Decatur Eagle, Volume 6, Number 10, Decatur, Adams County, 10 April 1862 — Page 1

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T-rora DECATUR EAGLE. I« ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING, BY A. J. HILL, EDITOR, PUBLISHER AND PROPRIETOR. OFFICE—On Second Street, in Patterson’s building, over the. Drug Store. Terms of Subscription: One cony, one year, in advance, $1 00 If paid within the year, 1 50 If not paid until the year lias expired, 2On O’No paper will be discontinued until all arrerages are paid except at the option of the Publisher. Terms of Advertising: One square,(ten lines) three insertions, $1 00 Each subsequent insertion, 25 O'No advertisement will be considered less than one square; over one square will be counted and charged as two; over two, as three, etc. O*A liberal discount, from the above rates, tnadeot. all advertisements inserted for a period longer three months. OThe above rates will be strictly adhered to under all circumstances. JOB PRINTING: We are prepared to do all kinds of job work, ina nea< and workmanlike manner,on themest reasonable terms. Our material for the completion of Job-Work, beinsz new and of the latest styles, we feel confident that satisfaction can be given. — : ■ GOD OF THE FREE. God of the free! upon Thy breath Our flag is for the right’tinrolled, As broad and brave as when its stars Firs t lit the hallowed time of old. For Duty still its folds shall fly; For honor still its gloties burn, Where Truth, Religion, Valor guard The patriot’s sword, the martyr's urn. No tyrant's impious step is ours, No lust.of powers on nations rolled; Our flag! for friends a starry sky, For traitors, a storm iu every fold. O thus we'll keep our nation’s life, Nor fear the bolt by despots hurled; The blood of all the world is here. And they who strike us, strike the world. God of the fr< o our nation bless In its strong manhood, as in its birth, And make its life a star of. hope For all the struggling of the earth. Then shout beside thine oak, O Norih; O South, wave answer with thy palm, And in our Union’s heritage Together sing the nation’s,psalm. G. W H. Co ‘E ’’ 12th Ind. Reg. Winchester. March 13, 1862 On the marriage of Mr. Mudd to Miss, W Lot’s wife, we read, in day*of old, For one rebellious halt Was changed ns we are plainly told , Into a lump of salt! The same ] ropensity to change. Still runs in f eniale blood , Fo here we find a case as strange, A maiden turn’d to Muud ! .- - — A free press is the beginning of a free government, as a tavern, a blacksmith’s shop and a lawyer, are the beginning of a villiage. . _ —... A poet says the wind kisses the waves That; we suppose, is the celebrated ‘kiss (or a blow,’ about which we have heard so mueh. A farmer was asked why he did not take a newspaper, ’Because,' said he, •my father, when he died, left me a good many newspapers, and I havn’t read them through yet.’ Do you know, sir, that when I left home mv neighbors honored me with a musical escort?’ •Oh, I understand, you were drummed but of town.’ Lady.— Now try to look pleasant, 1 Adolphus, unless you want every body in church to know about the little miff we had this morning.’ m Two young ladies were promenading one of the streets of Buffalo. One of them slipped on the ice and came down ina heap. Jumping up and adjusting her dress, she exclaimed in a low tone: ‘Before another winter I’ll have-a man to to hang on to; see if I don’t.’ •Gum,’ asked a darkey, 'do you know how dey make de hoss fast in Virginia?’ •Yes, ob course: dey tie him to de post.’ ‘Ah, Gum. Jat am one fast, but gib notin’ to eat am de udder?

