Decatur Eagle, Volume 12, Number 8, Decatur, Adams County, 29 May 1868 — Page 2

r THE EAGLE. OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE COUNTY. DE€ATIJR, FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1868. DE»OCyTIC^Tl _ WT. FOR GOVERNOR, T. A. HEADRICKS, of Marion. FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, A. P. EDGERTOA, of Allen. FOR SIXKETARY OF STATE. GENERAL REUBEN C. RISE, of Boone. FOR AUDITOR OF STATE. TOSEFII V. BEMUSDAFFER, of Franklin, FOR TREASURER OF STATE, JAMES B. RYAN, of Marion. TOR CLERK'OF SUPREME COURT, NOAH S. LAROSE, of Cass. ron REPORTER OF SUPREME COURT, M: A. O. PACKARD, of Marshall. FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, JOHN R. PHILLIPS, of Davies. FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL, SOLOMON CLAYPOOL, of Putnam. COUNTY TICKET. FOR tI?F. ASCII ER, JOHN MEIBERS. FOR SHERIFF, JAMES'STOOPS, Jr. FOR COMMISSIONER, Ist DIST., GEORGE LUCKEY. FOR COMMISSIdS’ER, 3nl> DIST., JOSIAH CRAWFORD. FOR LAND APPRAISER, ANDREW BARKLEY.

Last impeachment. Ou Tuesday the Impeachment Court reassembled, and after some slight maneuvering a vote was taken upon the second article, which resulted in 35 votes for conviction and 19 for acquittal.— The vote upon the third article was a repetiton of that upon the second article. Senator Williams moved the court adjourn sine die, which carried ; yeas, 35; nays, 16. And the farce of impeachment which was conceived by fanatical partisans, and which was attempted to be-forced through by a severe application of the party whip, ended in failure and disgrace—is dead —dead. Stanton Resigned. Immediately upon the receipt, by Stanton, of the news of the ac quittai of the President, he resigned. lie was a pliant tool in the hands of the Radicals, and clung to the office in violation of all sense of propriety. He has ■fallen so low that even his own party dispise him. Let him sink into obscurity with rjie notoriety of being the meanest and most cringing Radical of the pack, and as, one drilled to know, every snap of the party whip. -- X5TThe nomination of Grant and Colfax, in the face of the defeat of impeachment, was a sorry fa lure. It created about as much enthusiasm as it would to hear the clods rattling on the coffin of a dear fr.eml. If the Radicals don’t take something soon to revive them up. wo are fearful they will forget there is such a thing as a Presidential election this year. We don’t know which to pity most, Grant or his party—fact. 1 lie N'evvii.

The various battalions of the Canadian volunteer military force have received orders to hold themselves in readiness for immediate seviee. The Government Coßunissioner.s, on Thursday, accepted anoth- . er section of twenty miles of the Kansas Pacific Railroad. Accounts received at the Agricultural Department from grain growing districts of the country, indicate a fine crop this year. A dispatch from Montreal says the Fenians are preparing at St. • Albans for another raid on the frontier. A terrible and fatal epidemic, has broken out among the cows in the northeastern part of Tippecanoe county, this State, and they anAlying olf rapidly. About onethird of the sows in the neighborhood of Lafayette have died within ten days. The same disease is ' ” affecting cattle in other portions of the state, and is thinning out the stock in several jiartsof Illinois It is thought to be the rind-; er pest Jeff Davi*’ trial is now fur, Juue 3d. at Richmond.

The Chicago Convention; its Composition and Nominees. - The Radicals from the four cor- ’ tiers of thr United States, gathered at their temple in Chicago, last ’ week, for the purpose of nomini ating a candidate for President and Vice-President. Delegates were present from all the States and Southern Satrapies. For the first time in the history of the party, all the States and dependencies of the Government were represented, at a Radical council board. For the first time, also, do we find the “man and brother” in sweet communion, mingling with the representatives of “God and humanity” There was not enough re-spectable-carpet baggers in the Satrapies to represent them, consequently a few decent niggers were sent. If they, the nigers can stand such associations without becoming demoralized, what theic; ] Radical friends have claimed—mental and physical superiority—will have been demonstrated to ( the satisfaction of the Radicals ( who require something tangible , to confirm their faith. , - ( In imitation of the minor Radical , gatherings they neglect no oppor- ( tunity to reiterate that they are , the Union Republican party. They “Union” themselves upon every ( occasion, much upon the same principle, we suppose, that every { old hag loves to paint her brazen j face and array herself in the gau dy trappings of her calling. For they well know that bjTTheir acts 5 they would never be recognized ‘ j

