Decatur Eagle, Volume 13, Number 1, Decatur, Adams County, 9 April 1869 — Page 2

THE EAGLE —'t-J J-S- '■ " — OFFICIAL PAPBR OF THE COUNTY. DECATUR, INDIANA ■ 1 ..... ■■■■.- - FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1869. THE NEWS. e. . 1 > ■ \ The proposition to recognizt the independence of Cuba, aftei more mature consideration, wil not be entertained by the adminis tration. The president decided to sign the civil-tenure bill. He told sen ators the bill was not what he wanted, but was an improvement on the old law; that be believed he and the senate could get along under it without niueh trouble. Congress has agreed to adjourn to-morrow, until December. The important measures to be considered before adjournment are the bills amending the judicial system, adding one justice to the Supreme Court, and creating nine Judges; the senate bill to re-distribute the national currency; the deficiency appropriation bill; the Union and Central Pacific railroad quarrel; the river and harbor bill; the whiskey and tobacco bill. The rebel General Longstreet, ex-confederate soldier, deserter and smugler, has been confirmed by the Senate as surveyor of the port at New Orleans. Treason is being made odious. The navy department, ordered that the iron-clad Miantonamah be ; prepared for sea immediately. Sho is one of the largest vessels of her , class, and it is supposed "her des-! tination Is Cuba. The township elections in Indiana passed off very quietly, but little interest being manifested, I and in many places no opposition tickets were out. In Indianapolis the Radical Trustee was elected by 661 majojjty. The State election of Michigan resulted in the election of the Radical ticket by from 20,000 to 30,000 majority. The election in Connecticut is very close. Jewell, Radical, for [ Governor, is elected, it is claimed, ■ by 192 majority. The Hartford Times thinks there is a falling off from last years vote of 10,000. The Rhode Island Legislature | postponed the consideration of the fifteenth amendment until the ' May session. The State is overwhelmingly Radical and the only difficulty about the matter is, so the Independent says, Rhode Island casts about 24,000 votes, two-' thirds of which are Radical. The > fifteenth amendment will enfranchise 10,000 foreigners now disfranchised by the property qualification, and gives the Democrats , 2,000 majority in the State. Here is where the rub is. A colored woman was appoint-| ed to a clerkship in the treasury ■ department, list week, being the ' first appointment of an Africaness in any of the departments of the government.'

Xejro Children In Common I School*. One of the important measures that the special session of the Leg- , islature will be called upon to act, is a bill which was introduced in • both houses before adjournment,' that provided for the admission of colored children in our coinmen i schools. Are th<* people ready for the question ? The proposition was advocated by the radical majority, whether they will vote for it remains to be seen. Radicals are willing to inflict such legisla tion down South, byway of reconstruction, but it remains to be acen whether they are willing to have their own children sandwiched with colored in the common ' schools of our own State. A singular case is reported in one of our exchanges. Forty years agn a blooming girl of six teen married an old man of sixty for his money, expecting that he would soon die and leave her a wealthy young widow. “Hope deferred maketh the heart sick.” and last wee kt he lady died at the respectable age of fifty-six—leaving a husband aged one hundred, and four children to inoum her loss. The Louisville Journal draws this parallel as between twocxecu tires: “Is he nhie. is he honest, is he faithful to the Constitution ?’ r asked Jefferson. “Is he for negro suffrage, has he given me a house and ioL is he one of my relations ?”

Printing of Government Bonds and Securities. The joint congressional com- = mittee on retrenchment and re- > form, who were ordered to investigate the alleged “irregularities” and frauds in regard to the printing of bonds and other govern- > ment securities have reported to • Congress. Their report shows [ that they either failed to accomplish what they were ordered to perform, or refuse to disclose the “irregularities” so as to fix the blame. Bonds and other govern-, ment securities were printed and sent from one department to the other without any means of checking or system whereby one department would be a check upon another. And those bonds delivered to the register c f the treasury : by the printing bureau and by him . handed to a committee for destruction, it is not known what became jof them. There is no evidence of 1 their destruction, except they were j ordered destroyed. The commit- ■ tee affirm there was every opportunity for fraud, but they cannot find that actual fraud was cominit--1 ted, although discrepancies have ; occurred, duplicate bonds and se- ; curities issued, in various instan-

