Decatur Eagle, Volume 9, Number 40, Decatur, Adams County, 22 December 1865 — Page 2

i HE EAGLE j yjxr - —.—~T , - j A. J HILL, Edito*. DSOATUR, INDIANA. ' FIUDAY, December 22. 1865. I'.SJU --L'L ■ 1 ■ *' ' ' 1 ■ - LATEST NEWS. In Northern wad North western Arkansas, 10 000 person* b»ve been lull : destitute by lhe war. The recept of cotton at all the Southern ports since September 1 are put down at 750,000 bales. Last week the Treasury Department issued cerlifieats sos indebtedness amuuliuoo to $1,000,860. The Kentucky Legislature will go into an election of United State? Senator on the 25th of January. It is stated that the Government has already disposed of 88,000,000 of gold iu New York. The Superintendent of Public Printing asks Congress for an additional appropi ution of $660,000. The negroes iu Louisiana are holding mi night meetings, and mischief is apprehend in consequence. The Southern AJothodist book and . publication interest lost 890,000 by the . failure, of the Confederate currency. Hou. Alex. H. Stephens has premptority declined being a candidate for United States Senator from Georgia. It is understood that the Treasury ' intends to sell gold, in New York, al I the present time, to the amount of $5.- j 000,000. The Tennessee Congressmen, by a vote j of 133 to 35. have been invited to lake seats in the House, until otherwise ordered. Ohio is the only State that cams out of the war with a reduction, of its State i d -bt. Its debt is now $13,500,751; in ‘ 1860 it was 814,250,233. A trial is going on in Cincinnati, in - which Rev. H.M Sneed of the Protest- I ant Methodist Church, is charged with I Ijing, in sixteen counts. The vote cf the Wisconsin soldiers on 1 the negro suffrage question was 380 for ■ ond 1,167 against. The soldiers do not j have much love for negroes. An important case is now before the i United States Supreme Court, which in I volves the rights of State Legislature to , bridge navigable Streams. The Catholic Bishop Duggan, of Chicago,, has ins'ructel his clergy to refuse the rites of the Church to those I who die, in membership with the Fenians, Dispatches, from Washington state' that the probabilities are, that Congress will authorise, the issue of one hun- i <!red millions additional of national cur- | rency. A gentleman writing from England to 1 a gentleman in Washington, by the last mail, remarks, that the Queen is our f.iand, and she will not allow Earl Russ- ■ ell to take any position which will cause • an estrangement, of the two Govern - i tnenta. Stevens’ House bill in relation to' Southern Representatives, was amended ! very materially in the Senate, and then passel bv 33 to 11. Mr. Anthony con tended tliai the bill, as it came from the House, was in contravention of the constitutional provision making each House I a judge of the qua'iilj unions of its own . members, and a majority of the Benate ■ ■o thought. During the month of November, 20,87C immigrants landed at New York. Oi these, 13,179 were Germans. A new mineral spring has been discover d on the field of the first battle of Gettysburg. The water is said to resemble that of Vichey in Franc-*. A m w use for Confederate money has be u found. A lady in Texas stuffed a mattress with §500,000 worth of it. A woman describing hrr runaway hus band, says: “Daniel tnav be known by a scar on liis nose —where I scratched him.” The Rocky Mountain News tells of an enibusiastrc young Missourian who. eulogizing the beauty of his “gal,” said, “I’ll be di'ggonned if she ain’t as pretty as a red wagu.n.” The Montgomery (Ala.) Standard says that the wife of Daniel Shelp died last week of starva'ion, haring utterly refused to take food for the period pf twenty-three days. No cause is assigned ipr the prolonged suicidal act The dog law failed for want of a congti’u'ionrd majority. The bill regnl iting the fees of officers - pissed—yeas 29, noys 13. The Justices’ of the Poace oath bill passed—yeas 39, nays 3. The bill legalizing the action of the 1 Slate Board of Equalization at their sess- I imiu of 1864 passed—yeas 28, nays 3In the House, yesterday morning, a number of Reports from Committees were presented. For the want of a constitutional maj ,rity, the bill to enable railroads io alter dieir lines, failed. The bill legalizing sales by guardians, &e. , passed. A resolution, was adopted author- j ieing the State Librarian in purchase forth* use of members 8200 worth of Mainps. ■ . 1-.1 L In t e afternoon session, the bill abolishing the Roafd Pf Sinking Fund Commissioners was takes up, and a proposition made to amend after which the bill was made the special order sorted o’clock this morning. ■ The bill to “ntefid section 33 of the,

