Decatur Eagle, Volume 10, Number 42, Decatur, Adams County, 18 January 1867 — Page 1

THE DECATUR EAGLE.

VOL. 10.

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The Bo*ton city conns 1 ! ha* voted *260,000 for tho purpose of building and fnrnishing high tchoosl, especially for g ' rl ' - A lady in Sumy—the wife of a barrj 9 tor—lately committed suicide, in order that her husband should get her life insurance money, an I free himself from l.i* debts. Plain stripe in ailks and satin* ar* going out of style. The new silks are all elnhorate in de*ign, and of the heaviest qualitj —revivals in foot, of the • : 1L» of Lyons in the days of Lvui* XV. Pouring cold w»Ur on the f*ee and lead dest’ovs th ff-?' of narcotic poisons. A g ! poisoned "th laudanum in England was saved in this way, after a.l other remedies bad failed.

It is reported '.hat » certain radical Senator appears in the Senate chamber under his usual excitement. It might be added that he has no patent on his excitement It can be obtained at an_i respectable b-.rkesper’s for twenty cents a glass. A Californian paper tells of a inly at Alma, who became a grandmother on ths day she was twenty four years old. Tn this latitude such cases are rare, bat not in tropical countries, where humanity comes to maturity much sooner. An English jury has decided that •Then a man who is smoking in a railroad car refuses to remore his cigar at the request of his fellow passengers, thev have the right to knock it out of his mouth; and the judge thought that the blowing of tobacco emoke in the sacs of a fellow passenger might be considered an assault. A storTi? told o7a ’in jiLr who sent her own dauguerreotype to . "midn.ght meeting" in London, hoping that her• abandoned daughter might see it end repent. The picture was passed around . several meetings, until st las. rt met* the eye for which it was intended.! guilty girl broke «'<> ’ ears , *t once for th® b<W« o* her e Wdb«» d -

Fat Republics** Only, Th* following article appears in the AistwasU .Republican,the Republican j*nrr.al of the largest circulation at the National capital. It recalls to the remem-j brance of the radicals some of their , pledges and statements last fall. We hope no Demount will road it, lost ho think too illy of his opponents Wo commend it to any Republican who is in danger of thinking uio re highly 'of himself than he ought to think. They, the radicals, forgot that they obtained the most important of those I victories by persistent misrepresentation |of the position of the Administration; by the utterance upon every stump, from Maine to California, of the tnoit infamously cruel falsehood about .the public nets and social habits ol the President, I some of ths basest of which lime and th* > public records have already exhibited, to the utter consternation of the civil inventors, and to the great astonishment

and enlightmeat of the intelligent, honI eat tliinkic.g people of tne United States They forgot that they studiously ' taught th* people to believe that Andrew j Jobson was endeavoring to obtain desI potic sway, and that on the assembling of Congress on the 3d of this month be won Id secure to Senators and R presentatives of the ten unrepresented Southern States their seats with the aid of Federal bayonets—a damnable He which i no one of the radical newspapers have yet I,nd respect enough for ths nation or ■ themselves to acknowledge, but which (he people have not forgo'Un to observe did not take place! Thev forgot that th.y told the people that ‘Johnson would resist C-ngiess I and revive the rebellion, and that the .people now see how they wcretreaUd by su’h libellers as the President.” They forgot that they told the people that the President did not want J» fT Davis tried for treason, and that th* people have now found'out by tho record that he has used every effort ia bis power to bring the arch iratorto trial, but theju- ! diciary would not act. They forget that thay told the p’opl. that Andrew Johnson was turning all the Republicans out of office and putting copperheads in their place’, and that such ' statements have besn refuted; first, by the hundreds of names of gallant sol--1 diets sent into the Senate for confirmstion, many of whom have the indorsemonte of the leading radicds in the land; secondly, by the fact that four-fifths of all the employees who hsld offices in the several departments of the Government when Andrew Johnson assumed the duties of President, hold their placet now! They soi K «t that in the midst of their hate and madness, with unblushing faces 1 they told the people that Andrew Johnson was a party to tho assassination of Abraham Lincoln, a statement so dio--1 gracefully infamous that it has plagued its inventors more than it ever could injure tho President. Thoy forget that they told the people I that Andrew Johnson was a drunkard, < ' and that abandoned wotne-n ware io the ( ' daily habit of visiting the White House, 'obtained pardons for rebels from the President, and selling them— a fabrics'tier, as base « the ro ' ?n who uttered it. I They forget that they told the people (that Andrew Johnson and Wiliiem U. Seward knew where John II Sirmt. wns secreted, and refused to cause his arrest, when at that very time, as has been subsequently shown by official correspondeuce, th. authorize *ff pnts of rhe GnV ’ 'eminent, under the greatest embarrassments, bad been steadily pursu.ng him with ft vigilance never before equalled, I.nd which resulted in his final capture in fir off Egypt! I They forget that they told the people that Andrew Johnson caused the bloody riot in New Orb ms on the 30th of J y, 1866> when the official papers show that in the cabm«t-Edwin al- Sta " t “ neither answered General Bairdsdis.kfftheSSih of July, received two

