Decatur Eagle, Volume 12, Number 39, Decatur, Adams County, 1 January 1869 — Page 2

TH E EAGLE OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE COUNTY. DEC AT i; R, 1A pf 1y A. FRIDAY, J4y.~1T1869.~~ TIIE NEW.*. Gov. Bullock, of Georgia, was in Washington last week to raise funds to enable him to carry on hrs Government. - The National Intelligencer of . • the 23, urges, with much force, the re-election of Senator Render son from Missouri. A Washington dispatch of Dec. 23, says “Secretary Seward left town, to-day, for Auburn, to spend the hclidays,—the French and I Russian ministers accompanying him, having accepted an invitation to become bis guests durir.g the holidays.” *" • Chief Justice Chase and family went to Rhode Island to spend the holidays as the guests of Senator Sprague. Wendell Phillips, in the JntrSlavery Standard, opposes vehemently the repeal of the Tenui'e of Office Bill. ■ • ' - The New York Sun thinks it I can not be wrong in announcing that E. B. Washburne will be President "Grant's Secretary of the Interior. 1 Commissioner Rollins has de- ' cided to establish in the city of ~New York four export bonded warehouses in addition to those < already established, and has made 1 selections for the purpo e. 1 The President of the Board of I 1 Assessors has just completed ai J census of St. Louis city and coun- | { ty, which gives a population of < 281,171, an increase, since 1864 of ' 53,261. f Senator J. Hill, of Georgia, j disgusted at the delay’ attending < l.is admission, has gone home, de- i glaring that he will not return until i he is assured that he will be al ' lowed to take his seat. j f Governor Ballard’s message to j the Idaho legislature was deliver-'s cd week before last. Tie recom-T f mended, a petition to congress for ■ ’ an additional appropriation' for j j the_Burvey of the public lands ; < hopes that the mail routes to the ' northern settlements will be open- f el, which are entirely without mail'! i communication, and other routes improved. About 800 Indians ro- ' main in the territory.. ‘ All have been friendly since last summer. He.hopes the government will set- ; tie them on reservations. Senator Morton has been invited by the New York Chamber of ■ Commerce to apeak before the i , business men of New York, on the subject of finance, at any time * which suits his convenience. The orator will reply at length to the three column letter of Horace Greek's, published in the Tri-J bane, directel to himself. During the gale on Sunday 20th. three buildings were blown down i in Chicago. Loss about 830,000. Chimneys, signs, and fences suf ! femd greatly. The ‘Purks recently publicly 1 burned the Russian flag in the,' st recta of Constantinople. ( Mrs. Abraham Lincoln m lying dangerously ill at Frankfort on-the-Main. Her mind as well as her body seems affected. i, An entire family consisting of I n ; ne persona was poisoned on last Snndnv week in St. Louis, by eat- ' ing stewe 1 rabbits. Several of . them are’not expected to survive, ! A London dispatch of Dec. 25. says Roverdy Johnson has receivel a deputation of nrtizans de>;rcous of founding a colony at Ne-' bras’ea Johnsop encourages them, j The Alabama claims, for which authenticated accounts are filed in the state department, amount in i all to something over 88,000,000. On Christmas lay, a number of persons of distinction—Member* of th® Supreme Court, cabinet and military offi -ers. an 1 private cili-. zias—calle 1 upon President Johnson, and congratulated him upon his amnesty proclamation, ami the ! aptness of the selection of the day for its promulgation. A Washington special says t' •‘President Joh:»ao!v-it is under stood, intend s retireiag all army officers over 62 years of age, a mong whom arc A Ijf Gen. Lo Thnwsw FaymsSJer" Geu~ Bru.-e. a.id Brig. Gen Phillip St George Ct>2’c<'

A Proclamation of Full Par* don and Amnesty to AH < ancorned. Washington, December 25. Bg the President of the United States of America ; a Proclamation : Whereas, The President of the United States has heretofore set forth several proclamations offering amnesty and pardon to persons who had been, or were, concerned in the late rebellion against the lawful authority of the Government of the United States, which proclamations were severally issued on the Bth day of December, 1863, on the 26th day of March. 1864, on the 26th day of May, 1865. on the 7th day of September, 1867, and on the 4th day of July, in the ; present year. 