Decatur Eagle, Volume 8, Number 43, Decatur, Adams County, 23 December 1864 — Page 1

THE DECATUR EAGLE.

VOL. 8.

mwi B"smss w>si *BUBT HOUSE, Decatur, Indiana, C. BURT, Proprietor. WILL rive ffoo'l attention, end wist» rentonnbie cliers’p'i 'v “fT a? .tflleff. phv«>c : nn and Snrereon. DECATUR, INDIANA. COFFTPE—Tn Houston’s Block, second floor over Drue Store. v9-n!5. "David Studabaker, attorney-at-law AND Claim DECATUR. INDIANA. WILL practice in Adams end .•’limningCount’***: Trill Atcr’irp bnnnHn c . and all kinds of claims ajrainst the Government CrOFFICE.— On Mnin Street, imm^dint * 1 y South of the Auditor’s Office. v6-n42 JAMES R. ROBO Attorney and Counselor nt Law» DFC4ITR, INDIAN V TTOFFTCE.in Recorder’s Office.. nJ •yryfTJ. nr'Tcti-n in the Cr»nr*q r»f t.h° Tonth * V ,Tnd : cinl Oircnit A‘ ■ f»n Hn the tinn of Lande. Hip PRrnvnt o f F«n<»rial e»u*nt* »n will fop given tn th' l collection nf Pensions, and all claim* a?«’nct ♦he tJoverntrent,' BOOT ANO SHOE Manufactory, ISAAC A BAKER. HA? opened a shop in Niblick’s Old S’nnd, where h* mannfart’ •« to nrd» r all kinds «f Poets and Shape of the L.-st quality, and -"cr the most reasonable c’ arefs. Ho resppctfully solicits a liberal shire of the public patronage. vB-n2l-lx yTk/stmcokki Practi ‘al Dentist I nm now prepared to treat nil of the teeth and month in I 4 scientific manner T a:.i flhn r’-ppared *o insert /Irtific 1 Teeth on Gold. Silver or Vulcanite Rubber, fro n on«‘ tooth to in entire set. Decnvt d teeth filled wi r h gold, tin foil or artificial bone. Scuevv and tooth arhe cured in a few mli.uies, ai; r.f whb > I will warrant. Tooth brushes, to > 1 no-vder-i. tooth ache medicine for s-de. T'f’Offco. one door south of Nultman <t Crawford’s Store, in the brick. vB-n23 David St dabaker’s REAL ESTATE AGENCY. FOR thr purchase and sale of Real Estate by the onlv Licensed Agnnt. in the county, now effers for sale at hislnw office, in r>-»ratur. a fine lot of valuable lands situate in different parts of Adams county. Those wishin? to purchase will In well to tome tn him. Those wishing to «-11 wi’.l do wel] tn rnme tn him No sales. nornnr-jo«. Hu ia.nlsn. Licensed tn Deeds and ->ll other instruments of wri’ing. and will do the same with neatness and dispatch. Sept. 6 Examiner’s Notice. THE School Examiner o r Ad ims County, Indiana, will hold pn aminations | at hie office in Decatur upon I he fourth Saturday ; of the following named months, to wit*—.Tanu arv, April, June. March. Mny.l ecomh r- an 1 , upon ench Saturday of Sentember. Octohe*- and, November. Exercises will commence each day at ten o’clock, a. m. Teachers will please bear in mind that thorn will be no private examinations given, unless the applicant can show there is actual necessity therefor. School officers, an l other friends nf education are cordially invited to bp i attendnne/ 1 . Applicants with whom the examiner is not personally acquainted will be required tn r»rp«•nt a certificate signed by a prnmi ‘ i nt citizen of the county to the effect that said applicant sustains a good moral charncter. J. R. 8080. Examiner. May 30, 1863 Adams County. VICKS BUR G! I. J. Miesse, In his T. ; ne of Bndn-cq, Defies the World! ALLother LIKE thrown in the shade! All efforts at COMPETITION eo.p by the BOARD It i- ncknnwL i dgp«i by . •11 that he can sell n BET PER article nf Harness, Siddlns. Rridlns, and all such like fer LESS money than anv nthet establishment in Nnrtheas’ern Indiana . without pxcpntion. His work is all warranted tn be made nf the very best material, and made by old and experienced workman Buggies end carriages trimmed in th“late«t and most approved style. Repairing done on short notice and at rea«nn''hle rates. ILt*Gi v e us a call, and we will convince von of the truth nf what we sav. Wo P\ Y C AS lT nf our stock, and cnn«equnntlv BUY CHE X P ER than if we bought on TIME, and of course ia

