Decatur Eagle, Volume 9, Number 46, Decatur, Adams County, 9 February 1866 — Page 2

THE EAG LEj‘ A J. HILL, Editor. * . 1 1 "pEO ATUR, INDIANA. I FKIDAY, February O, tSIIO. , “sTEVEJiS AND THE PRESIDENT. , \Vs have the testimony of the Republican press that the radicals and the President have been working together in the great cause of‘'reconstruction” ia the, most harmonious manner possible. But I their leader in the House and would be . dictator, Stevens in reporting back a modification of the constitutional amendment, on the 31rt ult., reveals li s hostility in language that cannot be misunderstood. HU intimation shows what he would do were the power in his hand, and without it, were he as courageous as vindictive, we in all probability would haveanother martyred President wrapped in his winding sheet. Should tuts, troubles continue, it would not surprise us to see a petition headed with his name : similar to those in circulation in regard to Jeff. Davis. But we dismiss the subject by quoting the paragraph wu have alluded to: •• During Mr. Stevens’ speech in sup port of the resolution, he took occasion to • peak of President Johnson having but recently put forth a proclamation or command at the very time Congress was leg i-latinr on constitutional amendments. This, Mr. Stevens said, was in direct vio l.tion of the privileges of this body, and il it had been made several contunes ago by a British King -o Parliament, it would have cost him his head; but in tins day we are the tokrt*nU ol usurpation and the abuse of power. . . Mr. Smith, of Kentucky, called .or I reading of the paper to winch Mr. Sttvtus had referred.” ~~~ NEWS ITEMS. Alexander H. Stephens Mid Herschell I Johnson have been elected United States Senators from Georgia. Mr. Stephens for the full term; but he de clines the position. The President hns refused to transmit to Congress the official correspondence in regard'to the late trouble on the Rio. G of Ne.v York -ays annually 837,156.411, internal revenue tax ? . and some $10,003,000 for stamps. §SJ each inhabitant. , SxtY-ninC members of the Home a Repr. -entatives have made P rl i’/ lt^' i l ° 1 ; s to deliver speeches on the subj ct of reconstru tion.” The subj. ct u ill be well ventilated when they get through. Lord Monck is expected to srnie in Canada shortly, when an extra session o. tho Canadian Parliament will be convened. .. , The small pox is raging at Mobile, m ■ is very fatal among ths m-gio. •>. There are several cases now being argued before the United States Supreme Court, as to the liability of the Nationa banks to pay Internal Revenue tax. Should the decision be adverse to them it is expected they will ask Congress to specially < x-mpt them. The cattle disease in England continues to increase. The Paris Press of th? 19th. announces that B iron Sollard left Paris on the 15th, for the purpose of effecting an arrangement with Maxamillian fir the withdrawal of the French troops from Mexico, at an early dav. In Cass and Lafayette counties, Mo , She bushwackers have threatened to reorganize and liberate some of their number who are now in j .il in those counties. Provisions of Representatives .Merrit!'’ .'till—V; ays and Means to Support the Government* Washington, Februa.tr I—The bill introduced by Representatives Morrill from the Committee on Ways ami Means to-dav. provides as follows: 1. That the act entitled an act to provide ways sod means to support, the Government, approved March 3, 1865, shall be exten ‘etl and construed to nnth orize the Sccreary of the Treasury, at his own discretion, to receive any treas liry notes cr o’her obligations, issued under tiny act of Congress, whether | bearing inter, st or not. in ex lung- for nny de-cript'on of binds authorized bi act of Congress to wlreh this is an amendment and also to dispose of anv description of bauds authorized by said act, either in the United States or elsewhere, tosuch an amount, in such mann-r. and i nt such rates as he may think advisable for lawful money of the United States, or fui r.ny treasury notes, certificates of indebtedness or certificates of deposit, or , ther representations of value, which } ave been or may be issued by any act ■ of Congress, the proceed thereof to be I used cr.'y for raising treasury notes, or other obligations, i-sued under any net < f Congress: but n Tiling h-r-in contained chali be construed to authorize any increase of the public debt.- provided that the bonds which may be disposed of <|<ewhere tli.t i in die United States maybe made payable, both prin ipa! and iu-tue-t, in the coin and currency of the; * count yin which they are made parable, but shall not bear a rate of interest over, five per cent This amendment shall I,e continued in full fmc- in al! its pro- ’ viviutSjXtxcej t a’ mod'-fi'd by this act.

