Decatur Eagle, Volume 11, Number 11, Decatur, Adams County, 21 June 1867 — Page 1

■ ,Wf J&WV& II‘XC/£g. , P&OPRIETOB : 3 7/ > .■-*»:<» 1 : . OfflCK.—Or Second Street, j* the second story of Dorwin & Brothers new brick building. •rertirW On* copy, one year, iradrmce, $1,50 if naid within the year, XPO f * e ?!* >M»o _ delivered by earner twen-fr-fivew4l IQrNo paper will be discontinued un> btfl eil atreragtes are paid, >X4»>t at the eption of TMd eelktan, one year, $60,00 , OaeAiUT column. orfe ytar, 85,00 One-fourth cojnmn, one year, 20,00 "‘“lOfLess than one-fourth column, p/e---*sMitfnal rstea will be charged. , h) „ One square [the space of tea taperUr] oue Iwh subsequent insertion, . 50 baeoneid.fetidfe* J*to' o»* WWW ««”■ OM ’square win be counted and charged aa tw over two as three, Btc. iMMLopai aot|oeCfifteen centa.a line F4n^Xl.Not fewer Advertisement a, may be conillu*k<ip office. * -.-. 3fc»eaihs sod Mawiages publislfed as news —free. , I ’Woh. R6tffLo*ry,’. Judge. T. W. Wilson, Circuit ProsecdittgAtt’y. ' ■ffok J/W. Borde#,.. Cota. Fleas Jndge. J., 8. Daily, Com. Pleas Prosecut'g’Atv/J County Ofllcen. /esse Niblick, Treasurer. W. J. Adelspergef,. .~.. .Recorder. Sstt«warmMrm. ' Henry B. Kaotf, -...: Clerk. J&'SSM-.,>««*?. Traeteea. > ~ -40 A. -. V«iop._J. H. Blakey. Trustee; E. B. Looker and George ft. Hackett, Justices; Wm. Uay, Assessor. Root.—John Christen,. Trustee; Jacob arid'Henry Filling, Justices; Lyman BaqtpAeseMbr. .> t Justices; Jacob Yaeger, Assessor. KinttANb.— lyonafhan Boweris, TrueWashington.^—Joha Meibers, Trustee; Jacob W. Grim and Samuel Merryman, tee; & B. Meriria, Sanre.l Smith and William Comer, Justices; Samuel Teeple, AsWkLJs&Li w C. M. France 'and Lemuel R. Williams, Jhatieoe; Christian CMhnaa, Assessor., i-Mbsaos.-Josaph R. Miller, Trustee: Robert McClurg and IXM. Justices; Robert E. Smith, Assessor. fkmch.—Solomon Shull; Trustee? Lot Bolds, Trustee; Benjamin KUftyMawl Martin Riser, lyglConkle and James Nelaqp, Justices; IMtigMqDonald, Assessor, toki.- _* -*MmHtaqN.—Jonathan Keftyjr.jTnistee,. jasltm Relly and John Fetitees, Justices; Wm. Ketchum, Assessor. Gmour the Fourtb Monday m April, and the First Monday in Commop Pleas Court.—On the Second Monffiry in Jknnaky, the Second Monday H May and fke Second Mondhy in September, of each year. ' •>’’ _ : Commissioners CotßT.—On the First and tita First Monday in December, of weahyear. CHURCH DIRECTORY" • ®r; Mbay’b (Catbplic.)—Services every Sabbath at 8 o’clock and 10 o’clock, I A. M. Sabbath Bchobl or instruction in Mb*no»iw.tJJ«»rieeawery Sabbath, •t 10} o'clock A. M. and 1 o’clock P. M. 'i PhnsnrrßniAM.-—Swvtces at 10} o’clock A. and 1 o’clock P. %: Sabbath School st 2 o’clock Pi M. Rat. A. Rime, Pastovp < tf-un-■Vx« nii. DOKW I.V & BH4>.. x<> f«!f»iin;d-RBBia>B Hr- j t .-.-.. f j R .Ttftß > jfd* ni '■ ■• • ■■ ' ’Ha Drip, Medicines, Ctiemicals, Coal . ‘Hi t 1 n > Hi .1 ?t :!•>/.'’ ■ Ju PhySfefcms’* Prescriptions carefully compeitqdtd, and orders answered with care and dispatch, Farmers and Physieianb hiuta the country will find our stock of Medicines complete, warranted genuine, and of the best quality.

