Decatur Eagle, Volume 8, Number 49, Decatur, Adams County, 10 February 1865 — Page 1

THE DECATUR EAGLE.

VOL 8.

DEfVTQR injOBS WHS! hurt house, Decatur, Indiana, C. BURT. Proprietor, 'TXTII.L eive eood attention, and make reu ; \ V snnablp rhartrea l>l7-vfi 'rj TCX~.TFTXEFF. Phvaieiwn nnd «nr*enn. DRO A TUR. INDIANA. {XOFFTFF.—Tn Houston'* Block, second floor over Drug Store. »S-nls. >■. David Stiidahaker, ATTOHNFY-4T.LAW AND risilm PiEOATUR. INDIANA. \\T lUh practice in Adacns end adjoinine k » Pnunf iea; will aer-ire honntie*. penainna end all kinds of claims against the GovernBien>. trOFFICE.-On Main Street, immediately So,till of the Auditor's Office. vfi-ntU JAMF,S I?. Hono; nM ronn«e!nr «t Uw, nrrxTf'Wa fVDf'W YTOFPICF. in Offio**. r ft ILL priori e* in t.h« Court* o f t,h* TVnth fV .Tuilirinl Circuit Attcrvl to the tion of Lnnd*. the Parmcnt of T*x«‘« Especial attention will he given to th« collection of Rnunti**, fVn*it n«, anti all claims agam«t flic • Govern tr cut, ANDREW SOTIG, PllYsfci\x Rind MfTRf;rON, DRCATItR, tndtaka. OFFTCF.e— Mniti St. opposite Meit>cr« A Bro.*« Drv ft-ut 1< Stnr»». vRi4O vt~b7~:stwirfifC Practi al Dentist. T am nnrtr prepared to treat all BfcffipSlph -UaKsflKscA of the teeth and mouth in h scientific manner 1 am *l*o prepared *o tn*crt 4rt»fic ,l l Teeth on Cold. Silver or Vulcanite HnWvur. f»o n ono tooth to nn entire «et D#»cnv*»d tcH*tl» filled with gold, tin foil or artificial hone. Renew and tooth aehe cured in a few minute*, all of which I will warrart. Tooth hfuahea, trtl h powder**, tooth ache medicine for ««Ih. T"r“OffW t one door emith of Nuttmun A Orawford*a Store, in the brick. vB-nW David Studabaker’s nr AT* FSTATF AGF.NCY. FOP the pnrchaee nnd eale of Real Estate hv the onlv T,ieon«ed \""Ht in the countv.now offer* for «ale at hi* law office, in Ducat ur. a fine lot of valuable lands situate in different partaof /.dam* countv Thoae vUbin** ro pnnpbn«»e will lo well to fnvf 1 to him Those wiwhi'isr to *ell will do well locotim* t.o him No «nle«, nochnrgea. He 1«, al«o. Eicon** d to draw Deed* and HI other jn*tnt'nen** of writing, and will do the same with neatne** and di«pateh. Sept. 6 Examiner’sTTotice. THE tmder*-»i»ned School Examiner of Adam* Oonniv. Indian*, will hold examination*! at hi* office in Decatur upon the fourth Safurdav i of the following named month*, to wit*— .Tanti arr. April. .Tune. March. M*iv. f ecenih* r; and upon each Sattirdnv of ®entemher. October and Novemher. Exercise* will commence each, day -at ten oVloeh. a m. Tencher* will r»lea*» bear in mind that there will he no private examination* given, unle** the afplicant can show there is actual necessity therefor. Sch*»ol odirer*.and other friend* of education are cordisllv invited to he i attendance. Applicant* with whom the examiner i* not personally acquainted will he required topresent a certificate *icrned hr a protni ent. citixen of the county to the effect that said applicant •astaina argoodmoral diameter. J. R. 8080. Examiner. May HO. 1863 Adams County. VICKS H URa! R. Burns. Ta hi* T ; ne of Bn Defies the World! ALT other T.TKE INSTITUTIONS thrown in the shade! All effort* at COMPETITION go ehy the BOARD Tt i* neknowledge.* by s'l that he ran sell a BET TER article of Hirn<*ss, Saddles, Bridles, Whip*, and all such like fer money than anv other establishment in Northeastern Indiana, without exception. Hi* work i« all warranted to he made of the very best material, and made by old and experienced workman Buggies and carriages (rimmed in th*»latest and most approved style. Repairing done on •hort notice and at reasonable rates. ITTOive im n rft ]]. and we will convince you of the truth of what we say WePAYCAS* 7 of onr stock, and consequently BUY CHEAP I ER than if we bought on TIME, and of course ; an sell in proportion. NTtliinrinywitiawm P.S. UNPEKHILL. -DEALS* I.VMarble Monuments, HEAD-STONES. MANTLES, CARTNET-SLABS. Ac. 4c., FORTWAYJWE, IND. Work done to oril-r on the ehorleat notice end in the neeUibt ,nann-r. *6e«3e 8. PATTgMON. Aqnt. ' '

