Decatur Eagle, Volume 10, Number 1, Decatur, Adams County, 30 March 1866 — Page 1

T IIE D I . C A T Ij R E A (1 L E.

VOL. 10.

DECATUR EAGLE, • JWTSD EVERY FRIDAY MORNING A. J. HILL, P’JBLUHRR AND PROPRIETOR. •FFIOB—On Woe Street iu the second U»rf of th* bail dins?, formerly occupied by Kiblick ns a Shoe Store. Term* of SuMcriptiop I •«« e*pv «>e y*", in adT ‘ n<:e ' ”2 ts »-ti I w-ithin the year. , ?" .St oUduntilthe year ha* expired, 3on rj.'fi pip-r will he discontinned until all WMfoe are paid,except at the option of the publisher* Term, nt Advertising: S.’iirefthe ap.ee of ten line, bretier] three insertions. •• B*rh Rub*f*qnpnr. insertion. • rr*» will be ccmMatron *e.R; ian one<Tiwe; over one square will bp cmn - U-! *n I I ** t wn; two. a* thr»-e . <*■ [ , £J* ( libnr.il 4*:*’ount from th* above rate* fttd* on all adv«‘Toi*pmpri‘«»nsorted for a p«* rt®f than thro- month* U’G »cal Notices fifteen cents a line for each •Mrtinn. Job Printing. Wt ar« prepared to do nil k’nd* of r ’lain end t>n«r Job Printin ’- nt the most rmonaPp G : re in a call, wp feel confident that satisfaction can be ijveii. Spec io! Notice. T”) IDVETHWHS,- All tdnerliteinenfffa \ s oecHerf 'tme, nnJ 'irdcrrd nut befort ■ f\» nirition offhe'imetptcified, wiUhe eha'tjed ; gA •" r/Z-jr '•/I'ra forMe itimeup to tht time' hey ordered out. O, 11 ui- . -—— —-—•- Important Correspondance. The Undid Controller of tho Treat* urer v». Sec- McCulloch. T/m Stale of tht Treasury a Mutter of Dispute. TREASURY DEPARTMENT. 1 Ow.ci <>» TH. Cuntkolixh or Ccantxcr, ■

February 24 U3U6. \ Mr Dear Si. : Your letter of today f» received, .nd in i.-ply I have to *a> , that 1 am decidedly oppose 1 to the L >an Bill, for the following r*a-on<-: By the act of June 30, 1864. the Uni I. ted Stales notes call be converted into ■ compound interest n-te-; and by the ’« L of March 3, 1865, certificates ol ind In ednes., compound interest notes, five p-r , eent. 1-gal tender note*, an! ei-ven th'r y Treasury notes can be. converted hi u live twenty bond*; an<l tint p iiti »'> of the tern pornry loan that it is deniable should be p i l from money now in die Trensmy. which we funpose must he at this lime, including deposits in National bints. at least sls 1,000,000. anti the amount that i would b“ expedient to pay would no be oior« than the amount ol the increea-j rd the deposit* for the 1 i«t few Week’, and which the G oerniii nt has not had an*. Occasion to u-e. We have, therefore, full; power to fund every dollar ol the fl iat- ; ing debt without any further legi-1 tiou ! on the subject, and no occasion for making any loan lor any purpose whatever. All can b« done by simply exchan ing one •eourilv for another, and can be quiet!’ done without essentially disturbing the’ money market or the business of the: country —the Secretary of the Treasury being the judge as to how fir an 1 how , rapid the movement in reference to conversion should proceed. I think there is no doubt t bout the 1 willingness of the holders of the fl rating debt to convert it into five-twenty bond’ to the ext nt that i' i» desirable, if tl e Credit of our sec-ur ties is sustained; but if authority is given to put bonds upon the market to an almost unlimited amount, and to sell at any price, as provided in the bill, would, in my view, -hush euch { uncertainty in the public in n«l as to ren der it impossible io keep up the price of tha Government securities. I do nil - think a loan ol $5 .',000.080, could be nego'iated without sinking the price o’ fivetwenty lot, la In low par, as the public would not know h >w soon another 85 >.- 000,1M.'0,55 )0.000,00d.0r8 1,000,008,000 m ght be put upon the market. As tn the position in reference to a foreign loan, it would, iu my view, it c rtied into effect, be almost suicidal. It bond’ were sol 1 i broad the price would be based, of course, upon the present Currency rate ol exel ang*; cons- quently, th* Government would receive about sixty dollar* in gold lor each i ,e hun I red dollars in bonds, payable in g-'ld, with semi annual interest, also payable in gold—in addition to exchange, commi-ston 4 , <kc. And in addition, if the Government should sell its bonds abroid to die ix-rti’. to .fleet the price of gold—say tw.nty per cent.—it would le*-on to ju«t th it extent tha net procreds of the bond’, ’nd tantend of sixty dollars realise only forty