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r ~ ATtORHEYE. Do D. HEI»LER, .Attorney ILaw, Will practice Jus profession anywhere in Indiana oy Ohio. - a*** oTer Spen ' cer & Meibers’ Hardware Store. , 1 — . vlons2tf. JAMES R. 8080, Drawl Deeds, Mortgages end Con, Dy. < .A.Homey wljSw, ~ 1 Aivm • ’ ' Clftiiti A R«al Estate Agent, DECATUR, tjfDIAJTA. other claims agaufct the Government; draw^oydyiMortgageaaq^other instanmehis Os wriHßgZufijill: Ci JAMES W.-8080, riMINHOff At NTMV- MEIFR , -g AhPIPh ACRES of good farming I. ,1 Jvlll land, several Town Lotq,. ind a largi quantity of Wild Farid for sale. If'y6a warit to buy a good farm or wild land he *l'lf I sett It to you. If you want your land., sold Will sell It for you. Fo sale, "ho.charge. vlOnCtf ■ - ■■ ’■ ■ ..... , , — PHYSICIANS. Fpi JLwi JEJjIaEFF y Physician and Surgeon, 1 t - OFFICE-U>b Second man’s Store. vßnlstf. VTOKI;.’ SOK... .Physician and Surgeon, IjrDMJCA. OFFICE—On Second Street over Spencer & Meibers’ Hardware Store. vßn42tf. ST C, AYERS, M. D., —RESIDENT—OCULIST » JURIST, OFFICE—No, 80 Calhoun Street. <2> vlln9tf. reimhH 4 Would announce to the public that he is a regularly license auctioneer, and will attend all Public Sales, whenever reHOTELS. Tr, ~ T?r MIESSE HOUSE; Third St., Opponte ffowte, DECATnt\IAD., I. J, This Bouse is entirely new, neatly furnished, arid is prepared to accommodate thepublic in the best style. Board by SsKtifsife - . MONROEVILLE,- INDIANA. L. imaJTJPM ls : • Li iHr jßujWWw, This House is prepared to accommodate the travelling publifi'in thi’best , style, and at neysonabiw r»toAA nsvlltf. . . T.r.ctfcll STCVMSLHOIJSIk ' n-' OM TME BUBOPEAH PIbAN. THE STEVENS HOUSE is, well and widely known to the The location is r espeeirilF 10 merchants aqd Business men; it is in close proxiridly*to tire business part of ,u>« gjMHWJiWwi ’the* STEVENS HOUSE accommodation for .oves —it is well furnished, and possesses every modern wator-4he Attendance is prompt and respectful—and the table is generously provided with every MVfS k BYEKB. 1 800K 7 BINDERS, ■ MrikMHßbris s ssmt wm ■ Arik , Particular attention paid to County ■ Mfeto# ■ '■ |orMagasinto, Musk, andtold Books bound and re-bound in apy style dtesired.

