Decatur Eagle, Volume 11, Number 17, Decatur, Adams County, 2 August 1867 — Page 2

THE EAGLE. - - - - - - . .... . ofticial paper or the countt. HJECATIB, ItfDIAA’A. FRIDAY, AUG. 2, 1867. Democratic County Ticket ton AUDITOR, SEYMOUR WORDEN. FOR CLERK, A. J. HILL. FOR COMMISSIONER. 2d. DIST., JACOB SARFF. THE SEWS? - About a mouth ago Rufus Lord received from an unknown source, 81.400,000 of bonds that had been stolen from him, through the firm of J. G. Ronys <fc Son’s, London, who received them from unknown parties. The Radicals claim that Brownlow will be elected over Ethridge by 2,000 majority, General Meade, it is said, will be Sheridan's successor, should the President remove the latter. The cholera is raging in the vicinity of Pine Bluff, Dcsarc and Helena, Arkansas. One planter lost twenty-five hand in one week. The cotton crop is represented as being promising throughout the rains and the, cotton worm have badly damaged it in many localities. Count Bismark's official organ denies that there is any truth in the . rumor of an European war. By imperial notice, all go vermental distinction between Poland - and Russia is obliterated, and Poland is now observed as one of the ■ provinces of Russia, Recent advices from Japan rep- 1 resent that the Tycoon is opposed , to the opening of the port of Osa- j ca to foreigners. 1 Admiral Farragut's flagship the j Franklin arrived at Cherbough on J the 22d ult. The Admiral and his , officers immediately left for Paris, ; where he received the most distin- j guished attentions. General Dix I gave a fete in his honor, at which ’ a large number of distinguished , Americans were present 1 The imperial frigate Nevarre f sailed from Trieste for Vera Cruz, I with orders to bring back the re- j mains of Maximilian. , At a meeting of the Union Re- i publican General Committee, of the 1 state of New York, General Grant was nominated for the next PresiI deucy, subject to the decision of the Republican National Committee. ] In the New York Constitutional > Convention, the proposition to give < suffrage to all male citizens eigh- 1 teen years of age was rejected, ac * * also the proposition to compel vo- j ters to be able to read and write ] after 1869, and another looking to i female suffrage, and restricted ne- : gro suffrage. A man named Powell, who serv- . ed in the navy during the war, was ' arrested in Washington on the 22d, 1 on complaint of Samuel Strong, who alleges that Powell expressed the wish he could place several bar- ; rels of gun-powder under the Capitol and blow up all the members of Congress. He wasr equired to give bail in §3OO for his appearance when wanted, and be of good behavior for six months. A special despatch, from Washington. to the New YorkPosZ says the ex-rebel commissioner for the exchange of prisoners of war published a letter in the AattonaZ ZnfeZZA/encer, in which he says: “In 1864 die rebel authorities voluntarily proposed to deliver fifteen thousand sick and wounded soldiers without requiring anj’ equivalent.” He oilers to prove this by the evidence of Union officers. A Washington despatch says it is the intention of Secretary Seward not to send a minister to Mexico, as a retaliatiory measure for tac rejection of his message concerning the life of Maximilian, and for the purpose, in the event of a foreign war with Mexico, of showing the chiefs of the boastful republic the full extent of their dependence. The Indians have possession of the Union Pacific Railroad from Fort Sanders to Fort Bridger.— A surveying: party on Butter creek were attacked by seventy-five Indians and Brown, who had charge of it. was mortally wounded and •übfeequently died.

