Decatur Eagle, Volume 13, Number 8, Decatur, Adams County, 28 May 1869 — Page 1

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Time of' Holding Courts. Circuit Court.—On the third Monday in April, mid the first Monday in • ember, of each year. Common Pleas Court.—On the second Monday in January, the second Monday in May, and Moudnv in September, of each year. Commissioner's Court.—On the first Monday in March, the first Monday in June, the first Monday in September, And the first Monday ih December, of •ach year. CHURCH DIRECTORY. St. Mart’s (Catholic). —Services every Sabbath nt 8 and 10 o'clock, A. M., Sabbath School or instruction in Catechism, at 1} o’clock, P. M.; Vespers at 21 J’clock, P. M. Ret. J. Wemhoff, Pastor'. Methooist.—Services every Sabbath •t 10} o'clock. A. M-, and 7 o’clock. P. M. Sabbath School at 9 o'clock P M Rev. D. N. Shackleford. Pastor. Presbyterian.—No Pastor. Prayer •Meeting every Sabbath nt 1 o’clock, and Sabbath School al 2 o’clock. P. M. BLANKS. B~LAN KD E BITvXK 3iOTES. Justices Blanks, Constables Blanks, eta , printed and for sale at the EAGLE OFFICE.

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Vol. 13.

attorneys. JAMES R. «BOBtt, -A.’ttoxTxoy evt Law, DECATUR, INDIANA. DRAWS Deeds, Mortgages and Contracts. Redeems Land and pays Taxes. OFFICE--Opposite the Auditor's Office. vlOnlltf R. S. PE TER SO IV, A.ttoru.oy cit DECATUR, INDIANA. attention paid to all busiL ift'ss entrusted to his care. Is a Notary Public, and draws Deeds. Mortgages, and otffer instruments in writing. OFFICE—In D. Studabaker's Law Office. vl2n3otf DAXIEL D. HELLER, .A.ttox-ney «,t Law, DECATUR, INDIANA. AX7 ILL practice liis Profession nnyV V whete in Indiana or 01iio. x OFFlCE—Opposite the Recorder's Office. vlons2tf PHYSICIANS. 1 F. A. JELt.EFF. W. 11. SCHROCK. JELLEFF A SCHROCK, Physicians and Surgeons, DECATUR, INDIANA. OFFIf E—On Second .Street, opposite the Public Square. vßn!stf. CH A R LES L? Cl RTISS, Physician and Surgeon, DECATUR, INDIANA. HAVING permanently located in this place, offers his professional services to the people of Decatur and vicinity. OFFICE—At the Burt House. 11-36 I A A D R~EW SORC , j Physician and Surgeon, DECATUR, INDIANA. OFFICE—On Second Street, over W. i G.Spencer & Brother's Hardware Store. vßn42tf. A. J. ER Wi A, JI. D., Surgeon. Dispensary, Avcline Block, ' ivlln2s " FORT WAYNE, IND. S. C. AYERS, JI. D., RESIDENT Ear and. Eye Surgeon, FORT WAYNE, INDIANA. 1 OFFICE—South west. coi*n& Main & Calhoun streets, over Drug Store. b'if 'Artificial Eyes inserted. 12-14 DENJISTRY. Ji. JI. JI <• C OIV A E ffz L, Surgeon Dontfst, DECATUR. INDIANA. ni work neatly executed warranted to give sat--1 Call and’exam--1 ini' specimens. i OFFlCE—Oppositetlic Public Square, over Heller's Law office. vllnPJ REAL ESTATE ACENTS. .8 AJI E S R . It <> 80~ LICENSED REAL ESTATE AGENT. DECATUR, INDIANA. ' rpIIREE THOUSAND ACHES of good I farming land, several Town Lots, and n large quantity of wild land fol ' sale. If you want to buy a good farm Ihe will sell it to yon. If you w.W your land sold lie will sell it for you. No sale, no charge. vlOnti D. STI BAR A KER, ! Real Estate Agent, DECATUR, INDIANA. BUYS and sells Heal Estate, examines titles, pays- taxes, and other -business pertaining to Ileal Estate I Agency. vlOnll AUCTIONEER. 1 IIA RLES JI. FRA Al E, ' -tNixctioxioei', DECATUR, INDIANA. 4 NNOUNCES to the public that he is j Y a regularly Licensed Auctioneer, I and will attend all Public Sales when I requested. OFFICE—In J. Tl. Bobo s Law office.