for each one LundrFd dollars of bonds. Yoti-s truly, FREEMAN CLARK. To tl.is letter Mr. McCulloch, the Secretary of the Treasury, replied, but it has not yet seen the light. Mr. Clark re joins 1 as follows : "TBRARunr Di r.iRTMENT, ) “Orrtec or tax Coxtkollks or Ci««cxcr,> •• WABiuxotos, M ireh iu. ) Dear Sir:—Your Utter of yesterday . is rec ived. My letter of the 21 h ult , in snsw< r to y. urs <f the same day, w». so eltered beioie il was published as not to indicate to v horn it was adliessed. and had no oile r object, and I think h d no other effect, than to simply expies- tny objections to vour lo.n bill. 1 d" not g.-e anv impropri. ty in giving pub lici’y to my di st nt from vour i i w oi th« public financial policy In acc ptmg the ofH-e I iiold, I till mt surrend r my independence of j id rinent nor my freedom o* action. I hate made no concealment from you or any one else, of nty liewin regs id to th- bill liom the time it was first prop >s- dby you As era laps, of twelve d’V’ yo i notice my letter to you of th 21th of February, and quote mv sta'eme t therein that I suppose 'h r- must at that time, including the depo-iU in Na iunal bank’, b- at l-ast one I Uii'lietl and fi'tv million 1.-. liars in th» Tr-a-ury ot the United Salts. To this yo-i n .w rep'y tint th- actual ain’uv oi m. n-v. on the 24 h, tn the Treasury aid Nil ional dep >si ories to the ere.ln o' tie Government, exclusive of speci-d gol t d posits, was $111,149,632 2'4. 1 e in no' see any reason tor pur m i Haiti i g a d ■ il>. t n b tween gold di po-il-land deposits made in cuuencv Bull alike are state I tn your montl.lv r.-por l as Ji.tbtli'i- s and assets, mil ou have the! right by 1 iw to use a por i >n of the go] I. | as yon can sa'ely use but a portion o the currency deposits, because you m.|<i be prepar.d hv having a reserve on hand to respoit Ito th- oils of depositors In II ia view of the case th-re is no rerts >n why you should nor add your gold de pu-its to the 8 1 1,149 632 29 To. ! special gol I deposit, as aop-ars by your statement of the first day of the mont i. is $12,627 680 Ttiis, ad.led to tin sm >oot ill-.t you siate was in the trea-

