Decatur Eagle, Volume 13, Number 26, Decatur, Adams County, 8 October 1869 — Page 1

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ATTORNEYS. 1 — ,— JA 111; S It. Bo|£ o, 1 A.ttorncy <*.l Lkw, • DECATUR, INDIANA. DRAWS Deeds, Mortgages and Contracts. Redeems Land and pays 3 Taxes. OFFICE--Opposite the Auditor's Office. vJOnbtf R. S.* PETKRSOA. Attorney zvt Xjcvw, DECATUR, INDIANA. I)ROMPT attention paid to all busi- . ness entrusted to his care. Is a Notary Public,anddraws Deeds, Mortgages, n and other instruments in writing, o OFFICE—In D. Studabitkeffs Law Osfice.- r = ’ ■ v!2hßßtf 11 . i> ' ' —- * DANIEL D. " Attorney «/t Xj«n7xt, HECATIR, INDIANA. AXTII-I-' practice his Profession anyv v where in Indiana or Ohio. OFFlCE—Opposite the Recorder’s Office. v!ons2tf » . ST I II A 15 .1 KK R, 1 -A-ttox-axo-y ot Uaw, fl? HIX'ATI it, INDIANA. ] TA/"ILL practice law in Adams and ud- “ joining counties; secure pensions r and other claims against.the government; buy and sell’ /cal estate; exam.ne titles r and pay tnxts, and other business pertaining to real estate agency. 1:1 23. r t PHYSICIANS. F. A. JELLEFF. W. 11. SCI!ROCK, a .1E I. LEFF &SC R R<K'K, . Physicians and burgeons, DECATUH, INDIANA. OFFIC E—On Second Street, opposite the Public Square. vßnlstf. . CHARLES L. C l Physician and Surgeon, DECATUR, INDIANA. HAVING permanently located in this place, offers his professional services tothe people of Decatur and vioinity. OFFICE—At the Burt House. 11-3 G AA DRE TV S OR«, Physician and Surgeon, i OECATI R, INDIANA. I OFFICE—Ou Second Street, over W. G.Spencer & Brothers Hardware St ore. ! ' vßu42tf. I • A. J. ERWi-A, ML D., ! Surgeon. Dispensary, Avelinc Block, v11n25 FURT WAYNE, i IND. S. C. A¥ E M . I>.v RESIDENT . Ear and Eye Surgeon, I'ORT WAYNE, INDIANA. OFFICE—South west corner Main & ■ I (.’al'ioun streets, over Drug Store. I &.w’*Artilicial Eyes inserted. 12-11 * • - -I 1. Il_ . _ l L i i i JI. 51. 51 eFO.V A E’E E.| Surgeon Dentist, bialTIR, INDIANA. -'-11 * ’>if neatly executed an■ I wa. imuied to give satisfaction. Call and examine specimens. Oi'Fli'E—Oppos'tethe Public Square, over Heller's Law office. vllh4'J ■ I —i-. REAL ESTATE JAJIES R. BOESO. Real Estate Igcnt, DIX'ATt It, INDIANA. I rpIIREETHOUSAND ACHES of good : X farming ‘ land, several Town Lots,! ; find n large quantity of wild land for . sale. If you want to buy a good farm : lie will sell it to you. If you want your I land sold he will sell it for you. No I sale, no charge. v]on6 AUCTIONEER. CH ARLES JI. FR A AV 1L A.TictioM.ocr, DECATI It. INDIANA, 4 NNOUNCES f to the public that he is | I\. a regularly. Licensed Auctioneer, I i and will attend nil Public Sales when j requested. OFFICE—In J. R. Bobo’s Law office. J. P. WAGGOAER, I.icenscd Auctioneer, r RESIDENCE, near Salem, Adams Co., I I Indiana. I’: st-Office address, Wil-| shire, Ohio. FrtY'Special attention given to crying ! public sales.» HOTELS. JI IES Si : HOUSE, I. J. MIESSE, Proprietor. Third S'., Oppo»itf the Court Ilourr, nECATUK, INDIANA. riMIE traveling public will find this 1 House a desirable stopping place. Good sample rooms. vlln'J MAIN STREET EXCHANGE. A. FREEMAN, Proprietor, IB 'fit .Vain Strrrt, nrar the Ihiblic Square, FORT WANYE, INDIANA, vllnll ■’ If II EDER 1 A HOUSE, A. J. 11. MILLS. Proprietor. : On Harr, hetrern Cojjimbia and .Vain Str.. FORT WAYNF. INDIANA. ENERAL Stage Office. Good staI bleingin connection with thishouse. I v12n25 ts MAYKR HOUSE. J. W. BULL. Proprietor, Corner of Calhoun and Wayne Streeti, IWT WAVNF, INDIANA. y!2n? z

DECATUR, IND., FIMT) A.Y OCTOBER 8 1869.

