Decatur Eagle, Volume 6, Number 9, Decatur, Adams County, 3 April 1862 — Page 1

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Additional Details of the Fight Near, Winchester. The World’s correspondent writes: We cannot attempt to give due credit to all who fought well, but those why I most distinguished themselves must be mentioned, and among them the Fifth . Ohio When ordered to advance they marched forward unflinching, supported 1 by the Fourteenth and Thirteenth Indiana, and when in the very face of the enemy’s cannon, and when they could almost touch them with their bayonets, a fire was opened upon them which killed instantly fifteen of them, and brought many of them wounded to the earth. The man who bore the colors was shot 1 down, but another seized them, and lie I was also killed, and the third had fallen, 1 when Captain George B. Whitcom took them and bore them onward, nnd was also killed. In this gallent onset a Colonel was killed — Colonel Murray, who, while leading Lis regiment to the charge, fell dead from the shot of the enemy. The i Seventh Ohio suffered terribly while de-i j bouching through the woods which skir- ! ted the right hand side of the narrow clay road. The enemy never exhibited themselves to view, but shot from behind their covert, of stone walls or forest trees; and it is very sign’ficent that among those of their dead who were left upon the field, not one but was shot through the head. The Eighty-fourth Pennsylvania suf- ! sered more than any other. This regi- ; ment, of which there were only three hundred engaged, lost twenty-three in killed land sixty-three in wounded, one-third of I I them falling from the bullets of the enemy, and among them Colonel Murray, 'already allub J to, and Captain Gregory and Lieutenant Ream. Another of the ' unfortunates was Colonel Thoburn, woun- ■ ■ led in the arm and breast, not dangerouslv, howevi ry. The firing ceased, and tho enemy fell rapidly hick toward Newtown. General Banks had been called away to Washington, and was not present during the bat- ) ■ tie. but arrived this morning early, and resumed the command, nnd now follows up the enemy most vigorously, driving ’ him very rapidly before him, and is to- ! night in Strasburg, expecting that the en- ; e-nv will make a stand, so as to cover tli ir baggage trains. > Tin- Federal loss, as ascertained thus ' fir. is I. ss than one hundred killed and It wo hundred wounded The enemy’s i loss was much greater. Engaged in the ■battle on that side were twelve regiments jof infantry, twenty-six pieces of artillery, and Ashby’s cavalry, a magnificent regiment, and vastly superior to our own it n ust be acknowledged. Os these forces two hundred prisoners were taken, seized near the enemy’s right wing by our Michigan cavalry, under' Coion'l Broadhead. Ambulances were bringing in the wounded all the night and day, and of the enemy, those who were ! not taken off the field amounted to one hundred and fifty wounded' Not less than three hundred of the enemy were killed. Many have said that the severest of the battle was greater than that of Bull Run, nnd even Stone Wall Jackson, in ! his retreat, declared to the country folks as he passed that he never had seen such I fighting before. Tho stone wall is broken down. It was, indeed, terrific to behold, and I am ■told by one of the officers who mingled 'in the thickest of the fight, and who was himself through all the Crimean war. that he had never seen so terrible a fight. The number of surgeons was insufficient to attend to the wounded. Our experience was similar in North Carolina, and a deficiency in the surgical department hue been felt in every quarter of the army, whenever a large number of wounded fall in battle. Among those whom we have of the enemy’s dead the highest in rank is a major. Four wounded officers are prisoners—one of them has both eyes shot out. Hundreds of tho enemy’s mnskets werv taken, of every variety, from the very finest to altered flint locks. Those who fought were al) Virginians except an Irish regiment, who are said to have thrown down their arms twice nnd to have taken them again, when General Jackson ordered them to be fired into. The Stevens Battery appropriation passed the Senate with several amendments; one making the expenditure dis- ( cretionary with the Secretary ofthe Navy. Robert J. Walker and Reverdy Johnson were on the floor lobbying for it. T’ a report of Gen. Neat’s commission on the contrabands nt Fortress Monroe, ’ says the Superintendent of contrabands, named Smith, has been in the habit of i stealing part of their rations and selling it ito a sutler at half Government cost, and dividing the profits with the sutler. It is alsa said that the sutler is the same one I located there by special authority of exSecretary Cameron. pie, conwhc daeet f tt, eselin a t fe.roc 1

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DECATUR, ADAMS COUNTV, INDIANA, APRIL 3. 1862.

