hope to be remunerated by an increased circulation. We will, also, send the Daily by express to all the principal points in the State. terms: — Strickly in Advance. Daily Sentinel, per annum, $6 DO Daily Sentinel, per month, 50 Weekly Sentinel, single subscribers, 1 year 1 50 Weekly Sentinel, clubs of five, 6 25 Weekly Sentinel, clubsof ten, 10 00 And the same rate for over that number. Those whosend clubs of twenty or over, will be entitled to one eopy of the paper without charge. To those who get the three largest clubs for the Sentinel, we will present with suitable premiums Address, BINGHAM St DOUGHTY. 1149-vl. Proprietors.

400 GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES FOR ■ ««><»• A. J. ALEXANDER’S 19th Magnificent Cash and Watch Gift DISTRIBUTION I Fourteen hundred and eighty-one Cash Gifts! $2058 in American Gold, among which will be found 22 Prizes ranging from $lO to S3OO. 400 Magnificent Gold and Silver Watches. Ma king a grand total of Eighteen Hundred and Eighty-one Cash and Watch Gifts. Value of Gifts. $-12,093 Number of Gifts. 1,881 Tickets Limited to, 15 000 One Prize to every eighth Ticket I To be dis tributed at Edinburgh, Johnson County, Indiana, on Monday Mar. 15th 1858. The undersigned has the pleasure of announcing to his numerous friends and patrons through out Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illi nois, Missouri, and lowa, that his Nineteenth magnificent exclusive Cash and Watch Gift distribution will take place as above, on which oc casion there will be distributed amonghis numerous patrons Two Thousand and fifty eight dol lars in American gold, and four hundred magnificent Gold and Silver Watches, presenting a grand total of 1,881 Cash and Watch Gifts, valued at $12,093. It will be observed that there arc 22 Prizes in American gold, varing from $lO to S3OO. The Watches have been selected with great care, and warranted and ' accurate timekeepers, ranging in price from 15 to 250 dollars. This will be the 19th distribution I havegiven in the last two years, and tn every instance the drawings have taken place on the days specified and, as advertised (for see programme.) they have in every instance been conducted solely by a committee elected by the ticket holders all being free to attend. Immediately after the drawing the result is printed and forwarded together with the prizes drawn, to all ticket holders, either by mail or express, at my expense. In this connection I deem it nothing more than right to add, for the oeneiit of those who are unacquainted with me and who would like to try their luck in my Scheme, that I hereby authorize them to enclose their m >ney to Mr.H. Daily, of the firm of Rickets it Daily, of this place; who is among the most responsible men of the State, and who will also receipt for the money so deposited; and if the drawing does not go of precisely as stated (see programme,) all you will have to do will be to call on Mr. Daily for your money. Under this arrangement you see, it would be utterly impossible for me to take advantage of yoi, even it I were so disposed . (EFA complete list of prizes, together with manner of drawing, <tc., is printed and will be forwarded to all who desire it. Jj*All responsible persons are desired to aot as agents for the sale of my tickets, and will be furnished with tickets at 80 cents apiece, togeth er with full instructions, the premiums we allow for i dling, <kc. [□“Single ticketssl. Six tickets $5. Twelve tickets 10; and twenty five tickets 20. All orders must be addressed to A. J. ALEXANDER, Edinburgh, Johnson county, Ind., Box 64. □"That my drawings are fairly, honestly and honorably conducted, I would respectfully refer you to the following who are among the most prominent citizens of Johnson county; Noah Perry, Sheriff of Johnson county; Dr. W. P. Rush, Postmaster at Edinburgh; Dr. A. Keifer. C, W.Snow. Esq., John Walsh, and T. S. Moore, all of this place. □“ Drawings take place third Monday in every month. A. J.ALEXANDER, Proprietor. Edinburgh Johnson Co, Ind.

