Decatur Eagle, Volume 11, Number 27, Decatur, Adams County, 11 October 1867 — Page 1

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ATTORNEYS. J Al. C. BRAN YAN. HOM KB J. RANSOM. BRANYAN & RANSOM, attorneys at Law, Claim & Insurance t gents. Also, Notaries Public, DECATUR, INDIANA, References.—Hon. John U. Petitt, Wabash, Ind., Wm. H. Trammel, Esq., Hon. J.R. Coffroth, First National Bank, Capt. U. D. Cole, Huntington, Ind., Hon. H. B. Sayler, In lianapolis, Ind. nVJ.C.BRAMXAX is Deputy Prosecutinc Attorney. vllnl9tf. D. D. HELLER, _A.ttorn.ey at Law, DECATUR, INDIANA. Will practice his profession anywhere in Indiana or Ohio. OFFICE.—With Dr. Sorg,,over Spencer & Meibers’ Hardware Store. v!ons2tf. JAMES R. 8080, A-ttorney at Law, -aJntxj Pension & Bounty Agent, DECATUUR, INDIANA. Draws Deeds, Mortgages and Contracts. Redeems Lands, pays Taxes, and collects Bounties and Pensions. OFFlCE—Opposite, the Auditor’s Office. vlon6tf. D. STUB AB A KER, -Attorney at Law, .Z'k.T-T'O Claim & Real Estate Agent, DECATUR, INDIANA. Will practice law in Adams and adjoining counties; secure Pensions and other claims against the Government; buy and sell Real Estate; examine titles and pay taxes, and other business per taining to Real Estate Agency. He is also a Notary Public, and is prepared to draw Deeds, Mortgages and other instruments of writing. vlOnlltf. REAL JAMES R. 8080, LICENSED REAL ESTATE AGENT. DECATUR, INDIANA, 10014 ACRES of good farming .WvLr land, several Town Lots, and a large quantity of wild land for sale. If you want to buy a good farm or wild land he will sell it to you. If you want your land sold he will sell it for you. Fo sale, no charge. vlOnGtf F. A. JEULEFF, Physician Surgeon, OFFICE—On Second Street, over Pollman’s Store. vßn!stf. ANDREW SORG, Physician and Surgeon, OFFICE—On Seoond Street over Spencer & Meibers’ Hardware Store. vßn42tf. S. C. AYERS,"M. IK, —RESIDENT— Eye and Ear Surgeon-, FORT WAYNE. INDIANA, OFFICE—No, 80 Calhoun Street, vl ln9tf. AUCTIONEER. 3Z C. M? FRANCE Would announceto thepublicthat hois a regularly licensed auctioneer, and will attend all Public Sales, whenever requested, upon addressing him at Wilshire, Ohio. H OTE LS. MIESSE HOUSE, Third St., Opposite the Court Ilowse, DECATUR, EVI)., I. J, MIESSE, ::::::::::: Proprietor. This House is entirely new, neatly furnished, and is prepared to accommodate the public in the best style. Board by the day or week. vlln9tf. MONROEVILLE, INDIANA. L. WALKER, :::::::: Proprietor, ——:o: This House is prepared ,to accommodate the travelling public in the . best style, and at reasonable rates. nsvlltf. SOREOcISE. A.FREGHAM, Proprietor. JFeat Main Street, near the Public Square. FORT fl'.n'A’E, TA'I). vllnllyl. HEDeSiNFHOUSE On Barr, between Columbia and Main Sts. FORT WAYNE, IND. ELI KEARNS, Proprietor. Office of Auburn and Decatur Stage lines. Also good stabling in connection with the House. vllnllyl. <T. LES HAN, Proprietor. Comer Calhoun and Wayne Sts., FORT WAYNE, vllnllyl. Indiana. MOiHILTWIGI. MONROEVILLE, IND. E. G. COVERDALE, Proprietor. Mr. Coverdale is also a Notary Public,

DECATUR, IXD., FRIDAY, OCT. 11, 1867.

