Decatur Eagle, Volume 12, Number 43, Decatur, Adams County, 29 January 1869 — Page 2

THE EAGLE. 3E T7 : -•——— OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE COUNTY. i-V«IA.VA. "Friday, jaxT29, isf»9, THE XEWS. An effort is being made to re move the cnpitol of Kentucky to Louisville. There are ninety registered distilleries in the seventh Kentucky district. In the State of Oaxaca, Mexico, a formidable revolution is brewing against the Juarez government. The revolution in Cuba is still progressing, and the reports unsatisfactory and contradictory, each party claiming to be gaining on the other. Secretary Seward is going to resign ; so his friends say. Brownlow has declared that martial law exists in twenty-five counties in Tennessee, and has called into service 20.000 militia to do his bidding, and carry out in Tennessee what Clayton's militia are doing for Arkansas. When there is nothing left for them to steal and destroy, and private an- > imosities are revenged, then we will have “peace" in Brownlow's ■ kingdom. The wife of a cotton broker of i Brooklyn recently eloped with a fsst young man from Chicago — They sailed for Europe, the lady securing money and jewelry to the amount of 340.000

The receipts from customs, from Jan. 11 to Jan. 16, inclusive, were 83,377,706. Hon. Thos. N. Stillwell, minister tp Venzuela, announces hifiiself as a candidate for Congress, in the Eighth, district of Indiana, j made vacant by the election of I'ratt to the United States Senate. | x Gcn. Grant has written a letter to the inauguration managers, re- j commending them to give up ths ! idea of a ball on the 4th of March. The ball will, therefore, not take , place. The government has restored to ; Gen. Beauregard his Memphis property, which was condemned live years ago. It has also been determined to deliver over his private papers which are now in the war department. They were cap lured about the close of the war. A correspondence published in ' the Kew York Timex states the circumstances of an order to Gen. Banks to supercede Gen. Grant, shortly before the fall of Vicksburg. and that Banks refused to , obey. It is not published who is'Stied the order; but mentions that i it was not long after Grant b(? came aware, for the first time, about five weeks ago, of the exist cnee of the order, that Mr. Stanton announced his intention to retire to private life. In connection with this, byway of throwing light upon case, it may be stated that the papers show that the order to supercede Grant was issued by direction of Stanton. Hydrophobia is prevailing to considerable extent in Cincinnati. About twenty persons have been bitten by dogs, several of whom fell victims of the horrible malady.

One thousand miles of the Union Pacific Railroad has been completed. Gen. Mower has been appointed to the command of the district of Louisiana. An Episcopal clergyman, Rev. Mr. Foote, displeased the Mormons at Great Salt Lake City with, some of his restrictions upon their peculiarities, when he was arrested in the pulpit. It occasioned considcrable excitement among the anti-Mormons. They Lave martial law down in Arkansas. Clayton's militia organized to conquer peace and destroy the Ku Klux are roaming over the country, arresting, plun-

dering, torturing and murdering, ns suits their pleasure. A company has been formed in New Orleans called the Mississip I pi aud Mexican Gulf Ship Canal Company. It proposes to open a canal from the Mississippi river at English turn to the waters of Lake Borgne. It will be 12 feet deep. | aud from 125 to 150 feet wide, and if Mcecaaful, will shorten the dis tance to the, Gulf about 15 miles, and will othrrwjft benefit the lily

The Senatorial Imbroglio. The unpleasantness between the Governor and Lieutenant Governor resulted in the defeat of the latter for United States Senator,

