Decatur Eagle, Volume 11, Number 15, Decatur, Adams County, 19 July 1867 — Page 2

THE EAGLE. OYYICIAL FXPXK O» THE couxty. DECATUR, INDIANA. FRIDAY, JULY 1», 1867.. Democratic County Ticket TOR AUDITOR, SEYMOUR WORDEN. TOR CLERK, A. J. HILL. FOR COUMISSTONKR, 20. BUT., JACOB SARFF. THE SEWS. The House has refused to publish the impeachment evidence by a decided vote. The San Fransisco expedition to discover a new island in the Pasifio was unsuccessful!. It is said that the Emperor Napoleon charges the chnrch party with the death of Maximilian. One of the diamonds in the Empress of Austria’s Hungarian crown is valued at 70,000 florins. On the 27th ultimo John R. Ervin, of Gibson county, had both his legs cut off while working a reaper. The six penny system of postage between America and England will be put into operation on the Ist of January next. The report that Santa Anna has been shot is contradicted.— He had refused food for three days and was very anxious regarding his fate. A young man in Brooklyn New York, has caused his father to be arrested for refusing to support him in-idleness. He is one of the party of progress. Mr. Ould has been before Butler s Conspiracy Committee, and examined regarding the exchange of prisoners. He was closely examined as to the acts of General Grant. General Sickles has postponed the period of registration in his department until some definite action is taken by Congress as to who are and who are not entitled to registry. A Lancaster, Pennsylvania, paper says that a young woman, .... ■ • part of the city, was so much injured while biting off her toe nails, a few days ago, that a physician had to be called to attend her. Associate Justice Wayne, of the United States Supreme Court, died at his residence in Washington.— He had been ill for two weeks of typhod fever. The Judge was in the seventy-seventh year of his age. He was appointed to the Bench in 1835 by President Jackson. The vacancy on the Supreme bench, caused by his death, cannot be filled under an act of Congress <>f last session, which provides that no appointments for the Supreme bench shall be made until the number of Judges is reduced to six. The death of Judge Wayne leaves eight on the bench, including the Chief Justice. The Silt Lake Vedette, of June 15th, says. “On Sunday afternoon Brigham Young preached a lengthy sermon, boldly and openly announcing that Amasa Lyman, Orson Kyde and Orson Pratt had apostatized, and were cut off from church. Orson Hyde had been chosen President of twelve apostles last April. Pratt i i one of the twelve, and Lyman had been one of the apostles also. Young was severe on Hyden, but particularly so on Pratt. He denounced the latter as an unbeliever and as now in posession of the devil.” A Special Committee of five members of congress has been appointed to inquire into the facts and circumstances of the assassination of the President. The comLiittee has unlimited power to “investigate” any and all men, ree >rds, facts, circumstances, or anything else likely to throw light upthe subject. Any person not airajdy put on-trial or convicted of complicity therein, who shall j: tvc faithful evidence bringing to light unkmown facts connected therewith shall not be brought to .trial therefor, upon any evidence lhev may give. General Butler is chairman of the committee, and

“Oar” Member of Congress on the Rampage. The motion of our representative in Congress, J. P. C. Shanks, that the House of Representatives indorse the execution of Maximilian by the Juarez Government, if made with the object of making himself notorious was a happy hit. quite as much so as if it had passed by the usual party majority. We were longj since aware that the Hon. M. C. was vindictive, but as a representative man of the party that boasts of that higher type of civilization, we were wholly unprepared to see him use the argument of the noble red man when on the war path—extermination. Aside from notority he intended to bully Europe, snub Secretary Seward, indicate sauce for the South, and at the same time indulge in the natural outgushing of nature. For which, we thank him, opening up to us as it did a glimpse behind the scene of that great Radical masquerade now being enacted, and which is corroding and destroying the delicate springs, ballances and checks that our forefathers erected in the name of Constitutional Liberty, between we the people and despotism. The whole pack, begining with Thad Stevens, running down to our own notorious member, are for a moment disclosed unmasked. The ghastly skull and crossbones, the hoof and horns, with appropriate mottoes, are plainly visible graven on the physiognomy of each, in unmistakable characters. Summed up; served right, is their verdict on the death of Maximilian ; a sour-apple tree for Jeff Davis and the South, followed by confiscation. Masks on, and they are the suave Radical members of Congress, who make re-construc-tion speaches, and establish military dictatorships at will. Our member forgetful of the role they are playing before the people, made the silly motion he did with all the vindictiveness of his party without any of its discretion.