Decatur Eagle, Volume 9, Number 42, Decatur, Adams County, 12 January 1866 — Page 2

THE EAGLE| A. J. HILL, Burro*. DBO ATUR , INDIANA. FHIDAI, J»uuwry IS, IB6S. Important Mcw«, NO MORI CATTLE FROM CANADAA dispatch from Toronto say* o*a< General Thurston today received instruction that the Government of tue United States will not permit any more turtle to enter the States from Canada. This prohibition creates acintes** tee.ing, not only among the Canadians shut ent from the American market, but among the United State* trad are now purchasing in that »t* «<”• limited that 840,000 worth ofilwmatpck already purchased in tffat -neighbwrttood will be thus cutoff from the market (or which they were intended. SNOLANB INDTRINUF. ox METKAN AFFAIRS. It has been erroneously stated that the French ar.d «nglHh 'Government have arrived at an understanding regarding Mexican affairs. It is known, however, that Maximilian has not met his pecuniary engagement with Emperor Napoleon Uor'kenping French troops in Mexico, and That Kapron is not wiffing to support a mfiitary force there st his own ex pense. NBW teak's IN WASHINGTON. It is a snhj’Ct of comment to-day that at the President’s reception yesterday none of the diplomatic corps recognized I or spoke to the Mexican Minister, they evidently not recognizing him at the re preservative from any government. Senor Romero was. however cordially received by President Johnson, but he remained onlv a few minutes in the reception room lesiisj some time before the other minuter. FROM SOUTH AMERICA. Advices from Brazil say a commit of gentlemen from the Southern States, appointed to proceed to Brazil and ex amine mto its eligibility for the settlement of dissatisfied rebels, had returned to Rio Jen tiro early in December from explorations in the southern provinces of that empire, and were very sanguine regarding the resources and capabilities of the country for settlement. There were some difficulties in the way, as some Brazi'iaas are not fzvorably disposed toward the movement as there is a prospect of an early abolition of slavery throughout Brazil. Dales to the 19th of November from the theater of war say that the Para guavan army, which bad been concentrated at Conventres, had retreated farther into the interior, among the mountains, where »cee?» difficult The new position behind the defences of Hadmit* are said to be very s rung The allied army followed the retreating forces and were preparing to make an attack Reinforcements were being pushed for ward. >'r:>.edm :s is south Carolina. Letter from Charleston say the reg ulstiens for controlling free labor is nearly perfected. A copy of the con tract required between freedmen and etn plovers in south Carolina is published Freedmen are made responsible (or animals and tools entrusted to their care and are required to give assurance of cood faith in the performance of their duty. KKPLOR ITIOS OF THE ARCTIC REGIONS. London papers say an expeditton is being organized in Russia for auothi r exploration of the Arctic oeean, with the /iesi.rn of getting as near as possible to the North Pole. Two ships will be provisioned fur three years, and their erews will consist of scientific, educated men from Prussian schools. GENERAL MUMFORD. Dispatches from Washington say General Mutufoid, commissioner of exchange is endeavoring to wind up the business of his office which for some time has Ixsen teeeted at Rirhmond. •TKFWAt OF HRNRT WINTER DAVtS. 6 MTiMoaE, January 2. —The funeral of the late Hon. Henry Winter Davis this afternoon was very largely attended and every mark of respect was shown the distinguished deceased. The Mayor and Ci y Council, Governor wan and Lieutenant-Governor Cox. Judg Bond, Members of the Bar, Chief Justice Chase Ju Ige Giles of the District Court of Maryland, Judges Carter and Olin of the Supreme Court of the District of Col umbi*. Judge Swayney and Davis of the United Slates Supreme Court, Secretaries Stanton and Harlan, Hon T. S. Foster,President of the Senate, Senators Morgan, of New York, Pomeroy, of Kansas, Spragur, of Rhode Island, Sumner, cf Massachusetts, and Cresswell, of Maryland, Messrs. Blow, Green Clay Smith Brandage, Seofield and Hooper of the House of Representatives, Mayor, Wallach of Washington, Hon. George Hallman, of Massachusetts, Hon. treeman Clark, Comptroller of Currency,; and other distinguished gentl-men I were present. Chief Just.ce Chase and Secretary Sunton were among the pall bearar*. AMMUNITION SEST SOUTH. Nzw York, January 4.—Under Governerment regulations, there were sent tn the various Southern States, from this city, during the month of December, 73 000 guns and pistols, 91.M0 pounds sportin'* powder. 832,000 pounds of shot, and I3;009,000 percushion caps.

