Decatur Eagle, Volume 10, Number 11, Decatur, Adams County, 8 June 1866 — Page 2

T H L Democrats—oSneraTmahlo°nJAml fIKIUR o f Clark. CHRIS' I *!,^ ‘#?aX of Marion. .}tfi S f«X*Y GENERAL. J of Huntington. OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. , >*<. M. CHAPMAN, of Knox.

COUNTY TICKET. TOR REPRESENT ATIVB, JAMES R. 8080. FOR TREASURER, JESSE NIBLICK. FOR RECORDER. M. V. B. SIMCOKE. FOR SHERIFF, JAMES STOOPS, Jr.

NEWS ITEMS. A Col. White, who was a member of Mosby’s guerrillas, and who has been elected Sheriff of London county, Va., was in Washington last week, asking to be pardoned, but without success. The trial of Jeff. Davis, which was expected to take place this month, it is thought will be postponed until fall. The difficulty between Prussia and Austria yet remains unsettled The French Envoy to Austria failed to accomplish anything. Prussia, Austria and Bavaria were being placed on a war footing, and are massing troops on the frontier of Saxony. Austria will soon have her army increased to nine hundred thousand, while Italy has four-hundred and thirty thousand. The cattle plague is reported on the decrease in England, but it has broken out in Ireland. A reward of one thousand dollars is offered in New York for the arrest of the persons who set fire to the Academy of Music. A military commission has been convened at Norfolk, by order of Oen. Grant for the purpose of ascertaining the cause which led to the recent riot in that city between the whites and negroes.

New York dates of May 31 st, report 11 new cases of cholera on the steamer Union, and thirty-eight on the Peruvian, at the lower quarantine. Forty-five cases were sent to the Hospital ship from tbs Union and thirty nine from the Peru vian, of whom fourteen died. Ths Fenians are again alarming the Canadians and volunteering has again commenced. Rumors from Canada are to the effect that the Fenians are , gathering on the line of the St. Lawrance. Other rumors report them at Buffalo in force. We think that nothing very reliable cau be ascertained in regard to their movements. One thousand stand ol arms were seized by the Canadians at St. Albans during the week, belonging to the Fenians. United States Marsha’ ’ Murray, seized on the steamer Gen. Sedg wick, from Galveston, eight hundred ■ rounds of cartridges and fifty revolvers I consigned to the Adjutant Gen. of the ; Fenian organization. From correspon denee which fell into his hands at the same time, it appears they were stolen 1 from one of our camps in Texas. Thx Chimrstrf or Mzdicinx —Among the special delights which have so riehly repaid our visit to New England I was the inspection it, was our privilege to make of Dr. J. C. Ayer A Co’s La boratory, at Loweil. Although we knew by bear say, that it was large, yet we were surprised when we came into view of its real magnitude, and still more by ’ the extent and complication of its, truly' immense business. Tbe whole massive Structure is in feet one vast chemical laboratory, in which the proc sses of this wonderful art are constantly going on Medico-chemieal science has found that tbe curative properties of any substance exist in some one or more of its components parts. Thus the remedial effects of opium are due solely to the morphia it contains, although this is but oneeighteenth pau of its weight; the other seventeen parts are gum. extractive and , inert offensive matter. Dr. Ayer’s' system separatee the medical properties of each substance employed and we are here shown the processes by which the rirtuu of each remedial agent are chased through the alembies until they come out completely pure at last. These concea-1 (rated, purified medical properties, or,

... * _ 10 finally asve ma d e ’2,duc« the rem«di«'/ 0 for unrivalled fhemselve" « world. Notonly excellence, disc’aim all secrecy in does ,be <x pl*' n e’ory process and hi» * r ‘ p „.acular, but he maintains that • • ,er> n the only process by whicn the People can be supplied with the best possible remedies for the treatment of disease.—The Formula by which his remedies are made are published in the medical Journals and have been presented to a large part of the medical Faculty of the United States, and are constantly sent by mail to such physicians as apply for them.— Daily Chronicle, San Francieco.

