Decatur Eagle, Volume 12, Number 14, Decatur, Adams County, 10 July 1868 — Page 1

THE DECATUR EAGLE. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY. A. j. ltiit, EDITOR, PUBLISHER AND PROPRIETOR. OFFICE—On the west side of Second Street, over Dor win & Brother’s Drug Store. 'j Terms of Subscription. One copy, oneyerr, in advance,, $1 50 If paid after the year has expired 2 50 Papers delivered by carrier tweent.yfive cents additional will be changed. No paper will be discontinued until all arrerages are paid, except at the option of the publisher. Legal Advertising. . One square [tho space of ten lines brevier] one insertion, §2 00 Each subsequent insertion, 50 No advertisement will be considered less than one square; over one square will “be counted and charged as two; over two as three, &c. Local notices fifteen cents a lino for each insertion. Religious and Educational notices or advertisements may be contracted for at lower rnteg, by application at the office. Deaths and Marriages published as news—free. OFFICIALDI RECTORY. District Officers. Ho’n.Rob't Lowry,Circuit Judge. T. W. Wilson, Circuit Prosecuting Att y. ‘ Hon. R 8. Taylor, . . Com. Pleas Judge. J. 8. Daily, Com. Pleas Prosecut'g Att'y. County Officers. Seymour Worden Auditor. A. J. Hill Clerk. Jesse Niblick.Treasurer. M. V. B. Simcoke,. .. Recorder. James Stoops, Jr.,Sheriff. Henry C. Peterson, Surveyor. Sam. C. Hollman, .... School Examiner. Conrad Reinking, 1 Jacob Sarff, >... Commissioners. Josiah Crawford, J Town Officers. Henry B. Knoff,Clerk. D. J. Spencer, .... 3Treasurer. William Baker,Marshall. John King, Jr., ] David King, k.®.■'Trustees. David Showers, J Time of Holding C’oujln. Circuit Court.—On the third Monday in April, and the first Monday in November, of each year. Common Pleas Court.—On the second Monday in January, the second Monday in May and the second Monday in September, of each year. Commissioners Court.—On the first Monday in March, the first Monday in June, the first Monday in September, and the first Monday in December, of each year. DIRECTORY. St. Mary's (Catholic). —Services every Sabbath at. 8 and 10 o’clock, A. M.; Sabbath School or instruction in Catechism, at H o'clock, t’. M.; Vespers at 2 o'clock, P. M. Rev. J. Wemhoff, Pastor. Methodist.—Services every Sabbath at JO) o’ clock, A. M., and 7 o'clock, I*. M. Sabbath School at 9 o'clock, A. M. Rev. D. N. Shackleford, Pastor. Presbyterian.—Services at 10) clock, A. M., and 7 o'clock, I*. M. Sabbath School at 9] o'clock, A. M. Rev. A. B. Lowes, Pastor. DRUGS. DOR WIN & BRO., -DEALERS INDrugs, Medicines, Chemicals, • » Toilet aud Taney .Articles, Sponges, Brushes, I‘trfVmcrv. Coal Oil, Lamps, Pat ent .tfcdicenes, h'c. DECA TUR,INDIANA Prescriptions carefully compounded, and orders answered with care and dispatch. Farmcis an<l Physicians from the country will find our Stock of Medicines complete, warranted genuine, and of the best quality. v9nS5 . ts. HARNESS, &c. SADDLE & HARN ESS SHOP. R. BURNS, ~ MANUFACTURER AND DEALER INSaddles, Harness, JtriMe*. Collars, Halters, VFMjm, Bridle-Bits, HamcH, &r. Decatur, - • - Indiana. I keep copa'antly on hand and m*hufactnre to order. Saddles, Harness, Bridles Collars, Haltere, whips, FlyNets, &c., which I will Sell Cheaper than Any other establishment in the county. All Wark Warranted to be es good material and put np in a substantial manner Repairing Done to Order m short notice. Call and examine my work and prices. A good stock always on hand. SHOP—Oa Second street, in Meibcrs' building. v11n47. _ R JI£RNR._ Notice Matrimonial All persons are hereby notified not to trust my wife. Margaret Oasee, on my credit, as I will not pay any bills eoutracted bv her. June 12,'1868, St EUGENE GASSE.

