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

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TUE SAVED. There were alone in the world, these two, brother and sister. She, two years the eider, had watched over him with all the tenderness of a mother, since that beloved parent had confined him to her dying bed, six year* before. She had told her of the danger that would await the lad as he entered upon life, and terntations of every kind would surround him. No faither's counsel or example, no mother's loving word to guard or strengthen him. Faithfully had the sister kept watch and ward over him, entering into his pursuits, striving to make life as pleasant as their somewhat isoiated position would permit She had a small income from a few thousand dollars, placed at interest, and this she eked out by teaching. They lived in a model house, those comforts to the small income, but yet refined class of people. It was in one of the pleasant suburban towns, with good air and water, and a blessed peep at the glorious sky. They had been so happy. But now a •cloud no bigger than a man’s hand was rising up on the horizon of their serene trust; she felt its blighting, chilling influence. Charles had been placed with an engraver, and he had been much absorbed by the beatiful art; but of late be had been much changed; he was restless and moody. Often absent from home on an evening, and resenting the kindly expressed inquires of his sifter, the felt that there was some influence at work upon him which was acting against her, and undermining the very foundation ot his character. She went to see his master, and found from him that Charles was much less steady and industrious 1 than he had been, and that he had form - j ed an intimacy with a clerk in the neigh-

boring store, who did not bear a very good character, and Mr. Berrie was fearHul.it was having a very ruinous effect on him. Ellen returned home with an aching heart, which found solace but in the one ejaculation. "Ob' God, Father, help him, strengthen him, guide me in the right way to influence bim;” and with thia prayer swelling in her full heart, she found solace. Charles come home that night restless and sullen. !•> made no responce to Ellen's efforts for a cheerful tea table. She had gathered upon it a few of the little luxuries he was most fond of, hoping to allure him in this most innocent way to some return of former feelings; but he took no notice to them, and while her untested tea was before her, he arose from the table, put on his bat and went out. It was the first night be bad done so, without, at least, the show of an excuse, such as promised to meet Patterson this evening;"’ or “I have pledged a game of chess at the club;*’ but this seemed so definant, so thoughtless of her feelings, she fait be must have taken a long stride downwa: d before he could have done this. All that sad evening she brooded upon what she could do; what course she should pursue to awaken in the erring boy a sense of bis danger; how to call the good angles again around to guard hirni Ke looked unhappy, she was sure be did not enjoy his wrong doing, and there wae a comfort in that thought; but she feared he was becoming so entangled with bad associates it would be impossible for bim escape. The evening

passed slowly on; each hour of the heavy clock seamed to strike a knell for one hope after another; the twelve strokes sounded, and she was sick at heart: he had never beee so late. Wag he indeed gone from her? Then her quickened ear, intensified by long watching, caught the sound of his foot, (it couid be no othet) as it turned into the court with a bound almost of joy. so great was the relief to have him once more at home. She sprang up, that she might open the door and speak a word of welcome to him; “not a reproach,” she thought, “less I diiva him from me ” But he entered hastily, opening the door with his night key; he pushed past her, and rushed up to his own room. She could only see that he looked unnaturally wild and haggard. She did not follow him, but when he had been some time in bis room, she stole gently to the door that she might judge of his state. She could hear kirn toss restlessly upon bis bed, and groans and exclamations burst from him She prayed there, so near to him, and yet all unseen by him, that he might be guided safely through this terrible conflict. When Charles came into the break fast room, he did not raise bis eyes to bis sister but said huskily. “Will you give me Sis? I will repay you before long.” “I can not Charles; al] the monev I have just now is twenty dollars, laid aside for the rent. If I take that and you do not pay me before it is due, we shall loose our homr; you wouldn’t like that, I know Charlie, dear.—We frel our mothet blesses this place, and the thought of her associated with it, consecrates it for us.”

