Decatur Eagle, Volume 10, Number 1, Decatur, Adams County, 30 March 1866 — Page 2

THE EA G L E_ A . J. HILL, Eihtor. DECATUR, INDIANA. FRIDAY, March 30, ISCG. DEMOCRATIC TICKET. SECRETARY OF STATE. GENERAL MAHLON D. MANSON, of Montgomery. AUDITO OF STATE. CHRISTAIN G. BADGER, of Clerk TREASURY OPSTATE JAMES B. RYAN, of Msrion. ATTORNEY GENERAL JOHN R. COFFROTH, of Huntington. irPERINTENDENT OF PCBLTC INSTRUCTION. 1 R M. CHAPMAN, of Knox. NEWS ITEMS. Hon. Pierre Soule’s mansion in New Orleans, occupied during the past two) years as a Freedmen’s Orphan Asylum. : has been resto r ed to him by order of General Howard. It is reported in Paris that the Seventh Regiment New York National Gtr rds will visit that city during the Universal Exhibition. Hon. John P. Hale, United States minister at Madrid, has written to promin*nt members of Congress, urging an increase of bis salary, which is now twelve thousand dollars in gold. Cool. The Senate, on Thursday, confirmed three hundred First and St coni Lieutenants of the regular army. On Sa'urdav evening last the office of Mr. Noland, treasurer o! Madison county Indians, was entered, during his tern porarv absence, and robbed of 84,000 N«> clue to the robber at latest accounts The Matamoras Ranchero says that th* fili buster General Crawford was permitted to escape from Fort Jackson because he 1 ad it in bis power to implicate high military men in the robberies committed on the Rio Grande. The House of Representatives has passed a stringent law against center leiting or forging United States bonds or currency. Six hundred dollars and one hundred > stand of arms were subscribed at the I Fenian meeting in Albany, last week. The cholera is subsiding in the West Indies, and the quarantine at New Orleans is about to be rais-d The b.ii to reimburse Pennsylvania for expens, incurred by the rebel inva sion passed the House. The London Times comments on the I fact that although the Pope of Rome, in in answer to thirty five United States bishops, directed that the cause of F< n ianistu sb .uld be discountenanced, <>nlv I lour of the bishops h y_- openly protected •gainst it Pike’s Opera House, Cincinnati, caught fire the 23J from an explosion of gass, and the entire building was destroyed, with its contents. Adams Express company, the Wilson Sewing Machine store, and a music and bookstore were also burned out. Loss §SOO, 000 A Washington special says, it is understood that orders have b-en issued for the itr.niedia'e fitting out of a flying squadron for duty on the British North America eoast. Various reasons are assumed for this movement. One is the assembling of a British West India fleet at Halifax; another is the Fenian scare and the li rminatioa of the reciprocity treaty. The House Military Committee have . agreed to report in favor of the equalization of bounties. The amount due to bo paid both in land and money, ac curding to the estimate of some members of the committee, will involve an expen diture of four hundred millions. Owing io the complicated state of affaiis on the Rio Grande, General Sheridan will not be present at the meeting ol lh« board of General officers in St Louis. '1 he board will proceed to business with out him. From Fort Scott, Kansas. The following was sent us by “P. B.” wilhoutr.ame or date. Our unknown think-, that the region described in the letV r ofieis more inducement* to emigrants : than C»ss Co. and its surroundings as described by Maj. Henderson Bv request we publish it Who is “P. B?” I [Correspo idence of the Missouri Democrat.] Fort Scott, Kansas, Jan 29, 1866. Being a constant reader Or your paper, ’< and it having quite a iarg tsireula ion all I over this 8 ate, as well as in Hl.imis, lowa, Indiana. Ohia, etc.’ and knowing ■ the inquiries of many in different parts o' those Hutes with regard to th- cuntry j West, I wish to present a few fac's concerning southern Kansas and saudi -t i ern Missouri, which may be of benefit to 1 some who wish to emigrate westward m 1 the spring. Ali who have any knowledge of this i country know it to liave oire-ft-:e i luii ie.t climates in the world. Jiistfar enough south to avoid tiie cold *.nu.is, 1 and tar inottgn north to avoid tli • ex cessively wa in summers, we escape t >e : Hidden changes w'iiielt either a lit lo Icutiur north or south wou'd subject us to. Fort Scott, the principal place of note in southern Kansas, and the county i seal of Bourbon county, is a flourishing young city of about 2,000 inliabtiants, i surrounded with a beautiful robing prairie country; of a rich black soil, well ad- I apted to the raising o' corn, wheat, oats i potntoe«, and all kinds of email gram I and vegetables. In capacity Rr fruit- i