'Whereas, The authortity of the I Federal Government having been re-established in all the States and territories within the jurisdition*of i the United States, it is believed 1 that such pretential reservations j and exceptions, at the dates ofj said several proclamations, were deemed necessary and proper, and i may now be wisely and justly relinquished, and that universal amnesty and pardon for participation in the repellion extended to all who have borne any part therein jvilUend to secure permanent; peace, 'order and renew and; fully restore cpjgfttlfcnce and fraternal feeling among the whole people, and their respect for and attachment to the National Government, designed by its patriotic founders for the general good. Now, therefore, be it known that I, Andrew Johnson, President I of the United States, by virtue of j the power and authority in me ■ vested by the Constitution, and in ; the name of the soverign people i of the United States, do hereby i proclaim ami declare uncondition- j ally and without reservation, to all and every person who, directly or indirectly, participated in the late insurrection or rebellion, a full pardon and amnesty for the offense of treason against the United States, or of adhering to their enmies during „the late, civil; war, with the restoration’ of all rights, privileges, and immunities under the Constitution and the laws which have been made in pursu ance thereof. In testimony whereof, I have signed these presents with my hand and have caused the ceal of the United States to be hereunto affixed-. Dope at the citv of Washington, the twenty-fifth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand, eight hundred and j sixty-eight, and of the Tn depend ■ ence of the United States of Amer . ica the ninty-thjrd. [Signed] Andrew Johnson. By the President; F. W. Seward, Acting Secretary of State. Letter from l ulled States Treasurer Spinner. Wasiungson. December 24. United States Treasurer Spinner; in a letter to Hon. David Wilder, I of Massachusetts, condemns the I latter's plan for the resumption of specie payments bv striking, down j instantly, at one blow, the nomin al value of the. United States legal I tender notes to an arbitrary value | of only three quarters of its face,! as forced ami violent, and argues I that it would cause jar, confusion and mischief, not in monetary,! but in r.Il business affairs. He eulogises l Governor Morton's bill, as proposing to build up and foster the appreciating of greenbacks to the nar value of gold, bv I a process so gradual, gentle, steady and smooth, that the change would scarce be perceptible by the debtor or creditor, and both alike would be able to meet their business calculations and business ar- . rangrments from time to time during the process of appreciation, with such r.ccurn?v that no serious harm could come to-either class. He. however, prefers to see the bill changed in various particulars. The two are.: First the banks should not l»e permitted to remain in a state of suspension for a day. much less for six months as ter the resumption bv the Treasury of the United States: and sec ond, the dividend on the Government stocks belonging to the' bn »k«. and hold in trust Ky the ’ Treasurer as security for the re- ' demption of their circulating notes ; should be retained bv the Treasur- i er. and not paid over to the bank. ’ to be held by them.until the day of; resumption, ami the selection of these dividends by the Treasurer should commence a year earlier than proposed bv the bill. One of the bodies recovered from the wreck-of the burned j Ohio steamers was that of Dominion Doluise. a poor harp pl.aver who picked up here and there a ■ penny from charitable pa-.cngery On his Itody-waa a belt contaiiiing--82,500 in gold. — It seems by some meins certain that the notorious .clause still extant in the Prussian Landrecht, ; ] prohibiting Inarriages between the nobility' and “femalesof low citizenship." will 1»e ab dishe 1 with.' o it opposition

> Apprehended Rupture Between Grant and the Radical Party. & Washington, Dec. 28.—The fear ' among the republicans of a rupture between Grant and the radical party is deepening daily. Gen. grant ,i is known to be in favor of repeal- ; ing the tenure of-office law; of the i passage of Jenckes’ civil service lull; of the transfer of the Indian bureau to the war departement; of stopping subsidies to railroads, and of breaking up all the radical theiving rings throughout the country. Fearing bis power, the radicals appear determined to hold on to the civil tenure' act, in order that when they get one of their own kind in office they may be ■ able to keep him there. By the ' transfer of the Indian bureau to i the war department they will lose a large amount of patronage in the appointment of agents superini tendents. and other officers, and a I large amount of pen entage in coni tracts and