Decatur Eagle, Volume 11, Number 1, Decatur, Adams County, 12 April 1867 — Page 1

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"» u <. <bl*w3h SH2 - w DECATUR EAGLE, I9WTOITOtT FRIDAY MORNING, BY. A J. HILL. ~: - \_Pt7BLTSHER Ats Q J’RCFRtfcTQ.'I • r. ¥e>H"o« thd womb <sUrrw tW" Wii+<i-irv, fliimerty ncetrpiptlby J ease Nrblicfc-a» a Simp Store. s - -, ■ _x l, ' ** ' * , Terms of Subscription: One <;dpy win y*:\r. 1!1 adviiKC., $1 A' !?p\i-1 within tTi"y,eaf r . , . , 2.60' If no* p ii l 'in!.i| ;Jm\ vcar .lins 2,A” (.;itT/’ a P l '? ,i " , r]ir by/cniTtfr, twenty five • , eefit»‘n-i Ihi.tftArwill lie Ahnr.p'T' • , .'O’Xa-.nip-’.r ill w» «Htwt»n i? »nle<l until/V I ■rrer'i?es;ai-e.paid, exctipt av the option ot ihy,. pub'usher •••■.• ' •Bnten off AUiortising: Use column. one year)• • • sf.o,no .One-half 4dluni»; -on* venr 3",0‘» Ohs fonrth'coinmn one yhrir, fn.i'O! , Lem than otm-f-Miß-h colnme, proportional ; urates will-be charged. ■ T.egjl ARverti«emeiitssx « Ontysq'ihre Tfho %e'’Cfim Ifocs'bjtfc . '■ * Tier] iWfit insertion, Each shhseq'iftn't iuicrtio’i. 50 ID"Xp»ib'<Tjt'’ ! 4--J»fi»L will be;consj<b T/yl loss ffiah one square; over one Square trill lie Conn ted and charsr-tl ns*two; over two ns three. <tc. PT.ocal n it'iees fifteen cents a 11 me for eapli 'insertion ' ' • TT’R-liapbits 'and . Elncntionnl notices or aflver > i‘onr'‘n , s. rmv .Stecontracted for pl lower rates, by application nt the. office.* -| ' TTDeaths and .Mai'r.rage« pulili.-lied ns news —free' , , i . JOB POINTING. ,We ore pn pnfrcV bn (Jo’.alr kifotvor Plain and Fancy* Job J’ri<>tlti<», at Urn most r»a-onrMe rates. -Off-us a’ call. we’ ’feel confident that. atiafrictlioii'cAn Ko giv<n •■ ■ ' About tlia Legislature —.No Human Powcr can TJmg hoifl the ftejpwblicnn P«rty together ivith s-.ie'i Benin J.e.id—lloW it’Trcated Empty SlecveTTSoldicrs. •Ex Cl iaphin Lozier correspond# occasuanally wiOt'ho Cincinnati Commercial over lite sigaamce ol Jar3o Nethwz. In die SMufttay’s b?ue of that jript-r we find slitter from that-ttoy al.”pure minded, dUirttfi st< cl, self‘Sacrificing, lamb like, individual, re- ,, yiexyit g 'lre-characti r of <hr Assembly Which redchily LH I i<B s p s “ sfonjii 11-is <»‘y. pctsor.ally and officially. ■Parson Lozier, like a good manv other ‘UotaV’ bietiii’rn, such ns Brother Lv.-e of the Nt w Albany Coprtnerca! and Broth- _ jJ ei;nn:i,J»ie.9,' l, - i ' lUr,nas ''' r ° ! l,!e ■ : -'lkdrson Cottier, seem to *n *crtnin u " v©ry ■’ {onfCrtqMbfo cpiniiit)«fdJle* per sous generally hhn tempoked tltfi Legislature' nnd of tn itch of tfiyir. dpings. A f< ar (hat lliesX Chaplain's .h may have Escaped the atfeodon cf our ntdglibor, the Journal, is an iuiltweuleni for the • daiitibb bl-its saikbn p iiu-s. An d we gAe . them-as evidence accumnlative also, that Fbtne f; ot\v)K- ytry JesZi, Riyu, i« tTie State take isEtie with the .central Repulicnn its Expressed oxalud .epitiioh bf the charactet A»d> notion of •tl «i- RdptrWiCafi f body. Says Jargo;-— l \ : , • ABOUT THE EX tIEGIStAtURE. "■ Bes’dis, I didi-n’t c.ye much nboutei vithtr writing" t>p'or down” that Legisla turejor rifter.l! cy senLihose empiy slee.