An Honest Word. The National Intilligencer says that neither the reason nor the conscience of men will so permanently submit to the dominion of passion as to render it safe for any party seeking popular support to persist long in an imposture which pierces the moral sense or insults the intellect of the people. That the inviolable sanctity' of the Union justified our arms against the Southern confedracy, and yet that the blessings of the Union, for the sake of which alone it was ever either sacred or inviolable, North or South, shall be withheld from the latter—in a word, that the Union cause itself shall lie the insupportable obstacle of union—is an absurdity and an injustice which can not possibly exist long. The blushless inconsistency of submitting to Legislatures of States a proposition to alter and amend the organic law of the nation—the highest function which a State Legislature can perform—and afterwards declaring those Legislatures incompetent to impart authority to a constable, and as destitute of legal sanction as the tumultuous rabble of a street corner, can not much longer enjoy the tolerance of honest men.

The Springfield Republican, sensible of the grossly revolutionary progress which is marked by the passage of statutes, each of which acts on an express or implied predicate totally negativing the predicate of all preceding, and afraid, if not ashamed, to countenance the unprincipled abuse any longer, thus bears impressive testimony : “But there are other logical consequences of the present theory and policy of re construction about which there can be no dispute, and which Congress should meeet boldly, squarely, and at once. By the principle upon which the re-construction bills stand, all the legislation of the late rebel States since the war is rendered null and void. It follows that the anti slavery amendment to the Constitution of the United States has not been adopted, and provision should be made for submitting it to the Southern States again after they are duly re constructed.— It is true that Congress assumed in offering to these States the now pending amendment as to the representative basis, that they were in condition to act upon it. And a new position has since been taken and the board is swept clean of ell that Congress and the Southern States have done in reference to that section since the war. In building up anew from the foundation, let not the most important stone, the constitutional establishment of impartial liberty, be dropped out.” Let us hear who presumes to gainsay these truths.— lnd. Herald.

Late Mexican Slews. The Brownsville Ranchero published a letter, stated to have been written by Escobedo to General Gomez, directing the latter, by ever}’ means in his power, to make £le Country entirely Mexican. Escobedo cars, as all in the hands of foreigners in Mexico, has been acquired by Mexican misfortunes, the Mexican people should now take possession of it and have the power to hunt them from the country. He says; My motto is, death to all strangers.— He adds that there is no danger of the Yankees interfering with us, as long as the Southern States are kept out of the Union. Besides, the black men would side with us, and would at any time pronounce against the whites. Before we get through with the foreigners, the Yankees will think we are-in earnest, and the time will come when their own notables .will be begging for their heads, instead of begging for the heads of the Austrians. Up to the 13th instant, Generals Marques and Sharaton had not been found. Some of their adherents, it is supposed, have secreted them in the house of the British Minister. Strict search is made for them as soon as they are discovered they will be shot. General Diaz has ordered the capture of all foreign representatives who do not recognize the Liberal government. Twelve more Generals who served under Maximilian have been shot at Queretaro. Among others were Oteriro and Castillo’ Four Imperial Colonels were also shot. Santa Anna is still alive at Campeachy, but his captors are. awaiting instructions from the Liberal Government. The opinion there is that undoubtedly he will be shot. Advices from Matamoras are to the same effect. The Prussian Consul at Vera Cruz is conducting negotiations to p obtain the release of the Austrian prisoners. t Captain Freeman, of the reven- . ue cutter Wilderness, which con- . veyed Madame Juarez and party ‘ to Vera Cruz, reports the Liberals ■ extremely independent, defiant and • saucy. New Jersey Republicans are split on negro suffrage,

Acta of Adjoarned Session 1 of Congress. ' The following is a full list of the . acts and joint resolution which became laws at the sesion of Congress just closed: A bill to establish peace with certain hostile Indian tribes. A bill to carry into effect the convention with the Republic of Venezuela for the adjustment of claims of the United States on the Government of that Republic. A joint resolution declaring sympathy with the suffering people of Crete. An act making approprations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for contingent expenses of the State of the United States, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1867, and for other purposes. A joint resolution authorizing extentsions of the mail steamship service be tween China and Japan. An act to establish certain post roads. An act for the relief of Melinda Harmon, of the county of Greene and State of Tennessee, widow of Jacob Harmon. An act for the relief of certain soldiers and sailors therein designated. A joint resolution authorizing the Secretary’ of Navy to admit to examination Maurice Rice Evans for admission to the Naval Academy in September next. An act supplementary to an act entitled an act to provide for the more efficient government of the late rebel States, passed on the 23d day of March, 1567, and the act supplementary thereto, passed on the 22d day of March, 1867. A joint resolution to carry into effect the several acts providing for the more efficient government of the rebel States. The following bill did not become a law by the refusal of the President to sign it, the adjournment of Congress preventing its veto: A bill to secure equal rights in the District of Columbia. Ind Herald.