HOTELS. ■JIIE N S E HOUSE, 1. J. MIESSE, I’ropihior. Third St., Oppofilc (he Court Iloute, DECATUR, INDIANA. I rjiHE traveling public will find this 1 House a desirable stopping place. . Good sample rooms. vllnU MAIN STREET EXCHANGE. A. FREEMAN, Proprietor, . * II est Main nt-ttr the Public FORT WANYE, INDIANA. I Tllllll If MAYER HOUSE. J . W. BULL] Proprietor, [ I Corner <>t Culhoun and ll'a.ne Street?, TORT WAYNK, INDIANA. ' vl2n7 . . ' if* II ED E kT.\ HOIS E , A. J. 11. MILLS, Proprietor, ‘ ■ On Barr, betu-er n Columbia and Main Str., FORT WAYNE. INDIANA. (~1 ENERAL Stage Office. Good staI hieing in connection with this house. 'i v!2n25 _tf DOORS, SASH, &c. O. D. HURD, Manufacturer of SASH, DOORS & BLINDS, ! Xorth tide On no I. rertnf (lot Hoel,, FORT WAYNK, INDIANA. ?nft<Mn work promptly executed. v11n25

DECATUR, IND., FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1809.

; fijortrij, i; Ihe Soiig ol'iiie TAnvii. , • BT N. G. SHEPHERD. the village smithy V V Right merrily I ring, And under the stroke of the hammer A tuneful song I sing. P.ed glows the wide-mouthed furnace, ' The heaving bellows roar— You can hear their huge panting Outside the open door. The smith is stalwart and mighty— He lifts his slbdge on’high, Then lets it fall on the iron, And the sparks all round him fly. With a ready voice I answer, And cheer him with my song; I sing to him while he labors— I sing to him all day long. His arrajs brawny and powerful, Its strength full well I know; lie strikes with an earnest purpose; And heavily falls his blow. The children stand to the doorway, Fcr they love to see him swing Ilis.sledge across his shoulder, _ AVUile cheerily I sing My voice goes out to the village; You can hear ij far away; As I cheer the smith in his labor Through all the live-long day. V> ith every blow from his hammer An answering note I sound, That over again is repeated Wherever an echo is found. Oh, ye who are sorely smitten By the iron hand of fate, Abide your time in patience, Ye have not long to wait. Oh, young man, eager and hopeful, Oh, young*man, valiant and strong. When th%blows fall fast and thickest Make answer with a song! From the New York Herald. Arrival or Imigranls at Rew York tsincc January. Important Statistics. From some time immigration to this country has been increasing. { It was increasing in a remarkable ! degree before the war. Then at I once it I’eTl off, and it was for a-1 while doubted whether it would ' be possible that immigration ' would again reach, in the number! of persons, to the same figure.— ' And yet it did. For several gen-1 erations this country was before j the eyes of Europe as the “assylum of the oppressed of all nations.”— : That impression could not be ■ erased from the minds of the! young or old. They all, whether ' poor or rich, flocked hither, and enriched the country by their] hands and brains as well as by ' their money. Even during the war the immigration was not only numerous, but actually astonish- : ing. Yet it hns increased again : in such a ratio that even Eu-! ropean politicians, or, as they like : to be called, statesmen, are thoroughly dumbfounded. Why should the people of Eu- ■ rope emigrate ? This is a question which but few can answer.— The rulers of the people inhabit- ] ing what is geographically known as Europe know the reason very ' well; but they won't divulge it. It is neither taxes nor other pecunia-' I ry impositions upon the labor of! : the country, but the claims of the government to the personal service of the man, four certain years of his manhood, till he reaches his majority. In other words, it is the compulsory military service ; of every ybung born within the jurisdiction of Ins principality,; ami the young man dis-1 likes, that drives many of the most' valuable working “craf ’ away.— . Antkthcn the young maidens.— 1 There arc so many obstacles plac-' i ed in the way of their getting mar- j i ried that they themselves induce a I good many young men to join 1 them on the trip across the At- 1 I lautic. The oil folks follow the young as a matter of course; and so the immigration increases.— Those that have been here, invite their friends to come; the success of these allures others to follow . them. They again have their 1 friends, who come after, and thus,: immigration must increase. It has lately increased to such an extent that it became noticeable | that there was not steamers) enough on the ocean to bring hither all who wistjed to come. The assertion may «not be bclivetl by some. If they read and : carefully scau the figures as we give them, they will have to con- j fess that facts have outrun their! imagination. Let us Lake the actual number of arrivals in this citv from abroad and passing through