j 1 MEYER & BRO.j Wholesale and Retail Dealer, la j Drilffs and Medicines.Paint*. Oils, French and American Window . i Glass. Dve Stuff*. Brushes. Spice*. Liquors and i j Wine*, Coal Oil and Coal Oil Lamp*. 4c. I ETNo. 95 Columbia Street, Fort Wtyne, Tnjdiana. v6n3B B. W. OAKLEY, Whole.ale Deater In Hardware and Stoves. And Wannfncfnrer of TIN, SHEET IRON AND COPPERWARB, AT THE GRANITE f.TORE, No. 19 Columbn. Street, e4n24 Tort '* »Tiie, Ind. Urge Fall “& Winter Stock j Os *!S\DV;&ApK Clothing. T'EME 4 BUO„ ra.hinnnble Taller., Fort Wayne, Indi.tiv J. J ■ KAKM J. R. lI'CIIROT. J.J.KAMM & CO, WHOLXBALK AND RKTATL PEAUVS IN Paint*, Oils, VBrni*he%. Timsua , GLASS, Wall taper. Window Curtain, end Fixinr, *, Ar,, j No. 57 Cni.rMMA Stkekt, Forr Watni. I.xb. ■Tnlv 2', 1-164. TLAUFERTY, No 91 O'diimhi* Sire* t. one door west of BrandrifT* Stove and Hardwsre Store, FORT W YNE, IND . WOULD *»v to the public in general ib*t In* ; is determined to ***ll DRYCOOIK. Bon j nets Hats. Flat*. Carpet*, Tfnnk«, 4c . 4r ' cheaper than anv other House in the city, or i country —No mistake. Also. Home made, Ready made clothing, or made to order— Warranted. COUNTRY MERCHANTS supplied cheaper than anv other House in the we**t of the Mountains. Call and see before purchasing elaswhere. No trouble to show j g-odi. T. LAUFEItTY. No. 91 Columbia .Street. vsn4l Fort Wayne, Ind \). F. Compand, PORK PACKER,! SILLER A COMM Merchant, FORT WAYNE. IND. General Dealer in tl! kinds of Grain, Setxds, j Fish, Salt. Produce, Agricultural Lnplementt, de , I Best Brand Family Flours. Liberal advances made on Produce, 4c. vGn44tf (TO OI) NE W S UNION STOVE STORE!! i The reader, of the ‘'Eable’’ are informed tha i \SH & AGNEW Have on hand a very larg« and fire *trck 1 COOKING, PARLOR and BOX STOVES, of the very best, patents—none better can be found in the United State*—which we will «el at greatly REDUCED RATES. All Stoves wa ranted to be a* represented, or ifnot we will refund the money and have oo unkind feelings. Wo have also a good stock of Hardware, Tin, Copper and SHEET IRON Ware, and House Furnish inggood.*, which we are selling very low. We buy Shoves in Cincinnati. We buy Stoves in Pittsburgh. We buy Stove* in Trov. We buv Stoves in Cleveland. We sell Stove* on time. We sell Stoves for Cash. We sell Stoves chesp. We sell GOOD TIN WARE. Purchafters will do well to call and examine . ■ oU r stock,in order to judge for themsei>vea, a ’ ASH A AONEW’S. R. H. Schwegman’* old stand , No. BTColumhia Street. v 5 & 39. Fort Wayne,lndian a *V#ip China and Queensware Store! No. 69 t nlumbin St.. Fi Wnvn*> I One door taxi of 7 hieme’s Clothing Store. | HUGH KLTX Respectfully announces that he has for tale, a* above, a fine assortment of Chin*. Q,i«*ensw»r*. GLwwnre. F»nev China and Glass Ornaments ' for Holiday presents, stone china dinner and tea setts, common din- j ner and tea setts, tumblers, decan- j ters, wine and beer classes, lamps, yellow ware, stone crocks, aop everythin's else in (hat line of’ business. , rountrv dealers Will find it to their advantage to call and eaa- ] miu*. •• b# will eell ekeap- Ja’.j U, tt.

••Qifr Country’* Good ahtll trrer bo onr Aim—Willing to Praise aai not afraid to Blame."

DECATUR, ADAMS COUNTY, IND ANA, FEBRUARY 10, 1865.