Protection. In the report of Stephen Colwell, revenue commissioner, it is asserted that it costs §37,50 to produce a ton of English iron, and §116,39 to produce a ton of American iron. The difference iu cost §78,89, is what is sought to be made up by the “protective'’ tariff. Now he says we used in 1865, about one million eight hundred thousand tons. Thus according to his statement, it would seem that forty millions of American people ought to pay, for the benefit of the sixty-eight thousand iron-makers, no less a sum than one hundred and forty millions of dollars per anum! Is that “protection ?” That is “protection.” But it looks like robbery ? It is robbery. But it is in fact robbing the home industry of the farmers, the mechanics, the ship-builders, the railroads, all the whole forty millions of our people, every form of profitable industry whatever, in order to support sixty-eight thousand persons in what they confess and complain is an unprofitable business.— N. Y. Post. Vac Soldier vs. The Bondholders, The soldier who spilled his blood in defence, of the country, and risked his life in her defense, was considered well paid if he received his compensation in greenbacks. But now the advocates of the favored and exclusive class tells us that it will never do to pay those who lent money to the Government in greenbacks, although that was the kind of money they lent the Government The debt of the bondholders, they says is a higher and more sacred one than that of the soldiers! Legal tenders are good enough for the latter, but nothing except gold will do for the aristocratic bondholders! A monetary obligation, in their estimation, is more precious than blood, and a risk of property more sacred the risk of life! Do the soldiers believe this ? Is not the currency they were paid in good enough for any body ? —Enq.

Mr. Lowe, in a recent discussion in the English House of Commons, said: “My honorable friend, the member for Reading, said that a majority in Americ had never been know to abuse its power. I will take one instanc, which is just as good as a thousand. Certain things became necessary for the Republican party, which could not be carried without a majority of twothirds of the Congress. Eveiybody knows that members who were innocent men were expelled from the Legislature in order to obtain the necessary Republican majority.” Chicago eats yearly 100,000 pair of frog’s legs; in other words, 100000 frogs die annually for its good. They enter life as tadpoles, and depart from it fried in crumbs. Os the Indian race, but three hundred and fifty thousand men women and children remain in the United States. Three millions of bales is the highest mark for the col ton crop ' this rear.

A Hundred Millions. A million of dollars per week is said to be the expense of the Indian war we have on hand at present on onr Western frontiers, and General Sherman thinks, if it be not speedily ended, we shall be able to set down a hundred millions as the. total expense before we may be fortunate enough to secure a permanent peace. For this sum we could probably buy up every red man on United States territory, unless we attempted the purchase, through our usual Indian agents, who unceremeniously provoke Indian hostilities by appropriating three-fourths of all our government bestows upon the aborigines, and doling out the remainder to the chiefs. This is an age of prodigality, however. The public money's are squandered in every direction, and as long as certain parties can enrich themselves as instruments in the expenditures, we must expect to see them exert themselves energetically to show that liberal disbursements are indispensable to the peace of the Union and its permanent welfare.— New York Sun.