growing, we cla’in equality with any other portion of the Union. The country is well watered with good springs, ' creeks, <fcc ; good water can be obtainled by digging anywhere. We have ' plenty of good stone, easy of acccs, lor . for building purposes, also for fenaing, I but not, like the boulders of the Eastei n [States, to interfere with farming: and I plenty of good timber for all practical 1 purpose. The country through Bourbon and Linn counties, Kansas, and Bates j Vernon and Jasper counties, Missouri, ' all similar. We have an endless quan ; tity of good coal, which will soon prove lof great value for shipping to Kansas City, Mo, Leavenworth, and other 1 points north. There has recently been another val liable discovery here, that of marble. I said to be equal to the best Italian marble, and which will, doubtless, be worked extensively in a few years, as soor. as we can get transportation for it E ist. |We also have coal oil, without a doubt I Our ooal oil company was noticed in ' your paper some time since. They are I now down over four hundred feet, have found some oil, though not in paying .quantities; but persons here who h tve . been m tke Pennsylvania oil regions, say 1 the prospects areas flittering as cou.l be wished for, and the company are still b aring and ,vill go down several hundred feet more. At present there is gissmough emitting from die well every twenty-four hours to light up the whole city of St. Louis f>r six hours out of the twenty four, and it barns as pretty as any gas in your large cities. All we need tojinsure us a speedy and thrifty growth in wealth and population, is i broads. The border tire of counties in Kansas have voted almost a milii -n dollars fur a road from Kansas City to this place, and with the aid of a land grant to the rea l from the State, which ; bid Las passed our Senate, ant. only awaits its passage in the House,, we will undoubtedly have a lailroad connecting U- with the Missouri river within two years at farthest. We have a country destined ere long to be noted for agriculture, ’’and we must have easy access to St. j Louis and fa: ther E i*t. We long for the I whistle of the locomotive, and then you I will hear from Fort Scott often. RALPH. From Peru and < hill. New York, March 23 —The steamer Aiiztna. from Aspinwall on the 15th, with California mails ar.d treasure oi March 1, Las arrived. ■ Tbe steamer <j.j m n Gate left Panama on the 10th for San Francisco. The gold excitement at Barbacos still continu'-s. 1 The crews of the Spanish fleet on the Chilian coast are suffering from ; confinement and want of fresh provisions. The Spanish frigates Val'adenidoid and Blanco were repulsed in an attack on the Chilian forts at the mouth oi the river, in which was the allied fleet. The fortification was strong, and had menu lied guns from tin Peruvian frigate [ Amazonian. The Spaniards attempted |to shell the place, and to reach al ; long range the squadron inside. The fire wis bandscmily relumed by th' fort The Blanco was considerably damaged. They relumed to Valparaiso. An able consalar profert had been : ma le against the Spanish commander’s; ' declaration of coal being contrabind of [ war. It was rumored at Valparaiso that [Credits to a large amount, granted by th* Oriental Bank of London, wire disho’ored by their correspondents—the Bank of Valparaiso. They were, however, immediatriv taken uo by the Na tional B mk of Chili, for the honor of the Oriental Bank. Bolivia ha I allied herself with Chili! and Peru for ofl nse and defense. Peiu is ispi lly preparing to take a full I share ii. the v. .r Eight torpi-ifoes will soon be ready for the defense of Calion. Praycia’s government was inspirin confi lence daily. Tbe Columbia Congress r jected the proposition to declare wir against Spain. Weather dry. Isthmus nnd country i healthy. The War in South America. New Yoax. March 29 —The Her- I aide Rio Janeiro correspondence gives I further particulars reg.rdmg the river Platte war. Immediate preparations I were making for aba tie, which wai ; imminent at the date of last advices. Tire allied army of the Paraguay ns an 1 Uruguayans. numbering about fity t inti.