Sumners Proposed Constitutional Ataendment. WuEBSAS, It is provided in the Con- - stituiion that tho United States shall ' i guarantee to every State in the Union a i Rebublicin form of Government,- and Wiixrevs, By reason of the failure of I I certain States to maintain Governments: which Congress can recognize, it has , become the duty of the United States, ■ standing in the place of a guarantee, ; where the principal has made a lapse to secure States, according to the require > niriits Republican in form; and Where vs further, Il is provided in a recent cotistituiional amendment that | Congress may enforce the prohibition of , slavery by appropriate legislation, and it is impoitaut to this end that all relices of slavery should be removed, excluding all distinction of rights of account o* , color: now, therefore, to cany out the guarantee of a republic «n form of Gov- | eminent, and to enfore the prohibition I of slavery. Be it Resolved by the Senate and■ House of Representatives. That in all I 1 States lately declared to ba in rebellion ' there shall be no oligrachy, aristocracy ■or monopoly, invested with peculiar privileges and powers; and there shall ;be no denial of rights, civil cr political, ion account of color cr race, but all persons shall be equal before law, whether in the court room or at the ballot box, and this act made in ptirsuanca oftbe Constitution shall be a supreme law of the, land, any thing in the constitution or laws of such State to the ‘contrary, notwithstanding. The preamble and resolu ions were laid on the I table, and ordered to be printed. Public Debt of the United States. The following is a statement of the public debt of the United States on the j Ist of February, 1833: Debt bearing coin interest, 81,167,149,141 80; debt bearing currency interest, §11,977,295.881 62: national debt not presented for payment, §109.033,032; debt herring no interest, §456,810,547 52; total debt, I §2,824,3:11,500 71; amount in treasury I coin, §51,443,161 81; currency, $56,- ! 059,186 3; amount of debt less cash in ! the treasury, $2,716,808,152 63. The foregoing is a correct statement of the ! public debt as shown from the Treasurer's books on the Ist of February, ; 1866. (Signed) Ilrc.ii McCulloch. | A Death Bed Marriage—An iufe - esling case is now pending in the Circuit Court, involving some nice poin s o! law in relation to the solemnization of the ' marriage cermony. Swine years since a I prominent citizen, Mr. Andrew Fuqua, died possessed of conshlernble property ' : By his will his wife by a second m-ar- | riage, come into possession of all his ■ i property, which she was to hold during I life, in case she remained a widow, /it j her desth, if unmarried, the property would revelt to ter husband’s relatives iI f she marri' d, however, one half the I property was to ba 1.-rs to be dispose 1 'of as she might think proper. Mrs E. was hopelessly ill with some lung disease, and two dajsbefo'e her death was induced by her biother to many ibt*. she might thus acquire the title in fee simple to half the property, which she could then deed to her own relatives, in I steal of allowing her husband s heirs to inlurit it. Her husband had been a Captain in one ol the Indiana regiments, !»nd induced on’o f his men to play th- - role of husband iu the deathbed marriage ■ 1 in consideration of §590 pai I down The ■ ai rangeinent was ma'e, the purchase ■ money p id over, and the dying woman, > unable to sit up in her bed, was married Ito the heartless adventurer, who could • thus make merchandice and a mockerr ■ : of the most silrrnn sacrament recognized r in the civil'z-d world, the ceremony being performed by a minister of this city, I who, it would seem, could u it have been , altogether ignarant of the nature of the '. transaction. At any rate, the husband, i after tho ceremony, left the house, went I on a spree wi h his §590, and never saw .! his wile again, who died two days af.er. i He never slep a night beneath her roof. .'The ac'ion was brought by Mr. Fuqua's , I relatives, to contest the validity of the ■marriage. The best legal talent is ein- ' ! ployed on both sial s, and the ease win undoubtedly prove one of great interest to the public, as well as the legal frateru ity.— UerM. | ~~ j:;”’— »’>• ; Taxations of National Ranks. The National Banks pay takes to the General Government in proportion to their amount of stock and business. It ’ their paid tax is large, it shews their profits and business have been lar re. But there is one little thing about this that should be noticed; the stockholders are exempted from lazrtton at all. even to the General Giveennsent, on their incomes under/Eve t/ioosa/uZ do'lars, while other citizens are exempted only on theirs under six hundred. But now for the other aide of the picture; thence banka are exempted, we believe, as they c\ cm, from State and municipal taxation, while other citizens have to pay both to the General and Stutegoverument. Take the rolling mill, as an example. •It pats more tax to the General Govern- 1 nie.-r than any Natio tai Bank in t/ce city, i j and it pays, like other folks. State taxes j 'besides. Here is the point, Jenkins; said. We want wealthy men to pay Stale , taxes as wI! as Federal taxes — lnd. \ : Herald. ’