«r-<| V^” r(! ‘' r 14'g^' c «f < 'ivm‘s home and gave, ,t boj r a * s ufsl^a?.. lifer a fan, and do’or |x> rfftle lioiied men,- who •‘•tnufi’i d the bat th ” even more 4 * font a'ar” than fnny clbiphvns are paid to have clone, I ennoludt-d, iike the Antin '*ho Jost Lii eirt load of potv the "tail gate".slid. up. that ,1 aplU4, Uft do tbe justice, *■ 80't kept -slilh Thai, Legislature Ind ■ ectripfils'gooit ttSftln it AsT'ludf&na. asf O id s __T -'am sure it had kbme of the j 1 meanest. Tlt,e and Mnong ; them .irere the property of both parties io about equal proportidfis. ■ ' Many . w *' ,e bmined j cirqumbscrrhing lln ti* < and y<4wp bf- thoso, es Btnne* cliqae'ior cbm who hehktbechainneo ofc-pewer in their own ir4:ghhor hoods. Lot ‘never rising to 1 'the 'conception <f a "states manlike though t H ’ or fn (ict §f ffehera! hl | But] 'for nKw J n ’T !s /H.d ' heaitsj Is- jCtinimC anl Nil^ r ’ and about j a di zen tpiire, I clmi’t k qow that, we could ' Lave:got'any hw passed of general im ■ pnmirc»; A* thirtAVas Bqt&e t U fil 1 .- .AB?uT~wnAT it,nu>. - -j —• -"‘The est fibljslrifiQqf of a J;ouge of refuge wtftfottt oLlfeefc ttiost important acts Ttt'iwaar&hooi appropriation was a' good investment. The eslablismant cf a

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home was good fop one • class of. disabled sqltjiers. . .* _ ’■ about wiiat'W d:en‘t ; But there i» another class, of prouder ‘■phi', but not li-ss de.s-rving, whin* Wsr<ts ought nut to have b> on ntverlook-<-d. These woul'l rrver ho conirht in . <*4iy '■fli'me” ot a thntfteter., no m-tter howj-legint it might b*. should have been I elpid.to an extra him ' i're! Joilars or su<h a malt* r, ev.iy V'-ar <)<>m this time h rw-ii-.l; uh'iF their ‘hop.]/g*d heads and niaimcl (ranjes a»e Lid , ' h'- flenth flfe Abrl that drank liiiir blood;'! th nt it niijht rot perish. ft is not su. prising that they wens ■ overlooked, f J?y<rlpok ; ng meritorious | soVL’-crs in t mp* «.n crutches ? who appeal h> tli'-Mi (Or'tifffcial favors w.As , exactly in Vie Ihw -of« goo.! many of; tlii-m- The less ffiii service the grratvr ’ ills f-.vor, sec med to he the,word. Gt-n-i < ral Torn. Brown’, who soHiA-red'cLa 1 * ! through >n the old Seventh Csvalry, fttid w<nt almost.thiongh the closing j >ws <f death i'sc’f for Lis cdun'ry, had to phty . ‘seddtrd fiddle to n home made , ‘MTjor, ,, ’i >l,n got. his fiom the b >vs in die: Sta'e H' ttse, cfcrlm had h in at hortie j » vear or two from.a marvrlouslv hue'? rnd blood leg's’, campaign Major Johq] -Sim, with hijt mangled right Land. wnsl defeated fir dohrkwth-'r of th l ' Sena’e by ! -.. 