An expression of fierce agony crossed his features. He said not a word more but darted out. An impulse, she knew not wh it—but it is wrong to believe it an influence from that mother’s spirit—impelled her to put on her cloak and follow him. “I may save him from one rash act,” said the, end catching the water-proof which hung in the entry, she covered herseit with its long folds, and drew the hood closely aroun her face It was but a second’’ work, but when she stepped out of the door Charles stood upon the horse car, which happened to be passing the court as he went out. She rapidly followed, took the next car, and was fortunate enough to secure lhe upper seat, where she could keep watch of all who got out of the vehicle ahead. She saw him get out on Boylston street.—She followed him to lhe jeweler's establishment She knew there was a lad here who bad been a friend of Charles, before he got diawn in with his present bad associates. Sbe hoped he was going to consult with him on the present troubles he was in. and perhaps get aid in some way. To her surprise, as she passed and repassed the window, she saw he was chatting quite gaily with hie young friend while he was examining gold chains. Soon other customers en j tered the store. The young man was called away, and after r moment’s hesitation Chailes left the store. “What will he do next?” was Ellen’s thought. | He passed her with rap'd strides. He did not recognize her muffled form. She followed on, and on, to a strange part of the town. He entered a low, dirty-look-ing shop. What could it be for? Her heart sank within her. She peered into the window, and the sight she aaw froze her I eart. Charles stood with a spark ling gold chain in his hand, which he was evidently endeavoring to pawn! Finally she saw the man give him money, and take the chain. Her broth er —yes, her, till then almost innocent brother—came out of that pointed shop, shorn of half his manhood, Lis eyes blancmg furtively around. As soon as he was gone out of eight she went into the shop, and with a quite dignity of manner which repulsed the forwardness of the Jew pawnbroker, she said: “You received a chain from s young man just now. I require you to give it to me, and I will repay you tbe money advanaed upon it.” “A pretty thing, that, for me to do Tbe chain is worth twice what I paid and what am I to do when the young man claims it Miss?” “He wi'l not come again for it, I will guarantee that. Pleas give it to me?” And she took out her pocket book, which she a'ways carried about her for safety, and in which was the rent money. “I shall do no such a thing, young woman, unless you bring me a certificate from the young m*n,” said the man, insolently, tor he felt he had her iu his power. Ellen wss resolute and fitted for all emergencies. “Then, sir.” she said “I shall make a complaint ofyou as a receiver of stolen goods.—The chain was stolen. I can , proveit. Yon know best if this establishment esn bear the test of an examtnation.”

“Our Country’s Good shall ever be our Aim-Willing to Praise and not afraid to Blame.”

DECATUR, ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA, JUNE 1, 1866.

Tbe man turned pale, said not a word but opened a drawer and gruffly said: ‘Fifteen dollars ’ She gave it to him. ‘lt 1 find you have made me pay more than you gave him, I will make it known to the proper authoritiee.* She brca'hed more freely as she left the stifled shop. She sought a car, and so n found herself wearied with excitement at home —Perhaps this very thing, this being led to the very brink, might save her beloved brother: she sat with the chain before her trying to solve the mystery. What did he want with the money? What could he have done' She longed for, yet dreaded his re urn. He came not all day, nor till eight o’clock in the evening. Then he went directly to his room. Another painful night followed. At he came down with bloodshot, s) epless eyes. Her cheek was ashen pale, but the amils was on her lip and her voice cheerful as her wont. She-tried not to let him see her agitation, hoping for an opening to let het into his heart. While each was trying to hide from the other their secret, the door bell rang. The penny post brought a letter for Charles. He seised it, opened it, read it. ’Oh, what can I do?’ bursts from his agonized soul. Ellen took the letter and hastily read ’C—She found it wr.s from their young friend at the jeweler's. It ran thus. “Dxar Chsrlss:—One of the handsomest of our watch chains is missing It has not been seen since you were looking at them yesterday. Could one have accidently dropped into your pocket, or did you take one home to show your sister? (I think you said it was for her you were looking,) trusting to make it all right with me to day. I hope this is so, if the chain does not appear my emplover will send a search-warrant to your house. In haste. Robert G.” Ellen drew the chain from her pocket, laid it on the table; the rattling sound attracted Charles, who raised his head, caught the glitter of gold, seized it convulsively. and then dropped on his knees he buried his head in his arms and sobbed like • child, murmuring words like these: “Thank thee. Heavenly Father, thou bast saved me! O give me strength to overcome temtalion in the future."