ijg-Tus Mutual Adm i rati oxists. — ' There are u class of men in New England ' who seem t> be descendants of that man spoken of in the scripture who thanked God he was not as other men. They sei up an artificial standard of morals, political, social and religious, and admire i not only the work of their hands, but ■ worship each other. Their way is the only way, and all who think, actor sp-ak in opposition to it, belong to an interior Older, of men, or to a lower plane of existence. Not for a moment do they seem to doubt their own infallibity, neither do they learn any thing freni the histiry of tlje nasi so far as it ; r ' r >)ies to their theories. A political dogma oi m<-,, t ternity, their claim as extracted from the Declaration of Independence; an intemperance of morals they set up as an advanced moral sentiment; the nearest apI proach to infidelity in religion as the | only doctrine tor a true church; and a general intei meddling in the affairs of ' their neighbors as the prime duty of social existence.— Boston Post. ■ “I. H. S.”—They tell a story of Bishop Southgate which is too good to be lost. He, as all who know him know, magnifies his Office and makes much ol his talents. Some chums c( his who knew him iu his earlier days, make a visit to his church to look on the dignity that they used to chase over bills and help over tall places ia his lessons. The , visitors were plain country persons from I away down east, and never knew much ! of fashionable churches, or the symbols ; that are placed on altar-cloths and chan- I j Cels. On entering the church they saw I j the well-known initials, I H. S., in a ; I conspicuous place, i.i large and elegant : gold letters. One said to the other, I ■There, just look at that. Just like him. Get his name up. I, Horatio Southgate.” CstHlrraw! —The exclamation of “Hurraw!” which is so powerful soun- 1 ded through the air wherever bravery, courageous audacity and energy are in, tended to be praised, is a Slavonic term- ; meaning in English, "‘to the Paradise!” The origin ot the words is derived from the primeval idea that every m n that dies as a hero for his Country will *orth- I with be transferred to Heaven. Duiingl the heat o! fighting and the struggle oi ' battle, the combatants will sing out this i call will, the same religious feeling-|as the Turks cry their “Allah.” The'-Hur-rah” will fill every warrior with entl.usi asm, insphing him with the hops of instantly receiving the heavenly reward for bis bravery. The New Railway Company* What was once known as the Fort Wayne sir Southern Rsilrua I Company has ceased to exist, rnd is succeeded by the Indiana Southern Railway Company Railway is more English, ami sounds bigr - Bill are nusv posted, inviting bi Is for cross ties, and we hear of a number o g- ntlemeu who intend to enter the lists The company has executed a mortgage sot §19,000,090 to Messrs Swift and Til ■ den, who are said to have the necessary fuude to complete the road, and will complete il forthwith. The mortgage is stamped to the modest amount of 819, 000, and looks as il it had enough in feinal revenues sc tbs on it to carry it through. Seriously speaking, there seems now to be a better prospect for the building ol this road than there hi? ever been. (• ■ will, too, of courss, be built without the ■ aid of the subscription of 82,000 per ■ ! mile, as that subscription was made to , the Fort Wayne & Southern Riilroad Company, and will not be collectable by the Indiana Southern Railway Company —a new institution entirely. It is confidently believed that the cars 1 will be running from Bluffton to the Ohio , 'river a Jeffersonville on or before the first day of n xt November.— Bluffton Banner. , I jCSrThe chi-f organ of the Methodist Church of the North, the Christian Advocate and Journal, lias raised the black Hag of amalgamation and negro equality, i It says ia a 1 te editorial: This godless Drr.i».l>»- a o a l n st negro J o o ; equality deserves divine punishment. i :31.v(lhe Church) must cease to loath . and dissociate men on account of color. ' She must give her brethern of the desi pised hue her cordial fellowship; tn her churches, schools, her counting rooms, must they move freely and uni noticed. People who go to the Methodist I Church from this time forth must, as a general thing, expect to hear the preachers upon the subject of negro equality with the same tevor and violence with which they ranted and roared for blood ever since the war began. There are honorable exceptions among the ministry , out a very large majority of them have, of late years, given more attention to politics than to religion. T e Paris Journal Des Debuts say in an editorial: We wish Mexico had not become such an emberrassmont matter to ‘ us, and the obligation originating in a i false point of honor. Let us try to see serious and actual dangers which threaten the French policy in America, and which mrkes as wish that our Government would take one or the other of two i resolutions, either to badly augment our ; armv of occupation in Mexico, in order to ' prepare against adjacent perils, or take 1 conns 1 as to the most suitable and i (prompt evacuation of the country.

