Decatur Eagle, Volume 2, Number 36, Decatur, Adams County, 15 October 1858 — Page 2

r if EE A G I. E * - = H. L. PHILLIPS.) ;■ Ebitob* * Pccrsirroxs. VT. G. SPENCER, DECATUR. INDIANA. Ft!!OAT ’KJKMV’. OCT. 15,1653. ThTeT CHEERS FOR 8 mil DEMOCRACY Triumphant!! FANATICISM DEFEATED 1 ! BRING OUT THAT OLD ROOSTER '. Crow Chapman. Crow, « Here he is. He has been crowing so incessantly since last Tuesday evening that the Republicans stop their ears and crouch in very terror at Lis (learning THUNDER. may he live long to shout WITH HIS CLARION VOICE IN TONES OF THUNDER, Triumphs lor Democracy. A p»'»sr. ’,-g ‘.i.e .1 rrigencc of oar readers • ' t -ni,i of -he usual »xonnt of reading matter ia t is week’s E:gle. We s-e rid to r-g'ec: everyt! rgei-e to alter. i to prin'.ing the tickets for the eleqt.on. which has left us so much behind our paper that we are compelled to double con-: iersble, in order to give our realm whst news we have by to day® mails. Next week we promise to be ail right, and up with the times again. Good News to all! The Election has resulted as usual, to rhe satisfaction of some and to the mor’jf? t i n of others, notwithstanding this Jc-i- Niblick continues to manufacture B x>ts and Shoes at his old place of business, to the entire satisfaction of all those who favor him with their patronage. — His work is made in the most substantial manner and upon the latest style. JSSrSeehis advert:--meat in another column. — i ii j&F After looking over the rtX tai vo'e of .he late election we are led to the conclusion that if two or three more intelligent. discreet IL-pubitcan Missionaries w. r • imported into this County to abuse and vilify the Democracy, there would scarcely be a corporals guard left of the IL-publican party, at the next annual election. Couid not Jay County furnish a fewlike the samples. /t?FMr. Pettit, in his speech here, on las’. Friday, took the liberty to pitch into the Kogte. We never doubted for a mornent, butthat he would pay usbiscomjdiment, for the many truths we have told the people in relation to him. He would lw«ve been ungrateful indeed had he passed us without acknowledging our many favors. wouldn't copious and frequent draugi.ts from that demi j >hn, labile! ferpentine' be beneficial? We do not know what its medicinal p r operties are.—Peapie's Pros. The Squire need not go among strangers to learn what tl.e medicinal properties of the eofltc-nla of that demi john were; his wifo could have answered that from a-re ’tnj his b : '■ ’t-” ‘

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A reward of 85*JO is offered at C:n . for the discotery of the murderer of CLas Lucas. Thomas Carlyle, at the latest dates, was on a pilgrimage to the battle-fields of Frederick the Great. Prof. Steiner has arrived at Cin , and the balloon race is soon to turns off with Godard—perhaps on Friday or Saturday of next Week. — -II — I A deer was recently t iled, near Waco, Texas, which had 3J spikes to his horns, and l| inches of fat on its breast. J P. Brown, late Consul General at Constantinople, has been appointed Secretary of Legation and Dragoman. Sal ' ary §3,000. ii — ■ An Army Board is to as.-emble at the Washington Arsenal, for the purpose of examining the recent improvements in email arms. R.obtri Canning Brown, an English-, roan employed as a cleik by the London and Liverpool Insurance Company, has been arrested on a charge of defrauding that institution of a large amount GO)D XEWS TO THE HIIIEFtIJHDI Boots & Shoes, Cheaper and Better than Ever! JESSE NIBLICK., x - Ha-just returned from the East, where Ml he li;.* been laying in a sOjr.k of L-ath- • vhL er; which he i- now making up tor he accommodation of those who nun favor him with their patronage. His leather is all purchi ed bv himself and he warrants it to b■ <-od His work is ail mil- 'in i -r his o va ins ruction; and be ke -ps none but the b-st of Workman . < OVXTRY SHOEMAKERS. fiimi.-'h'-d with ev-rytuing in their line on the Bin.: reasonable terms. Oct- il'-'-t- v2-n36-tf. Notice. Is hereby given, ’ that here arc funds inthe County Treasury to red -em County orders outiindin-’- and preted for pavnicnt and eii dor.sd • notpaid for want of funds” up co June Ist. 1853. DAVID SHOWERS, A i>’ ' 1 10--"’*I 0 --"’* Treasurer, A C