— Imagine for a moment his gaunt and specter-like figure looming up, waving tomahawk and scalping knife—waugh! It was a bad mistake General, and your party friends should not have allowed you to appear in public unru uevuui trained. Think what a shock Harper's higher civilization must have received! Your party leaders long since learned to repress their youthful enthusiasm; they are graduates in that other crafty and subtile school of philosophy that acomplishes its object by the double dealing and shuffling so well known to modern diplomacy. They make mistakes or blunders—never —and seldom pardon them in others. Disfranchisement, negro suffrage and confiscation will bind hand and foot as well as a halter, and here is where civilization triumphs over the mere savage, who would end the torment of his victims with a blow of his tomahawk, while civilization, more refined, is revengeful and unsatisfied, except by subjecting its victims to a life time of misery and that under the plea of mercy. It is seldom Greely’s political effusions coincide with our views, but once in a while he gets a glimpse at the truth, but it would have been'much more truthful had he ascribed the same feeling to the party leaders of the Radicals in Congress. With this understanding we quote Greeley and leave the subject: “We find a sentiment in the West, that has expression in a few miserable, jobing newspapers—a kind Oi Thenardier feeling. A number of om?e-beggars and politicians, calling the Grand Army of the Republic, and meeting in put of the way places with grips and pass words, a-’? passing resolutions, demanding confiscation and farms. This is either knavery or madness. People who want farms, work for them. The only class we know, that takes other peoples property because they want it, is largely represented in Sing-Sing. The people of this country do not want Sing-Sing and Mexican banditti principles introduced into their statemanship. We can never reconstruct America by the gallows and the deputy sheriff, and we trust, that the spirit of kindness will prevail—especially because this contest is not made by the Southern people. The Hon. D. O. Daily, a prominent lawyer of Huat.ingtou, 4ied on the 7th insl.

Murderous Political Affrays |n Tennessee. A despatch from Nashville, July 6, says: • A radical political meeting at Franklin to-day, engendered considerable excitement among the members of a loyal league present, and shortly after the meeting a fatal collision took place. It is alleged that they were fired on by a party of white and colored conservatives, a man named Cady, a livery stable keeper, firing the first shot. The fire was instantly returned. The affair lasted but a few moments, half a minute, perhaps. There appeared to be a volley in attack aud a scattering reply, resulting in the death of Cady, who was shot through the heart, and the wounding of eight whites and eighteen blacks. Three of the latter are mortally wounded.— Some of the wounded blacks are conservatives. The radical blacks are much exasperated, and threatened to return and renew the fight, but Dr. Cliffe inteqiosed and prevailed upon them to desist. On one hand it is charged that the colored Leaguers were armed, were menacing in deportment, and desired a fight; on the other, that they had been previously and repeatedly assaulted, and the attack evinced a pieparation and design to do so. It was apprehended that the difficulty would be renewed to-day, but all was quiet. A company of the 45th regulars left this place this afternoon for Franklin to maintain quiet. The affair is deplored by all parties. On Saturday one of a company of militia stationed an Tullahoma was shot and killed by Dewitt Bennet, a captain in the late rebel army. Inspector-General Hunt has taken steps to preserve the peaee there, and to haue the murder investigated. Illinois Wheat Crop. Advices from the great wheat district in Illinois are given by a correspondent of the Journal of Commerce, who writes from Springfield, 2nd inst, as follows : “A recent trip