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gAttiti forttjj. rT/rramta'iLi.rit tu’.rtu l ■nErj.j. i :'i =r: .*l. 7 y». *’l Js Jlwl’RßßrfnKttmw. f dike'ult ai ,vooh s>fnolljn; r '”i -r,it i .‘.’AmMtaMtMiHttlemMllawet ”n:' Has sweetly charmed an hour of wee, if../ ShnUrIt too, have little '"f, TqgaxeupMi.toKdgy, But she who culled them for tne i Has long rinee passed I cannot say one yeas 'iijgq, 1 ’twM»o«t fo* •.. ... *- Since they wen bright:a»d beairtiful ■«' And perfumed as of yore t : ' .'i. -firfwl •_. ; A pictured Nee, s loek of hair; " A •Aw ■ h . FVf mc’MryAbygoßeJtottn*. 2; • gbWmrion that It>rbw So still of thought apd hj’e, : ' But, Oh, I would not call it back ■j From God’s bright horn® above 1 ■ i Jlsrf *•■”» bi- 1« T’.i-.-'i ■ s •’ There are rioflUlcd flutters in heaven,— '• f No tears for us to shed, And those who ve passed before us there “ By angels’ hands are led. Weoaimot keep them herewith love, ’ Aft things below musltode; J 1 And riiiite yje'linger,'day by day Eri’gUhopea are.Jswly laid. r ’ 'y<ll keep our little faded flowers And water them with tears,. And-hope that 'Grid faaysinile upon Arid lighten all our fears. Place them on memory’s tomb,' For there we know thfey' will not fac[e, But ever brightly hloom. The Union Pacific Railroad when It will be fintehed./ : No great enterprise was ever begun abou t which so little has been said and so much: has been done. The public have a vague idea that a railroad is being built from semen where in the. East to somewhere . in a.farther West than a rail-track has ever before been laid; but where it begins, or what route it , follows, or where it is to end, we venture assert, not one in a thousand can tell. For a dozen years we have heard ! that a great Pacific Railroad -was to bi built, and a dozen names and ?iw!. io a. -n! .. ■ ■ -i a dozen companies, and a .dozen routes—from tiie southern boundary of Texas' ip\ the northern .bouMnry df been urged upon Congress as the . greatest and best means' for uniting fh6 Aftantic Pacific .shores. Bubble After bubble was blown, and e&i|i burst in turn when touched by i the sharp point of practical experience. •. \ '. The absolute necessity for st eifio Railroad to retain and bind ! more closely together the eastern land western extremes of the continent in, one great Vnf,iek and Pas \cijlc country, the immehse’ fcost of ' go veTDmsut ttaimportstio*.-1«/its , frontier andßockyMountain posts, , and the even greater cost of Indi- - an wars, in a>region that hotting “ but a railroad could civilize, and nothing but civilization could pacifJ‘,?U4he_grea.t importance of opening a'Wad to the rich gold and sjh ver mines of the Rocky and Sferra Nevada Mountains, so. that the way. ■ to the resumption of specie payk ments might be made shorter and i easier,—all these prudtwtM rea- ; l weight upon Congress that it debe made. There were, indeed, many others; f ttfd thbus&hd miles df additional territory would be opened for settlement ; vast bodies of land now valueless would be made productive’;' the tide of business and travelrihatnbw whidn Rr tedious sh£ dangerousway along the borders pf two oceans, would be increased | ten-fold y and how would the fothI ers in the East strike hands with their sons* and daughters at the Golden Gate, i/‘ they could borne qntbowingfdfctke. lootono)ti ve ! , ' The imperative need of the work was admitted, but it was too vast, for individual enterprise to attempt No combination of private capitalists was willing to risk a hundred million dollars in the

ft,, j. -nw s’-”-’ constrncUpn f oC, £.OOO miles of, railroad-thronghDirilderness. - "As the undertaking strictly national, so no power less than that : <lf jke eAmplish.it j as thootet necessarily wonl& jfe, the expends ture would save a much greater cost; tQ ; . jgpvhHmeptdid not wish to enter Upon ahy.new system of inten&l toil Its oWnr account; and : fts onlx graniito ailm. manner to sßoh responsible individuals of suitalfle‘character* and energy to risk a‘ portion oftheV private means jB, the of the jwwf TILE Ctuttkxv’s CHARTER AHD ioUTE. ■ This dhwteF'Was granted ami perfected by various wits of fcoiigresa, 'and the Company comprises men pf thc highest reputation for integrity, wealth, and business exlierience. Among the officers are 3Whri "A/ i)ix, President, Tho mas C.D« t .nt,Vie.Pr osi a m t, and, Johft J. Cjsco, late Assistant Treasurer of the IL S.y Treasure*. Charter is One Hundred Million Dollars, of which. it is estimated' that Hot exceeding Twenty-Five Millions rivill be required, rind of which Five. Millions have already been paid in. y. ; i purveying parties were at once pushed out in. various directions across the continent to find and locate the best available line ,between the Missouri River and the Pacific. Ocean. This was estabin. Nebraska, on the eastgarid will finally be at San Franciseo, in' : California, on thfc