DR. D. W. (HAMPER, PHYSICIAN A SURGEON, DEC AT UR, IND IA XA. □"OFFICE—on Main Street, opposite Porter’s Drug Store.. _ vl-nlfl. ~C?unty Orders, &c. We will pav the face in goods, or ninety-five cepts on the dollar in cash, for County Orders. Olherorders purchased on the beat terms. J, D. A J. M. NUTTMAN. Aug. 14,1857. K -WheaTStoredi W« are prepared to Store or pay the highest price in cash for ten thousand bushels of wheat Oct.” 1857. J. D. 4 J. M. NUTTMAN.

THE GLOBE. THE OFFICIAL PAPER OF CONGRESS. I PUBLISH now my annual Prospectus of The Daily Globe, and The Congressional Globe and Appendix, to remind subscribers, and inform those who may desire to subscribe, that Congress will meet, on the first Monday of next December, when I shall recommence pub lisiiino- the above named papers. They have been published so long that most public men know their character, and therefore I deem it. needless a minute account of the kind of matter I they will contain. The Daily Glob® will contain a report oftne debates in both branches of Congress as taken j down by reporters equal, at least, to any corps vs short hand writers in this or anv other conn- I try. A majority of them will, each, be able to j to report, verbatim, ten thousand words an hour j while the average number of words spoken by fluent speakers rarely exceed seven thousand five hundred words an hour. When the debates of a day do not make more I han forty columns they shall appear in the Daily Globe of the next morning, which will contain, also, the new? of the day. together with such editorial articles as may be suggested by passing events. It is also my intention, from time, as occasion mav require, to publish my reminiscences of the public men with whom 1 have been associated during the last twenty eight years. Anecdotes of General Jackson,and the leaders of the party which he conducted, and the leading men of other parties, will, I believe, be interesting now when partisan bitterness has abated. In becoming the reporter of the debates of Congress 1 deemed it proper to say that the Globe would never be a partisan paper. This pledge will not be forfeited by introducing as a contribution to history the political traits of character which distinguished the public men of my time. Although I am, and intend to remain, a thourough democrat, I will never obtrude my principles in away to make them obnoxious to any party. Butin regard to persons and events which go to make up history, I hope to make the Globe an honest memoir; and with that view I am resolved to speak independently of all parties. The Congressional Globe and Appendix will j contain a report of all the debates in Congress, | revised by the speakers, the messages of the I President of the United States, the annual rei ports of the heads of the executive departments, the laws passed during the session, and copious indexes to all. They will be printed on a double royal sheet, in book form, royal quarto size, each number containing sixteen pages. The whole will make, it is believed, 3,800 and 3,900 pages, as the Jongsessions for many years have ragged between those numbers, and the next session will be what is termed a “long one.”— This 1 believe is the cheapest work ever sold in any country, whether a reprint or printed from manuscript copy, taking for data the average number of words of the long session since the year 1848. Theaverage numberofpages is 3,876, and the average number of words on a page is 2,397,consequently, the averagenumber of wordsofa long session is 9,29 1,772. As I have sold to subscribers that number of words for six dollars, it follows that they have paid less than six and one-half cents for every 10'1,000 word-1 have furnished them, while I have paid my reporters 6 29 for every 2,397 words, of this work, in manuscript? Has any other bookseller, anywhere, ever sold a book in the first instance, while it was new, at so low a rate? I believe not; and so strong is my belief that. 1 hereby agree to give to any person who shall prove the contrary a complete set of the debates running back to 1833. making forty-three quarto volumes, which sell for $5 a volume. An act of Congress authorizes these pape-s to goby mail free of postage. The next session will be, without doubt, an unusual interesting one; as it will be the first under a new admilistration, and several complex questions must >e discussed in it—for example, the currency,Kansas, revenue, and other questions. The Globe will be asheretofore, the only source from whichfull debates can be obtained. terms; For a copy of the Daily Globe one yeir, $lO 00 “ “ “ six months, 5 00 " “ “during thesession 5 00 For a copy of Congressional Globe m Appendix, and the laws passed during the session, 6 00 Bank notes, current inthesectim of the country where a subscriber resides, wil be received at par. The whole or any part of asubscription may be remitted in postage stamps, which is preferable to any currency, except'old or silver. A paper will not. be sent unless he money accompanies the order for it. JOHN C. lIVES. Nov. 20, 1857. Vashington,