TTM**C IDECATUR EAGLE. | ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING rr ». /. CALUIX. R. BUPOXL. turn & ncbcel, PURLtSRtng AND raOfRIBTOR,. OFFICE-nn Monroe Street in the second st.rv of the huiMittif, ftrmerl j occupied by Jea*. Niblick si a Shoe Store. — Terra, of Subscription l One eopv one rear, in adrance, $t sn If paid within 0 IW ! jl f n°t r-aid until the vear has expired, 250 i CTNo pjpcrwill he discontinued until-all ’ n-n niit, are paid, except at the option of the ! | publishers. I Terms of Advertising: j One Square ftlie spare of ten lines bre- | vicrj fhrcc insertion*, JQ r*o ] ; Erich •übspqucnf Insertion. M); \ TTNo adrmiVmcnt will be con*i«Krct| h t * ! j D»nn one square; over one *qu*rc will b»* conn- ) ted mid rliargtd ** two; ov.-r two. a* throe. 4r j I f. 4 JihcraJ di*:onnt frotn the above rate* i made on all advertKoiDMita inserted for ape | r»o(i longer than three month*, i Local Notice* fifteen cent* a lm« for each ! i insertion. Job Printing. We are nrenared to do all kinds of Plain end : Fancy Job Printing at the most reasonable rates G'.e ns a rail »e feel confident that i satisfaction can be given. I A SCATHING LETTER FROM LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR JA-I j COBS. OF KENTUCKY—CIRCUMSTANCES OF HIS ARREST — HIS DENUNCIATION OF BURBRIDGE AND BRECKINRIDGE—HIS CORRESPON ENCE WITH I PRESIDENT LINCOLN. — Messrs. Editors : | I wish, through your eolurons, to pre- : sent to the public a statement of my ! arbilraty arrest by Breyet General Bur ! bridge. II I, on'y, was pereonallr inieriested. I should rot trouble the public with that which concerned me alone. I should he content with the infliction of severe personal chatisement upon the author of my arrest and those who rule him. As every citizen ol this country i» as much interested as I ant —because no 1 man knows the hour when he himself may he kidnapped, and either imprison- 1 ed or exiled—l sink personal considers i tions, and write lor the public good, as : ; all are vitally interested. Again the dignty and honor ol my i own native state has been ruthlessly i stricken down by the illegal and arbitrary srrest—without charges, confronting witnesses or trial—of its seemd officer, by an imbecile commander, under the complete control r.nd by order of an apos'tle priest, lor his own base revenge. For these reasons, I ask, through your; cuLumns, to present to the public the fallow.'og : I write without feeling, but fearlessly. If tb e truth hurts, I can’t help it. Three i days after the election, on the 11th day [of November last, I was arrested by Captain Hawes, at my country residence, twent y-lour miles above the city ol Louist’ilie, on the Oitio river. He said ! he arrested me by order ol General But- j j bridge. I was carried down to YYes'porl to wail for the Cincinnati anil Louisville mail boat. As Iwas arrested, though' illegally, by an officer of the government, 1 I had no disposition to resist. With the j slightest encouragement on ray part, a portion of my old regiment and the citi- [ zens would have rescued me. So. along [ the line of the Louisville and Lexington i railroad, I discouraged .all such attempts. 1 ' I was conscious of innocence and courted : j investigation. It was not given me. I ! was two hours in Lexington, I believe al; I General McLean’s headquarters, fiene ’ yal Burbridge was in the city. He did j not aee me. Why ? Because he knew that he had arrested me illegally, with-! out the ilightest foundation and there-j fore he was too cowardly to meet me. J lia and those who govern him had njur- | d«r in their heart*. Toil cowardly to!

