Decatur Eagle, Volume 12, Number 50, Decatur, Adams County, 19 March 1869 — Page 2

THE EAGLE. OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE COUNTY. "FRIDAY, MARCHjiOriS69. THE NEWS. >’ John C. Breckenridge has recently returned to his old home, Lexington, Ky., when? he will enter upon the practice of his profession, the law. The Secretary of the Treasury, A. T. Stewart, was compelled to resign his position in consequence of an act of 1789 which prohibits any officer of the Government from being directly or indirectly engaged in trade or commerce. — The President appointed Geo. S. Boutwell of Massachsctts in his place. A bill to entirely remodel tfie revenue laws was introduced in the House last week, and an effort will be made to get it passed by the Ist of April. It has the appoval of the commissioner of internal revenue.

E. B. Washbnrne, Secretary of State, resigned his position, when the President appointed Hamilton Fish in his place. Mr. Washbnrne goes as Minister to France. John A. Rawlins, of Illinois, has been appointed Secretary of War in place of Gen. Schofield. Grant has nominated the Confederate Gen. Longstreet as Surveyor of customs at New Orleans. Grant proposes, so Washington special informs us, as soon as it is confirmed that the Cuban insur- ' gents have established a provision- ! al government, to reccommend to Congress the immediate recogni- © <5 tion of their independence, which is considered as the first step toward the annexation of Cuba to the United States. The Trumbel! bill when it passes Congress will require another ' Supreme Judge, The aspirants arc Judge Godloe, of Lexington ' Ky., and Judge Ballard. The lat- i ter is supposed to have the inside ' track. The slata as to foreign mission stands; Minister to England, Greely, who will resign when Mot- ■ ley will get it. Spain, Gen. David Butterfield, New York ; Russia, Andrew G. Curtain of Pennsylva-1 nia; Prussia, Geo. Boncroft, ■ Switzerland; Horace Rublee, of) Wisconsin; Sweeden. Abijah Palmer, of New York.

The fifteenth amendment has hefen adopted by Arkansas. It is being considered by the Georgia Legislature with a probability of, its passing. 1 * O --- , Last Saturday Ben Butler in- j troduced a negro from New Or- j 1.-am, to Secretary Boqtwell. He i asked to be ofj i.i Ulircßy, not that he , wanted office from pecuniary con Hideration, but merely to test the disposition of the party in power; as to the rights of his race. Sharp ' nigger that. Secretary Boutwell is opposed to a government sales of gold, and believes in paying the live twen- i ties in gold. He is in favor of funding the entire interest paying , debt, all of it to bo made payable • in gold in 40 years, and 65-100 |»er cent, interest It is uaderstoo 1 that Mr. Hooper, the delegate from Utah, intends at an early day, to ■ endeavor to have that polygamous community received as a state into the union. A draft of a bill for the purpose has been drawn, in which it is provided that the laws of the United States shall be enforced in the new state, “except where obedience is rendered impossible by local customs.’’ As soon as the new Minister to England reaches his post the English Government will be nctified of the rejection of the Alabama treaty and the desire of the Government for a renewal of ne-

g >tiations upon an entirely different basis. The judiciary committee of the senate has agreed to report in favor of suspending the teuurc-of-of-ffee law. Why it should not report in favor of repealing it, we do not know, unless it is desired to keep it handy so as to employ it in case Grant becomes restive. D. W. Voorhees has l»cvu in vtled to deliver the annual address Itcforc the literary societies of AsIwirv university.

The House Standing Com- , mittee. The Chicago Times of Tuesday says that Speaker Blaine aunounc i ed his standing committee on Monday and it proved to be the most unsatisfactory’ list ever submitted to the house. Os course no matter how constructed, there would be much complaint; but in this instance it is quite universal. New England gets nine chairmanships, and yet Ben. Butler was loud in his denunciations that he had been placed at the head of a select and not a standing committee, and insulted, he says, because he was placed on the judiciary With Bingham, of Ohio, whom he detests. Orth, of Indiana, could not hold in his spite, and got up and resigned from the ways and means committee,-to which he had been transferred from .the foreign affairs committee. The democrats are treated with great injustice.— Although they have 60 members, they do n< t get as fair a show as, when the number was less under Colfax.