•[ ces, amounting in the aggregate [' to many hundred thousand dollars. It is a strange report to make and may startle the thoughtful who have any regard to the extent of the national obligations, and while | the mass of the people will hardly * give it a passing thought so long 'as the Government is in “loyal” hands, these same thoughtful men | will always believe that the em- ' ployes about the printing bureau are so many thousand dollars the i richer, and with their gigantic peculations are able to cause conI gressional investigating committees to use the milder term “irregularities" for stealing.

•‘Loyal” Men Lamenting. Senator Fenton, of New York, is reported as having unbounded j influence with the new adminis- ■ tration in securing appointments, , and as a consequence the appointments do not suit the disappointed ones, who express themselves with more force and truth, make | charges and declarations that tinI der ordinaay circumstances would > be buried in the oblivion of party ' forgetfulness, for party's sake. — But when “loyalty” goes unrewarded it opens the mouth of patriots and they speak. Among other things they charge Mr. Fen- ! ton with bribery an Icorruption ; ! not in general terms, but withjspeciflc acts, the most important of which is receiving 820,000 on condition that he would sign the Erie railroad* bill, when Governor of New York. These same patriots think for an administration pledg- ! cd to retrenchment and, reform, that a person so accused as he is, ‘bo directly "and circumstantially 1 charged with corruption, should ! have the free run of the treasury ! department; that his advice and appeals for favors should be lie- ‘ tened to bv the secretary and com--1 •- missioner of internal revenue; that he should be able to procure ■ the appointment of his friends, ; allies, and intimates,-to important ■ positions connected with the cob I • lection of the public icvcnues, and i the handling of public moneys, is . a scandal which the president ■ ought to stop at once. They say further that the last . administration was notoriously j: corrupt; that the new cannot purify the public service or retain the ' confidence and support of the peo- ,' pie unless a radical change takes > place. »

The president deaf to the remonstrances of his compatriots seems to hare but one object iu view ; to appoint InC creatures" to places of trust" Misceg.—Some of our Radical friends in Grant county are in trouble. A negro woman lives close to the farm of Ratliffee, the member from that county in the Lower House of the Legislature, and frequently works at his house. She recently made a contribution to the population of Grant county, hut husband wanted to know who's bin hero since I se bin gone,” and refuses to stand as the paternal progenitor. That Representative Ratlitfee's hair is red is nd cause of wounder. That the nigger baby has a red head is somewhat remarkable, and may )>erhaps account for the milk in the cocai nut. — Hartford f'ity Democrat.

; Andrew Johnson Speaketb. Andrew Johnson addressed a large audience of the citizens of Knoxville, Tennessee,on the 3d of April, of which we make the following quotation: “Mr. Johnson thanked the people for their welcome. He said he had tried to protect the constitution and all he asked was a fair examination on his record. He intended to devote the remainder of his life as a private citizen to the vindication of his official life, add his native state from the obloquy cast upon them. His back, though bent, had not been broken by the storm which had nearly wrecked the ship of state. Since he had seen in the papers his own obituary( he supposed he might b,e re garded as one risen from the dead and he thought one coming from the grave should he believed. The government is divided into three parts, and each department is confined to its sphere. I tell you, as one speaking from the dead, that there is danger in the government and that danger is in the legislative department. The executive branch cannot make laws, —neither can the judiciary; but the legislative branch, under the pretence of making laws, can trample upon the liberties of the people. Yes a despotic congress can go on until it Lakes away the liberties of the people; but I feel that I stood as a breakwater to the government and arrested its progress for a J time. The time has come to talk ' about the first ..principles of the government. Takeaway the restraints which have held back congress, and one branch of the government will wipe out the other two. Let me tell you, here, that a wise and good prince is infinitely better than a despotic, arbitrary congress. Look at the acts of congress, and see how they are 1 like the acts of Great, Britain to- ! ward the colonies, in the early days ' of this country. Look at our con- 1 dition. The writ of habeas corpus is suspended, and when a citizen ;' appeals to the supreme court congress takes from him the right to appeal, and deprives him of his liberty. He alluded to the charge j 1 of treason to his party, and asked I where he had been false.”