New Drug Store! BOLIIIH' S ADEISPOGEB, DECATUR, IND., HAVE just opened, in their rooms, i» : Numbers’ New Block, East aide of Second Street, a large and complete stock of i Pure Drugs & Medicines, CHEMICALS, PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES, DYE STUFFS, WINDOW GLASS, PUTTY, BRUSHES, PURE SPICES, sc. Perfumeries and Fancy Articles, iu great! variety. Pure Wines & Liquors, For Medicinal Purposes. Patent and Proprietary! XK ■ W ■ Letter, Cap and Note Papers, Envelops, Pens, Pencils, Inks, &e., Cigars, Tobacco and Snuff. Kerosene or Coal OIL, Coal Oil Lamps. I In fact everything usually kept in a ’“FIRST CLASS DRUG SRORE.” CALL AXl> SEE Prices—Che ip for CASH We would say to the pnbli- Ih'it we = ‘cured tl:e services of a PitACTICAL DRUGG ST; and Physicians and Cu.-io ners can rely upon having Prescriptions correctly com nomxled at all hours of the dav or ni 'ht— Dui't forget the place—Numbers’ New Block, Ea-l s : de of Second street, Decatur, In I. Feb’y 9, isG •. l.v. Toilet Articles. 4 FfNE assortment—" min s. Lubin’s and Phalon’s Peniimeriei, Hur Oils, Po- ! inodes, Poss Boxes, Cos nelics, and Toilet ar- | tides, with a fine assortment of Fancy ariic I les, al BOLLMAN 4 ADELSPERGER’S New Drug -lore. Coal and Oil Lops. I")ESr of Coil Oil. with a large ) of Coal Oil or Kerosene Luii-h, Oliini neys, Shades. Wicks, an J Coal Oil Fixtures, of all Linds, at lo.vest rates, at BOLLMAN <fc ADELSL’ERGER’S New Drug Store. Pure Spices, — Cinnamon, Mace. Casia Bi: Is, Cloves, Nut megs, Ginger, Allspice, Peperaiul Spices | of all kinds at BOLLMAN <t ADELSPERGER'S New Drug Store. Flavoring Extracts. r ‘ IEMON, Orange, Peach, Pino Apple, Rose, j Raspborry, Strawberry, Vinilla, Ac.— i Very fine and al lowest rat.e«, at. i i ' BOL -MAN & ADELSPERGER’S New Drug Sore. Brushes’. Brushes! PAINT and Varnish Brushes. Sash Tools, Scrub, Shoe, Cloth, Tooth, Nail, Hair and Flesh Brushes, in endless variety, at BOLLMAN A ADELSPERGE :’S New Drug Store. Window Glass. OF all siaen, ar prices to Suit the times, at BOLLMAN d: ADELSPERGER’S New Drng Store. I r I TH USSES an< Shoulder Braces, of the most : j JL approved make, with a large stuck of , Surgical Instruments, at BOLLMAN <k ADELSPERGER’S New D' ug Store. IF you would have nice, light, he.ifchy Bread, use the American Dry Hop Yeast, ’ for sale at BOLLMAN ADELSPERGER’S i New Drug Store. BLACK, Carmine and ludelltble Lilts, at BOLIMAN * ADELSPERGER’S.