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__ f tM ffltotllang. From the Abyssinian Correspondence of the New York Herald. THEODORUS. His Massacre of liatlve Prisoners. Theodorus was a most ardent Christaiii, and knew the sculptures l etter than the Pariahs and Mui- j locks, or even- Abraham. What ] ■ever he undertook he endeavored to uphold by a quotation from holy writ. The massacre of the native prisoners which took place two days before the battle of Fallah was supported by copious extracts. ■ Before the execution took place, he called his favorite chiefs together into the palace and informed them that the Feringhees were coming, and possibly they might be besieged, and therefore it was incumbent upon him to provide for the welfare of his brave soldiers. There were several prisoners in Magdala,—incorrigibly bad ones, —who had mocked at him and refused wise counsels, would it not be better to put away those who eat the bread of idleness, eating the sustenanc of the garrison, thereby destroying what chanca they bad of maintaining a siege for any length of time ? The chiefs thus apostrophized agreed unanimously that the Negashi should do what seemed good in his own eyes. His words were wisdom. Satisfied that he had gained the will of his principle men, he ordered that they should be brought before the imprisoned Feringhees’ quarters with their chains on. After the chiefs left him to do his bidding, he . dressed himself in bis state robes and donned the imperial crown preparatory to visiting the Europeans. Having done so, he rode on his white mule down to Salingine, where he found the Europeans and native captives drawn up in two parallel lines, surrounded by his soldiers, armed to the teeth. With proudest mein be rode up to where the prisoners stood with dreadful anxiety* manifest in each countenance. Two chiefs haatened to lay hold of stirrups as he prepared to dismount, and a deep silence reigned around —“such a silence,” to use the captives’ words, ‘ as to make the beating of our hearts audible. My heart was in my throat, almost causing strangulation my pulse beat at railway speed ; I felt my knees tremble, and the awful susuncertainty were worse than the shocking reality • I witnessed afterwards.” After dismounting, the king walked backwards up and down the line, eyeing us sternly, and a sort of barbaric majesty pervaded every motion. Seemingly satisfied with his inspection, In strode quickly and ncrviously to the centre of the line, and impatiently throwing his silken toga over his left shoulder and pushing his his crown from his brow backward, probably so as to have a clearer view of his victim, he hissed through his closed teeth to the native captives, saying, “Behold, I am going to slay you, because I called you, and you refused; I stretched out my hand imploringly to you, and you regarded me not; you set at naught all my counsel, and would take none of my reproof. Now I will laugh at your cal unity; ha, ha! I will mock as your fear comes as destruction, and your destruction comes as a whirlwind ; when distress and anguish comes upon you.” Then turning to his soldiers, he ordered them to separate those wTiom he named and after 90 men, women, and boys had been separated from the rest, cocking his pistols he shouted, “Now who shall I destroy first?” (No answer-k^“What,” said he sarcastically, “are there none of these princes and warriors of Ethiopia desirous of dying by the hand of Theodorus, have you all turned woman when the hour of death is nigh ?” “Hold,” shouted Ifas Ingerta, a Galla chief u“I and my fellows are in your power now; but, Kassai, why did you lie to me; why, oh why was I such an ass as to listen to your words; why did I come and put my head in the lions jaws? Oh for one minute neck to neck with you, Kassai! I would show you how a Galla warrior meets his enemy. Give me a spear and a horse and meet me fairly and equally here only for two minutes; I would kill you and curse you. You dare not, prisoner as I am, with chains on my ,limbs. I would fight yon if you dared to meet me.” “No,” returned Theodorus, with increasing warmth in his countenance, “yon tried to betray me to my enemies; spy and traitor, you shall be food for the jack-1 al to-night. On the heads of all

those who have compassed me a-, bout, the mischief of their own lips 1 shall curse them. Let them be cast into the fire, into the deep pit, that they rise not up again.” “Strip these follows,” said he, “and let them behold each other’s shame, and give me their exact number.” Their rags were torn from them, and each man, woman and boy stood before him naked. ■ The number of those whom he had ; ordered for execution was three hundred and eight, —two hundred and4|eventy-five men, five women and twenty eight boys. lie then said, “Spear the Galla dog! Ingerta, spear him, I say,” I and Ras Ourary Euric, ever ready to obey Theodriis, leveled a spear and flung it at his breast. ‘ Thou hast done well,” said the king, as he saw the weapon had gone deep into bis bosom; but Ras Ingerta plucked it out of the wound and flung it contemptuously at Theodorus’ feet. “Another one, r shouts Theodorus, “spear him again,” and six chiefs immediately sank their weapons into his body. The wounded chief stood up bravely, and drew them all out one after another, the blobd spurting from his wounds in crimson streams, when he fell down and died. Impatient at the slow progress of the execution, the king shot ten dead jvith his own baud, and, throwing his revolver away, he drew his sword, and leaped toward the trembling prisoners.