west—a distance 6*f hearty 1,9Q0 mile?.. The Chicago and North Western Railroad is . now completed from Chicago to Omaha, a distance of 492 miles; and .several other roads are rapidly building to unite with the Union Pacific at the same point; that'its ’Eastern connections will bO Numerous and complete. The general Hne of the road from Omaha is west up the valley of the Great Platte,, rind thence across the plains a distance of Mt miles, to the Black Hills, dr easterly apyr of the Rocky Mounti}|pß, . Col. Seymour, the Consulting Engineer, reports that the grade is much more favorable tltetf the maximum to the Rddky Mountains not exceedifigjiO feet to the mile, rind from fhatfpbint to the summit, or divide of the Continent, it will not exceed 80 feet to the mile. From tite Rocky Mountains, the best practicable route Will be taken to GreaTSagTakeand thence by the Valley of theJH umboldt River to the eastern base of the si,ej;ra Nevada Uie Central Pacific Railroad is now being rapidly built east'from Sacramento, Cal., and ijs already completed abbut 100 miles and will connect with the Union Pacific. WHAT HAS BEEN DONE AND ITS COST. As we . remarked before, there has been very little talk, and a great deal of wbrk. Almost before the public .were aware, it had bh€ri begun.; ’On the'lst of January, 1867,i the Union Pacific Railroad was finished for 30a, mileS WUf|t> from t&nalia, and fully 'equipped with Do.Cptnotives, ' Rolling Stock, Repair DepptefStaon hand Iron, Ties, and other materials, sufficient to finish the road to the Rocky Mountains, or 517 miles from Omaha, by the Ist of September, 1867. It is expected that the whole line through to California, will be completed, in 1870. , The first 305 miles were graded, bridged and ironed, with j « heavy Trail, aud supplied Yitii suitable depots, repair shops, stations, locomotiveSj Cars, and all the necessary appurtenances of a 'first class road, for 850,000 per mile, afiid it is believed that the remaining portion will not increase the ■ average cost to more than $66,000 per mile, exclusive of equipments. [.?.< ; •It has been Broved^ already, that the entire interest on the fifty mhiona in bonds advanced by the Government a'ill lx- saved more than twice over in the consequent dinfinutlon of Government exreuscsiu the regions through which the road raises.

— ——-——hr —ft* — MCANS XSB CONBTBVCTION. Whea the Government determined that the road must be built, it also determined to make moat ample provision to render its apeedy completion beyond a doubt Ist—Tit Grant of Money The Government issues to the Company its »ix per cept. thirty .year bond» at the rate of 816,000 per inile, for thri whole road/ rind, in additioh, for 130 miles across the Rocky Mountains this grant is trebled, making it $48,000 per mile; aud from the termination of this section to the Califoldia line (alwut 898 miles), the grant is doufttod, making. 832,000 per mile, •—the wfiote amount being 844,20^,000... These bonds are issued by the Government only on the edmpfetion -bf each section of twenty miles, an( i the Commissioners appointed by the. President of the United States have .certified that dtis thoroughly built and supplied with all the machinery, <tc., of a first class railroad. The interest on thesq bonds is paid by,the iU. $. Treasury* and the Government retains, as a sinking fund to be applied to repayment of I principal and interest, one-half the regular charges made for transportation by the Company against it These bonds, which are a second mortgage, are not due for thirty i years, and it is not improbable that the value of the services to be rendered to the Government during that period yrfU Constitute a sinking fuqd sufpcient fi?r tjfiqir ..redemption at matu ri ty.. ; , 2d.-THE FigsT,Mortgage Bonds The Governmentpermits the Company to issue its own Mortgage Bonds at the same time, arid bn the same terms, and for the same amount, and by special of Congress these bonds qf ths Company are made d. First Mortgage on the entire line and property of the road, the Government bonds being subordinate. The amount of thyse bonds to be issued Jiy the Company is limited to an amount equal to those issued by the Government to aid in the construction of the road. 3d. —The Land Grant. —While this, is certainly , munificent, at the some time it is most advantageous to the Governindirt; for, Itith6ts it, all its own lands 4most worthless.. It ta a donation of every alternate section for 20 miles on each side of the road; or 12,800 acres per niile, and amounts to 20,032,000 acres, assuming the diatenee from Omaha to the California State Line to be 1,565 miles. Much of this land, especially in ’tlie Valley of the Great Platte,is T arich alluvium,and is considered equal to any in tile world for agricultural purftotos. Hon. E. D. Mansfield,' teamed Commissioner of Statistics for the State of Ohio, estimates that at least 6,400,000 acres will be available to the-Coinpany within a moderate length' of time, and that it is far within bounds to estimate this entire grant at 81 50 an acre, or $30,000,000. . The Illinois Central has realized more than four times this sum frdm a similar grant RECAPITULATION OF MEANS FOR 1,565 MILES.U. S. Bonds, equal to Bumby, $44,208,000 First Mortgage Bonds,,{. 