Decatur Eagle, Volume 8, Number 45, Decatur, Adams County, 13 January 1865 — Page 1

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DEMTI’I (W! BURT HOUSE, ; Decatur. Indiana, C. BURT, Proprietor, j TXTILL srood attention, and niaVe » ? sonable rbarffes n'ff-vG I F ~\.’.Trr,T,EFF. Pbvsician and DECATUR. INDIANA.] ("TOFFTCE —Tn Houston’s Block, second , ■fonr over Druix Store. v?-nls. David A TTO RN EY- A T-L A W Claim Apent, DECATUR. INDIANA. XVTIT.L practice in A<Uni« sad adjoining » » Counties; will secure bounties pensions and all kinds of claims against the Government irOFFTCE. —On Main Street, immediately flouthoftlie Auditor's Office. v6-nl2 TAMES P. BOHO:: Attorney a-id Counselor nt Law, i nrriTUR. IVIHtNI •"’“OFFIC I .i n Recorder’s Office, r-p "IX7ILL prncil<'* in tb* Courts of th»* Tenth ' \y Uid’cial‘‘bren** Attend to the Rcdump ‘ lion of Land®.th.- Payment of Taxes. Especial attention wPI V><* £jivoi» tn th<» collection of toe.n’i*®. Pension®, and all claim* against the PHYSICIAN and SCRCEOX, DECATUR. INDIANA (V’^lCE—Mr. in Sr , opposite Meiher* <fc [)rv Good® Stnr«». vßn42 V ~~p. S n ’nJKE Practi al Dentist, I : ‘ n ’ now prepared tn treat all *i' r a<♦'*- nf the teeth and mouth in scientific manner T am also prepared '<» >r e-rt .drtific’d Teeth on Gold. Silv*r or Vtdeft r, ’*e Rubber, fro o one tooth to aii entire «et. D'*cnvo<l teeth filled with ?old. tin foil or xrtrficial bo+re. Renew and tooth ■ •he cured in a few minute®, all of which T will warrant. Tooth brushes, ton'll powders. t'Xith ache med it inc for side. TVOfficp. one dnor south of N.v’tnian <t Crawford’s Store, in Krick. vfi-n23 David St dabakef s REAL ESTATE ,\GFN< V. TV)R ’hr purchase and <de of Real Estate by rhe on 1 v Licensed \e°ntin i’ p county, now offer* so»- sale at h'i< law office. in Decatur, a fine lot n»* viln- L’e land® situate in different parts of Ad »mse< ant v. Th-'ce w i®bin n ’ ro purchase will Jo w. l] tn cnino tn him. Those to sell will dn wrll to < nmp to h’m Xa side®. nochar,'i ® I-Tn ; i«, also. Licenc’d tn draw Deed® and 'll other ] w® ru > ent® of wi i’in r. and will do the same ”bh neatness • nd dispatch. Son'. G Examiner’s Notice. | ' r IHIF t:der<i<fned miner of Ad Ims ’ Cnnntv. Indiana, will hold < Nomination® at hi® office in Decatur upon ihe fourth Saturday •*’ 'he f,»llowi’:.7 uh” -d months, to wit'—.Tanu ■ rv. April, June. Marcl . Miv. I ecmnbi-r; and vnon each Saturday of Scptemh October and November. Exorcise* will commence each day at ten o'*clock, a tn. Te-mher® will please hear in mind that there will be no private '“vindnations eiven, unless the nr n'Ticant can show there is actual necessity i heref« r . Schodi officer®, an I other friends of education are cordially invited to Re i attendance. A pnlionnts wi'h whom the examiner is not >r-vn 'v cquainted will he *.‘qnired to present a rectificate signed by a p'-omi ent citizen | of the county to the eff-cr that said applicant i sustains a good moral character. J. R. 8080. Examiner. | Mar 30, 186.3 Adams County. STILL AHEAD? AT THE FANCY SME JS bound to be ahead N. B. SHOEMAKER, I Is now filling his Fancy Store w ith FAItCY GOODS for the Ladies, which ' be has recently purchased for CASH, and wilf offer some bareains that would tempt a miser. Mv goods are of the Latest Styles and of the Tkry Rrs-r Material 1 hare ou hand a splendid lot of CLOAKS, ind pricw lovr. Aho, a beautiful assortment of I ! DRESS TRIMMINGS that eannot be surpassed anywhere in the West Hood* and Xubias in endless variety. Trim ming done in the Latest Stvles and at prices to suit the times. All I ask is >o call and see for j yourselves. I will guarantee to suit you. Also, a fine stock of Furs, Hats, Caps and Bonnets, Gloves. Hosiery, Ac Do t fail to give me a call, before purchasing, as I intend to make it to vour advantage to buy GOODS in my line at m y establishN. B S. , D«semh«r 2. I?S4