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lien, at once by telegraph," ner permit* ted the President to Me it, that he might answer it, and thereby have prevented the riot, and that Mr. Stanton, therefore, j j should be held responsible for the riot I and bloodshed in New Orleans in July 1 ' last. . They forgtt that they told the people, ,t'n teerti circular!, that Andrew Johnson was engeged in a plot to destroy the mai jori ty of the Republican members of | Congress Ay railroad aecidenie or poieonf They forget thst they told the people that be wes io isvgue with the Pope, and J ■ was preparing to establish him preman- . ently in this country. They forget that they told the people I that Annrew Johnson wa. an usurper; ] that he had committed high crimes and ' misdemeanor, and on the first day of the present session articles of impeachment aga'ust him would be introduced into the House, They forget a’.l these not to say unwarrantable and undignified but in famously wicked and utterly (alee assertions. Sucb has been the stock in trade with which the public rnfnd has been filled bj' the radical press and orators during the ’ whole of the last canvass, until many of J the good people come to tbiuk that the | chief Executive of tbe nation sits in the White House upon a throne, an t has cloven feet and horn, on hi* head—a complete d>,vtl. The people will n?t forget these charges. It was through that « terrible prejudice Was wrought up against the President, until «e have what is now called “the verdict of the people ” , The facts were not presented to the people. The fact that Andrew Johnson only desired loyalists, wtio coulu take III* required oath, to be admitted to either House of Congress was denied by the radicals on the stump. Read his messages for iho proof. The fact that he was in favor of granting qualified suffrage to coloied msn was also denied by the rad-' icals. Read his official papers on that ( subject for the proof. • » * • • • The people witness ths assembling of Congre.s. They treat ths President i with profound rtspect, if we expect only Thad. Stevens. Instead of impeaching they send ajiint committee of the ’wo Houses to him they say that they are arranged ano sre ready to receive any communication bs may bs pleased to make. Hs receives them courteously, . treats them cerdialy, and they reciprocate i tbs eomplimvntjeac'i by shaking the hand Jof ths msn they had so recently misrepresented. lie notifies them that ho will communicate in writing, and forthwith I sent in his message. It was received, and notwithstanding Thad. Stevens offered an insult io the whole country by ' moving au adjournment to prevent its, J reading, he was promptly rebuked by a I vote of the House, and the message was read, receiving tbs respectful attention: ;of the members and crowded galleries I Upon arriving at the Capitol, the, I Senators and representatives found no | Southern members forcing their way in- | ;to the building under tha escort of FedI eral troops with fixed bayonets. The i -2*««sarre was not dictatorial or threatening, but firm, clear and statesmanlike.; , Business begins Tne machinery runs ns of old. Noman rises to impeach the p.reciJqnt. “Mares* nests" are discovered. Investigations, one after another, ; arise, only to confound. Th* “terror ‘ j stricken” members who came to the j capital whispering, “.What is the Pres;, id. n going to do?" had discovered that he was minding hie own business, something which it is difficult for Congress to do. The festive holidays approach, and the thoughts of mince pie and ioast turkey make the members forget the usurper in the White House, and, pretto change, by joint resolution Congress adjourns. leaving anon impeached, corrupt, wicked man. guilty of all the highest crimes nameable in the calender, ac!tu illy in power, his appointed “coppered." still holding office' Congress hss gone Lome to Cbristmss. w -t ” . - « - •

We are curious to Iwo what ths people will thing of and say about this extraordinary epeetatla after tha state - ! ments with which their oars have b*.n • filled during the last six months. Truly this is a greatcountry. We await the : returns of the “National Union party.'' The Our readers have all beard th* story of soaping the clergyman's tin horn at a camp meeting, so that when he went to call hi* dock together, be blew th* soap ever hi* brothsr el*rgymaa,’and now he exclaimed: “Brethren, I bavs served the lord I thirty year*, and in that time I have not uttered .'profane word, but I'll be d—d 'if I can't whip th* man that soaped that horn I" ‘ Our readers, we say, have all heard this, but have, perhaps, never heard the jeequvl as giv* us by a gentleman present. I Some two days after, a tall, swarthy, I villainous looking desperado strolleU'up■on the j round and leaned against a tree listening to an eloquent exhortation to ■ repent, which was being made by the preacher. After a while be became interested, finally affected, and tLeu taking aposition on the anxious seat, cornmenced i groaning in “the man walked down andattempted to console him. On consultation—lie was to great a sinner, he said “No be was too wicked—there was no mercy for him.’’ “Why, what crime have you committed?" atkad tho preacher; “hare you stolen ?" “Oh, worse than that?" “What, have you by violence robbed female innocence of it* virtuo?” '.Worse than that, Ob, worse than that 1" ■ “Worse than thatl” groaned the sinner.