-an l aii'i suppnited b>-a considers ble aad efficient nasal fled, are on the b .nk of the Paran.t river in the viem- I ity of Paso Lapatiie, controlled on the ■ uo: th aide by the Paraguayans, est;mx- ■ ted at only twenty thousand. Defensive works of great strength,! however, ]>os>essed by the latter, nen i Ira azo to some extent the numerical I advantages over them of their enemies. The alii s designed to scon attempt the passage of the river, and a desperate struggle was expected. They had also in contemplation a flank movea.ent, and an attack on the Para-' gnayans’ rear Parlies cf Paraguayans I had crossed in brats over the river | Ekiruiishii.g had occurred: the allies, ! however, repulsed the Paraguayans »i<h small loss.

Later from Mexico. New York, Muth 2J.-—Advice*, per steamer Marietta, jiom Vera Cruz, sho.v the promised Imperial pacification of the country is as far as ever from realization, and that the republicans s’.ill maintain the contest with the invaders in nearly all sections with stnbborness and energy.' Not the slightest indication of ttie intention of the French to with Iraw it yet apparent. Several additional fights are recorded. The victory of General Mendez over the Republicans in Micboucan, is claimed to have been far more important than at first reported, an.l he afiei wards had a brilliant reception at Morlia, in honor i thereof. Mendez himself says that he fought the b inds of several chiefs combined, that be had a hard battle, and that his own losses were severe. Confirmation is furnished regarding : the critical position of the imperialists at [ Tampico. Tha republicans are threat eniiig the town, being in force within thirty miles of it. In ibe Pacific State the imperialist Acres till confined to a few ports, the republicans holding ail the country. The [ latter ha J boldly at tacked the garrison of ' M i'*atton on three occasions within five ; weeks. Lieutenant Maury, Maximilian’s Minister of Colonizitiou had left for England.

A Whole Family Killed. The Houma, Louisiana, Civic Guard of the 3J, has the following: A terrible affair occurred last Saturdaj on Felicity Island, in this parish As ' far as we can learn the circumstances are as follows: It seems that the island had been rented to a man by the name [of McDonald, who, with his wif<> and son (the latter a young man,) lived on the island. Another man, by the name of j Bourg, took the liberty of squatting on i the island, and was rip atedly ordered off by McDonald, but refused to go. The onsequence was a continued war between the two families. On last S* urday Me Donald, his wile and son, and a negro man. who, it seems, was in the employ I of McDonald, went to the house of Bourg, I •II armed. What their intentions were ■lnes not appear clear, nor have we been > -b'e .0 get the particulars of the fight [ that ensued; but the result is tragical, to say the least. McD maid, his wife and son, were all killed and the negro slightly wo-.m 's Bourg has been a-rested, and ; 'l.', ut course b= held f >r trial before the | District couit—that is, if w« ever have [ any couit again. The Chillies Ki-bellion. Late dates from In Jia and Chiun report [ the rebe’lion which has arisen from tire i emliers of tbe suppres-e-1 Toepping re- ! i volt, was gaining ground rapidly, and 'Shanghai was on<-e more threatened) ; with an attack. Foreign residents were i preparing to nit-et their assailants. Horible arts of cruelties iniieted on captured rebels by Chin< s officials under die sanction of the British authcri- I ties, arc published in the Hong Kong papers. Di-turb nice had again broken out in India on the we*t frontier. Some of| the native prices were taking energetic action for the suppression oi the slave ’ trade. Loyalty o? States—The President’s Views —The Washington correspondent i of the New York Advertiser says: The President feels th it he is master of [ the situation, and he is terribly