— AJ —L-JI 1 —,— * i have me executed, they intended to place me between ikte lines, where lire I r [probabilities were, and which they hoped would be, that I should be murdered. "Man proposes, God disposes.” I here asked to see my daughter who was going to school in Lexington. I did not get that privilege. 1 do not know whether 'Captain Hawes forgot to ssk General Burbridge or not. At Cincinnati I informed Captain Hawes that I was not prepared either in the wav of proper underclothing or of money ; that I only had 825 in money ; that I would | therefore wish to check on the bank of J Louisville for money, and telegraph for j the mail boat to bring me mv clothes. He said he would telegraph to Burbridge. I believe he did so. and that was the last of it. However, kind friends, some of them entire strangers, slipped me in money and undershirts, and I turned an old pai' ol pantaloons into drawers—inv : j inventive faculties being sharpened hy i J Dearly freezing one bitter cold night. If jit had not been for these kind friends, I] j should have been placed between the | ! lines with about? 15 in money. I believe it was the intention thus to place me in ; order to force me—if I was not killed — to abject sabmtsMnn. They little knew j me. I was very kindly treated hv both | officers and soldiers who had me in charge ' I was strictly guarded both by day and I night. I was only permitted to talk on the most trivial subjects. On the 19th of November. I 8G4.1 was placed outside the federal lines, and a i copy of an order to this effect given me: j ”By order of General Burbridge, place Col. Jacob outside of the federal lines, by the way of the Kanawha, not to) return during the war. under penalty of! death.’’ I was serosa the Gaitley alone and a-j foot. My valise, small as it was. wss an incumbrance Mv whole fortune was on nur back arid in that valise. I sat down on a big rock and contemplated my position. My reflections were hitter. Why was Itl us treated ? Wa* it because I wss true to the union when thst cause was doubtful, and when I had the casting vote and had cast it against my own party in the legislature, when the cause would have been lost in Kentnrkv, if T i had not thus voted ? Was it because I had, in a time of peril, raised a splendid regiment, besides recruiting many hundred more men. and, forsaking friends, and family, and a comfortable home, for the hardships and perils of the hattle field ? Wss it because I had defended the constitutional rights of my native stats, the right of free speech, a free press, free suffrage, and the personal right of every citizen to be tried before he is cood“mned ? Wag it because I had exercised the rights of an American citizen. and had freely descanted upon the merits ol Mr Lincoln’s policy 7 Or was it to gratify the personal revenge of a po liiical priest who u«ed poor Burbridge as a tool ? We shall aee—l bad thus to conjecture because I Lad not been cor- 1 fronted;! had no charges preferred against me ; I had not been openly con detuned. I thus reflected bitterly; but time was passing and I had twelve miles to walk before me. I rose from mv atony seat, with the proud consciousness !o ( rectitude ; that, at last, it wss but the action of bad men and not my country, and for that country I was still willing to risk mv life. j I also reflected : If I am thus treated j |by the officers of mv own government, j how will those I fought against treat me ? I I first tried to escape to Canada. Finding I could not penetrate the military ) lines, I turned my course to the confede irate lines, and after walking about one hundred miles I came upon their pickets, to whom I showed Burhridge’s order. I was kindly treated. I then reported to G*'n»ral Echols, then to Qeneral Breck- , inridgr. and then by permission of tha 1 war departmen*. on parole of honor to I Richmond. I was everywhere trested ilkMly. I aerer had a eron word or j *><•* jsU* 1 ** u- t -* " •v< i.

