Decatur Eagle, Volume 13, Number 22, Decatur, Adams County, 3 September 1869 — Page 1

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OFFICIAL D'RECTORY. District Officers. lion. Rob't Lowry . Circuit Judge. J. 3. Daily, . .. Circuit Prosecutor. Hon. D. Studabaker Coin. Pleas Judge. B. F Ibach Com. Pleas Prosecutor. County Officers. w Seymour brden Auditor. A. J. Hill Clerk. Jesse Niblick . . . Treasurer. M. V. B. Simcoko ' . . Recorder. James Stoops, Jr Sheriff. 11. C. Peterson Surveyor. Bain. C. Bollman . .School ExuE\’.ner. Josiah Crawford, ] Jacob Sarff, > ..Commissioner. George Luckey, J Town Officers. Sam. C. Bollman . . Clerk. Chas. Stewart . Treasurer a Marshal. Heyman Bosse, 1 David King, > . ..Trustees. David Showers, J ft Township Officers. Union.—Trustee, David Erwin: Justice of the Peace Wi liam Cellars, and David Gleckler; Constables, Geo. B. Cline and Nelson 1). Suttles.

-Ro-ot.—.Trustee, John Christen; Justices of the Pence, Henry Filling, and Satfftiel 8 Mickle; Co;Btables, Reuben Baxter aud John Schurger. Preoi.e.—Trustee, F. W. Gallmeycr; Justices of the Pence, John Archbold and Janies Ward; Constables, Joseph J». Mann aud Henry Dearman. Kirkland.—Trustee, Jonathan Bowers; Justice of the Peace Wm. D. Hoffman; Constable, Manassas Satff and pavid Stule. Washington.—Trustee, Conrad Brake; Justices of the Peace. C. M. France and Samuel Merryman; Constables, Frederick Mcitz and E. P. Stoops. St. Mary's.—Trustee, Esaia* Dailey; Justices of the Peace, Samuel Smith, Wm Comer and S.B. Morris; Constables, S. B. Fordyce, Washington Kern and Isaac Smith. Blukcrekk.—Trustee, John Emery; Justice of the Peace, Lemuel Williams and J. C. Tindall; Constable, J. McCardle. Monroe.—Trustee, Geo. 11. Marls; Justice of the Pence, Lorenzo D. Hughes, Samuel Smith; Constable, John M. Jacobs. Fbkncii.—Trustee, George Simisson; Justices of the Prace, Lot French and V. D. Bell; Constable, Edward Leßrun. Hartford.—Trustee Peter Hoffman; Justices of the Pence, Martin Kizer, sen. and Beni. Runyan; Constables, John Simison; Lewis C. Miller and David Runyan. _ W'abash.—Trustee, Henry Miller; Justices of the Pence, A Studabaker and James Nelson; Constables, Jacob Butcher and A. G. Thompson. JMrrßasox—Trustee, Justus Kelly; Justice of the Peace, John Fetters; Con•tables, Daniel Brewster and Jesse McCallum.

Time of Holding Courts. Cibcvit Court.—On the third Monday in April, and the first Monday in No-, ▼cnilxsr, of each year. Common Pleas Court.—On the second Monday in January, the second Monday in May. and the second Monday in September, of each year. Commissioner's Court.—On the first Monday tn March, the first Monday in June, the first Monday in September, and the first Monday in December, of each yea r . CHURCH DIREC TORY. 8 O ( c * THoLlC )—Services every Sabbath at 8 and 10 o clock, A. M.. Sabbath School or instruction in P - r ‘ e clock, P. M. Rev. J. Wcmhoff, Pastor. Mkthodist.— Services every Sabbath j at Wj o clock. A, M., and 7 o elock. P. M. Sabbath School at 9 o’clock, P. M. I Rev. Charles Wilkihson, Pastor.' PannrTßrian.—No Pastor. Prayer Meeting every Sabbath at 1 o'clock, and ■abbatb School *t 2 o’clock. P M

