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DECATUR EAGLE. IS ISSUED EVERT THURSDAY MORNING, BY A . .1. HILL, I EDITOR, PUBLISHER AND PROPRIETOR. OFFICE—On Second Street, in Patterson's building, over’the Drug Store. Terms r of Subscription: One copy, one year, in advance. $1 00 If paid within the year, 1 50 If not paid until the year ha« expired, 2On «, D’No paper will be discontii ued until all Rrcvrages are paid except at the option of the Publishers. Terms of Advertising: O-n> square,(ten line”) three insertions, $1 00 ■ {■kch subsequent insertion, 25 D'No advertisement will be considered less than one square; over one square will be counted and charged as two; over two. as three, etc. H LT"A liberal discount, from the above rates,, made on all advertisements inserted for a period longer 1 hree months. U The above rates will be strictly adhered to under all > ircumstances. JOB PRINTING: We are prepared to do all kinds of job-work. in a neat and workmanlike manner,on themot reasonable terms. Our material for the Completion of Job-Work, beinv new and of the lat pst styles, we feel confident that satisfaction can be gi ven. [From the London Punch J A HOAR FHOH JOHN BULL. 1 am a Bull, a quiet Bull; Wish not »o quarrel any more: No lambkin milder walks in wool; Until provok’d, I never gore: And that's just why, when forced to fight To push and toss [ do not cease, With all my soul and strength and might, Until I re-established peace. A Dull I am begirt with brutes, Wolves, bears, and tigers, beasts of prey, 1 wish they’d mind their own pursuits, And not kevp gutting in my way, My aim is ever to stand clear Os all concerns with their affairs, But not a jot I’ll yield, for fear Os any tigers, wolves and bears. Ti... -• —n i P'oii’llikd it. oh! how could I hey be ?sr.ch stupid creatures as to try, To injure and impose on nr. ? They’ve seen what 1 can bear and spend, Aggressive insolence t<. stem. War 1 should rue, but, to the end, * f would he a great deal worse for them Would aliens only not molest Mt, and each other leave alone. No more for self-defense as.*?st>ed Should I beneath taxation groan, On this side or that, or t’ohvr side, Some neighbor always mcnanced by, Armed to the tecih. I’m forced to bide, Oh! what an ill use 1801 l am I. | Worrun «h n!d set good ( Xinipb**, lor I the men ar? alv ays following them. What is the difference between a fit s and a document? Ans—One has claws | nt the end of its paws, and the other his , pauses at (h<* end of it« clauses. ‘Mister, how do you sell your beef this morning?’ ‘Why, fourteen cents a pound, how much will you have?’ ‘Fourteen cents, eh? Have you got a ■ heart?’ •No—just sold it.’ ‘Well, I jist knowed you cou’dn’t I bev a heart, and ax fourteen cents for Ileef.’ A'ccepting a Tract—A colporteur ’zome.time ago, when engaged in distribt’U'.ir.g tracts among the poor benighted ’ones about town, met with an arousing itncident. Coming to an isolated building of humble pretensions on the common, he opened the door without ceremony of knocking, saying: ‘■Will you accept a tract of the Holy Land?” meaning the four pages of letterpress he had in his hand. The man of! the house instantly replied: ‘Yes, be jabers, a whole section if you «ive a good title. But I’d like to know if there be much prairie or ague there to bother a poor devil.” -ii * iii _ * New Discoveries.—A pair of spectacles to suit the eyes of potatoes. A stick to measure narrow escapes. I ’ The hook and line with which an angler caught a cold. An umbrella used in the rain of tyrants. A knot from the board a man paid twenty shillings a week for,