Mr Brooks, of New York, and Judge Marshall, of Illinois, are on the ways and means, and Messrs. Kerr and Eldridge on the judiciary committee. The new democratic members are put to the tail end of tin important "Sbmmitces. The j speaker also makes some queer ) changes. For instance, he takes Trimble, of Kentucky, from the Pacific railroad committee, and puts on Roots, of Arkansas, a car-pet-bagger, who used to be a laborer on Trimbel's railroad in ! Kentucky. The election committee is most unfairly organized. — Randall, one of the two democrats on it, having no knowledge of law; and there are twenty contested cases to be decided. of Kentucky, a valuable membsr, is retained on the reconstruction committee, notwithstanding the efforts of the Kentucky radicals to keep him off. There are three democrats on this committee to : two before. Butler has called a) meeting of the committee for to-' morrow.

journals coinplain loudly of the cost, to the State, of holding special elections to fill the vacancies caused by the resignation of the Democratic memberslof the General Assembly. They arc having a wonderful attack of economy, that, had it occurred six

years ago would have saved our people at least a thousand million of dollars. We have had legislation during that time only for negroes and bondholders; we have} bad enough ; what we need now is ' a little legislation for the white “mudsills.'’ Wero the negroes likely to vote against Radicalism, this Pitritan twaddle about “loyalty," philanthropy, and the social and poltical equality of all men would be hushed to a sleep that would never awaken during the reign of “loyalty" and radical j “morality.” It is simply power ; to the radicals and those only will ; vote for it who are willing to sa • crifice their principles to the building up and laying broad and deep the sou lation of that part}- structure. yclept Radicalism. Political power conferred upon inferior| races has been a curse to the peo-! pie of every country that has yet attempted it, and ours will be no exception. If Indiana is to adopt the proposed Amendment to the Constitution, let it be done after i the question has been referred; directly to the people. We demand this at the hands of the Radical majority of the General Assembly of Luiiana, let it cost what it may; and we hope and expect ! that those Democrats who are returned to the Legislature will leave no effort untried to prevent its adoption ; that they will obstruct its passage by the interposition of I evry obstacle in their power. Sherman in general ' orders announces his taking com- | mand of the armies of the United States. lie says that generals commanding military departments, “in addition to the duties heretofore required of them, will give their special attention to the econnjieal administration of all branches of the service within their command." It Is intimating in rather plain terms that economy has not lienr-t<ifon* I><>cn the praclive.

Meeting of the Democracy ot Wells County. Monday the Bth, inst, theDemf ocrats of Wells county met at the Court House for the purpose of considering the question of negro suffrage, which the Radicals in the General Assembly attempted to force upon the people, causing the resignation of the Democratic members. Several short speeches were made, among them Representative Bobo gave an account of his stewardship, and the reasons for his resignation, when the following resolutions were adopted: Whereas, The right of the different States of the federal government to regulate the elective franchise for themselves was never delegated to the general government, but is reserved under the federal constitution, and is one of the fundamental principles upon which our federal union was formed ; and Whereas, The people of Indiana have ever regarded this sacred right as essential to their security against usurpations of power on the part of the federal government; and Whereas, It is now proposed on the part of an unscrupulous majority in Congress and the present, Legislature to surrender that power to the federal government by the adoption of the 15th Constitutional Amendment, without consulting the people upon that subject, and without having the question passed upon in any popular election by them held ; therefore Resolved, That the Democracy and conservative citizens of Wells county are opposed to the passage by the Indiana Legislature of the 15th Constitutional Amendment, conferring negro suffrage and negro equality in all its phases and of taking away from the sovereign States of the Union the right to regulate their own domestic institiitiqns in their own wav--

Resolved, That the to crowd the measure through the present Legislature, elected under false pretence and,pledged to the people against it, instead of submitting the question to a Legisla ture with a view of voting upon that proposition, or to the people at large for its ratification or rejection, is an outrage upon the rights of the citizens of a free government. z Unsolved, That we indorse the course of the Hon. M ilson Smith Senator, and the Hon. James R. Bobo, Representative, in resigning their places in the Legislature and thereby defeating the measure by the only course left them. To t|)em we say— & Resolved, That wo hereby unanimously assent to the re election of those gentlemen as an in dorsement of their conduct, and will contribute our mite to I bring about said result; and believing that it is the intention of the Radicals, at the special session of th* Leislature, for which a call has already been issued, to crowd the aforesaid odious measure, we here by instruct them, if elected, to again use all the honorable means within their power to defeat it. Resolved, further, That we finite as one man in condemning the course of those members of the Legislature who ignoring the public will, sought to change fundamentally the form of our government and to degrade the white men of Indiana by making the blacks their political and social equals.