— Eyeing them a moment, beseemed to choose one for whom he entcrtertained a perfect hatred, for be said to one, “Ah, your hour has come. lam going to drink your blood,” and, raising his sword, he cut his head off at one blow, and then drew it again across his abdomen. Theodorus’ face and clothes were covered with blood, and like a tiger who had tasted blood, this seemed to increase his fury. He foamed at the lips, and his eyes became bloodshot. After stab- • bing and cutting about 50 with his own hand, he rested, and ordered that his chiefs should try their hands. Many of them had personal hatred against the captives, and they proceeded with an astonishing alacrity with the awful task of massacre. Whenever he witnessed dexterous blows, he applauded, but when he saw cuts given that but maimed the poor wretches the king would spring up and demonstrate what an easy matter it was to send the head clean off the shoulders by choosing a strong, sturdy prisoner, and decapitating him with his own hand. •I * A young and beautiful woman of high rank, perceiving that her time was coming rapidly, ran up to where Teodorus leaned npbn his dripping sword, and throwing herself at his feet, entreated in piteous tones that he would spare her life. “No!” thnndered The odorus. “You came to my camp twice as a spy. Once I spared you because one of my chiefs asked that you might be bis wife. Now by the Savior of the world, you shall sleep below the cliff of Magdala to-night” So saying, while she yet bent with her face to the ground, with his whole might he delivered a blow which almost severed her in two. Horrible as it may seem, a child gushed out of the womb, and several of European women sickened and fainted at the sight A boy prince, son of one of the rebellious governors-who was still at large, was next killed by a sweeping blow, which took his head and left arm off. In about an hour and half from the commencement of the wholesale execution, the massacre was completed, and as fast as each one had been slain, the body was carried to the edge of the cliff 1 and thrown down a height of 50 feet or more. At the bottom of the cliff were several great rocks scattered here and there, and these were covered Yrith brains and blood. A ghastly heap of ’Corrupting flesh was all that was left of 308 human squls, who but shortly before had been the friends in captivity of the Europeans. The human shambles contained pools j of blood and gore in several places nearly a foot deep. Theodorus having mastered his passion as the work of death .was ended, turned to the European captives, and in a most urbane manner informed them that he would do the same to them if the English general did not listen to reason. Even his dear friend Rassan should die by his hand unless peace could bo made. Theodorus would most certainly have carried J his threat into execution if EngI gftsh diplomacy had not been too I much for him-

From the Buenos Ayres Standard. The Paraguayan Amazons. Lieut. Col. Margaret Ferreira and Capt. Anita Gill are the female officers in command at the pass of the river Tebicuari, where a very respectable farce of girls and woman are held under arms to dispute the passage of the river by the allies. This is the tenor of the advices that last came down from Paraguay, and even well informed "persons in military matters know that they are correct. Brig. Gen. Eliza Lynch, with the main body of the female army, is encamped midway between the pass of the river and a small inland town. On the road to Villa Rica the right wing of her army, under the command of the mother of Capt. Herero, has deployed slightly to the left, so as to hang on the invaders should they effect a crossing of the river, and cut up Mrs. Col. Margaret Ferreira and herheoric girls. Relays of girls and woman keep constantly arriving at the headquarters of the feminine commander in-chief. From what we gather from letters and statements, it wouid seem that the male portion of the Paraguayan army is very reduced, and are occupied in defending the fortress of Humaita, the positions near Timbo, the encampment near Villa Rica and the fortification at Lambare. The guerrilla portion ofthecampaign—or what is termed her ethe “gnerra de rucursos” —is entrusted to the women of Paraguary ; and reliable data have J>een received that the north, near the Tranquera Loreto are exclusively composed of wo men. As to the exact number of women under arms in Paraguay at present, it is impossible to say, owning to the varied and conflicting statements ; but for years past a great portion of the heavy work attending on camp life has been performed by the unfortunate daughters of that once lovely country! Even in the trenches around Humaita the weak arm of woman has shoveled out the earth to make a grave for the allied invaders ! female chasques have gone from point to point over the country with dispatches ; the steamers and vessels in the port of Asuncion have been alternately discharged and laden by the trembling hands of the women in the capital. Every thirig of worth and value that these poor women possessed has been snatched from them to assist