Decatur Eagle, Volume 10, Number 13, Decatur, Adams County, 22 June 1866 — Page 2

THE EAGLE a. j'hh.l, -wroBT ■ <* ■ DECATUR; INDIANA. FRIDAYS June 22, 1886. IT ------- . -- - . —-- Democratic State Ticket. SECRETARY OF STATS GENERALMAHLON D MANSON of Montgomery, AUDITOR OF STATE, CHRISTAIN G. BADGER, of Clark TREABURY OFSTATE JAMES B. RYAN, of Marion, ATTORNEY GENERAL. JOHN R. COFFROTH, of Huntington. *»FXR!XTRNDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. R. M. CHAPMAN, of Knox. COUNTY TICKET. REPRESENTATIVE. JAMES R. 8080. FOR TREASURER, JESSE NIBLICK. FOR RECORT'ER, M. V. B. SIMCOKE. * FOR SHERIFF, JAMES STOOPS, Jr

NEWS ITEMS. The *en»te finance committee are con•idering a pioposition to allow state bank* one r«ar to wind up, or convert th' ir charters into national ones. Under tbs present law, those who are not wound up by July are liable to a tax of ten per rent. The counsel for JcS Davis have had •nether interview with the president, but with no definite result. Th. president refuses to release Davis and says he will •urrender him on writ of habeas corpus, or if he is demanded for trial by Judge Underwood, The poatmastcr genera) positively refuses to increase the pay of New England railroads for carrying the mails; inasmuch as he considers they are now pay ing all that service will warrant while s'.tch enormous sums are lost m carrying mails over the .outh. The house committee on invalid pensions are preparing a b li, which will soon be reported, giving to the widow of the aoldier or sailor, in addition to her present pension, 82 a month (or each of her children. This pension will require an appropriation of 86,000,000. The right wing of the army cf invasion has retreated to St. Albans, and it is reported f! a men are thoroughly de 1 moralised Larue numbers . ! .re I ntuiuing to their homes, and application ' has been made to the United Slates au-I t! Critics out of ’tinds to do er. It is said that General Mahan wept like a child ■ when he was deserted by the men, and did all in bis power to induce them to penetrate the conntry. General Meade has arrived at St. Albans, and it is thought the Fenian movement is at an end; yet regular troops will be kept on the border until all apprehensions are at »n end.

About 3,000 Fenians are in Buffalo, who conduct themselves in an orderly •nd quiet manner. Large numbers of them have applied to General Barry for transportation to their homes, and the general hat telegraphed to Genera! Meade for instruction. in the matter. Those who wera captured on the on the night o< the 2d instant have been released upon bail. Messrs Dural and Clarborne, representing the interests ol Louisiana, are bow in Washington urging upvn congress 'be passage ol a law providing for the repair of e»rtain levees, owing to the eievasses in which large sections of the * state sre dejnged, thus preventing the raising of the usual crept of sugar and i cotton. It is rnmorod that Santy Anna is negotiating for ths equestrian portrait of i General Scott, painted by order of the stale of Virginia, and now on exhibition in the capitol. It is reported that the committee or. foreign relations have de'erraind to re . port a resolution mildly censuring the government for its course in the Fenian invasion of Canada. A Montreal dispatch says the orders I galling the volunteers back the! border have b<en contermamied, owing to I ths introduction ol the r*solution on the neutrality act in congress. A national remetry has been located on St, Mary’s Heights, near Fredericksburg, Virginis, It is proposed to inter some 12.000 bodies of Union soldier? who f*;i in the differin' battles in that

The Richmond Timet says that one of the indictments made by the grand iury in Judge Underwood’s court last week, was against General Breckenridge, aud was indentical with that of Mr. Davis. It is reported that the house committee on military affairs have agreed to renorl a till leducing the standard of the regular army ten regiments below the number proposed in the bill some time since reported, General Burbridge and Brisbin are in Washington, endeavoring to obtain appointments for soldiers who were maimed during the late war. The result of the Oregon election remains in doubt. Both parties claim the state by a majority of about six hundred A large number of Fenians hare returned to New York, and have been furnished transportstion to their homes. i— lnd. Herald.