MOFFAT’S LIFE PILLS ANO PHCENTX BITTERS. ’’r'HE he-- f.-uily icedica.e r. >w b-C,-- the 1 public, f-.r ’he e-T-of Scr.ifma, Cleer*. Scurvy, or vs the S- c. Fever and Ague, Dyspep-ia, Dropsy, and in fact most all d--e- -i»,n yield their curative properties It has been computed that daring the last twenty five years iipwa'ds of f-utr n idi eis o' person- have been benefited hr the use (,f these n.dieii" •; afact which -peak- volom*“s ia favor f their euratireproprrti-s a single trial will place them beyond the reach of eompetitou in 'he estimate of every pa-ient. By their u- the ’ bk»d 1* r.-red to a healthy-tate and freed from all immiriries. The system is not reduced during their operation, but invigorated, and •hey re uire no restraint from business or pleasure. TA «flirte/i hare i the-e meJieinu a remed. that will do or th m all that mtdiclnr can pnttibl'j effect. PREPARED BY W B. MOFFAT S, M D. ! Pre, re-tor. New York, Tr-SoldbyE G OXEN. Plea-..nt M.. - Sept, if, 1:57. Indiana Stai* Gazetteer. Having now one half ofthes’a'e canra-sed for a Gazrttf. and Btsixtss Ibatcroßr, we will , i-sue our work about the fir-re f September next, giving a list of the names of Bu-iness and ' Prose—i-. ial M-u, throughout to- state ;.r ranged in a'.pha’>e!ical o-der, giving 10-ation population, and Siatististics of each cmiutry in the slate. A* a medium for advertising, throughout the towns and counties of the state, it can not be excelled. P.-rsons wi-hing to famish statistics I >r small . t'.wns, giving info-.nation a- to local ion, p..pu iation, <tc.’ can d > so, such information being i thankfully received-

SfJ3S?RfPriON PRICE. $2 s*. Bookseller* in 1 o-h»-rs to act as local accents will be nni**: >n. All lvtter*-f<M inn utt* »i reeled F ■ B>.x Ss.‘ .Tn 1 In i aoaten w Jsvwsos mccowb J. ROBB & CO., Wholesale Grocers 56. W» C 0 WHS SI ON HER CHA NTS, .19, Columbia Street, Port Wayne, Ind. ty o u l d v v re«pect ully invite t u e attention of Mer-djehants,Hotel-keeper*, Are., to their immense stock of Groceries, Foreign and Domestic Lifcpiora, Se gars.ic , which they guarantee to sell (at closest Eastern prices, with additionof traus- ’ portatioti. N. H. TUisis theonly exclusive Jobbing Grocery House in the city. vl nl'J 6in. M . | - b bls prime srgar, st ten cents pet lr) p nurd .at t’,,p White Corner