as anything but Jacobins and con 1 1 spirators,, laboring for party su-• j premney, constitutionally ot un-! constitutionally, as best subserves their purpose. They labored during the w to presrve ( the Union, but as soon as all arm- f ed opposition ceased, declared the ( war a failure and secession a sue-, cess, by announcing the seceded . ' States out of the Union, with no,/ rights except such- as the conquerors saw fit to,dictate. "And all this ’ in violation of the most solemn i 1 and'often reapeted pledges made | * durine the war—made to secure , 1 ° I the co operation of the peapie, re- ; gardless of party. Soldiers are proverbial for their < ‘ - i sincerity and frankness of expression. Thousands of them as . they emerged from-the smoke of ' the conflict saw with alarm these most solemn covenants violated, and when the remonstrated were denounced as traitors. Surely if; ‘ 1 any class of men have earned the ; right to speak out and criticise the , acts of the Government, without I * ' hating their motives impugned, those who followed the Hag with ■r I unfaltering devotion throughout the conflict were the men. Totheir sorrow, they soon learned that their confidence had been misplaced ; that the Government had fallen into evil hands—fanatics—men who for years had labored assiduously under the banJ * I ner of disunion, and who were , nothing more or less than the flvowed disunionists of th? better days of the Republic, when they were known only, to bedisptsed by all lovers of our country's good ! or, glory.

These men compose what is know n as the Radical party, ; and control it for their sole purpose of securing the supremacy of their ; party, by fair or foul means— ' anything to secure th-? object ini view. For this purpose they have | for two years deprived ten States of this Union of their constitution al rights, and propose to hold them as conquered provinces, until they frame such constitutions—cfflTct such laws under them, and elect such representatives to Congress as they see fit to dictate. To strengthen themselves, they have pondered to the money aristocrats . of flic and gave them unusual prFvuigos, that in the end will make the rich richer and the poor poorer. These unusual priviliges, they propose to increase, contrary to their own enactments, and this right in the face of the earnest protest of the entire labor ing interest of the country. These arc the men who have nominates! General IL S. Grant for Pjesideut and Schvyleh Coi.FAxfor Vice President For more than one year Grant has lae i in | the hands oT bis trainers. ter the

s purpose of being the standard ■ bearer of a corrupt and profligate party, a party whose leaders ex- ■ pect to get boosted into office by ■ clinging to their chosen leader’s L coat tail, as- he is elevated into the ' Presidential chair. Lincoln was - elected in consequence of his re--1 nown as a rail-splitter. Follow- > ing up their success the Radicals ‘ have chosen Grant because he is equally renowed on “horse-talk ;” 1 or, to speak plain becaus he signified his assent and gave them permission to use his name as a leader, with the express understand ing that he was to be 'their pliant tool. A man of very ordinary ability, with no claims to statesmenship, he is, as the Chicago Times happily express it, distinguished from the commoners of men in nothing but the quality of being obstinate —in which, however, even he is excelled by well known quadruped. Grant iu ’6l thought that negro property should be returned to their masters —was not at that time even an embryo abolifioni^Es. — When the war was over he reported all quiet; that Southern people were willing to accept the situation. "At this time he was a man without any fixed political principles. A man, as Wendell Phillips expressed, it, with three hundred thousand graves between him and an idea. Later we find him aspiring to the Presidential nominative ; to please his Radical fsiends violated the word of a soldier with the President. Since, he has howled with the Radicals. Poor old Useless Grant, as he will surely be in November.

The Eleventh Article., The Jay and Adams Republican don’t like the Judas Iscariots and Benedict Arnolds of the Radical Senate, that failed to impeach the President. It says “the triumph of bribery and corruption is ( shortthat in place of the seven who have joined the Democrats we will have more than double that nutiiber from the Southern States, enough to eject the tyrant from the white house. Great men will differ, friend Jones. Harpers IVeekly expresses the opinion that it is far moi;e important that public men act honestly than to remove the President and believes Messrs. Fessenden Ado , did act honestly. It says: “Men must follow their sincere convictions, conscious that in so doing they maintain the only permanent principle of free government ; and all the more dincult because to be maintained against the cry of party. The same authority adds: Some victories cost too dear. A verdict extorted by a pistol held at the head of the judge !is not verj T valuable. Such a victory our friend desires, and with him is our Representative. Keep - cool.