Castle Garden from January to the present day: January .... 7,601 April. . . 24,448 Fabwiary .. 6,686 Al:iy .27.957 March 14,876 ——- |. Total .81,658 Let us take them now according to their nationalities. Os course it is impossible to give the nativity of each man or \Tomnn upon his or her arrival, but the records of the imigratian bureau at Castle i Garden, thoug not entirely cor- ] rect, as will be seen hereafter, I show that of the principal conn- ■ tries of Europe the immigration j was about as follows: Jan. Feb. March April Slav Ireland 745 809 2,512 5,698 7,677 Ger'ny 3,233 1,778 5.422 8.337 6,664 Eng'd 1.044 1,064 3,884 3.582 Scot'd 215 245 64> 520 1,296 Fwmee 134 112 174 199 125 \ These are only of the principal . countries from which America ; drewthe “bone and sinew” of its I population. This table carried up ] 'to May 11 of the present year ' gives the following totals : Ireland ! 17,441; Germany, 25.434 ; Eng- 1 land, 11,890; Scotland, 2,931;! France, 744. From the 11th to the 14th of May no less than 4,717 persons ; have landed here from Europe, all j immigrants, who will hereafter ' make their home in this country, i of the following, nationalities ;— ] Ireland, 1.535; Germany, 2,023; England, 478; Scotland, 231;! Swecdes, 450. The increase of late in the im- j migration of people from Sweeden 1 and Norway is larger than that 1 from any other part of the uorld. The following, giving the immigration from Scandinavia since January last up to yesterday, will explain this assertion : Os natives of Sweden and Norway there ar- ! ! rived as immigrants at this port ' jin January, 1869, 54; February, I 140; March, 38 ; April, 1,178 ; May (up to 14th,) 3,344.

And it is stated that more than 30,000 persons are awaiting transportation from Sweden and Norway, at any rate from Copenhagen to this country, unable to obtain passage, while the steamers running between this city and Copenhagen have all their berths engaged for months to come. If anyone should ask the question, why is it that the people of the old world do so flock to the new, it would be difficult to answer it in one breath. Some of the reasons for an increased immigration were given above, but they are not all. Another is still left uninentioned. The great home improvements which this country is continually making, the extension of railroads, the Pacific railroad for instance, bringing a near market to almost everybody’s farm, as they believe in Europe 7 the unparalleled river navigation, doing the same thing; the enterprise of the people, continually opening new countries to the traffic and labor of the world—all these have their influence; but none so much as that -we have passed through a most gigantic war and come out victorious, and being, moreover, removed from European complications, America will enjoy a long season of international peace and quietude, and will have no necessity for calling upon her citizens for military service. And then that marriage is easier, that wages are higher, that to acquire a competence is less difficult, than in Eu rope. All these bad and still have their effect.