Singular Incident—Almost Catastrophe. There is a popular superstition that's cat it allowed the opportunity, will “suck j the breath of a child,” though how this is accomplished is not apparent, Cats are I subjected to much suspicion, and, indeed, no animal petted by man is at once so much admired and detested. A circumstance came to our knowledge recently which seems to indicate that the numerous charges made against the feline race i are not altogether unfounded. The other 1 evening, at a residence only a few miles from this city, a cat was discovered sitting upon the chest of a little boy four years of age, her mouth placed clcseto' the child’s lips, and the cat evidently very much absorbed in the operation. An effort was made to drive the cat away, by 1 speaking sharply to her. She paid no attention to this, and was equally unmiud- , j tul of a series of blows with a stick — I j The cat was finally fairly pushed off the body of the child and oil the bed. She was then pushed out of the room and down the stairs. She could not be driven in the usual way. She had a bewildered , and wild look all the time and exhibited a sign of ferocity by springing on the servant, who was forcing her down stairs. , The cat was instantly killed as a warning 'to all cats not to be too intimate with ■ sleeping children. The little boy woke up dur,ng the noise which was made, and was naturally somewhat frightened. He did not seem to be injured. Though no harm was done, evil might have ensued had nol the cat been discovered and removed. Her weight on the child’s chest would necessarily reduce the quantity of air inspired, and tend to cause «uffiocat.ion, while the child wou'd inspire only carbonic acid gas as taken from the mouth of the cat. These two causes might produce death even They may j have originated the superstition that a i cat ‘sucks the breath of a child.” The case is interesting end novel, and may : serve the purpose of eliciting inquiry and putting some parents on their guard a gainst the treacherous and steallhv pets wi.h which their children play. —[N Y. Commercial Advertiser. From island No. 10. Chicago, April 4.— A special to the Journal, dated Cairo. April 4, says a boat arrived from Island No. 10 Inst, night. The firing was resumed yesterday morjning by the gunboats and mortars. One of nur shells burst upon the rebel steamer Winchester, which set her on fire and burned her to the waters edge. The Winchester was sunk by the rebels on . the morning of the arrival of the Federal gunboats, in the main channel on the Missouri side of the Island During the firing, the rebels towed their floating battery up to a now position, and tried to reach us with shot from her 32 pounder rifles. The shots fell far short. Alter a couple of hours’ maneuvering, she was taken back to her old position. Several shots were five !at the rebel transports bv the Federr 1 gunboats. The rebels are erecting batteries nil alor.g the Tennessee shore, to prevent the landing of Federal troops from Missouri. An Army of Tax-Gatherers. The Boston Post savs that twenty-six thousand Federal officers will be required :to carry out the proposed tax-law in its various departments. These officials will receive, on an average, not less than 8500 each per annum for his services.— Os the taxes they collect they will there. ' fore’retnin, as compensation for their labor, not less than thirteen million dollars annually. What nn army of ofß-’inls to consume the substance of the people!— Is there no wav by which the Federal tax can be collected bv those State offii cials whose duty it now is to assess and collect Slate taxes? We think the matter deserves serious consideration. Riol in Cincinnati I Wendcl Phillips made a decided hit at I Cincinnati last night—better than the men who threw the rotten eggs at him. His is the victory. Cincinnati is disgraced, i and the “Cicero of abolilionistn” will henceforth draw better audiences and more earnest and attentive hearers than if he had been heard unmolested. YanI eey, the traitor, lectured in Cincinnati less than a year ago, and was listened to with attention and respect by a large audience. The two facts are significeut.—, [Lafayette Journal. Yancey’s “lecture” at Cincinnati was delivered during the Presidential canvass of 1860, instead of ‘less than a year ago,’ as the Journal has rt. He made a speech in favor of Breckinridge and Lane, and though unquestionably as much a traitor at heart then as he is now in practice, he was petted and caressed by the newspa- \ pers of the Journal’s party, in the hope that his speeches would injure the prospects of Douglas and enhance' those of Mr. Lincoln.—N. A. Ledger.

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

DECATUR, ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA, APRIL 10. 1862.