FORT Him AOVEBTISKIIEWS. Large Fall & Winter Stock OF dEADY-MADR Clothing. TIEME A BRO., Fashionable Tailors, Fort Wayne, Indiana. MEYER & BRO?, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Drills and Medicines.’ Paints, Oils, French and American Window Glass, Dye Stuffs. Brushes. Spices, Liquors and Wines, Coal Oil and Coal Oil Lamps, <tc. 'ETNo. 95 Columbia Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana. v6n3B B. W. OAKLEY, Wholesale Deater iu Hardware and Stoves, And Manufacturer of .TIN, SHEET IRON AND COPPERWARE, ’ AT THE GRANITE STORE, No. 73 Columbus Street, v4n2l Fort " avne. Ind. P.SrUNnEIUTILL, -DEALER INMarble Monuments, HEAD-STONES, MANTLES. CABINET-SLABS. 4c.. 40., FORT WAYNE, IND Work dour to order on. the shortest notice and in tho neatest manner vsn!>9 S. PATTERSON, Agent.

J. J. KAMM J. R M'CrRDY. J. J. KAMA! & CO , WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALFRS IN Paint®* Oils, Varnishes, B r ushe . GLASS, wall taper. Window Curtains and Fixtures, 4e., No. 57 Columbia Street, Four Wayne, Ixd. July 2’. 1864. T. LAUFERTY, Vo 91 Columbia Street, one donr west of Brandriff’s Stove and Hardware Store, FORT V Y NE, IND , \ YT «av to the public in '--neral ihnt lutv is determined to sell DRY Bon nets Hats. Flat®. Carpet®* Trunks, Ac . etc., cheaper than anv other House in tb.e city, or count rv —No misfake. Also, Home-made. Ready made clothing, or made to order— Worrantfd. COUNTRY MERCHANTS j supplied cheaper than any other House in the : we®t of the Mountains. Call and see before {purchasing elsewhere. No trouble tn show lirr-ods. I. LAUFERTY, No. 91 Columbia Street, 1 von4l Fort Wayne, Ind i). F. i’o'!ipar*‘t. PORK PACKER lIiLLEh & COIIIIISSIOX Mer chant, FORT WAYNE, IND. General Dealer in tl! kinds of Grain, Seeds, Fish, Salt. Produce, Agricultural Implements, de., Best Brand Family Flours, Liberal advances made on Produce, <tc. v6n44tf C L. HILL’S Piano Forte Warerooms and Music store, No. 54 Calhoun street, Fort Wayne, Indiana, opposite court house. The largest Musical Instrument Warerooms in the West. Keeps constantly on hand a large assortment of PIANO FORTES. CABINET ORGANS 4 MELODEONS From the best Manufacturers. Sole agent ' for Steinway 4 Sons. New York.— ] Chickering 4 Sons, Boston. Wm. Knabe : A Co , Baltimore, whose Pianos are ac- | knowl sdged by al' first class musicians the best in the world. i Also, Pianos from many other first class Manufactures. S D 4H. Smith’s and Mason 4 Hamlin's Boston Organs, Harmoniums and Melodeons. : The best instruments mannfaetared in Ameri ca. Also, all kinds of small instruments, such as guitars, violins, flutes, neenrdeuns. drums Ac., Music books,instruction bioks and sheet music. My arrangements with manufacturers are i stich that I can make it to the interest of pur chasers to buy here instead of going further, as i T shall cettainlv sell is low if not lower that, the manufacturers. Having ecured the services of a competent I Tuner, Piaxos and Mblodboxs will be tuned I and repaired in the best possible manner, i Fort Warne, June 4.1864.—1 y