i The Crystal Palace Destrored bf Pire. Nxw York Oct. 5. This shemoon afire broke cu: in a stable in West 35 h street, and soon destroyed it. The flames then communicated lo fire frame buddings aij »ining, ad ■ w .-a wr-re des'.royed L »>s eC-nv- J a'. '»h >ul 88.0J0 I-sure! fdr S3.VO’J. — The fire was supposed to have beec caused be » e! id playing writ ma-ehes. * The Crystal Pal ice, wish al! its eon tests, was entirety destroyed by fire t is m ming. The fair of the American Inlie was being Held there at the ume A Urge amount of proper’? was destr vei. consi'ting of mechanical and ' a_-r'eu! - ural ’mpl- ments, tnek.!evn«. pi ■ an's, steam engines, and oilier kmos of roods that wore on exhibition. The fire , broke ..ul in the lumber r otn. which was . fi !- 1 w '1 empty b x-« and a 1 -rge quan ti yof old 'amber, ft isbel - ved t have b-en the work of an inein liarv. M hen , first discovered the palace engine wa- T brought out. but the hose was so full of , h-.Gs aS IO be useless. T - fl«tlr< -pread , I wi’h astonishing rapt li:y. creating mu-nse . ;n i>nient among '<■i ■; r<. w wer- ... nnCed at two i,an f. I' is leared ( that manv are k Jed. One dead body ha® beta tak.n « ut. ( i* T<-beat «»- ■ st-n»e The fireman’s , 1 .. r> -.S w-re <>• DO ivRI. T’>e whole [ i,., ; 4 j- -u’n« s-■ rerv 1 _ ~ merits s,ved. Two only ol the many , fire engines on-xi: t*. i»u were go; out uu- i ’njured Ti e buii ling was crowded with , articles on exhibition of every pos-ib'e de- , scrip’jen I'. is impossible to estimate I the |..«s with anv degree-of accur.-.-v — Ti. bu iding i'.'’i' is rs .mt'ed at -SISJ.- . 009. Ti.e contents tnus'. bat e been wurli. , double that earn. , A Scene on the (i tllows. i We have already bri. fly mentioned, f savs the Baltimore San, that P S. Tur- t ley. furmeriv a clergyman, was execured t on Friday week in Rtnawha county, Va . - lor the murder of his wife. On the gal- t lows he made a speech, attributing the, 'commission of the crime to hi« intempe- ■ ranee. Tne Kinawha Star <ay<: After speaking, he requested that ‘Je- I rusalem mv ilappv Home,’mi^hlbe sung t he sail that many present had sung it i with him on more happy occasions. He I -tarted the tune himself. While singing . he called bis aged father on the platform an I threw himself upon l.is neck, inter- ! rupting is singing onlv long enough to - say •farewell.’ and then continued to take I ! the lead. His mother, with his littl< < daughter, came forward at his requ.-s , < and be shook hands with her, and took ' iliis’ little one in his arms, kissed it, and i all without seeming to be interrupted. So > al<o with a brother. 1 hey all left tin- i .•round before he fell. He, also, while I 'H.g.'ig. shook hands h some twenty t • '.tiers. Among them two of the brothers ; i s murdered wife. He had a smile i on l.is face most of the time. There were ' ' but a few drv eyes on the ground during ' A- «cene. When ’hey ceased singing. ■ l.e turn*-'! about and said, ‘Sheriff, lam I readv to die,’ and soon alter the rope was I , cut, and the unfurtunale man launched i into eternity.

A Man Shaved with an Adze. Since beards and razors were invented -ay-tr.e AbiOgton Virginian, we never , heard of an innovation or improvement . upon the latter until Tuesday last. On the evening of that dav, two men in the j ' neighborhood of our depot, getting into a i fracas, one at them stni' k at the othei with a foot-a :ze. and completely shaved his chin with one .stroke, without materially injuring the meat. A e learn that the shaved man was the agres-or, and that the other shaved him in sell defence. May lite Lord deliver us irom such a barber anj such a r*z r. Negro Riot. Chatham, C W , Oct 5 The greatest exci'-ment « xi-'s I.ere in consequence i-ga! proc' e.j-.ng- tor riot a b I red . or.. ■= ■or-'.trr.viudrng a .: >.a of cars on tin- Great H e»tevu 15..,., .v. an I 5 :ih'v '. ■.k'r.g t' er.-f,- in a negro s -rvcnl belonging to air. M.-..,n,a planter from St. L >U'S. Ten or twelve cf the rioters have been bound over to he tried at the n-x a-siz-s. The b y wa* taken off against hi* most urgent entreaUies. an! i» kept, hire a prisoner uy tne negroes. There is verv iittie room leit to hope that the Atlantic cable is ever to be avail able. It was known that a high sort of mountain ridge was across the track some 22J mib-s from V ilenlia, and it was inlen-

ded to run out much alack in pa-sing it, so as to make sure that the cable would rest on the ground safe from strain on either side of this rock} ridge: but by »-• , cidettl tile point was passed b- Sore l:.vy . were aware of it. and it i- now thought that the cable swaying in the current from point 'o po.nt has r-stilted in an abrasion f’iie el-ctric atis hi hie to decide with much certainty ti at tne difficulty is at. or near that point. State Fair —The In Lan » S ate F ... has been heli this week at Indimapohs, anc has been a perfect success. About 3,300 en'ries for exhibition have been made, including a large number of tine horses, hogs, sheep, <fcc , and all kinds of agricultural implement*, machinery, <fcc.. On Wednesday more than 5.000 persons were on the ground, and it w is expected ->n Thursday the eruwd would be still larger. The receipts up to Wednesday night amounted to 94,000