annuities. Jenckes’ civil-service bill would cut off the I immense revenue of public plun j derers, whose appointments the radicals hope to control for party purposes, instead of making ; the offices contingent on the ca j pacity of candidates. To all ofj these sorrows of the radicals is ! lidded a feather, which will probably complete the burden of their endurance. This is the assertion of Grant recently, that he considered the faitnful administration of public business a head and shoulders above the claims of party, and that he is an enemy henceforth of the principle that party-services are a claim for public office. Gen. i Grant declares that he wdl not reI move officers who have been faith- : ful to their trust, merely because any polical party demands it. This ’ being his declared intention, the question comes up as to the disposition of the large number of faithful officers already in the government service whom the radic- ' als desire to get out of the way in ; order to make room forthose who j have been of greater service to | the party. The radicals are also ! incensed at Grant’s reticence on i capinet matters. They advise him j very freely: but they complain ' that he does not manifest any dis \ position to act on it, and that they j are ignorant as to his preferences I of men. Altogether the fight ■ seems to have fairly begun and i‘ j may be looked forward to by out I aiders with rare interest. The Indian®. _ St. Lovis, December 23d. J idlers have been received at military hindquarters, hero, bv ! Gen Sher,nan. from Gen. Sheri- I I dan. dated Fort Supple. Dec 5. and Gert. Hazen, at Fort Cobb. Nov. 30. There is nothing new in Sheridan's letter. Gen. Hazen says ho told Black Kettle, on Nov. 20tli, that he considered his camp hostile, and would afford no pro- ; ] tection till Black Kettle made i peace with Sheridan. He says the i Washita fight alarmed the bands !of friendly Indians at Fort Cobb j Gen. Sherman’s instructions are ;to strike all hostile Indians. He does not regard as binding the Medicine Lodge Creek treaty, and ; will not permit Indians on the grounds outside of their reservations. Roman Nose, the principal chjef j of the Dog Indiafls, is reported to ; i have been killed bvthe troops un- ‘ I der Gen. E. A. Carr, near the i head of the Republican, six weeks agoA Kansas dispatch savs an army guide just in from the plains I reports that the Kan-as volunteers joined Gen Sheridan on the 19th! inst, on his march to Fort Cobb. I The general intended to eat his . Christmas dinner in Camp Supply, where Maj. Inman is ordered with i alarge train of supplies. It is reported that the Indians i have driven off all the stock bei longing to Gen. Penrose’s com maud. Many of his men were badly frozen. Several radical meniliers of congress have unhesitatingly given ; their approval of the amnesty pro- . clamation. ami legislation in conj gross is suggested in consonance with the spirit of that document.— . Senator Ferry, it is said, will, at an early day, introduce h bill for the purpose of removing all disa I hilities whatever from persons : who participated in the’ rebellion. Os course, as compensation for : this magnanimity, a universal suf- ; i frage amendment. and, in some in- ! stances, an impartial suffrage a ' mend men tto the constitution i»; ; expected. *■ —— ~ — Pittsburgh, Dec 2s.At a meeting of the democratic county convention. resolutions indorsing Andrew Johnson's amnesty pro- ' clamation wore passe 1. The 26th iof January was fixed for the elec tion nf delegates to the state con vention. George W. Cass, president of the Pittsburgh. Ft. Way:r? an 1 rnilrnn 1. will pr'tbn blv l»c the democratic candidate for governor. ments. literary, that he has to refuse applications to write. But ' few authors can cnmolain of auch an nnp’ca«.ant state of affitirs."

SMWWlgJyil I IV » Will : TtliniiEl, OLWILII, BO.\D & CO., I . 105 & 107 ■ Cor. Columbia it Calhoun Streets, VOR T >r. t ISP., IXD. — J VRE now receiving their first installincut of FOREIGN & DOMESTIC IM 1 ' ■ ,*•- ’ - ■ a> • . For the FALL TRADE, to which they invite the attention of Close Bayers. / - I * ■ ' Our various departments! ! are full of DOMESTICS; BLEACHED & BROWN: . : CO TTOXS, Fl. A XXELS, BLANKETS, HOTEL & HOUSEKEEPING I GOODS, til TICKLXGS, STRIFES, CHECKS, I - ■ GIXGIIA NS, DELAINES, PRIXTS, ' RICH SILKS, DRESS GOODS, CLOVES & HOSIERY,; I ' .JlLA CKS, EMBROIDERIES, HOOF SKIRTS, CORSETS. I ■ I Goods fur jMEN AND BOYS’ wear. Grain Bag's, Cotton Yarns, C A R P E T S, I Oil Cloths, &c. ■ I We call particular attention to our CARPETS, in 'new designs, which we arc filing it CO>T. - I'uivm.M'. Bond A Co. FORT WAT.WE, vlSnl) Indiana.