The Darien Ship Canal. The Washington correspondent , of the Boston Advet-tiscr says. “It is learned both by private ! and official letters received here, i that the upper house of the Bogo--1 ta congress some time'ago reject- ! ed the Darien ship canal treaty on ! the ground that it was extremely ! prejudicial to their country, and j wholly iu the interests of the United States. There was a good deal said in the debate about the 1 proposals which it was asserted ! England is ready to make. The lower house soon afterward took up the matter and passed favorably on the treaty, and its friends at last advices were hopeful that > the upper house would reconsider its action. It can be stated iu ! this connection that while the ' treaty was under debate here last month, tho argument against it wax that it seemed to be wholly I in the interests of the government of Bogota.” An improved three wheeled ve- ! locqtede, with a mast and large square sail, has navigated over j the point Lobos mad, San Fran--1 cisco. The machine made good time, up hill and down, particularly when returning to the city with a favorable wind.

Cuba. The island is at the present time exciting much attention and speculation in both hemispheres. A great deal has been written and published in regard to it during (he last century by travelers and others, and yet very little is known about it by the masses of the intelligent people of any nation. I Even in Spain, which has held it !as a colony, there is unquestionaj bly extensive and profound po- ; pular ignorance as to what Cuba actually is, physically, agriculturally. and financially. The area of Cuba, including the circumjacent keys and reefs, is about twentytour millions of acres, three-fourths of whieh ore of very . extraordinary fertility. Iler cul- . tivated tracts, however, are comi paratlvely few and quite limited,. I the entire extent which produces j crops being less than two millions !of acres, while the virgin woods ] and natural pasturages embrace ‘ some fifteen millions. With so ! small a proportion of her soil j under cultivation, she produce crops to the amount of not less ■ than one hundred and thirty mil- ; lions of dollars a year. Os this amount, sugar, her chief stable, j constitutes sixty or seventy milj lion, tobacco fifteen or sixteen ' millions, and coffee about five ! and a half millions. For the rais | ing of sugar, the Lands of Cuba are : not only unsurpassed but unequal- • led Tn all the world. The simar 1 planters of the United States are obliged to replant their fields! every year, and the expense and trouble of doing this are very great, but there are in Cuba many sugar estates which yield enor- ; mous crops consecutively from forty to fifty years without replanting. Sugar is cultivated more or less all over the island, but the most important sugar districts are in the jurisdictions of Cardenas, Matanzas, Sagna, and Remedios on the north side, and Cienfuegos, Trinidad, and Santiaigo on the south. The sugar csj tates are owned almost entirely by ; native Cubans, though a few large ! outs belong to some of the wealthy Spaniards of Havana. The coffee crop of Cuba is ob- ■ tained almost exclusive}’ at present from the extreme eastern end of the island in the billy- districts lying back from the ports of Santiago de Cuba and Guantanamo. Coffee planting lias, for both large and small capitanlists, serious disadvantages in comparison with sugar making, for, in the first place, sugar can be cut eight months after it is planted whereas he tcoffee plant produces only in the third or fourth year of its growth, and. secondly, whether the season is good or bad, too wet or to dry, the cane unfailngly yields some proceeds, while the collee planter is always in danger of losing his whole by nn unseai sonably heavy rain at the time • when the bush is in flower. In ] some important respects, however. ' coffee planting, as an g n'jricu-ltural pursuit, is infinitely preferable to : sugar making, for the coffee csI tates arc generally on- elevated and I hilly lands, free from the intense i heat of the low and unwholesome sugar districts, the nights are at' all time deliciously cool, and the; labor of the field hands is infinitely less severe. The tobacco districts are to the! southwest of Havana. The es-| tates are generally in hand’ of; small planters, who, in some cases, I pay enormous rent for choice] lauds and obtain an equivalently I enormous price for their crops.] The central portion of Cuba, in-1 i eluding the large jurisdiction ofi ' Puerto Principe, is the great pas- ] i toraF district of the island. It; affords the very finest pasturage 1 for very large herds. Havana ■ derives thence her principal supply of cattle. The average yearly, ! value of cattle sold is estimated at! ] over five millions of dollars. This] district is the most sparsely popu-! lated of the island.