1 in ver-v nble bo:li*4 ior+wvlMn d<r-j>hys-!.icin, who -fiqrved hih . cnnVif ry «t home ] I during il.e v.' ir. Ina word, not a sol , dior, rripp'ed in the service, was’‘elected 1 to ah office in mther house, and but f<-w got sub appojnltncßis.-wlrih/thrC-t'empty ? si-bved sol fierA vainly sought for offices ;that were fil'j,c.l by abl“ bodied men. j In addition t u this, -a modest - nnd re‘i’irg pie kher, who st-fild at home all I through the wit, pre'iching’ occAsional'y; that t.ht I'e W4B m> hell- for anybody— not even and unr< pcnt''nt traitors r aiid wh. was reward, d for l.i, self sagriiicing onirotism by* the offive of S 1 ate i . Librarian, two y< ais ago, was r.er’decltd to , thfct office cv- r a one h-gg, d sold es. t every w>y qmdifii-d for the place, and ( -wkto fought in the ranks fo'tn 'he begin ning at the war nm.il the Beige ot Petirsb'lhS'. 'Vheie he fi 11. ' ’ : , AB OUT TUB'EFFECT IT SHOULD TIAVEj . But it is all over now. They Invo Lk<>ue lome, Wearing, their honors, and ■ thendei'lhum stop l.»ni.pse who think ■ Ala Union party wp th lield.ing t<>g< iher, tulle ires” <ut ol tilth hands, or e!s w go to praying for Dnitie help, far no human power can long hold it together with such men in lead. There Ate .'sonie men in IndLm-i whose votes are and, from this out, they go for qualified and loyal crippled soldiers, against the world. Jargo has a through ticket eh that boat- ' Jargo is a brjek. lie his eyt<l> rn.iy .travel , ed,'some, nnd has not been a circuit rid er without obtaining some k(>ow.Jsdg</ of human nature. - A smart and apt w.Vd or. township party leid.T has evidently been ! lost in tlw attempt.to figure in on incon- j genial pro r essi«n. 'YlplE ’t’*c fe.hrson 1 doesen’t k’iow atmt-tho -weaknesses 01, "human ntr uro, it not worth hmrning.i er LuizEß’s sympailiits for crip , pled foluiers. are uot as hrosd or ns, comprehensive its llii Teacher whose i doctrines lie professes to lisACt’h nnd whose jixampl-s he w-Guld fain krve usbdieveF l e follows. " Like thousands of othyrs t-f his s’.ripe, his bowels of cotnpwsion yir.rn over " empty sleeved nn<l trow-d jseriegg/d. so^-rS’"— he Will go sor 1 office' against the. Wot! !, provided l‘u,-y are t ‘loyHV,’ , <>lh''rwise, if thyy dare hii.ve,; 1 any political opinions of their own, noir I‘m it.eiliow much they have soff-'fed inf i difl seYvicp'rf f’beir couuxry, bis bowels f •brci'mep X£. t ilingly p<".tive h »-i.iii .such 1 ■ chrrs;ii>ni' v and beric voh noe, -•'Geo'd . Lord, deliver us.”?— lnd. Herald. ' Ea*y to Remembfr-t- Thv Rngth of I the AilHufic cable from the point where ' it leaves Va'wtui l-l>md .to ; the 7 s])ot J V»h« re jt landed at Heart’s. .£b)tr.u#ix,r.rs 1 precisely 1,836 miles. It is -’h 'smgttter coincvb mtd'.'thdt & 1 <4- I Acily con*o*in to the date of the year of itfi completion. 1

DECATER, ADAMS COUITV. INDIANA, .APRIL UTB7.