through Central and Southern Illinois, completed this morning, enables your correspondent to speak uhderstandingly of the harvested and growing crops. Throughout Sangamon, Macoupin, Pike, Greene, Jersey, Madison, Clinton, Marion, Effingham, Shelby,- Coles, Douglas Champaign, Cumberland, Platt and Macon, the cereals look finely. Oats and wheat and grass never promised better. In the lower counties of the district mentioned the wheat has been safely harvested, and the earth burdened with thousands and tens of thousands of golden shocks. Heaven has weather, and that noble class of people, farmers, have improved it. Corn looks well, is of good color and clean from weeds. Generally it is everywhere in good condition, and a larger breadth of land planted than ever before. The fruit crop, early peaches, Crawford and other varieties, is rapidly maturing. It is estimated that Marion county alone will send to market 100,000 bushels of this delicious fruit.” Crimrial Record of the North. The Boston orator on the 4th said of the South : “Everywhere is chaos, social anarchy, while our cars are every moment greeted with the roar of some brigand mob or the cry of some half murdered man or outraged woman.” While the orator was denouncing the South for its murders, mobs and other outrages, more crimes were committed in Boston and its vicinity than on any other equal space, probably, in the Union. A young woman was murdered in Purchase street—another in Cambridge street—a mob occurred in Kneeland street and a man was shot—a young man returning to his home in West Roxbury, with his sisters, was murdered—a mob in Castle street was fired upon by officers and an attempt was made to rob Trainer’s hotel; these were among the incidents of the 4tb, to say nothing of lesser outrages, or the design to kill hundreds by placing obstacles upon the Western railroad tracks. If any equal portion of the South can present a criminal record exceeding this, the revernd orator had better volunteer to go there as a missionary of civilization, leaving his flock to their own care.— Boston Post. A Varied Experience—A correspondent of the New York Tribune, in Indiana, writes: '‘While passing through the Union dep r >t a few day 3 ago, I was accosted by u one-armed man in faded army blue. Fourteen years ago I fir.lT saw him working at a windlass in the gold digrings of Australia. He and his three partners hoisted by that windlass, from a single shaft, more than 8 800,000. A few months later I bade him good-bye, as he sailed from Melbourne to New York with 8200,000 in bills of exchange in his pocket. I next saw him a wounded Rebel s oldier, lying on the field of Antietam. A little more than a year later I saw him a Union soldier, lying in a hospital in Tennessee. To-day he is a helpless wanderer, dependent on public charity for a dinner.”

Xewi from General Custar’* Command. The following has been received at head quarters from General Custar’s command, dated at Riverside, Colorado, forty miles west of Fort Sedgewick, July 4th. On the 24th instant, about fortyfive Sioux Indians attacked a detachment of twenty-five men under Captain Hamilton, near the forks of the Republican. After a gallant fight, the Indians were defeated and driven off with the loss of two warriors killed, and several wounded, and Captain Hamilton losing one horse. On the same day a large band of Sioux warriors surrounded Custar’s camp endeavoring to stampede the horses, but were repulsed without the loss of a single animal. On the 26th, a war party of Sioux and Chejmenes, numbering five or six hundred, attacked and surrounded forty-eight men of the Seventh cavalry, under Lieutenants Robins and Cook, who were escorting a supply train from Fort Wallace.— The Indians remained about the train for three hours, and made desperate efforts to effect its capture ; but after a well contested fight they were also repulsed with a loss of five warrors killed, several wounded, and one horse captured. Our loss was only two men wounded. A Sell—A writer in the Warsaw landianian exposes the swindling operations of certain individuals who figured in this town a short time since, and decamped suddenly, leaving sundry little bills unpaid. It seems these : individuals got “hard up,” and wishing to raise the wind, conceived the brilliant idea of introducing a new article, with the taking name of the “Russian Sweet Potato Seed,” and labelled in the name of the American Agricultural Society.