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ATTORNEYS. JAllfiS R* 8080. Attorney nt Ixaxxz, DECATUR, INDIANA. DRAWS Deeds, Mortgages and Contracts. Redeems, Laud hud pays Taxes. OFFICE--Opposite the Auditor's Office. viOiiGtf R. S. PETERSOA, jAttorncy rvt £>aw, DECATUR, INDIANA. attention paid to all business entrusted to his care. Isa Notary Public,nnddrnws Deeds. Mortgages, and other instrumcntSAtt writing, OFFICE—In D. Studa'nakcr's Law Office. v!2n33tf

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s»lwt sfflijittllmnj. The Chinese. Their Temples and Music—Their Moral and Social Characteristics. San Fraic-sco Ccrresfioudcnrr St. Louis Democrat. * * * Poor .John ! Let ns examine a few of the statements which have been, anti are sure to be, raked up over and over again, whenever the Chinese question shall be discussed. Their “love of the monstrous” is too well known to be doubted for a moment. In their carvings, painted screens, boxes, toys, etc., now more or less familiar to all of u<. be?,.i!v of form or color has no place. Whatever is odd and ugly in nature is imi'atod carefully, and with additions of their own made still mote repulsive, if possible Dragons, frzards. snakes; distort ed forms of men; impossible vegetation, and barbarous architect lire, are dwelt upon with dtblight by ’he celestial artificer.

We have, in San Francisco, sev oral Chinese temples which exhibit the above characteristics to perfection, not merely in their decorations. but in the supreme ugliness of the idol deities enshrined, there. Entering the gate of one of these “joss houses,” and passing the tdlar, always open to the aim erected to the gods of the land and grain, the first image is that of the god of earth. “Tu-ti,” a caning of an old man with distorted taco and long gray beard. Passing over miner details, we come to *•11 wa Kwang,” the giver of wisdom, a god with three eyes Then comes the god of war, “Kwan Tai,” with a glaring red free. his eyes staring in the most iiigh'ini manner, as^though bursting with tiptq lexy, and so on. These tern pics arc worthy of the visitor's notice for “one consecutive time only.” The first Chinese temple erected in Saq. Francisco was built on spec illation by an old Chinaman, with an eve to business, who did not like to I e his conntrvmen negleetin<»- their gods. He thcretore built a teiiij le (which still exists at the corner <*f Mason and Post streets.) adorved and beautified it cheaply with ] apor, tinsel and silk, set up the.u ual array of gods, and drove a thriving trade >n the charms, in cense., and candles which he kept for sale. He is said, .too, to have sent around subscription papers every now and then, and to have made a pretty handsome thing cn.rt of his credulous countrymen. There are not now, nor have there ever booh, any Chinese* priest* in California; they evidently do not believe in missionary effort, or else do not place much faith in their hold on the people directly tlmy jet out of the Flowry kingdom\) .Alas ! I can not say much m'ofe for the noise which they consider music than that I would about a> soon hear a concert of liunly gnrdies and bagpipes. Only recently many complaints have been lodged auaiiiSt their theatres and garni) ling houses in our city, on the ground that no white man or worn •m in the neighborhood could hope to -jet a wink of sleep, or atterfh to any business requiring care, whilfc their horrible din of tomtoms. gongs, cymbals, dr|ims, and what not was going on. As to their language, it does not sound harsh to me; there is a sing song in it not absolutely unpleasant to the ear.

The first of these points is a delicate subject. I have heard of immoralities' amongst them which I should be sorry to repeat. On the other hand. I question whether, as a people, they are worse th: n the inhabitants of countries winch ought to be far ahead of then). Among themselves they arc ex trcmclv charitable and liberal, ami their care fortheir aged parents is repeatedly attested in every work on China. Every steamer to ('hi na from San Francisco takes hundreds of petty remittances—s >me of them “ for value received"— quite a large number of them gifts to their families and friend*. In small things I have found themspec ia’dy honest. I never lost an article of clothing at a Chines, laudrv. I could not make the same statement of some French and oth er establishments which I have tried in San Francisco. In my room, daily cleaned out anil set to rights by a Chinaman. I leave wine or whisky out ; it remains unUmeh edt Further. 1 have on two occasions offered drink to (hinamen working in the house, and in both casts it wak refused. It sceined to me as though they wore anxious to keep their places, and. while j_n them, had strength of mind enough to avoid all drinking. Among themselves, they do indulge in a kind of wine, or rather spirit, im ported from China. The better