>dett SOXG. Bright eyes, soft eyes, Gazing into mine; Sweet eyes, glad eyes, Making life divine, Eyes so lull of earnest thought, Full of girlish lightness, Heaven grant no deed of mine Shall ever dim their brightness, Dear face, rosy face, Smiling all for me; Wise face, sunny face, Beautiful to see: Glad face, sad face Rounding all completeness, Never thought o. word of mine Shall wrong its holy sweetness. Glad heart, dear heart, Clinging unto mine; Brave heart, gentle heart, Knowing me all thine: Heart, oh true and worshipful! Sure io fill thy mensure, Go T will make me worthy Os thy love’s surpassing treasure. THE MORAL "LEPROSY OF GOVERSMEX GVg ICTAL. lloiv Appointments to Office are Secured—The “Middlemen"—The ol enatoßN and Cou^reNNmen—A startling -Picture ol\ Radical (oiittptlon. ii \ lll7 1 ( (he lialtiniorf UaztUt, Every day new evi--1 deuce of the moral leprosy which {pervades nearly every department I of the government in this city, fedI era! and municipal; and the more I you learn the more you wonder at the apathy and disinterestedness manifested by the people in permitting such men to retain office i as now form a majority in the leg- | islative and executive departments 1 jof the government. The dispen of the patronage, of every description, appointments to of-: {lice, giving Nut contracts, all are’ made sources of income. The i head of one of the most impor- i taut bureaus has his son with him 'who holds no position, and yet is: , •as jugular in his attendance at the ><iadlee as anwif the employes. All applicants for office in this depart > ment find it necessary to secure i the influence of tiiis young ijian ! to insure siitr/ss. It is remark t- ! ble, too. that none are successful I who neglect to see him pending: their application. 1 give this ca-e i as an illustration of a practice that. ' I prevails in every department and ' every bureau, except Hie war and navy: in all there are jirst such , “middlemen.'’ These men receive' the fees. and. of course, divide.— ' Thus, we find men in office with a salary of 000,a rear, ano who werepoo.j: when they entered upon its duties, living at the rate of six ~ I and eight thousand, and at the end of three or four years erecting a. magnificent dwelling at a cost of 818,000 or 820,00t\ for which' they pay cash. These facts are no { torious; they are not ‘•hidden un- | { dor a bushelf’ but brazenly con ■ ■ front you at every turn. The same system prevails nt “the ' I other end of the capitol.” Sena-1 tots and representatives have their i i agents; and when an American | citizen comes here on "business. ! before congress,” or with a, _re-J , position [as soon as his business is known I (ami there e always parties at i • the hotels on the look-out), lie is 'advised to see Mr so and s<>, v.ho lias unlimited iiitlucnce with the senator or representative whoseservice it is important to secure. — : i The party is seen, an arrangement jis made, an interview is secured, and. ifthe job "pays well. ’ the citizen accomplishes his purpose, i But if not, after much delay, and the using up of all his available I cash, he leaves Washington, curs I j ingthc town, the people, and par- ( ' ticiilarly the “Philistines” into whose hands he tell. These radical senators and rep-' resentatives believe the “whole concern'’ belongs to them, at least for the present, and they are mak- j ing hay “while the sun shines.” — Another use to which they put “Uncle Sam” is to make him take care of their poor relations. One senator and ex-cabinet minister (who, by the way, in the last ten years, from nothing, has accumulated over 31.000.000), has three near relatives, a father, son and daughter, in the employ of the government. —two in the interior department, and one in the treasu-. ry. The husband of the daughter is also a government clerk, and the husband of another daughter holds a like position. Here we have five members of one family supported by the government — This is only one of many instances where almost whole families air provided for at the request of senators or representatives: and