MEXICAN MATTERS. A letter from Maxico, dated Decern-1 ber 12, says: It was officially stated, a few days ago, soldiers were expected atj Vera Cruz, but that now only 10,000 j would come, because of the necessary stringency of the French treaty. CEIJtBRATION BY FREEDMEN. A letter from Richmond gives an account of the celebration by Freedmen of New Year’s and the anniversary of emancipation. •OLTIUtBN ITEMS. A letter from Tallahasse says that throughout Florida increased confidence in the feasibility of free black labor is noticed every where in the increased price of OOttQn bonds and in tuff 01 • popular sentiment There is a growing feeling of friendship towards Northern immigrants and many plantations haue been rented on favorable •terms to army officers and others. Resolutions have been adopted by the Florida Legislature asking Executive clemency for Johu H. Gee, RECOVERY OF STOLEN MONEY. Leavenworth, January 4.—A scout in pursuit of the men who robbed Paymaster Ellis’ safe of 830,000, the other day overtook them in Platte county, Missouri. All the money except 85,000 was recovered. The thieves, when overtaken, touk to the bush and escaped. MEXICAN MINISTER. Washington, January 4.—lt appears that a statement in relation to Mr. Romero, the Mexican Minister, on the ! occasion of his visit to the Executive I Mansion, on the Ist January, was incorrect. The diplomatic corps did not neglect him as was currently reported. N WAI. COURT MARTIAL. The detail of the court for the trial of Captain Semmes has not yet been prepared. In the meantime all persons present at the capture of any by him are requested to report the facts, with their names and address to Jno. A. Ballas. Naval Judge Advocate General, Washington. THE IIIXS OF SENATOR TRUMBULLSenator Trumbull, just previously to the holidays, gave notice to his intention to introduce a bill, which he has since divided into two, and will submit them to the Senate to-morrow. One of them is to enlarge the power of the Freedmen’s Bureau, and the other to protect all persons in the United States, their civil rights, and furnish the means of the vindication. Finances* In looking over our financial prospects we have been in the habit of regarding ibe financial condition of Europe as fa vorable, so that we might there obtain help. If this is a mistake, we may have I to use, unexpected uoubl*. We take , the following article from the Philadel- , phi i Age: FI Si SC [AL CONDITION OF EUBOPE. Apart from the Political troubles which are threatening the tranquility of Europe, the finances ol the leading nations are in a sickly condition. All are borrowers. All need money, and are trying to obtain it on such terms as they can. The columns of the leading European journals are full of accounts o( loans just contracted, or tn process ot being contracted, and of loans needed. Thia fact has awakened public attention to a state of things not before apprehended, and which is exciting grave apprehensions when coupled with other signs pointing to dynastic changes and poiiti ‘ «.t convulsions. live first effect of this condition ol thing, is a generai decline in State se- ’ c unties. in England this is espessiallv : the case, and a further reduction is ex- ; peeled when Russian and France come 1 into the market, the first on her own account, the second to prop the treasury of her Imperial protege in Mexico. As the • millions thus added to the borrowed cap- > ital ol Europe are scattered, the rate ot t interest will be kept up or increased, s trade operations will be retarded and labor depressed. These vast amounts of money are expended, not in fostering I individuals or national enterprise, or im , proving the condition of the laboring classes, but in military shows, or the ! maiuteaauces of systems founded upon injustice and oppression. Even in En gland, where fess ol this financial fever is felt than in other European countries, t ie bad effects of living on burrowed capital are acknowledged and deplored. The immediate consequences to the nations who are large borrowers are still more deleterious. •‘The revenues of states have everywhere enormously increased during the last ten years, and yet so much faster has the expenditure grown that the debt of nations has been augmented to an ex tent almost without a parallel even in the times of war. The advantages which increased trade baa brought the tax pay- . ers of Europe are lost through the increase of taxes, and an inheritance of debt is prepared for the generations which come after. The peasant in the I field and the artisan in the workshop are mulcted of portions ot their labor through the mischevious perversity of their rulers, a fact which it needs no prophetic spirit to foretell must some day arouse a dangerous resentment." These are matters that should arrest i the attention of financiers in our own I country at this time. If we continue to spend more than we receive, our national, debt must accumulate. Then will come! borrowing, and ail the train of evil* now; threatening Europe and alarming i s