— The parties visited Warsaw on the day of Yankee Robinson’s show and after much gassing about the delicious flavor and profitable yield, induced a great many farmers to invest $2, the price of a paper, some taking three or four. After disposing of several hundred dollars worth of the article through the county, these individuals decamped. But what did the celebrated sweet potato bring forth ? After careful peparation of rich soil, and attentive cultivation, it produced Hungarian grass! Parties wishing for a suply will please address C. J. Funlke, Orion, Indiana.— Princeton Reveille. L.,,. — Q — ■ ■ * Guaging a Dutchman. —The assessor of this district, a person anif-o’’ un Jamowhnt. nn the principle of Provost Marshal General Fry, and more remarkable for the frequency that the brilliancy of his manifestos, conceived a luminous idea the other day, aud wrote Mr. Levy, the superintendent of the big brewery, in this city, a supercillious communication, stating that he would be required to keep an account of the beer consumed by the operatives in the brewery. Mr. Levy returned the brilliant epistle, with an endorsment, stating that as the consump tionofbeerby his hands commenced with and continued during the process of manufacture, it would be necessary to establish an average of strength and guage each man in order to ascertain the exact strength and quantity of the beer consumed; and that as there was no officer appointed for guaging a Dutchman, it would be well for Mr. Assessor to lay the matter before Congress at its next session aud have it attended to. — Aurora, Ind. Commercial. A Tale of Horror.—We are credibly informed that a few days since three little children came to an untimely death in Clay county, under the following circumstances. A woman residing near Center Point went to an adjacent creek to do the family washing, taking with her three small children.— The two elder ones while playing about in the woods were bitten by a venomous snake, and their screams attracting the attention of the mother she hastened to their relief, thoughtlessly leaving the smallest child* which, during her absence fell into the creek and was drowned. The other children died the same night from the effect of the snake bite.--Terre Haute Journal. Now that a freedman has applied for a West Point cadetship, we shall doubtless have a fresh outcry from the reformers of the Phillips stamp, over the rights of the negro. This cadetship will be demanded of Mr. Stanton in a sort of highwayman fashion, under menace. “The appointment of your political life,” is the word of the hour, for whatever may be the unfitness of the candidate, the fact that he is black is supposed to compensate for all.— N. Y. Times. The New Orleans Picayune says a party of about one hundred citizens, representing some of the best families, is about leaving that city on a prospecting tour to Honduras ports of Central Amerio*.'

The water procured from the Chicago lake tunnel is said to be very clear and wholesome. It is pumped up by three massive low pressure engines, only two of which are now in working order, the other undergoing repairs.— These two are five hundred horse each, and have four boilers. The two largest are about thirty-two feet in length by ten in diameter, and the .other eighteen in length by twelve in diameter. Prentice is poking fun at the radicals. He says they think that the legislation of Congress will make the negro what he should be. They have no doubt that it will change his wool to Hyperion curls, that it will give him a Roman or Grecian nose, that it will shorten his heel, scoop out a hollow in his foot, and impart to him the odor of “the balm of a thousand flowers.” NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Notice of Assessment. Notice is hereby given that I have received the assessment list for the repair of the Sewer on the west side of Second Street, in the town of Decatur, in the State of Indiana, as ordered by the Board of Trustees of the said town of Decatur, of which the following is a copy of said assessment In-lots. Bollman; A., 62 $1 98 Bremerkamp, J. H., 60) Same, 61 j 3 94 Bobo, James R., 92 68 Crabbs, Moses & Co., pt. 59 1 98 Closs, Jacob, pt. 250 1 30 Closs, John, pt. 250) Same, 251 / 1 30 Crabs, Joseph, 271' Same, 272 Same, 273 Same, 253 Same, 254 Same, 255 3 94 Coffee, Anna Mary, pt. 55 ' Same, 247 • Same, 248 2 97 Dorwin, T. T. &W. R., pt. 59 1 97 Delks, Henry, 58 ) Same, 227 [• Same, 228 J 5 27 Dewese, Uriah, 87 I 65 Grim, Jacob, 84 65 Houston, Jonathan, 56 3 36 Kover, W . F., pt. 96 ) Same, “ 51J 1 30 Kover, Obediah, pt. 95 1 30 Kover, Henry pt. 96 ) Same, “ 51 f 1 30 Kover, John, pt. 95 1 30 Meibers, John, pt. 61' Same, “ 62 Same, “ 63 Same, 86 J 2 60 