The whole population ot Cuba] is less than a million and a half. ] The census of 1562, compiled by the Government, gives the figures; at—white 764,750; free Cblored. ] 221.416 ; and slave, 373,971 ; total. 1,359,236. The population is believed not to have increased much] since 1592, the excess of births' over deaths of the white and free colored races being fully counter-1 balanced or even more than conn- i terbalanced by the decrease of the' slaves. It seems an anomaly that, only abount one twentieth part of an island, so singularly productive, and in many parts' so salubrious is under cultivation, and, that so small a population is sup ported; but there arc causes for this with which most of our read-, ers are mere or less familiar.

It is too soon to speculate much upon the consequence of the annexation of Cuba to the United States, a thing which may be very far in the future if in the future at all. We of tho west and South should possess, and we trust, do possess enough of public spirit and patriotism to desire whatever would advance the prosperity, the greatness, and the glory of the whole Untid States, but we presume there can be little doubt that the annexation of Cuba and the consequent abolishment of the immense impost duties on her sugar and tobacco would destroy those great interests among our people. Hamilton (White Pine), April 1, Corrcspondeuee of the San Franeiseo Herald. . ttiiitt: PINE. Some of the Principal MiitCs —The Kush of Emigrants --The Rate of Wages— Newspapers, &,c. A beautiful sunny day, not a cloud to be seen, a warm brcfze from the south, and everything indicating the end of a long, dreary winter, and the beginning of spring; but a few hours may change all this brightness to a howling tempest and bleak desolation. I have, however, taken advantage of the fine prospect to visit Treasure City, and will give you the result of my tramp this evening. Treasure 11! 11, to be appreciated, must be seen. To-day it is a ■teeming hive of humanity, of all ages, sexes, and conditions. The banker, the merchant, the miner, the gambler, the courtesan, and the bummer jostle each other in the narrow and crooked ways, trampling the half-frozen snow into slush and mud half-leg deep, crowding around the bar room stoves and crouching in the sunny nooks to warm themselves. All are talkin of “big things,” past, present, and future. To a stranger, on his entering the town, it would appear that the whole population of the country were congregated here, and that was all the employment of the inhabitants but nothing is further from the truth. Passing out of Treasure City and down the southern slope by and beyond the Eberhart mine, hundreds of miners may be seen busy with hammer and drill. The

constant cry of “lire" which greets ; the ear on every side, and the shower of stones falling around ; him from the explosion of a blast, convinces him that bone and muscle, as well as gas and capital, is ' being employed to develop the country. I extended my walk ■ down to the celebrated California mine, and examined the Mazeppa, . Lincoln, Horseshoe, Hillside, and j others, in my return route From, what I could see on so brief an examination, I am forced to believe this a very rich mining locality, ami that other discoveries and rich developments will here be made. The California at present seems to attract more attention than any in this part of the district. The Mazeppa comes next. . Dot as 1 shall give you in my letters, noth ing but facts derived from personal observation and reliable authority, I will defer further remarks on the mines of this locality until I can more thoroughly examine them. The snow has almost entirely disappeared from the slope up almost to the Eberhart, and a few such as this will clear all the southern slopes of this snowy mantle. Notwithstanding the stormy weather, muddy roads, and want of • accommodation hero, the rush continues unabated. The stages are crowded to their uttmost capacity. Vehicles of every kind are pressed into service at Elko, and hundreds may be seen daily streaming into this place on horseback and on foot. A great many are ' almost destitute of funds. What is to become of them I cannot con ceive, for it is impossible to live here for less than 83 per day, and until the opening of spring there ' will not be employment for- one tenth of them. Cold, stormy weather may continue for weeks yet, and they will have no means ' of replenishing their exhausted, funds. Even when a job is obtained, it scarcely defrays the ex peases of living. KATES OF WAGES. Men are being hired for labor at $4 per day, and mechanics at from 85 to 87. This is caused by the supply being so far in excess of the demand. I have no doubt that as soon as business fairly ol>ens. and the railroad is complct ed so that a supply of lumber can be had from the Truekee rjvcr. re munerative employment will be

