Decatur Eagle, Volume 7, Number 26, Decatur, Adams County, 8 August 1863 — Page 1

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DECATUR LAG IE. USGBD tVKIW SATURDAY MORNING, 3.' I Spencer & Scbirmeyen ! rCBLISIiKKS ASD FBoFBISTOaS. OFFICE—On .Sycoud, Street, In Patterson’, ' ftutifiing-. over the Drug Store. a.-Y *' 9 1 ,—a Terms of Subscription: One cony, one year, in advance. .ft GO, If paid within the year, 1 50 if not paid untilthe yearhns expired, 2On jrjjcpiper will ho discouui-ued wntiUnll arrerages are paid except a fine option f the Publisher. Terms of Advertising: One square ..(ten lines) three insertions, $1 Oil[ Each suhseqdVnt insertion, 25 ipyHo advertisement wilt boconsidered less ’ than one square; oyer ne square will be,co,un-j ted lind charrednsfw;orer two. as three, etc, itTA liJ’yra! difcfinnt.froin the above rates, made or. ■•II nd vernslmeuts inserted for a period longer three, mouths. Lf'l’he above rates will be strictly adhered 1 to andcrall rfrcirttfstancc’s.’’ JOB PRINTING: Wcareprcpared to doall kinds of Jon-wonS r.a ne«t*nd rcrksianhife c urf.on tjigrpcst rearmiabb. terms. Our dMr> for the completion of Job-Work, being new .1 of the lat .■st styles, we feel confident that satisfaction eaii be gi/en. ’ j DECATUR BUSINESS CAMS! Binrr nousEH j Decatur, Indiana. <8172* JBXJ KJ Proprietor. Will give good attention, and make# rewonabiv chargor. nSZ-vfi-ly. I) W. ( HAMPER. PHYSICAIN SURGEON D E d A T U R , INDIANA. O’OFFICE —On the ea«t Ride of Second St . sn the room formerly occupie d by J. D Nutt-1 man a banking office. v4*n42. 1) 1 y 11) si 11) AB A K EII, ATTORNEY ATJLAW and ; CJ.AIM AGE N T [ DE C ATU It . INDI AN A . Vr'ill Practice in Adams and adjoining Countice Will seenrr Haunti»‘H. pensions; and all kinds of cl ah’ l - •t : u.-t thr wbv»*lhni£iit. •I/"OFFICE.—On Main Street immediately South of rhe AtidHor’y Office —v_C-u 12 JAMESII BOB(T Attorney and Counselor at Law, IXDTASA V' OFHCE, in Recorder’s Office, M’ill p’aclice in the Courts x;f tlm Tenth Ju- : d'clt! Cfivuit. V.Tend t th«? Tb dem ption of: ‘L uvlr, the pav.ufuit qf Taxes F.special attend ti'in will h« j given to the collection f Bounties ; Pension and nil claims against the Government i Nov. 28, HUTU HE G A Ltill H j P. V. SMITH. Ambrotype & Photograph »« 'JB 'K oC'v> Haring permanently located in, Decatur arid] supplied himself with everything that may Vs I found in a First Class Picture Gallery, Would call the attention of nil who desi re god Ilctureat low price., to ciill nt Lis rooms hi Houston's Building, iiuiucdiately over the Drug (Store. u37-ly . <~Y V *1 JEFFEBSON QUICK, DKALEB IN CLOCKS, WATCHES, MUSICAL INSTRUJIEMTS, JEWEIRY, &C-, DECATUR. INDIANA. (Hocks, Watches, Jewelry", Musical Instru tnents, Ac., repaired on short notice. SHOP —On Second Street, in Frazee’s law of ® Ce ’ ” 41 vTcKSBCRG! I. J. MIESSE. In his Ihie of business. Defies the World! All other LIKE IN’SriTITTtdNS thrown in theshadel AiieSorUnt U(rtitfETJTlOWgmte by the BOARD.' It i® acknowledged by all that he can aell a BET! ER article of Harness, Saddles, Bridles, Whips, and all such like for LESS money than any other establishment io Northeastern Indiatla without His work is all warranted to be made afthe very best material, and made by oid and expo i rienced workmen. Ruggiee and (Carriages trimmed in the latest i and most approved style. nu short notice and at reasonable rates. tTGIve cS a call, Snd We will co’irvjfi j'o ymi i of the troth of what we saw. We PAV GASP; for <mr stock, and o»»'ai»qujrUAy JNiA WHM®* ; F.R than if wo hough* on LIME; and of eoure. canm ptoieortioii—n3H-v6£»4'