The Indianapolis vs. Chicago Platform. In another place will be found the platform of principles adopted by the Radical Convention at Chicago. The following is ; a plank in the platform of the Radicals as adopted at the State Convention: 4. The public debt matle necessary by the rebellion should be honestly paid, and all the bonds issued therefore should be paid in legal tenders, commonly called ; greenbacks, except where by their ' express terms, they provide other ’ wise; and paid in such quantities 1 as will make the circulation coinjmensurate with the commercial | wants of the country, and so as to i avoid too great inflation of thecurI rcncy and an increase in the price of Gold. If our Radical friends endorse I their State platform they must re- * pudiatc their last issue, tjic Cliicai go platform. ,We hope Radical ■ papers will give notice on which i resolution they intend to pin their faith. “All forms of repudiation” I is as happy an expression as the prince of bondholders could frame. Talk about briber}’ and corruption, . will you. Prey tell us what amount . the bondholders pledged them- ■ sylvcs to raise to defray expenses for the priviligc of framing that resolution ? Sold to the money•cd aristocrats, and sure to be repudiated by the people —in November. Mr. Chittenden. Biqierintendent of the New York Railroad, has i resigned.

Resolutions of the Chicago Radical National Convention, 1868. 1. Resolved, That we congratulate the countij’ on the assured success of the re construction policy of Congress, as indicated by the adoption, in a majority of the States lately in rebellion, of the constitution, securing equal civil and political rights to all, and regard it aS a duty of the Government to sustain those institutions, and to prevent the people from being remitted to a state of anarchy. 2. Resolved, That guarantee by Congress of equal suffrage to all loyal men in the South was demanded by every consideration of public safety, of gratitude and justice, and must be maintained, while the question of suffrage in all the loyal States properly belongs to the people of those States.

3. Resolved, That we, de- . nounce all the forms of repudiation of the national debt as a national crime. [Prolonged cheers] and the national honor requires the payment of the public indebtedness in the utmost good faith to all the creditors at home and abroad, not only according 7 to the letter but the spirit of the laws under which it was contracted. — [Applause] 4. Resolved, That it is due to the labor of the nation that taxation should be equalized and reduced as rapidly as the national faith will permit. 5. Resolved, That the national debt, contracted as it has been for the preservation of the Union for all time to come, should be extended for a fair period for its redemption, and it is the duty of Congress to reduce the rate of interest thereon whenever it can be honestly done. 6. Resolved, That the best; policy to diminish our burden of the del>t is to so improve our credit that the capitalist will seek to loan ns money at home at less rates of interest than we now pay, and must continue to pay as long as repudiation, partial total, is open, or the contest is threatened or suspected. 7. Resolved, That the Govern-1 men! of the United States should , be administered with the' strictest j economy, and the corruptions; which have been so shamefully j nursed and fostered by Andrew Johnson, call loudly for radical ■ reform. 8. Resolved, That wo pro- j ft undly deplore the untimely and tragic death of Abraham Lincoln, and regret the accession of Andrew Johnson to the Presidency, who has acted treacherously to the people who elected him, and the causes he was pledged to support, has usurped the high legislative and judicial functions, has refused to execute the laws, has used his high office to induce otji- ' er officers to ignore and violrtte 1 the laws, has employed his executive power to render insecure the property, peace liberty, and life of citteens, has abused the pardoning power, has denounced the National Legislature as unconstitutional I ! has persistently and corruptly resisted by every measure in his high > power every proper attempt to a t dopt the Constitution of the States lately in rebellion, has perverted ! the public patronage into an engine of wholesale corruption, and i been justly impeached for , lugh > crimes and misdemeanors' r.iul properly pronounced guilty there of by the votp of 35 Senators.

9. Jte,aolve<l, That the doctrine of Great Britain and other European powers, that, because a man is once a subject he is’always so, must be resisted at every hazard by the United States, as a relic of the fudal time, not authorized by the law of nations, and nt war with our national honor and independence ; naturalized citizens are entitled to be protected in all their rights of citizenship, as though they were natural born; and no citizen of the United States, natural or naturalized, must be liable to arrest and imprisonment by any foreign power for acts done or words spoken in this country , and if so arrested and. imprisoned, it is the duty of the Government to interfere in his behalf. 10. Rcsolecd, That of all who were faithful in the trials of the late war. there were none entitled to more especial honor than the brave soldiers and seamen who endured the hardships of campaign and cruise, and imperilled their lives in the service of the country ; the bounties and pensions provided by law for those brave defenders of the nation are obligations never to be forgotten ; the widows and orphans of the gallant dead are the wards of the people—a sacred legacy bequeathed to the nation's protecting care. 11. TfevoZred, That foreign emigration, which in the past has added so much t,o the wealth and development of resources and the increase of power to this nation, the asylum of the oppressed of all nations, should be fostered and encouraged by a literal and just policy. 12. Rcxolval, That the Convention declares its sympathy with all the oppressed people who ere Mingling for their rights.