.Further Particulars of the Battle Near Winchester. Winchester, Va., March 25. On Saturday at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, the enemy showed themselves a mile and a half from Winchester. The I enemy consisted of 500 of Ashby’s Cavalry and two guns. They drove in our 1 pickets, and then skirmished with the Michigan Cavalry and a portion of the [Maryland First. Gen. Shields brought up his force and fired rounds of shell, drove them back, and took several prisoners. Gen. Shields was wounded in the arm ' by the first fire of the enemy. Jackson had been informed by the tn habitants that the town was deserted by 1 the Union troops, and he advanced to re-take it. Gen. Shields' forces slept on their arms on Saturday night. On Sunday morning at sunrise, Jack-! son being re-enforced, attacked General Shields near Kurnstown, three miles I distant. ! Tl.e enemy’s force consisted of 500 of I Ashby’s Cavalry, 5,000 infantry and nine pieces of artillery, with a reserve of eighI teen pieces of artillery. The fight was kept up till noon, when a charge made by the Ohio infantry, First Michigan and First Virginia Cavalry, on their right, drove them back half a mile, when the 'enemy got their gun in position again, in a dense wood, flanked by infantry, and 1 drove us back. A short artillery engagement ensued, . when Gen. Shields ordered Col. Tyler to 1 turn their left Hank, which was executed * by our troops, but with considerable loss, . : the enemy being protected by a stone ledge. The 84th Pennsylvania and the 13h Indiana charged their center, and' J the fight" became general Colonel 'Murray oftho 84th Pennsylvania was killed. The enemy retired slowly, bringing their guns to bear at every opportunity.. Our men rushed forward with yells, when a panic ensued among the < nemy. Our troops followed and drove them t till dark; captured three guns, three caissons, muskets, equipments, &c., innumerable. Our troops bivouacked on the field. Gen. Williams’ Ist brigade, Col. Don-' ; nelly, of the 28:h New York, commanding. re-enforced Gen. Shields. Irin- Banks, who was on the way to Washington, Sunday, returned and as-' sumed command. Meantime Gen. Shields’ division pur■ued the enemy beyond Newton, shelling them the whole way. Jackson.s men were perfectly demoralized beyond control. They threw overboard the dead and wounded to lighten the wagons. It is noticeable that nearly all the Con- ' federates wounded were shot in the head and breast, testifying to the superiority of our marksmen. , The losses on onr side were chiefly a- 1 mong the Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana troops. Those who conveyed the false intelligence to Gen. Jackson, causing this dis i ter to the rebels, have a weight of guilt to shoulder. It was evidently known to many in the town that Jackson was approaching, from the holliday attire and buoyancy of spirits among men and women here. General Shields’ command being screened from observation on the east side of the town, led the informants i to believe that all our troops were evacu- 1 ating, and that Jackson could enter un- i molested. Good judges, says the enemy’s loss is over 200 killed, 500 wounded and 300 prisoners, including an Aid to Jackson Our loss is about G 5 killed nnd 125 wounded. Louisville Journalisms. Two months ago George N. Sanders issued proclamation inviting the great Northwest to cum# into the Southern Confederacy. The great Northwest has gone in. The Confederate Generals and their troops are going to the Devil by the fast train, and they are entirely welcome to destroy the bridges anil tear up the track behind them. We should think the chivalry would be ashamed to run from Yankees that sing ) psalms, say “keow” and talk through | their noses. The loss of a great many rebels in battle may not necessarily be a great loss. Floyd is by no means a pleasant gen tieman, but he has a very taking way ' wiih him. Facetious Newsboy—See here auntie, wet bird is it that rides on the tempest and bids defiance to the storm? Patriotic Apple Woman—Why the ’Merican eagle in course? Facetious Newsbrys—Not as you knows on. It’s the weathercock. | __„ 1 Even a single hair casts a shadow.