Virdlct intiießnuca Vista Bara Case. This esse is an action brought by tire State of Indiana vs Emanuel Neederhouser for maintaining a nuisance the nuisance being the dam across the Wabash river al Buena Vista, the water of which is used for propelling the machinery of the mill. The allegations in the compUiot are that the defendant by maintaining i the dam obstructs the navigation of the river; dams the water 8> that the chan- ' nel is filling up; that it overflows the bottom land for some ten miles above, Causing the lands to remain unproductive, rendering the adjacent country sickly in consequence of the miasma arising from the stagnant waters, etc., etc. The action was brought in the court of Common Pleas ol Adams C>u nty and taken by the defendant to Huniiogton county, on a charge of venue, and tried at the last term of the court in that county. The trial was somewhat piotracted, oc-' cupy.ng some four days, and the ver-1 diet of the jury was “guilty." The decision of the court on the verdict has not been rendered. Should it order an j abatement of the nuissance by removing the dam, it will in all probability be finally adjudicated in the Supremo Court. Thr Wool Chi- —Wool is beginning 1 to come in quite frtely for the last week I or ten days, and is worth fr<m thirty to j fii'y cents per pound, according to quality The coarse grade there is no de-[ mand for, and it is rather a drug, while the finer grades ranging from for'y to sis y are in good demand at the quotations. The elip this year is light and when washed will average about three I pounds to the fleece. Until within the . last few years but little attention was paid to th* wool growing in this coun’y , beyond the demand for home consumption, but of la’* the wool clip is becoming a source of considerable revenue to our farmers, and at a low estimate, the surplus, after deducting that used at home, will bring at least §30,000 into the pock- i e'.e of the wool grown’s.

Another fact our farmers should make a note of, is the increasing demand for the finer grades of wool, and no time 1 should be lost in improving their flocks in ibis respect. Our quotations are furnished by Messrs I Crabbs i Mosta who are perhaps the principal purchasers in this market.— By waj of encouragement to the far- ' mers, we would add that they report a : great improvement in handling of the fleeces, several samples of which were j shove us that were in retnaikable contisst to others. We might mention ramee, but deem it unnecessary, but would remark to farmers that it will pay 1 them to put up the fl-res neatly and compactly. and is as quickly noticed by buy- j ers as a neat package of butter. Gi-dit's Ladt's Bjok.—The July; number has been received, and is brim . ful of choice reading matter. Its eo- i graving?, colored fashion-plate, illustra- ■; ted ar ieles, novelties, and work-depsrt- ' ment, are each interesting in their way, . and will be appreciated by the ladies. The preaeo number commences the seventy third volume of the Lady’s Book, and we take pleasure in recommending ’ it to our lady friends. Gold.—The gold maiket was in a fa-'. verisb state of excitement in N-w York on Monday, consequent upon recent ad-1 vices from Europe of the beligerent at-1 titude of Prussia, Austria and Italy,! reaching al one time as high as 91.70; j the mai ket closing at about $1,58. It is ■, 1 feared that th* next steamer from Europe ' will bring news □' the ?ommencement of i hor'-lifree

Arrest of Hor=c Thirvrs—Desperate Fioht.—Ou Thursday night last a couple of horses were stolen near the stalo line, Mercer county, Ohio. On Friday morning two men passed through town in pursuit and followed the theives io o‘sian, Wells county, where they accidentally met with the thieves on the stolen horses. On riding up to close quarters they pulled their revolvers and called upon them to aurrt-nder, which ihev replied to by showing fight Th* pursuers attempted to fire but their pis tols snapped, the thieves met with the sum* success in attempting to fire, when one of the thieves drew a knife and inflicted a severe gash across the forehead and face of on* of the pursuers, and as wear* informed destroying on* of his ey*s. By this time some citizens arrived at the scene of conflict by whose assistance the thieves were disarmed, captured, and are now probably in jail at Celina. Ohio.

The White Slave—A Tale of the Mexican Revolution —The well known novelist, Emerson Bennett, announced 3 new serial story wnh the above title, to 1 be commenced in the Ph'ladrlphia Sat Urday Evening Post, of July 7th. This story, through some what different, is said to be fully equal io its thrilling romance and absorbing interest to " The Plantom of the Forest.’’ It will be about four months in running through Tee Post. The Post is also publishing other stories of great interest. One called “Adriana” will we think interest j ladies particularly. As “The White Slave” will bo commenced in the first number of July, those wishing to procure it can do so if they choose by simply subscribing for the last six months of the year. Price §1 25 for six months; or for The Po«t and the Lady's Friend (each six months) §2 00. Somples containing the firs’, portion of Mr Bennett's j story sent on receipts of five cents. Address H Peterson i Co., 319 Walnut St. ' Philadelphia. More Thieving.—On Friday night, one week ago, Messrs. Chubb A Blood, who have a brickyard below town, tuiisied three horses from their pasture. A i search being institu'ed the horses were (found on the Ossian road about (out | miles west of their residence, returning I horn*. It is supposed that one of them was stolen when th* other horses jumped , out of the pasture and followed, which ' gave the thief more horses than he could manage, consequently he was obliged to turn the stolen horse loose. The Wheat Crop.—The wheat crop of this county will, we fear, prove an entire failure. We have made extensive inquiries from farmers from different portions of the county, during the last week who report that the c-on. notwithstanding the hard winter, would have be-n nearly an average one, but the weevil have made • heir appearance, and it is now feared that none but very early wheat will b* worth harve-ting.