THE BIKXIXG OF THE Al hFUIA. Full Particular* oflhe Calamuity T- arful Destruction of Hum in life— Only 67 Live* o<rt of 560 saved—Statement of on .'the Ke-cued Pas-ensers. T gmt <>t the N.-w V’k A-'"<’Ht-c ; p, r .. n ti e arrival o’ LcAas at H ■ i x — given in ti.rSe e..lum* by Urkgtaph immediately bosr led her. and obtained the k’.i r -’atements from a passenger: ST4TEMXST OF CHARLES BREWS. I took p.s-ige at Sm Hampton <.U the--4 n in’team*'’ip Au-lria, Captain tleydlm <n, w ich left Hamburg •>« ' • - We sailed at o p m., the evening being a little misty; we. in Con-, qu- n.e, an cl.ored between the sle <>: A a d tne main land; sailed again a". 4 ■.'cl k e ivil'.wmg m< rn:ng. In w<-tg ng ai.e r an unlor’unats accident occurred hy which one ..fie cr. w h-i his ii'e Owing to s. r.e m -m n gi-mriil the an. > r r-n out. whirling the captain r-.u.1.l «• errifi - force. a n i hurling the men in al! <Hree’ions T« .» r- « verelt n jured and one t r wn uv.-rb "ir i; I e is st - po'.-d <o , ,ie b-,-h iristan: y k.l.ed, as he never ro'-e lo '.i.e surface. From the titrre ’’ e sl.ip was ! : ! on her course we *x rienc.-d strong wesieriy winds On the 12 ’ithe her wamore favorable, an 1, on the 13. n, a speed «i el-ven knots I id been attained, and all were in 1 i_’h -■ ■; i .rk by the 18 h. At aU ’e ar., r 2 o’clock, pm , I was on the quarter deck I saw -I dense volume of smoke bur-t Irum the af’er er.Tar.ee ollie steerage. S-.m women ran aft eX-duming, ‘il.»--.- pi- ■ t; fire and what will b'-com. o! u-? i e ship was instan'iv put -i :.ai> »p- •I, a which she continued un’il '.he m-g zme exphoded from which I inter t engineers w-re instantly suff.ica ed. I only w tike i from where I was on t!ie quarter i.eck »o the waist of the ship, when I saw the flames breaking through the lights amidships. A* the ship was head to the wind the fire traveled with fearful rapidity. I then went to the man al 11.e whet-!, an I tol I l.iin to put the vessel- wi:h her si !e to ’he wind. He h-si: sled — preba hlv did not nnderstnn I me. ns he w a native of llambling. If en got.-. germ, n g» ndem-in to speak io him. At this tune I saw some p. i'-ons k- r ii.g do a n the bou ■ on the port side of the quarter deck.--What became o! the boat I don't know but think she was erusned under the screw. I then went to let a boat over from the starboard side of the quarter deck, hut the moment we laid our hands on the ropes, there w. re so many people who crowded into it that we could not hit it off the blocks. We therefore left it. for a f. w minutes, until the people got om when we returned, and launched it over the side of the shin, when, the people ail pi.tip., in’o it agsin. it deset-nd.-d with great violence into the water, and w instantly swamped; all the people being washed out i xcepting three, who held on to the sides We then let down a top. and pulled up one person, who pi lived to he the steward. Another, in the act of being hauled up, was strangled by the rope. The fire now came on 100 fi -rcely to attempt to get up anv more from the swamped boat. All the first cabin rias