had for all who mity desire it.— But, until then, it is ivorsc thati j folly for men without means ter • come here. Tile idea that they I are sure to step Into a fortune the moment they land here must lie I dissipated. Though this is a 1 wonderfully rich country, and 1 ! have no doubt hundreds of rich ] mines will yet be discoved, it will do them no good until the snow ; melts off the hills, and the weather moderates sufficiently to allow ■ men to work in the open air. 1 am aware all that I can say in tlte way of warning will lie but little I heeded ; but I feel it a duty, and must discharge it. ! The spring fights have, fairly ■ commenced. With the inaugurai tion of the new county began stealing, fighting, highway robber. and murder; and, if it con- : tinucs to increase in the same ra- , tio, by the time the projected county jail is finished, it will not contain half the crowd awaiting to be caged. We have a daily newspaper in : this city, and Treasure City is to boast of one on Monday next.— The U7o7e Pine now a weekly, will ajipear on Monday next as a dam-. May they both succeed in all their bright anticipations, and reap a golden harvest for such mon in such a country 1 and in such a business, deserve succcess.

No. 8.

Miscellaneous Itcini. -African colonization is on the I decline. The regular fall expeidtion of 1868 to Liberia was xlis- ; posed with entirely for want of ! passengers, and this spring less I than 100 emigrants have applied : for berths< i . ■ I -Caoutchouc, or india-rubber, ] trees flourish in great xigor in ] Santa Barbara Coiiutyj Cal. They ' are very<beautiful. ! -The Secretary of the nnvy says tiiat if congress wants hint to : pay full wages for eight hours lai bcr, they will have to specify such payment. -The governor-general of the Dominion is to gtt £52,000 ycaf- ! b’* " | -Massachusetts owners of mill stock are growling over the rc- ; cent free trade meeting in Boston. I -In New York a bushel of pot tatoes costs more than u bushel of oranges. j -The velocipede mania has penetrated into Arazona and New Mexico. -Mountain trout over twrt feet ] long have been found in the in- : land streams of California. -Boston is to put up 20 drink-ing-fountains to aid the enforeei meat of the prohibitory liquor law.

i -A St. Paul paper says : ‘-Yes terday two young ladies from the : country brought to market 30 dozen frogs, which they slaught- . ered the previous (lay. They found ready sale, going oil at 15 cents per dozen. The frog trade I seems to be on the increase.” Now York has 500 manageable ' heiresses. -Emigration to the United States from all parts of Prussia is to be larger this year than ctor before. -The water in Lake Champlain and Memphrcmagog was never known to be higher than at the present time. -Five years ago, no white man lived within six miles of Ottawa, Kan. Now, the place has 3,000 inhabitants. ■ —A great base ba'll tournament will be held in Syracuse, in dune. j -Algeria being menaced by locusts, the government has offered 8100 for every 200 pounds of I thefr eggs. These will be crushed and buried with quicklime. -A correspondent jwedicts that Blackhawk county, lowa, which raised its 1,000.000 bushels of wheat in 1868, will increase her crop one-third in 1869. -One of the minor benefactions of George Peabody is the gift to Post Mills, Vt., where he once lived, of a library building, which cost 82,000, with 1,300 volumes, and a fund of 85,000. -Wolves are making sad havoc among the hogs and sheep in ' Amite county, Mississippi. They • are supposed to have been driven into that county by the high waters in the Mississippi swamps. -A man in Havana recently at- ' tempted to elope with three Women on the same evening. -The Vermont state prison contains 82 convict three of whom are females. I -There eight tunnels on the Pennsylvania railroad, ranging i from 200 to 3,612 feet ■ . -The “Blue Grass’’ region of Kentucky has sold the south, during the past fall and winter, 82,- , 000,000 worth of mules. . . — I- • -At the granite quarries above ; Richmond, a block of granite 95 | feet long, 38 feet wide, and 31 feet deep, was blasted out. Jt contains 111,910 cubic feet, and weighs > ■ 9,3*6 tons, or 18,652.°00 pounds