in earnest in his opposition to C->ngre<-s, especially when he finds him’el' a tu k-'d as he was' on Saturday by Mr. S evens. He told a New England Congressman on M n1 iy ti at L lUisiana is now mor-: loyal than she ever was, her large foreign population never having transferred the allegiance which they bore to Fiance b lore the ! treaty of transfer; and that South C-ro I lina is m ire loy .1 than she Ins been since the n illifi • f -'ti fever legan to break out ■ But he grimly intimated that other sec I tio-s of the Union are not displaying m ch loyalty, and that the next rebellion may b- commenced in Mas*:tci-,usetts. According to careful computation by members w. o are intere-ted in sustaining the President’s policy of restoration, there ate but sis een Republican congressmen who can be depended upon to vote ags-nst tLe radical measures as they come up. Revolutionary Pbojectj.—The prop- . o i’.ion that Congress shall remain per- [ tnanenily in session is taken up and urged I bv the <-x rem sis of the Republ: :an press. [ Congress has heretofore legislated and i a Jjcur: c I. Raving the government '.o bcarried on bv the Executive, th- judicial branch in'erpreling tbe law. To organ-1 iz-i like the :evolutionary legislature of' France, as a permanent body, with a committee of safety, to whom all power is delegated, is little else than usurpation. K v. George Gilfiliau, th-? well known; author, is undergoing trial before the El i inburg United Pie-byterian Presbytery I for preach’ng on subjects more secular than religious. If about one thousand ministers in thii country were tried fori the same offense and ej- cted from their pulpits, there would be more Christianity in this country. cr A w estern chap, in describing a 1 gaf<t of wind, says, “a while dog, while [ attempting to weather the g-de, was caught with m -uih wide open, and turned completely inside out.’ ’

iSrDr. Bellows Suggested n physOlc glcal explanation of tne extremism in Congress. He says ik is “led Somewhat crustily by bachelors tightly wedded to their own ways fur want ol other brides, i'here may b? something in this, but it is to • late for Messrs. Sumner and St# • ’vens to try the mellowing influence of' I matrimony?— Exchange. Sumner has no use for a bride, and as for Stevens, the least said the belter. There ia as much logic as humor in the following paragraph from John Van Buren’s recent speech at Albany: [ "Heroes like Grant, Sherman, Meade, Slocum, Lee end Johnson, declare that tbe war is ended. I know that heroes like Sumner, Wade, Stevens, Douglass and Downing d-ny the fact; but I pre- [ fer to take the testimony of those who ; personally participated in it.” The Re-Destruction Committee Abroad. The New York Times is of the opinion that if the labors of the ‘‘Committee of Fifteen,” thus far, have not given very general satisfaction at home, they . . have at last been estimated at their just . value abroad. It thmks that there has not been a single step taken by that . committee, and nothing in the radical temper displayed in Congress, that has not catried "the greatest joy into the household of every enemy ot the Union, I from Vera Cruz to Paris.” The oppo ; nents of the I’residents’s policy are do--1 ing their best to leabze for us al! that f was predicted of political failure by those nt a distance woo admitted the probable military success of the war. Mr. Seward. I Says the Cincinnati Gazette-. Mr. Seward claims to be the author of the reconstruction policy of President Johnson. Tins is usless to deny. He f has also publicly indorsed the 221 of February speech of the President. At ! the sam ■ tima he does not entertain a very exalted opinion of the Executive. ’ We have beard of his having spoken contemptuously of Mr. Johnson. This :is tru?. On that occasion he remarked ’ as follows to a gentleman of high stan ding, who “reprobated’’ the 22d of Fob iuary speech: “Damn it, you took a ! tailor and got a goose; whit better could you expect?” These faets t.ie public should know. A lady in the bookstore of Messrs Ticknor Fields, Boston, siw Copy - oi --Every Saturday” on the table, ano inquired if it was published monthly or [ si-mi monthly. She wis the same party I who asked the Siamese Twins ii they ! were brothers.