wicest statesmen. Dept, individual or | national, is a curse. It has proved so in ' the past, and will continue so to the end. Il will injure the workingman by en- | bancicg the price of all articles he needs, while the compensation for labor will not jbe enhanced in proportion. Not one link ’ has been wrenched from the chains that fetter individual enterprise in Europe by all the millions that have been borrowed and expended by those in power. Each\ dollar of debt only makes the poor man poorer, the rich man more epulent. And ( now more money is needed and more debts must be contracted. Our own debt is large—alarmiugly so—and some of its fruits are seen in thejenhanced i prices of ail the necessaries of life, and | the w hich beset the workingman. j7we wouw »tilHurther embarrassments, we iuCI? cotnpe. ' e ‘ trenchment in our national expenditures Additional Foreign New*. New York, January 4.—lt is asserted that articles of treaty of commerce between England and Austria have been fully drawn up and will be signed immediately. Belgium.—The funeral obsequies of the late King of Belgium look place on the 16 th. King Leopold, the Second; took the oath to the Constitution before the Belgium Parliament on the 17th. The Londod Mornning Star says the first Fenian prisoner put upon trial, nt Cork, was a Captain McCafferty, who had served in the Confederate army, and ; who was a subject of the United States He was arrested on board a steamer from America, and was brought ashore in custody. His counsel objected. He was an alien, when his own country could not permit the offense with which he was charged, find who had not set foot “P. O’ur land so as to become guilty when arrested. The Judges held this objection to be fatal to the Government, and the jury under direction, returned a verdict of i o’ guilty* Owing to the cattle plague the Mayor has closed the market The Newt says a commission has been formed in order te watch the progress of official inquiry about to be instituted by the Government into recent events in Jamaica. It is intended to bring about a searching inquiry into the past and present condition of Jamaica; and to provide Mr. Gordon, and oihers who may have unjustly suffered in Jamaica, with competent legal assistance to gunduct their personal oases before the i O.tumissicfl. The London Times’ estimates Secre tvy McCulloch’* report as a very able document. It is remarkable among similar documents of the United States ,as being grounded on sound financial | principles. It says: We rec g iize in | our minister a national financier, Out the I portion of Mr. McCulloch's scheme which must strike Englishmen most i forcibly is the confidence with which he invites the action of the executive. He asks for unlimited power in the way of founding a paper currency; and he asks that a surplus, commencing at $10,090,000 and gradually increasing to 840,000,000, may be enstrusted to the government for the time being. That such things should be asked for is supprising If the representatives of the taxpayers are found willing to grant them, we may well be astonished. Whatever may be the course of financial discussion in the United States duaiug the current session ' of Congress, it may be watched by us with advantage. Those who are in much the same position may learn from the ex- • perience of others. Sir. 11. Storks. recently appointed Governor of Jamaica, sailed for that place on the 18th. The Jamaica Com- ! inissioners were to sail by the next ’ steamer. ‘ The Tenet' Paris correspondent says: ' General Schofield has returned to Paris, after a visit of nine days to London. ' He Iras obtained a year’s Lave of ab. > sence, and he obtained spending the ! winter in Paris. He seems much pleas- ( ed with his visit to England. From the Ind. Daly Herald* hegru SuiTrage* In Conneticut the people voted against negro suffrage. So in Minnesota and Colorado. The question was, last month submitted to the people of the District ’ of Columbia, where but thirty eight votes were cast in its lavor in the whole District, the election being held under the eye es the Administration. There is a bill in Congiess, which, if it becomes ai law, will confer this right on the negroes and we shall now have the opportunity of seeing whether Congress will force the offensive and disastrous measure upon the people of that District. We wish to state again our objections to negro suffrage in this countty. Properly they should vote in negro, aad mixed-rac* countries. It is natural that they should vote in Mexico, in Central, i and in South America, because those banditti countries are organized upon the theory of an amalgamation of races, and we see what they are! They will be in perpetual civil war. between these races, or they will be ruled by a despot and standing army that will hold them j all down to the dust. Thus the exper- ’■ iment has resulted in Jamaica. Now we object to turning our country into a ; Mexico! This, we shall do, if we’depart from the theory of our fathers, that I this is a government of th* white race. I! i This is our great leading objection to i ‘ negro suffrage with us. We do not ask I