- i — ......... my, tike , on Hie 24 It of E-bru iry. will make $123 722,23’ 29. giving too th. •un fi'-, as I i.a e, u gol 1 dep .si l ’, swell ing the aggregate o money i n li .nd. •‘I now unhesHti iugly stale that your , -tat-ment. just made tome as well avour published statements shown tin-, eon in. oi ot the Tre ssurv and th • p'lhln ; leht on the first ot this month, is i er ' cussbly errom-otn You state H e <'o mint of coin in t ie Tre i-nrv to he $55 73J.192; cunenev. 866 287 767 12; total, $1 16 018 959 24 Yur monthly siau-m -nt, tn de on t:.e first of the tn >ntb shows th it to i have retirt d $6 46 ).85 1 of compound-interests and United Stiles < legal-lendeis; ths amount must have been pud before the date of my letter, and as tm re i.s n i 1 iw airhor i ng you to retire :U»y ol the comp .uii I interest notes f [ otherwise than by converting them m o five twenty bunds, and no l»w auth-iri ting the retirement of any other way I Itirm by convertin' them into compoun t ! interest notes, am! no appropr'.inon or provisions made by Congress other I hat now mentioned. I cannot uu ierstari'l why j these compound interest and United Slates no es sliould not he counted and ae currency on han I. You have just a« much tight to reissue them as to pav out any o her Govt rnm.-nt notes. | and no right or authority to c iuci-1 11-in It also appears by your 1 i“t monthly etat-m-n that you have soil timing the nioiit'i, witfioat su liorry of law. 810,972 710of 528 boil Is, an I purchased 811 956 Olfl) o’ 73 t no'es, making your'. purchase $284 3 hi more (han your vale I This Him slmuld also be in-lu led as| nionev on hand. I will remark in pass | ing, that, while y. u hive rhe right 10l 1 convert 7 38 miles ini ■5 28 bonis as. ! the former mature, you have no right whatever to huv or sell them. ‘ You have omitted entirely from your; 'statement of the l-t of March, and you. have uniformly omitted t.oru yourj monthly statement lor several month*l past, the amount ol money on deposit in | i ihe Nation d banks. The amount soheld ou the 24th ot February, the date ’of my letter, must h*ve been about $23,000,008. Taking therefore, the i amount S’«t*-d by vou as on hand on the l-t of March in coin ami currency, j SII6.CIS 959 21: add the amount of United Stales and comp und interest , notes retired, 56.466.85), amis, ven thirty notes pu r cha»ed over th" amount of five-twenty bond* sold, SBB3 3W. and algo the amount nt deposit nt Na ijtlonal banks S2B 000.001', y<u must ■ have hail a total amount on han 10l : 8.51 7Cd 914 24 Add Jo this the pre- • iniutn on tho bitlattee of o in on hand ’’ after ded eting the amount of "Oin to bt returned to d-p.ojtor.’, *ay $15,090 008 ' making a total currency value of money f in your cu- tody ou tbe Ist of March,

“Our Country's Good shall ever be our Aim—Willing to Praiss ani not afraii t<> Blame.”