Camp Correspondence. Camp Wickliefe Kentucky ) I January 27th 1862 j i Editor Eagle: — A (ter an almost unini terrupted rain of nearly three weeks du ration, we are once more blessed with fair weather. “Old Kentuck” goes it whole hog or none in the wet weathet line. 1 don’t believe there was an intermission of two hours during the whole ime that it did not rain, or at least sprinkle, very frequently pouring down as though that was its last chance an 1 wished to make the most ot it. We were not in a very enviable condition, as the rain continually dashed through our tents rendering us cold and dreary, wet. comfortless, gloomv — please imagine the rest and save me a hard task. One naturally would come to the coni elusion that a great deal of sickness even death, must have been prevalent in our ranks, hut our boys stood it like heroes Though there were a few cases of illness, as a matter of course, yet ihe last few days have wrought wonders; the warm, dry weather has been shelter remedy lor the unwell then even Aesculapius himself coul I have prescribed. O.ir company is all right, enjoying good health, with the Reception of Lieut. Weimer, who continues to be an inmate pl the hospital at Bardstown. He will probably resign, an event which if it should take place would ba deplored by the whole company, as he has endeared himself to all by his kindness, integrity am! affectionate disposition As a general thing, take everything into consideration, the health of the regiment, as well as our own company has been most i xevllent, only three having died since its first organiz itfon, not one of which was from Adams county. We are constantly in receipt of letter directed to Co B This is a mistake wnieh probably originated in my letter r- , > ..... .5i.,..!,. n,|-. 1C j llc h a direction is given. the letter ot our croup any is ‘C.” We are the color Co., occupying ! the most enviable, the most honorable, but aLo the most dangerous position in ithu whole battalion, as it is directly in the center. Oar friends at home will hereafter please direct accordingly. IL w soon, for what point, or whether we leave here at all is more than I am ibletos iy, but am sure of one thing, ; the boys are all anxious to depart for a ' place affording some chance of coming in contact with the rebels. Ail are tired of inactivity nnd the mo.iotonv of idle ! camp li’e, and are ns eager for an exchange of shots with the enemy, as they would be brave and true sheulil the much prayed for opportunity offer. Some 1 think the dance at Bowling Green will soon begin ami we will he called upon to make some use of the music in our cartlidge boxes on that occasion. Others' think we will lay here until discharged, and go home without, smdhng powder.— I'his would be worse than . As glad and delighted as we would be to see peace nnd prosperity once more reign I supremely and speedily in the whole Union. yet do we not wish to return to Adams county without having a little brush with the chivalry ” One more thing, which I have nearly forgotton. The idea seems to be prevalent with some of our friends at home that they cannot write to us unless we are permanently stationed somewhere, ' that their letters will be lost, unless they reach us before we move further. No I such thing. All letters and papers will be sent after us, no matter where we are. Flease take notice. i Au renoir. G. CHRISTEN. Camp Wickliffe, Larue Co Ky J February 2d 1862. j Editor Eagle: — A favorable oppoitunity presents itself to send you a lew lines by private conveyance. Mr. Wm. Vance has been appointed recruiting officer for Decatur and surrounding country, and as he starts from here early to-mor-row morning, nnd not wishing to trust this to the certain uncertainty of the mail, I am compelled to break the Sabbath. I hope my good Christian friends st home will forgive me for this transgression, but I assure them it was a pure case of emer-

“Otr Country’s Good shall ever be our Aim—Willing to Praise and not afraid to Blame.”

DECATUI!, ADAMS COUNTV, INDIANA, FEB. 13. 1862.