BRILLIANT PROSPECTS’, FOURTH YEAR OF THI COSMOPOLITAN ART ASSOCIATION. THE FAMOUS DUSSELDORF GALLERY OF PAINTINGS! Purchased at a Cost of $1:0,000! And Powers’ World Renowned Statue of the GREEK SLAVE!! Re-purchased for six thousand dollars, with several hundred other works of Art, in Paint ings, Sculpture and Bronzes, emprise the Premiums to be awarded tothesubcribers of the COSMOPOLITAN ART ASSOCIATION. who subscribe before the 28th <f January. 1858 at which time the awards willtake place. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Every subscriber ofthree dolhrs is entitled to A copy of the large and splendd Steel Engraving, entitled “Manifest. Destny,” also to, A copy of the Cosmopolitan Art Jiurnal one year, also to a Certifficate in the awrd of Premiums, also a free admission to the Duaeldorf and Cosmopolitan Galleries. Thus it is seen that for every three dollars paid, the stbscriber not only receives a SPLENDID THREE DOLLABENGRAVING! but, also, the beautifully illusrated TWO DOLLAR ART JOURNAL, ONE YEAR Each subscriber is also presnted with a Certificate in the Awards of rreiiums. by which a valuable work of art, in pairing or sculpture may be received in addition thus giving to every subscriber an equivalexto the value of five dollars, and a Certificate gratis. Any one of the leading $3 lagazines is furnished, instead of Engravingmd Art Journal, if desired. No person is restricted to t single share. Those taking five membershbs, remitting sls, are entitled to an extra Engaving, and six tickets. Full particulars of the assoiation are given in the Art. Journal, which contains over gixtv splendid Engravings, pricefity cents per number. Specimen copies will bsent to all persons who desire to subscribe,m receipt offive j postage stamps, (15 cents.) I Address, C. L. DERBY, Atuarv C. A. A. 548 Broadtuy, New ” or k’ W M. G. SPENCER, Honoray Secretary, yl-n42, Decatur, Ind. ' —— WILLIAM G. SPENCER, Attorney and Counselor at Law, MASTER COMMISSIONER DECATDR, Adams Couuy, Indiana. (TTBusiness intrusted to histarc will receive ' prompt attention. rrt.o, ISST. , I !