New Orleans Expected to Fall. The New Orleans Crescent of the 11th inst., i n jt 8 commercial article says: There has been a desire for dealing and investment in our Louisiana great staple, sugar, the sales of which footed up 0,000 bhils and 5,000 brls. of molasses, and confirm a strong prevailing opinion that a desire to get rid of our currency, forms one of the prominent features of the movement. It cannot be disguised t at there are some parties in our midst whose fears have got, the better of their nerve nnd firmness, and imagine that our good city is to fall into the hands of the enemy; and, following such an event,! the result will be a general advance in uot only sugar and molasses, but in i cotton. — The Di-cussion in the Senate upon Negeology—ThefUnion Successes nt the South—The President’s Emiincipntiou Project. Washington, March 20" The discussion iu the Senate yestt rday upon Necrology in one of its phases, developed the fact that much discordancy exists as to the proper disposition of the interminable negro. Several Senators, decidedly Republican, assumed the position, and sternly maintained it. that this was a nation of white men, requiring legislation peculiar to the white man; tjiat I the happiness and welfare of the white race was not to be made subordinate to ' explosive legislation about thv a mighty ■•nigger.” The series of al i.oSt unbroken successes ; to (he Federal powers begins to awaken here. <an anxious inquiry as to whether, something can not be done to induce the rebellionists to lay down their arms, and , , co-operate to bring about a cessation of, ; the war, now converting our heretofore i happy land into a national cemetery, and entailing upon the present and future ■ generations calamities of so dire n char ■icier as to, cause lieart sickness at the contemplation. If Abolitionism could be . 'curbed in its wild ami destructive career, ! ■ and the olive-branch bo allowed toac-j 'company the sword, it would enlighten i the mind of (he masses in the South, and enable them to throw aside their misguided leaders, and give strength and aid to ■ the Administrat ion in their purpose to ■ reconstruct the Union upon a solid const!- , tulional basis. i The Abolitionists have thus early inaugurated ilie Presidential campaign for eight en hundred and sixty-four, notwithstanding the existence of an extended rebellion and the remoteness of the eleclion;. they anticipate, though they deprecate, a | grand Union success of the armv in command of General McClell in It is readily discernible that they believe that he is ' soon to strike a blow which will totally i ! and forever extinguish rebellion, and jud- ! ging of the future from the past, they! I know full wi ll that the per,pie of this ■country are prone to reward exalted mill- ' tary worth; under this principle they war ' against General McClellan, apprehensive that the mantle of Mr. Lincoln might fall 1 upon liis shoulders, in which event they , would be deprived of a subsidiary appliance towards advancing their pernicious ends, Evidences are rapidly accumulating here showing that the emancipation project of President Lincoln will not find fa- ! vor with the people of the North and : . West; in espective- of party they are generally ave se to an additional mode of taxi alien, tha end whereof no man can foresee; wh !e their patriotism prompts them to hear the burden of taxation to crush ■ out rebellion, their philanthropy is not yet 1 deep rooted enough to induce them to take additional burden for such a pur-1 pose.— Wash. Cor. Cin Enb. Good Temper and good Looks. If laughter begets fat, it is no less true ! that scolding is the parent of meagreness. Who ever saw a plump termagant? The virago is scraggy; scragginess is the badge of all her tribe. It would seem that the j attrition of a fierce, exacting temper, gives sharpness to the human frame, as inevitably as a gritty grindstone puts a wiry edge on a broadaxe. Artists under-' stand this fact, and guide their pencils accordingly. They invariably represent ladies supposed to be given to “the rampage” as remarkably high in bone.— ! Shrews are thus depicted in comic valtn-' I tines, and all the illustrators of “Curtail! Lectures” have presented the “rib" of Mr. Caudle without a particle of fat — Lavater. referring to female firebrand#, says flatly to their faces, that their noses are sharp. We have a dim idea that he mentions some exceptional cases of ladies I with snub noses, who are given to snubbing their husbands; but these form a mild 1 variety, and only a small proportion of the genus scold. “Is there much water in the cistern, Biddy?” inquired a gentleman of a servant, as she came up from the kitchen.— ' ‘lt is full on the bottom, sir, but tin re’s none at all on the top,” was the reply.