1868. 1868. SPRING ARRIVAL OF HARDWARE! AT CRABBS & SON'S* r ■e ■ i We have a full stock of all kinds of Hardware, Iron, Mills, (Rass, Doorn, Sash, &.c. ; ns We have the Cheapest COOK St£ve|! In the Market. We keep a Complete assortment of TIN WARE! Os our own manufacture, constantly on hand. Tin Spouting put up when desired, and repairing done to order. We also keep the best STONECOAL In the West, which we sell to purchasers in any quantity desired. j ' :o: " • •* NOTICE On and after the Ist day of July, 1868, we will ('lose our Books, and sell for Cash, and CASH O'Ni LY. We can then sell our customers goods from 10 to 15 per cent, lower than any Credit House in Town, and we invito all cash buyers to call at oqr Store, and we will certainly make it to their advantage to buy of us. A. CRABBS & SON. Decatur, May 29. vlln2K TOWN CLERK’S REPORT. 7b the Board of Trustees of the Town of Decatur: The underug> cd Clerk of the Town of Decatur, in Adams County, in the State of Indiana, would respectfully _ submit i the follotviug report of the Receipts and Expenditures on account of the Town of Decatur, for the financial year ending April 30, 1868. Receipts. \ Balance in Treasury, May 1, 67, S ”3 Received on account from Show License, 8 00 Received on account Os AuctionI eer, „ 200 i Received from J. R. Bobo, Attorney, on sidewalk, - VOO i Received from Treasurer of Adams County, 146 75 Total Receipts, sl'.'6 18

E.rpenditurefi. Paid on Sewer on 2nd St., including openses o[ assessment, collection, &c., 44 00 Building Street crossings, Alley crossings, including work done in proceeding year, orders drawn, this year, 157 63 Interest paid upon orders redeemed. 16 06 Services of Town officers, 109 75 Paid for Pulilislung notices. 30 00 Amount due Town officers, April 30, 1868, 47 90 To!al Expenditures, 405 34 Orders redeemed and filed in this office amounting to 163 *’-8 Amount of outstanding ordeis, April 30, 1867, 143 92 Amount of orders issued this financial year, 357 44 Whole amount of indebtedness of Town Treasury, not including taxes received this financial yeur, 331 i>B HARRISON B. KNOFF, May 29, w 3. < ! >rkT. D. LILLIE & BROTHER, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in LIME, CEMENT, PLASTERING HAIR, PLASTER Lffll S COAL, Calhoun Street, on the Canal, vl2n7tn6. FORT WAYNE, IND. MAMUFACTfREIW OF SASH, DOORS, BLOWS Window Frames. Allkt, North or tub Citt Milm, FORT WAYNE, IND. Poore. Sash and Window Blinds, -of all sixes, kept constantly on hind. | All work warranted to be a« represented. | Prices as low as any otherestabiishiaent. j Country dealers supplied nt liberal ; rates. ’. ' vl2n7rl. |