TERRIBLE SCENESIN COLUMBIA i ; CITY—MEN SHOT AT BY SOL-; | DIEIiS—BLOODSHED PREVENTED BY THE FORBEARANCE i GF DEMOCRATS, Ac, From the Columbia City News: ■ We reluctantly chronicle the terrible; and disgusting spectacle that transpired iu Columbia City on Fiiday forenoon.-— ’ , The scene was perfectly heart-rending.—‘ Early in the morning many of our ci-1 tizens had awakened from the slumbers’ of thy proceeding night, Capt. Hiram Id-j dings, Provost Marshal for the Tenth I Congtessional district, made his appearance in t-his city from Noble county, with I’ his Invilid Corps, a company of Home Guards, and a number of mounted bushwhftckers, making in the aggregate ao(■Ordiiig to various estimations two linn : di ed men, to vindicate the majesty of the ■ conscript law, alledged to have been violated on I ndependenc« Day, in the resistance offered to the Provost Marshall of I this county in apprehending a deserter. On their way hither they represented themselves as Gen. Morgan’s (Confederate) guerrillas, and, we are sorry to acknowledge, found one individual fool hardy enough to espouse their cause, whom they immediately made prisoner. They ; brought several others $•«.)» them whom they had arrested on their route, for of- | fences unknown to us. Here they arrested William Bender, charged with resisting Provost Marshal C. W. Day. He was taken to the Tremont House, handcuffed and closely guarded with the other ! prisoners, by the soldiery. When the I*. . . ' soldiers had breakfasted, it was evident I that’trouble'w*as brewing, and a Careful :observer might have gathered enough from their boisterous hat rangues that they j with some honorable exceptions, had not I come to vindicate the majesty of the law but to trample it tinder their feet and carry out summary vengeance against Democrats, whom they denounced in unmeasured terms. Many ’of them declared they would shoot any one avowing him self a Vallandigham man: in which they were secretly encouraged by unprincipled demagogues, claiming to be par excelcelence law obeying men; men whose : countenance are uplifted to Heaven, in I the Holy sanctuary every sabbath, imI ploring God to forgive them their many . trntisgressions, but who are only drawing ? damnation down upon their iniquitous heads and rendering themselves obnoi- ’ ious in the sight of God for their nypocI isy. With the gnjlt of inciting bloodshed I tt[km their they may well exclaim ; like Macbeth with the inu’der-blot upon j bis hand: “Out, out damned spot!” ’ But all their supplications would be vain. The Angel of justice has marked this stain indellibly upon their brows. No disturbance amounting to anything had occttred up to this time, the Democrats carefully avoiding political controI versies, and it was hoped that everytlung would pass off without further trouble.— ' The brdef was given by the commander :of the soldiery for their departure, and I they accordingly made preparations to that effect, hitched up and saddled their i horses, and formed into line on Van Bu- , ren street, and halted their for a consideI ruble time. A large crowd of women, children and men had, in the meantime r gathered on the sidewalk to watch the | soldiery and witness the departure of the ’ prisoners. 1 Some one In the crowd pro--1 posed three cheers for Vallaudigliam!—, Three rousing huzzas were given, in wltich many of the soldiery unintentionally joined, not knowing, according to Republican authority, whom they were cheering When they discovered tlxeir mistake, their rage and exasperation knew no bounds .and many of them broke ranks ana with drawn revolvers went in seiu eh of Valtandighamers, threateuing them with death, cursing Hke pirates, and I i endangeringtbe lives of‘s|>eetatoFA 1 The ■•rowA now gathered in front. Sf j ; Stem field A Cramer’s store, when some T one hurrahed for Vallandigham, which t was the -i-’i d T’’ 1 ’ an attack in that dices-, tfon. A rush was made by the .soldiery, j Hon A. J Douglas was trying to exth-

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DECATUR, ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA, AUG. 8,1863.