A Good rule. — A man whois very rich now, was very poor when he was a boy. When asked how he got his riches he replied; “My father taught me never to play until my work was finished, and never to spend my money until I had earned it. If I had but one hour’s work in a day, I must do that the first thing, and in an hour: after this I was allowed to play, and I then could play with much more pleasure than if I had the thought of an unfinished task before my mind.— I early formed the habit of doing everything in time, and it became perfectly easy to do so. It is to this I owe my prosperity.” The Misery of Debt. The homilies that have been spoken and written upon debt and credit are endless, but all of them are of less actual value than one well-observed individual experience. Some men will get hopelessly in debt, and by dint of native impudence and moral c Alosity, get through the world with upright heads and unbroken hearts; but no true man can endure the endless persecutions of impor.unafe creditors without suffering emotions of the keenest mis' i v. if he does not totally break down in despair. There is a class of glorious tellows in the world, with a constitutional lack of sagacity in money matters, whose very generous and hopeful qualities, like so many sirens, lead them upon the fatal rock of debt. One of them writes as fol lows: “I appreciate most thoroughly what a fool 1 have been all my life long So well do I appreciate it, lam getting Contemptibly aiean, and live on . nothing. . I have man aged thus far to ward oil serious trouble, but now I have , come to the very narrowest place in the road, and may have t< turn back. I have be.<-n putting off paying r»y house-rent, :so that 1 could meet the importunate holders of small bills, which, however, I failed to do. and now my landlord is constancy spurring me up. However, I . trust to fortune to prevent them from put- ! ling on attachments, while I make out to j clear myself from two notesthat are in the bank. I think I could have managed all this pretty well, but I have SSO to pay ( to , and SSO to pay to , who loaned me that amount, and S6O , *** So I have determined to break up house-keepi.rg, sell my furniture, and ! send to to pass the winter, and try to clear myself from some of these ■ dreadful bugbears, these horrible night j mares. If I realize anything like a de- ! ■ cent price on my goods, 1 will be able to 1 send you something. I shall rejoice with unspeakable joy when i get myself free from these loads, or get them where I can manage them. You have no idea of the horror I have endured all the fall.— If I ever see you, or any other of my friends, in such another predicament, I will give you everything outside of mv skin to help you, and then kick you till ' you are black and blue. If ever I get! I trusted (or a cent’s worth alter this, I hope to be skinned alive.” ‘•Not Whipped Since Dinner.’’ The New Orleans Crescent has a Rich ' mondcorrespondent who expresses the ■ public consternation in a very lively way as will be seen by the following ex'rac'#. You will naturally desire to know how the people in (he Confederate metr ipolis stand these trying times, for it is evident that we are not safe in these days of light draft gun-boats and high water. I answer, in the main, we stand it very well. Some, to be sure, arc down hearted, and nobody wears as broad a grin as they did the day after the battle of L-esburg. Still, there is a universal determination itodo or die—to go down, if need be, with our harness on, warring like a brave ; people to the last. I passed General , Wigfall on my return from dinner, and asked him if there was any news. “No, said he. “I don't believe we have been whipped since dinner; I expect, though, , to hear of another defeat In the next five ■ minutes.” Somehow, lean not help thinking of , Halleck’s assertion by telegraph to Me j Clellan that “the Union flag is on the soil of Tennessee, never 'o lie emoved ” : This is brag, but the A ankees have, up to this time, stnek like leeches wherever they have effected a landing. They in • trench themselves, ami at the first spade full of earth thrown up bv them 4 , our Gen j erals give right up anil say all is lost.— fney have attacked cs repeatedly iutren ches and forts, and carried the latter invariably, while we with the exception of the St. Nicholas affair and a tew others, have not done a daring thing through the whole war. Another noticeable difference betwe-n the Yankees an 1 our selves is, that they follow up their victories, while we eqaat down ir. our tracks the moment a battle is ended. This is u shameful fact, which disheartens me more than any thing else. I have no hope now , in any body but God nnd Beauregard. Endure the heavy burdens, and you 1 will the more easily carry the lighter. '