"WWi 1 ■ sr» :■ ■>< j'-'.' FRUiT HOUSE -AND GREATTEA depot: FORT WAYNE, INDIANA. GREAT BENEFIT forme HOLIDAYS’ All Goods Reduced 20 to 25 Cents on the Dollar! ! WAR PRICES KNOCKED UNDER! Goods Ctoajer tai Before the War! We are bound the People shall have their Goods at Living Prices! ! 1 We Retail all Goods at Wholesale Prices, thereby saving our Customers paving two Profits!! Everything Sold as Advertised, or We Forfeit Double the Amount. NOTICE OWR PRICE LIST. FLOUR. Best Quality Red Wheat, f* bbl., 800 2nd “ “ .“ “ ■ 6to 7 00 TEAS . . The universal satisfaction our $1 and $1,25 Teas are giviugls sutiicidnt- guarantee of their increasing popularity. We purchase direct of the Importer, in large quantities, thereby saving our customers the profits of the Speculator, ■ Jobber and Wholesale men, which is 1 from 10 to 20 cents on each pound. Evj cry pound warranted or money refunded. ! Young Hyson, good, lb S 80 to $1 00 i | do do best, do 125 to 140 I Imperial, good, do 80 to 100 do best, do 1 25 to 1 • r >o i : Gunpowder, good, do 1 00 to 125 ! do best, do 1 50 to 1 GO I Oolong, goid, do "Oto 80, j do best, do 100 to 125 Japan. good, do >5 to 1 00 Chinese Mixture, do 1 00 to 1 25 COFF E E . Good Rio, V lb, 20 to 22 Best Rio, “ 25 Extra Rio. 5 lbs. for 1 00 Ground Coffee, f' lb, 15 SUGA R S . Good Sugar, brown, V lb Best do do do 121 do do white, do 14 , do do crushed, do 10 j do do powdered do 10 j FISH. , No. 1 White Kish, f' A bbl.', $4 00 No. 1 Pickerel, du 4 00 No. 1 Trout, ' do 4 > r *G No. 1 [let ring, do 2 oO j No. 1 M ickerel, do 7 00 i No. 2 do do 4 501 No. I Mackerel, in Kits, SI 25(71 50 j No. 1 White Fish, do 1 25(5;1 50, No.l Cod Fish, 'P lb 5 1 No. 1 White Fish, do 5 ; All our Fi-h warranted good or money ; relunded. TOBACCOS. Be’t ?b-.vv Plug, lb 50 ' ‘.hi I Ui-ili’v -Io do 40 ; Fbre (’ st, l, do 40(<Ji-Vt j ■ !<> do nest, do “sc(<i)l o>l j Best Smoking, do 25 • 2nd quality,- <lo L»(<t,2;> DHIED FRUITS. Dried Apples, Ptb , 9 do Peachas, do 14 Currants, do 12| Raisins, do 17(ifr2O Chefries, do 20 Blackberries, do 15 Pared Peaches, do , , CANNED FRUITS, ‘ Peaches, 'fi can, ”5 j Tomatoes, t orn, ami Pens, f* can. 25 j Pears, and Whortleberries, *• 25 | Blackberries, and Cherries, “ 25 Strawberries, and Grapes, “ 25 OTHER HOODS. Good Molasses, P gallon, s(> Extra X. O-, do *1 00 I Golden Drips, do 1 25 Choice Syrup, do 90 Market Baskets, each, ,15 to 50 Busl.el Baskets, each, 39 to 50 . Half-bushel measures, each, 50 Wash Boards, each, 20 Wnt”r Buckets, each, 20 I Wash Tubs, each, 75c<7,1 25 I Brooms, each, 15(g.25 i Best Saleratus, D lb 10 I Coffee Essence, 6 boxes for 25 i Indigo, fl ounce, 5(710' Starch, P lb 10 Matches, two boxes for 5 Star Candles, P lb 23 Tallow do do 17 Best Nutmegs, p ounce, 10 Best Pepper, ground, P !b <3O j Best Pepper, onground, P lb 45 r Best Mustard, do < 30 Best Allspice, do 40 j Baking Powder, English, <lo 10 j Washing Sod*, do 7 ‘ Sotfp] P Lar, 7@ll j j Cinnamon P ounce, 7 I | Cream Tartar, p 1b 1 j Cheese, do 1057..15 j i Good Whiskey, p gallon. SI 00 I ' Good Whiskey, in qrt bottles, each, 35 ’ Wc Guarantee to our Customers SA.'VXWGOr 25 Cents on the SI,OO. FAMILIES, At any distance, can have their orders fillet! and ship|>ed to them , with the same care and attention, as if they were present, and any ! Hoods not satisfactory can lie re- . turned and money refunded. We Also Pay Cash ,1 -FOR3UTTER AND EGGS? IN ANY QUANTITY, ANO » ■ SELL ALL OTHER GOODS -AT - PRJPORTIOSATELY LOW PRICES! A’Mresa all orders to the ]FORT WAYNE FRUIT HOUSE. Xll nll Ft. Watwie. Jrr».