Late himself from the and they, ■ ; thinking him the man maTe immediately 1 for hint and laid their hands upon him Mr. Eli AV. Brown inteVposed and a struggle ensued. Fctif shots were Cred by > one of the soldiers, in rapid succession, | lat Mr. Brown, one ball grazing him r slightly on the side, and • the others, with ‘ the exception of* dippingioff a finger of one of their were wasted.— ( ,Bp.th Mr. .Douglaa and Nir. Brown were ‘'dragged oiTtoqt. wiHgon, forced into the i same at the point of the bayonet, and ' thrMteued with instant death if they showed any resistance They were both released after being kept their a short time. Along the whole length of the military line, terrible veils rent Jibe air, breathing vengeaneffund destruction, and ; everywhere soldiers with drawn revolvers were chasing and threatening Democrats I with death. In the neighborhood of AA'arbu tru’sl store a stoldier kicked a young man for cheering for vallandtg-■ ham, pointed a revolver at him, and swore ■he would blow his heart out if ho raised j his hand against him. He was dragged off and forced upon a wagon, and taken I some distance out of town, when he was released 'I here were many other citi-! I zens wofully abused. Hon. J. S. Cottou . had two bayonets thrust at him, was ; threatened with death, and only escaped ; with the “hair of his teeth.” Many oth- ! I ers were dealt., with in a similar way. Everywhere the . soldiers were dealing out ; heavy blows, and did their best to pro-1 voke an outbreak, to furnish them with 1 a pretext to use their weapons more free-1 ly. Their desires were not gratified, and they finally departed firing off a volley or j two when they had gone a little distance I out of town, and once more could the I streets be traversed without danger. AVe cannot drop the subject without giving a sketch of our observation during this dreadful Scene. * Prominent Republicans declared that they now had things in the right shape; while others, when they saw soldiers abuse Democrats would smile of delish glee, completely overjoyed in their inermost hearts, and give way to : some expression of satisfact ion. Informers were plenty and were as- unserttpolous as they were numerous in pointing out Democrats. AA’hen the rumor spread that Mr. Brown had been shot, several republicans, church members, too, were loud in their exclamations, “That’s right j They all appeared, with one or two ex-1 ceptions, highly pleased with the way things were going. Undoubtedly, many I of them, when they approach the Holy 1 ; Sanctuary bn the Sabbath following with j I uplifted hands and sanctimonious faces, thanked God that the faith of Christ had , been revealed to them. Oh, what reli-1 gion! Slay God preserve us from its iu Huences! Even a Minister (!) of one of . our churches was frequently seen pointing out Democrats to the soldiery, calling them all kinds of approbions names, char- . aeterLsticof clerical whangdoodles, whose Christianity is a mere deception. The republicans were wonderons brave while bristling bavouets sustained them, ’• i but no sooner were they gone than they became terribly alarmed, and many continenced’to condemn the outrages upon Democrats by the soldiers. They mani- i tested considerable regret at the occttrrenc e, outwardly, when talking to Democrats on the subject, but they showed quite a different spirit when conversing with men of their own kind, then, it was : all right. They are respottsihle for all that occurred. They to*d the authorities 1 at Kendal ville that there was a powerful secret military organization in existence 1 here, auj consequently a large force was I brought here to make a few arrests. Had thev represented things as they vrete. and not as their imagin.iMotis' pictured them, the sad spectacle of Friday forenoon t would have been avoided. We shudder : I when we contemplate the tenible pu#- . pose that the Home Guards; or, rather I Union Leaguers, are being used for!— , Would to God we had a tUovernor to whom we cmtld lock for protection! ‘(Ji, lihcrly crimes *re comjnittod in thy name? t