Sabbath School Picnic.—The Me faodist and Presbyterian Sabbath School are making arrangements to have a ’ Sabbath School Picnic in the grove adjacent to town on the Fourth. Gold Discoveries in Indiana.— We 1-arn 'mm a gentl<men who has visited the newly discovered gold mines near Antioch, in Huntington county, that the prospects are very flattering that gold in paying quantities may be lound. Several old California miners ate ‘'prospecting” with prospe is of good success. E B. Cubberly. esq , and others, who have spent several years in California and Idaho, are ditching and sluicing, and making other scientific operations to test the matter. They are very sanguine of suesee*. Mr. C thinks he never saw bet ter prospects. Our informant saw Several specimens of gold taken from these mines. The "color” is found in every pan full of dirt that is washed out.— There is considerable excitement in Huntington and the adjoining counties — Peru Republican Oil at llvntxbtown.—We are informed that a gentleman by name of Reynolds, an oil man of Pithole, Pa., has examined the indications of oil at Hun tirtown, and is satisfied that there is oil there in abundance. The preparations for boring are not yet completed, but are going rapidly forward. We wait impatiently for the joyful news of "Struck 11*1”— Fort Wayw Gazette £-tF The monument to Colonel Samuel Colt, the revolver man. about to be p'a- : ced in Cedar Hilf cemetrv, in Hartford, I will cost about $25,000. It is of Scotch granite, forty feel high, and surrounded .by a beautiful figure—"T he ang-1 of re 1 surrrcti'in ”

; The Soldiers and theDmocratie Pa ty. ai The great erv of the Republican leae | ders is that the Democratic party is now and was during the war opposed to doling any thing <or our soldiers and that li j they opposed giving men and money to 8 the Government to put down the rebell- . ion. Gen- Gresham, in his speech here- ' mad* this point against the Democratic e party. To show the falsity of this e charge, it is only necessary to show 1. what the Democrats proposed to do for 3 the aoldiois during the progress of the 8 Wttr - In 1863, the Democratic party had a majority in the Legislature, the only e session they have had a majority since i the war commenced. Here is what the . Legislature proposed to do for our solj' diers. 1. A specific appropriation of one l.un- ’ dred thousand dollars tor '.he relie' of s the sick and wounded soldiers of Indi | ana. 2 A joint resolution to congress ashing that the pay of private soldiers in ’ the army be raised to sixteen dollars ■ per tnonih, and that the pay of all offleers above the rank of captain, be Deduced twenty-five per cent. c ! 3» A joint resolution to Congress asi i king that the pensions which may be al lowed to those who have been wounded ( j in th* service, or to the widows and orI chans ol these who have fallen in battle, 'or died of their wounds, b* paid in gold ! or silver, or their equivalent in paper i money, st par; and, also, that ihe pay of i the private soldier and company officers be paid in the some mode, and in the ■ ' same par funds. 4 An appropriation of two million of l dollars tor the prempt payment of wages due the Indiana troops now in the j fi«-ld, whenever, in the opinion of the Governor, Auditor, and Treasurer of State, such payment ought to be made, in order to correct any neglect of the General Government in that respect. Here the soldiers and their friends can s»e a', a glance, so far as the Legislature ' is concerned, the Democrats proposed io do more for them than any of the Re publican Legislators did—and were only prevented from doing it by the Republicans members o' the Legislature leaving their seats in the Legislature and break ■ng a quorum, so that Democrats could { not pass tiie bill. Yet in th* face of these facts such leaders of the Republi can party as General Giesham, tell the soldiers that the Democratic party was opposed to giving our soldiers any aid. It the Repub icans were the friends of the soldiers they profess to be. why did they br alt up the Legislature and prevent the passage of these bills prepared by the Democratic members to aid them? This is a question for them to answer j satisfactorily to our soldier*—and before our soldiers condemn their Demociatic i friends, they should demand of Governor | Morion and his iriends why it was that they prevented them from getting the . liberal donations offered to them by the ' Democrats of the Legislature. increase of the soldiers’ pat. How was fhis brought about? Was it ■ done by the liberality of the Republican 1 party? Soldiers, have you examined in j to the matter yet? If you have not, it is , lime you were doing so, so you may , know who were your friends in thts par- . ticular. Hoc! D. W. Vcrhees introduced a ' proposition into congre-s to increase the pay ff privates in the army to 825 per 1 month. The D-tnoc-atic members all I supported this proposition and the Re 1 publicans all opposeing, it but the Dem ' ocrats kept agitating the question untill i e finally the Republicans were compelled to;' take notice of the matter, and the com-j mittee finally reported a bill to increase ‘ the pay of privates to §l6 per month 1 W hen this bill carte before Congri ss for their action, the Democrats tried to get 1 1 it amended so as to give them §25 per * month, but the R-publicans being lar- ■ 8 g*ly”in the majority, they vote 1 °down c the amendments and passed the till only I f increasing it to §l6 per month They r then increased the price of clot hing used I by the soldier that left the private sol- i dier worse off than he was with §l3 per , c month. Thi* every soldier knows to be ' true. Yet these men say the Democratic | s party is opposed to doing anything or 1 the soldier. * a