look during my stay in the confederacy. I never pushed my opinions, but m-ver denied ray being a union man, and was always honored for so doing. They never doubted me position. They only calculated whether it was more atrocious or more ridiculous—the act of banishing a man who had fought and bled for his country. It took an imbecil • under the charge of a crazy priest, to conceive such a punishment. Mr. Prentice being ready to stait back to the United States. I wrote and sent by him the following letter to the president, Mr. Lincoln : Richmokp, December 29, 1864. To his excellency the president of the United States : Sm :On tho night of the 11th of November last. I was arrested by order of Brevet Major General Burbridge, at my eonntrv home, 25 miles above Louisville I was carried to L> xington, and kept al Gen. McLean's headquarters some two 1 hours. I courted, and confidentially exj peeled to have an interview with General Burbridge. It was not given me. Iwas [hy his order carried under strict guard, and expelled through the federal lines, under penalty of death if I returned before the war was over. J was thus forced by necessity into the confederate lines, to accept the hospitality and protection of a people that F had fought, and after / had shed uiy blood in defense of what / considered a noble cause. Cer tainly one must have Committed a great I crime to justify such a fate. A poor re- , )turn for wounds received and hard ser- ! vice rendered tn one's country. Even a j thief has the boon of being tried and conjdemned before be is punished. Seized | as a felon , not permitted to talk or coo j suit with mv friends; not confronted; jtio charges preferred and no trial permitI ted, 1 am hurried through the lines to ac I !cept the hospitality and protection of those / had fought against, h is diflicitlt to defend one’s self when co charge is preferred. I have not evert a conjecture to go on except a telegram wlvch 1 cut out of the Cincinnati Commercial, which is as follows : “The Post’s Washington letter says, the arrest of Lieutenant Governor Jacob, of Kentucky, will lead to important disclosures. There are rumbrs of a wide spread conspiracy existing in thst state, j not to take it over to thp Southern Confe- j dsracy, but to inaugurate a second revolution, the object of which is to make j Kentucky independent of the general govenDment.” 7f my arrest would lead to important) disclosuoes, would not common sense suggest that 1 should have been detain 1 ' ed and examined ? if there was a "wide spread con'piracy,” i knew not of it. Nor did i bel’eve for one moment there was any such. I never was connected with a conspiracy, nor belonged to * secret political, military, or any other kind of organization in my life. True, Mr. President, I was opposed to your elec-" tion, and it is the only charge that can, I with truth, be brought against me. i believed Rial your re-election would prove a misfortune to my eoun'ry. i believed so sincerely; i therefore worked with all the energy and intellect that i ' possessed to defeat you. Thus believing, it was not only my right as an American citizen, but my duty to do so, Y r on were I re-eiected both against my earnest wishes and efforts. I had determined to how, ■as a good citizen, to the verdict ol the (American people, i had determined to j let the responsibility rest on you, and those who supported you, if the Ameri can TJ#!on was broken up and the country destroyed. I intended no factious opposition, r ' had entered mv most so'umn protest , . that was sufficient, t was not permitted • to remain quiet. Three days after tl>* 1 election r was seized, t find this in th< • Richmond Sentinel of the Ist of D-crii? 9 ber, taken from the Louisville Journal 5 "We are te announce that P-re-I aident Lincols has consented to the ref'l«»*e of Lieutenant Governor Jseob and