111 MOTHER’S FACE. BT FRANK LYNNE. When clouds come o’re the troubled mind, And all seems dark and drear, I think that life would be less hard If mother's face wcreaear; Her loving eyes would cheer my way, Her hands would clasp my own, ■-he’d chase the tears from off-my eyes, She'de leave me not alone. Through storms and quicksands we pass, The way would be more clear— We’d be less tempted to do wrong If mother's Taco were near. But she is gone to lands more bright, And I must run my race, I would resign all earthly fame To see my mother’l face. In this cold world of wealth and pride, And hardships so severe, I’d think my life one happy dream If mother's face were near. She’d bless her boy and by his side His presence she would grace; But Oh my life is dull and blank Without my mother’s face. I’d pray for her and work for her, And her whole life would cheer, lfl could only once more know That mother’s face were near. Oh you may roam inforeign lands, And see both youth and grace, But you will pine midst all your joy To see your mother's face! Cultivation of tbe Oyster. The following account of the cultivation of the oysters as practised in France, and notably at the imperial, or modal pares in tbe bassin <V Areachon, is from the American Naturalist: The bay of Arcachon was evidently intended by nature for an oyster farm, and its rich, firm, muddy bottom has always yielded them in vast quantities until about 1840, when, to the regret and actonishment of the fishermen (who had merecilessly dredged them up at all seasons, and had killed the goose that laid the golden egg), there mine was found exhausted; fine full-flavored oysters that had been heretofore brought for three or four sous the hundred, now readily sold for three or four francs and upwards, and even with these prices the oyster-men were starving. In 1859 Professor Coste, by order of the Emperor, passed the summer at Arcachon, and studied the then unknown subject of oyster cultivation, located the now flourishing and successful pares, and addressed a report to the Emperor urging the immediate replanting of these exhausted beds. The following year his suggestions and plans were carried out,' under the immediate supervision of this naturalist, with-surprising and satisfactory results. Here are nearly 2,000 acres of excellent bottom for growing oysters, uncovered by tbe tide for an average of two hours at each low-water, and with mild winter climate of the southerly coast of France, this circumstance is of priceless value, as it enables the laborer to work among, and even handle the oysters at will, and renders the term “oyster farm” specially applicable to the locality. A pare is regularly laid out, like a market garden, into squares of say 200 feet, a path goes all around and through them, a post is fixed on the corner with the number of the lot painted on it, and a record is kept by the superintendent of what size, quantity and quality of oysters are planted on each, and his books and stock are inspected at stated intervals. Common curved tiles of baked clay, costing less than a sou a piece, have, after experiments with various contrivances, proved to be the most practicle method of catching the drifting “spat.” These tiles, or tuiles, as they are called, were used at first just as they came out of the kiln ; but it was found that so large a proportion of the “spat” followed, with its young shell, the inequalities of the surface, grew so firmly to it, and were destroyed in seperating them from the tile, that another ingenious plan was adopt-

kind of cement containing sand and hydraulic lime, which, drying in a few minutes, coats them with an evenly rough surface in every way attractive to the “spat.”— When it was desirable to remove the oysters, Chisel, fashioned to follow the curve of the tile, is easiintroduced between it and the oyster, which drops off uninjured. About the middle of May these tiles are arranged in piles, 10 feet long, 5 feet high, and 5 feet wide which structures are called ruches or Zes rusches tuilees. These tiles are piled in various ways; usually they are placed with the concave roof uppermost, each layer running transversely across the layers beneath it. The sides of the tiles do not touch, but are sepparated by about 3 inches of space, and often, though not always, adult oysters are laid along in these spaces. When the ruche is otherwise completed, heavy stones are placed upon tbe top to make the mass more solid and safe to resist the action of the storm w r aves.— Oysters are strewn all around these ruches, which are regularly seperated from each other by a space of 15 feet- Between the ruches bundles of faggots of fascines, bound together in the middle with galvanized wire, are suspended about 1 foot from the bottom, by a cross piece made fast on two low posts. When the drfting “spats” is ready to adhere to a suitable object, a very large proportion of it is caught, or seeks refuge in one or the other of these friendly asylums, and safely grows to the usual merchantable size. By the middle of August the oysters haye finished their productive labors, and begin to fatten again having become very poor during the summer, but the tiles and faggots are not taken up until a month later. By that time all the “spat” has located itself, and the ruches are carefully taken apart, each tile being laid down in the same position as in the ruche, side by side, in long furrows or ditches prepared for them. There they are allowed to remain until the following summer when the oysters on the upper side of the tiles are removed and planted in beds, hollowed out about 3 inches deep running the length of the pare : while the tile is then turned over, with the roof-side downwards, and the, oysters on the other side are left to grow as they at first fixed themselves, unless being too much crowded they grow upon each other, and in irregular shapes; in this case they are thinned out. The writer saw many thousands of tiles in rows,, with oysters three years old, and of handsome size, still growing where they first were “set;” but usually they are all removed to the beds the second year, and the tiles, after being redipped in the cement, are again piled as before. The faggots are taken to some enclosures, which are called claires, which are made of solid masonwork, water-tight, where the water can be admitted and excluded at pleasure, and where the waves can have no power, ancP&re there unbound and left to themselves to’ grow until large enough to be seperated from the branches, which is usually six to eight months, when they are treated like those grown upon tiles. At the end, of the third year the oyster have attained the most desirable size, and are ready for the market- Those grow in the imperial parees are but are consumed by the Empror, presented by him to crowned heads and friends, either for use or to stock their private pares, or abandoned to the poor fishermen, whq on certain days are allowed to gather them. The princess Batichioehi, a near relation of the Emperor, has a large farm in the Bay of Quiberon, and sells oysters to supply i the Paris restaurants and others,