‘scbocigul of 18a»5 was passed—yeas 67, nays 27. Ti.e Mutual ligMranet bill was passed yeas 55, naysfe. Iu the evening session the negro ed-; ucatiou bill was discussed but not dis-j posed of finally. ■' In the Sznate, yesterday, Mr. Wood’s I Negro Testimony bill waa taked up, Mr. Downing's amendment adopted, and the i bill waa considered engrossed and read , j the third time, when it passed yeas 26, I nays 21. 1 Mr. Cullen’s Census bill was then ta- i ken up and passed—yeas 29, nays 2. In the House, yes'terday, the consid- < eration of the State Prison Bomb bill occupied considerable time, and finally the I motion to instruct the Committee on Ways, and ’ Means to report an appro- i priation of 818,000 waa adopted—yeas 53, nays 33. . !•' ' p, 'e House took up the special order, be;™ the s' nl “ n « Funti R - 3,, J 1 being the v. - President and to abolish toe . Fond Commissioners of the -Auditor transferring their business to v2 e . and Treasurer of state, etc., it the third and last reading, and amendea • it finally passed—yeas 57, nays 35. j i A peition was presented; praying for a . law authorizing Boards of counties to (give bounty to such uolunteers as have i not yet received any; which was referred to the Committee on Military AL a *A bill waa introduced tor an act to ’ ! amend the title of au act concerning li oensei to Vend foreign merchandize, ex-. i hibit circuses, ete., the rules susp»2'‘ eQ ' I and the bill referred to the third; reading. ] The bill providing, for the protec . tion of wild game, etc., passed—yeas 29, nays 15. The amendment, to the sheep-killing , dog law passed—yeas 29; nays 14. In the House yesterday a petition was ‘ presented asking f r a modification of the ' school law, so as to compel parents and ■ guardians to send children to school three months in the year. f Several petitions in reference to the Temperance question and soldiers bounty j ■ wore received and referred to the proper | ' committees. The reports of several committees were ; also read and disposed of. On motion’ it was resolved that on and after to-morrow no member be allowed ito speak more than ten minutes on any subject, passed—yeas 48, nays 43. The population of Nebraska is eslimstec at 50,000. Oregan has adopted the amendment ’to the constitution of the United States j | The libel suit against the Chicago, ' Times by Judge Van Higgins, which has been on trial for some lime, has been .dismissed. I All the property of C. C. Clay, Jr., j now a prisoner, has been put in process 'of confiscation by the United Slates I District, Attorney for Northern Alabama. It is resorted that in case of a formal j appointment of the United States Min- , i ister to the Mexican Republic the French I Legation will withdraw from Washington. ' The President ha, telegraphed io Gov -1 , ernor Johnson, of Georgia, that he does ; not object to the inauguration ol the ; 1 Governor elect, and asks why a Senator can not be elected. The total amount realized from the I sale of public buildings and dismantled torts in the Department of Washington was 895,590. ! General Logan has finally declined the I ■JI xii jn mission. He is going to make' a tight against Trumbull for the Illinois ! Senatorship. I Captain Corbett, the commander of; the Shenandoah has been tried at Qeens- l ,; town for selling the Shenandoah to Che rebels, and for breach of the foreign en- j ’ listmeni act, and been acquitted. 1 ' It is said that the latest dispatches re-1 1 aeived at the State Department from Great Britain ere of the most belligerent character and that there is no probabil--1 ity that England will recede trom her • position in the Alabama case. ’ The revenue derived to the Government at Macon, Georgia, fiotu the duty ' of two cents perjpound on cotton for the 1 six, weeks proceeding the first of December. amounted to 8459,000. Cot- • ton is already btcoming “king of rei venue.” Synopsis of Legislative Proceedings. Io the Sen at B, there war quite a lively time over the printing ol ■ I the Adjutant Geuaral’s report, and the I intimation was conveyed that one ol the j ' Senators had been imposed upon. A resolution was finally adapted theta- ' committee of three be appointed to make inquiry by what authority these publica- . tiocs were, made the number of volumes < and the probable cost of the same, and ! report a‘ »s early a day as possible to the Senate. Messrs. Cason, Cobb and Beeson were appointed the said commitThe Senate then proceeded to the con- ’ 1 aider iiion of the special order, the Negro Testimony bill. Mr. Downey withdraw the amendment, offered by him the other d“J> and sub-; stituled another. . , ; The further consideration of tuebill, was postponed until Fiiday, st 10 A. , u., and made the special order fut that I hour. Th> Adjutant General’s report was | a trio brought np. and a resolution off- ( ered by Mr. Cason, that the resolution of last session be rescinded; which was laid on the table until the report of the investigating committee shall be made. The Delinquent Tax bill [rais-