j Ellen let this strong feeling have its i way for a time, when she drew close io I him placed her hand on his head, and laid that bead on her true sisterly breast; end there she held it till he, wore out by his emotion, dropped to sleep She sat thus an hour, till, feeling the importance of time, she gently roused him. “Go up stairs now, Charles, and rest; I will take this claim to Robert, see Mr. Berrie, get you excused from to-day’s duties, and this shall be a day of fasting and great joy to us; (or O! the prodigal has returned to his father, has he not, my dear Charles?’ | Such a look of that glad relief, of perfect thankfulness and trust, crossed bis face, and then he obeyed and went up stairs. She carried tho chain to Robert, and gave it to him without a word,*he could j not frame a lie—‘■he left the explanation to his generous kindness. That night Charles toll her the whole —how he had been led away, ate, drank and gambled with bis evil companions; how it was continued warfare with him, but he was led on step by step, at last he lost twenty-five dollars byplay. He was dunned for it and threatened with exposure io his master if he did not pay it He had onlv ten dollars to pay it. As a last resource he had asked Ellen for the money, and when she had re-. fused, and for so good area on, he wss ' desperate. As he rode into Boston, he f thought of Robert, and then the idea came into I is mind, if he could get some | piece of jewelry and pawn it, and would j then replace it, and probably the owners would not miss it. But the agony of the first day of ‘thief life,’ when the gleam of gold was ever in bis eye, and its feel in his hand, and ‘thou art the man' was sounding in the recess of his heart it was a foretaste ol hell he could not bear; and he had risen from bis bed with lhe firm | resolve to take the first step toward right ■ and how much be was aided in it by tbati watchful sister's love and ingenuity, I none but Chose who have been through the same temptation and a similar rescue I can say. Sisters, yours is a glorious work. Be noble yourselves, that you may teach your younger brothers to be noble. Be unselfish that they may learn the sweets of nnselfish life. Be ' ever watchful over them. Teach them , to respect through you, every woman. £SrThe editor of a new paper in Nebraska begins bis introductory article with the following sentence: “The object in view in the establishment of this paper is the procuring of means with which to buy bread and butter and good efothea.” '

Whiskey in the United States. One of the most interesting documents emenaling from the Revenue Commission appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury, is their spacial report upon distilled spirits as a source of national revenue. Setting out with the simple proposition that tbe policy of the Government should be to impose upon spirits the maximum tax which they will bear, without affoiding a stimulus to fraudulent attempts to evade lhe revenue, the report proceeds to cite the experience of other nations in this direction. It shows that Great Britain, out ol her annual revenue of $350,000,000, derives $115,000,000, or nearly thirty three per cent of the whole, from tbe internal excise and custom duties upon spiritous and fertneti ted liquors. Russia derives thirty-seven per cent, of her revenues from the same source.

On the other hand, the United States, never having derived a dollar from a tax upon domestic liquors in time of peace, raised only about $16,000,000 from this source in tbe fiscal year 1865! After making all due allowance for the wide suspension of manufacture upon the rais ing of the tax to two dollars per gallon. January 1, 1865, and considering also the fact that we collected $23,000,000 of revenue from spirits in 1864, during which year the lax was progressively twenty cents, sixty cents, and one dollar and fifty cents per gallon, thus stimuli ting manufacture to the utmost in pros peel of the great profits to follow upon the advance ol the tax, it is still a fact that the revenue has been defrauded by illicit distillation and sale. To the methods and the preven'ion of this, the commission address themselves at considerable length. To put a stop to so demoralizing a system, tbe commission recommend to Congiess, besides tbe reduction of the tax on whiskey to one dollar per gallon, a stringent law prohibiting and confiscating all stills *xcept of an extensive description; an absolute prohibition o ( distilling, un der heavy penalties, by en unlicensed person; the imposition of a license fee of 8500 on each distillery, and $250 on each rectifier of spirits; the assignment of one Governm-nt inspector to each and every distillery; the retaining of a lieu upon the same until the assessed taxes have been paid; and “lhe duty on all spirits be lev ied and collected solely at the tail of the still.” All which tbe recommendations await the action of lhe nresent Congress, which seems to be in no hurry to improve the revenue — Cincinnati Commercial.