INCOME DUTY. Sec 89. And be it fin’ltir unacted, Tint for the purpose of modityiug ami re enacted as hereinafter provided, sn much of an net entitled An net to pr.’ vide Increased revenue from imports to , pay interest on the public debt, an 1 for other purposes,’, approved filth of Au- ■ oust eighteen hundred and sixty-one, as relates to iacome tax; that is to say sec ttons forty-nine, fifty, (except so much thereof as relates to the selection and appointment of depositaries,) and fiftyone, be, and the same are hereby, repealed . Sec. 90 And be it further enacted, 1 That there shall be levied, collected and , . paid annually upon the annual gains, i profits, or income of every person residing in the Udited States, whether der- ; lived from any kind of property, rents inj terest dividends, salaries, or from env yrofession, trade employment, or vocation carried on the United States or elsewhere or from any other source whatever, ex- j I cept as hereinafter raentiened, if such i annual gains, profits, or income exceed ' the sum as six hundred dollars, amido not exceed the sum often thousand dollars, a duty c.< three per centum on the amount ot such annual gains, profits,or income over and above the said sum of six hundred dollars; if said income ex- ‘ needs the sum of ten thousand dollars, a duty of five per centum upon the am ount thereof exceeding six hundred dallars; and upon annual gains, profits, or | income, rents, and dividends securing upon any property* securities, and stocks owned in the United Stajes bv anv citizen of the United States residing abroad i except ns hereinafter mentioned, and not iin ’he omplovment of the Government | of the United States, there shall be levied collected, and paid a duty of five per i centum. Sec. 91. And be it further enacted, . [That in estimating said annual gains, I profits, or income, whether subject to a 'dutv, ns provided in this act, of three i per centnm, all other national, State, and (local taxes lawfully assessed upon the .property or other sources of income of I any person as aforesaid, from which said I annual gains profits, or income of such ■person is or should be derived, shall be first deducted from the gains, profits, or income of the oerson or peesons who actually pay the same, whether owner or tenant, and all gains, profits, or income I derivad from salaries of officers, or payments to persona io the civil, military, naval, or other service of the United States, including senators, representatives, and delegates in Congress, above ; six hupdred dollars, or derived from interest or dividends on stock, capital, or deposits in any hank, trust company, or . savings institution, insurance, gas, bridge express telegraph, steamboat, ferry-boat, or railrsad company or corporation, or on any bonds, or other evidences ofinI debtedness of any tailroad company or other corporation, which shall have been assessed and paid by said banks, trust companies, savings institutions, insuragee, gas, bridge, telegraph, steamboat, 'ferry-boat, express, or .railroad comi panics as aforeaaid, or derived from ad- ! vertiserqf nts, or on any article mattI ufactured. upon which specific, stamp or J advalorem duties shall have been directly assessed or paid, shall also be deducted; and the dutv herein provided for shall be assessed and collected upon the ; income tor the year ending the thirtyfirst day of December next preceding the time for levying and collecting said duty that is to say, on the first day of Mav, [eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and in each year thereafter: Provided, That 'upon such portion of said gains, profits, |or income whether subject to a duty as provided in this act ot three per centum or five per centum, which shall be der- ■ ived from interest upon notes, bonds, or I other securities of the United States, there shall be levied, collected, and paid a duty not exceeding one and one-half of one per centum, anything in this act to the contraryl notwithstanding. Seo. 92. And be it further enacted, That the duties on incomes herein im posed shall he due and payable on or I before the thirtieth day of June, iu the year eighteen hundred and sixty three, and in eaoh year thereafter until and in--1 eluding the year eighteen bnndred and sixty-six. atjd no longer: and to anv sum nr sums annually due and unpaid for thirty days after the thirtieth ot June, as ‘ aforesaid, and for ten days after demand thereof by the collector, th*re shall be 'levied in addition thereto, the sum of five ' per centum on the amount of duties tinLpvtd, as a penalty, except from the es■tales of deceased mtd insolvent persons; and if any person or persons, or party, 1 liable to pay such dutv, shall neglect or refuse to pay the same, the amount due shall be a lien in favor of the United ■ States from the time it was so due until paid, with thi interest, penalties, and ..costs tlistmay accrue ta additied thereto, ' upeu »I1 the properiy, and right* to prop-