iog the price lor publishing from thirty : ito sixty cents. 1 was taken up, and under i the operation cf the previous question i ; was fin-Uy passed—yeas 26, nays 19. In the afternoon session, the bill auth- ' ; oriring the payment ci the semi-annual i I interest on Che State debt, eta., wa« i taken, up and passed to a third, readm The Dog bill was laid on the table;/ after which the Senate adjourned. In the House, yesterday, the report of | < the Committee on Northern Prison; was; referred with instructions to the Committee on Ways and Means. I' The special order being the consid- j eration of the Joint Committee's State 1 Dept Sinking Fund bill, after debate I ihereen, uuder the pressure, of the pre-; vious question, was passed—yeas 52,/ nays 36. A lesolution, similar Co the one intro•duced in tbs Senate in relation to the report of the Adjutant General, was adopted, and Messrs. Branham, Hamrick and Cowgill appointed to act with the Senate Committse, A resolution was adopted in relation to retrenchment. A resolution in relation to the Sinking i- ? . W4B “‘ ,o adopted and the House, took s recess until seven o’clock. The’night sessi\?n was devoted to the , consideration of bills oi the Hcuse in the calender <ni the second reading. In the Senate, yesterday, the bill [H. R. 125] amending sections 1 and 2of ; the relocation of County Seats act was , ! taken up, and b ing further amended, passed—yeas 4i, ®- The further consideration of the State I Dci»» £’l was f ostponed until the evening , session. The registry of voters bill was hid on | the table, on account of its unconstitu- , tionality. Tile plank and gravel road bill was taken up and pats d. Thirty-Ninth Congress—tat Session. Washington, December 12. Sxsatb. —Mr. Cowan presented a petition from a number of soldiers in the late j ! war, asking fur bounties for those who 1 enlisted early, the as were given to ■ those who enlisted toward the close of the war. It was referred to the Military i Committee. Mr. Cowan piesented a petition from I chiz ns of Pennsylvania asking for al high tariff on imported goods to protect home manufactures, which was referred to the Finance Committee Mr. Davis offered a resolution declaring that, whereas, theie no longer exists armed rebellion or public danger, therefore the privilege of the writ of habtat C'rpns is restored in every State iu the , Union. Mr. Davis said he did not intend in the ' above any opposition to the President He and the people of Kentucky intended 1 to support President Johnson in so far as | ' he did what they believed to be right; but : 1 this was a question of principal winch de-1 ■ manded a Irsnk and respectful opposition. (The resolution was referred to the Judi ciary Committee. Mr. Anthony called up the House resI oJtxijoQ of SiOTrDs, for ?-t? sppoistsiw&t of | a Joint Committee on the subject of the i lately rebellious States, and moved to ; amend so as to make it a concurrent instead of a joint resolution; also, by omit- ' ting the last clause, which provides that un'il the report of said Committee, no member of the lately rebellious States ■ shall be received in either House. Mr. Cowan called up bis resolution of ' yesterday, calling upon the President for ; information as to whether the rebellion ' has been suppressed, the post offices established, the revenue being collected, etc. Mr. Sumner offered the following] amendment, which was adopted, and at - the same time to furnish the Senate copies of all such reports as may be or have ' been, received from officers and agents appointed to visit the portion of the U"; on ' lat-ly in rebellion, especially i the repnv'.T cf Lie Hon. Jno. Covode and Mjjor General Karl Schu.z. The reso- ; lut-ion was ado. ted. Adjourned. llucss—Mr. Kaymond rose to a ques- ■ tion of privilege to present the certificates I I of eleciion of the Tennessee members. ' I Mr. Stevens interposed a point of order that the State of Tennessee is not known to the House, which the Speaker overruled. After a brief debate, in which Messrs. Grider, Smith and Finck expressed their desire that the Tennessee members should be sworn in, on moi ion of Mr. Raymond, their credentials were referred to the Select Committee on the so called Confederate States, by a vote of i 136 nays against 41 nays. The House, then, t y a vote of 90 against 63, laid on the table a resolution to admit the Tennessee members elect to the privileges of the floor. On motion of Mr. Paine it was resolved that the Committee oa Commerce , be instructed to inquire into the expediI ency of revising the laws regulating the commerce and navigation of the lakes and rivers on the Northern frontier of the United States, so as to remove all unnecessary restraints on such commerce I and navigation, and at the sama time provide additional safeguard against fraud; ' upon the Government, and to report by ! bill or otherwise. Mr. Donnely, of Minnesota, introduced i a resolution, which was passed, instructj ing the Committee on Territories to affix i the name oi Lincoln to some one of the new Territories in the West. Treatment of the South. A bill presented in the House to day by Mr. Julian, of Indian*, proposes to so