DECATUR, AD.IMS COUNTY, INDIANA, MARCH 30. 1886,

81G6 768,914 24. This is ma dfest from your own showing in your published statement ot Mau-h 1, excepting the item of <lepo-it in National banks. The report of the banks will show th it I h.ve not overstated the amount of these deposits. I will now sa e the amount ot money that I suppose was in the Un usury a .d on deposit in the bank’ as per my letter of the 24th of Februaiy, de i-'uig my knowledge from oth.-r sour c s th .ii exhibits from your departmen. U'.e regular lepon oi the Assistant Tr Heir in New York, published wi 'till tt-ree or lour days ol the date of my 1 -tter. shows that the ain-.unt of money o . hand at hi office at that 'itne was over $109,009,080. .tis for 11 aLI to this amo mt the compound inte -e-t .and Un.t-d ri.ate notes sai I to have been re tut e as they mit t have b.-en paid for bet're th »t d»te—B 446,850. I e-tonate tie amount in th- I'reisiiry in Wash i igt. >». a.1.1 m th-- hand’of th- Assistant Leisure sin Bsltim >iv, i'ldiai-lphi t B>.su.ii. in the Pacific Stit-s and th eleven S .uthern St.tes. an.l in tho vari ■us depo-itories in other St .us. and i ■ b.tilts, at the very mo lerate sii.n of ■812,009,080. lie cir.ency value o the go <1 ov. ri s report value, $18.1)08. 80 ); total 6170 461,850. It s ems t" ne tub; apparent that this amount, which 1 suppo-e t-i be avail >!>le in the fleas ,r,- on me 21 of February, i.s'as otifthe realitv, aid exee.ds »ha toil <1- clare it to be m your last monthly sta e i.e it|by in rt t n.i 65 4 00J,0 )0. I w.ll al I tn-v. Ic <n show to the satis .action ofa y one dial neither ofvom monthly repot’ or th-last 4inonthwith n $50,000,090 of the a nount ot I non- y in the Ureasu y or on deposit tn National deposilo. i-s. • An accurate sut-ment of me condi ti.m ot the Treasury, i» not mar.ly a luallt r o' interest to the public, but it i of gi'sve c-.U’.-q teilCe tint Congres--‘:n:>ld be correct.y intorm <1 a» to tin -c.ual resource* <»i die Gju rnru '"', it may legi*l .te ititellig. n’ly and appro i, riat-iy. 1 will call your att-n i-n t mother mailer. In your annuil repor vou state that you will prob Oily requiie j 112.080.000 more than your current rece.p s to carry you 'I r oigh the re rn->inder ot the 'present fi c»l year. 1 regret to differ from you so wifely av 1 ■io in regard to th s estimate. I am ol ..pinion tint wiih an economic d a limn i.stratlon of your resoure.-s you will hsie < surplus on hand at the cl.se of tin fiscal ye>r ending Juns 3), 1866, 0. nearly «»r f.i.l S 2 ).OJJ,O'OO. tnsiea I o being short $1 I 2,088,080. The dll r ence betwe. n my esi-rna.e and your'* int.ire thin enough tor the Jrgiumatt re q nie.n- n s oi the Government tor the ii ire n-xt fi-cal year, coin Hieing Hie Ist rd July next. It is only irom a* ns of duty tt.ai I have gone into this di-cu-sioii, to which you have invited me, md as tilers are various an 1 corurndic toiy stalein n'S ill regaid t-> 111e dl'Vrence b tween our views ami estimates, I 'eel II rl no harm wiii be done, amt indeed th o it is proper to tn tke public this letter. L I have erred in any oi my stall nv-nts. i shall be glad to correct, arid IO have tile public advised of this correction. Very lesp- ci ull. yours, [Signcl ] ’ FREEMAN ULaKK”

P csent < • idition of our Navy. h» Xury Reyiiter for 1 J 66, j ist publisher,, gv-s the lollowing p .rti'iul irs of tlie Reduction of our nav d orc.: Since the clo*c of the war 255 ve»s. Is have been di.-pos< d of by sale and 13 have been 1 st. Tne number of vessels re lained in th-servise is 31 8, ol wl.i :h 73 are laid up in oadinary, 63 are building at the diff-r< nt navy yaitl’. 14 are fit .ing out for s-t service, 35 ar-und r repair, and 39 are employed at. varm i* n*v*l station’ as tug* ami dtsp.teii boitoiin the ordinance d-p irtin-nt. This | h aves 94 vessel*, of which 98 are attach | ed to our squa Irons, while lour are ein-I jpl >y< das supply s'eaun-rs. The” *ess- j els are distributed among th:diff.-rcnl squadrons as follows: Vessels. Gun* [ E tropean Sq tt Iron 7 ll)2 Braxil.ian Sq t»lron 9 lu? 1 E ,st In iiau Squadron 5 5 i West Indian Squadron 9 8f | Pscific Sqmtdion 2> 221 Adamic Sqtiadran 9 74 Gull Sq'iauron 18 138 Sprci.il Service 7 128 1 li ceiving ships 6 142 I Supply Stiamd* 4 23 Total 91 I 6 >7 Aggregate tonnage 103,622 (old me isuremeht.) ijirTho Republican members, says th* Washington correspond nt of a Boston Republican paper, can t agree on policy Some want negro suff age at the South —-o hers do not. Some believe the rebellious States are out of tlie Union— I others that they are in— and «o ConEgress »ud the country drift toward ruin.