after receiving the nomination in party caucus. Gen. Veatch, of Memphis notoriety, was also a ! candidate, but D. D. Pratt, ofLo--0 gansport was finally elected in place of Thos. Hendricks. Mr. Pratt is a prominent law f yer of Logansport and was identified with the old Whig party. He > has never trained with the extrema ’ wing of his party, and is probabl y ’ as unobjectionabe a man to the Democrats as could be found in the 1 ranks of the opposition. We did not publish the corres- ’ pondence which led to the. defeat > of Cumback, and that our readers may understand it we will state that, pending the political contest last fall, Cumback expected SenL ator Hendricks would reign, and : he proposed to fill the vacancy ’ and so wrote to Gov. Baker, at 1 the same time informing him that ; he would not in such event be in Baker's way for Governor. Gov. Baker declined entering into such an arrangement and as the vacan|cy contemplated never occurred, [ the matter ended until Cumback i 1 ■ pressed his claim with such earn- I J estness that he was likely to sue- ■ ! ceed in being elected, to fill the , vacancy caused by the expiration ! of the time of Mr. Hendricks. — , Then it was discovered that Cum- ' back though uncorruptible enough to be elected Lieutenant Governor, was too corrupt to be elected U. IS. Senator. If Gov. Baker knew i Cumback was such a bad mrn, he should have made a clean breast of it and the party from the o- I dinm which now attaches to their! i Lieut. Governor. Not doing so iit looks to us that it was more a I matter of private revenge, than to i secure an uncorruptible partisan ■ Senator. Iftherewasa desire to main-! ; tain that personal integrity of both 1 houses of congress that was con--1 sidered so essential in the earlier j days of the Republic, there would ibe a more strict inquiry into the i j talk of bribery and corruption ■ which both Senators and Represen- ■ tatives of the dominant party let fall in personal discussions, when j ; angry passions have arisen. That , these charges and counter charges I arc based upon something more i substantial than rumor, the fortunes that arc amassed by members in a few terms, to us, is conclusive evidence of their truth. I : They are a noble set of Romans i j and their key note is look out for ! ' number one. Cumback in our o- : pinion, is no worse than the average. He was simply unfortunate !in being in tho waj’ of other and blasted aspirations; this is his onI lycrime. Report of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Tn this important Report, it will i be seen that in the fiscal year end- I . ing June 30,1868 the sum of one | hundred and ninty-one million , dollars was collected from internal ' 1 revenue, the expense of collection i which was five per cent. The heavy items in this account are the taxes paid on the indulgence ! |of popular apprtitc. Thh amount , leceived, for instance, from the tax on chewing and smoking to- |

hacco was, in round numbers fifteen million dollars. Add to this the cost of production and dealer's profits, which is estimated to be five times more than the revenue tax, amounting to seventy-five million dollars.. All the railroads 1 paid together less than seven ' I millions, the insurance companies j less than two millions,' and the 1 telegraph and express companies ' not a million between them, so | that chewing and smoking tobacco ' j —our small vices, as they are cal I led—are really ‘-bigger things” in | the Commissioner's reportthan all | the railroads, telegraphs or express and insurance companies in in the United States taken togeth- i er. The number of cigars taxed i was six hundred millions. It is I calculated as many more are used . through smuggling, making a

grand total yearly expenditure in the United States of ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS FOR TOBACO A LONE Will not some Philanthropist discover some remedy for this enormous and useless waste of monev? Only think of it. ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY MIL LION DOLLARS ANUALLY THROWN AWAY! This would soon liquidate our national dabt The question recurs, where will an Antidote Imj found f<>r this greatest of evils—_V. J.

Congressional Items. The revenue laws in regard to whiskey and tobacco are likely to be revised before the session of congress terminates. The lobby fund of heavy dealers in these articles doubtless stimulates members to move promptly in the matter r more than any effort to increase the revenues. The perquisites that members receive from lobbyists is a tempting plum, and a fruitful source of demoralization. Thousands of money are realized on both gides and the people only arc the poorer, and this another scheme, with a plausible face, will have the result we have described. Gov. Wells, of Virginia, in his examination before the reconstruct tion committee, decidedly opposes the removing of political disabilities from ex-rebels, and insists that congress must keep the power in radical hands, and that keeping these persons disfranchised is the only mode to accomplish that result. In his opinion, to adopt the conservative views urged by native Virginians, and favored by Gen.. Grant and many senators, to remand Virginia to the rebels, as he terms them.