Meibers, N., pt. 55 1 68 Moore, W. W., 88 65 Numbers, George, 52 98 Niblick, Jess), pt. 251 ) Same, “ 57 J 3 GO Rademacker, C., 91 66 Smith, George, pt. 61 1 33 Sorg, Andrew, pt. 59 1 97 Shackley, P. C., pt. 54 1 00 Schirmeycr AMeisse. pt. 57 1 00 Shackley, H" W., pt. 53 100 Qirvzvxxa Tamou ulf... R."i 7fl Tonalia, John, pt. 53 ) Same, “ 54 L Same, “ 271 J 233 Total, $55 69 You are each of you therefore hereby notified, that the assessment so made, must be paid on or before the fifteenth day of September, 1867, failing in which a penalty of ten per centum will be added thereto, as penalty for non-payment, and six per cent, interest will be charged from and after that date. D. J. SPENCER, Julyl9-w3. Treas. Town Decatur. Not ice of distribution to Heirs. Notice is hereby given, that at the May Term of the Court of Common Pleas, of Adams county, after final settlement of the estate of Isthamer Olney, ninetynine dollars and eighty cents remained for distribution among the heirs. Said heirs are therefore notified to appear at the next term of said court and receive their distributive share. JOHN McCONNEL, Clerk, July 19-w4. By A. J. Hill, Dep. BIU lOTTMaKR’S CELEBRATED FAMILY MEDICINES. Principal Depot, No. 40, Main Street, Springfield, Ohio. HIS GREAT ERYSIPELAS REMEDY Will positively cure Erysipelas within forty-eight hours by an outward application. HIS INVINCIBLE GOITER OINTMENT Will effectually cure Goiter, Big Neck, or Wen without opening the skin within sixty days. HIS CELEBRATED BLOOD PURGE Will cure all diseases originating from Impure Blood or of the Circulating System. HIS GREAT AMERICAN CANCER OINTMENT Will cure Cancer without burning or cutting. The greatest Cancer Remedy known. HIS INFALLIBLE FEVER AND AGUE SPECIFIC Will cure fever and Ague within fortyeight hours without quinine, Arsenic, Zinc, or any Poison whatever. HIS HEALING AND DRAWING SALVE Will cure Job's Plagues, Carbuncles, Feltons, Tumors, Ulcers, Wounds, and all Chronic Sores, &c. For sale by Druggists generally, and by S. C. Bollman, Druggist, Decatur, Indiana. vllnlsm4. * Administrator's Sale. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned Administrator of the Estate of Frederick Meyers, deceased, will on Saturday, July 27, 1867, at the late residence of the deceased sell all the personal property of the deceased not taken by the widow, consisting in part of Cattle, Sheep, Hogs, one set of tocls, and many other articles. Terms:—A credit of nine months will be given on all sums of three dollars and over, by the purchaser giving note with approved security; under that sum cash in hand. LEWIS LO7ZBNHIZER, June 23, wi. Adctinistrstoc.

CRABBS, MOSES & RICE, HEAD QUARTERS -FOR ALL KINDS OF—MA &&&*%, CLOTHING, . HATS $ CAPS, BOOTS i; SHOES, GROCERIES, QUEENS WARE, se., Which we are offering at GREAT BARGAINS. We have added to our trade a well selected stock of ©ARPETI! of which, we will at all times, keep a good assortment, and at reasonable prices. Our Goods are of the best quality and styles. Great bargains are to be had in ' the following articles of Staple Dry Goods. 100 Pieces Prints, from 10 to 20 cts. 100 “ Sheeting, “ 12 cts. up. 50 “ Detains, 25 cts., old Price. 20 “ Ginghams, 15 to 50 cts. Cottonaies from 25 to 50c~Bny Soon. All Wool Cast meres from 75c to SI,OO per Yard less than last Year. In presenting ourselves, under our new film, to solicit your patronage, we wiH only say that our facilities are such that we will be enabled, at all times, to carry out our determination to keep always as desirable a stock of Goods, in our line, as can be found in this County; and we Shall offer them at prices that will compare favorably with the Western Markets. We will pay the highast market price for -woox-, wishes, Black Salts, and COUNTRY PBODUC& CRABBS, MOSES & RICE. Decatur, June 7. vlln9tf. W. G. BFENCEH I. MEIBERS. NEW STOCK OX" HARDWARE, SPENCEB & DECATUR,::::::::::::: INDIANA. Locks, Latches, Butts, Screws, Nails, Iron, DOORS & SASH, Cabinet Hardware & Carpenter Tools. HAND. PANNEL. RIP & BUCK SAWS. Chisels, Jubers, Steel Squares, Boring Machines. Table and Pocket Cutlery. Also a great varsity of General Hardware being received every day. Cable Chains, Log Chains, Butt Chains, Halter Chains. FABMING IMPLEMENTS, Blows, Cultivators, Hoad Scrapers, Grain Cradles, Scythes, Rakes, Hoes, &c. j :o: T33CE BJESSO 1 COOK STOVES in the market are kept by SPENCER & MEIBERS. We have also a large stock of good TIN WARE, which we can afford to sell as cheap as any House in the County. Remember the place—one doot north of Dorwin ft Bro’s New Drug Store. Jd-ie 7,1867.