ANDREW SORG, PHYSICIAN find SURGEON, DECATUR, INDIANA. OFFICEv-Mnin St, opposite Meibera <fc > Bro.’x Dry Good 4 Store. v8r.42 ! ' /;U AitVLhTiSEIIEXTS. Large Fall & Winter Stock or JEApy MAPK Clothing. TTEME & BRO.. Fashionable Tailors, Fort Wayne. Indiana. MEYER ; &*BRO" I V/hnlesnle and Retntl Deplers in j Drills and M edicines, Paints, Oils, French and American Window ; ’ Glass, Dye S'-ffs. Brushes, Spices. Liquorsand ; Wine”, Con] Gil ami Co d Oil Lamps, <tc. lETNo. 95 Columbia Street, Fort VVr.yne, Tn-; i di tin a. v6n3B B? Wholesale D/iUr in Hardware and Stoves. A’»d Itlnnnf tc’urer of TIN. SHEET WON A/’D COPPERWARE. AT THE GRANITE STORE, h’o. T 9 Co!t:mb’’s Street, v/sil Fort V ayiif*. Ind. P.S. UNDEHjffILL, -DFALEF. fSMarble "Joniinients, ’.IEAD-STOYES. MANTLES. CABINET-SLABS, &c., FORT WAYNE, IND. Work done to order on the shortest notice and in the neatest, m inner , v 5 .39 S. PATTERSON, \gent. ; J. J KAMM J R M’CURDT. J. J. KA MM & CO., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEA LUTS IN Paints, Oils, Vmth isliP'i. llrushe , GLASS, Wall taper. Wmdnw Curtains and Fixture, (fee., i No. 57 Cm.rvaiA Stjekt, Fott Wayne, Ind. July 2 L 1864. Nn. 91 C dumhia S‘re»t. one door west of; Bra. - IriiT’s S'nve and S.t.rw, FC3T WAYNE. T7TD , 'XX" r I’LD si vto < * p'd ’ic in ih' - ’ he U is tn s<dl DRY GOODS. Bor. i nets HnN, Flats, Carped Tfunk«. Jm . <te . I cheaper than «nv other House in the city, or i count.) y —No mistake. Also, Hnnin nride. Readymade clothing, or made to order— Warrant?!. : COU TTR Y MERC HANTS I supplied cheaper than anv o’hop House in the we<t of the Mountains. C til and see before purchasing elsewhere. No trouble ‘o show gcods. I. LAUFERTY. No- 91 Columbia Street. vsn4l Fort Wayne, Ind D. F, Comparet, PORK PACKER. MillEd & MISSION M3rch a n t, FORT WAYNE, IND. General Dealer in l1! kinds of Grain, Seeds. . Fish, Salt, Produce, Agricultural Implements, <&c. t Best Brand Family Flours. Liberal advances made on Produce, «*c. v6n44tf G 0 0 D NE W S UNION STOVE STORE!! The reader® of the “Eagle’’ are informed th«a ASH & AGNEW Have on hand a very large and fire '•lock I COOKING. PARLOR and BOX STOVES. ; of the very best patents—nont- better can he 'found in the United States—wl ich we will ’•el at greaxiy REDUCED RATES. All Stoves wa r ranled to be as represented, or ifnot we will refund the money and have io unkind feelings. have also a good stock of Hardware, Tin, Copper and SHEET IRON Ware, and House Furnish inggoo'D, which we are selling very low. We bnv S'oves in Cincinnati. We buy Rtoves in Pittsburgh. We buy Shoves in Troy. We bn v Stoves in Cleveland. We sell Stoves on time. We sell Staves for Cash. Wp sell Shoves cheap. Wp sell GOOD TIN WARE. Purchasers will do well to call and examine our stock,in order to judge for themselves,a ASH <t AGNEW’S. R. 11. Schwegman’s old stand , No 87 Columbia Street. Fo-rt Wavn« .Tndiaaa

•■O-r Country's Good shall ever be ohr Aim-Willing to Praise and not afraid to Blame.”