class here —merchants and trades- ' men—quite fC respectably large j clique too, indulge in anything— • —from champaign to bottled por- i ter. They do not use tobacco or cigars immoderately; but we have hundreds of opium smokers -prin- i cipally in the cities—who are kill ■ ing themselves off very rapidly. j In their home life, the woman holds a secondai'y place. In China man and wife never walk arm in arm, or even side by si le ; the woman follows at a respectful distance. ■ At social gatherings, the sexes sit ( at different tables. A Chinaman looks with pions horror.on the fa- ‘ miliarity in Which .lie considers we indulge. Why, we not merely sit down indiscriminately among a bevy of young ladies, but rather ■ seem to like it! Horrible! And as to our balls a»id dancing parties, he not thinks that we exert ourselves unnecessarily . when we could set the, servants to do it for us—or at least hire a band of .professionals for the night to caper in our presence—but the way j in which we waltz, etc , is a scandal in his eyes. The Chinese quarrel very little among themselves, and as resi-dents—-I will not call them citizens—they will compare very favorably with any other as quiet, ’ peaceable, and inoffensive men. We have had Chinese burglars and thieves, in the cities principally, ■ but their number has never been ! large. — —,— . * — Social Culture Among Bovs. 1 It is the great trouble among' hoys when they get old enough to 1 go out into company, that they i 'fon t know how to behave when I drey g-.t t-'i. re. So they sit sheep. ’ ishly around on any handy coriie: ; they can find, and wish they were i in the’r sjiirt sleeves, out “in ti e ■ mowin’ lot, ’ or “in the shop, or ' an vwhore else than- in that “pesky , parlor.” There is nothing to rub off this ‘ ! rust bat contact with society. ( The only way to feel at home in ■ t'.rbi 'familiar with it I Here mothers are often greatly nt ( fault. The “best room”"is kept i shut and darkened, and the intruder who strayed into it would be 1 quickly warned out. Children; who are accustomed to little gath erinss at homo or at a neighbor's I in holiday and birthday times, sei I dom feel tiffs painful difference. | It is natural for youth to love such assemblages, ,and they are a very I essential part of their education. ‘ But if a young man finds himself* in this uncomfortable plight, ho* must do the best he can to remedy 1 the neglect of his early social cul- I ture. He must muster courage and I plunge into the best society he can gain access to. 11 he is uni- 1 formly polite and obliging, without any troublesome ollieiousness. he will very soon be a favorite After that, all will be smooth sailing. He shofi’.d not think it too much' trouble after a day’s work to take a thorough Imth and change his working clothes, and then walk over to a neighbor's for an hour's social chat. This sociability would tend to produce good feeling in neighborhoods, and would ele * vatcand improve all parties. Add to this an hour's reailing every day of some profitable book, and you i will at the year's end have attained l a much higher cnlture than your ( J neighbor who spends his evenings , | lounging on the counter of the ' | village store, or sluggishly sitting j down to doze before the fir^ —£.c ; ch'ini/e. Fruit Conducive to Ilcaltb. The New York /'.rpress isgrati tied that peaches arc so abundant' as to be cheap in spite of the fruit ■ I monopolists, but contends that I thev arc not yet cheap enough, ami adds: “If the board of health could have power tiA regulate the prices of fruits at certain seasons of the vrar. without establishing a bad principle or precedent, benefit would follow ; and it would be a i <»rand thing to place in their hands , a fruit fund tor the purchase of I fruits to be plentifully distributed ■ among the very poor. The best of fruit in this season keeps tiny. I bloo<l cool anil prevents feverisa ness. The juices of fruits <lflute the blood and keep it in a proper j condition of fluiiHty. quite as well.; . if not better than water.— They al : so keep the kitlneys in a high de ! gree of health, a recommendation | that caniwtbe given to any sort | of artificial drink' not even to wa- I I t»T, except it be pure ami soft. It' i is well enough to disinfect streets ’ j anil places with carbonic acid. | choloride of lime. <fre.; but it would , I l»e better to stave off epidemics by 1 ' making people too healthy to Ik* ! I assailed by them. And this i of good fruit will help to do.”