The Eno;mens Taxriti.ou forthel Suppoj tpf the Nnttcmid stud Stut'e «<»v<qp ernmentji.. . Bepubfican AdrvipStartling fc.ig, - Y 1 The last Annual report’of the Apdi/or' . cdStMe jif dpi' of.lndiana s^tr- e . tbali 'heJoV‘i .t’XrS,. l-vi>d for I be W. 1866 wervtS'if '.167 834 .37— fen m.dfitni.t 'oh'e hundred and'sixtyndren thousand, light hundred ai.'d t'.hdy 'four joftars and .liilcty nine t«-r county af.il - the/rf ifieiaf fitfiiras;. .Where-dues the rhowy I I cnme’from th’pflV rhis'eno’rntous't‘l xA t:oiY? i The Cncir.ua i Price Current, o'-Wed-’ ■nesTqy laat.pubji.si.es tho -4 stafit-tics o! jfpik picking in thq West, and it sp-Ppear-i fivm that sUitein'-nt- that thb tatul- ' riu'mhet t>f hog* ’ octfi d in Tmlian'i dit- j ; ring the se-ifiEp <.f IBGG-7. wi.:'; 2G9,2('M>, ‘ •end the aveiage .Ameigh t th« Logs ”‘hs'j i 232.A- O'Hin/ia. Allowing ItiO.OOO more! l<o# Indiana h<>t-s packe.f in Lbnitviile.} Cincinnati anil CLfidgo, then the surplus hog'p-.-eduet of (he Stale would BUlcum, . in* round mnnl crs, tS» 400,91)6. Es’.i- ■ mming the realized price of the Lngs.at Ififm-en•dullais each, th- entire value of j the hog. juO lUct Sold by farmers and ; (eeders Would io six. millions <rf j dollars; . Ni»w !< t us s.ee hort (><r the tn I tire hog pioduct. of the Stalo will go Lo- | wanTTpaying tfiejax levy. ~ , Tolyl>sl.-V' ‘mucty And»' i. i township taxi s for 18G6. .$ 10,167,834 39 I Tot d. value of Log pro- : .. j . o duct. 6.000.000 Oo 1 Deficfettcy. ‘ ’54,167,834 39’ ‘ $6 then he entire hog product ol do-1 State will f;ll| over four millions of dot-1 1 irs sfiort of fihiing tln* fax ,!ei r y for 1,866 ,i And this deficipacy. is just abuiit lie tnu i total of the entire tax levy for the yefir j 166'.). These'figures will give us-some ■i le i'of the nrianriCring and the cost of Indmir.w'enng tin? state government j dec the rule of the pjrjty in power. We. I ask the .people to csiieider these sttii-tlirrg ’ figuns. which are given from official And reliable sources. I But the State, county and township taxes, as show n’by Auditor McCartt's las’reyiett wi re only about one third us Induna’s tribu'e . to the General Gov.erntr.ent in 1866,. .We can nut give '!)« j»-xact amount ladiana paid toward the r<-vtnue co-lL ctc-d hy'the General Gov ernm< fit during the p'rst year,' buj it will not v/iry much from thirty mji|ions of I fir liars. Tliis is about lire, quota col- • ieCterf from this State, when population and wen’th are taimen into considetation. To' lie sure'this' amount was not al) paid utrvcily through the .ag< ncy of revenue; collectors in Indiana, was notj thus collected was contributed by tlici erihlnced prices paid for mahu’:Vptpr<M-' and ctiier !}> t|c|« s pijrcliased urn) used j wirhin the Stat-, •and upon rshichi.'tnx 1 had been.paid to the Government; And . prom whence>Mne the ufeank to pay Chis' immense tribute to ihe.General Govern- | meni? We have already shown that ..the entire surplus hog profimit oi the State, amounted to a sum sufficient to pay less I ! tlisn two-thirtls of the faxes h vlidioi 1 - • ■ - j. j 1866 for btale; county and township pur- i • li.ec.uct- the bog product. §O,OOO, j 000, from the < ntire amount of taxes, j. fboth State ■pn<i*-Nwtinnai (; , ' £40,000,000;| ’ and it leaves £34,000,000 to be provided ] : lorfrom the surplus wheat, porn,, and; ; other;prbduets.’ These- figure • and eSti I mates will give tl>e people some adequate idea of ihe.< drain upon the productive industry of the Stale ,touj tn-'( l i|ie enuunous taxation f.»r national j r.ui Stale purposes. No wonder, when’ we consider the immense levies of the i -Got.'Ti.im< ni upi n tiie resotircfs of the,' Governnient upon the I’t-suurcss qf tbeh people, that tiuineas is stagnant, that t labor is thrown out of employ me n't that the ( i prosperity which bleSseil 'the.coupfry un- i dyr a administration of affairs po logger rewards indasiry and enterprize, and financial nnd commercial re- ; t ’v?ilsTWfi lhe'ra up“ in’tflre no distant Ju--} ’ture. ' „ i And whete is the remedy? Is it not f with the people themselves? There e

tmu«f be Mnenchmon's and •ewoeorqv Ln 1 :4mtS pulilic and priva’e exm ndi tires. : Thf? mustbe adr-p'ed to' the .in r row>s.. ‘The pe<.|L- mn-t live c'<«aprfr. aqdcthe Government must be adminhn •ere;] cheaper. And the conduct <>f pyb-. lie -ff drs Blast be wiser and Stft’ermftcliti'’. Tii“ party in power'll Is tieeii ihor* , prt jdy tried, »u 1 b< hold the Frci’.s! A ; change in (he stdininis.tratiiin of this Gov ; ern.-nent is d.-man ie I—a thorough ren. <>v iti m—-«n Wtiiat c+riog• mn->t spii.i > , ’rem the pi’dple thems>-lv<s. —7nJ. Herald. ' . . Stei'ens* (.’otifrscriliou Bill, f The New York Tinies. .Ripuhaiciui.. thuX cumm- rts upon the. con fl-cation Dili joi Thad,- Stjsvxxs:. I •‘Tlir-''fo’rfisca6oti bill winch Mr Ste ■ ] Vifts pt* ]. oses tO;introduce into (Jotigrfcßs’j jlyis br-i'n published. Jt coiifi-cates alii lands, b, longing to tin- ten re-; Del Srate-i, and all the-lands and Liher ; prcqwity forf. itM by’ tl e' nCi of Ch ngnomi of July 17., 1832;—ad of w hir li it to be . aejZfit), <Midcinll.< d Hnd sold. Out of lb'e i |.-icc« «ds each adult mule he <1 slave is.-j to f-f cciv’e forty acr'-s and each one who j is Lyibl.of a family f>rty more. Out ol ; lh<-. i alarwe a sum of §s.o;for oath bouse-.[ hold is to be appri priajed (o the erection; •as iMiiklingF for l 1 e tu* o f the lute slaves j $290,0( 0.00!) is t.<i be’ijiv/st- d i.u United . 1 S'.ati-s six per cent, bpb.da «n<i 'he -liter-] j Ist added to the pensions cf thu Union soldiers, and $800,000,000 is to he «j>j ]'i<ipii«ted th par rfamdgee done 16 loyal • citiz ns by the civil or mil tarj goi-un- ! merit <f (!/', r< b. 1, Cpnpderaov, under ] whloh.-clause Mt. Sjevens wo-ild be rei.ub'ised iot Lis propepdy destroyed by', the n-bel invasion 61 Ch'nib*tsbtirg, i Pennsylvania. Il he 'pi maiuing ‘sections of (lie bill prescribe life mtibods and; 'i'mneliinejy by which it is to b u carried ' into effi ct. : Thjs ajasnr* is strici'y con--Is.isU nt with the views < f-Xhft .war held by Mr; Suvens from the beginning. Bat few in Congress concur with If gi. how--levels in I'uese views, and fewer stiD would (concent to ii-ffict tli<-se ruinutu hsses up 1 on the jieoole in addition to 1 those they Lave .already sustained. Thr ' bid, is not likely 10 receive fifty votes in ■ the House, aud will never,reach the S-n---i.'rtCt?,.’’ Mrs. Partington's La't— "What’s ■ the mailer, deur?’’ s <iJ Mrs. Parting•jlon, as Ike threw the morning paper, - thnuhe had been reading, down upon the floor’, and stamped on it,’ I-aac?" iflTf'y'ri? goin’ to stop the importation .of fir-prnckers," replied Ike, with a, flouri-h of his stupendous fi«t. ! -‘ Well, well,” sa'i] Mrs. P, as soothing cypher tone as n poultice, .g'Lrlqn’t see anything l.armo.iwua in th&t.. A till you I nerd ..not bc. j.Rat’tmp*. nt abofrl it, ei ber; because it doesn’t, infect you any- ’] how.” - .7 ,-. .? •‘l’d like to know how thev’re going to keen Fourth of July.” cried h-, wip- 7 ]ing nn iiirfignfiiit tear from his eye “Di'dn’t John Quincy Adams tell us to .burn- all tile tar'liarrcds, and riog the ■ l.ell«,i»iud fire all the crackers we wanted 1 tdf‘” And now Mr Fessenden-, only ba** ] caus'e* 'lhey ’ burnt his city down last .ol July, is going to stop tliC'r irn1 portaiion.. I wish I. was a member o' Congress—” ‘ Don’t' rw,** *lb« Old lady interluptu'g him, "don't with ruch a lyirk ed-thipgas that; remember, you have! ] got '.be Jarnily.vittue to mainp.in.” She looked up, ns ihe spok*. at the J. picture of the corporal ol the bloodv "Lein nth” on the wall; n sigh raised the '.vl ite kncliiel on,her breast, at lite sight Df.UtMi Spat tin t,mbojjment of virtm ;. and, g'ving ike a new three-Cent pi* fie I that iho mTcToi'lTtoF (Tone, *L,e relapsed ’ | jijfitq'7.o,styw then pending. , . ■....- im, t t —_ i They nre fixmg* things to lorn forg* 1 teriit irii- s in Wisconsin and lowa into I hop j »rds,VV< JI, therp is m gpii m >n< y 1 in hops, and the wid-- awake western]' farmer«*are hopping around in good!' season prepare!ng to find it. ’

’' J 1 r ’FmAri the Oswego PilLiv’inni. Horrible SWtaH-»,w n Mystery A< Child-Eolf-n by, Snnfcf*,, Injl-.e qa|lv pa»t t i.fitlie. nionth of Au--1 gust la-it n ms.me'LE'iz»■ Dryupmood ’ ah ut • (even cf wliyse parents ] live near 'he town of We.| prop, in ibis : nohfitv. le I hqtnb one mon.in o> forth- I ■purpose rs p:ckn>g > b‘' r '*es ,and u-vfir re- : turned. The most iJil’igent search whs I 'ra rde f<>r H .-r by pnrenis end r.eighbo’rs, ' but no tritc-s could be found., - •barf not been r?r-sfl?n-<f, for mi piners' 1 where th-r n whs water were carefuHv-l 1 xaminerh. rVn*f"'f!-,e wiTII nnl cis’.vrns ! in (lie. neigldint hoo<l. A‘t<-r ’wc -vks of < fmiiless search dml inquire the ‘nfflief' d gs»e.’up;tLeri.child ’so lost. It ’ was rep<rrtfid’ that' it bind of vagrmitS l«d been seen near the locnliiy .".befit; ' ,t')e time of tin- d;sapp, nran« and the < •j 0; in ou .prevail-d ’'hut ti»e child dial ] 'i-bfit-n sloj. n Dy gj>«> n«r . I. I’tie -ivrii.t Wi.ich created n ’pyo'b’ind ; :<-nsr,ii<)n At jfh<- Erne liad afenosi passed 4 f:om ihc muifls of <i|[ s av e t| ie strife -n parents, when it was pain n’ly re- : call, d by a I'vOt ntl <M!curence. On Tues lay ,j last, fiv-? pr.six Lois went .out hundng ] in :h i vicinity, -md during ti calay came j upon a spot win re u large nilmber of black j snakes were;discpvrred. and killed. The .j app-arnnce, oLthe reptile* in such rjnnl- | 6rJ> Hud nt this reason of the year, was . .