gency, and it is said “necessity breaks iron.” i Everything here indicates a forward movement in a few days. Our sick were for the most part conveyed back to the Louisville hospital yesterday, where they will either receive medical treatment, a furlcugh or a discharge, as the case of ‘ . I the patient may demand. Only three ' of them belonged to our company, corporal Samuel Smith, George Troutner and Lorenzo Avery, the first and last of whom ' have been sick for a few days with some sort of fever, the other one with weakness of the Lungs. The following will be 1 transported there, or to the barracks, a few miles on the other side of New Haven. 1 to morrow John M. Ray, Dennis Ar.dsrs and probably Josiah Carpenter; complaint consumption. 1 The boys are growling about their pay, land not without cause, we have been in the service four mouths and “nary red” received yet, though the regulation of. the at my distinctly says "the troops will ■ be paid in such mnnner that the arrears shall at no tiros exceed two months.— ■The paymaster his arrived hare every week for the last two months, bu* somehow we have not seen him yet. We are in want of postage stamps more than anyl ! tiling else, they can’t be had lot love or i money. Will noisome kind svmpathi I zing patriot, and reader ol the Eagle, fa- ' vor me with a doz n or two? Cap'.. Dailey, as well as Lieut. Weimer, have resigned. Nearly every company ’ officer of the regiment is following suit.— A forward movement is contemplated drc. 'i G. CHRISTEN. — . .Much Ado About Nothing. By the next European arrival it will be- . clearly known, we apprehend, that the news of the imminent probability of a coalition betwet n England, France anil Spain, for an armed interference with tht United States blockade of their Siyithero | Coast. IS Utterly untrue This pret-nse of the news is based on the disapproval lof the sinking of stonel>id<-n vessels in : some of the small entrances, and o’ the , war for the emancipation of the slaves, which, it is falsely alleged, our Government is about to inaugurate. It is nothi ing more than “bogus news,” gotten up by the emissaries of secession in London and Faris, on the eve of the sailing of the ; j last-arrived English steamer, so ns that' ; there would not be time for its due contradiction to come over to the United, , States with it. Alter laborious investigation we are a- ; iila to assure the public that instead ol their being foundation for such a story,! the official dlspafcl.es received both by I the legations here of the powers named | above and our own Government by the i two Inst arrivals, indicate Chat the happy ■ settleme t of the Trent difficulty has en- 1 'irely removed any possibility of a collision between the United Slates and either or all of those governments growing out of anything past, connected with our current war. We have every reason to believe that not only Lord John Russel, but Mr. Thouvenal, tha French Minister of Foreign Affaire, has caused his congratulation to 1 be sent to the President and Secretary of State upon their happy and prompt removal of the cause of possible hostilities, and . that England’s official messages with reference to the so called “stone blockade” | have been couched in the most friendly language, and in like tone and temper.— And, further, that the official replies to them have been such as will be raceived in a manner as trank and friendly. If it is not already known in London ! and Paris that the “stone blockade” is a mere temporary closing up of small unimportant and until recently unused channels, it soon will be. The misrepresents■ tion of the character of those channels, i and the purpose and acts of this Government c rr.necled with their temporary ob- 1 struction. industriously injected into En- I glish and French newspapers by writers 1 under the pay of the rebels, has doubtless j alone induced the English authorities to give the occurence a second thought which misrepresentation has already been set at rest. We have only to add, that at no time 1 since the rebellion commenced have our relations with France and England been] in a more satisfactory condition, unless' both those Government arer playing un i unscrupulous game of -faLa pretenses In their official intercourse with ours, entire ly foreign to their character, a game hitherto unknown in the history of any ciyiL ized government in the world. Knowing w. ll the high personal character ol Napoleon 111, as well as that of Lord John Russell, in the fa® of their so recent demonstrations of entire kindlv