■ erty, stocks, securities, and debts of every : descrij!tion from whicli the income upon which said duly is assessed or levied shall bawe accrued or may or should accrue; and in default of the, payment of Said duty for the space of thirty days, after the same shall have become due, and be demanded, as aforesaid, sard lien may be enforced by distraint upon such prop erta, rights io property stocks, securi- ■ ties, and evidences of debt, by whomsoever hoideti; and for this purpose the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, upou the certificate of the collector or deputy erdb Ctor that said duty is due and unpaid for the space of ten days after notice duly given of the levy of such duty, shall issue a warrant tn form and manner to be prescribed by said Comtniassoner of Internal Revenve under the directions of the Secretary of the Tressury and by virtue of such warrant there may be levied on such property rights lo property stocks securities, and evidences ■of debt, a further sum to be fixed and [ stated in snch warrant over and above | the said annual duty, interest, and penalty for non payment, sufficient for the j fees and expenses of such Irvp. And in ’ [ a|'cases of sale, as aforesaid, the cer- ! tificate of such sale by the collector or deputy collector of 'lie sale shall give title I |to the purchaser of all right title, ami : ; interest of such delinquent tn and to such property whether the property be r- al [or personal; and where the subject of sale shall be stocks, the certificate of said sale shall be lawful authority and I notice to the proper corporation, tompanv, or association to record the same ;on the books or records, in the same ' manner as il transferred or assigned by the person or party holding the same, to issue new certificates of stock therefor in lieu of any original or prior certificates, which shall be void whether cancelled , or not; and said certificates of sale of the collector, where the subject of sale shall be securities or other evidences of debt, shall be good and valid recepts to the person of partv holding the same, as against any person or persons, or other party holding or claiming to hold, possession of such securities or other evi- ; dences of debt. Sec. 93 And bait further enacted, j That it shall be the dutv of all persons I of lawful age and all guardians and trits tees, whether such trustees are so by virtue of their office as executors, administrasors or other fiduciary, to make i return in the list or schedule, as provided in this act, to the proper officer of internal revenue bf the amount of his or her income or income of such minors !or ptrsorts as may be held in trust as i aforesaid, according to the requirements i hereinbefore stated, and in case of neglect or refusal lo make such return, the assessor or assi-tant assessor shall assess I the amount of his or her income, and ■ proceed thereafter tn collect the duty i thereon in the same manner as is prov:- ’ ded for in other cases of neglect and refusal lists cr shedules in tliegsneral pro- ■ visions of this act, where not otherwise incompatible and the assistant may increase the amount of the list or return; or of ony party making such return if he shall be satisfied that the same is undetstated: Provided, That any pasty, | .in his or her own behalf, or as guardian or trustee, as aforesaid, shall be permit- ; ted to deciare under oath or affirmation, • the form and manner of which sha.l be ' prescribed by the Commissioner ul In- | ternal Revenue, that he or she was not ‘ possessed of an income as six hundred dollars, liable to be assessed according ■ to the provisions of this act, or that he or 1 she has been assessed elsewhere and the L same year for an income duty, under ■ authority of the United States, and ’ shall thereupon be exempt from an in--1 come dutv: or, if the list or return ot any ’ party shall have been increased by the 1 assistant, in manner as aforesaid, be or • ; she may be permitted to declare, as asI oresaid, the ammount of his or her annf ual income, or the amount held in trust, s as aforesaid, liable to be assessed, as I aforesaid, and the same so declared • shall be received as the sum upon which duties are to be assessed, nnd collr ected. e m», — — . New Pass AA’obd—The night politce - in Jamica are said lo be very efficient. I, After a certain hour at night every perII son se< n passing along the street is hail*’ied unless known and his name and ins ten'.ions ate ascertained. i One night a gentleman, was going, e ■ home quite late, when he was hailed by <* one of the vigilants hour behind a tree ’ box—‘•Who goes, there —where, have you J been?' • “I have been plating draw nokvr and r dealing, from the bottom, was the prompt 8 f reply. tU -All right reples the vigilant, ‘you can il pass.’ J' 1 ’ Why was St. Paul like aborts. Because ha loved Timothy.