HASDWAEE ! STORE. I JELLEf F S STUDIBAKO Announce to th. public that ‘.key have ou ' hand a gsueral assortment es HARDWARE, ! And ar. daily receiving >dtl9i«ne to their, stock,couaistiag ia part of I COOK STOVES, i parlor aud Box Stoves, in all varietfesand style, usually found iu .ucu an establishment; ilaoa general as.urtiuent oi Shelf ' HARDWARE. FARMING IMPLEMENTS, C UTLIf j Mechanic's Tools, Harnsss. Saddle and Car riage Trimming*; and for Builders, SAILS ASD GLASS, Butts, Hinges, Locks, etc.,etc.,in fact every .lung necessary lor Building purpuses. Aliu I BAR IRON, ' Steel, Wagon Iron .Springs, Bolt.. etc., and to which we invite the special attention of purchasers. always nromi'ing to sell at tho lowest I market rates. Store in the Trager building. : Give us a call. 6 JELLEFF A STUDABAKER. , Decatur. Oct. 21.18' 5. NEW STOKE AND j ■NEW STOCK O F -READY-MADE CLOTHIIG. first noon west or niblick sxn clots’ boot an>> SHOE STORE. The undersigned take pleasure in announc in / to the public that they have just returned from the Eastern market, with au Entire New St ck » Os ineu's and Boy’a Clothing,eonsistmg in part of ’ Overcoats, Dress Coats, « Pants, Vests, Siirits, Drawers, - Men’s Underwear, etc,, etc., Os which we havu a full assortment of al 1 | styles of goods. Also the largest and b.st ' stock ot II Hats and Caps Erer brought to this market Tbote de’ ■siring any thing in our line are respectfully j invited to give us a eall aud examine our ! Goods and Prices. We htve r large stock of evsrr thing per taining to our trade, but which it is impossible to enumerate in our advertisement. In] 1 c onolti»ion we would say, wa shaN relruponj [pmesty for dealing, and cheap goods, »s Wied host recommend ata on to ,-ror w.fnn.n. buOrt Mdt?BA», BRO

THE ISEW YORK STORE, 90 COLUMBIA STR£ ET FOBT WAIXH, lad,, HEADQUARTERS FOR T He j ' DRY GOODS T R A 0 EI I I Parties visiting Fort Way Ue h their interest tu luuk thivugh u, V stock kept al the ' in TOH STOII, FL RS Os ererr drsgiiption io MtakStU* Muskrat, Coup* and Biberim from j. 5 to s«Ofj per sett. CLOAKS— Lidirb will find our block rw qualcd by any in the city. Ve’m Garments, Horn $1 0 to pOO ru d Beaver, Tricot and Cloth, and mantles, .nt $7 9 10. H, •i.U- I , t<»s'i' sac i. A large stock of Cloak, i'g by the yard—alao oituiubata,. Ballons, Gimps, sic for Cloaks. SILKS — Choice styles of Fino Dress Srli> << Solid Color*. Stripes, neat UhoeL* mi ' j Figure*—also elegant Silks fur Wading and Party u«e, with an ■lock of Plain Black Silks at rcry lov pricas. DRESS GOODS —RichDishPoplss.lbpti Empress Cloths, Corded V.Lur. Broche Poplins, French M<’iir'v* it Sl.lO 1,20 to per yard. Erg’iili Merinos, BombH? »h. Alpacca*. Laines, wi s h n aau choice eelcstion not enumerates. tOOO BAI.IIORH. SKIRTI-la 0. newest Btylcs for Ladies and Wdur. HOOP SKIRTS—In our Hcop Skirt w jra< ■ iueuL will be lutmd the et.tbrsku Duplex elliptic and rhomcuu’k faietil Crown Skirt®, with olhtr celebrnHC i' makes of iduups—iu all iUm uew bhapw made. DOMESTIC GOODS— Wo keep an immeitt J stock—Table Linens, lucrl lings, Tickings, Mripes, Dcr Flannels, S uinets, Cassiaitrti, Blm kt-u, Print!’, Cotton Bstl'nc, Op"* Baga t Cotton Y’arn.ele.els cU hosiery; Embroideries, White Goods, ’ i Woollen Yarn, > FANCY GOODSI NOTIONS, With everything else usually I 0 ”® 4 "i, I class Dry Goods House can be fe»E“ al I NEW YORK STORE, 90 Columbia Street, I 1 R99T & W>‘