Thad Stevens Reconstruction Bill. Tbaddeus Stevens has intiofiuoed the following as bis plan for the late rebel States to resume their functions in the Union. Thad proposes that they shall start anew, by adopting a Constitution of his dictation. By virtue of of the rebellion they have forfeited al) rights, but Thad pities them and proposes to furnish a new one made to order, Thad speaks with the air of a monarch to his subject. He should set about it and dt fine the powers of tbe would be monarchy at Washingington, as we are anxious to learn whether we are living under a Government with limited Or unlimited tno'jarchial powers so that we may make our calculations accordingly. Here is the bill; Wkereas The eleven States which lately formed the Government of the so Called Confederate State* of America, have forfeited all their rights under the Constitution, and can be installed in the same only through the action of Congress; therefore. Be itenacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the eleven States lately in rebellion may form valid Stat? governments in the following manner: Section second— The State government now exiting, though illegally formed in the midst of martial law, and though in many instances the constitutions were adopted under duress, and submitted to a ratification of the people, and then-fore are not to be treated as free republics, yet they are hereby acknowledged as valid governments for municird purposes, until the same shall be duly altered, and legislative and executive officers shall be regarded as such. Section 3. Whenever the Legislatures of said Slates shall enac‘ that conven-

tione shall be called to form legitimate State governments by the formation and adoption of State constitutions, the Governor or chief executive officer shall direct an election 'o be held on a day to choose delegates to a convention, who shall meet at the time fixed by the Legislature, and form a State constitution, which shall be submitted to a vote of the people, and if ratified by a majority of the loyal voters, shall be declared the constitution of the State. Section 4 The person who shall be enI titled to vote at both of said elections shall be as follows: All male citizens above the age of twenty-ene years, who have resided one year in said State ten days within the election district. Section 5. The word “citiz-n,” as used in this act, shall be construed lomean all persons (except Indians not taxed) born in the United States or duly nat uralized. Any male citizen above the age of twenty-one years shall be com petent to be elected to act as a delegate i to sucL convention. Section 6. All persons who held office, either civil or military, under the government of the so called confederate ' S ates of America, or who swore allei giance to said gover ment, are hereby declared to have forfeited their citizenI ship, and to have renounced all alle- ; giance to the United States and shall not be entitled to excercise the elective fran chise until five years after they have filed their intention or de ire to be reinvested with the rights of citizenship, or I shall swear allegiance to the United States, and shall renounce their allegiance Ito all other governments, or pretended governments. The said application to be filed and oath taken in the same courts '.hat by law authorizes the naturalization ' of foreigners. . Section 7. No constitution shall be I presented oi acted upon by Congress, which denies to any citizen any right or privilege which are granted to any other citizen in the State. All laws shall be impartial without regard to race or former condition. If the provisions of this section should ever be altered, repealed, . expunged, or in any way abrogated, i this act shall become void, and said State ■ shall lose its right to be represented in Congress, Section 8. Whenever tbe foregoing conditions shall be complied with, the citizens of said State may present said constitution to Congress and tbe same i having been approved, said State shall be declared entitled to tbe rights and privileges, and be subject to all the obligations and liabilities of a State within the Union. No senator or Representative shall be admitted into cither house of Congress until Congress shall 1 have declared tbe State entitled thereto

The Death of General Scott. A correspondent of the New York World, writing f rom West Point, furnishes the following interesting matters connected wit the life of General Scott: When the war broke out. General ; Scott, although petitioned by both parties to accept command of their armies, adhered to the Union cause and organised the defense of Washington. Ho was now vary feeble, and in the con-| fusion of consela fell that he had outlived the period of bis greatest usefullness. Therefore, after the failure of Bull Run, he then graciously withdrew from the field ot his fame. The following is his letter, illustrative of this event: “Headquarters of the Arkt, } “Washington, D. C., Oct. 31, 1861 j ''The Hon. S. Cameron, Secretary of War. “Sir: For more than three years 1 have been unable, from a hurt, to mount a horse or walk more than a few paces at a time, and that with much pain. Other and new infirmaries, dropsy and vertigo, admonish me that a repose of body and mind, with the appliance of surgery and medicine, are necessary to add a little to a life already protracted much beyond the usual span of man. “It is under such circumstances made doubly painful by the unnatural rebellion now raging in the Southern States of our so late prosperous and happy Union, that I am compelled to request that my name be placed on the list of army officers from active service.