--on sid< r< d r< mn> i-nt! it was sugIg.sted.by Oi.o uJthe party (list a breed* ing dm must b.i s*>rm where mar. A ■search . was immediately coirfmmcr-rf which resulted in ft ma-ruer Ihr-diil-t'. . ent fi<om tl»<-ir exp<ui3ti<mtf. . ~ ’ In the'side of a’ Irak- hii! near t : h*e<!?e iof a .swamp jvvs found! a s«ht of • openi[ng„ whifih .in the stim.nri r, was conceal- , Ityl (7 tall giMsiuad bnsl-ds. In this I.opening-, was b.tund a htuniu ,sk«lrt.irn fiom which ev*-ry particle of fi*«li hid hc< n.taken,. The b-ues wera as white as ivory, and all perfect. Near bv wss I a tin pail, in a rusty condition, and p. lui cup. Tiie boys w.eue Uiribly fiightened an-l gavk. the alarm. Tire r-etmdtis were I taken fiom xlie mouth of ihr den,' and an ex imir.a ion «hp*c<i that the pb.ee had > been, iiind prebabjly now «as. a bn>d’ng place r f,>r black shakes. The bold -st 1 hesitated to eqtt-r. The entrance, which was forge enough for ihc admission of a Dian's burly, grew smaller and tended • diwnward. Light.e.d’bails of hay soaked s in kerosene w-re llu'ewn iuto the cavi'y . ( and in I. 88 than fihci i). minutes ‘ eigh’y- , '.wo snaki-s, ranging in k-ngth from one i and a hall to four h et, were killed. The pail and cup were rce.‘igniz-d bv , Mr. and Mrs. Drunvipond as those t«k-n (by th-ir cl ild when dis went away (or the fo*4, lime. The. physicians pronounced the reswins tl oie nF a I etude child and there can be n<> doubt bat. that the poor littte giil, whifo picking berries in the vicinity of i|;Q spo\ iir«d; s.ated li»rs»4fin the shade of the opening to t!.i- horriblvjlt-n, was attacked by’ the r< ptiles in numb-rps and killers , Tbe.discoyi ry has shark, d the.vvhohcoinmunity, and almost the stricken pareni? wbp-e hearts-are mode to bkcl 101-w at.tho thought.of th- 11 r nbie f.i'e wfe'ch rleprived them of llxir child. —— Some two years ago a womnn of- East Ldworb lost her w»d< : ,ing ting rhdsf, engag-d in her dom.rstic duties. Afi w d tys Ago she was peeling potato* she found nn the inside of tlie potato the Idst wedding linga which she was able to i-.D n 1 tify. The potato was grown in a field some hrtlfa’mile fr> m th>‘Cottagfi, wln-r- I Jit i$ supposed (he ring had been efurfod in the manure, anj the poUtO hid grown 1 through if; ( The King of Persia once ordered Ids ' • ” ' J vizier to make out a l.st „f all the fools in j his rfomfoa'i- ns He did so* and put ■ h.is Mnj sty’s name at the head ofth« m ! The King *ykcd h'tn why, to whiph h- 1 immediately answfinl;'*'B<«ause you m- v trnstrd a lac of .rupeea to men vnn d<*n’i . know fn buy horses for you a (housan | J rpi'»s off, and who’ll never cung bi-k" "Av, but ruppose they com < brek ?," "Then I shall erase your name and insert theirs."