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I ' j Colonel Frank Wolford. We ameereiv .(hope that this may he the imminence- , m**nt of a new policy on lift' part t>f the president.” Now, sir. I wish to find out whether , this is correct or not, and if so, whether you will not order that i he pa.-nt-d through the lines to return to my duties as lieutenant governor of Kentucky, if it is not true, r ask yon and the justice of my government to rescind the order of General Burbridge. At r have committed no crime, t ask not lor pardon, but merely simply justice. Will you and my government grant that or not * Very respectfully, Kichakd T. Jacob Mr. Prentice me what condition* I would accede to, if arty were required. To prevent all misunderstanding, i wrbtu the following : To Mr. Geo. D Prentice, Fsq : Dear Sir : Having committed no crime, nehher the honor of mv native state, or the country I had fought atuf bled Tor, or to myself, will permit me to accept anything hut unconditional release. I will perish in exile first. Very truly, your friend, RicharW T. Jacob It was my intention, il 1 had not recei - ved an unconditional release, to run tha blockade to Canada, and from there to Kentucky on the convening of ti e legi»lature, to take my seat as ’he presiding officer of the senate, where the constitution of joy itate required me to be, and to tell General Burbridge, that in defij ance of a military despot t would do mv iduty. That was the reason i made th« j attempt to escape to Canada before I entered the confederate lines in about teu Jays i received the following : “lIEADqdARTftRS ARMIES Os HIE U S. ‘•in Fikzd, Va., J an. 5. 1865. J ”rJy direction of the president, Lmu- ; tenant Governor Richard T. Jacob, of i Kentucky, is permitted to uass from the ) confederate lines inio the federal line-, and from thence to Washington, D. C. ] Federal officers will pass hiru lyBy command .of Lieutenant Geni-ry! Gaunt T. S. Burns, A. A. G ” On uiy arrival at Washington i called :on the president, who received me very kindly. He handed me the following, j which, being an unconditional release, accepted : Executive Mansion. Washington, January JB. JC66. lion. Richard T. Jacob : Sut : You are at liberty to proceed te* Ke&tucky, and remain at large to l«r n» ; relates to any cause now pstsL. in what I I now do, i decide nothing as to the right jor wrong of your arrest, hut act in the hope that there is less liability lo misunderstanding among union men now that* there was at the f.iu»e of the arrest. Respectfully, A. Lincoln. During the course of the connsaiion. ; the president remarked that certainly ■ union men had the right to discuss their j rights and his preicy, in a presidential canvass, and that it was not disiyyal lo ido so. i remarked that i would go,back to Kentucky, and that i knew that s could i not only speik for mj.self, hut foj Oov--1 ernor Bramlettp, lhat we would do Bel ' we could, as we have done, in sustain the ! union cause. That we would upliu'.J an,l > praise him for what we believed to be * right, and would just as c,-ri airily oppose 5 1 him where we conscientiously beloved him to be wrong. Thai i hoped lie i would not let a few bad meu keep the ? j state in a turmoil. i in all this we do not find rut wkv, and i by wlx-se influence i was ariested. ; i Some of my friends called on the presi--1 dent whilst I was under arrest lo demand e my release. Mr Lincoln tr I-era plied t<> e Burbridge to chow 'lie charges against l- j me. Borbrfdge was absent. His adju- ; .antgenerai, I suppose, teltgraphed about tr j the following : . i “Lieutenant Governor Jacob was ard ! rested at tl,« instance of Dr. Robert l „ .