DECATUR, ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA, DECEMBER 23, 1864,

rar'atwis’T: DECATUR EAGLE, , ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING BT D. J. CALLEN. r. D . HUDQEL. V 'HILE J A BUDGE I, PUBLISHERS AND PROPRIETORS. ' OFFICE—On Monroe Street in the second story of the building, f >rmcrly occupied by i Jesbe Niblick as a Shoe Store. " » Terms of Subscription: One copy one.year, in advance, 50 ■ If paid within the year, 2 00 .If not paid until the vear has expired, 250 i O’No pjper will be discontinued until all l a r< rr.ges are paid, except at the option of the I publishers. Terms of /Advertising: I One Sqvcre [the space of ten lines bre- ; vierj three insertions, $2 0(1! : Each sul se juent insertion. 50 O’No ad/ertisement will be considered less ; than oneaquare; over one square will be conn- 1 ted and charged as two; over two, as three, <(- c . 1 A. liberal dis ount from the above rates mad!* on all advertisements inserted fora pe riod longer than three months. I Jj”Local Notices fifteen cents a line for each ; insertion. j Job Printing. ■ V,'n ar., prepared to do all kinds of Plain And jlancy ,>ob Printing at the most reasonable rat*s Give us a call, we feel confident that' satisfaction can be given. I - ■ . —— - [Continued from Last week.l j President’s Message, | Fa liow-citiz°r.s of the Senate and House ■ of Representatives : The i.atiooal banking system is proving ! Ito be acceptable to capitalists and to the I poopl*. On the 25th day of November 584 national banks had been organize L ! A con«i<ierebl« number of which were; ! conversions from State Changes from ' i the State system to the National system ' j are rapidly taking place, ani it is hoped ’that very soon there will be in the United ; States no banks of issue not authoriz l by ■ Gi ngress, and no bank note circulation, ' not secured by the Government, that the i Government and the people will derive g-r.etal benefit from tl.is change in the ( banking system of the country can hardly be questioned. The national system will 'create a reliable an 1 permanent influence ; in support of the national credit and protect ti e people against losses in '.be use of ' paper money, v, nether or not any fur- , ther legislation i» advisable for the sup 1 nressioa of State Bank issues, it will be! i lor Congress to determine. It seems i quite clear that the Treasury cannot be ' satisfactorily conducted unless the Govi ernment can exercise a restraining power lover the bank note circulation of the! i country. The report of the Secretary of War and the accompanying documents will de- | tail the campaigns of the armies in the ■ field since the date of the last annual' message, and also the operations of the j several administrative bureaux of the; i War Department during the last year. It will also specify the m asures deemed I essential for the national defence, and to keep up and supply the requisite military loree. The R< port of the Secretary of Navy presents a comprehensive and satisfactory exhibit of the affairs of that Department, l and of the naval service. It is a subject |of congratulation and laudable pride to I jour countrymen, that a Navy of such I vast proportions has been organized in J so brief a period, and conducted with so much efficiency and success. The general exhibit of the Navy, on the Ist of December, 1864, shows a total . s of 671 vessels, carrying 4.6 i J guns and i 510,396 tuns, being an actual increase during the year over and above all losses ’ ’ by shipwreck or in battle of 83 vessels, 1157 guns, and 42,427 tuns. The total! number of men at this time in the Naval! service, including officers, is about 51,- | 000. There have been captured by the Navy during the year 324 vessels, and j i the whole number of Nava) cantures since ■ hostilities commenced is 1,379, of which | 267 are steamers. The gross proceeds arising from the sale of condemned prize properly thus far reported amount to! 5i4.396.250 51. A large amount of such proceeds is still under adjudication, and yet to be