. Classes Disf.-a-roSrserl by- ths Acts' If C-- o- • ' great1 Jnn«r. M. Wjpsw >jf. of T*xss,- -sKdre?sed the following Beaater Wil- ; SONt ‘J 1 . S i • WAsnrNGToH, Masctf 21. | Si®: Ontmy n-turn homfi' to Texas, .many qn-st ons wilt ba’ asked ns to the 1 extent of the dis'ranchisemefib. net forth j.in die rcccastrftpiion law passed; on the j 2<l of Mftrdh, aud afterward amrwJed by ! tire suplelnental net. j Doe 3 tl.o law as it now Rt4»kJ% disjiinufhrre de, rar.fi and file of 'th* **! Ilers and citiz-uay of.the'Southern- Suite*, who ihad nevr-i tikefi an oath to support 'i « 1 Coo.ati'U’i.ui c.f the United Stet os, dr h i 1 only, aj plica'rbf io- that class ci pec ( who had previously taken that.oath, and . afl. raard engaged hi the re'jelliea?; . Y-our. in'erpsetatien of the kajr-ssun- . d-rs'oo 1 here will do ranch in cp-- .'” r ;> p< cirlaiions on the subject uniT’giv.-* tori .y the cp'M'iun.ity of aiding «bylsu;T1 rsgejo q 1 ct 'he .eo'Ahtryr . i. I have ths hirnor to oe sin,. 1, Very resp-ot fully, > Your obedient servftqt, , Joyx M. Wask-jm. of Texas. To which Senator Wimps replied as lolluws: t /. JA If’ir.U-ow, Esq: j My Dear Sir: In Reply to your jqri. tlion, "dyes the law, as it now exist, j distraoc'iise Alio- rank and file of the sol- ; di-rs who ba 1 m vet taken an oMA to 1 .support the constitution of the-Uuite ! .! Slytas," I have, io say that it dogs not disfranchise iltern. • • , The consUtutijnal amendment disqualifies from hoi ling office certain pt r-ons wt;o luv-y taken an o,ath to support the United St itf.'?, and iir«u engngAd, ip the ,I'Ay'lliori, pr g.qyo aj-j an-l corpimt to it. This cl v*s vs persona are and. all others persons ary entit.led to vote. ( Tiieso , persons are mentioned ip the I consiifutiopal ameadiuent, ,so th.a) ..'I p-rson* wll k ;ow tvho aye dispajified and disfranchised. I■. • 1 1 Yours, truly, , , J Sherman's Cmn.iiontii.ies on the liawt ‘ of War. . J The 8- Inn, Alabama, Times publishJc? the lollbtying lettef fhdrfl Generil [iSiiERMAN in reply to a confederate clergyman asking to. baVe his hm’se restored to him. The Times ssysr “It if» t» very good specimen of the erratic l.flttldr of that eminent raider, and will duuLtless provoke a smile from mawy a cOiirfefferI who was himself cecasionnfly carekssan a *ei«rclF'or title, where borers, beehives or vegetables were concerned:** . Atlanta, Georgia, September 'l6, 1864, . .t Hev. , Confederate Amy: Dear Sir -r- Your letu-rof September 14 is received. I approach a question involving the title of a horso. with great diffidence; ufor ihe hw» of war—iliHt my*teii<»in go le of which; we talk so mu«*h but so little, are remackably •*ilent or, tir& "hordes.’? Ha's sbeartsr teiuptii g to ihe aoidi.ns, to; him df wiid civn'ry, (he umey artifle-y, or tl'eottietit in'-HiHy. 'h <t I fi l l tno'-e -rifi.-j.-.y n> t<CJVerii.ii a woi 'liless, ’-I Uym m paying a mjiliou ol *gi*< «sc“fo’c!.-s.' V*O I for I. must 'e'hice your, c! .i;,> t-i n- oi finance, t.nd r< fir yon lo i!>’c ... B cii dos Cl .’ms in Hsb’lnghoi ' Ti; i, may rea'h your case by the ilin ’ y'. ttr gran-lcfiild he com as a jr eat gran.it\ther. Privately. I ihmk it was a shabby in lie Re mp ol the Thirty first M;?se:i;i who look jonr horse arid tlrtf cidboel o: Ilia brigadier should have returned him; but I can not afford to nndertafeo loimake good the sins of omission m,ray-awn colondsand brigadiers much 1- ss of *hA s c oi a former ij. ib r ition. . "When ffijs <-rn I war is over," end peace lificn more gives you a |>arish, I will pr. niU*-, if, ?>. ar von, to proctirc out of one of {J na| ( » Salp’s c utils- a b-ast that will rcid ;j«. il-e ore tak'-n fr.-m you se « »»iigfnily. Bnt, now ‘(is impossible. We sba*| Jiave a efo jourib-y I efiire ws, dnd w'.’l.nevrfiff we haw, nnd. I fear, more too; so, Mk '•lit wliyn.iiie Yanks'are-about.' r.p v d»^-j e t our b ays, K.r my i.xpe:i. nrg it P„J,;. hi! siljieis art yerycareuss In ft se«»ch fi*>r f.lfo. i know' tje‘ne?af> tvii| eon fleet tlUsj-rpr nd Mee.” - e With great respect, yours truly, William T. Sherman, Major General.

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