South Carolinians out of Favor—Desertions—Every s body drafted—What the Hebei Papers say. Washington, April 3 —lt is now conceded amongst the rebels that the Virginia troops are equal if not superior to anv in the Confederate army. Notwithstanding the brag of the South Carolina chivalry, it is said of them that they were the first to break ranks at the battle of Bull Run. A large number of desertions from the North Caroliina and Georgia regiments are reported to have taken place lately. The time of the Loudon troops expires April 231. The steamer King Philip arrived from the lower river last night, bringing up (our refuges from Richmond and Westmoreland county, Va., who came off f om Kinsale on Saturday last They state that the rebels are impressing every male betw-een the ages of 18 anti 45 into the service, and they have been closely hunted by the press gangs for a week or two. The rebels had mostly left the neighbor-. : hood of Loudon, but a few squads of their cavalry roamed through the country, pressing into the service all able to bear arms. j The refuges also say that late secession papers state the Federal loss in the conflict with the Merrimac was 1,500 men; also that the shots ol the Monitor had no more effect on the sides of the Merrimac than hailstones. Government having returned to their respective owners all the boats on the Chesapeake and Ohio canal, trade has al ready began to revive. Our loss in the engagement on Satur- . day nnd Sunday, the 22 1 and 23 1 of - March, was 86 killed and 424 wounded; 50 having since died. Rebel Movements. Louisville, March 3 —An intel igent gentleman, leaving Memphis a week ago, reports that. General Sidney A. Johnson had said that the Fedeials could outflank them in any po«i'ion they could take, and . therefore fortifications were useless — Johnston says the only chance for the reb- ' els is nn open fight in the fi -Id. Our informant thinks Corinth. Mississippi, is their chosen place He further says the rebels had about 5'1,000 troops on the line between Memphis and Hunts- ! ville, Alabama, which were being re-en-forced, and supposed to number from 60,000 to 66,000. The rebels are prepared with tar and resin to burn Memphis when compelled to evacua'e. Most of the prominent citz»ns of Memphis say they wonld yield if assured of their personal safety nnd security of their property from confiscation by the Federal Government. Tornado on the River—Stenn>°rs Disabled—Buildings Swamped—The Cairo Wharf Boat Blown upon the Kentucky Shore Cairo, April 2' —Gen. John A. Logan left to-day to join his brigade up the Tennessee river. His wound is not entirely healed. A most teirific tornado passed over Cairo from the south west to the northeast, nt 3 o’clock this morning. The tornado was accompanied bv rain, hall, ■ thunder, and lightening. A large number of transports and tugs were torn frnm their moorings and blown across t. e river. Die roof of the St Charles Hotel was torn off nnd completely demolished. Several rows of uuocupied barracks v ere leveled to the ground. The Cairo and Columbus wharf boat was blown across the river, nnd now lies high and dry on the Kentucky shore. The steamer Illi nois had both chimnies nnd her upper • cabins lorn awav, in tl.e falling of which four or five lives were lost. Several barges which were us’d as storehouses, broke loose and floated down the river. Large piles of Government lumber on , the Ohio Levee were blown into the river, j The wooden barracks at Bird Point ; nnd Fort Holt were demolished —no loss • of life. Much nnxiaty is felt for the fleet at IsHand No. 10. Steamers were sent down early this morning to asceetain the dam- I age done. The steamer Philadelphia, I with a 10l of ice barges drifted down the river and sunk a mile below Bird’s Point Three men were drown»d. Captain Carrol of tiie steamer Snllie Woo l had a leg broken. So far as ascertained the transports at the levee had five men blown overboard and drowned. Several legs nnd arms were broken. The boat John Ives, used as a hospital at Mound City, was seriously injured. General Fremrat. If Fremont must have posi i>n, hadn’t lie belter be sent to Africa to discover the source of the Nig(g)er. Fremont’s department extends only so far south as Knoxville. If it stopped at the Ohio, we would be willing for it to extend up to the moon. Fremont would abolish the Atlantic Ocean because it has so many—suits. I