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OF John B, Worth, Esq., IN DEFKS-E op cm. 1. r. millin', On Joint Trial For Treason And Con spiracy With Messrs. Bowles, Humphr -ys. And Horsey, As Indianapolis, December T, 1864. Before A Military Commission Compossd Os The Following officers : 1. Brevet Brigadier-General Silas Col•rove, U. S Vols ; 1 Colonel William E. McLean, 43 Inf., Ind Vols.; 3. Colonel Ambrose E. Stevens, of Michigan, V . R. C.; 4. Colonel Thomas I Lucas, 16th Inf., Ind Vols.; 5. Colonel Charles D. Murray, 89th Inf., Ind. Vols.: 6 Colonel Benjamin Spooner. 83d Inf., Ind. Vols.; 7. Colonel Richard P. DeHart, 128th Inf, Ind. Vols ; 8. Colonel Ansel D. Wass. 60th Mass. Inf.; 9. Colonel Reuben Williams, 12th Inf., Ind. Vols.; 10. Colonel Thomas W. Bennett, 69th Inf., Ind. Vols ; 11. LieutenantColonel Albert Heath. 100th Inf., Ind. Vols. Major Henry L. Burnett,, Judge Advocate Department of the Ohio and Northern Department. [ Continued] I have no purpose to conceal the views of Mr. Milligan, and freely admit that he may have said, what every intelligent man in America knows, that both the President, the Congress, and the Military Authorities, have each exercised particular powers that did not belong to them ; yet, I submit that he is a gentleman of too much intelligence to entertain or express the opinion that our Gederal Government is an usurped one, or that Mr. Lincoln is not the lawful President, elected according to the forms of law, and as such, entitled to the respect due his station. True he has criticised his acts, and so have the American people both claimed and exercised the right to criticized the acts of ail administrations since our existence as a people, Washington’s not excepted. And in speaking of the exercise of denied powers, history informs us they have usually been denominated by the people as usurpations. But I trust this Commission will not lose sight of the distinction between charging a legitimate Government with exercising p.iwt rs desied to it, using the term usurp with reference to the exercise of such powers, and charging a Government with being an usurped one. But if any ons should, unfortunately for the defense, be of opinion that the Government is an usurpation, still I insist that neither the defendants as individuals, nor the Order of American Knights or Sons of Liberty,

never entertained or expressed such sentiments, but that they have ever treated the Government., including the President, the Courts, the Congress, and thp a v my, as legitimate, each in its sphere. For the proof of this I appeal to their acts. Where has that order taken up arms or made any preparation to do so, either bv ; organizing, arming or drilling the members. But it is claimed that Mr. Milligan, in public speeches, advised resist-' I ance to any encroachment upon the elective franchise. Well, suppose he did—who would not and be a man ? And , suppose further, that he expressed the , opinion that these enroachments would j ceme from the army ? Yet, will it be | assumed that such encroachments, “ii they had come, would have been th 1 - act . of the Government ? and that resistance , to such encroachments would be resist- , ance to the Government 1 If so, then j there are millions of men aspiring to be ; freemen, who ars guilty criminals, deser- , ving the fate now threatened against , these defendants. 1( That this obligation did not contem-; ( plate the taking up of arms against thel ( Federal Government is fully shown by ( the fact that the Order did not take up j; arras ; nor has any resolve, or any move- ' j ment whatever, been made in any of its e authorized councils, temples, or meet- ] ings, but on the contrary, the evidence c ol Mr. Ibach informs us, that at the 1