DRY GOODS, CARPETS, CLOTHINC, CftOCERIES, &o. CRABBS, MOSES & ?RICE Are receiving their Summer Stock of Goods, which are of the latest styles, of the best quality, and tEKY cheap 7~7~. * '• ‘’i* .j ' ■ „ :— -- —/r— ———• •-—f;-- - :n: DRY GOODS & NOTION This Department is complete and rich; and cofitians,- besides many othfcr articles, a full line of PRINTS, LINEN HANDKERCH'FS, BRRAD CLOTHS, DELAYER EMBROID'D 11 FANCY CASSIMERES,' MERINOS, " COTTON “ KENTUCKY JEANS, LAWNS, HOSIERY, COTTON ADES, IMPORTED GINGHAMS, GLOVES, LINENS, DOMESTIC GINGHAMS, LACES, DUCK LINENS, ALPACAS, EMBROIDERIES, SHEETINGS, RICH SILKS, RUFFLINOB, SHIRTINGS, POPLINS, FRILLINGS, BROWN MUSLIN?. DRESS TRIMMINGS, BELTINGS, BLEACHED MUSLINS,' DRESS BUTTONS, , FANS, STRIPES, VEILS, 4 UMBRELLAS, CHECKS, BEREGES, SUN UMBRELLAS, DENIMS, SHAWLS, ALEX. KID GLOVES, TICKINGS, SCARFS, WHITE GOODS, TOWELINGS, PARASOLS, TABLE CLOTHS, COTTON YARNS HOOP SKIRTS, FLANNELS, -« CARPET CHAIN, &c. . a ■ ' CLOTHING DEPARTMENT. ■ We have on hand a large stock of READY"-MADE CLOTHING,' which we arc selling rapidly at Prices as low’ as before the War. Call and see the Goods. We are confident you can save money by buying of us. Good Linen Coats, 81 25. HAT, MP, £ BOOT & SHOE v T~»Tfn~F» TV TA n? TNT ZE 2DT T . 'MEN'S A BOY'S CAI’S, MEN'S A BOY’S BOOTS, MEN'S FUR HATS, MEN'S SHOES, MEN'S WOOL HATS, BOY'S SHOES, BOY'S FUR HATS, WOMEN'S SHOES, BOY’S WOOL HATS, WOMEN’S GAITERS, • STRAW A PALM HATS, MISSES GAITEBS, FANCY STRAW HATS. CHILDREN'S GAI’IERS. ■ GROCERY DEPARTMENT. ’( OFFEF. COFFEE ESS IIN tE, BAKING POWDER, SVG tl<B M(H.ASSES. S.XLERATUS, jEAS SYRUP, “ STARCH, TOBACCOS, VINEGAR, 81’IV£S/&c. All nice and fresh, and of the finest quality. Very Cheap. ’ :o: We have also a large and varied assortment of QUEENSWARE & GLAS S-W ARE. jT-STDon’t fail to call and see our Stock before purchasing, as we- 4 will do you good. Ashes, Black Salts, Staves, Butter, Eggs, and-aIL kinds of Country Produce taken for Goods. mid for Wool, at the highest market price. Dcsatur, May, 1868. CRABBS, WYich Wistting Fort Don't Fail to tins W FA3HIOSI. THE POPULAR DNE PRICE CLOTHING HOUSE. ♦ The Fincet, LawgCftt and most Complete Establishinent of the kind in the A entero Country and one of the most extensive on the Continent. No. I Keystone Block, Cor. Calhoun fit Columbia Sts. »■ FORT /a’Of.l.V.f, A. & M. jSTIRDLIISTGEB, Sole Manager* and Proprietors, N.I V. F. XIRDLIXGER, G: nval Rittrrn MaMyer and M<inufu:turer. Oljiee X<>. 17 Xor(h Third Xo. 722 Broadway. Xtn York Gity The recognised Hrnquarters for Men, Youth, Boys and Children's READY-MADE DIOTHINC! Every article marked in plain selling figures Positively one price asked, and no less taken. The Money REFUNDED if onr goods do rtbt prove to be as represented. Encb purchaser receives a printed guarantae with our name annexed to tual effect. PALACE OF FASHION, nerclmnt Tailor*-—ClolhiiiK Made io Order. PROF. ANDREW J. FOSTER, the Champion Cutter, General Superintendent of this Department. 1R tnaiMl n f the Spriuy and Summer Trade of 1868, from Ike a- • On and after March 20th, our immense stock of Men's, Youth's, Boy's and Children's Ready-Made Clothing, Cloths, Cnssimeres, Vestings, Linens, Furnishing Goods, Hats, Caps, &c., will be open for inspection and sale, AT PRICES THAI NO OTHER HOUSE DARE SEoL AT O1 : R MOTTO—Truth, Honesty and Fair Dealing for all. On the above representations we invite the patronage of Farmers, Mechanics, Business Men, and all Citixens who desire to encourage honesty and fair dealing among men. Offering evesy mnn protection in his purchases. Close buyers, cheap hovers, low buyers, buyers lhat are not posted on prices, on qualities, on styles, men and boys, all treated and dealt with alike at the PALACE OF FASHION, ths Popular One Price Clothing House. TEDM3 rOSITIVEDY Offering our goods retail at Wholesale prices, we cannot deviate from this ruls. Receiving every day, by Express, Men's, Boy's and Childrens llvthing, of all kinds, styles and prices. White, Fancy, Woolen, Linen and Cotton Shirts, Ncckttrw, Scarfs, Buitcrflics—latest fashions—Paper Collars, Cuffs and Bosoms of allkindst Su-q-cfukrs, Kid Gloves, White Rilk, Linen and Cotton Handkerchiefs, Socks, and a large stock of the latest stylos of HATS and CAPS, at the Palace of Fashion, No, I, Keystone Block, Fort Wayne, Indiana. When coining to the City we respectfully incite all to come and see the beautiful Palace—one of the model structures of America. Bring along your wives, children and triends. If you wish to purchase or not. you will be shown as much attention by gentlemen who will always be ready and willing to show you through , our tnauuTK'iitb establishment. z—j v11n52m3 A. KM. WIRDLIXGEB.