her farm was only in its third I year, it was, as the superintendent I remarked with pride and pleasure | more than paying expenses; but next year! “Mais lannee prochaine nous serons des belles affaires, allez!” The sale of the yearling seed is made a special business by some oystermen, and they bring from four to six francs the thousand. — They are put up in round baskets with a small hole, in the top, and are kept, at the season of sale, suspended from scaffoldings erected over the water for the purpose, so that the baskets are never above the surface. The French oyster-growers are very particular that the oysters taken up for market shall lie for five or six days in the claires before forwarding them to the customers ; this is done in order that all mud and impurities shall be washed out in the pure seawateer and the oyster is certainly whith- ■ ef.and handsome for this clean bath. The Marennes, or green oyster, is colored by being placed in claires when the tidal water is let out at certain intervals ; a confervoid growth is induced which gives the highly prized color and flavor and doubles tbe value of the oyster. The Ostend oysters are placed in wooden vats and are frequently tossed and tumbled about by women with rakes, thus breaking off the thin edge of the new growth of shell and forcing it to grow more round and deep. Labor in this country is much too high to make a remunerative cultivation of the oyster in this manner praticable. From Louisville Journal. Negro Treason. It is well known that the ten Southern States and Tennessee are full of what are called “Loyal Leaguers,” that is, secret oath bound associations of negroes, comprizing, it is said, all or very near all of the negro citizens.— It is confidently asserted, and not contradicted, that at least nine-teen-twentieths of the whole number of freedmen belong to these organizations, and that one of the regulations, at least in some parts of the South; require all members to keep themselvs well armed.— The oaths sworn by them are terrible, extending oven to the forfeiture of life and to murder.— These leagues have their lodges, and when any work, such as voting, is to be done, the leaguers march forth from their lodges in millitary procession, led and controlled by their regular military officers. Now when it is considered that the members of these atrocious associations constitute, even without the aid of white rad-_ icals, a clear majority of the entire population in at least six of the ten Southern States, we may form something like an adequate idea of the condition of affairs in the unhappy South. The proprietors of the Mobile Times have had the means of obtaining and publishing reports of the proceedings of various meetings of the loyal league or leagues in that city. Their reports, however obtained, are known and admitted on all hands in Mobile to be strictly true. They publish, among other things, the following language a few evenings ago by Gustavus Horton, its President, who is said to be a negro of no little influence with his race: We have at last reached the time when our leagues will be able to do active service for the good cause. The arch traitor, Johnson, and hi 3 military puppet, Grant, have conspired to rob this revolution of its legitimate fruits, and undo the great work of President Lincoln, but they are mistaken : General Gra»t is not the liberator of your race; he had it butchered on every occasion to spare his Dutch and Irish hirelings, and, knowing he can not get your votes he turns to those mercenaries for i . tv. —_ - ... '