Grand Council of June, 1864, a resolution was introduced, pledging the Order ; to resistance to the draft, and that it was promptly and with gr.-at unanimity voted down ; and that the belligerent gentleman : who introduced the resolution, went away very much dissatisfied with the Order. It may have been same bosom friend of Gen. Carrington, a la Stidger and Zura-1 ro. That there may have been persons' in the organization who would gaze with delight upon the torch of civil war, and who hoped to find a helping hand in the 1 Order, I du not deny, but from the evid- j ence, I do deny that the Order had any such purpose. Nor is the Order respon ' slide for the individual acts of its members, no more than would a Church or Lodge of Masons be responsible for the treasonable nets of any or even all of its; members. Mr. Harrison estimates the number of the Order in Indiana at 18.00 G. I respectfully ask the counsel. lif he will say, upon reflection, that that j mighty host are all resposible for the in I ! sane ravings and actions of Dodd st Company, and therefore traitors ? If so, why have they not been arrested ? Why are they not brought before a Court Martial, and put through the forms of j trial and hanged ? If they are traitors

they should be. What a grand spectacle it would present. How proud would be the bearing of that brave and gallant General who has, by his paid spies and informers, been so industriously extending i this Order—duping innocent men into it, initiating rebel officers, carrying messages between Dodd & Co. and traitors in arms, and facilitating by all possible means the grand carnival of blood that j was to have taken place at this city on j the sixteenth of 1 tst August. It is true, ■ the accumulated wail of widows and orphans would go sounding even to the very Courts of Heaven, but what of all that I the strength ol the Democratic party would be very much broken, and the soul of John Brown would go "marching on.” We have been informed that the Commanders of Armies frequently resort to sucb means. Possibly. But who ever heard of a Commander sending out agents to recruit (or the ranks of an enemy ? What would be thoughtuf General Grant if he should send out agents to recruit for the purpose of filling up the decimated ranks of Lee’s army ? And yet CarringI ton paid and encouraged Stedger to ex tend, as rapidly as possible, an organise tion that is claimed to be treasonable. Likewise Zumro, another of his infam »us spies, inveigled innocent and unsuspecting farmers into it lor the purpose of betraying them into peril.

But I must return «gain to that obnoxious obligation, with a view to a fair and rational interpretation of its phraseology ; and to ascertain if it is not consistent with patriotism and most devoted loyalty, if you please. Zt is a promise to take up arms if needs be against particular forms of Government, “found in arms waging war against a people or peoples who are endeavoring to establish, or have inaugurated a government for themselves, of their owb free choice, and in accordance with and fou.nded upon the eternal principles of truth ” Now we have shown that no usurped Government exists in this Country, and that the order has not found it necessary to take up arms at all ; let us, therefore, examine whether the Contingency lias happened, upon which they obligated themselves to ' take up arms, with reference to the sub ' ject matter, and the people or peoples. ' for whom and in whose behalf they proposed to volunteer, and we inquire where is that people “who have establish ed or inuaugurated a government of their own free choice and in accordance with and founded upon the eternal principles i of truth ?” it will not do to say that the ■ Southern Confederacy is that people, for it would be a eulogy on Jeff. Davis’ Gov- j ernment more glowing than any son of liberty ever uttered, is their cause that j of the oppressed—is our Government an usurpation, is the Southern Confederacy

founded upon the eternal principles of truth ? And yet all this must be admitted in order to make a stale of things upon which they agieedi.,lo take up : arms. But it is claimed that this obligation bus a different meaning, known to and 1 understood by the order. Allow me then ;to invite your attention to the evidence upon that point. There are but three I witnesses whose testimony tends to sup- I port that view: Tranter, Tinney and | Robertson, a case must be desperate' indeed which relies ou the testimony of such witnesses for support—ignorant and j stupid beyond comparison— l am at a ; J 1 loss to know how tho latter ever found : his way from the woods of Randolph County to this Capitol ; the other two j were drafted and duly escorted here, and 1 testified no doubt under the hops of indulgence from the draft in proportion as their testimony might prove valuable. ] Tranter and Tinney contradict each other ; in almost every particular, except that they both swear that John W. Stone told them that the Circle of the Mighty Host, and also the Golden circle were “to assist Jeff. Davis north and south.” Tran ter swears that this obligation was a part of the Golden circle, but not of the