■grw—rr— ■mil- ■■ i hi n ■ while these lhave been kept in, hundreds of deserving men have been dismissed, and their families reduced to suffering, merely because they w ere obnoxious to thesp . very senators and representativeswho desired their for their ownj purposes. This is but 'one view of radical corruption. We may look “behind the scenes’ - again, and tell what we see. A Father Speaks. We seldom read an article that . hits the nail on the headv=or contains a volume in so few and plain | words, as the following which we I find in the Logan Gazette. It ' should be printed in letters of! gold, and stuck up> in every cor- { ner.—'Whois there who will not! sav “Amen” to every word ? I Mr I- Editor: —Will you allow an ’ fold man to speak to your readers! { upon a subject of interest to them i ! and to all! .If so. 1 will say, Ij v.as tl-f father <>fthree soils, one: fill!'.' grown a : ; i or ; sii arly gi-iwn.! nnd.one a little son years old.—-' {The two older boys enlisted withj the sound of the first drum, and i j the younger one was killed at the { I battle of Shiloh.—The other, my | I eldest, was killed in the last fightj ! with Hood. Thus, lam leftdeso-i late and comparatiuely helpless in i mv old age. I appeal to all if I: haven't made great sacrifices it How ain I repaid ? V.’hat do I get for the loss of my two brave boys ? Nothing! No-gold interest for me. But the Bondholders of the' i country —the men who loaned their j { money to the war. they must be! repaid, and more than repaid, and ; I must help to do it. lam taxed j upon everything I use f<>r their' benefit—and they are mot taxed up { on their bonds. Is this fair—is it! just? I ..ppeal to my fellow cit ' - izens. Is there a bondholder in! 'America, who, for the sum he lias! invested in bonds, sacrificed tw o , : noble sons—agree to have them I ; shot down as my poor boys were. ‘ , upon the field of battle. If so, I i will be pleased to hear from him. I Fi.ia.Hy, I have s.icr.li «•! two, ' sons, dear to me both <>t" them as I Imy own now I demand! that those who only loaned money' ,to the country in her need, shall j i offset it against the lives of those ! that were given away in the same i i cause —against the blood that wasi ! shod for it. Give me back my sons. Messrs, j Bondholders, my sons that were slain in the war. or else cense to I ! oppress m 3 with taxes for the { restoration of the money you loan ! ' cd. God knows, 1 owe you noth- ; iug injustice! Your sacrifice, (iti von never get another cent of; your money) is no comparison to< urine. If I held every U. S. bond to day, ever issued bv the Govern { ment —oh 1 how gladly would 1 give them all tor the restoration to I ! life, and my heart again, of even i I one of mv boys. And what father! j would not. A (Generation. A generation is the. interval of. j time that .elapsed between the birth { ' of a father and the birth of a son. ! and was generally used in com-1, : puting considerable periods of| tiine, both in sacred and profane I history. The interval of a’gener : ation is consemientlx '"iWlß'tfi. auU* depends on the stand . ard of liuimin lif?. mid whether lb.?; ■ generations arc reckoned by eldest.' mobile, or voungest sons. I'lirr * tv tTFiee years have m’i dly been i allowed as the mean length of a generation, or three generations, fotA'very hundred years, in coin j ' piling pedigrees, groat attention is; neeessarv to the number of eener ations in any given period, ns they form a guide to thg probability pi persons having sprung from any j particular individual. A Legend. i The favorite of a Sultan threw a { stone at a poor Dervise, who had ' requested alms. The insulted Santon dare not complain, but care ; fully searched and preserved the i i pebble, promising hiinself hep i should find an opportunity, soon-: i er or later, to throw it. in his turn.' i at the imperious and pitiless :| wretch. Some time after he was ; told that the favorite was disgrac < ed. mid, by order of the Sultan, j led through the streets on a camel, i exposed iy the insults of the )H>pu-j | lace. On hearing this, he ran to , , fetch his pebble, but after amo < inent's reflection, cast it into a , well. “I now proceive," said he. ' i “that we ought never to seek re ? ! vengo when our enemy is power <' ful. for then it is imprudent; nor' when he is involved in calamity. 1 for then it is mean and cruel.” It is enough to make one's mouth pucker to hear that the Soutncrn persimmon crop was nev- ' er bet ter.