Thad Steves’ Amended Ball Reconstructing Tennessee. Washington. Wednesday, June 13. House —Mr Stevens innoduced a subs'iime for the bill introduced by him on the 28th ol May, to enable the state’ in rebellion to regain their privileges in the Union; which was ordered printed. The substitute contains the following new section in lelrence to Tennessee. Section 9 Where vs, The stat? of Tennessee ha? returned to her allegiance io the United State., by a re> ular convention of her citizens; and has framed a eons I’ution, which on being submitted to the people, has been duly ratified, and which, though not fully republican nor suited to the altered condition of her constitution, yet as it contains many element, of a just government; theie fore, Be it enacted. That the state of Tennessee may be admitted to representation in congress and her present senators and representatives if found lobe duly appointed elected and qualified, may be admitted to seats by taking the required oath, provided that unless the satd state of Tennessee shall be, before the first of January next, either by legislation or constitutiorw' provfroD, eiifrsnebise all

•Casses ol citit ns, and shall extend the right of suffrage impartially to every class, und shall give to every person within her jurisdiction an equal standing in her court* of law and equity, both a* suisors »cd as witnesses, and shill ratify the amendment to the constitution, article fourteen, proposed by congress, and the provisions of this act ;sc far as they relate to the state of Tennessee exclusively, shall cease and become null and void, and the said state shall no longer be represented in con- ! gress. The third section is amended to as to read: Section 3 Be it further enacted that whenever the president of the United State* shall deem it proper hs shall issue proclamation directing a convention to be called to form legitimate constitutions for their respective Statts. He sh.ll direc tan election to be held on a certain day to choose delegates to a convention, which shall meet at the time specified by him at th* capital of the state and form » state constitution, which shall b* submitted to a vote of the people, and if ratified by a majority of the legal voters shall be declared the constitution of th* State. The sixth section declares that thare who have forfeited tl eir citizenship shall not be ensiled to exercise the elective franchise until five years after they shall have filed their petition to be reinstated witii the right of citizenship, and is so amended at to reduce the term to three years.

The South. ; The Macon Telegraph makes the fol , lowing observation: I Production is the source of wealth. In i the growth < f our great staple*, with slave labor, the cotton states grew rich in spit* of the appropriation of 3 large per centum of cash income to the purchase from abroad, not only of luxuries, but of ihe very necessaries of life. We fought mules and meat and furniture and clothing and iron and salt and carriages and pianos and the i mplemcnts of husbandry; and the outlay was a perpetual drain upon the income of the plani ter. The money paid weut out of the i country, and was, therefore, a final loss. . It is not a sufficient answer to say, ‘That we bounht cheaper than we could pro duce.’ The buying is with money while the production is the creation of labor and skill. This habit must now be abandoned, if we would prosper Fortunately for us, we cm produce almost everything we ne. d, from corn meal to choice wines—from au ax helve to eteain engines. What we need is a proper division of capital, energy and 'skill. Our men must take to the shop, l and field and mine, and our women to j the household. The freedmen must work the cotton field*, the white men till the farms. We must grow grain and i j grass and the vim ; we must laise stock ' and establish mantifactoiies; and we must i : make cotton nnd sugar and rice. P ».s- I . an’ would it be, once more in the homes i of our people, to listen to the whirl of the I «pindle and the hum of the spinning I | wheel, and witness again the fight of the shuttle, and the unclothing of the slow moveing distaff. They are prim itive things, but they are also symbols of primitive virtues. We must think for ourselves. In pol- i ilics, morals, philosophy and [religion. ,we n u.-t maintain our wanted conservatism With few exceptions, the north i ern press is deeply imbued with social; errors, felt glorification, heresies and I qualified infidelity. It is -anfultosee: how democracy in theory, and arsto- ! cracy in fact, prevade the northern mind. The protestant churches proudly arrogate to themselves the I).vine sane- ' lion lor novels theological theories, for i vinlications of feeling, and for pro ecoiption and denunciation. The success of slate policy they claim to be the appointed of God. Th* very foundation of r.ligious liberty—separation of church ad stat.—they have practicaly upbeaved i and teach that rcquiescence in the will of a political majority is obedience to j heaven, and dissent they represent as i schism, and cause for excision. Every-1 thing seems to have become seiuational : and secular. The old landmarks of I thought and opinion are broken down, and under the blight of crude moral theories and radical dogmas, public virtue dies out.