Soutb America. Advices from Columbia, to the 28th of June, say General Lopez had raised some forces and taken the field against President Acosta, who was meeting with much opposition. Measures being taken to assassinate Mosquera, who was carried to an observatory building for safety. At an assembly of the State of Vance, they disowned Acostas authority, and threatened to withdraw from the Union.— Troops are being collected to enforce the will of the people. The blockade of Santa Martha, has been declared illegal by the United States, and the people of Carthegena were arming with alacrity in consequence of foreign consuls who had also declared the blockade illegal. The steamer Columbia, has captured a ship loaded with arms and ammunition for the Government of Maglina, and have taken it to Carthegena. General Lopez, with 400 men, took the Banco square, guarded by only seventy men, by storm, on the 28th. A few were killed during the fight.

Are Greenbacks Liable to Taxation) This question has been brought up in a Cincinnati court by Faran & McLean, of that city, who have applied to Judge Storer for an injunction to restrain the auditor and treasurer of Hamilton county from collecting a tax charged against them on §31,000 held by them in United States legal tender currency. The plaintiffs assume that by the statute no State, county or national tax can be charged on Government issues, whether bonds, treasury notes, or other evidences of debt. To test the question the judge granted a provisional injunction, with leave to the defendants to show causes why the order should not be made absolute. A surgeon and dentist in London has been charged by a servant girl with violating her person Wkil-Q she was under the influence of chloroform. To the American mind the evidence would seem to warrant the discharge of the accused ; but he was held to bail in the sum of £2OO. Since the famous Philadelphia case of similar import, the dentists in this country (as a measure of safety) have almost invariably called in a praticising physician to administer the anaesthetic, and to witness the operationPrincess Salm Salm, says the New York Gazette, who is said to have offered the keeper of Maximilian §500,000 to secure the Emperor’s release, lived in New York in the humblest circumstances just after the close of our warin which, it will be remembred, her husband served. The princely couple lived in one room in East Houston street, which apartment was at once drawing room, sleeping room and kitchen to them. ■■ — * — i rs The Boston Post says “the negroes are much more numerous when wanted for voters than when sought for taxation. The commissioners ofthe revenue returned the number of males in Monroe county, Virginia, over twenty-one years of age, at 537; in the same county upwards of 12,000 were registered as voters. Other counties present equal disparity.” The Heralds Fort Phil. Kearney special says that Judge Kinney of the special Indian commission has just conclnded a highly satisfactory council with eighteen hundred Crow Indians at this place. They are anxious to join in an expedition against the Sioux. While in council the Cheyennes ran off their horses. The Crows secured the horses and killed three Indians. 'The blackberry crop has attracted such general attention this year that the radicals insist on the word colored berries, out of respect for their bosom associates I of African lineage.

Geaerat Grant on Rp.construction. The special dispatch to the Boston Advertiser says |' ’’There has been a good deal of talk during the past two qt three days about General Grant’s position on the re-construcfion question. It will be remember that some time last summer, when the Johnson party was in the days of its childhood, one Colonel Hillyer, formerly on General Grant’s staff, wrote a letter to somebody in Indiana, saying the General indorsed the President's policy, which allegation was met by saying that neither Hillyer nor any one else had authority to speak for him. The Democrat members of the Judiciary Committee of the House, it appears, thought a point for the President might be made out of the matter, and accordingly General Grant and Colonel Hillyei’ were summoned to give evidence in the impeachment inquiry. Hillyer testified that a long interview took place in February of last year, between the President, General Grant und himself, and that his letter as. to General Grant’s position was founded on what was then said —- Hillyer had but recently returned from an extended tour in the South and was giving some account of affairs down there. He spoke of the generally unsettled condition, and General Grant indorsed his report by saying he had discovered the same state of facts in his hurried trip a short time before. The President made some observation to the effect that matters would not become right till the States were restored to the Union, and that this ought to be done as soon as possible, to which. both his hearers assented.