asaaww^THi nmr n■ m >=mißQraKg.Ti- an in u i Tattlers and Tattling. The disposition to pry into the privacy of domestic life is, nnfot"j innately, very common, and is al : ways dishonorable. The appetite I for such knowledge is to be regarded as morbid, and the indulgence of it disgraceful. A family has sacred rights to privacy. In guarding the delicate relations of the ; household, secrecy become a virtue Even if by chance the private affairs of a household are .laid ‘ open to a stranger, honor will require him to turn from them, and ' lif a knowledge of them should be i forced upon him, they should be . j locked in a sacred silence. A i doubly obligation of silence and I secrecy rests upon one who is a I guest in a household. The turpi-, ■ thde of a betrayal of fa: dly histoi ry by a visitor is far greater than w, I theft would lie. To pocket half a ’ doz •!! silver spoons v-< mid do far, i less damage, produce far less suf i-,... v.,< i nmorul than jtulci Uoig. I. i>at icg ; dnlous that it should d»*gra Ic a I person and put him out of -ociety. : To betray the secrets of a house- ' ! hold is not on'y an odious immor- I ‘ ality, tint it is a shame to be on | good terms with those, who are t : known to commit such outrages l They are miscreants. They - put I themselves out of the pale of decent society. They should be treated as moral Outlaws. Those hungry eyed wretches who sit in • the unsuspicious circle of parents land children, treasuring their j words, spying their weaknesses. ' I misinterpreting the innocent liberi ties of the household, and then run j from house to house with their , shameless news, are worse than ' poi soners of wells, or burners of j houses. They poison the faith of man in man. If one man, opens I i his mouth tell you such things with i all your might smite him in the face! Then- a<e‘ two n?tb»ns ' i which justify you in instantly I knocking a man down ; the one is I the act of pointing a gun at you in 1 sport, and the other is thoatteinpi ito tell you a secret which it is di->-I graceful for him to get. and for ; ycu to hear. Make no terms with • | stich people. Talebearers have no I rights. They are common one- ‘ : mies to good men. Hunt, harry ! and hound them out of society !— I They are the worst of pests save I 1 one, and that is. the listener to the i I tale bearer There could be no | I tattling if there were none io hear llt takes an ear and a tongue to j make a scandal. Greedy listen-i ' ing is as dishonorable as nimble ; tattling. The car is theppen mar ket where the tomige‘ , sells its illi gotten wares. Some there are “'who will not repeat what they have i I heard, but they are willing to listen to it. They'will not trade in con i trabaml goods, but they will buv I enough of the smuggler for family use! These respectable listeners I are the patrons of tattlers. -It is ! the ready market that makes talej bearing brisk. It is a sham-’ to listen to ill of your ncighb >r — , Christian benevolence demands ' that you do not love ill news. -A I dean heart at d a true honor re- ' joiee in kindly things. It should be a pain and a sorrow to know ot anything that degrade your neighbor in your eyes, even if he is your enemv. how much more if he i< frien I r—//mow BV-.-d/E< .'Aer. ’ An Otd Nation Combated. Frnilms stiffer in health, and dwellings 're i d irc.l. by the foolish practice of evaporating water in e.mn etion with st »ve< an I far naces. No family should allow several nailstul of water to be -changed intc vapor every week, to hang in the atmosphere of ’ rooms, and impigne upon fnrni tare and walls A pailful of wa ter makes seventeen hundred an I twenty-eight pailstu! of steam — What an atmosphere this must produce for human beings to live ‘ in! Is it natural? Is it pleasant ? Is it healthful? No. We have always found the * most cases of croup, influenza, rheumatism and coughs, in families who entertain the erroneous and vulgar idea that much moisture is essential to health. A better system of ventil ation, a more careful adjustment | of temperature Fs what is wanted < in our dwellings*—not an abnormal steam-impregnated atmosphere.— Dr. E. JLtrcyi Jwnal of ChemMry. —— — Edward Welts, one of the large , tl Miners and best citizens of Jack- , s »nville, Illinois, publicly cowhid ed Joshua Sprague, a wealthy citi zeu of that place, and an old man seven*y six years old, who had eh- I ticed Well's little daughter into his house for base purposes. Young women should set good examples, for the young men are always following them