John O’Groat. In the reign of James IV., of Scotland, three brothers, Malcolm, Gavin, and John O’Groat, natives of Holland, csrne to the coa«t of Caithness, with a letter in Latin from that monarch, recommending them to the protection and countenance of his subjects thereabout They got possession ot a large district of land, and in process of time multiplied and prospered until they numbered eight different proprietors by the name of Groat.— On one of the annual dinners, instituted jto commemorate their arrival at Caithness, a dispute arose as to the right of precedency in taking the door and the head of the table. This waxed very serious, and threatened to break up these annual gatherings. But tha wisdom and virtue of John prevented this rupture. He made a touching speech to them, soothing their angry Spirits with an ap peal to the common and precious memories of their native !and, and to all their joint experiences in this. He entreated .them to return to their homes quietly, . and be would remedy the current difficui 'ty at the next meeting. Won by his ! kindly spirit and words, they complied j with his request. In the interval, John i built a bouse expressly for the purpose, lof an octagonal form, with eight doors and windows. He then placed a table of oak, in the same shape in the middle, and when tbe next meeting took place he desired each head of the different Grist families to enter at bis own door, and sit at Lhe head of his own table.— This happy and ingenious plan restored good feeling and a pleasant footing to the sensitive families, and gave to the good Dutchman’s name an interest which it will carry with it forever.— Elihu Burnt. wA grand jury in California indicted one Jacobs for an “assault with intent to inflict bodily injury” upon another, “with a certain pistol.” On demurrer the indictment was set aside, and the State carried the iase to the Supreme Court, which sustained the court below, on the ground that the statute required the assault, in order to convict, to ba made with “a deadly weapon,” and “there being no averment ‘.hat the pistol was a deadly weapon, and no fact averred by which the court could see that it was necessarily such.” the indictment was, therefore, declared insnffisient.

Extraordinory Peace Correspondence, i General Sherman has tclegrhphed ‘ Brigham Young that r telegram has , come to him from responsible officers that 1 four men, styled Gentiles, have been ■ murdered by Mormons, and that there is ; apprehension of further danger from th,s class; that he is bound to give pro-jl tection to all cit : zeos regardless of re i ligious faith, and shall do so: that “these t murdere-s must be punished, and if 11 your people resort to measures of inti i midatjon, those must cease,” and “all | our people must have equal rights with- i in the limits of our national domain ” i He remarks further in this peaceful i aed law abiding strain: , “I know litttle or nothing of the i catwes of local trouble in Utah, but it is well for you to know that our country is < full of tried and experienced soldiers, I who would ba pleased ata fair oppor- 1 tunity to avenge any wrongs you may i commit against any of our citizens, even I in that remote region. I will soon have I regular troops in Utah, and on the road ] leading there, whe n I hope we sha'l re- I ceive reports on which to base accurate i opinions; I send you this message not as i a threat, but ss a caution that a sensible 1 man should heed. <

“W. T. Shbrmax, “Major General Commanding Department,” Whatever may be the facts concerning the troubl ea in Uish, they are not beyond the reach of law. The United Stab s Government is supreme there, and may lake the administration of law entirely into its own hands if necessary, dispensing with Mormon juries if they defeat the law. It is evident that a social relation which is criminal in all other parts of the national domain, and which recognizes itself as in hostility to all other society, and to government, if administered by any but Mormons, can not be permitted to exist. But the legislatixe power is adequate to the case; and not till its remedies have been defined, by resisting the execution of its laws, will it be time to send in General Sherman and apply the South Caroiina treatment. And it will be well for military commanders to postpone threats of marching an army against a community of the United States till the civil power gives them authority.— Cincinnati Gazette.

The Veto of the Colorado Bill. The President has returned the bill ad mi ting Colorado into the Union as a State, with his objections, to the Senate. This action of the President was looked for, as it had been announced that he would certainly veto the bill. Ilig ob jection are as brief as they are reasonable and logical, and will commend themselves to all the snporters of the President’s policy, and we think he will be sustained in his action in this case by those who oppose his previous vetoes. At no time has the territory of Colorado contained over forty thousand papulation, and instead of increasing has diminished And again, it is not certain that a majority of tbe people of the territory are anxious for a State government, which to new States is rather expensive. To admit a Territory to the equality of a State ot the Union, under al] these circum stances, would be against all precedent, if not in vialation of the Constitution. To invest 40,000 inhabitants with equal power of 3.000.000—t0 make Coli T’do equal to New York in the United States Senate, is preposterous. But the sequel of the anxiety of the Republicans for the admission of Colorado is found in tbe fact that by so (king it secured two radical Senators in the Senate, and th- scheme of its admission was nothing but a monstrous political job for power. This the President has most timely nipped. The bill will not be passed over his veto The Central Directory has again been checked. Tbe President wards as a rampart between the revolutionary designs of the Rnmp and the liberties of the people. Im him there is safety, so long ss be stands bv the Constitution end the laws.— lnd. Herald.