X?rTlie President is likely to remove the objections of Senators to a repeal of the tenure of office law. One who is opposed to the repeal visited the President recently with his pocket full of recommendations. Before he left he ascertained that unless the law was repealed, that because a man was a Democrat it would be no cauce for his removal: The Senator did not present his recomtfndations and retired musingly. lie, with others, will doubtless soon discover enough objections to the law to secure its repeal. Radicals complain I loudly of the favoritism of the Pesident in prorviding fat offices for his relatives. It is said those who subscribed for the house pre- | sented to the President, and those wlfo-gave him fast horses are all remembered. This favoritism.'is ‘in marked contrast with the conduct of President Johnson, who, on his accession to the presidency refused a splendid carriage and team of horses; Grant on the contrary, it is said, accepted all presents and rewards the donors with appointments. -Benot all sugar, or the world will swallow thee up; nor all worm w«»od. or it will spit the out.

/STThe bad blood between Colfax and Morton has lost none of its venom by the lapse of time. Through the intrigue of Morton, Defrees, congressional printer, the special friend of the Vice-Presi-dent, the Sergeant-at-arms and the executive clerk of the Senate, al well tried radicals have had their services dispensed with. It creates considerable .consternation among outsiders and some of the old Senators were very paofane in their threats of vengeance. Happy family. “Let us have peace.’ JtSTThere is a great deal of savage complaining against the President's distribution of patronage. His family and personal friends are generously provided for, in utter disregard of the hardworking and warmly endorsed republican applicants. They should learn wisdom from Johnson’s appointees and be resigned. On Friday night a man named Burlin was shot and fatally wounded'at the Western house, Indianapolis, by a man named Ward. Burlin was the proprietor of a dance-house, and had incurred the displeasure of Ward, who is a confidence operator, and had made threats against Burlin's lite a few days before. Ward was arrested and conveyed to jail.

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS •YOtice to .Yon-Residents. State of Indiana, 1 JS . Adams County, J In the Court of Common Pleas, of Ad- , ams County, May Term, 1860. William A. Blair, vs. Joseph F. M. Bonham, Foreclosure. Rebecca Bonham, It appearing from affidavit filed in ths above entitled cause that Joseph F. M. Bonham and Rebecca Bonham are nonresidents of the State of Indiana, Notice is therefore hereby given the said Joseph F. M. Bonham and Rebecca Bonham, of the filing and pendency of this cause of action, and that they be and appear before the Hon. Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, of Adanjs County, on the first day of the next regular terra thereof, to.be held at the Court House, in the town of Decatur, on Monday, tlie 10th day of May, A. D., 1889, and plead by answer or demur to said complaint, or the same will be heard and determined hl their absence. Witness my hand and the seal (us.) of said Court this 15th day of March, 1365. A. J..HILL, March 10, w 4 Clerk. Lnnd for Sale. XTOTICE is hereby given that I will sell at public auction, at the Court House, in Decatur, Adams County, Indiana, on Satcbdat, May Ist, 1809, between the hours of ten o'clock, A. M., and four o’clock. P. M., by order of the Court of Common Pleas, of Adams County, Indiana, to-wit: The west hulf of the south west fractional quarter of section twenty-seven, in township twenty-seven north, range fifteen east, containing seventy-seven and e’even-hundredths acres. TERMS.—One third of the purchase money cash in hand, one third in nine months, and the remainder in eighteen months, with interest on deferred payments, and with security to the satisfaction «f the undersigned. JAMES R. 8080, March 19, w 4 Commissioner. JYotice of Survey. 'VyOTICE to whom it may concern is hereby given that the County Surveyor will on the sth day of April, A. D., 1869, at 8 o'clock, A. M., begin the survey of sections number twenty-eight and twenty-nine, in township number twenty-eight north, range fourteen cast, and the l->ention and perpetuation of lines and corners thereof. Said survey to begin at the south west corner of said section twenty-eight and to be continued from day to day till said sections are completed. Done by order of John B. Meibers, H. C. PETERSON, March 19, wl Surveyor; A. Co.