relations and seniim-nts toward the Uni-i | ted States, we reject,, as wholly false, the efforts made by the Secession ‘‘Shiffers” of the writers for the English and French press, to generate the belief that the authorities of those countries are playing the parts o’ u'terlv characterless men in their intercourse with our Government. [From the New York Herald, February 2 ] I’tiria Correspondence. Paris, Januar 17, 1862 Our political circles are busily occupied discussing the suppression of Mr Sewards dispatch of the 10th of November by , the Palmerston Cabinet. Her policy has ever been one ol direct and infamv. One thing is apparant by the course taken by the London News in this matter. E irl Russell must have disapproved of such conduct as the suppression of so important a dispatch. His organ (the London News) proves this. The world will not judge at their true standard the viutings of the London Times and Post. They knew before hand there was no danger, and so they boasted nnd bullied. It is a great satisfaction to know that the braggarts are exposed, and the majoriiv of the London press smites them for thsir vil lany. It is to bs remarked that the •Palmerston organs, Times, and Post, still continue their insolent attacks upon the United Mates Government. This proceeds from ■ the fact that with Palmerston it is sink or swim, and with them peace is death, ’ and war life and continuance of power. I’hat is, they fondly hope so; whereas it is plain to all that the Palmerston Cabinet mu<t tall, tho opposition has now so grand a cause of complaint. I am in the possession of information which establishes beyond a doubt, that this Government is bent upon the recognition of the South. Il has within the hist two weeks repeatedly urged this course upon England, and may succeed jin persuading iba Palmerston Cabinet to J meet its views. The Washington Gov eminent must arm at once, coast defenses must be attended to, and above all a strong,' efficient navy be at once equipped, i The En; lish G overoment continues . sending immense munitions and large i f<>< sto Canada, and war is by no means. -i ov vei averted As a sign of the times, I may state that ‘ a brochure, entitled “The R u cognition of the Sotoh,” will appear to-morrow at , Denton's, the publisher of govermentid pamphlets, and that this new brochure is ostensibly the work ol M. Grandguillot, editor of the Pays, hut is in reality the work of some Goveinment scribe, and is fathered by Grandguillot ns a Well recog i nizi’d servant of Persignys administration, i 0’ Course, the brochure, is but a straw to see which way the popular breeze blows. !Il it is successful, so much the better; if I not, no more will be said. It will have been ascertained that the public is unfavorable to such conclusions as ara come >to by the wilier. Ol course, it is useless to add that the work in question is inimii cal to tha North. The danger is 'hat from exasperation, lan I as a last effort to retain power, the St. J > ones Cabinet may seek to urge a war upon you. Let us hope vou will be prepared for all emergencies. Let me urge jon you again and again not to place relian ;e upon any good will that France may be supposed to lee] toward you Iler present ruiers are your enem.es. Beware of France. She will surely act with En .gland against you. Any one in America will see how great is the enmity of the English Government by their conduct in the case of the Tuscarora. Tne articles in the London Post upon that subject will shock all right minded men. The organ can not help displaying its anger at the complete blockade of the Nashville and takes the captain to task (or having been so dilatory. It is a satisfaction to know that ere long those represented by 1 the Post will no longer be in power. All ■ honor to those London journals which have so pertinaciously espoused the cause of the United Spates Government, and, above all, honor to '.hat great statesman, Mr. Gladstone, for his discourse upon the subject. It is evident that Earl Russell j and himself aro free from the odium which noir devolves upon the rest of the J Cabinet for the suppression of that dispatch. Here matters are, if possible, worse than ever. In Lyons the distress of the working classes has become so great that the Paris journals are now soliciting subl scriptions tor their relief. In all other of the manufacturing districts the same distress prevails. [ ■ M I ■' Rumored Fight nt Roanoke Island and I’efeat of the Federals. Fortress Monroe, February 8. — A lady who ca.ne by the flag of truce today, said that Gen. Hugi-r informed her he had received < dispatch from Roanoke Island that the Federal forces had been twice repulsed from there. The attack commenced, yesterday morning, and the fight was still going on wb« n the latest news was received.