44,208,000 Land grant, 20,032,000 w^es,. . ‘ say, 30,000,000 I i ? ' ' $118,416,000 —equal to a cost of nearly 876,000 per mile, which is believed to be a liberal estimate. This dees toot take into the Recount the value of the right of Wriy and material, the stock subscription already paid in, or to be paid in the future, or the presentdiscount at which the bonds are offered, ar they are expected soon to .be at par. The Interest on the Bonds is mqre than provided for by the net earnings of: the various sections ©if ths road, as they arri completed. On the 305 miles on which the cars are now running west, from Omaha, the receipts,-for the first two weeks in May were 8113,000; and as the road is extended towards the great mining centres, the business in freight and passengers con-

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stantly increases—and as there can be no competition from rival roads the Company has full power to charge remunerative prices.* PROSPECTS FOR FUTURE BUSINESS. It needs no argument to show that the traffic of the only railroad connecting the Atlantic and the Pacific, and parsing through the great mihiiig region; must be im'mense. " - ' ‘ “ Although pur annual product of the previous metal? is now officially estimated at 8100,000,066 per annum, a vastly greater, sum will 'bofobtaiiied as soon, as tfiq Upion Pacific Raifroad opens the way to 4egidns of the Rocky 'Xfduufains. Now, the difficulties and Cost of communication arc so , est veins can be workpd;. but with ‘bherip 1 transportation, hundreds of thousands of hardy miners will successfully develop other mines, that,' with less costly working, will be eten more profitable than the average of those nd w in operation; rind the business of this constantly increasing mining interest must , paSs over this road. The records of our shipping offices Show that not less than 50,600 passengers now annually travel by sea between the Atlantic ports and Sah Francisco; and these.reckoned at' 8150 each (about one-half the steamed price) would produce a Revenue of 87,500,000. The overland travel is even greater. . In a single year, thousand teams, comprising a vast number of emigyunts and travelers, departed from two points only on the Missouri River on their westward journey. t If the truth of this statement was not familiar to all frontier’s jnen, it might well be questioned. But, estimating the overland through travel at the same figures as that by steapier, and we have 815,000,000 as the t minimum estimate on tlie same number of passengers. But the facilities for cheap and rapid transit furnished by railroad always vastly increases the amount of travel with the same population. The difference between foe, nqm- , bers who would take an ocean steamer or a prairie wagon and a modem palace-par, with its jqxurir, ous state-rooms, where the traveler eats and sleeps almost as comfortably as at home, may be as great as the difference between the numbers who were jolted over the mountains in an old fashioned stage-coach, and tfiose in an Express train between any two great cities. Then, is it not safe to say, thaf this through travel will be at once doubled on the completion of. the road in 1870, and, with the rapid increase of Pacific Cqqst population in the next fcw years, more than quadrupled ? Is it at ajl extravagant to assert that the through passenger business during the first year after the first train of cars runs from Omaha in Nebraska to Sacramento, will.be worth twentyfive million dollars ? When to this we add half as much more: for its way passenger business, and more than as much more than both for its freights, expresses and mails, etc., are there not the best reasons in the world for lielfeving that the Union Pacific Railroad will be one of the most profitable as well as one of the grandest Wdrks of mod- ’ ern times? BECUKUT AND VALUE QF ITS BONDS. Wfe have-made these calculations . that the public may have some brief data of facts from which to form their estimate of the'value of the Union Pacific Railroad Company’s First Mortgage Bonds., Besides, men of the greatest railroad experience in the country have? shown thCir confidence in the stock by liberal subscriptions, and this stock must be subordinate to all other claims. But there ~are stronger proofs of the security and value of tito First Mortgage Bonds than any we have named: 1. That for the safety of the •The price of freight hy tewno frtyn the Mieeouri Riv.r wm formerly tFcnty-fire cents per pound, or J.W per ton.