General Grant was before the committee on two occasions; -and his evidence was far from being pleasing to the gentlemen by whom he was called. He said in effect, as is understood, that he had not thought it his province to meddle in politics • that he had never been asked by the President for his advice or opinions on political matters; that in all he had. said about the necessity for early restoration of the Union he had spoken as a military man and as a citizen, and not as a politician; that in his view military rule oughtto cease as soon as possible, consistent with justice and. safety; that the Southorri people themselves should be anxious for restoration of the civil authority; that he had always understood the Prdsident’s work in the South as of a temporary character, and at most as but an aid to Congress in setting up the civil governments; that he had not sympathized with the President in his conflict with Congress; that he thought the fixing of the terms of reconstruction was a matter belonging to Congress; that in his judgment, the South made a grave mistake. in not long ago heartily accepting the terms offered; that he stood firmly by the congressional plan; and that he was anxious now, as he had been ever since the end of the war, for the. early restoration of the rebel States to the privilege of representation in Congress.

Maximilian heaped coals of fire upon Lopez’s head in the shape of ten thousand dollar legacy. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Sale of Town Property. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell at private sale, on and after the 24£A day of August, 1867, at the Law Office of J. R. Bobo, in Decatur, Adams County, Indiana, the following described Real Estate, to-wit: The undivided four ninths part of Inlots number twenty-three, twenty-four and twenty-five, in the town of Pleasant Mills in Adatns county, Indiana. TERMS:—One third of the purchase money to be paid down, one third in six and one third in twelve months from date of sale,' with security to my satisfaction, and interest from date. ISRAEL REMP, Aug. 2, w 4. Guardian. Notice of Attachment. State of Indiana, 1 • Adams County, J Before Robert, McClurg, J..P., of Monroe Township, Adams County, Indiana. Thomas Hendricks ) vs. I Attachment. Samuel O. Clemens. J Whereas Thomas Hendricks, plaintiff in this action, did, on the 24th day of July, 1867, file his complaint, affidavit and bond in attachment proceedings against Samuel O. Clemens, defendant, And whereas, on the 26th day of July, 1867, a Summons issued against the said defendant which was returned, endorsed “not found,” and at the same time attachment issued against the goods, chatties, rights, credits, moneys and effects of said defendant, and the rights, credits and effects of said defendant in the hands of John Hendricks were garni-' sheed, And whereas, the. trial of said cause is set for hearing on the 23d day of August, 1867, at 2 o'clock, p. m., Now, therefore, the said Samuel O. Clemens is hereby notified of the said proceedings, and unless he appears and answers, the s ime will be taken by default ns confessed, heard and determined in his absence. ROBERT McCLURG, Aug;. 2, w 3. J. P.

’ CRABBS, MOSES & RICE, ' j. 6 . rI ** HEAB QUARTERS -FOB ALL KINDI OF- - CLOTHIN a, HATS $ CAPS, BOOTS J- SHOES, GROCERIES, Q UEENSWARE, Jv., Which we are offering at GREAT BARGAINS, We have added to’ our trade a well se--lecled stock of CARPETS! 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 Goode. ‘.'A 1 A 100 Pieces Prints, from 10 to 20 cts. 100 “ Sheeting, 11 12 cis. b 50 “ .11610)25 cts., old Price. 20 “ Ginghams, 15 to 50 cts. Cottonades from 25 to s(fc—Buy Soon. All Wool Casimcresfrom 75c to SI,OO per Yard Ttf* than last Year. r-.-q

In presenting’ourselves, under our new Aim, to solicit your pati-vnage, if a will only; say that our facilities are sueii-that we will be enabled, at all times, to carry out our determination to keep always as desirable a stock b'f Goods, in our fine, as ,can be found ■ in this County; and we shall offer thotii At prices that will compare favorably with the Western Markets. ’ We will pay the highast market price for . ... -wcsoii, Black Saits, and COtfSTRV PRODUCE. CRABBS, MOSES & RICE. Decatur, June 7. vlln9tf. .. I- . 4.-' Ke- , .......