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find that the colored citizens, led by faithful and devoted friends, will raise against him a storm which witl sweep him and his arms from the field quicker than did the rebels at Shiloh. But you must be prepared; look to your arms, and be ready to defend with your best heart’s blood, the freedom you have so valorously conqured.” Such language is addressd in those secret and horrid dens of black treason to negroes whose hands rest habitually upon pistols and daggers, and who are working under the encouragements and auspices and instigation of the radical leaders of the North. The Irish and Germans are denounced as mercenaries by the negro officials; all white conservatives are marked for vengeance; and the blacks, sworn to render obedience to the bloodiest edicts, are told that their time for action has come, and that they must sweep the President, General Grant, and Others from the field, and defend with their weapons the freedom they have conquered. “Havoc!” may soon be the war cry from a million of black throats. The Northern radical leaders may at present look with complacency upon all this, the time is probably not far off when they will regret their accursed deeds in misery and agony of spirit. We can tell them, if indeed they need to be told so plain a truth, that when the black tide shall sweep over the South, no mortal dykes will prove strong enough to shut it out from the North. The God of radicalism will not be able to say with a voice of authority, “hitherto shall thou come and no further.” Northern parties, in selfdefense, will seek alliance with the tremendous and all-sweeping negro masses, and the negroes will have the power to dictate their own terms of alliance. And their terms will be negro supremacy.— There will no longer be a white man’s country on this side of the ocean. We fiind the subjoined item in the Savannah Republican of last Wednesday. The Republican is a radical paper and a strong one, sustaining earnestly the congressional plan of reconstruction. But whilst doing this, it opposes General Pope’s tyrannical course toward such of the Georgia papers as are opposed to the congressional plan; and it has the boldness, the virtue, and the decency to withstand and denounce whatever is obviously intended to degrade the white race below the biack.— It goes for the equal rights of the blacks, but protests against their domination. This, of course, exasperates the members of the black leagues, who had no tho’t of stopping at equality. They will stand no attempt on the part of white men, even though radical in principal and action, to oppose the negro monopoly of political and all other power. The league in Savannah has formally andsolemnly warned the editor of the Republican. The bloody hand, with its grasped dagger, has been waved before his eyes. The following is the notice served on him : Savannah, Geo, Aug, 30,1867. To John E. Hays. Union League of America Council No. 9 have duly considered the baneful effects of your editorials in the Savannah Republican for two years, pray, that you discontinue your most beautiful epithets and descriptions of the colored citizens of Savannah and the United States: or one thousand members will take such Legal and Natural means to stop you; as the Law and the God of nature have been pleased to place within our power. Jackson Brand, President. Paul S. Reynolds, Assistant Secretary. This forewarning of assassination, the readers will see, was based upon “due consideration” given deliberately to the subject by the League from which it emanated.—

black massacres will be stalking to and fro throughout the South by daylight and in darkness, striking down all who dare to say that a white man's soul is his own! what in the name of earth and heaven awaits us. Let the Negro Beware. The New York Citizen, of the 24th, edited by (Miles O’Reilly) General Halpin, who served with distinction in the United States army during the war, thus speaks : The daily papers are making a great muddle over the opinions of the prominent generals and the people at large on the question of reconstruction. They tell us that Grant apporves of the course of the President, that Thomas agrees with Sheridan, and that Sherman favors the plan of Congress, or vice versa, according to their political bias. We can tell them all that if the congressional system is to put the South in possession of the negroes, it does not meet the views of the people, the sailors in our fleets, the soldiers in our armies, the merchants at their desks, the farmers at their plows, or any other large body of our citizens. St. Domingo is not what we fought for; we do not want it, and will not have it; and that the niggers, whether white or black, may understand as well first as last. Nations are cruel when driven to despair, and, rather than surrender our white nationalty, we will massacre and enslave every colored man in the States.- This may be bold language and inconventional, but we ask our readers whether it does not meet the confirmation of their hearts ? We have sacrificed too many whites for a principle to stop at taking the lives of a few worthless blacks. Puss and the Foi, A fox one day said to his friend the wildcat: “When the hounds come to chase me, I have such tricks to get out of their way that they cannot catch me. I have ten tricks, ten times ten more than you could guess." “As for me,” said the cat, “I have but one, and if that should fail I am a lost cat.” “Ah, poor puss!” said the fox. Just then they heard the sound of a horn, and up came the hounds in full speed. The fox tried all his tricks, ran this way and that way, but was caught at last. The cat ran up a tree, for that was her one trick, and the hounds could not reach her. “So I see” said the cat, “that one good trick is worth ten bad ones.” In the litle village of Madison, Maine, on the Kennebec, there is a church, in the tower of which is to be seen a small hole. A few years ago, when the adjoining tavern and other buildings wore destroyed by fire, a spark lit on the tower and soon kindled a little flame. One of the crowd below, scraping up a handful of snow from the ground, threw it at the tower, and striking the exact spot, extinguished the blaze, and saved the church. — ♦ - The old penitentiary building in Washington is to be demolished, and buildings to be used for mechanical purposes erected upon the site. The remains of J. Wilkes Booth will be reached in the removal of the prison, butthose of Mrs. Surratt, Payne, Harold, Arzerodtand Wirz will not be disturbed. The scaffold upon which Payne and others were executed will be removed. It has already been badly chipped by relic hunters. It is estimated that 8,600 of the business men of New York live in the neighboring towns, and enter and leave the city daily by the cars. The neighboring towns call this kind of population New York Roost-ers. An aged Connecticut couple recently had a family gathering, at which 81 of their decendants were present, whose united ages were 2,428 years. Juarez wants to model the Mexican Government upon the plan of the United States. The opposition to his re-election is strong. If the hors? says neigh when