Montana. — Alfairß in fhr American Gold FinW—The , Great Qnxirtz Kino-A Bu!' KarcThe Eldai ado oi the \e!!onatone. Helena Ojrrtfiponilenee of the New Yorl Fun. ' | Fancy the most picturesque and wildly beautiful mountain-scenery possible. Imagine the greenest of; i valleys diversified by a silver not- f ' work of sparkling rivulets. The 1 ; pine forests piling mountains upon j mountain dwindle away in the distance, or fowcr above the clouds, j i Their snowclad ' summits are re- | ; splendent in the sunlight with a i [thousand ever-changing hacs.—l ' i sav, picture all this in your mind’s i eye : then superadd th > clear crisp • air of these northern latitudes, and i votf may approximate a faint idea of the natural, loveliness of the scenery and the delightin' climate of Helena, the queen oftiie Rocky i mountains. Montana rejoices in a hold, independent, hardy class of ; mountaineers, who will make their , mark upon the future. True, the winters arc cold, but. I byway of c imp msatton for a j thermometer2odegrees below z- j ' ro, the air and bracing, and ; the vexation*.snows < f mor.? south- ' er.n latitudes are not found here in : 'the valleys. If the sun is hot in' ' summer, the delicious breezes from ■ the snow clad mountains impart an ■ , exhilarating coolness and though; ; rain is unusual, tii ■ melting mein- ; tain snows furnish easy and bouni tiful irrigation. The climate is fa. . vorable for agriculture. Ine ; markets to day are teeming v Ith every vegetable'and gram tound in New York. Hooper & Bros, have 123 acres on “Boulder" of :j,s (me I oats, rye, and barley as can be ; found in Pennsylvania. It is a curious spectacle to witness tin ■ kirve'-tirig of grain under a hot summer sun. scarcely a thousand j vards below the region oi perpeti pal snow. A Mr, Griswold iias a ■. conservatory on Boulder, in which ■ is a line collection ol tropical llowI era. I The city of Helena is itself a ■yvondrmis illustration ofAmci'iean | snap and vim. Five years ago it 1.0,8 a wilderness ; now it is a city ol ! 7.000 or S,OOO population with hotels, banks, churches, schools, and ; every appliance to metropolitan ■ pretension. Os course, the chief business of ; the territory is mining, and it is btI lieved to be the richest region in ■ the world in every metal known? i Owing to its comparative tnacces- . sibilitv, gold only has been mined : ■ but upon the completion of the tNorth.ern Pacific railroad, which i the more confident think will be within three years, silver, copper. ■ iron, and coal will be found in the grieatast possible abundance. Gold i enterprises, they say, are “boom.- ■ ing" this season, despite the dry weather. The daily receipt's from l gulch mining are over 850,000 per day. Forty thousand dollars were i received on Saturday by one bank. The Bannnck Ditisi co.jnpany sent on a nice little gold brick <M S2S.i 000 this week, the result ot two. weeks run ; and Cant. M all the same day had one ot 810.OvU. The famous Whitlaeh I mon mines are surpassing tlieir previous reputation, the yield being nearly 810 per tonband growing richer as it deepens. —- - -— Look liter the Coys. i ’ That the boy is father to the mr.n is an oi l adage. Boy thieves it ' not checked make adr.lt burglars ' and murderers ami furnish a 1 plethora <>f food for the State pris ion andi the gallows, ihe police j of seme of our precincts complain that they have more trouble with * bovs varying in age from ten rears • to fifteen than with grown tr erimi nals. Not many nights ago some young folks made their.way into a store in Washington street through a hole in the pavement and gath cred an dhiount of plunder which they were only prevented from carrying elfin* the want of nerve to go through with their nefarioii' enterprise. A similar case occur red in Greenwich street the ether night. Young America got into a vault under a wholesale store and turned everything upside down. .; but the youthful burglars were ca ight in tlif act. They proved to be not mor' than nine years old i “If such things be done in the Igr.'vn wood what shall become of the dry What are our reformatory schools and other public institutions doing to keep . children out of mischief and crime ? Can i not our public school system or ’ our humanitarian philosopher* ‘ accomplish something to stop this unhappy condition of things ? We | can hardly expect the police to arrest the progress of crime when it I develops Uself to this extent iu the r verv infancy of manhood.—A'eie , York Herold