Anti-Petticoat. b Mr. Horace Bushnell has been using his leisure hours to get up a theory about woman’s rights, and is flatly opposed to that of the Sorosis and their English advocate, John Stuart Mill, whose views,; on the subject have been sensibly® colored by the fact of his having had a very charming, highly intel lectiial wife, whose sympathies went out to that hall of the human i ' race whom she had taught herself to regard as “passing through life j ■ in forced subordination to the other half.’’ It is a little curious to ; see a phrase like this from the pen ■of a woman whom we kno w to have been so entirely happy and f ortunate in her lot in life that one Js surpriaedJLij' thi-ikof her sympathizing with and- moralizing over , her less fortunate sisters ; the loved and shielded Sarahs of the: world rarely trouble thctns<dxes to remember the Hagers i;i the wilderness—an 1 while -me is not call .cl Tip.>n to agree with lie-rin think- , i:r; t'ia f bondage, which to most women is Ume< liberty.* tribute should be paid to her unselfish im s< and large hearUslncss. Mr. Bushnell’s argum nts are novel .and well put, and he disposes ad . miralflv of one vt x-d question by asserting that diif -renees do not ■ constitute inequalities, and therefore can not prove the inferiorly ; or superiority of the one sex ov> r the other. He thinks that there i is no special dignity in the posses- ’ d m of suffrage by either men or ■ women, predicts its eventful d >wn i fall, and deprecates the prophetic pictures which he sketches of wo- , men polling, canvassing and covering themselves with the mire of politics generally. It is really i painful,though, to live in sn age: I wh«n all ones historical prejudices may be upset any day, when Herod ’ may shine forth as ti-e-benevolent i patron ot^siiiidhood : Ifeury VIII ; I>-Min upon cur ast niid;. 1 gaze as 1 a model though slightly henpecked midland; Matw cf Scots and Pan i: m ; r iven to be ugly w .men. i- i-r<E» B Tgia an injnre I saint, an I g if.llv. go >d Queen Bess described by Mr. Bushnell as a coarse intriguant, a weak ruler, I odious in her life, and only endnr < able in her death because, forsooth she made way f >r a man ! Story ofa Stage Driver. 1 once knew a man who, though now in wealth, was once a stagedriver, of whom I" will here relate an incident: He was striving to make a con- I n. ction for the sake of a large load . I of passengees which lie was carry- ; ing, and he broke down not far ' from the dwelling of an old curmudgeon. The driver- went to borrow his lumber wagon, to take Ids passengers on w ith. The man was absent from home, and his wife refused t > lend the wagon. ••You are perfectly right, mad Rin,” said the driver, “but I must have it. I shall lake it. and I will settle with your husband for it when he returns ” He took it, used it, and brought it back in good order. When he ; came to settle for it. the man met him fall of auger, and thunderous with rage. After some expostulations. he said: “I have come to settle with you for the wagon." "Well you shall," said the num '-What shall 1 pay you for t'.u use of it an hour er two.” ‘•You shalhpuy me B”>d." llemadcrno objection to the charge, hnud. l the man -Sat*, shook hands with him in th ’ b good nature, and then mounted his coach and rode off. I:i> passengers protesting against his yielding to su h an evorbilr.nt demand. Two or three, weeks afterward lie found this man hanging about his hoarding house, ami said to him—“G iod morning, sir.” Said the man—‘•l came to see you about that wagon.” i “1 thought I paid for it. How much do you want ?” That money has burned me ever since I took it from you. Here's i your 350 —I can t keep it.” It was with ditllculty that he ; could.be made to accept about 3•>- I a fair price for his wagon. When the neighbors heard the story and looked at the affair from begin niiig t > enJ, thev said—--Was not that the best way. aft- ' er all? Was it not beautiful?” I A Jarn dei h-sn-e is describetl as i being an imlosed piece of outdoors. There are verandahs eve ry where, and there are doors and windows innumerable, and there i are doors and windows innumer i, able, and where there ough tto be solid walls the whole side of the house is made to open and shut by an arrangement of green blinds.