Prospectus for 1858. SATURDAY EVENING POST, established august 4, 1821. The Paper that Never Suspends. A FAMILY WEEKLY, DEVOTED TO LITERATURE & NEWS. . In these times of Bank suspensions and Mercantile suspensions, the proprietors of the Sa turday Evening Rost, call the attention of the reading public to their old and firmly established weekly paper, as the paper that never suspends. For over THIRTY-SIX YEARS The Post has been published ; and in all that' period—through “good times” and through ‘bad ! times,’ through bank inflations and bank contractions, through prosperous seasons and , ' through panics, the Post hash en regularly is- . sued every week, and forwarded to’.ts thou . I sands of subscribers. Its proprietors therefore i point to the past as an unfailing index of the , future. And they feel that in asking of the ’ reading public a continuance of the patronage I heretofore so liberally bestowed upon The Post they are asking no more than what it will be both the interest and the pleasure of that pub. lie to grant. Among the contributors to the Post, we my mention the following gifted writers; William Howitt, Allice Carey, T. S. A.ithur, Grace i Greenwood, Anna Blackwell, Augustine Duganne Mrs. M. A. Denison, Emma Allicc Browne, the author of "An Extra-Judicial Statement,” the author of “Zillah, the Child Medium,” Ac. NOVELET, RV T. S. ARTHUR. Mr. Arthur’s productions are so widely known, that we need hardly say that the tone of the present novelet will be consistent with the Mo ral and instinctive character which we have always striven to impress upon the Post. Readers who wish to peruse the flash stories which abound in the land—pernicious and destruc tive in their tendency and effects —can find them, we regret say, at every corner. But the Post will still maintain its high character, as a paper which the most scrupulous parent may allow freely to enter THE FAMILY CIRCLE; And which will purify and and instruct, instead of detnor lizing and corrupting the youthful mind. Especially wil) its conductors avoid, in the publication of the weekly news, all those long and disgusting reports —unfortunately now so common—.of VILE CRIMI'NAL CASES; Believing, as they do, that the practice of publishing rhe detailsol such loathsome cases, and criminal trials resulting therefrom, is a fruitful causeofthe. recent alarming increase of vice and crime in the community. Like begets like and what the mind feeds upon, that it will grow to resemble. CHOICE SELECTIONS Os all kinds, from the best foreign and domestic sources, shall continue to be, as heretofore a leading feature of The Post. The Stories, Essays, Sketches, Agricultural and Scientific Facts, <tc., <fcc., abtained in this way for the readers of The Post, are among the most instructive as well as interesting portion of its contents. THE VERY CREAM Os the Priodical Literature of the British Ides is thus given to our readers. The Post, weekly, has SOMETHING FOR ALL The members of the family. Novelets, Essays, Stories, Engravings, Agricultural Articles; the News, Sketches, Poetry, Anecdotes, Riddles, lhe Wholesale and Retail Markets, Bank Note List,die., Ac., Jfe, Finally, we may mention three good reasons why the’read ing public should give the pref erence to The Post; It is superior to any other Paper of the same priee It ii cheaper than any other Paper of equal merit It will be curtain to come when paid for, Terms (Cash in advance)-single copy $2 a year. 4 copies. 5 00 a year. 8 “ and acopy to getter upof club 10 00 “ 13« «“ 15 00 “ 2n « .< “ “ 20 00 “ . The postage of the Post to any part of the United States, paid quarterly in advance, at I the office where it is received, is only 26 cents a i year. Address, alwavs post paid, DEACON A PETERSON No. 132 South Third st., Philadelphia. [□"Sample Numbers sent gratis to anyone.: ween requested. n4‘s-vl

Receipts & Expenditures. The undersigned Trustees of Washington Township, Adams County, Indiana, submit the following statement of the amount received and expended on account of said township, during the proceeding year, ending March 1, 1858: RECEIPTS. There was received, of township fund, $250 00 “ " School House revenue, 335 60 •' “ Road revenue, 107 00 “ School fund fortuitiou, 257 00 Total receipts, 949 60 pv nvvpTTTTpl’S! There has been expended for. building School houses, 506 89 There has been paid interest on school house orders, 10 12 There has been paid for service as Trustee and Clerk 7 00 Total expenditure es school house fund 524 01 There has been expended forteaching, 360 00 There has been paid for interest on school orders, 80 There has been lost by bank breaking, which is worthless, 1 00 Total, expended of the scho .1 f .;.id, 361 80 There has been expended for the protection of bridges, 7 33 There has been paid to Supervisors and expended on the roads, 95 00 Total expenditure of road fund, 102 33 There has been paid for Clerk’s service, 40 53 “ ” taking care township library 12 00 “ “ Treasury for his service, 30 00 “ Trustees for their service, 38 50 “ " ' Supervisors for their service, 31 50 “ “ interest on orders, 423 “ “ for stationery, 50 “ “ for printing, Ino “ for cost made by Supervisors, 11 62 “ “ to Constable for service in serving certificates, 3 50 Total expenditure of township fund, 173 38 The true condition of the treasury is as follows: There is forty-two cents of tbwnshiprevenue in the treasury; there is school revenue for tuition the sum of one hundred and thirtyeight dollars and forty cents; there is road revenue in the treasury, the sum of ten dollars and sixty-five cents; there is school house re- ‘ yenue in the treasury, the sum of one dollar and forty-three cents; while there is orders outstanding, school house orders, and unredeemed, the sum of five hundred and ninety-four dollars and forty-seven cents. Total amount in the treastt ry is one hundred and fifty dolfjks and ninety cents. J Witn a ., our hands, this Ist day of March 1858 A. KOHNE, ) JACOB STULTS, > Trustees D. REIDER. \ Nmrrx.

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