s.-ngers were on the poop, wi h the i x'eption of a few gentlemen, who must iiave heen smothered in the smoking room.— Manv of the second cobin passenger w.-re also on the poop, but a numb, ro* ' hem got shut into their cabin hv the fire.— Some of them were pu!b I up ti 'oug'-. 'b-v.-n'il tier, hut the greater number con! I not lie ex'ricated The last worn in who was drawn up said then- w. re six already suffoca'.ed We now perceived that the <l?ip bad go’ her head to the wind again so that the 0 tme came over the quarter deck. In consequence of the crowd. I conld not ger tn the wheel bouse to ascertain ’he rea- but 1 was informed that ti e 1 einr*man i-s'l deserted his po- - . and ;.a'. the vessel b-ing left to hn sell'headed to the wind of her own accord. At this time the tbe scene on the quarter deck was indescribable and Ttt-v eart n r.otng. Pa- .... r.-rs ware rushing tran'icaiiv to and fno—ir wives, w:vein search of their ' u-h t, Is r ' .-ivps looking after relatives, mo’hers lamenting the loss of their children, some wholly p ro! vzed hv fear, others inadlv crying tr> be Saved; hut a few perlectlv calm and Collected T e flarne.s pr. --. d <•> closely upon '' em that many jump- d into’he sea. R-l t’.ivi - cbt-ped in each other’s arms leaped over an 1 met a watery grave; two girl- supposed to be sis', rs. jumped .over an-d sank. kis-:ng each other A

miseionarv and wife leaped into the sea 'ogether, and the steward, arm in arm followed. One Hungarian gentleman, wi h seven fin' 1 children, four of them girls, made his wile jump in, then blessed his six children, made them jump in i’U' after another, and follow. d tin m with an infant in his arm*. I, about this t'me. was standing outs'de the bnlw rk- holding on hr the davits, lea:.ingout tonvoid the flame*. which were leaping towards me 1.,w a swamped boat under me, -pinning by a rope s’ill attached to the s; ip A* 'he oars were tied I thought, if 1 c .ul I get to her, I would be enabb-d to save mvs< If and some others. 1 let rnt-e|: down bv a rnjw-, pa-sing over a man w ow is clinging to it. but who refused to come with me, I took out a penknife to cut the tackle; the large blade broke, and I then severed it with the blade. The si ip passed ahead. As-the screw approached I found the boat drawn towards it. I tried to keep liie boat oil, but the screw caught and capsized her