More Re-construction for Georgia. Washington, March 30. —The reconstruction committee, to-day, by a strict party vote, agreed to report the Georgia bill offered by Mr. Butler. The preamble recites: That, as the legislature of said state has refused to purge itself of members who are such in violation of the fourteenth amendment; and that as a majority of the legislature. in violation of the federal constitution, and that of the state, and of the fundamental principles upon which congress consented to the restoration of the said state, expelled from the legislature qualified members thereof, on the ground that they were of African { blood ; and admitted thereto other , persons, not receiving a majority I of the votes, in their places; and that, in consequence, protection has not been afforded to the lives, liberties, and property of the people ; and whereby it appears that people of Georgia have not complied with or conformed to the • terms undcr'which they were re- i stored; Be it enacted, &c., That the' legislature originally elected, including negroes, shall reassemble, and every person claiming to be . elected shall subscribe to the oath of office prescribed by law for officers of the United States, and by the constitution and laws of Georgia, but members disqualified by the fourteenth amendment, whose disabilities have not been removed, shall not be admitted, but shall be regarded as ineligible; and false swearing may be punished as perjury, under the United States laws, before the district court. The third section declares that the expulsion of negro members is void. The fourth section enacts that those who shall exercise the duties of any office, —legislative, judicial, executive, or administrative, —being disqualified by reason of participation in the rebellion, direct or indirect, unless his dis abilities have been removed by congress, shall, on conviction, be punished by imprisonment of not less than one year or more than five, and be forever disqualified from holding any office of honor or profit under the laws of the United States.

The bill also provides for keeping United States troops in the state to carry this actjnto full operation, and orders that military officers shall respond to the demand of the governor for aid and assistance in the administration of the government, and for the protection of life and property, and the administration of justice, in said state. “BrAcnru. Extract.’’—lf the Republican party is to be driven into a contest between its principles and the Union, it will prefer its principles to fifty Unions —X F. TkiJujie.

, The Valiant and Military Shanks Backs Down. f The Nashville Union and American gives the following incident in the Congressional career of the renowned Hon. John Peter Cleaver Shanks, who represents a portion of Indiana Radicalism , in the United States House of Representatives : Toodles “did not mean that man, but tother man.” Shanks, of Indiana, has shown himself a member of the Toodles family.— Here is an episode reported as occurring in the House of Representatives Friday: “Mr. Shanks, of Indiana, rising to a personal explanation, stated that in some remarks which he had made last session in reference to Henry S. Foote, of Tennessee, on a bill to remove political disability, he was incorrect; but that his remarks were eminently true as to Howell Cobb, of Georgia.” The presence of Governor Foote in Washington will account for this explanation. When Shanks spoke disparagingly of Governor Foote, he had no idea that person would visit Washington, and he showed his manhood as soon as Foote made his appearance there by taking back all he had said of I him. He took care, however, to apply his remarks to a dead man, lest he should again be compelled to swallow his words. The scurvy fellow has shown himself the, meanest kind of a sneak. I The Influence Under which Laws are made. The vice and immorality now so prevalent at Washington, and their influence over the law-making power of the Government, is a matter which should alarm the people of the nation. We ask the moral, Christian people of the State to look clearly upon the picture drawn by a member of the dominantparty, and given to the public through an organ of that party, and then ask themselves how long we can expect to remain a virtuous and noble people when our laws are created under such influences : “Long files of cypriaes are in the habit of rendezvousing or parading between the House and Senate, and in the lobbies thereof, calling out members, making as signations for the future and loans for the past, and so completely signalizing the place that it is at her peril that a good woman walks alone in the capital.’ This writer goes farther and charges that most of the legislation at Washington is secured through the “influence of bribes and harlots.” Is it not time that the people took this national disgrace into consideration, and elected men to represent them who do not become the tools of the abandoned of the city of the nation ?— State Sentinel.