M tea of nil '.ho R-publicm organs Idling the wir: “Opposition to the Poesideni is treason toihe Governme.it.’' It is said that medical men never take their own physic. It is evilent iltst the “loyal” political doctors don’t either. DR. A? RAUCH? DENTIST, Office 2nd fljor over B»lln>an*s Store, DBCATUR, INDIANA. All operaliaas skillfully performed and work warranted Examinations and advice gratis. Those having decayed teeth will do wall to give us a call. Artificial teeth inserted in the latest improved style. FOR Q/A Acres of land part improved, adjoining Mathewson's lu-irs on th > west, near the Ivillageof Pleasant Mills, Adams county, >nd., i (East half S. E. Sec. 3),T.s' li 15 East.) Will be sold low and on favorable terms. P. F. KESSLER, Day to., Ohio. wi.: w smSm 'State of Indiana,) ga ' Adams County C->’jrc of Common Pleas, Adami county, May Term. A. D., 1066. | Mark A spy, 1 John McCune, M-uy McCune, Hannah Ruble, L.iwn nce M Aspy, Wilham A»py, Lawrenco Aspy, j Petition f»r James R Aspy. J Par-’itiou. ■ Zachanah S Aspy, Nancy Jane Glancy, ■ Hugh Glancy, j Delilah Ann Chipman, ' Hesakiah Chapman, ‘ Sarah M. Aepy, ; Mariah Catharine Kinneman, jJane xVpy. XT appearing from afii lavit filed in the entitled cause .hai, Mariah Catharine Kin- : neiuiin, one of tbe above named d-‘fondants is a nun resident of the State of Indiana, and i that she is a necessary party to this cause of ! action. NOTICE is therefore hereby given the said Mariah Catharine Kinneman that she ap i pi-ar before the Jnfge of the coir, of common pi-as of Adams county on the first day us tiie next regular term thereof to be held at the Court House in the town of Decatur, on Mould ay May 14th, 1566, and plead by answer or demur liicruto or the same will be heard and determmeu in her absence. Witness my band and seal of said i / Court thi- i4tli day of March, JOHN McGONNEL, Clark. March 30. 4w By A. J. Hiil, Deputy. NOTICE OF INSOLVENCY. Statk or Isdux.J g# Adaiu-i County. J 4 T the January Term of the Court of Com--IVin hi Piem of Adams county, the estate of William Smua was declared probably insolvent. '1 hose interested are notified that tt will be aeuledace-irdiugiy. JO3EP ROOP, Mar.hal. 4--v Adm'r.

I ‘L’.v? ill et Live/ S O. BOLLMAN, (SUCCESSOR to BOLLMAN A ADEISTtBUKE.) DECATUR, IND., HAS on hand, in liis in I J u ’J l , ber ® New Block, East side of Second Street and co.np«.ete stock of Pure rd gs & Medicines, I CHEMICALS, PAINTS. OILS, VARNISHES, DYE STUFFS, WINDOW GLASS, PUTTY, BRUSHES, PURE SPICES, Perfumeries and Fancy Articles, in great variety. Pure Wines & Liquors, Fur Medicinal Purposes. Patent and Proprietary Medicines, in great variety. Letter, Cap and Note Papers, Envelops, Pens, Pencils, Inks, <fcc., Cigars, Tobacco and Snuff. Kerosene or Coal OIL. Coal Oil Lamps. In fact everything tnu i’.ly kept in s FIRST CLASS DRUG SHORE.” CALL AND SEE US! Priees-Cheap for CASH. —lO l — We would say to the public that we hurewcured tie services of a PRACTICAL DRUGGiSTjand Physicians and Customers can