a.*, n store! Root & Company, IN’o. 90 Columbia Street, r z ■— ; 'Lf ..T ZF’OFLT WAYNE, DHY GOODS DEALERS, Opening this week of a fresh and attractive stock of Black and Brown Strachan Cloakings, 28 and 32 inches Super Velvet Cloakings, Velveteens for Walking Suits, Colored Plushes for ISacques and Jackets, Black Jloscow Beaver Cloakings,English Waterproof, in new mixtures, American Black Bep. Silks, for Suits, The Boulevard and Buchess .Skirt, Great Bargains in French Jlerinos, »Vcw Shapes in tfoop Skirts. Special attention is asked to.oi;r superior stock of r/ Ladies, Gentleinen's, Misses, Boys and Childrens MERINO UNDERWEAR! I■“ . * - I t Os which wc have an hand even size and quality. I ■ ' . ■ . _ vl 11124. ROOT AND COMPANY.

'C®, MOSES & RICE, . tJ * . - ' I DBALKtI IN FOBEtCN & DOMESTIC DRY CMOS, HATS A CAPS, ! BOOTS & SHOES, Groceries, qte /; .vs ir.l RK, C/kRPETS, O X Xi OXjOTXXS, NOTIONS, &c.» !; — DECATUR. IXD/AXA. i' X-tTAII of the above goods will , l>c sold very cheap for Cash or,, 1 ' Country Produce. v12n31 FIRST IN THE MARKET I |J.G. FLEDDERMAN, Merchant Tailor, No. *25 Main Street, s I Fort Wayne, Ind., HAS just returned from the East.! Xith the choicest and largest asiortmciit of FALL <£■ WINTER GOODS Ever exh bited in this market, which he is rea ly to make op in the most fashionn’.le ••-les, nt prices which cannot fail to please. A Urge stock of Ready-Made Clothing andGents' Furnishing Goods kept constantly oh hand. Come and examine before buying elsewhere. •WTwognoj eoat makers wanted. ' vltall J. G. FI.EDDERM\N.

TIN W ATTIC: uA-INTX) STOVES? H. W. KOVEB Second Street, Oppotite the Clerk f ' DECATUR, EVE.. r) ESI’ECTFULI.Y announces to th. L citizens of Adams count.,, and the public in general, thirl he keeps constantly on hand a large assortment of STOVES, 1 -licit AlCOOK, PARLOR AND OFIFCE STO VES. A large stock of TIN AND JAPAN WARE, Os his own manufacture, always on hand. Ue is also prepared to put up Lightning Rods aid Tu Spouting. and in fact is prepared to do- all kinds of work pertaing to hisbusiness, including COPPER SMITHING. He is prepared to fill all orders in his line, of his own manufacture, either at Wholesale or Retail, at lower prices than can be furnished by any other house in the county. arid examine his stock. Repairing done to order. vlOnlltf Sheriff’s Sale. — Abraham Yocum | Court of Common, vs. V Pleas, Adams county, i Jacoh Shatter. J Indiana. BY virtue of a decreeissuedoutof the Adams Common Pleas Court, direcued tp the Sheriff of Adams county, in favor of the Plaintiff and against the defendent, I will offer for sale according to ' law a< the Court House door, in tho I town of Decatur, Adams county, Indiana, I between the ImurNWif 10 o’clock A. M., I and I o clock P. M., on Satvroat, Janvary ICth, 1569, the following described property, to-w’-Beginning in section twenty-cur, I township twenty-eight north, range fiuitecn cast and fronting on north side of the Piqua and Fort Wayne road, an 1 ixninded by said road and on the north and north-west and north-east en 1 cast by land belonging to John Hill and the south and sonth-cast hy a 10l Iw-lonr ’ ingto Franklin Lord. containing” ty-cigbt one hundredths of *a acre, •» the the same more or lees. Taken ns the property of said J«Shaffer to satisfy said mertgige 17th day of November. IWSB JAMES STOOFF. 'r. Dee. 4. I®M. Fhet ifi. I