reported. The total expenditure of the. Navy D partment of every description, . including the cost of the immense squadrons that have been called into existence . from the 4'h of March, 1881, to trie Dt of'November, 1864, are §238.647,262 55. i Your favorable consideration is invited to ; . the various recommendations of the ! ec retsry of the Navy especially in regard to a Navy Yard and ssitsßle establishment for the construction and repair of, I j iron vessels snd the machinery and arm- r ature for our ships, to which reference was made in my last annual message. '(Your attention is also in"itsd to the views expressed in the report in relation’ to the Legislation of Congress at its last j j session in respest to prizes on our inland , j waters. I cordially concur in the recorn- i ’ mendation of the Secretary as to the pru- ! priety of creating the new rank of Vice- • Admiral in our Naval service. Your attention is invited to the report of the Postmaster-General for a detailed account of the operations and financial , 'condition of the Post-Office Depaitt 1 ment. . . The postal revenues for the year en t |ing June 39, 1864. amounted to $ 12,-. 438,253 73, and the expenditures to i ($12,644,786 20: the excess of expendi-, tures over receipts being $206,652 42. ! The views presented by the Postmaster- ! General on the subject of special grants j ' by the Government in aid of the estab-1 ’ lishment of new lines of ocean mail steam- ■ i ships and the policy he recommends for j | the development of increased commercial I (intercourse with adjacent and neighbor-i ling countries should receive the careful I consideration of Congress. ■ It is of noteworthy interest that the | iste.Jy expansion of'population, improve-' bmeot and governmental institutions over 'the new and unoccupied portions of our! (Country have scarcely been checked, I (much less impeded, or destroyed by our great civil war, which, at firs', glance, j would seem to have absorbed almost the I entire energies o ( the nation. The o r - i b i : ganization and admission of tho State of l Nevada has been completed, in conform- , ily with law, and thus our excellent ay.-- '! tem is firmly established in the mountains I which once seemed a barren and uninha- j i bitable waste between the Atlantic States ! land those which have grown up on the (coast of the Pacific ocean. The Terri-1 ■tories of ths Union are generally in a condition of prosperity and growth. Idaho and Montana, by reason of their i I great distance and the interruption of; I communication with them by Indian hostilities, have been only partially organized; but it is understood that thees difficulties are about to disappear, which will 'permit their governments, like those of! ibe others, to go into speedy and full operation. Ab intimately connected with, ( and promotive of this material growth of i the nation, I ask the attention of Congress to the valuable information and im- ! pnrtan< rooommwndations relating to the I public lands, Indian affairs, the Pacific 'Railroads, and mineral discover!es con-1 I mined in the report of the Secretary nf | the Inteiior, which is herewith t- tnsmit . ted, and which report also embraces the (subjects of patents, pensions, and other, topics of public interest pertaining to his Department. The quantity of public i land disposed of during the five quarters, ’ ! ending on the thirtieth of September last was 4.221,342, of which 1,538,614 acres were entered under the Homestead law The remainder was located with military land warronts, agricultural scrip certified i to States for railroads, and sold for cash. I The cash received from sales and loca- I ; tiers fees was $1,019,446. The income, from sales during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1864, was $678,007 95. receiv- ( (ed during the preceding year. The agi gregate number of acres surveyed during; the year has been equal to the quantity ( disposed of, and there is open to settle- ' ment about 233,000,000 acres of survey-1 ed land. The great enterprise of connection the , Atlantic with the Pacific States by rail-! ways and telegraph lines has b»en enter- j ed upon with vigor tlirt gives assurance

l of success, notwithstanding th* embarrassmer.ts arming from the prevailing ' high prices o' materials and lab»r. r j lie route of ths main line ot* ti e r .1 ‘ has been definitely Ideated for one hundred i miles westward from the initial point at j Omaha City, Nebraska, ami a preliminary location of the Pacific Railrmad of i California has hefln made fr rn Sacramento eastward to the greet bend of Mucker River in Nevada. Numerous (discoveries of gold, silver, and cmneb%|r ! mines have been added to ti e many here- ; tofore known, and the country occupied by the Sierra Nevada and Rockv M'-.in--1 tains, and the subordina’e ranges now jteerrt with enterprising labor which i.« richly remunerative. It is believed that ( the products from the mines of precious ! metals in that region has during the year . reached, if not exceeded 34.000,00 ).000 lin value. It was in mv last Annual Message that utir Indian »yaItem be remodeled. Congress at its last ( Session acting upon th? recommends:; >n. did provide for recognize the system m California, and it is believed that unde r I the present organization the management ; ' of the Indians there will b« attended with , Reasonable success. Much yet rsnaain» ; to be done to provide lor the proper gov- | ernmect of the Indiana in other parts of' the countrv to render it secure for the ■ advancing settler and to provide for the ( I welfare of the Indian The secretary re i li'erateahis recommendations and to ihsoq ( the attention of Congress is invited. The liberal provisions made by Congress for paying pensions to invalid sol- | diets end sailors of the Republic, and to , I the widows, orphans and dependent mo- ’ tb«rs of those who have fallen in battle | I or died of disease contracted or of wounds | received in the service of their country, I have been diligently administered. 'There have been added to ibe pension rolls during the year ending the 39th day ' of June last, the names of 16.770 invalid I soldiers, and of 271 disabled seamen, making the present number of army in-1 ■ valid pensioners 22,767, and of navy invalid pensioners 71'?. Os widows, or-' phans and mothers, £2,198, have been I placed on the army pension rolls, and ( : 348 on the navy rolls. The present ’ I number of army pensioners of this class I is 25,433, and of navy pensioners 793 I I At the beginning of the year the number I 'of revolutionary pensioners was 1,430. | Only twelve of them were soldiers, of I I whom seven have since died. The re- ■ mainder are those who, under the law, receive pensions, because of relationship to revolutionary soldiers. During the! I vear ending the 30th of June. 186 4, $4,- ' 504,616 92 have been paid to pensioners I I of all classes. I cheerfully cotntnend to your continu- j led patronage the benevolent institutions ( 'of the District of Columbia, which bevel hitherto been established or fostered by ; ; C ongress, and respectfully refer fcr in- ' formation concerning them, and in rela-1 tion to the Washington Aqueduct, the | I Capitol and other matters of local inter- ‘ I est to the Report of the Secretary of the ; ’’lnterior. The Agricultural Department, under ! the supervision of its present energetic ■ I and faithful hsad, is rapidly commending ! itself to the great and vi:al inter' st it was ' I created to advance. Ji is peculiarly the | People’s Department, in «-],ich feel j more directly concerned than in w oth- ' er. I commend it to tha continued attention and festering care of Congress. The war conlnues. Since the Ust an- ; ual message, all the important lines and ; positions then occupied by our forces j have been maintained, an ! our armies have steadily advanced, thus liberating ( the regions left in the rear, so that Missouri, Kentucky, Tennesses, and parts of . other Slates, have again produced reasonably (air crops. The most remarkable ! feature in the military operations of the year, is General Sherman's attempted march of 300 miFs directly through insurgent regions. It tends to show a i great increase c.f our relative strength, | that our General-in-Chief should fe. 1 able to confront and bold in cDck everv 1