i Th* excited minister commenced “peeling off" Lis outer garmets. “Here, Brother Cole," he shouted, “hold my coat. I’ve found the fel'ow ihaHospcd ir.y horn!” Rniiroad TrwveliuaI From various recent decisions upon the subject of the right* of r»ilroad trav«ler*. it appears that the following rules of the road bav* been adopted by the courts: It has been decided that applicants for tick’ts on railroad* can be ejected from the cars if they no not offer the *xact amount of their fare, conductors ar* not bound to male change. All railroad ticket* are good until mod —the condition “goed for this day only” being of no value. Pa *e tigers who loote I their tiokefo can be ejected from the w unless they purchase Others. Pas senigere sre bound to observe decorum in I the cars, sad are obliged to comply with ;all responsible demand* to show their i tickets. Sfanding on the platform, or 1 otherwise violating the rules of the com- ’ pany, renders a person liable to be put off the train; No person ha* a right to monopolize mors seat* than he has paid for; end any article left in the seal while the owner is temporarily absent entitles him to bis seat on his return. •The girl flogging schoolmasters of Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been presented hy Lis friend* with 8350. A lady school teacher in Louisville has been fined for punishing a boy. Does Kentucky out rank Massachusetts in civilization? AV a find the above in an exchange, and the inquiry la very pertinent. Girl flogging appears to ba ai a premium in Massachusetts, and no doubt the schoolmaster’s friends who presented him with the donation arc especially indignant at negro whipping in North Carolina as a punishment for erime. If Kentucky oat ranks M*«»«chuset(s ia civilisation—end and we think the evidence conclusive on the point—North Carolina is somewhat ahead, for she does not pay a premium to the whippers.— lnd Herald.

BraMy and Brats*. From Ohio eome* a capital temperance story. Judge Ray, th* temperaooe lecturer in one of hie efforts their, got off the following; All of those who in youth acquire', habit of drinking whiskey, st forty year* of age will be total abstainers or drunkards. No one can u*» whiskey for year* with moderation. If there is a person in the audience before me whose own experience disputes this let him make it known. I will account for it, or will acknowledge that I am mistaken, A tall large man arose and, folding hi* arms in a dignified manner across hi* breast, said: “ I offer myself as one whose own experience contradict* your itatemeot." Are you a moderate drinker?’ said the Judge. “I am.’’ “How long haveyou drank in moderation?" "Forty years" “And were never intoxicated;" “Never.'* “Well 'remarked the lodge, scanning hi* subjoct closely from held to foot.— " yours is a singular case: yet I think it is easly accounti'djor. lam reminded by it of a little story. A colored man i with a loaf of bread and a flask of whiskey , »atd'>wn to dine by the batik ot a clear stream. In breaking the bread, some of the erumbs dropped into the water These were eagerly seized and eaten by the fish. That circujnstanees sug. gested to the darkey the idsaof dipping the bread in whiskey and feeding it to ; them- He tried it. It worked well. *1- - C-I- Lvuauic iliullk end floated helpless Upon the water. In this way he easily caught a grea* number. But in the stream was a large fi<h very unlike the rest. It partook freely of the bread and whiskey without any preemptible effect. It was shy of every effort of the dnrkey to take it