Funeml of the Oily Widows Son—l Touching Scene. Washington Irving gives ti e f dlowing touching description of a luneral scene in one ot our country town-: When I raw the mother slowly and pain'ul.y quilting the grave, 1-aving behind h r the remains ol all that was dear to her on earth, and r. turning to si leuce and destitution, my poor heait ached for h"r. What, thought, I, are the rich? They have friends to soothe—pleasure to beguile — I Wold to diver' anil dissipate their grieft. What are tinsorrows ol the young? Their growing mmds soon close above the w.iui d — I tneir ela*tic spirit- soon rise b--ne’lh tile | pr.-a,ur , iheir green an I ductile aff-cti n I-o <n twine round new object*. But the sorrow of the poor, who h ive no outward appliances to soulhe—sorrows o' the aged, with whe n life at l>-s is but a wintry day, ami who can look lor no after growth ot joy—l e sorrow* .of a widow, aged, solitary, destitute, mourn ■ng over mi only son, the lasi solace ol 11 r years; th-se are indeed sorrow, which ill«ke us fuel the imp .teney o c insolation. There is snm-lliing in sickness that break* down the pride ot tn -nhoo.f; that so tens the heart, ami bring: il beck to Hie leeli igs of infancy. W 1.0 that Ilalanguisliei, even ;n advanced life, in -icktiess mid despondency; who lliatbi* pin.-d on a weary bed in th-- negl-ct ami loneliness of a foreign land, but h•* though* on the mother "ilia; looked on nis end ino xl,” tnat smoothed bi* pillow <nd a (minis ered to bis he|ples.-n<-ss? oh| tliel’e is an enduring tenderness ill th- love ol amo her io her son tint trsnscen's all o her affecii.ma t-i'He l.e. its. Ills neither to be chilled by s. Itisi.ness n-.r daun'ed by d ng r, no wea»eiie I by w rthles ti ■ss i or s di -d by gra i ude. Ble will SaCiig e eVer* C > < f rt to his convenience; she w il sur lender every plet-ure 'o his enj y ueu'; o.e will glory in his fame, i.n i exult in ni* pmsp. ritt; a id, if niisiortune overc k-t linn, he will be the d arer to her f out mis inlu ih. and if disgrace set lu,i ulus nun-, she w.ll s ill love an : ■ c leri.h him m »pite o' his disgrace; an I i' ah tne w all besides cist I.i<n nd. ah | w 1 tie all the M'.tid to mtn. I'm n x Sunday I was at the vi'lag , c iurc'l, »Ii -n to my suptise, I saw th. I p-.o ol 1 w>m in tottering d >wn the aide t. ■ Iler aceusiotllttd Seat OU ttle*t p.ao th- .ll.r, .Siu mile an effort tn put on something l.<* gm urning f.r Imr son, ami no hiii" < o iid be more touching than ill s b-IW ell pious atieclion anil utter potertv—a buck ribbon r *ome ailed 11 -n 1 kei’chiif, ami oco or two more attempts to express by Oi'wari sign* list which p isseiL show. W h-n lio k e t roun I upon tlie storied inobumeii s. the stately hatchments, the cold tnarulpomp with which grandeur mourned magnificently ov-r departed | rid .ami turned -O this pour wi low, bowed down by age an I sot row, at tho al ar ot het Gol ami otfeiimg up the prayers and prai.es ..f * pious, though broken h»ar , 1 tell that this living monument ol na> grief was worth th tn ail.