Petition to Sell Land. ' State of Indiana, 1 Attains County, j In the Court of Court of Common Pleas, May Term, 1869. Notice is hereby given that Thomas P. Andrews, Administrator of the estate of Caleb Odle, deceased, has filed his petition to sell the real estate of the decedent, his personal property being insufficient to pay his debts; and that said petition will be heard at the next term of the Court of Common Pleas of said county. Witness my handand the seal of (us.) said Court, this 23d day of February, 1869. A. J. HILL, Feb. 26, w 3. Clerk. V GENTS WANTED~fo SELL THE “PEIW LETTER BOOK,*’ For copying letters without press or water. This great time, labor and mon-ey-saving invention fills a long-felt want, bringing a really indispensable feature of btisiness within the reach of all.— Price $2.25 and upward. None see iP but to praise its simplicity and convenience. as it recommends itself, and sells at sight. Adapted to every kind of business Il does not play out, as the first sale is only a beginning. For testimonials, terms. Ae. t address P. GARRETT i CO., 122 S. Clark St., Chicago, 111. $ v!2nßl-47w4 $5,000*"“ Can be ma le by live agents, selling my new and valuable invention. Address IJ. AHEARN. 63 Second St., Baltimore, Md. vl’nll-Gwl.

Petition to Sell Real Estate. State of Indiana,' "» Adams County, J SB ‘

Notice is hereby given that Mark Aspy, Administrator of the estate of Samuel Hilton, deceased, has filed his petition to sell the real es‘ate of the decedent, his personal estate being insufficient to pay his debts; and that said petition will be heard at the next term at the Court of Common Pleas of said County. Witness my hand, this the Sth day of March, A. D,, 1869. A. J. HILL, March 12, 1869. Clerk. Retition to Sell Real Estate. State of Indiana, | Adams County, J 88 ’ Notice is hereby given that Peter Ilcfstetler, Administrator with the will annexed, of the estate of Christina Kclchoffer, deceased, has filed his petition to sell the real estate of the decedent, her personal estate being insufficient to pay her debts and legacies; and that said petition will be heard at the next term of the Court of Common Pleas of said County. Witness my hand, this the 10th day of March, A. D., 1869. A. J. HILL, March 12, 1869. Clerk. Notice to Non Residents. State of Indiana, 4 Adams County, j SB ‘ , In the Court of Common Pleas, of Adams County, May Term, 1869. The Thompson Prairie' Ditching Association, vs. Complaint. Samuel Mendenhall, Caroline Hostetter, It appearing from affidavit filed in the above entitled cause that Samuel Mendenhall and Caroline Hostetter are non-residents of the State of Indiana, Notice is therefore hereby given the said Samuel Mendenhall and Caroline Hostetter that they be and appear before the Hon. Judge of the Court of Common mon Pleas, on the first, day of the next regular term thereof to be begun | and held at the Court House in the town i of Decatur, on Monday, the 10th day of May, 1869, and plead by answer , or demur to said complaint, or the same , will be heard anddetermined in their absence. i Witness my hand and seal of said (l. s.) Court this the 9th day of March 1869. , A J. HILL, March 12, w 4. Clerk, ,