mighty Host. Tinney, who was not a member of the Golden circle, says that he was of the Mighty Host. But neither of these pillars of the Government were members of the American Knights or Sens ol Liberty. But the evidence further shows that both the defendant, Her sey, and the Government witness, Connell, denied and repudiated the declarations of John W. Stone, who for aught that appears in the evidence, mav have I been a Stidger or a Zumro. But in opposition to this apology for testimony, we have the evidence of two government witnesses, Messrs. Bingham and Harrison, and in addition thereto the testimony of the large array of witnesses for the | defendants—all of the most honorable 1 character, and many of the highest social and official positions, coming from various sections of the State, all bearing witness to the fact that the objects of the order were purely political, and intended solely to operate upon the elections by a more I systematic organization of the Democratic party. Just as the Republican party was doing through the instrumentality : of tb* Loyal League, which it was intendad to counteract ; and none of whom understand the obligation to mean anything more than it said, or tiie words themselves rationally imported. The testimony of Mr. Bingham is conclusive upon this point : he early became a mewi-

• ber, attended Grand councils, acted on •: committees, and was in almost daily iu- • tercour.se with Dodd and other leading ■ members of the order, and yet never knew of any other than its political char1 acter until the revelations by Dodd of his insane and hellish proposition, when J he immediately went to work to circuin- , vent it. And, 1 subn.it, that the conduct . of Mr. Bingham is in’commendable contrast to that of the authorities. So soon as he was informed of Dodd’s proposed plot, his best eflorts were at once directed to paralyze that embryo rebellion ; while on the other hand the authorities knew it ail, long before Mr. Bingham did; and instead of nipping it in the bud were nursing and encouraging, so that it might I bring forth full ripe fruit. The evidence lof Stidger, their detective and witness, j shows that while under the pay and direction es earrington, and with his consent and approbation, that he (Stidger) I was extending the order as rapidly as possible, both in Indiana and Kentucky, that with the same approbation he initiatjed Rebel officers and carried messages : between Dodd and ethers and officers in ' the confederate service, and afforded every facility to Dodd and his immediate confederates to arrange, perfect and ac- ;» 1 r ; complish the inauguration of civil War ; in Indiana, keeping the authorities here constantly advised of every movement, by regular and frequent reports —and

all this for the sole purposs of influencing J the then pending elections History affords us no greater parallel ol dark designing malice against peace and good order on the part of those, charged by their pasitions, with its preservation. They were fully advised of the existence ol what they claim to have been a most infernal conspiracy against the peace of the State—they witnessed the maturing of the scheme—they saw the preparation of the brand that was to flame into civil war. Yes, they knew it all—and yet raised not a finger to stop it, until it was I throttled by tho very men who are de- ( nounced as its sympathisers. Like the tiger that stands at the edge of his jungle, watching bis victim, and as the unloriunate traveler comes along, snringa ; upon him, crushes his bones and laps up i his blood, so they looked wilh savage de- | light upon the proposed uprising—regarding no other consequence except ita 1 probable influence upon tho elections, it seemed to matter little to them even though the fire of civil war should desolate our homes and cause the “shuddering mother to hug her babe closely to her bosom,” so that they could only remain masters of the burnt and blackened field, if Mr. Milligan merits penalties for know-

ing nothing about these alleged conspiracies, what meed of punishment is due Chose authorities ? j Accor ding to the theory es the prosecution, Bingham was a Son of Liberty, and therefore a co-cons pirator with Dodd ; and yet it is to Bingham, and not to the authorities, that the people of Indiana are indebted for being saved from the woes and horrors of civil war —he quenched the flame that the authorities were fanning. While they wei o nursing, he was stifling. This may not unjustly have given rise to the dark 'suggestion, now current throughout ’be .state, that Dodd may have been th? .mere hired tool of Carrington and his ' co-conspirators against the peace of the state. But. it is asked why Binghatn did not denounce Dodd to the authorities. My answer is, they knew all about ■ it, long befora he did, and in turn, r • | demand, on behalf of the people of in- .■ diana, whose homes were in jeopardy. why did the authorities suffer Dodd and • Walker to remain at thiscitv, unarrested, for weeks after they w ere apprise of the whole plot? Surely they co 1 1 not have considered it dangerous. But l am I asked why Mr. Milli gan did • Jt> i BC t ’■as did Bingham ? My answer tha« '| he had no knowledge of the sc aßine uni til it was wholly passe J . JTobe cvntm.ui-J next <<e k.]

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