The Detroit Pree Press thinks the time I has come when the Republican party must cast off Abolitionism—when it must declare for the Constitution or against it. Until it does so the Democracy have a right to hold it responsible for all that Abolition lies done to produce rebellion. A political warfare against the rebels is no longer necessary. It is simple nonsense, I waste of ink and paper. The army fights then. The only political fight which re- | mains for the North is under this very issue-Abolition or Union, treason or joy alty. the Constitution er no Constitution. This is the real issue; and the first and ho liest duty of every citizen is to tear the mask of patriotism from the faces of the extremists and to expose them to infancy as co-conspirators with Davis nnd Floyd; as the authois of schemes which, if suecesful, Will extirpate liberty from thiscontineni. Qakek Toast.—This is me and mine to thee and thine. I wish when thou ; and thine come to see me and mine that m« ami mine will treat thee and thine as ' kindly as thee and thine have treated the and mine. This is a new version of the ; old compliment, which runs somewhat after this wise:— ‘ I wish thee nnd thy folks loved me nnd my folks ns well as me and my folks love thee and thy folks. 1 For sure, there never was folks since folks was folks, that ever loved folks half so wo well ns me and my folks love thee and | thy folks, Grave Charges Against Freiitont. Commissioners Holt, Davis and Camp-I ; bell; in their report, present evidence showing that General Fremont frequently declared to the disbursing officers of the Goverment that he diif not intend to be • controlled by any laws or regulation, that - - he intended to cut red tape without reference to Washington. These declarations were made when Fremont was directing illegal payments of money. The Com missioners deem these acts and declarations as a violation of the oath of office and ofjan alarming character. Tn every way.' they say, ‘the acts of Fremont himI self prepared the wav and led to the immoral practices of his subordinates? ! They also say; “111 conclusion, having, in | the fulfilment of the trust committed to us, lilted the veil from a field of prodigality, insubordination nnd demoralization in tl.e midst of which we have been toils ing for the last four months, we have felt, it incumbent upon us to point the Department to the true causes at these disorders. “P. 0 Department. April 3 “The Postoffice Department deems it. advisable that all letters addressed to offi c rs nnd soldiers of the Army of the Potomac, whether near Washington or moving South, should be mailed to Washington, City. From that office they will be property forwarded in separate packages I to the respective corps and divisions, and •their delivery facilitated. “Commanders of divisions arc requested. as movements occur to cause notice to be given to the Postmaster at Washington, to what convenient point such packages destined to regiments under them shall be sent. “(Signed.) John A. Kasson, “First Assistant P. M. Gen. All officers on recruiting service have been ordered to their regiments, and notice given to the Governors of Stales that no new enlistmentments or new levies will be received until further orders from the War Department, The force now in the field is deemed amply sufficient for tl.e suppression of the rebellion and the speedy termination of ’ the war. The receipts from Customs during March last at Boston and other ports were ! three times as large as during March, j 1861, while those at New York have more than doubled. There has also been a large increase at other ports. Total receipts from customs last week were about 82,000,000. A telegram received from St. Louis, dated yesterday, says that Geu Steele’s ' sadvance guard has reached Putnam’s feerry? Arkansas. Colonel Carlin had an engagement with the enemy on the Ist inst., in crossing the river. We killed one lieutenant and wounded several others, and captured five prisoners. camp equipage, horses, mules, forage anti a number of small arms. Two Irishman were going to fire off a ennnon, just for fun; but being of an economical mind, they did not wish to lose the ball’s one ol them took an iron kettle in his hand to catch it in, and stationing himself in front ot the loaded piece, be exclaimed to the other who stood behind, holding a lighted torch. Touch it asy, Pat!’ _ An inscription, it is said, may be found in an Italian grave yard: Here lies Stella, who transported a large fortune to heaven in acte of charity, and has gone i thither to enjoy it.