over me. I dived away from the ship and came to the surface near a boat which, wIS keel upwards I got on her, and by i prt-sing on one side »Uh the assistance 4 « >es ■ r gi.'.t d, but was stillswamp. »ed T.ne cars had been knocked out by ’ h screw T e only thing I conld find in h-r to piddh- with was some laibs , . I ■ ,g,-.l.eras a ■■‘..•aiing for the sides. W: '!' Ii" d around, the ship was a . quart, rot a mil awiylromme. I could -. <- l idi.s and gentlemen jumping off th,, poop into the water in twos and threes, -ome ot the ladies in flames, “everal hesitated to leap from the burning ship until the I ni..m. nl. « the height wa, twenty t»<> feet, an ! were only at lenght ciiuprlled ut row themselves off"to avoid i more p iintul death. In half an hour n : a soul w<s to be seen on the poop. I ; ulb d af.er the slip and picked O p\ G hi.*:, w ■’ was swimn.ing .-Tunglv; [ rot i m beside me oil the boat, and we piddled a'ler the ship with the la: n,.w - iw a Vessel under sail approaching; .-i:e reached the steamer al abuut 5 p tn.; w<-cunonue f polling toward them, and •!> it 74 o’clock, utter being five hours .n the water, got within halt <>f tin.- sail- ; g ves-.d. w! ch put off a boat and took us on board She proved to be the Frencl btrk Maurice, Cap:. E<Test Renaud. of Nates, bound from Newfoundland for tl>e Isle of Bourbon, with fi-.i.— S tid ut’ to that lime, re.-cu-d forty of the burning steamer, chief..Gen off if e bowsprit, though a f t w p’eed up floating aronud. At about 8 I’rlo. k <,>-.e of the tn- take boats came up, 'with ab.-.ut twenty-three persons, includ:ng ’he fits' ■nd ’... id < f?..ers; afterwards I re. <t f. ur men wer. ked up, floatng ;>n a p vc«- of the broken boat. The -ecoi’.d officer wa- taken up. hating been -wimming, with no:Litig i<> fl >ai him. for -ix hours I'iie s-coi.d and third officers were reverelv bun:- one male passenger wa« burned frig fi.iy. and some 01h,.r male pa-sei'g -rs edghily. There were ’but - x woman saved, tl ree of whom w. re burned, :.r in asi '.k’ng manner. C '"i R naud acted wi u llie utmost KtII give dot o-s, as far as he ■ i;. I ■ .1' i - <m. ' ’ . :e suffering paster:ger<. end 1 is n Tse. doctor and -urgeon to tl.e t urne-d p.-ople, dressing the the wounds of the females with a delic.cy and tenderness that evinced a he-n.-vnli-nt and amta’de disposition. I did : not see an officer of the skip daring the fire, and am certain there was not one of them or ti e crew on the poop, except a man at tl.e wheel for a short time. I un-der-food that when the captain heard of 'he fire, lie rushed on deck without a cap, and when he saw the flames, exclaimed AVe are all lost!' He tried to get out a boat, which, when let down, was swamped and lie, whether ace; i-ntally or not, 1 do not know, fi ll into the s-a, and was soon I ft Gr belii -d. The fourth officer was in the b< at. He rut her loose from the <Uv-i's;-he was car. ted ill:di r the screw and 'smashed, and several in her drowned.— Three or four, then escaped on a fragment and were picked up by the M ‘urice, as before stated About the same lime, one metallic life boat was let down from the tl.e port bow an 1 swamped, but got clear- ♦ d awav with about t orly-lhree persons in her, including the first and third officer* and several women. The men in this boat capsized her two or three times in trying to clear ht-ruf « iter T\ n person* were thus drowned inchi led some women, liiey afterwards h-iile I: • r on' w:t ; i life present rs cut in •wo. and pulled to the M .urice, having picked up two or three passengers before re H-’lire the bark Altogether there w-re -ix'v -even souls taken into the Maurice during the night. A Norwegian bark came up with the steamer tl.e n. X' morning, and a boat was ..hserved going around the burning ship. They may’ have picked up a h-w persons, but onlv a rerv few. The Maurice had no communicatiou with the Norwegian. A' about 7 o’clock the Maurice sail-d for Fatal -odeposit the rescued passengers. A: about two o’clock the same afternoon, “ she fell in with the bark Lotus, captain Tr.-fy, of Y'.rrr.o’i’h, Nova Scotia, from Liverpool for HahGx As. I was ai.x'<>us to get on British territory, captain Trefy kindly cave me pa** _re.‘ He was also arxinu* to * ’ku t*. tV.p Amorienn citizens bat tht-r* wis such a rush of foreigners into •!>.■ boa’s that only one load of eleven could be got off, and even several of these were foreigners. The Grave of Fra'- aLT.v. —The workmen are n<*w employ -1 taking down about 17 feet oi the Arch street wall of the

grave-yard at Arch and Fi'lh, for which « I b<- s'tbs’i ii'" d a new stile of railing t ph7 6 inches in height mane bv Wn.il <fc Perot. The railing w 1 be -urmoui 'e 1 bv a tablet, bearing an appropri i'e inscription The marble w. ik v, be in i.-ai d bv John Rice, rl-q. The t■nb i- :><• ated 18 feet east of the wall o'-, F> . *:r-et, and but 4 inches s ':r ! if the openingon Arch street, and v iil remain a- a' present, and from its proximity to the railingcan be seen without inconvenience wh.n finished. Near the grave o'Franklin stands the heailstone .of hi- son Francis, bearing the following in-cription: — 'Francis F , son of Benjamin and Deborah Frankbn, deeeased November 21. 1736. aged 4 years, 1 month and 1 dav. The delight of all that knew him’ The expenses attending the alterations will be paid bv voluntary contributions made bv citizens. Franklin forbade in his will the erection of a monument over bis grave. .’i teb-g, .pl, from London to India has been commenced