“As this request is founded on an : absolute right granted by a recent act of Congress, I am entirely at liberty to say that it is with deep regret that I wi:hdraw, in these momentous times, from ; the orders of a President who has treated me with distinguished kindness aud | courtesy—whom I know, upon much personal intercourse, to be patriotic without sectional partialities, to be highly - conscientious in the performance of every duty, and of unrivalled activity and perseverance. “And to you, Mr. Secretary, whom I now officially address lor the last time, I beg to acknowledge my many obligations for the uniform high considerations 1 have received at your hands, and have the honor to remain, sir, “With high respect, your obedient servant. “Winfield Scott.’’ Among the latest documents received by General Scott was a card of respects from Santa Anna, who came to this country but a fortnight ago, and intedded visiting his illustrious rival. He was twelve years younger than General Scott, being born in February. 1798. I: is not the least of the singulat parallels that we have cited that Santa Anna should have been in the Usited States when Winfield Scott expired. Many of the sajings of general Scott were as laconic and spirited, if not always as shrewd, as those of General Bonaparte. At Chippewa be cried, io the decisive moment: “The enemy say We’re better at long shot than at steel: Eleventh! give the he to them. Charge! charge the rascals!”

At Cerro Gordo, his general order j said: “The enemies whole line of intrench ments and batteries will be attack- | ed in trout, and at the same time turned, i j early in the day to-morrow!’’ The occupation oi merely an armed ' frontier line he called: “A war like a piece.” | It ia well to say that, in bis initial let--1 ter to the Union army, Genera! McClellan, whom the country hailed as its only alternative against ruin, thus spoke of the grand old Ajsx whom be succeedel, and his beautiful tribute may well form the ' closing paragraphs of his notice: “The army will unite with me in the feeling of regret that the weight of many years, and the effi-ctol increasing infirmities, ccn'.racted and intensified ju his country’s service, should just now remove from our head tbe great soldiery of aur nation, the hero, who, in his youth, raised high the reputation of his country in the fields of Canada, which he sanctified with his blood; who, in more than mature years, proved to the world , that American skill and valor could repeat, it not eclipse the exploits of Cori tez in the land of the Montezuinas; whose whole life has been devoted to tha service of his country, whose whole efforts have bt-en directed to uphold our honor at the smallest sacrifice of life—a warrior who scorned the selfish glories of tbe battlefield, when his great qualities, as a statesman, could be employed mose profitably for his country; a citizen who in his declining years, has given to the world the most shining instance of loyaty in disregarding all ties of birth, and clinging to tbe cause of truth and honor. Such has been the career of Winfield Scott, whom it has long been the delight of the nation to honor as a man and a soldier. “While we regret his loss, there is one thing we can not regret—the bright example he has left for our emulation!’’ The lieutenant general was a man, regarded in physique as in history, who will have few competitors in any future period. Nearly seven feet high, broad, powerful, graceful, there was also a splendid dignity in his address, a quietness and candor which bore out none of I tbe partisans jests of which he was often made the theme. When General Grant ’ was presented to him, nt the close of the war, the contrast in the two was very re-

markable. Grint did not reach to bis elder’s shoulder, and his small body was very diminutive. He carried also the nervousness generic with h?m! but Scott was hospitable, reserved, and none that j looked upon the two failed to give the , burden of lheir love to the elder commander. The great composed face of General Soott was deeply netted; his iarge yet well ptopor'.ioaed features were culm. and his gray eyes bore the softened penetration of an old ago too ripe to be either ardent or indignant. It is well that a life so filled with martial deeds should be finished at West Point, the conservatory of the military art in America. Arabian Horses. “Prince Halim, of Egypt, recently bet $5,000 with Mr. Ross, an Epglis ■banker, at Alexandria, who staked SSOO, I that in a gazelle bunt with greyhounds ana falcons, and which would last several days, an Arabian horse would prove 'to possess more bottom than an English ■ thorough bred horse. The wager has been settled. The English mare fell foundered the second day out aud died on the spot. The Arabian continued the chase for three days longci without giving signs of distress. A second bet of 85.000 to SSOO was made that an Arabian horse could run the SO miles of desert between Cairo and Suez, without I stopping to rest, which no English thorough bred could accomplish. The horses started at 7:11| a. m. The Arabian reached bis destination at 3:8 F. m. The English bores fell foundered, aud died on the spot, at a mile and three quarters from the destination. It is probable the Arabian had been under training for a long period of time, and the English horse was not sufficiently trained, nevertheless these events show the extraordinary bottom of the Arabian too much neglected at present by our , horse breeders