Letter from Orpheus C. I* err. Editor T. T : Sunshine has at List resumed specie payment, my boy, nnd evj ery man that choose can walk under golden beams one more. The sacred soil is drying up as rapidly as an old rnatd after folly-two, and boot-blacks b gin to quote at high figures. The General of | the Mackeral brigade is blissful at having a polish on his boots once more, that he . puts them on the mantle piece every time i he enters the room, and tread, on all the toes he can find in the street The latter operation, my boy, has produced much profanity, especially among the chaplains. Speaking of chaplains, reminds me of a reverend veteran who attended to the soul of Captain Bob Shorty yesterday, and found it in a high state of preserve tion. Captain B"b Shorty rashly overestimated his power ol endurance, and undertook to read Fremont’s defense — ; When he got to the twenty-first column he was seized with vertigo, and only recovered to find hi.nsell taking the measure of a bedstead, with a chaplain standing by him ‘My friend? says the parson, ‘I consider it my duty to tell you that you are a sick man. and I take this opportunity to remind you of your 1 utter end? Captain Bob Shorty scratched his head and savs he: 'Am I bound (or the king dom?’ ‘You may recover? says tlie chaplain. ; ‘but now is the time to settle your world Ily affairs if you don’t. Think of your wife and progeny? •My wife!’ savs Captain Bob Shorty, hyst, iically. ‘Ah! there’s a woman for you!’ ‘ls she a worthy help mate?’ says the i chaplain. ‘Why? says Captain Bob Shorty, ‘she’s i mate and captain both in my ship. She’s frugal’—say Captain Boh Shorty—‘she’s > amiable, she's neat, an i she’s only got I one fault in the world,’ i ‘Ahl’ says the chaplain, ‘only one fault? Then she niu.it be an uncommon i , ; woman. ‘Yes? says Captain Bob Shorty, dream ily, ‘mv wife’s only got one fault in lhe world—she likes another chap better than she dot s me? At this juncture, my boy, the chaplain wa. seized with a severe cough; but as 'soon as he recovered he assumed a very grave expression, and says he; ‘My friend, let me beseech you to forget worldly things for a moment, and think of something more needful ’ ‘Drive on? sav Captain Bob Shorty. The chaplain gave a grievous sniff, am’ isays he: ‘ls there not semething above all created things that you feel in need of now? i Suppose, mv friend, that you were out at sea in a terrible storm, with the thunder roaring, the lightning flashing, an 1 the rain falling in torrents all around you, what would you do to make yourself fee! ; peaceful?’ ‘You say the rain was falling in torrents?’ says Captain Bob Shorty. ‘Yes, verily? sacs the chaplain. ' ‘I think? says Captain Bob Shorty, reflectively — 4 think I should call for an umbrella and something hot? Upon hearing this beautiful answer, mv boy, the chaplain buried his face in his hands, “So should I,” he murinered, “so should 1.” Depend upon it, my boy, there is a : bond of sympathy between all men, tiiat no difference of education of circumstances can sever, and when some nice touch of nature causes it to contract, it seldom ' fails to bring men together on the common platform of whisky hot. It would afford me great pleasure, my boy, to report a great victory for our cause in Virginia, hut no such result is yet visible to the eye in a state of nit- ' dity. The gunboats to break the rebel block- > ade have not started up the Potomac yet, lowing to a mistake made by the General of the Mackeral Brigade. Some months ago, my boy, the General I gave an order to an Eastern contractor 1 for a couple of peculiarly made gunboats for this service: but happening to pass the White House shortly after saw what he took to be the models of two just such gunboats protruding out of one of the windows. Thinking that the President I had concluded to attend to the matter himself, he immediately telegraphed to the contractor not to go vn with the job. Quite recently, the contractor came. here again, and says he to the General: I’d like to see the models of those White ' House uunbonts. The Genera) conducted him toward the White House, mv boy, and the two stood I admiring the models, which protruded I from the window as usual. Pretty soon a Western Congressman came along, and says the contractor to > him: ‘Can you tell me. sir, whether • those models of gunboats up there are on ! exhibition?'