W hat the Farmer Wants. The farmer wants fair play with the manufacturer. lie wants the man who makes cloth to be subject to the same law of trade that he is who produces wheat. If the manufacturer is to be “protected" to the time of 50 odd per cent, from competition with foreign producers of his writes by act of Congress, levying high.duties on tlieir imp,or tation, the farmer should be “protected" to exactly the same extent on the staples which he produces, Large crops abroad have deprived the American farmer of a foreign demand for his grain. V/hcat has fallen a dollar a bushel in consequence. But have cottons mi l woolens fallen proportionately? it n ;t, why not? Simply because -a botmty of 50 {er cent., paid to the home manufacturer and levied against the foreign manufacturer, “protects" the former by preventing free competition, whereas the . former not thus protected, lias to i cope with the world unaided.— . Oaiaha He. aid.

__ I^—* - —- A Test of Loyally. — j The Cincinnati Ciazcttc is shout i ing hosanims over the fact that -; Col. Vaughn, formerly of the Ibth | Mississippi rebel r gimeui. now i editor.omTe O-eori/ oi, pn’-di-ic.-d !at Oxford in that state, has come : out in support of*the fifteenth amendment, the embodiment of Radical patriotism. What if some , northern man, who shouldered his ; musk.'t in the L'nimi army, and fought through all the long years i of the war for the -mppr. s ion of the rebellion, had cxpresso'l a de termination to oppose the adoption of the iniquitous ami revolution' ■ ary measure of th. 1 Radi.yd party, would have been ihe lan_ ;::ge of ; this super local sheet’) It would ; have aiforded it a text for a e >;i:mu i diatribe upon rebels, and *c q>pcr- ! heads. Ilow wonderfully it | ens the Lclings of those extra loy- : a! Nor'hern prints to have a “redhands I r. i>el" yiidd to the a’lv.ring i: tlueiive of the party in power.: • ■h it has the patromigc of the goy ■ ; eminent to dispense to hungry ex pectants—A' - .b'Y//;-/ LAI-i- r.

Explosive Power of ton. Among th? sights sh.aws Lv M Dfitnas during his visit to this' country, were some remarkable ex I periments with guncotton nt Woolwich. A few particulars will probably surprise our readers, di , lb avy palisade of oak timber, afoot thick, was fixed in the grotib.4, a.i 1 supported by struts ir. the 1 rear,in the usual way. Two or three disks of guc.-cotton were laid on the front < feneh tiinber a little above the ground, having a narrow .strip of wood to rest on, ami were fired by chc’ricfty. A sharp' but tremendous report fol lowed an 1 d. wn fell the palisade, the massive timbers,bein'g blown away and splintered as if tiny ware laths. What ship's side, what gate, what w.,11 can row be- regar L ed as a dcienee? A few d;s.ks ot gun cotton will blow them all awav. And if one of such disks be

fired lying on the top of a block of stone or of iron, the metal and i the stone are at once crumbled 'to powder.— CA»»ail-cr> £o:i !on Carried I n by His Kite. A young la 1 at Lake Station. Mississippi, had a very large anti beantifnl'kite presented to him. about six feet by four in size, which he attempted to raise on the 2d inst.. jus* as th? v. in 1 was i ’.creas ing an I a storm w.c threatening. The wi id drew the 's > heavily asvto drag the 1 y along also. To prevent losing the favorite, he wound the cord nronr. 1 his liody. At last the ga-t bve kit ■ and ! >y along in the rapid air currents. The boy seemed to be r.hout one hundred feel above the earth, and the kite five times that distance. At la't the young kite liicr caught in the top of a tree, and was sus pended seventy five feet above the ground. A flood of rain came on. slacking the line, abating the wind, and allowing the little sufferer to j be rescued. He was found to be unconscious, and so bruised and marred as to be scarcely recog 1 uized ; but was restored the same evening, and is now doing well —.—♦-— - - . - All races have deified woman. I All religions, excepting the Semi tic. have female gods. All the ancient mythologies recognize the fact that the feminine element# are indispensable, not only to a human being, but a perfect-godlike being. With the Greeks, wisdom and love alike were personified by” women. And how desolate would Jupiter (be without Minerva, and where would be Cupid without Venus’