Thk Field Befors the Battle of Fredricksburg.— A rebel account of the battle of Fredericksburg, thus describes the advance of Burnside’s army: “It was now past 9 o'clock, and the sun, mounting up the Eastern sky wiih almost a summer power, was rapidly exhausting the mist. As tbe white folds dissolved and roiled away, disclosing the whole plain to view, sueb a spectacle met the eyes of the Generals as the pomps of earth can seldom rival. Marshaled upon the vast arena beneath them stood the hundred and twenty five thousand foes, with countless batteries of field guns blackening tbe ground. Long triple lines of infantry crossed the field from right to left, and hid their western ex tre ue in tbe streets of the little city, while down the valleys decending from the Stafford Hights to the bridges, were pouring in vast avalanches of men. the huge reserves. For once war unmasked ; its terrible propositions to the view with a distinctness hiiherto unknown to the forest clad landscapes of America, and the plain of Fredericksburg presented a panorama that was dreadful in its grandeur.’’

Quick Work. —One George Brown, a dilapidated individual, aged about 50 years, and bailing from the classic swamps o< Jay county in or near Port land, was arrested and brought inti court ou Wednesday evening ot last week, on a charge of stealing some articles of wearing apparel and other valuables from one ot the Blairs in Nottingham township, Brown came down—squatted on tbe indictment—plead guilty—and in less than an hour was under sentence of two year, in the penitentiary. Brown enlisted vigorously and often in the war—he was patriotic. He would manage to get in, get the bounty, and then get something wrong with his eyes and get discharged. The operation was repeated several times for amusement and profit. The closing of tbe war blocked this innocent and interesting little game, and be turned his attention to stealing, at which be did not meet with the most flattering success in the world. He was “pulled” and “jugged,” and is now sniffing tha invigorating lake breezes at Michigan City.— Bluffton Banner,

regiments of Fenians crossed over into Canada from Buffalo, on Thursday night, under command of Colonel O’Neil, ofNashville, They manifested the greatest enthusiasm upon landing, and unfurled tbe green flag on British soil. The troops conduct themselves in a very orderly manner, and the officers will permit no lawlessness. Buffalo, it is said, is swarming with spies. A number of Fenians left Rochester, yesterday for the frontier, and from all parts, troops are constantly arriving. The greatest activity prevails among the Canadian officials, and troops are being rapidly sent to exposed points. Our Government has sent a detachment of two hundred regulars to St. Albans, under the command of Captain Livingston. The quota for the present Fenian emergency, of Massachusetts, is said to be one thousand five hundred. It is reported that Fitz Hugh Loe is to command tbe cavalry squadron of tbe army of invasion.— About three hundred Fenians bad arrived at St. Albans io squads of three and four. The authorities are takino all precautionary measures against them It is said that the army cl invasion have thirteen batteries of artillery with them.

HARDWARE ' STORE. I; W. F. STCDABAKER Anooui.ee to the public that he bae hand < general assortment of j HARD WARE And is daily receiving additions to slock, consisting in pari of COOKSTOVES, Parlor and Box Stoves, in all varietiesand styles usually found in such an establishment' also* general Misrtment of Shelf HARDWARE. FARMING IMPLEMENTS. CJTL ■ Mechanic’s Tools, Harness, Saddle and Car riage Trimmings; aud for Builders, NAILS AO GLASS, i ' Butts, Hinges, Locks, etc , etc.,in fact every- i thing necessary for Building purposes Also BAR IRON, Steel, Wagon I roti .Springs, Bolts,etc., andt which we invite the special attention of pur ' chasers.always promising to sell at the lowest | market rates' Store in the Trager building Give me a call. W F. STUDABAKER. Decatur. Oct. 21,1865. NEW STORE” I N D NEW stock; O F RBADY-UADE CLOTiiING. nasTnoon wtsr or NtetrcE and cross boot an 1 SHOE STORE. The undersigned take pleasure in announc ittg to the public that they hare just returned , from the Eastern markets with au Entire New Stack Os men's and Boy's Clothing,eonsistiog part of Overcoats, Dress Coats, Pants, Vests, Shrlts, Drawers, Men’s Underwear, etc,, etc., Os which we have a full assortment of al styles of goods. Also the largest and bes stock of Hats and Caps Ever brought to this market Thoee de siring any thing in our line are respectfully nvited to give us a call and examine our Goods and Prices. We have* a large stick of every thing pee taining to our trade, but which it is impos sible to enumerate in our advertisement. It, conclusion wo would say, we shall rely upon honesty for dealing, aud cheap goods, so the hieet recotnmonda-ion to our customers "bOet 27. IKS MeLEAW. BP*

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