’Gunboats!’ says the Western chap, looking up. ‘Do you take those things for gunboats?’ ‘Ol course,' says the cnntractof. ■Why you durned fool!’ says the Congressman, ‘those are the President’s boots. The President always sits with his feet nut of the window when he’s at home, and those are the ends of his boots ’ Without another word, my boy, the general and the contractor turned gloomily from the spot, convinced that they had witnessed the most terrific feet of the campaign. Yours, sedately, Orpheus C. Kerr. Personal—The Rebels Gettiiug the Upper iirtnil in New '♦letico. Wa“hingt n. March 2 —lt is not yet positively determined who will succeed Carl Schurz as Minister to Spain, and no nomination will be made Io the Senate by the President until Schurz is confirmed ■as Brigadier G neral. Hon. George Ashman of Massachusetts is talked )f for the place. Major Donaldson, Chief of the Qmrtermaster's Department in New Mexico; ; arrived here to-day. He brings much important information in regard to the rebel raid into that Territory. He says the rebels hold every position of valud except Fort Craig and Union—the latter, which is the most important fort in the ' Far West, containing 87,000,000 worth of Government stores, and is now safe j bevetid peradventure, and garrisoned by 1.5G0 men. It has water within the fortifications, an-1 provisions (or an almost unlimited siege. It will be the rallying point (or the ample Union forces now ' marching to expel the invaders. The Major relates many incidents of the late battle near Fort Craig, and says that Maj >r Lockridge, one of the Nicaragua filibusters, fell Head at the head of the T. x in Rangers in the terrible charge : upon Mcßae’s battery. St cretai v Stanton will proceed to Fort Momoe to morrow to give matters ther« I his persona) attention. The Spiking oi the Rebel Battery nt Island No. Ten, The Navy Department received the following telegram this morning: U. 8. Flag Steamer Benton, ) Off Island No. 10, April 2 C Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy: List night an armed boat expedition was fitted out from the Squadron and the land forces at this point, under command of Col. Roberts of the 42 1 Illinois regiment. The five boats comprising theexpedi'ion were in charge of First Master G. V Johnson of the St. Louis, assisted bv Fourth Master G P. Lord of the Benton, Fourth Master Pierce of the Cincinnati, Fourth Master Morgan of the Pittsburg, and Master’s Mate Scoville of the Mound City, each with a boat’s crew of ten men from their respective vessels, and carrying in all one hundred men, exclusive of officers, under command of Col. Roberts At mi Inight the boats reached the upper, or No. I fort, and pulling directing in its face, carried it, receiving only the harmless fire of two sentries, who ran after discharging their guns, while the rebel troops in the vicinity rapidly retreated.— Thereupon Col. Roberts spiked the six guns mounted in the. fort, und retreated with his boats; uninjuredThe Commanding Officer compliments all under his command for coolness nnd deliberation, and as being readv to perform more hazardous service, had it been required to fulllill the object of the expetfption. A, H Foots; Flag Officer. A Recipe Worth One Th >U‘AND Dollars. — (S> savs the Ohio Cultivator:)— Take one pound of sal soda, and half a pound of unslacked lime, put them in a gallon of water and boil them twentv minutes; let it staid till cool, then drain off ami put into a stone jug or j ar. Soak voter clothes over night, nr until they are thoroughly wet through, then wring them out an I i uh on plenty of soap, and to one hnilerful ofclothes, well covered over with water, add one teaspoonful of the fluid.— Boil half an hour briskly, then wash well through one water, and vour clothes will look better than the old way of washing twice before boiling. This is an invaluable recipe, and we do want eveiv poor, ! tired woman to try it. We think, with a patent wash-tu ll to do the rubbinu. 'he washerwoman might take the old Bible end compose herself on the lounge, and let the washing do itself. Not that which men do worthily, hut that which they do successliillv, is what history makes haste to record. Young men who would prosper in love should woo gently. It is not fashionable for young In.ties to take ardent spirit*

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