coodfry >1 ntitiinfcl VJnomy the road is indispensable. 2. That by an investment of about fifty iHilliow .hr » tiMPwto Mortgage on the road, the Governmeat practically gttriHnteMl the ' ■principal and interest on the first mortgage. The Company now ofibre a limited amount of Its First Mortgage Bonds, bearing six per cent interest, payable semi annually in coin, at ninety per cent This interest, atlhe current rate oit premium on gold is equal to nine per cent per annum on the price for whtah they are now offered. The Company expects to sell but a small amount at this rate, When the pride will be raised, and like all similar bpmta above their par value. The aabscribers to this loan will not only have the advantages of very phenal interest and very safe security, but will also have the satisfaction of having assisted in the construction of ths greatest national work of the country. . . t h, lio Bevrttcblnr New FaMhlem. Who shall describe the exquisite . taste and beauty of the new style bf ladies’Walking dresses ? Taken Rs a class; women can eontrivir more outlandish and ugly costumes ■than one would think possible without the gift of inspiration.' 7 Birt this time they hive been felhSthus in invention. The wretched waterfalls still remains of course, btftln modified form every change it has undergone was forthe 1 better. FVst it represented a bladder of Scotch snuff;next it' hung down the woman’s back like a canvas . covered ham; afterwards it contracted, And counterfeited a turnip on the back of the hefid; ifbw it sticks straight Out behifid, find looks like a wire muzzle on a greyhound. Nestling 1 ifr tlte midst Os this loftg Stretch of head tod hfiit reposes the little batter-cake of a bonnet, like a jockey-saddleohf ’b race-horse. You will readily perceive thatthfs looks veryunifjee, and pretty, tod chqettito. But the glory Os the Costurtie is the robe—1 the dress? No furbelows, no ®oun- ! ceS, no biases, nO nifties, nd gores, no flutter-wheels, no heopi to 1 to speak of—nothing but a- riteh, ! plain, narrow black dress, termin- ! ating just below the knees in jdng saw teeth (pointing downward); and under it a flaming red skirt, enough to put yonr eyes out, that reaches down only to the anklebond, tod exposes the restless little feet. Charming, fascinating/ seductive; bewitching! <■ To see a lovely girl> of seventeen, with a saddle' Oi4 hei head, and a muzzle on behind, and her veil just covering the end of her nose, come tripping along in the hboptessj 1 wedbottomed dress, like a churn on fire, is enough to set a man wild. I must drop this subject— I cto’t stand Twdin. , r ,H —‘— '■ »>>»■'—'!i<-4.-.-4 i The Independent tells that the lateßev. William Thro pc; of Bristol, was so Stout, that on one occasion, when about to take part in to ordination sendee, it was found- that the pulpit was too narrow to admit him ia the ordinary way, and he had to be assisteb oyer the side into, his seat He then rose to deliver It was on ‘ The Importance of a Right Introduction into the Christian Ministry,” Mid he founded his discourse on the parable ■ in which it is declared that “hethat entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep, while hfi that elintoGCh up some other way, the same is a'; thief and a robber.” • ’ • Modern MARRiAGES.—Gcorge Francis Train, in a,rec©nt speech inNewYork fi said: ‘■Our modern marriage service reads thus: ypq, take this brown, stope carriage and span and these foamonds for thy husband ? Yes.. Will you take this unpaid milliner’s bill, this high waterfall of foreign hair, these affections, accomplishments and feeble constitution for,. :thy wedded wife! Yes. Then,, what mammon has joined together, let the next best man run away with, so that the first divorce court may tear them assunder.” Not that which men do worthi-. ly, but that which they do successfully, is what history makes haste to record. /