whether the negro is sufficiently intel ' iigent to vote; he may be so wnere he might properly exercise the privilege. We object to his voting here al all, without regard to his intelligence. We do not want to take in partners who necessarily will be prepetually quarreling with the white members of the firm; will .break up the firm; in short, the according to the negro suffrage here with us, wiii Mexecanize this country, and open the way to create the necessity for a ■ Maximilian for our ruler, upheld by his , brands of foreign soldiery. Again; we already have voters enough as many as are consistent with the purity of the elective franchise. Our population is rapidly growing. All our white citizens over twenty-one years of age should and must vote. Our election* are already becoming t .rbulent. 'No nation on ear th ever tried the ex periment o’ ’? extended a suffrage as is exercised in the Uni«ld States. Let us beware that cur experiment doed not ' al » from being carried too far. The women are moving for suffrage; but can all go to the polls? Next the minors will petition. ■ THE CRY FOR SUFFRAGE FROM FIFTEEN MILLIONS OF WHITE WOMEN. Now that suffrage is being urged in Congress for four milliouns of very intelligence white women thus put in their claims: 7'e the Editors of the New York Express-. Will you publish the enclosed petition? It is now circulating throughout the country, to be presented a? soon as Congress shall reassemble. In behalf of the Nations! W. R. Committee. E Cady Stanton, Lucy stoke, Susan B. Anthony. Standard Opice, 48, Beekman street. New York—Jew York Exprut. Then follows the petition. f Killed it Telegraph.—The “section boss’* on the Terre Haute and St. Louis road, near Stockton, picked up thirteen prarie chickens, a few days since, all killed in a few moments whilst a flock were crossing the road, they having struck the four wires of the telegraph line. Several were only s u ned, and escaped before they could be picked up. —Jfattoon (dautte, Shortening the Mississippi River. A resident of Memphis, says the St. Louis Republican, has addressed the Govi ernor of Mississippi, recommending to his | atten'ion a scheme for shortening the M.isissippi river. The proposition is to lessen the distance betwe.-n Cairo and New Orleans 300 miles, or to reduce it from 1,200 to 900 miles. The effect would be to increase the current one-fourth, or ! to give, for high water, a curient of seven miles per hour instead of five, and for low w iter a current ot five miles per hour , instead of three. A part of this scheme is to dam up R--d river near its junction with the Mississippi, so as to throw the waters which seek an outlet through Rud river iuto the Atchafalaya and Berwick's bay. Not to damage the commerce of New Orleans, an iron lock is to be placed in the dam so as to let boats into and out of the Mississippi through Red river Another part of the plan contemplates that ai! the outlets, both natural and artificial, from near the mouth of Rod river, on the west bank of the Mississippi river, to Pine Bluff, Arkansas, could be opened, small streams straightened, and their bmks leveed, thus opening a syst tn of drainage through a country embracing the best portion of Arkansas, al the same time, with these positive outlets, drawing ! large quantities of water from the Missisrppi, never to return. 