BRILLIANT NAVAL VICTORY. | Fort Henry Cnptured by our Gnabonis Cairo, Feb 7 The gunboats Cincinnati!, St Louis and Ess< x have just returned from the rebel Fort Henry on ths Tennessee river. The Stars and Stripes now wave over that place. j Yesterday al 12:30 P. M. the gunboats Cincinnati!, St. L >uis, Carondolet and Essex, the Tyler, Conestoga and L'X ington bringing up the rear, advanced boldly against the rrhel works, going to the right of Painter Creek Island, immediate ly above which on the east shore ot the river, stand the fori'fi'atiors, and keeping consequently out of range till thev arrived at the head of the Island us witbin a mile of tb.e enemy. They pas sed the Island in full view of the rebel guns; they steadily advanced, every n an at quarters, every eje strained to catch the fl rg-officer’s signal gun for the commencement of the action. Our fine of battle was on the left, (he St. Louis next, tho Carondolet nt xt; the Cincinnati for tho time being the flagship, having on board Fing Officer A. H Foote; mx' the Essex We advanced in line, the Cin. a boat’s length in advance, when, at 12 30 she opened the ball, and immediately the three accompanying boats followed suit. The enemy were not backward, gave an i admirable response, and the fight raged furiously for a half hour. IVp steadily advanced, receiving and returning storms of shot and shell. On getting within three hundred yards of their works wa came to a stand, nnd poured inio them right nnd left. It was magnificent to j hear the whistling shot, the chugs of the zip, zips, and the cheering of our men as our shots .ook evident effect. In the meantime the Essex had been disabled and drifted away from the scene j of the engagement, leaving the Cincinnati Carondolet and St. Louis alone engaged. At length, at precisely 1 4t>, t ! >« m- my struck his flag, and such cheering, such wihl excitement as seized the throats and arms and caps, of the four'or five hundred sailors of the gunboats—will, imagine it! A'"ter the surrender, which was made ; to flag officer Foote by the rebel Getti ral Ti’gliam, wh'o diffenderf 'his fort in a- most determined manner, we found that the, ' reb-l infantry encatbpmenf, to the number of some 4 000 or 5,000, outside the ’ortifientions, had cut and run, leaving the rebel artillery company in command o’ the fort to their fate The fort mounted seventeen guns, most - Iv 32 and 24 pounders; one, however, a magnificent 10 inch Columbiad. They claim to have had but eleven effective guns, worked by fifty four men-the number mH told of our prisoners. Our shots dismounted two of these enemy’s guns, driving them from their embrasures, tore their embankments, and played smash with them gennerally. They lost fixe killed, and some ten badly wounded.— One of their riflad guns, a 32 poun- er, burst during the engagement, badly wounding one of their gunners, but kill ing none. Capt. Taylor of Nashville, rebel com mander of the Fort Artillery company, is now our prisoner. He says this 32 j pounder is the gun that did their chief firing. Watts, formerly of Cincinnati, a-d of Mason county, Kv., of the firm of Watts ifc Colhurn. who was their ordinance officer, is now our prisoner. The infantry tied from their quarters, leaving bag and baggage. A vast deal ol plunder has fallen into our bauds, and a large nnd valuable quantity of ordnance stores. Tilghman is disheartened, and thinks it one ol the most damaging blows of the war In surrendering to the flag officer the rebel genera] remarked: “I am glad to surrender 'o so gallant an officer” Flag;officer Foote replied: "You do perfectly right, sir, in surrendering, but you should have blown my boats out of the water before I would have surrendered to y >u.” The land force, under command of General Grant, did not arrive at the fort till after the rebels had surrendered, and ' their army escaped. Our gunboats did splendid fighting- I can make no distinctions. The Cincintiati, however, was in the lead and flying the flag officer’s pennant, ■ the enemy’s chief mark. Flag Officer Foote and Capt S'enrbel crowded her defiantly into the teeth ol the enem ’s guns Sue got thirty-one shots, some of them going through and through her. She ex pended 110 shots. The Essex was badly cri pled. When about half way through the tight and crowding with a splendid heroism steadilv against the < uerny, a bail went into her port side forward, but passing throu’ the heavy bulkhead and squsreiy through one of her boilers, the escaping steam scalded and killed several of her crew, ! and bi.div wounded many more Capt. Porter, his aid, J. P. Britton, Jr., and 1 Paynrastor L-wis, w< re su tiding oh a di- | rent line with that of the bell'* passing. Brittan being in the center of the group.