A Southern Hit at th* ••Yankee*.’’ The Boston Transcript says: “The Petersburg, Virginis, Index stirred up bv .he observation that S.mtiel Adams had s largei share ih <n Thoma* Jeff-rson in biinging on the Revolution, indulges in tlie following strain of irony, which has the element of fun in it —an ingr-dient n.t o ten found in $ lUtliern outbreaks again stihe North. I* th-- Index will t a|way» tie a* amusing, the most bigoted desc-m dant ot the Puritsns will ’ay to it: ‘Fire *wav. tt>y gol fellow. Give us more ol the sant" sor i' ••Our pi irate opini in an 1 belief is that theie are au ; hen-ic duC ments now in the I brsry of Y<le Coll-ge—>t<r th-y wil be t'lere when nee Io I — topr.ac! that Bunker II 11 M muinent marks t'e! I-io-ht of Babylon the Mighty, that Car ■ th.g" wa- no more nor less then Port-i laid, Ostoium N’hsn', snd 80-ton. m I tact A h--ns. th«t Homer was Profess ir j of Belles Let'ress st Harvard, anil Patt*ioru* a metnb-r of the Cambridge; Yacht Club; that Ptisoian laiig-B a i grammar school st Montpelier, anti Archimedes wns a private tutor o ichemistry in Concord; mat St. P-ter was a Cspe Coil tish'-rman, and S . M it ; thew a collector ot th- internal rrv- nu- ; at S'oning'On; that Phidias ownel a . brownstone quarry in Mam-; ami tSo- | crat-s founded the Atlantic Monthly, that i j the Ad id-mt* was the walk un ler the I ' yew trees al New Haven, «nl the Col 1 I o*su* of R'-odes a sta ute which st’ided l Horn Nii tucket to Martba's Vineyard; i I that Plymouth Rock is all that is left o j the Tower ol Babel, *nd the Conneti I (cut River ran through Paradise; tha . Stoning'on is the site of Tyre, Merri nac . | tast colors the dies that made the city . famous; that the old Temple of Diana nt - Epbesu* war not burned, but is now

Faneuil Hall and that Herodott’s and I Wendell Phillips w< re the same person*, that the table of Romulus and hi* brother being suck.-d by a wo'l (lupu ) arosa I from <h-- ciietl'nstance* th’ their mo-her | was Che first /. rmo t r who looped h<r I dr«-ases; that Mercury was trie ancient mmot Ben Butler’a family, and, that |l’ke everything else in New Engian-i the ■ f tniiiy had gone on perfecting itself from i the s'..,|-t; that the sun shines six hours per diem more on that favored spot than on anv other between the poles, ami hat Noah’s family w,-re so much elate ) at an alh <nce with the Wehatersof Ms*’I ’chuseti*. that they gol up s diction’ y Ito commemorate that tact; tl. -t St. Petrex w,s head centre o'a Fenian circle m B mgor, end St. Andrew k-pt a distillery in Lowell; and finally that the milleniutn will begin in Boston, and wi'l not be allowed to extend beyond its hm it’, cxo.pt by a two third vote of thtaxpayers of th it heavenly city. »xclu ling all who h<ve at any lime in tbeii most secret thoughts, expr-Ss. d '* dout, of the propri ty ol hanging Jeff D<v ■ and general L-a, on a so'ir apple Hee." Taxiition of Unite.t Sta c< Boid*. The I9emocr.it.’ hel that a great moral ■ind political crime was committed by th. Republican p irlv in coolly and delihi rstelv ex mp ing the property of the rich from taxa ion at the expense of the poor, and they are ( or holding that pirty to strict accountability for thus a t-mpting to. and actually saddling upon the people ol Illis c lUntry a privileged moneyed aris ocracv They are further in favor of using all 1.wf.,1 an I proper means to reduce as much ol such ex-mpt-d prop.-ity to taxa'lon as po-si'ile, and. are foe pr. venting, as tar as m them lies, the repetition o th • crone bv this peop’e plundering and p Ople burdening II publican paitv. )Vuen this is done all is done t'lat car. oe tor the rebel of the people, whom th-R-p 'blcatis h*ve bound hand anti fiot wuh some b.n ls that can not he legdly broken, I'huse that the com is deci ia to b- sU'h, the D-moCracy Will I’iVe to ' loive with the p ople to do wi h as ms; ■ tie leg I, e pii'.ahle, just, m-ce.s ir®, exp- • ' dient, ait I according to the Constitution. , ( we must re’ ot to no high, r I <w. ) as it. the wise jil/tn-nt, pr.-visi.-n. and fin-» letermina.iuti ol the a >ver< ign an I up right masses ii><) turn out. — Ind. Herald