He resolved tc have it at all hazard ' that he might learn its name and nature He procured a net, and, after much effort caught it, caried it to a colored neighbor, and asked his opinion of the matter. The other surveyed ths wonder a moment, and then said: ”Bamb*' I understand dis case. Dat fish is a mullet 1 h*ad. It hain’t g>t any brain* ‘ln other ' world," added tlio Judge," alcohol affect* 1 only the brain, and, of court, those having ' none may drink without injury. The storm of laughter that followed drove the moderate drinker suddvntly from the house. | Making Castor oil Out ot '■Culled Pne*ons.” . Tie ATwhin’to’i City Star *»vs; i “A* strange as it may appear many t es the colored people here cherish '.he . belief that there is a etas* of physician* who practice burking,' and are addict ed o the dissecting of live human eubjaett fer the purpose of manufacturing cast Ir oil, and that for this purpose the doctor* ’.pefer bodies wih a dark cuticle T his opitrfon is *o firmly impressed on tbei’ , minds that no amount of reasoning twill remmbve it. nnd we know many es them particularly juvenile Africans, who will not budge a foot outside their dweDings alter dark. An otherwise icteligent, Topsy,‘employed by us, describe* the modus operand! of thee imaginary ghouhi by saying; ‘Dey steel upon culled pussons unaware, cla.p a plaster over dew mouth to keep um from hollerin;’ and dren drag um way to wbar dey lay’um 1 on a table and cut np.and den boil down for ifo. This is a cheerful notion for those 'invalid* who use the oil of ths pslma : cln ista bean as a cathartic. . ’’The Annapolis Republican state* ihat a simillar belief prevail* among the colored people in that section, and it probably exists elsewhere. Hew it j originated it is impossible to tell I Three boys, the oldest bw fifteen year* !of age were arrested in New York on Saturday , charged with forcing a cheek of eight thousand dellsr* on the ’ Euurth National Bank of that city, and lion which tb*y procured the money . a j large *haro es the fund* wer* recovered.

Italian Frog Latere i From my observatin*. says an Italian i correspondent of the London Timer, I am t disposed to think the Italians greater frog eater* than the French of the present * day. The preparation of the ampbibioua i articles of food is a sight, and cot a r very pleasant one, any morning in the r Milan market. Tha process is as - follows: 1 A number of old woman sit upon low 8 stools having before them a basket nearly J covered with coarse, wet cloth, and on th-ir left a hand sack. The sack. * contain green frogs, middle sized animal* 1 with long legs and middle sized bodies The left hand dives into the sack and n ; fishes owt a frog, which is forthwith decapitated by means of e knife or a * pair of small shears, in form like thoso of a shepherd. The next thing is to get eff the skin. The frog evidently doe* * not belong to the tight skinned animate for by asingl* dexterous twitch the green coat is reversed and striped off to the I very tips of the long, lean 1-gs, and the j flayed carcnss is cast into the basket* I This, one might suppose, would bo the ~ : close of froggy* struggles upon earth,but horrible to relate, the tenacious vitality ‘ jof the«e ampibia—muscular, let us hope rt but not sensitive—-survives Loth skinning ? i anp beherding. In the basket the frog r corps®*, minglea in a semi transparent * I gelatinous mass; qnivnr and wrigirle, 'and occasionally seemed lobe wsestling ' I with each other, from time to time, '' I an’individuU of tough vitality and active " habits, acually hops headless from the I ' torture basket, and, perching his gliasdy k ' ; frame on tha of d ; which barely covers the receptacle, grin* *’horribly at his exeoriout’r out of Li* , opm throat, The Cred.tor's Stratngcm. t Four cebilor started f: out Boston io the train of cars for tho pnrpose of j attaching the property of a certain debtor b i in Farmington. in the State of Maine. He owed each one separately, and they II I . . . I . i each one were suspicious ol the object of the Other, hut dared not say a word 6 j about it. So they rode, acquaintauce j all talking upon everything < xcept what ' they had most at heart. Wh< n they lr |arived at the depot at Farmington, r I which was three miles from where the * debtor did business, they found nothing g Ito “ put ’em over the road but a solitary toward which they all rnshed. three I got in and refused admittance te the 'fourth, and the cab started. The fourth | ran after, and got up outsido with the driver. He asked the driver if he wanted to sell his herse. He replied- that he die not want th— that he was not worth more y than SSO, but he would not sell him far * that. He aelied him if he 'would take *;$!00 foo him “Yes,” said he. The d ' fourth man quickly paid over th* money j' took the reins and bnckad the cab up to r i • bank, slipped it from the harness, and * 1 tipped it up so that the door could not be s j opened, and then jumped upon th* - ' horse’s back and rode offlieked switch, |] 1 while the insiders were’looking out of the 9 1 window, feeling like singed cats. He | rode to a lawyers and grt n writ made g'end served and'Lis debt serured, and , got back to the hotel just as the insiders * l came up puffing and blowing. The cabt roan soon bought back his horse for 860. 1 The "solid” men offered to pay that sum r if the fortunate one, who found propI erty sufficient to pay his own debt, would i 1 nott-11 of it in Boston. i , An apparatus has recently f.een t invented for purifying vitiated air of I theatres, churclies and crowded lecture balis. It consists of a metallic vessel, , 1 which revolves, and containing a perI I Aimed water, the latter is given off by the 1 1 application of h< at, in the form of steam * through placed on tha outside of th* IX sei. The steam being disseminated » l throughout the apartment, absorbs and n precipitates the poisonous matter present ‘ I in the atmosphere. Eight hundred barrel* of oyster* ar*' consumed io N«w Orleans inen* day

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