I The shot struck pnor Britton on the top ' of his head, scattering his brains and blood in every direction The escaping steam went into the pilot-house, qn.ickfv killing the two pilots, Ford and Me Bridw Many of the sailors at the rush Os steam jumped overboard and wer» drowned A detachment of one of ihe Indiana i R"gim< nts, taken on the Essex just before engaging the enemy, to act as sharp | shooters under command of Daniel Trotter, I. s’ some of their men, David Wilson the gun Captain, being mortally wounded nt the time. There Wi re no castialilies on bord the St. Lauis or Carondolet, though the shot and shell tell upon them as rain. The St. Louis was commanded by Cap’. Leonaad Paulding. who personally stood upon the gun deck and fought the guns to the last. Not a man flinched and with cheer upon cheer we sen: :l.e zip. zip zips, among the eaerny. Tile St. Louis received seven shots ane expanded 106 I have not been upon the Carondolet, she vet being at the fort. I cannot say what damage was done he -. She was near to our boat, however, and stood splendidly up to the work. Capt. Walker’s shot were neither few nor far between. The nbtnber of killed and wounded on the gunboats was 32 Five or six of this number were lost by jumping overboard. We have not lost nitre than half a dozen of the land soldiers, if so many. There was no fighting on the pstt of the land forces, except tha: of firing upon the fl-eing foe. Thousands of shot guns, and all their camp equipments, clothing—in fact every- ' thing connected with an extensive camp 1 fell into our hands. In addition to the cannon captured in the fort, the land forces captured eight 1 pieces of field artillery from the flying j rebels. They are brass guns—six-pound--1 ers—nnd splendid pieces All the prisoners taken, abot 100 have been st nt to Cairo. The amount of property captured will greatly exceed a million of dollars. Expulsion of Hon. Jesse D. R-igbi. Washington. Feb, 5 ‘ • The great event expected to coma off in the Senate today attracted to the Capitol immense crowds of spectators Every available particle of room which could contain a looker on wns occupied. Th« entire chamber was jammed long before the hour of meeting. Previous to the expulsion Mr. Bright spoke at length, say ing he had ever voted tor peace, and never gave a sectional vote. Every impulse of his heart was given to his country, and he yielded to no man in his attachment to it. If he should be turned out, he would put him self on trial before a tribunal who should be found just. He would submit to tha people of Indiana the question of right or wrong in this case. He had no part in the movement for the disruption of the Union; but he would leave the p-ople to decide ihe question of his guilt or innocence. Immediately after the conclusion of his speech Mr. Bright left the Senate Chamber. AV hen the vote was taken, and it was ascertained that two-third< of rhe Senators voted for expulsion, shouts of ap pbiuse greeted the announcement bv th President that (he resolution had a constitutional majority, nnd that Jesse I). Bright wns no longer a member of the A- x uieHcan Senato. / How n Rebel Genernl Bit his Own Nose Off. The Rolla correspondent of tne St. Louis Democrat, relates the following good story at Gen. Rains’ expesne: It appears he had a tenant on his farm who was a staunch Union man. The latter had given his notes to Rains, and Mrs Rains held tin m for safe keeping Th tenant, in order to save his hay and grai 8 raised by him on I is farm, went to Mrs. Rains and made a delivery of the above articles, and took up the notes. Meantime Rains, wishing to replenish his demmissnry department from the Union meh, hinted one day to a foraging party the fact that a good haul would he made oil Ihe premises of Mr. , his own tenant. (The articles were forthwith confiscated, agreeable to Rains’ suggestion—the point of the joke consisting in this, that Rains unwittingly sacrificed his own property for the rebel cruse. Skirmish on the Potomac. Washington. February 7—General Pmith telegraphed to-day that a portion of his rr oiment engaged the enemy near Flint Hill, near Fairfax Court-house, and captured thirteen Sedeesion pickets, his scouts captured five prisoners belonging to First Virginia Cavalry. A detachment also captured four rebels belofiging to First North Carolina Regiment. The War Department received dispat- . chts that Gen Lander now occupied Ro«nbeV. Rebels retreated. ——; Washington is calm again—nt imn’t ilate danger apprehended

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