Whither do these things tend? Conflict in interest and opinion; relaxation ot moral principle; demagogism upon the passions of suffrage wielding masses, may bring about another rev- lution —no' here but there—and the light of liberty may go out in anarchy. God foibid! As for us, let us support the constitution and laws; let m pieserve the pur ity of our holy religion; let us maintain our simplicity of lite and our love for truth, beauty, genius and learning, and ' we, under the leadership of our shrewd, | firm, and patriotic president, may yet - become the conservators of the American j Union. tyßeminicense of General Scott are now current in the public journals. One lof his latest treasured remarks was when i he heard the guns fired as a salute or-1 hie arvval at West t'oint: "The last of! human gluiiss are passing awsy” Bull it is an unpoetisai fact that his "last' words ware about his horse, and bis last. autograph is an order to Coxsens “for a i bottls of brandy.

‘Live and Let Live’ , I 1! S. C. BOLLMAN •| (»V«’E SOB TO »OU.MAX • il DECATUR, IND., HAS on hand, in his roMM, j a Suck., New Block, East side of Scccad a large and complete »u<k of ' i 1 iv ; Pure Drugs & M edlcines, CHEMICALS, i ' PAINTS. OILS, VARNISHES, DYE STUFFS. I WINDOW OLAS3, PUTTY, BRUSHES PUKE SPICES Perfumeries and Fancy Article*, in gr w variety. p ure “ Wines & Liquors, For Medicinal f arpotea Patent and Proprietary Mtfdicinei, in freit variety Letter, Cap and Note Papers, Envelops, Pens, Pencils, Inks, hi, Cigtra. Tobacco and Snuff | Kerosene or Coal OIL, I .■IBL .WWB Coal Oil Lamps. In fact everything usually kept in » “FIRST CLASS DRUG SHORE ' :o: CALL AND SEE L'N! Prices—Cheap for CASH. We would say to the public thnt we ksvepcured the services of s PRACTICAL DRUGGIST; and Physicians and Customers esa re It upon hiving Prescriptions correctly Cott pounded at all hours of the dav or night — Don’t forget the place —Numbers' Now Block, East side of Second street, Decatur, Ind Feb’v 9, 1866. lr~ Toilet Articles. 4 FINE assortment—Bazin'*. Lubin'* «nd /\ Pbalon’s Perfumeries. Hair Oils, Fumade*, Puff Boxes. Cosmetics, and Toilet *rtides, with a flue assortment of Fancy irtic les, at S. C BOLLMAN’S New Drug torr

Coal Oil and Lamps. BEST of Coal Oil. with a large asaortm?*of Coal Oil or Kerosene Lamps, Chim , oeys, Shades. Wicks, and Coal Oil Fixture!, of all kinds, at lowest rates, at 8. C. BOLLMAN’S New Drugstore. Pure Spices. Cinnamon, Mace. Casia Buds, Closet, Numegs, Ginger, Allspice, Peperand bpice. * of al! kinds at . S. C. BOLLMAN’S New Drug Store i Flavoring Extracts. IEMON, Orange, Peach. Pine Apple, R»’ e - J Raspberry, Strawberry, Vinills, ®c.— Verv fine and at lowest rates, *t S. C. BOLI-MAN’S New Drug Ser. Brushes! Brushes! P ! AINT and Varnish Brushes. Sae’> Tool*Scrub,Shoe, Cloth, Tooth, NaiLdair* Flesh Brushes, in endless variety, st I S. C. BOLLMAN'S New Drug Storc _ Window Glass. QF all sizes, at PHee. to auiMM ti«««. “ New Drag TRUSSES an- Shoulder Braces, of th® approved make, with a large sl°® Surgical Instruments, at , „, a S. C. BOLLMAN’S New Drug btore-, ATE lovers of the ‘we-d;’’ ye who can «r, L preciate enjoy s good ceg sr - c accommodai.dat wn 8. C BOLLMAN’S New Drug st®* 4 ' pLAOK, Carwiia. a.T“