-- i yamend the Confiscation law as td torftit real estate beyond the lifetime of the owner, in cases of treason. Senatoi Nye, o! Nevada, will to-day in- j troduce a bill disfranchising all who vol- j untarily took the oatb of allegiance to the southern conf.deracy.— Con.Pro.Mondag The above proposed measures are both , prompted by tbe same spirit of bitterness, ’ of sectional bate; both alike deserve con- ■ damnation as impolitic and unjust, and . the first, the proposition of Mr. Julian, is, ■ in our judgment, plainly in violation of] the Constitution of the United States. ■ ( There are two theories in regard to the status of the Southern States; one, that of ! tbe Radicals, that each of the States f whieb joined the Southern Confederacy 1 ' is to be regarded as having been out of i tbe Union, and, hence, as being now, when subjugated, a conquered foreign territory and people; and, were this theory correct, ths power of depriving the individuals of that people of their lands could, perhaps, be exercised; because they might probably be regarded as out from under tbe operation of the Constitution of 1 the United States. But this is not the theory of tbe President. He holds that the Confederate States were never out of the Union, and that what they did was done within the Union; and that, hence, < the people of those States are under the . Constitution and laws of the Union; en- i titled as well to their protection on the one hand, as subject.-d to their penalties i on the other; and in this view the De- . mocracy concur. i This being the correct theory, the prop- ] erty of those people can not bo forfeited, . beyond the life of tbe owner. The last ciafieC ? f s « e t ioD 3. of article ; 3, of the Constitution of the Umteu i reads thus: The Congress shall have | power to declare the punishment of irea-. son, but no attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture, except during the life of the person attainted.” Julian’s bill, therefore, is plainly unconstitutional; but were it consistent with the Constitution, we would resiat it, to ■ the last, as impolitic. Machiavel, who deduced the principles of political philosophy, and statesmanfrom a careful analysis of history, ‘ laid down the proposition that a conI queror of bis rebellious subjects should | ' respect two things, viz: the women and the property of the conquered; Because ' tbe violation of tbe former outraged the I feelings of humanity, and increased; hatred; and the confiscation of ths latter I wronged, and perpetuated the hatred of, ] children. But we object to the proposed mens- i ures of Julian and Nye another and diff erent reason, aud that is, that they are based upon a wrong conception of the great case pending before the nation. They treat it io a pettifogging way: they treat i !itas a case ot ordinary riot; conspiracy I or treason, being heard in a court of jusI tice according to technical legal rules. This is not the way in which this mighty question should be regarded. The con lest of arms of the last five years, has been but an episode in the great po'.itifial, Jiud constitutional which has boon • waging between the north anl the South ■ for more than thirty years past; a con- ’ test growing out of constitutional opin-1 ions honestly entertained, and constitutional wrongs honesty believed to have been inflicted. Ours was a peculiar government, none like it before on earth it was a constitutional government, formed by a solemn compact, a written compact, between the soverign States, specifying respective rights, powers and duties. The people of the Northern States, and the Northern States, in their capacities as suclr, violated that compact by refusing to fulfill its stipulations in favor of the Southern Sw.’es which were j not homogenous, in some particulars, ] '’’'l ll tie North; the South sought rei; dress, and failed to obtain it, or pledges , for future immunity. In the honest con I viction of right on her part, in the light I of the constitutional views she had ever j entertained, she attempted to peacefully ! seceded from the Union; war followed, i i growing out of honest politicel differ- . ences as to the mode of redress for polit- ■ ical wrongs. The whole contest was i political. ~ Tbe terrible episode of arms • terminated against the South; her people i 1 gracefully submitted; and now accept the, result, seek to act again with the Union > i as it was, subject to tbe changes the war i ] itself wrought, and this ought at once to ijend the controversy, and nothing ought | now to be done to prolong our domestic / troubles, but everything to soothe and ' h- al tbe wounds that have been made, and 1 obliviate the bitterness they produced. 1 In this view, it is, that we bold that ’ the contest between the two sections rises ! high above the case of ordinary rebellion in the old institutional monarchies of Eu- | rope; rises in dignity as well as in charI acter, and should not, for a moment, be j likened to them. There was no malice in its origin. It was a political contest, i in principle. The South were beaten after a gallant struggle; they submit as ■ gracefully as after a defeat at aPresiden- , tial election involving general national questions, admit the constitutional ques-1 ’tion involved in tue late struggle to be; ! decided against them, and they ought to, be met by the North in the same spirit, i without any attempt to diotate to them in their domestic State affairs, orto; humiliate and harass th«m as American i citizens, by new unjust oaths, and other malignant measured. Let u» have peace and good will. The people as both sec tion s are gallant, patriotic anl honest.' I — lnd. Iler add.

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