re* Iv upon having Prescriptions correctly compounded at all hours of rhe day or niifht — Don’t f«»rgct the place—Numbers’ N »w Block, East side of Second street, Decatur, Ind. Feb’y 9, IB6S. ]y. Toilet Artieies, t FINE assortment—Bizin’s. Lubin's and . \ Phalen's Perfumeries, Hair Oils, Po rnades, Puff Boxes, Cosmetics, and Toilet articles, with a fine assortment of Fancy artic les, at S. C BOLLMAN’S New Drug “tore. Coal Oil and Lamps. BEST of Coal Oil, with a large assortment of Coil Oil or Kerosene Lamps, Ohim i neys, Shades. Wicks, and Coal Oil Fixtures, of all kinds, at lowest rates, at S. C. BOLLMAN’S New Drug Store. Pure Spices, Cinnamon, Mace. Buis, Cloves, Nut megs. Ginger, Allspice, Peperand Spices of all kinds at S. C. BOLLMAN’S New Drug Store. Flavoring Extracts, (EYION, Orange, Peach, Pine Apple, Rose, _j Raspborry, Strawberry, Vinilla, Ac.— j Verv fine and at lowest rates, at S. C. BOLLMANS New Drug Sore. Brushes! Brushes! PAINT and Varnish Brushes. Sash Tools, Scrub, Shoe, Cloth, Tooth, Nail, Hair and Flesh Brushes, in endless vanetv. at S. 0. BOLLMKN'S New Drug Store. Window Glass, OF all sizes, at prices to suit the times, at S. C. BOLLMAN’S New Drug Store. r fARUSSES am. Shoulder Braces, of the moM 1 approved make, with a large stock of Surgical Instruments, at S. C. BOLLMAN’S New Drug Score. A 7 ’E lovers of tha ‘weed;’’ ve who can apL preciate ar.d enjoy a good cegar, can be ac com mod lit d at S. C. BOLLMAN’S New Drug Store. I>LACK, Carmirjp and fnd«dliF!e Ink-, at > «< C. BOLIMAN’S.

*"***“?*•► 11 iw tlx; I HAB.DWAR2 I STORE. I HARDWARE, I I And ia daily receiving .dJi.i 1 I stock, consisting in part of “ K ki, I COOKSTOB; parlor and Box Stoves, in nil , [ styles usnal.y .ouud m .ucu an ■ also- general aoourUuvUt ol ' i HARDWARE. FARMING IMPIE.MENTB, CUTLEDf . M-’ch'nic’a Tools, Harness, Saddle ssd < , nage Trimming,; and f ur Bmld, rJ< I ! LIUS nil CUSS, . Lcck«,etc', ( -tc .in fs.t -'‘n-gneceMaryfur Buildup p . 4 A ;., BAK IRON, Steel. W «?nn Trnn.Sprin~« S-dt’.ric., Kn<h whieh wo invite t.lre sp-ri.-,! Mt.nticn of parnrominne to at lire lov.it market rate. Store in the Trager buildiav Give me a cull. W. F. STL’P XBAKKB Dec.tnr. Oct. 21, 13'5. NEW STOKE AND NEW STOCK O F REAM-UDE CLOTIIHC. rinsTnooa or v b- ick *vn cmaa' mi, suns STOSS. The underriened take pleasure In annnsn, ;ng to the public that they have just r«l«r««i »rora the Eastern markets with au Kew Steck Os men’s and Boy’* Clebhing.aaadftUttf i part of Overcoats, Dress Coals, Pants, Vests, Shrill Drawers, Men’s Underwear, etc., etc,, Os which w ' have a frill a«*orfment styles of goods. Abj the larg«>t »- n< A *** stock of Hats and Caps Ever brought to this market f siring any thing in vur line are reap** ll invited to give us a call and f Goods and Prices. We hive ft lartfe ftfnek of every tldi»r taininr to our trade, hut which It i« trr 1 * gihle tn enumerate in our ad vert L conclusion wp wn dd aar.we fchsll jjonasty for dealing, nod aheap ‘ * uot4 rorammpudatiw* to •«? * w iRi fi.Mjrlr,