1 Os the practicability of this shortening scheme, observing river men and those whose business it is to solve questions in hydraulics are better judge* than wu are. Aside from this question it may occur to •ome minds that there is a previous one 5 of some interest. That is, whether after all, looking at the interests of the whole Mississippi border, a river 1,200 miles long is not better than one a quarter less, especially when the curtailed distance is purchased at the expense of such an int crease in the velocity of the current as [ will retard the passage of boats ascending i the stream, without a full compensation t in the gain made by boats descending it. ’ - - - ... - - GUARDIAN sale. — NOTICE is hereby given, That the undersigned,Guardian of ths estate and persons i' of Columbia H Long, Uritta J. Long and Cath ; ante M. Long, minors, heirs of Jeremiah Loop deceased, will sell at Private Sale on or after the tliird day of February, A, D. iggg at law office of David Studabaker in the town cf Decatur, in the county of Adams and State of Indiana, the followiug described Rea! Estate to wit: The undivided three-foerth parts Os th* west half of the south west enartet of tfcctrOft thirty-fire, in township tewnty-eight, north of ; range fourteen east, in Adams county and . State of Indiana, subject to the dower estat ■ | of Letitia J . Simcoke therein, which dower estate has been assigned and set apart to Le .tuia J Simcoke, as follows: Coonwaeimr thirty e< fc ht reds south of the north east ’ ner of the west half of t>.« south west qnaSL ! of section th rty-tive aforesaid, thence te«t cutty one rods to a stake thence Math forty ' two rods to a stake, thence soath 80 degree, ' east fifty-four rods to a stake, thence eait re i j the east line of said tract, thence north on th? east line of said tract cf land to the place of i beginning, containing about thirty six a/ .tea die following cSuditioas, to wit- ’ | third the purchase money cash in hund . ' third in six months and the residue i n t w?iT i mom ha from the day of tale; deferred n I ments to be on interest and secured with Pay ’ s' sonal security. LETITIA J. LO Ng e January 3th iSIU 4w h I

MAW HARDWARE STORE. I I nun i & studabaker Announcs to ths public that they have on baud a general aaaerluient of HARDWARE, And are daily receiving addition* te their stock, eeaaisting ia part of COOKSTOVES, I Parlor and Box Stoves, in all vanatfee and sty!** usually found in such au eatabliabreeut; also* general assortment es Shelf HARDWARE, FARMING IMPLEMENT!, CUTLER Mechanic's Tools, Harness, Saddle and Oar riage Trimmings; and for Builders, SAILS AND GLASS. * Butte,Hinges, Locks,etc.,etc.,in faet every thing necessary for Building purpose* Also BAR IRON, • Steel,Wagon Iron .Springs, Bolts, etc .and to which we invite the special attention of pur chasers,always promising to sell at the lowest market rates. Store in the Trager building Give us a call. JELLEFF * STUDABAKER. Decatur, Oct. 21,1865. NEW STORE A CT D NEW STOCK O F READMADE CLOTHING. FIRM DOOR WBRT OF XIBLICK AMD CLOts’ BOOT AXD lAHOI STORK, t - » , The undersigned take pleasure io anaounc ‘ ing to the public that they hare juet rekurued from lhe Eastern markets with au t i Entire New Stock ) a ' Os men's and Boy'a Clothing, consisting in part of i 5 Overcoats, * ‘ Dress Coats, , Pants, ; Vests, Shrits, ‘ Drawers, Men’s U nderwear, etCi, Os whioh we have a full assortment of all styles of goods. Also the largest and best jstock of Hats and Caps Ever brought to thia market. Those deafrtng anything in our line are reapeetfully invited te give u< a call and examine our Goods and Prices. We have a large stock of every thing perainmg te our trade, but which it i. impnat ble to enumerate in our advertisement. In s molnMonwe would say, w. shall rely uoorl e"nesty for dealing, ,„<1 e heap goods, ss She ” wr Tnutooinrs. hjGM H IM, MeLEAM, 880

the POPULAR NEW I'OKK STOKE, COLUMBIA STRRbt FORT WAY&B, U*., I LHEAOQUAHTtRi FOR THE i : DRY GOODS TRADE, I vlaltlng tut Way,, wi<l . . th.ir interest te leek Uteeush te. ; * h l stack kept at the * *’ I nw ion iron frem per „„ CLOAK#—Ladle* will figfi ear ulee, qualed by any iu th. city V,|, H Garment., trea |l 0 te jtflv ,„ k Beaver, Tri.ol and Cleib, and mantles, at $7. 9. IU, 13, u’ to Jilll.ach, A large ttoc k of ' Clu , k . teg ey rhe yard—situ ernanitel* fer Cloak.. SlLKS—Choice style, of Flu. Dree. SUSj t Solid Color*. Strip.*, ueal Ch.«A* Figure*—*lm el.gaut Silks for H,* ding and Party u.e, wuh » u iu! M „ w stuck of Plain Black Milk* al r«n pri*e*. ' DRRMS GOODS -Rleh Irf.h Emprew Cloths, Corded Broehe Poplin., French M.riao., ♦1 10 1,20 to S'.'.Oliper yard, Ecjliii Men not, Bombed net, Alptecti, !)*, Laines, with a largu aod sLwits mUslion not enumerated. 1000 BALMORAL SKIRTS—I, f 4 | newest styles /vr LaUiss aU Miim wear. HOOP SKIRTS—!□ our Hoop Skirt depart zueDt will be fwund the calabntoa Duplex h’liptic and Thomsen's I ilaiil Cr«»WH Skirts, with other ealsbriiad makes of Hoops—ju all the n«v ikapa made. UO.VESTIC GOODS—We ktepaa la.M etock—Table Linens, Maalioi, Tawak lings, Tickings, Stripes, Dsbim. Flannels, Satinets, Caeaimeres, Bln beta. Prints, Cetton Baltin j, Onu Begs, CeltoA T*r« v ete.eU. ete HOSIERY, Embroideries, , White Goods, Woollen Yarn, FANCY GOODS. NOTIONS, With everything nite n.aally found ***** claaa Dry Guod« Houte .an h. foaad »» NEW YORK STORE, 90 Columbia Street, JtOOT S C*< . ,