Mr. Thayer introduced a bill granting land in aid of the construction of a railroad from Sioux City, lowa, to Columbus, Nebraska. Referred to the committee on public lands. It grants ten alternate sections per mile on each side of the line. Mr. Robinson introduced a bill to extend the jurisdiction of the court of claims to the claims of loyal citizens against the United States for the appropriation or destruction of their property by the armies engaged in the suppresion of the rebellion. Referred to judiciary committee. Mr. Wilson introduced a bill to provide for the reduction of the military forces of the United States and for other purposes. Referred to the committee on military affairs. It provides for the mustering out of some officers of minor grade; for the enlistment of soldiers for five years; for the abolition of drills and parades, and other unnecessary work, on the Sabbath, and gives privates the benefit of the provision as to the time of trial, which now applies to officers. It retains the general at the same; provides for lieutenant general at reduced pay; abolishes the grade of brigadier, except where held by chief of staff departments, and the chief of the staff of the general of the army; and provides that in time of war brigades shall be commanded by colonels, selected for merit. The house eommittee on the Pacific railroads has under consideration, and will probably report favorably, .the proposition to aid in the construction of two more Pacific railroad routes—a northern and a southern. The eommittee will recommend that the United States guarantee the payment of interest on the bonds of the companies, and that grants of lands be made to the companies; also, that the cost of the road be limited to 316,000 per mile. The repeal of the tennre-of-of-fice act continues to be a leading topic of conversation among senators. and there appears to be a great diversity of opinion on that subject among them. Some be licve, however, that as Gran£ asks for its repeal, the senate will, before it closes, concur with the action of the house. Mr. Garfield offered a resolufor a select committee of seven to inquire and report as to what legislation is necessary to provide for the taking of the ninth census.

Secretary Seward has negotia- | tions for the purchase by the Ul nited States of the Danish West India islands. Mr. Seward shows that he made the proposition to purchase those islands with the approval and by authority of President Lincolon. The first sum . named by the Danish minister as 1 equivalent for the islands was $25,000.000, but subsequently his government reeeeded considerably in I their demands, and agreed to receive the amount stipulated in the I treatyin the senate, Mr. Wilson, of Massachusetts, introduced a military bill, the virtual cffectof which is to make Meade and Sherman lieutenant generals, and Hancock and Halleck senior major genererals, and altolishing the class of brigadier generals. It was rumored around tlie capitol th At General Grant favored the bill, nnd it was -du’v referred.

Letter From Kansas. Marshall County, Kansas,) December 25th, 1868. j Editor Eagle :—I will to day try to give you a few words in regard to north-western Kansas.— This rich and beautiful section of the state has not settled up as fast as the more southern and eastern parts, probably one reason for this has been that until quite recently there has been no convenient way for eastern emmigrants to reach tho ViOley of the Blue, only with teams and wagons, but the times have the central branch of the Union Pacific railroad, has run west, from Atchison one hundred miles and all along its route new towns are springing up, dot the prairies, and new settlements filling the valleys. The people welcome the change with glad hearts. Probably no part of the west offers more inviting prospects to the jiew-comer than the region watered by the Blue, and its tributaries ; very little of the land is in the hands of non-resident speculators and as yet even whep held by second hands the price per acre is quite low as compared with other regions , favored as this now is, with railroad communication. Some of the finest upland prairie in the country, within sight of the railroad, and near enterprising villages that will in a few years be cities, can yet be taken under the provisions of the preemption and homestead acts. The odd numbered sections which belong to the railroad company, Maj. Downs is offering for sale on very reasonable terms, to actual settlers. An important consideration not overlooked by emmigrants is the fact that the rates of transportation, passengers and freight, are considerable less on the central branch of the Union Pacific railroad than on any other road in the state.

I have not space to speak of onr abundant springs, that render this one of the best watered portions of the west, important though it is to the great stock-growing interests of the country. lam speaking of those things which makes this a desireable country for the future homes of men and women, and I must not fail td speak of the extensive quaries of magnecia limestone that are found on the bluffs back of Irving, on the west sids of the Blue river. This beautiful, almost white stone is easily moulded into any desired shape is unquestionably t' c best building material in the union, excites the admiration of all who examine it and affords gratifying assurance that the future homes, private as well as public, of the Blue valley will favorably compare with the best in the land.

The principal town of the Blue valley is Irving. It is on the west side of the river, at the mouth of Gamefort, opposite the valley of the Black Vermillion, about four or five miles west of Atchison by railroad, and is the only old town on the line of the road. The town was located by eastern men on a site recommended by Senator Pomeroy, about nine years ago.— A few Greeks ago the Maysville Enterprise was bought out and the press and material brought to Irving, nnd then Mr. G. C. Crowther established the Irving Recorder, a first class weekly paper. It is the only paper published on the line of the railroad west of Atchison. Two year ago the only store in Irving had a stock of about three thousand dollars worth of goods; now the same merchant has a salesroom that will compare well with the best in the state, and keeps a stock of from fifteen to twenty thousand dollars, while sharing the trade with more than half dozen other stores. The fall wheat looks well and the amount of acreage is large, compared with seasons heretofore. A large amonnt of prairie was broke last summer, nearly every one breaking -from 5 to 100 acres each. Notwitstanding we have a good supply of timber, there has been a surprising number of miles of hedge rows broken. I have said considerable about Marshall county, now I will give you some of the good qualities of • Nemaha county. This county joins Marshall on the west. Nebras!ka on the north. Brown on- the