Radical Tactics in Connecticut. The following circular which has been put in circulation among the radicals of Connecticut, has found the Tight, and shows how the contest has been conducted : “[Pri'rate and confidential.]' “New Haven, March, 1869. — Dear Sir: It has been deemed advisable to caution republican editors artd speakers against being top free in asserting that democrats paij a large price for votes. The assertion that in some towns 850, 8100, and even higher prices have been paid for votes has had a tendency materially to damage the Republican party. Such statements induce a large class of voters to assume an equivocal attitude I in hopes of getting a high price for I their suffrage,- when otherwise they would, come out squarely for i us. alt is good policy to charge the democratic nominees for governor and for congressman, and especially the one in the Fourth conj gressal district, with gross cor--1 ruption in the past; but it ought Ito be intimated that our late law j concerning bribery will be effectu--1 al to prevent such practices in the future. “By order of the committee.’

[From the Baltimore Bun.] The Revocation of Pardons. It will be recellected that President Grant, immediately upon taking office as President, directed that certain pardons issuned by President Johnson should be revoked, or withheld from the persons intended to be pardoned, in certain cases, in New York, Massachusetts and elsewhere. Attorney General Hoar has had this subject under consideration, and it is understood he decides that the revocation of the the President will not stand in law; that the act of the Executive was complete when the warrantor pardon was placed in the hands of the United States Marshal or other officer; and if the persons intended to be pardoned shall not be released, that npon habeat corput the courts would release them.. The Madiron Courier says that more saddletrees are manufactned in that city than in aay other place m the countrr.

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Land for Sale# NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned Commissioner, appointed by the Court of Common Fleas of Adams County, in the State of Indiana, to make sale of real estate, will sell at public auction, at the Court House, in Deeatur, in the County of Adams, in the State of Indiana, on Saturday, May Ist, 1869, between the hours of 10 o’clock, A. M., and 4 o’clock, P. M., of said day the following described real estate, to-wit: Lying and being due east of the following described tractor lot of land, to-wit: Commencing at a point on the west line of section thirty-four (34), in township twenty six (26) north, range (13) thirteen east, in said county of Adams and state of Indiana, forty-one rods north of the quarter post on said west line of said section thirty-four, thence north to the. north west courncr of said section thir-ty-four, thence east to the Wabash river, thence up the meanderings of said river to a point so that a line running south and striking a line running duo cast from the place of beginning would contain forty acres. The land which the undersigned Commissioner will sell, subject to the life estate of Eliza J. French, is bounded and described as follows, to-wit: Conmencing at the south east corner of the foregoing described tract or Jot of land and running thence duo north to the Wabash river, thence up the meanderings of said river to a point where I a line running due south would strike a line running due east from the place of beginning so as to contain twenty-six acresand sixty-six hundredths of an acre of land, the same being a part of the north west quarter of said section thirtyfour, in township twenty-six north, range thirteen east, in Adams county, in the State of Indiana. Terms of Sale: —One third cash in hand, one third in one year, and the residue in two years from the day of sate; ■ deferred payments to bear interest and | to be secured by good freehold surety j to the satisfaction of the undersigned Commissioner. Dr. F. A. JELLEFF, April 9, w 4. Commissioner.

AGENTS WANTED—SIO A DAY. * TWO $lO MAPS FOR $4. LiLOYD’S PATENT REVOLVING DOUBLE MAPS Os America and Europe, America and the United States of America. Colored —in 4,090 Counties. THESE great Maps, now just completed, show every place of importance, all Railroads to date, and the latest alterations in the various European States. These Maps are needed in every School and family in the land—they occupy the space of one Map, and by means of the Reverser, either side can be thrown front, and any part brought level to the eye. County Rights and large discounts given to good Agents. Apply for Circulars, Terms, and send money fir Sample Maps, to J. T. LLOYD, - vl3nl 23 Cortlandt Street, N. Y. B. P. MCDONALD, UUDOTTiaT, From FORT WAYNE. RESPECTFULLY announces to the citizens of Decatur and vicinity, that he has taken rooms at the Burt House, for a short time, and would be pleased to wait upon those that may require his professional services. He is prepared to perform all operations upon the teeth. vl2nolt2 to .Von-Retidents.