I ac'r.e force of the enemy, and vet to detach a we'i-appomte J. large army to mese ;on such an expeditien. The result not j yet being known, conjecture in regard to it is not here indulged. Important movements have also occurred during the year to the effect of mo/1I ding society fur durability in ths Union—--1 although short of complete success, it is I much in the right direciion, that 12;000 ( :it;zens in each of the States of Arkansas and Louisiana have organized loyal Slate governments with free constitutions, and are earn-stiy struggling to maintain ard administer them. The movement in the same direction, mo-re extensive though less definite, in Missouri, Kentucky and Tennessee should not be overlooked. Hut MaryJatd presents the example of complete success. Maryland is secure ■ o Liberty and Union for all the future. ; she genius of rebellion will no more claim Maryhnc. Like another foul spirit, beI ng driven out, it may seek to tear her, I but it will rule her no more.

At, the last session of Congress a proposed amendment of the Constitution abolishing Slavery throughout the United States passed the Senate, but failed for lack of the requisite two-thirds vote in the , House us Representative. Although the present is the same Congress, and nearly the same members, and without qussiioning the wisdom or patriotism of those who stood in opposition, I venture to recommend the consideration and passage ot the measure al the present session. Os course, the abstract question i» not changed, but an intervening election shows almost certainly that the next Congress wi.l pass the masure if this does not. Hence there is only a question of lime as towhen the proposed amendment will go to the States lor their action, and as it is to go al ail event*, may we not ! agree that the sooner the better. It is not claimed that the election has imposed a duty on members to change their views or their voles any further than as an additional element to be considred. Their judgment may be affected by it. Il is the voice of'.he People now for the first time heard upon the question. In a great National crisis like ours, unanimity of astion among those seeking a common end is very desirable, almost indispensable, and yet no approach to euch unanimity is attainable unless some deference shall be paid to the will of the majority, simply because it is the will of the majority.

In this ca<e the common end is the maintenance of the Union, and among the means to secure that end, such will, through the election, is most clearly declared in favor of such constitutional amendment. The most reliable indicaon of public purpose in this country is derived through our popular elections. Judging by the recent canvass and it* result, the purpose of the people witbin the loyal States to maintain the integrity of the Union was never more firm nor nearly more unanimous than now. The extraordinary calmness and good order with which the millions of voter# met and mingled at the polls, give strong assurance of this. Not only those who sueported the ‘‘Uuion ti -ket” but a great msjoriiy of the opposing party also, may be fairly claimed to entertain and to be actuated by the same purpose. It is >a unanswerable argument to this effect that no candidate for any office whatever, high or low, has ventured to seek votes on the avowal that be was for giving up the Union. There has [been much heated controversy as to the ’ proper means and best mole of sdvsnc>ing the Union cause, but in the distinct i-sue of Uni ;n or co Union, the politii cians have shown their instinctive knowl- ( edge that there is no diversity- among the people. In affording the people a f»ir I opportunity of showing one to another 1 and to the world this firmness and unanimity of purpose, the election has bet a jof vas' value to the national caus.. ( The election has exhibited another fact not less valuable to be known — the >aet I that we do not approach exhaustion in. the most imp. ri tnl branch >£ the nation-

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