east, Pottawattamie and Jackson on the south. Nemaha township is the best timbered and the best body of land probably in the county, at least, along the valley of the Nemaha river. Its population is some 360. Much of its valuable laud is still vacant and unimproved ; a ride of fifteen miles, thirteen of which was acros the prairie without a house, brought me to Bluecreek township; the principal town is Albany, a live and progressive community too. The place has now some fifteen build ings in process of erection, inclu ding a cheese factory and grist mill. Within the last eight months the town has been added to by a new Boot it Shoe store, Harness shop, Millinery store and Wagon and Blacksmith shops, adding fully one-half to what before existed. Albany has a hotel, a good school and church building, the latter being built of stone 30x47 ft. The up per story is used for ch urch services and is furnished at a cost of some 3300 with a Burdett organ. The number of new families that have conje into and around Albany during the past year is some thirty ; a few families from Adams county making a part of the number, viz; Mr. DonejMian, Mr. Stonerock, Mr. Joseph Reynolds and Joshua Pyle, son of Isaac Pyle, of Decatur. It seems as! though they are not satisfied with their beautiful country, a portion of them wish they were back to Adams county. Mr. Joseph Pren tice, who formerly carried on the Bakery establishment in Decatur, owns a nice farm of 160 acres of good tilable land, upon every foot of which a plow can run with ease. He also has 10 acres of timber. His farnl lays three miles west of Albany, and near the head of Deer creek, a nice and beautiful little stream too, that is well timbered and well supplied with good springs. The population of the township is not far from 575, and out of 94 votes cast at the last clection 84 were Republican. There arc more and larger fields of fall wheat, immediately in the vicinity of Albany, than I have seen elsewhere, and an estimate places the j number of acres at no Jess than ■ 200. The farmer here finds it a sure and profitable crop. „ I would say to the people that inhaait Adams county, sell out and come to the garden of Eden, where the land is just as God left it when he pronounced it good and very goodSuch, sir, are some of the cheer ing things lam able to tell your Adams county readers. If you wl.l pardon the length of I this letter, I will try and be less prolix next time. JOHN ELZEY.

Summary. Senate, Jan. 19.—A petition was presented praying that the road laws be amended so as to work the same by contract, dispensing with supervisors—referred. A petition to prevent the importation of Texas cattle—referred. A bill was introduced raising the feos of jurors to $2 50 per diem—referred. A bill to collect taxes, providing for fifty per cent, penalty in case of delinquencey—referred. The Senate went into election ofU. S. Senators, Cumback received 22, Hendricks 19, and nine scattering. A resolution was offered to inquire into the expediency'of abolishing the Court of Common Pleas and establishing County Surrogate Courts. House.—‘Mr. Coffroth introduced a bill providing for teaching German in common schools—referred. A bill was introduced amending the liquor law—referred. Several bill were introduced regulating fees of officers. House proceeded to the election of U. S. I Senator, resulting in 48 votes for Cumback, forty-five for Hendricks, and several scattering. The bill ; providing when the contract is ten I per cent, the judgement shall bear 1 the same interest passed the House ■ 59 to 37. A white quail has been found in i Mexico, Andrain county. Mo. The bird is a pure white, with the exception of a few brown spots. It belonged to a family of nine quail, the other eight being of the natural color. Dr. J. W. Suckle, an amateur naturalist, owns the curi- ' osity.

FRUIT HOUSE PRICE LIST. M 11 n BtaF“All Goo Is reduced 20 to - ~-i. vi„<. u.. mo Dollar. War prices knocked tinder, Goods cheaper than before the war. Wo arc bound the People shall hare their Goods at living prices. We retail all onr goods at wholesale prices, thereby saving our customers paying two extra prices. Everything seL as advertised, or we will forfeit double the

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