in the defence of their country! They have toiled in the field for the last three years; thej ; have sowed, rais ed, and harvested the crops; they have made clothes for the soldiers from the fibres of plants; they have maintained the hospitals, oared for the wounded and sick; they have supplied the army—and now with satanic power, they are dragged to the front, and placed in the breach to fight tho whole allied army! We, for our part, demand of the foreign minister"' to send commissioners up to Paraguay to investi. gate the real conditian of affairs and report thereof. It, as the news goes, the allies, in attempting to cros& the Tebicuari, have to fight the girls, then the honor of Europe is at stake in at once stopping this horrible war. The allies them selves must see the utter imposthe carrying on hostililities upon such terms; supposing that it were possible the allied army afforded a regiment or a divi sion s§ mercenary and so bare as to fight against the poor Paraguayatv woman, and if in the battle the allies were so unfortunate as to win the day, not all the wealth of Matto Grosso, not all the trophies of Poaguay, would recompense for the tarnished honor of such an illstarretl victory. If the war is to be carried on under such circum stances, if the, allies must fight the women of Paraguay to carry on the tenets to the triple alliance, then at least let it be on equal terms; let woqen be ranked a gainst women, and man against man. South America is a strange land, where such eventualities come to pass, and when the women fought it out on their own line and the men also fought it out oh theirs, then let us take to the childj ten, send for Gen. Tom Thumb ' and his wife, and thus bring to a felicitous conclusion this celebrated and never to be forgotted triple alliance war. ———— • A Rio Janeiro corresbondent of the Ifeic Fork Herald says that 4,000 women are already in arms upon the Tebicuari, under the command of Brig. Gen Eiza Lynch “the spunky Irish women, who is said to be the ruling apirit of the | i war, the managment of which is | I actuallv in the hands of her two brothers” The correspondent > adds :1 “Thus, while the question of women’s rights is still open to

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discussion in France, England, and the United States, it seems to have been practically settled in Paraguay. The old legend to which the river Amazon owes its name, and which has been repeat ed by La Condarminc, D’Orellana, Father Gill, Humboldt, and all other South American travellers since the days of Pizarro, relative to the alleged existence of a community of female warriors on or near the upper waters of the Amazon, is a bout to be realized upon the great river of La Plata.” [From the N. Y. Freeman's Journal ] Freedom of Speech and of the Press. These rights were among those jealously guarded in the days of the glorious old Union. During the late war, they were trampled on by the Executive, in its civil ac tions, and by the military. The plea was that it was “war time!” The “war” was supposed to have ceased in the spring of 1865. Bqt the next year, General Grant —author of the next verdict against “the Jews as a class”—issued the following general order to the various military commandants. Gen. Grant's Idea of Liberty. —Here is another reminisecnse of General Grant, which is worthy of being kept before the people from now until the election. Headquarterr Armies U. S. ) Washington, Feb. 17, 1866. ( You will please send to these headquarters, as soon as practicable, and from time to time thereafter, such copies of newspapers published in your Department as contain sentiments of disloyalty and hostility to the government or any of its branches, and state whether such paper is habitual in its utterance of such sentiments.— The persistent publication of articles calculated to keep up a hostility of feeling between the people of different sections of the country can not be tolerated. The information is called for with a view to their suppression, which will be done from these headquarters lyBy order of Lieut. Gen. Grant. T. S. Bowers, Assistant Adjutant General. This man is hereupon, chosen as the fitting Standard Bearer of the revolutionary Black Republican party, in the Presidential canvass. *-■ Extravagance In Men. There are lots of young men with whom spending money is a. positive disease. They constantly demonstrate the truth of the famil iar proverb. There is a'sort of fatal profusion in their habits. Women are accused very unfairly of being over extravagant. As a rule men are far more so ; and the ac count against them is principally due to those who fritter away every thing they gain or sell in num berless trifles. A woman has a natural title to being well clad —to being, indeed, clad so as to make the most of her appearance. She has a sense for jewelry. To deny her ornaments is to stifle a genuine and reasonable instinct. But a man who parts with a considerable of his income to comply with every freak of his tailor, and who really seems to-have only used his brains upon the patterns of neckties, Is one of the most pitiable creatures alive. A gentleman ought to be correctly and neatly dressed. There is something revolting as well as startling in the style in which the unfortunate London cad turns out to air» himself an the tops of oranibusses and on the penny steamboats on Sunday. Still, the extremes meet.