State of Indiana, 1 gg . Adams County, j In the Court of Common Picas, of Adams County, May Term. 1869 William A. Blair, vs. Joseph F. M. Bouhara, Foreclosure. Rebecca Bonham, It appearing from affidavit filed in ths above entitled cause that Joseph F. M. Bonham and Rebecca Bonham are non residents, 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 Adams County, on the first day of the next regular term thereof, to be held at the Court House, in the town of Decatur, 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 their absence. Witness my hand and the seal (ls.) of said Court this 15th day of March. 1869. A. J. HILL, March 19, w 4 Clerk. Notice to Non-Residents. State of Indiana, ) gg . Adams County, j In the Court of Common Pleas, of Adams County, May Term, 1869. The Thompson Prairie! Ditching Association | vs. f 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 Indiana, Notice is therefore hereby given the said Samuel Mendenhall of the filing and pendency of this cause of action, and that he be and appear before the Hon . Judge of the Courtof Common Pleas, at 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 seel of said (to.) court, this the 9th day of March, 1869. A. J, HILL. March 12, w4._ JToHte of .Ippointment of .IdministratrLr. XTOTICE is hereby given that the anil denimed ha* been appointed Administratrix of the estate of Charlee Bchug. deceased. The estate is probably solvent. “ CATHARYNE SCHUG. Aprils, W. A4«inis'r»trix.

’I FRUIT HOUSE PRICELIST. -- SUS’" 1 ' • '.--V • • 1 : All Goods Reduced 20 to 25 Per Cent, on the Dollar! I ;l War Prices Knocked Under! r GOODS CHE ABER THAN BEFORE THE WAR I! f > We arc bound the People shall have their Goods nt Living Prices. ! We Retail all our Goods at Wholesale Prices, thereby r saving our Customers paying two extra Profits. EVERYTHING •IS ADVERTISED, > '■ ■ J jC3ror we will forfeit double the amount, jgy I Notice Our Xilaat of Price®.’

FL OUR. Best St. Louis Amber, bbl., $7 50 ; Good Family Flour, “ 700 12nd Quality, “00 3rd Quality, “ 5 00 TEAS., The universal satisfaction our $1 and $1,25 Teas arc giving is sufficient 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 i from 10 to 20 Cents on each pound. EvI cry pound warranted or. money refunded. Young Hyson, good, Vlb $ 80to?l 00 do do best, do 125t0 1 40 ■lmperial, good, do 80 to 100 do best, do 1 25 to 1 50 Gunpowder, good, do 1 00 to 125 I Jo best, do 150to' 160 i Oolong, gojd, do 70 to 80 do best, do 1 00 to 1 25 Japan, good, do Toto 1 00' 'Chinese Mixture, do 100 to 1 25 FISH. No.l White Fish, "(9 A bbl., $7 00 No. 1 Pickerel, do 4 00 | No. 1 Trout, do 450 i No. 1 Heiring, do 250 iNo. 1 Mackerel, do 7 00 N 0.2 do do 4 50 No.l Mackerel, in Kits, 1 75 No.l White Fish, do 1 75 No.l Cod Fish, plb ■ No.l White Fish, do •< All our Fish warranted ;ood or money i refunded. TOBACCOS. Best Navy Plug, c* lb 50 2nd Quality do do 40 Fine Cut, good, do 40(2,50 I do do best, do 75c01 00 , Best Smoking, do 25 | 2nd quality, do 15(2,20 DRIED FRUITS. Dried Apples, lb 121 do Peaches, do 16 Currants, do 12| Raisins, do 12J017 : Cherries, do 20 i Blackberries, do 15 ' Pared Peaches, do 20025