A Republican Fraud i’roved. In their 221 convention, the Repnbli cans told the peopl-, by solemn resolution, hat they were in f.vor of taxing United Slates bonds lor State and municipd pur po-e». ill < hon s. ll -publican p -ople o' lie State, b h-ving th- y meant what they a n, wei t borne with a happy le ling o' s-ilisfaction that the pirty n> which they ; wve confi ling was not, and coul-i not be gu.lry .f what they tell to tie an iniamy s« damning that they could not conseni to be a party to it, u nnely, the infamy o' making ths moderately we*]tl-y an 1 the poor p<y the taxes for the rich bond ii.-'d. rs. Willi a feeling < f resignation though mingled «i h sidne-s an 1 sorrow, they proceeded iu 'he work ot raising tlie money to discharge the assessment* again*t them. They sold the old co* that had long .upphed ihe children with milk anil the table with butter; ll.ey ex change! the crockery ware they- hat on hand for wooden trenchers and tin cups; the chairs they soi l off to a neighbor bondholder, to furnish the outhouse for hit. Servants, an I toggled Up some stO'il* and benches, and in this way raised their tax money, and appeared, wi h as much lightness of heart and cheerfulness of i-uuntenance as could be t xpected, before the t*X gatherer. With a gracious smtle he received their contribution* still moist i with the tears of weeping sufferers le tat | home and gave the proper receipts. Th- se I men th n tarried a moment to look around I among ihe tax payers present to see the bon-lholders lake their tu-n in payi. g the g. Ll of affl ction, but the trea-urcr told them th-y were in the way, that oilur po tr peo; I • were crowding in 'o pay, that die b mdholders were not there ami nev. r w til l be; that he supposed that the * i knew the r<solution of the 221 conven I torn was a humbug, an 1 the poor mllow-! oheved and went away smelling a 11-pub bean rat.— lnd. Herald. A Fi-ti in an Oil Vi ill—Sixgvlar Dr c>*eky.—Tne Pithole (Pi.,) R.corn ha* the lullowing: N<>. 66, T. tiolinden Farm, Las be n pumping oil and wat. r tor soin - time, ami un Suurdav last the Su permtemlent had the tubing dr-wn lor h' purpose of cleaning the w< 11 out and diillmg il deeper. During the operation they struck a large crevice in the rock, ■tnd on using the sand pump tiny brought lio the uriace a live fish, having no eyes, I f a brown color, an 1 some tuur inches ; tong. The fi-h was brought from a<l pih io) six hundred and sixteen leet, and i:o i doubt f li as much surpr.s-d at being 9.i T iduc"d into this v al* ol tear* as d d (those who made the introduction. This specimen of the intern*! production ol tbe