H. B. KNOFF, AMBROTYPEIST & PHOTOGRAPHER, -:o: Would inform his patrons and customers generally, that he is always ready to accommodate them with all kinds and styles of Pictures known to the Mt, at cheaper rates than they can be had elsewhere. Special attention given to the taking of children's pictures. He has on hand a choice assortment of Photograph Mbums, Card Photograqh Specialties, Bose Wood Sf Gilt Prames, Cord and Tassels, Rose wood and Gilt Mouldings of differerent widths, sold to suit purchasers, st low rates. Also Chartt, Battle Scenes, Bible Scenes, J:e. CML JLNB SEE VS. Decatur, Ind. May 4, ’66 ts. B. D. ANGELL, -MAMUYACTUREB OIFRENCH YOKE SHIRTS, Flannel Underwear, NECK-TIES, BOWS AND BOABn* MASOMC, OOP raxows, and other societies, dotliixxg; cfc {Sendfor Circulars.) yi.xi.cl XSecalexr Xxi. LADIES’, gentlemen’s & CniLDREJI’B FURNISHING GOODS, No. 64 Calhoiffi ani No. 2 Berry Sts., FT. WWIWE, IJVTL Send for Instructions for self measurement. vllnllyl. HENRY J. ASH. I. H. M'CULLOSH. ASH & fIfcCmLIA»CH, -DEALERS IXSTOVES, HARDWARE, CLASS, Sash, Nails, Furnishing Goods, and mwmc wumwrse Also, Manufacturers of Tin, Conner and Sheet Iron Ware, No. 87 Columbia Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana. The best Coal Oil and a complete assortment of Lamps always on hand. vllnllyl. C. Tj. EIILL, Nos. 52 & 54 Calhoun Street, FORT WAYNE, IND., Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Pianos, American Organs, Melodeons, and all kind of Small Xxa.otYTU.xuioxi.'ts. Soto Agent for Wm. Knabe & Co's Pianos, Baltimore; and Stienway & Son's Pianos,. New York. Also agent for Wheeler & Wilson’s Sewing Machines. Parties desiring to purchase will do well to give me a call. vllnllyl. DAVIS & BYERS, BOOK BINDERS, Blank Book Manufacturers, No. 25 Calhoun St., Opposite Court Bouse, EORT WJiA'E, INB. Particular attention paid te County work. -x,. ” Music, and old Books bound and re-bound in any style desir sd. Petition for Divorce. State of Indiana,) Adams County, j In the Court of Common Pleas of Adams County, September Term, 1867. John Walls, ) vs. L Divorce. Sarah F. Walls, J It appearing from affidavit filed in the above entitled cause, that Sarah F. Walls is a Non-resident of the State of Indiana, Notice is therefore hereby given the said Sarah F. Walls, of the filing of this cause of action, and that she be and appear before the Hon. Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, on the first day of the next regular term thereof, to be held at the Court House, in tho town of Decatur, in the said County, on Monday the 9th day of September, 1867, and answer or demur to said complaint, or the same will be heard and determined in qer absence. Witnes my hand and tho seal of (1.5.) said .Court, this 9th day. of July 1867. JOHN McCONNEL, Clerk. July 12-w4. By A. J. Hill, Dep. JVbtice of distribution to Heirs. Notice is hereby given, that at the May term of tho Court of Common Pless, of Adams County, after final settlement of the estate of George Riley, deceased, One hundred and eighty-two dollars and five cents remain'd for distribution among the heirs. Said heirs are therefore notified to appear at the next term of said Court and receive their distributive share. JOHN McCONNEL, Clerk, Julys-w 4. By A. J. Hill, Dept. Estray Notice. TAKEN up by William Brostrof’’. French township, December 1, 1866, a large red cow, with a bell on, white spot in the forehead, crop off the right ear and a little white on the flank. Appraised at $25. Reported by Vincent D. Bell, J. P. Attest john McConnell. June 28-wB. CMt-