— The cad is not, in all probability a greater jackass than the person hejmimics. He is also extravagant in his own miserable way. He has given more than he can afford for his flaring scarf with his horrible -brass pin, his embroidered shirt front, and all the rest of his yije paraphernalia The light Spring dress goods, which the ladies are displaying so profusely upon the streets, cost but a sixpence a yard in Europe, and are made mostly of cotton, with just enough wool to alter the complexion. After they have passed through the United States Cus-tom-house, they are worth thirtyfive cents a yard, but when they are sold at retail, the ladies pay fifty cents a yard for them. It is so fashionable to wear a sixpenny—fifty cent —dress. Oliver Wendell Hql me3 M . vß that a man over ninety is a great comfort to his elderly neighbors. Ae is a picket-guard on the extreme oat posts, and young folks of sixty or seventy feel that this ; enemy must get by him before 11 they can come near their encampi j ment

Every Bond. Must be m Sacred as a Soldier’s Grave*** Speech of General Hawley, President of the Grant Convention. The radical Republican party by their Chicago platform, has lifted the veil, and left the people see behind the scenes, and they tell us that money is as sacred as the soldier’s blood. And they say still more. They say the rich bondholder shall be paid in gold, and that the crippled soldier sfiall bq paid in paper. Is “the national debt as sacred as the grave of the soldier”—is this true ? Is this the voice of the people ? Is this the sentiment to be taught the tax-payers ? Is wealth as sacred as the soldier’s blood ? Are “bonds” as saered as the soldier’s life ? Are we to write the epitaph of our dead soldiers on their tombstones as follows: “Our debt is as sacred as your blood.” This sentiment, when interpreted properly, means this: “The rich gave their money to carry on the war.” “The poor gave their blood to carry on the war.” “The rich must be paid in gold.” “The pensioned soldier must be paid in paper.” “The rich ‘still live;’ the poor soldier is dead.” My money (the Republicans say) is as sacred as your grave! Mr. Editor, I want you to keep this Republican principle before the people, and we will see who indorses it at the polls. A Citizen. ■■■j — m — [From ths New York Herald.] Grant and Colfkx. General Grant’s declaration that he will have no policy but the will of the people to guide him, reminds one of similar declaration of the great Mr. Pickwick of his policy at the great election at Etanswlll, between the Bufft and , the Biues, in which the Hon. Sam- ' uel Slumkey was the candidate of I the Blues and the Hon. Horatio Fizkin of the Buffs. “Slutakey forever!” roared the the honest and independent. “Shimkey forever!” echoed Mr Pickwick, taking off his hat. “No, Fizkin !” roared the crowd. “Certainly not!” shouted Mr. , Pickwick, j “Who is Slumkey ?’’ whispered Mr. Tupman. , “I don't know," replied Mr. Pickwick. “Don’t ask any questions ; it’s always best to do what the mob do on these occasions,” “But suppose there are two mo!»,” suggested Mr. Snodgrass. “Shout with the largest,” repUP ed Mr. PickwickVolumes could* not possibly have said more. The Laugh of Woman. A woman has no natural gift , more bewitching than a sweet laugh. Il is like the sound of flutes • on the water. It leaps from her in a clear, sparkling rill; and the heart that hears it feels as if bath ed in the.cool, exhilarating spring. ■ Have you ever pursued an unseen , fugitive through the trees, led on Iby a fiiiry laugh, now here, now . lost, now found? We have; and 1 we arc pursuing that wandering voice to this day. Sometimes it comedo us in-the midst of care and sorrow, of irksome business; . and then we turn away the evil, ( spirits of mind. How much we r owe to that sweet laugh! It turns > prose to poetry; jt flings flowers . to the sunshine over the darkness of the wood in which we are tray- .. ■ cling: it touches with light even I our sleep, which is no mor? than . the image of death, but is consum 5 ed with drcams that are the shadows of immortality. Wok?:—The way to win is to work. Luck is nothing and never , perches on banners that are not , lifted aloft by your sturdy workers. Winning people are invariably industrious. If you want p) make way straight to poverty, rags and nudity, just hang round ej peering you are to get a lively win at some good luck. About the time you get it, rivers will be running up hill, young , women will have given up flirting and love of , dress, and the North pole will be used for fishing smelts out of the Polar sca 3 The Louisville Jorunal give# the foliowingpensketch of a prom inent radical politician. Can any one tell who it is ? ' ’ , , “The present manager of ths House of Reresentatives is a this/ and a woman-whipper. He is cross-' r eyed, cross-grained, sits cross leg ged and cross-armed, and is > cross breed between a bear and fi swine.** The amount of grain stored ifi ’ Clucago is asTonbws : Wh®rtsoo,000 bushels ; core 996,000 bushels, oata, 338,000 bushels; rye, 20,006 bushels; and of barley, 3,060 1 eis. ir r - St. Louis has on hand 000 ponnds of tobacco, 19,060 bar- > rels of mess pork, and 7,000 tietr 1 ces of lard. * -■ - — < -—-II ■■ ■ — Lowelhas 428,418 spindles, snd 25,000 spfs-stert.