earth was put in water imm--di»t-ly a ter being brought to the surface, but being accustomed to a more retired life, with a mix ure ot salt w Per and oil lor mod and raim-nr, su'viv d his changed eond tioit of lite hut a few hours, lie w>.« a* "hott ed" fia B-itler on the James, and it now on exhibition at Lase 66. It will <urn sh food for theoretically incline J ia« dividual/, as to how the fish came ttiere, and what its state of existence, and what •he formation ot the lower r<gion« it lafa >bited. Maple Syrup. “Tending a sugar camp,” in Wank country pinaseulrgy, is g.neiallycm* sldered a dirty and laborion* pruces*. The manufacture ol the syrup is verr simple, »9<i when we consi'dtr that the proluetion is the purest and mu*t de* licious of the seeds we enjoy and the nigh market value of the article, we must conclude it compensates, especially wh. re labor is abundant. As in rail other brcnches oi industry, management and proper fix'ures change the laco of affairs wonder inly. It is cust -m try to put up loiksin the woods, on which tolling up kettles, gather up brush around a* much a- needed loi fuel, and depend on a p rcel oi idle youngster* to bring up the waler as it collects. If the c imp is large and distant, and you have a trusty servant that con canluct the business, fix comlortably, and nave it done up there. But it you are xp cled to pre?i !e over the mysteries < o irsell, ami hive a itl.nace. insist on n«<ing the water hauled to the house, internal vigilance is the price >1 domestic eom.ort and w-li-bred children, as well *s ot national life, and no mother or uousewi e can aflord to camp out, like a West Point cadet, lor a month *>r two, I lia maple trees are tapped on the south side first, the firrt moderate weath« ir toward spring, and run freest when reezing .lights and bright day* alternate It tne camp i* clear oi stocks, and the vessels large enough to hold tho drippings of a diy. or half a day, it is best t» go round two or three tunes and col* Let the water in barrels. Ol course, yn.ir kettles must bu sufficient to keep lip With the g tillering water, 88 It will sour by long st-n ling in warm weatheri Perfect cleanliness in all the vessel*, and in the wi.o'e process, is indispensable. Strain the water into the kettle, and boil it down to a thin syrup; let it cool sufficien ly not to cook the eggs if you use (hem for cleansing; but milk il more commonly employed wberelirgu |unntities oi molasses are made. Any clarifjeator will do. Again boil, and coniiiiwe skimming until the liquid is cl. ar, and has the eotisis.ence you desire Ll sh mid, to be first-rate, fall off <he ladle -n flikes. A’ter the sip rises the syrup is nit good, but the sugar a v< ry delicious W“X? substanc’. only fit for eating, pure.— Country G ntleme i

A Bioody Duel. A correspoudint at Co umbia, ArkiM!* sas, sends us an account of a tragic *flair winch occurred near that place ou' the 28th ol F- bri.a-y. We are not »uffi> cientiy acq-i int*(l with the circumstances which led to the barbarous pro* ceedings to state them with accuracy, but it seem* that one M jor Ne l Burn*, formerly a member oi the rebel General John Morgan’s command, and a Colonel Twyman, al*o an officer in the Con* federate army, had some personal difficulty, which ended in a challenge to sets tla 'he matter according to the rule* established in the “code <f honor," »o called. The place selected for the settl m- nt ol the dispute was Point Chicut, a secluded spot upon the Mississippi river. The w.apons u-ed were bowi» knives, nml the duel was nothing more nor less than savage butchery, M-jor Burn- was wounded tn tiie arm, and U lone! Twyman received three wound* n th* bidy, which are thouglitto !>• mortal The latter was also severely injured in the face, his noee being centpl leiy served, and one of hi* eye* »o injured as greatly to impair, if not entirely d.-stioy. his sight The Colon.!’• second was slightly wounded by a thrust rom M’jor B. We understand that all ihe p.rues to this outrageous ant? di»gracefil proceeding reside in Mississippi. —Nets Albany Ledyer. Xy The telegraph has announced th» return of Gov. Mwon. ot this State, 'rom an u-isuccess ul Ear p an tottt ia search of h-altb. Tne su a nship City of N*w York in which he came back had a very Sev-re and trying patsage, and moreover, caught fire in the steward’s room’the crew working arduously for over twelve hours before the flame* were -übaued. Dming this time the pi»sen« gers were confined and shut up in the | Cabin, aud their food an 1 water passed to them through a skylight For alms .real alarm and consternation prevailed, . ?nd many tear, were expressed th»L the flame* would n«t b* subdued, and IQSt • terrible loss of life would ensue.

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