nny nnr iff iiiiii r■ i !■——iiHMil A CAXMSSAL, LANCII. Cold French Soldier In Every Style. i The London T)(tih/ i “If any of us look forward to bo eaten by cannibals, he may wish to he informed how he is to be cooked. It is a comfort to know that tne savages who may devour him arc by no means devoid of refinement in their culinary disposition. Some French soldiers-were lately takf.i prisoners by the Kanaks. and one of them was killed and eaten. His comrads describe the process. The Kamiks first decapitate their victim ; a matter of ( no small difficulty, considering the bluntness of their hatchets. Ten to fifteen blows are necessary.— ; The body is then hung up to a tree by the feet, and the blood allowed to run out for an hour.— Meanwhile, a hole a yard and and a-half deep and a yard wide is dug in the ground. The hole is lined with stones, and then in the midst <>f them a fire is lighted. When the wood is btifn-e 1 down a little and glows .with.heat, it is covered over .with more stones. The man : is then cleaiied out and divided in'to pieces about a foot long, the hands and feet being thrown away as worthless. The p eces of the inmi ar ■ pfimed on the leaves of a large ro-e tree.peculiar to- the tropics. I’he meat is surrounded by cocoa mats, banna. and spine pth vr plants noted for their delicate flavor. The whole is then tied together firmly ; lire fire is removed from the pit : the meat is placed in ' among the hot stones, and thus, careft.!^' covered, is left to cook for an n rir. W >men do not par* take of this warriors’ feast. Men : alone are -permitted to enjoy so . great an honor and so rare a delicacy." ———<>——— A Successful Career. ——— In the early rush to California, a poor boy, named Charles Crocker, crossed the Missouri with an ox team at Omaha, on his toilsome overland journey to the new gold regions. Last Friday—nineteen years afterward to day—he arrived at Omaha on his first return visit to his old Eastern home. He came accompanied by his family, in his own special car, for he is now superintendent of the Central Pacific Railroad, and every mile of it has been built under his supervision. He may well feel an honorable pride in the great work with which he has been so closely identified. His party were four days from Sacramento to Omaha; and on arriving there delighted the citizens with blooming flowers, and feasted them upon berries, oranges, and luscious cherries from California, brought upon Alaska ice, 1,800 miles, through the green valleys of the Pacific slope, and through the lingering snow-drifts of the Rocky Mountains. It seems like a story from the Arabian Nights. ———<>—— There arc pro’ rblv no larger fee* in the world ti an those of which the strong minted women of this country are attached. While these roaring female lions were at Cincinnati, last week, the sizes of the shoes they wear wcreascerj tained by an enterprising reporter. Mrs. Phelps wears fonrtecns, Miss Susan. B. Anthony elevens, Mrs. Elizabeth Cad\ Stanton eights, mid Mrs Norton sevens. A pair of i uch feet would answer admirably f>r the pedestals of a couple of Bunker Hill monuments. The ; high price of leather in this country is no longer .7 m; stery. Each of these women ought to have a , tanyard or two or her own. - ■ An able writer gives the following valuable secret: " I’he looking forward to enjoyment don't pay. For what I know of it, I would ss.sooti chase butterflies for a living, or bottle moonshine for a cloudy night —rhe only way to be happy is to take the drops of happiness as Go I give them to us every day of Our lives. Tao boy must learn to be'trappy while he is learning his trade; the merchant while he is making his fortune. If he fails to learn this art, he will be sure to miss his enjoyment when he gains what he has sighed for. — ♦ —I — Dutchman—“Goot mo r rer. Pat; how vou "tuz ?” Irishman— ‘The topo’ theiuorning till ye, Smitt; d’ye think we’ll get rain the day Dutchman—“Kess no ; v& never hash mooch rain in der dry dime.” Irishman—“ Faith, an' ye'r right . there. Smitt. an' thin whinever it gits in the way o' rainin' the ditil a bit o' dhry wither will «c git as long-as the wet spell howlds.” The most fashionable colors io gloves for autumn wear will be ruby garnet, maroon and a new shade of green, and the medium autumn tints; the moss green in gloves is a color that can be worn with other color, but the other oolors can not* * — — ll Goodness —We should not dethe goodness of the world ,if do not hapfien To see it immediately around us. The atmosphere is still blue, though so much of it as is inclose! incur apartments is colorless

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