Notice to Non-Resident. , — State of Indiana, ss Adams County, J " ’ In the Court of Common Picas of Adams County, May Term, 1869. The Thompson Prairie Ditching, Association, vs. Complaint. William BufTenberger, It appearing from, affidavit filed in the ; above entitled cause, that M illiam Buffenberger is a non-resident of the State of Indiana. Notice is therefore hereby given the i said defendant, William Buffenberger, of . the filing and pendency of this cause ot action, and that the be and appear before J the Hon. Judge of he Court of Common | Pleas, on the first day of the next regu- I Jar term thereof, to be begun and holden at the Court House in the town of Decatur, on Monday, the 10th day of May j 1869, and plead by answer or demur to said complaint, or the same will be heard and determined in his absence. ; Witness my hand and seal of said ; (us.) Court, this 10th day of March, 1869. A. J. IIILL, March 12, wl. Clerk. ] Notice to Non-Residents. State of Indiana,) 9J . Adams County, ) ' In the Court of Common Pleas, of Adams County, May Term, 1869. The Thompson Prairie 1 Ditching Association I vs. !• Complaint. Samuel Mendenhall, Allen, J It appearing from affidavit filed in the above entitled cause that Samuel Mendenhall is a non-resident of the State of Indians, Notice in thsreforo hereby given the said Samuel .Mendenhall of the filing and pendency of this cause of action, and thot he be and appear before the Hon. Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, ad the Court House in the town of Decatur, on the first day of the next regular term thereof, to be held Monday, the 10th day of May, 1869, and plead by answer or demur to said complaint, or the same will"be heard and determined in his absence. Witness my hand and seal of said (LS.) court, this the 9th day of March, 1869. A. J. HILL, March 12, w 4. Clerk.

Notice to on-Re*idenfß. State of Indiana, 1 M _ Adams County, / In the Court of Common Pleas of Adams County, May Term, 1869, The Thompson Prairie Ditching Association, vs. Complaint. Susan Deter, . It appearing from the affidavit filed in the above entitled eacne, that Susan Deter, is a non-resident of the State of Indiana, —....-« Notice is therefore hereby given the said Susan Deter, that she be and appear before the Ron. Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, of Adams County, Indians, on the first day of thonext regular term thereof, to be dpsld in the Court House in the town of D«atiir, on Monday, the 10th day of May, A. D., 1869, and plead by answer or demur to said complaint, or the same will be heard and determined in her absence. Witness my hand and the seal (U.) of said Court, this 9th day of x , UIII , March 12. w 4 n,rk - j J-Q TEACHER* WANTED. $75 to $l5O per month; for full particulars adders* > Tbe people s Journal.” Cincinnati, Ohio. v12n3l I 'wl

FRUIT HOUSE PRICE LIST. All Goods Reduced 20 to 25 Per Cent, on the War Prices Knocked Under! GOODS CHEAPER THAN REFORE THE WAR!! We arc bound the People shall have their Goods at Living Prices. .We Retail all our Goods at Wholesale Prices, thereby saving our Customers paying two extra Profits. EVERY TH I.YG . SOLD AS ADVERTISED* £jrOr we will forfeit double the Notice Oui* Xiiat of Frlccai. I 0

FLOUR. Best St. Louis Amber, IS bbl., $7 50 Good Family Flour, “ 7 00 2nd Quality, “ 6 00 3rd Quality, “ < 5 00 , TEAS. The universal satisfaction our $1 and $1,25 Teas are giving is sufficient guarantee of thpir 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 from 10 to 20 cents on each pound. Every pound warranted or money refunded. Young Hyson, good, Vlb $ ,BOtosl 00 do do best, do 125 to 140 | Imperial, good, do 80 to 1 00! do best, do 1 25 to 1 fill Gunpowder, good, do 1 00 to 1 25! do best, do 1 50 to 1 60 Oolong, gojd, do 70 to 80 . do best, do 1 00 to 1 25 ! Japan, good, do 75 to- 1 <MI , Chinese Mixture, do 1 90 to 1 25 i FISH. No. 1 White Fish, B 1 bbl., $0 00 No. 1 Pickerel, do 4 00 No. 1 Trout, do 4 50 No. 1 H.etring, do 2 50 No. 1 Mackerel, do 7 00 No. 2 do do 4 50 No.l Mackerel, in Kits, 1 75 No. 1 White Fish, do 1 75 No.l Cod Fish, P lh 8 No.l White Fish, do 6) All our Fish warranted good or money - refunded. TOBACCOS. Best Navy Plug, B fit 50 2nd Quality do do 40 Fine Cut, good, do 40050 , do do best, do 75c01 00 i Best Smoking, do 25 2nd quality, do 15020 DRIED FRUITS. Dried Apples, B lb 121 do Peaches, do 16 Currants, do 12$ Raisins, do 125017 Cherries, do 20 Blackberries, do IS Pared Peaches, do 20025 NEW JEWELRY STORE! ITNT DEC A TUII. JAMES LALLEY, Announces to the citizens of Adams [ Countyaud vicinity, that lie has purchased the JEWELRY STORE ) in Decatur, of Mr. Eira Lyster, and will i continue the business at the old stand, where he will keep constantly on hand a large and complete assortment of

Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, * Notions, Spectacles, &e., which he offers at prices to suit the times. Repairing of all kinds dono on short notice. All work warranted as represented. r!2nß® JAB. LALLCY. DE GROFF XEL.SON A CO., .DEALERS IX—CRAIN, SEEDS, -AXDAgricultural Pretisls Generally, Proprietors of the (Established in 1850.) JWXPRRf MENTAL STOCK. FRUIT, L Grain, Seed and Vegetable Farm four miles cast of the City of Ft. * ayne. l on the New Haven Pike. Agricultural Ware House, Farm Implements. Machinery, Grein. Flour aed Seed Store, Opposite A reline typuse, on Calhoun street, Fort Wayne, Indiana. PURE CIDER VINEGAR, warranted free from poisonous compounds, furnished it their Factory on the Fruir Farm, . or at the Store, in rpiantities to suit pnrrhaeers. * vlinzß. » -

COFFEE. Good Rio, B lb, . 20 to 22 Best Rio, “ 25 Extra Rio, 5 lbs. for 1 00 Ground Coffee, B lb, CANNED IFRUITS, Peaches, B can, SA Tomatoes, Corn, and Peas, B can, 26 Pears, and Whortleberries, *• 26 Blackberries, and Cherries, “ 26 Strawberries, aqd Grapes, “ 26 OTHER GOODS. Good Molasses, B gallon, 10 Extra N. ()., do $1 00 Golden Drips,’ do 126 Choice Syrup, do - 80 Market Baskets, each, 16 to 60 Bushel Baskets, each, 80 to 60 Halt-bushel measures, each, 60 Wash Boards, each, 20 Water Buckets, each, 20 Wash Tubs, each. 76<@1 26 Best Snlcrntus, B lb 10 Coffee Essence, 6 boxes for 26 Indigo, B ounce, 6010 Starch, Bib 10 Matches, two boxes for | Star Candles, B fit 2l Tallow <|o do 17 Best Nutmegs, B ounce, 10 Best Pepper, ground, B th 80 Best Popper, unground, lb 46 Best Mustard, do 80 Best Allspice, do 40 BakingPowdcr, English, do 10 Washing Sods, do 7 Soap, B bar, 7011 Cinnamon. B ounce, 7 Cream Tartar, B lb 60 Cheese. <lo , 10016 Good Whiskey. B gallon. JI 00 Good Whiskey,-in qrt bottles, each, 86 We guarantee to our customers a saving of 25 cents on the dollar. Families at any distance can have, their order* filled and shipped to them with the same care and attention as if they were present and any goods not satisfactory can be returned and the money refunded. We nho pay cash for butter and egre in any quantity, and sell all other go els nt proportionate!v low prices. Address all orders to the FOllf WAYNE FRUIT HOUBI.

T1 N WABEL STOVES: J# H. W. KOVER, Second Street. Oppoeite the Cltrk t Offite, KT*, I)ESPECTFULLY announces to the i I t citizens of Adams county, and the j public in general, that he keeps constantly on band a large assortment of STOVES, -SVCH Al—- ! COOK, PARLOR AND OFIFCE STO VSR A large stock of TIN AND JAPAN WARE, Os his own manufacture, always on hand. He is also prepared to put up Lightning Rods and Tin Spouting, and in faet is prepared to do all kinds of work portaing to hisbusiness, including COPPER SMITHING. He is prepared to fill all orders in his line, own manufacture, either at Wholesale or Retail, at lower prices than can be furnished by any other house in tkocounty. aafCall and examine his stock, Rnpairing done loonier. vlOnlltf CO., Wholesale and Retail Dealers in HOOKS & STATIONERY, Photographic Albarns and Blank Books, Cap, Letter, Note, Wall Mi Wrapping fa-FDRs. FORT WAYNE, INDIANA. School Books of all kinds at Publieh- • »rs’ prices. vl?n2s.