NEW JEWELRY STORE!, ' liar DECATUR. U JAMES I.ALLEY, Announces to the citizens of Adams County and he hits purchas- ■ cd the JEWELRY STORE in Dicatur, of Mr. Ezra Lyster, and will continue the business nt 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 dona on short notice. All work warranted as represented. v12n39 JAS. LALLEk. DE GROFF NELSON A. CO., -DEALEXSIX- ’ CRAIN, SEEDS, -AMDAgricultural Products Generally, Proprietors of the SIB PABK NURSSBT (Established in 1850.) TXXPERIMENTAL stock, frctt, E Grain, Seed and Vegetable Farm four miles east of the City of Ft. ‘on the New Haven Pike. Agricultural Ware House, Farm Implements, Machinery, Grain, Flour and Seed Store, Op- \ polite Avellne Honse, on Ca'bonn street, Fort Wayne, Indiana. PURE CIDER VINEGAR, warranted free from poieonous compounds, furnish- ' ed at their Factory on the Fruit Farm, or at the Store, in quantities to suit purchasers. vl*n2-5.

COFFEE. Good Rio, P lb, 20 22 Best Rio, “ 25 Extra Rio, 5 lbs. for 1 00 Ground Coffee, $ lb, 15 CANNED FRUITS, Peaches, pl can, 85 Tomatoes, Corn, and Peas, ’{9 ean, 55 Pears, and Whortleberries, 25 Blackberries, and Cherries, " 2ft Strawberries, and Grapes, “ 26 OTHER GOODS. Good Molasses, fl gallon, 60 Extra N. 0., do fl 00 - Golden Drips, do 1 2ft Choice Syrup, 'do 80 Market Baskets, each, 16 to 50 Bushel Baskets, each, 80 to 50 Half-bushel measures, each, 60 Wash Boards, each, 20 Water Buckets, each, 20 j Wash Tubs, each, 75*01 25 / Best Saleratus, lb 10 Coffee Essence, 6 boxes for 2ft Indigo, ounce, 6010 Starch, {,3 lb 10 Matches,.two boxes for ft Star Candles, I'3 lb 2ft Tallow do do IT Best Nutmegs, 13 ounce, 10 Best Pepper, ground, U lb 80 Best. Pepper, unground, 18 lb 4ft Best Mustard, do 10 Best Allspice, do 40 Bakingl’owder, English, do 10 Washing Sod*, do f Snap, f* bar, 7011 Cinnamon. D ounce, 7 Cream Tartar, 19 lb 40 Cheese, do 1001st Good Whiskey, gallon, >1 00 Good Whiskey, in qrt bottles, each, Bft I Wo guarantee to our customer* a sav- | iiig of 25 cents on the dollar. Families at. any distance can have their orders filled and Shipped to them with the same care and attention as if they were pretest and any goods not satisfactory ean bsreturned and the money refunded. Wo al«o pay cash for butter «nd egf* in any quantity, and sell all other go«*s at proportionately low prices. Address all orders to the FORT WAYNE FRUIT IIOUSI.

TIAs WARE! stoves: H. W. KOVER, Second Street, Oppotite the Clerk'i DHWTIII, IJW., RESPECTFULLY announces to the citizens of Adams county, snd the public in general, that he keeps constantly on hand a hirge assortment of STOVES, AS—COOK, PARLOR AND OFIFCB STO VBB A large stock of TIN AND JAPAN WARE, Os his own manufacture, always oa. hand. He is also prepared to put up i Lightning Rots ani Tin Spouting, I and in fact is J repared Udo all kinds of i work pertaing to hisbusiness, including COPPER SMITHINGHe is prepared U fill all orders In h!| i line, of hie own manufacture, either at Wholesale or Retail, at lower prices than can be furnlshoA by any other house in and examine his stock. Bopairing done to order. vlOnlltf SIEHOK, BRO, A CO-7 Wholesale and Retail Dealers in BOOKS d STATIONERY] Fbetogrnphic Albums ■ BJaok Rooks, Cap, Letter, Ntrte, W«B nt Wrmtal FAFUHa. FORT WAYNE. INDIANA. School Books of all kinds at PubMo* - ore’prioee. vllhxm.