The Naw Fitb Cbnt Coin.—The act which has passed both Houses of Congress to authorize the coinage of five cent pieces provides that the new five cent piece shall be composed of copper snd nickel, not exceeding twenty-five per cent, of nickel. The coin is to be a legal tender to the amount of one dollar, and redeemed when presented in sums of not less than one hundred dollars. Il is proposed to make this coin exactly 5 grammes or 77 16100 grains in weight.— Three coins will weigh one-half an ounce, and will bo convenient in the pocket for a postage weight. The law, also prohibits the issne of fractional notes less than ten cents after the passage of this act.— The color and appearance of ibis coin will be similar to three cent coin authorised by set of March 3, 1665.

Sobriety of the. **-" I Dr. Asher, the medical Jewish board ot guardians, in v, gentleman on whose experience racily the most perfect reliance mavV» placed, states that in the whole course of his practice, which was most extensive, he had never met with a case of delirium tremens among the low Jews. This qualification of extreme sobriety tells to the advantage of the poorer Jews in more ways than that of th«ir immediate family connections It is from that we may possibly trace their comparative inamuniiy from insanity; this terrible malady the most lamentable possibly which can affect humanity, is far rarer among them than among the poorer class of Christians. Again, the benefit is felt to a greet extent on the health. Tie poor Jews have a far more delicate constitution than our working classes generally, and tbe squalid and densely crowded localities they live in tend to make them still more liable to sickness; yet, on the authority of Dr. Asher, there is far less difficulty in bringing them through serious cases of sickness or accident than the poorer Chnstains whom he is called upon to attend, and this he attributes principally to their sobriety. His statement is also borne out by the records of the London Hospital, In that institution, more than one large ward is appropriated solely for the benefit of Jewish patients, and they notoriously recover more rapidly from the effect® of serious operations than the Christian patients generally.

£yThe Spanish had received an addition to their squadron in the Pacific of one screw frigate of sixty guns, two corvette and one transport, the latter vessel bringing large supplies of clothing and ordinance stores. There were also in this new squadron fifteen hundred marine in'antry, lor duty on shore, if the opportunity for landing occurs. No action I ad taken place against other points on the coast of Chile, nor was it supposed there would be until after the arrival of the two Peruvian iron clads, [linear and Indepondencia, on the coast, when there will probably be a decisive contest for naval supremacy. If the Spaniard is victorious the other places on the coast of Chile, Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador that can be reached will have their share of shot and shell.

Arrival of Reinforcements row Maximilian.—The Havana correspondent of the New York World, under dats , of May sth, says: j The French steamer La France srJ rived this morning from St. Nazarie, e with troops on board bound for Vera Cruz, the number reported being fourhundred, but there appeared to be more. A correspondent of the same paper, ' writing from St. Thomas, says: The Frence steamship La Francear' ' rived 30th April from Nazaire, having ’ on board about 600 Austrain, Belgian, and other European dr»gs called “licensed and volunteer troops,” to take the place of the retrograding ’ French. Tar and Feathers.—A nice young man narrowly escaped a cost of tar snd feathers on Saturday. It seems for sev- , eral days previous be had been in the disgusting habit of placing himself under ’ the Pearl river bridge at the Main street junction, corner of Eighth, for the pur--1 pose of looking up through the cracks at ’ ladies passing over the bridge. He was discovered Saturday merning, and the tar ! was warmed for him, when he smelled a ' mice and departed.— Lafayette Courier 1 19 M. ' ' The Grand Jury of Douglas county in , Nevada, have presented the County Treasurer as wholly incompetent to the . discharge of his duties, knot knowing how much money he has on hand, nor , how much he ought to have; the Jury , finds that the District Attorney refuses , to do his duty toward erimisals; the ’ Jury presents the Judge for misconduct and bad behavior, and also appoints three tax payers to watch the county Commissioners. ifSTThe House of Representative! has passed a bill establishing the rank c General as the highest position in tie army of the Unitek States. It will confer upon Lieut. Gen. Grant, upon whom, by universal consent, we suppose th! new dignity will be conferred, a sligb increase of pay and an additional aid. The latest fashionable collar for gent has turn down corners, on which appea dogs’ and horses’ heads. The figure are repeated on the wristbands. Tha shirt itself is spotted ever with ama horse shoes or with the heads of dogs an, hoises. Sad Domkstic Explosion—An injurs* wife burst into tears.

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