i The Merrimac Getting Ready for ction --Another N ival Fisht in Pro- ect--Alfnirs at Norfolk — Fort '(■»••<» and j Beaufort. N. Ntill in Possession of the Rebels 1 Fortress Monri e, March 20. —Coni tinbnnds state that the rebel steamer ! Merrimac, having been fully repaired, > was brought out of the dry duck on Monday morning, that her cr> w had been : placed ou board, and she was ready lor action. Several n<*w guu- of heavier metal than she used before have been placed on board of her. The rebel steamer Yorktown and Jamestown hiva been greatly strengthened, nnd wi re fully prepared for action i and teady to accompany the Merrimac. The d ig of the Yorktown, with a Com- ! modore’s penmint, was flying when the contrabands left. Three desertars tfr- ■ rived here to-day, in a boat, from South ■ side, J a.tnes river. They belonged to a North Carolina ; regiment, am! reported that the Merri- , mac has been daily expected to come out 1 and attack the Monitor for the lust three ; days i The Jamestown made a reconnoissance . to day, coming down some distance below i ' Cranny Isbind. ■ The deserters represent that there wns a great panic among the rank nnd file of ! th- reb<4 army, on accuunt of the rumors , of Fedet al vie ones, The newspapers nre carefully kept • j from the rebel soldiers. They have been ; ' so often imposed upon bv false statements of rebel victories that they are much dis- !! satisfied. The deserters say that during the ex- ■ citement that prevailed in Norfolk immediately after the full of Roanoke, that if a ! demand had been made upon General Huger he would have capitulated. A d ig of truce went to Norfolk, but no news or papi rs were brought back. A bundle of letters from the Union prisoners »t R ehmond was received, and also dispatches from Gen. Huger to General Wool. Tne steamer Constitution arrived from ' Ship Island last night. She sailed from 'there on the 15th inst. Porter’s mortar fl. et sailed from there on the previous day fnr Southwest Pass. On the 17th Commodore Farragut’s fleet of sloops of, war and gunboats were i to sail for the same destination. The French steamer Catinet arrived yesterday from Hi vanna The French istenmer Gasiendi had taken position within 2JO yards of the Monitor. Baltimore, March 26.—The Fortress [ Monroe correspondent of tho Baltimore American, givee the report of twoconira- [ bands relative to the condition of the Merrimac. She returned to Norfolk with six feet of water in her hold. Six steamers I towed her up, and t was feared, at Gist, ! she would go down before pumps coul.l ibe rigged on board. Her fires were extinguished shortly after hauling off from I the Monitor. These contrabands positively assert the death of Buchanan, and that of tiin I Lieutenant in cofnmand on Sunday, and seven seamen, rfmd a number wounded. The Monitor stands out in the Road, this side of S-wall's Point, with steam up, ready for action. The greatest confidence L felt in the result. Sh.i is in fine condition. It is rumored that Yorktown or a considerable bortion of it i# burned. A large fire was ‘ visible in that, direction Sunday night.— A large fire was also seen to day in the neighborhood of New Market Bridge, which seemed to be quite extensive. Relative to the Nashville, the Cambridge reports the Nashville, loaded with a valuable cargo of cotton and naval stores ran tha blockade last Tuesday night, which was dark, with lights extinguished She was abreast of the Cambridge before discovered. On Sunday the Chippewa, a fast steamer, arrived to take the place of the Cambri Ige. Fort Macon and Beaufort are sJill in possession of the rebels. On Sunday night the Sawyer guns nt t.he Rip Raps made some capital shots at | Sewell's Point. Tuesday morning one shell, fil’ed with now rebel fire, exploited in the midst of ! the rebel’s t ar’ide ground, and it is believ ,ed to have done considerable damage,— The rebels fired at Rip Rips, but the ' ball fell short about fifty yards The Great Tax Bill —There is a perfect ru#h of people to Washinton who all unite in the chorus—‘don’t tax me; you’ll ruin mv business it you don’t let up. But there's nt ig'ibor, Jones, whom you have let off 100 easily. Put more on him and less on mes Ills doubtful whether the bill will be recognized by its earlier acquaintances after being siiaved ami #lnmpo<med to suit the ‘tastes’ of those who now have it in charge, an 1 who are taking counsel of the con federate interests in largely represented in Was- ington.— f (Chicago Lom s. ■ —.— ■ * I— Turn a deal ear to calumnious r 1 ports.

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