Mlsceitaneonn Items. ; Vcstivins is emitting salt crysjtals. 1 Kcno has been revived in AtlanI ta, Ga., Nc t.t raj to rr ito ry—Tresidcn ti al I opinions. ; 'Wooden track railways are corrtmon in Canada. Sir Henry Bulwer has written a life of Lord Palmerston. Divorce cases are published ds “casual tics’’ in St. Louis. ' A dutiful son in California has had his father arrested for JtyParis has eaten 600 horses in a ’ year. Its commotion is a case of ■ heaves. Fashionable preachers in Paris hire their audiences at three cents ' a head.

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A I'nited Stated flagship will es- . J cort the frigate that brings Euge- ; nic hither. A cobbler is wanted at Martha’s vineyard. There are many weak ■ soles there. The Arkansas Hot Springs cure j the taste for liquor. Th it’s the p’ac? for ihe capital. The California greasers are ir- • reverently called the “chemical lahoratory-of the Almighty.’’ ! Rome, by a new census, lla.S 220,532 inhabitants; 7.4500 f them are priests, monks, and nuns. L? wi t on. Pa . lias 30 inhaldtants wlufare more than 70 years old. One of these is 104 years old. It L- estimated that there will be a sarsilu ; ■- f 1.000.00. i bushels of win at in ’die .*•> .-cmid district of Indiana, t’.il:; year. C ipm imgcn is getting up a cable s'.i'B.eription. It will take America via Iceland and Greenland. Tin? fj.'wor stem of the Century phiiit in Rochester is now IS feet high and contains 2,000 blossoms ■ lully developed. -

At Yokohama both sexes bathe t ?g■■•tlier, anti in exactly similar costume. Adam and Eve were the first to wear it. Tib? famous “!>’•;o Gown” is to ’ e sold for $30,000. During his career he bag won 16 races, and over s62,Out). Diack tongue is killing the cattle in I'loyd eaunty. Ga. Four dead deer were found in the woods killed by it. Eight days <»f wedded bliss satisfied Mr. Kellock, of New York, ami Mrs. K. now bewails his loss through the newspapers. ’ A steamboat after the American model has been placed on tlye Rhine and creates no end of astonishment among the natives. The fee of Caleb Cushing as counsel soi 4 Mexico before the Mexican claims commission is 830.C00, gold. t What is the dinercnce between very young and very old women ? The first ar? careless and happy ; the second, hairless and cappy. The Memphis cotton seed oil mills have produced about 4.000 barrels of oil during the season n>w drawing to a close. Scarcity of seed lias compelled all but one to stop.

Send your son in the world w ith good principles, a good temper, a good education and habits of industry anti order, and he will work his way. • A new Roman Catholic diocese iis to be forme 1 in Massachusetts , to embrace Worcester county and all the State west of that. It is not vet known .who is to be the ■ first bishop of Springfield. During the year- IS6S the num-ber-of letters delivered in Great Britain and Ireland was 808.118,OCO. or an average of 26 letters to each person. There are a million 1 of depos:t< rs in the postoftlce savings bank of the United Kingdom. Within the month two- planters on the Bayou Teche have contracted for residences, to be furnished at Memphis, conveyed on ttatboats and erected in Louisiana. The difference in the cost of labor and materials in Memphis and New Orleans is nearly one half. The question of annexing western Florida to Alabama is to be voted upon by ail the people of Florida, ou the 2nd of November, according to ti e Governor's proclamation. Th re are eight counties in western Florida, and they comprise the best cotton and sugar lauds ia the state. An old lady in lowa, complimented on the beauty and preservation of her teeth, ascribed it to having “bitten the snake.” She explained that in childhood her father held a rattlesnake by the head and tail nnd each of his chil--1 dren bit along the whole length of the backbone, just Indenting the skin, as a preventive of toothache and decay, and the old bdy be 1 lieves to the present in the efficacy ' of such an operation

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