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THE ORIGINAL TRAITORS. As it has sc. often been 1 denied by the R'-ptlblicni. press of the couniry that that party over desired a dissolution of the Union, we publish the following circular which speaks for itself:— . rci.fi of the cirSclak ] C4LI. l-OR A 'XATrTX’AI.' tfuSVISTtuW Whereas, It must he obvious lo all that the A meric wi Union is constantly becoming more and mure divnU-d by slavery into two distinct ami antagonistic nations—between whom harmony i* impossible and even ordinary intercourse is becoming dangerous; And Whereas, Slavery has now entire control over the three branches of our National Government Executive, Judiciary and Legislative; has so interpreted the Constitution as to deny the right of congress to establish freedom even in the Territories, and by the same process has removed all legal protection from a large portion of the people of tlie free States; and has inflicted, at many times and places, outrages tar greater than those which our fathers rose iu atnis to repel; And Whereas, There seems Id he no probability that the future will,in these respects, be different from the past, under i xisling Slate relations; The undersigned respectfully invite their fellow citizens of the Free States lo meet in Convention at Cleveland, Ohio, October 28th and 29th. 1857, to consider the practicability, probability and expedien' V of a separation between the Slave and Free States and to take such other measures as the condition of the timea may require. [This precious secession document is signed by six thousand and thirty-three persons—-about one half ot whom are negroes. The signatures to it were obtained in Pennsylvania. New York, Maine, New Hampshire. Vermont, Massachusetts, Rlioad, Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Ohio, Michigan. Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin. lowa, and Minnesota. The names of the prominent signers from each of these States are printed on tho i circular. ] The circular continues: “Note—liie unexpectedly large num--1 her of signatures to, this call, renders it impossible to print more than a few names from each State. It is evident that bv a more systematic effort the number might have been increased ten folii iA» it is, however it is not known that any Convention in the United Stales was sver summoned by so large a number of persons ’ By ah analysie made in the circular, it appears that eighteen hundred and thirty three of (be signers were not uolers. The ‘ following w<dly heads composed the Committee of Arrangements: WENDELL PHILLIPS. WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON. DANIEL MANN. THOMAS W. HIGGINSOF, F W. BIRD. Not Bad—There is still considerable I fun in this world after all if you only stir it up wilh diligence and discretion. ; Even mobs sometimes give birth to funny ■ episodes, and it is just as well to laugh ias to cry at them. Go a recent afternoon. when a neighboring town was con- ; sidered to be in a rather unu s al fermentation a well known citiz n was seen wending his wav to the railroad station at ts | fast pace and slightly disguised hy a slouched hat. A friend met him, and influenced by bis apparent haste inquired if anything particular was in the wind. Yes indeed,’ was the response, I gues» there is the mob have received their i insiructions to sack and burn my house; but what it is for 1 cannot tell—for I was never a rebublican.’ Never a republilean,’ answered his friend; tuy impression was that you always voted that ticket D—n the impression, sir, rejoined the fugitive church member; let me tell you , that when a man’s life is in danger such impressions are damning. ’ Thatmaybe said the friend in conclusion; but because like Peter, you have denied y our Master, it’s no reason whv, like him, you should swear about it. Good afternoon sir.’’— [Troy Whig. ‘ Secretary Stanton said the other day. If a single regiment vs Lee’s army gets into Virginia in an organiied condition it will prove that I am totally unfit to be ■ Secretary of War.’ Amen!— The above is from an intense Republi- . can journal and therefore it canuol b« ’ treason to coppy it. Il did not require the ’ proof demanded by Mr. Stanton to establish his unfitness for the position he i now hold*. Whether Lee’s army got back int o Virginia or not there has long since I hem but one opinion upon (he point raist cd by the Secretary and if fie would only take the trouble to ascertain truth upon i the subject and act upon the wishes of the people there would soon he a vacancy in t the war Department. Lee has got bar, 'and Stanton by his own confession is toially unfit to hold h’S cffict.