W. G. SPXKCXH J. MBIDSRS. — —. NEW STOCK OF HARDWARE, AT SPENCES M MEtBERS\ DECATUR,INDIANA.. Locks, hatches, Butts, Screws, JVails, S Iron, DOORS & SASH, Cabliet Hardware & Carneitier Tools. HAND. PANNEL. RIP & BUCK SAWS. Chisels, .Lugers, Steel Squares, Boring Alachines. Table and Pocket Cutlery. Also a great vareity of General Hardware being received every day. :. Cable Chains, ho g Chains, Butt Chains, Balter Chains. FARMING IMPLEMENTS, Blows, Cultivators, Road Scrapers, Grain Cradles, Scythes, Rakes, Hoes, &c. TECH I3EBT COOK STOVES in the market are kept by SPENCER & MEIBERS. We have also a large stock of goed TIN" WARE, which we can afford to sell as cheap as any House in the County. Remember the place—one doo? north of Dorwin & Bro's Now Drug Store. June 7,1887.

H. B. KNOf F. T’rtALCTICA.L AMBROTYPEIST S PHOTOGRAPHER. • . Would inform hia patrons andeustomcra generally, that he is always rwady tqaecoramodate them with all kinds aad styles of Pictures known to 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 .Albums, Card Photograph Specialties, Rose Wood & Gilt Er ame». Cord and Tassels, ' - Rose weed aid Gilt Mwildings,eftliffererent widths, sold, to suit purchasers, at low rates. Aho Chart}, Battle Scene}, Bible Stenu, ft. CALL kAJTD see us. ' Decatur, End. JfrayY, *66 ts. B. I>. ANGELL, -MANUFACTURER OFFRENCH YOKE SHIRTS, Flannel Underwear, NECK-TIES, DOWS AND SCARFS, MASONIC, ON) FEUOWS, and other societies, 010-tlxAsn-g; vfo Regall*. '. (Sencifcir Circulate f ■ Aiirl Xxx ladies’, gentlemen 1 ? & ciiildrh(’« FINISHING GOODS, No. 64 CalMWo<-2W Sts., F'T-. , Send.forlnstructions for self measurement. vlTnllyl. - , J HENRY Jf. ASH. E. H. m’cULLOCH. ASH & McCUUT.OCH, -DEALERS IK- ’■ ■ U. > • STOVES,- HARBWAHE, GLASS, Saeh, Nail},. Furniihing Goodej and fabming implementsAlso, Manufacturers of aiTin, Cow and Sheet Iron No., 87 _Qolwn\bia Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana. " The best Coal Oil and a complete assortment of Lampi always on hand, vllnllyl.

PIANOS! O. n. T32T3L.XX, Nos. 52 & 54 Calhoun Street, FORT WAYNE, IND., Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Pianos, American Organs, Melodeons, and all kind of Small Instrvimoiits. Sole Agent for. Wm. Knabe & Co’B- Pianos, Baltimore; and Stienway-A 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. ytlnllyl. "IhvTs & BYERS, BOOK BINDERS, . AND . Blank Book Manufacturers, No. 25 Calhoun St., Opposite Court Home, FORT IJfB. Particular attention paid te County work. . fi@“Magazlnes, Music, and old Books bound and re-bound in any style desired. Petition for Divorce. State of Indiana, 1 Adams County, j ■ In: the Court of Common Pleas of Adams County, September Term, 1867. John Walls, ) vs. >• Divorce. Sarah F. Walls, ) 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 Judge joT the Court of Common Pleas, on the first day of the next regular term thereof, to be held at the Court House, in the 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 the seal of (1,.5.) said Court, this 9th day of July 1867. .. JQIINMcCONNEL, Clerk. July 12-w4. By A. J. Hru, Dep. JVotice of Distribution to Heirs. Notice is hereby given, that at the May term of the Court of Common Plras, 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 ana receive their distributive share. . . . JOHN McCONNEL, Clerk, Jutys-V4. By A. J. HiLL, Depf. Estray Notice. TAKEN up by Williani Brostroff, 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, J tins 28-wS. : .Clerk.