Decatur Eagle, Volume 6, Number 14, Decatur, Adams County, 8 May 1862 — Page 1

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r ta ■k bt arc DECATUR EAGLE.’ IS 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 copy, one year, in advance, $1 00 If paid within the year, 1 50 If no 6 paid until the year has expired, 2 (h> ffj’N’o paper will L<* diseontii ued 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, ~5 i 0"No advertisement will be considered less ’ than one square; over one square will be counted and charged as two- over two, as three, etc. I (TFA liberal discount, from the above rates, made on all advertisements inserted for a period longer three months. L.r The abjve rates will be strictly adhered to under all circumstances. JOB PRINTING: W e are pr> pared to do all k inds of job-work, ina near .and Workmanlike manner, on the meat reasonable terms. Our material for the completion of Job-Work, being new and of the lat est styles, we feel continent that satisfaction can be given. BEAUTY. The lovliest eye is that of faith. Which upward looks to God ; The neatest fool is that which has The pat h of virtue trod . The sweetest lips are those that ne’er A word of guile have spoken ; The richest voice is that of prayer, One ne’er a vow had broken. The prettiest hair is that w hich Time Has silvered oe’r with gray, Or covers o’er an honest head — Its beauties ne’er decay. The fairest hand is one that oft In de< (Is of kindness given ; 't he purest In-art i.-> one that Christ Has sum titled for heaven, — —»—<•» TO DELINQUETS. How lisppy are they —' • Vho the publishers pay. And have sqmir. d up for one y> ar or more. Tongue can never exprea, The great joy of tin- Press, When delinquents have paid the old «:or. • Printers all the day long Labor hard for a song — A fate that is hard, all 1141.0 — ... Hie) have v. otked niglil and day And of course v aul tjieir pay. To buy sugar an 1 eoti .aelte l. Receive io i> ju' y t Ip r than do One. You can tieeer dispense with prudence At turn we are all eq oils in lite presence of death. A jjentieman lately heir.J » laborer gravely inform two comrades t hat a s< v ly-four pounder is ft cannon that sends a pound ball exactly seventy■ foour miles. Somebody who writes more tiuthfully than poetically says; ‘An angel now a-days, without mon-; ey, is not so much thought of as a devil with a bag full c f guineas.’ The editorial office of a Kenosho paper is located immediately over a recruiting office, and the editor says the fifing and drumming d ived everything out of his head. What a scampering there must be down over his shirt collar. • I • Many a Slip ’Twixt the Cup and the up.— This well known saying was supposed to take its origin from one of Penelope’s wooers being shot as he was going to drink. But it arose, as an old au thor has it thus: ’A king of Thrace had planted a vineyard, when one of his slaves, whom he had much oppre 3cd in the very work, prophesied that he (the king) shot-id never taste the wine produced by it. Tne king disregarded the prophecy, and when, at an entertainment' he held the cup full of his own wine, he ■ent for his slave, and asked, insultingly, what he thought of his propheecy now?— The slave onlv answared, ‘There’s many a slip between the cup and lip.’ Scarce-1 ly had he spoken, when news was brought that a large bear was lying his vineyard waste. The king arose in a fury, attacked the bear, and was killed without ever tasting the wine.’

Highly Important from the South via Fortress Monroe. Fort Monroe, April 29. — A flag of truce from Norfolk, to-day, brought down the wife and family of Parson Brownlow, and also the wife of Congressman Mavnard. The party, consisting of four ladies, I two gentleman aud six children, are all , from Tennssee. They bring the report that all the Union families u( Tennessee have been order ed by proclamation to leave within thirty six hours. Eighteen hundred Union men left for Kentucky a week ago Friday. Os a party of four hundred attempting to . leave, one hundred had been killed. There can be no doubt of the capture of New Orleans. The Southern newspaper speak of it in the most dismal strain, and demand that the mystery of the surrender of the city should be explained. The Norfolk Day Book, in an editorial says that it is by far the most serious reverse of the war. It suggests future privations to ail classes of society, but the , most to be lamented of all, it threatens our I | army supplies. The raising of meat, corn 1 i and wheat, instead of cotton and tobacco, [ is earnestly recommended by the disconlate editor. The Richmond Dispach of yesterday says when the enemy’s fleet arrived opposite the city nll <] demanded its surrender, (ven Lovell refused and tell back to Camp Moore, after destroying all the cotton and i 1 stores. The irrn clad vessel Mississippi was j burned to prevent her failing into the Lamia of the enemv. j Nothing is said about the Louisiana, ■ but it is supposed that she was scuttled — ,It is rumored that she was sunk at the ; first, fire. Camp Moore is 78 miles from New Orleans, on the Jackson Railroad. The following are the latest dispatches in to days papers: Mobille, April 27 —The Yankee Commodore, Farragut, promised the Sec r< t iry of the Mayor oi New Orleans ,wbo visited the fleet bv a flag of truce, to make a renewed demand lor the surrenI der of the citv, but he has not done so up to this hour, five o’clock. Our ship, the Mcßae, came up from I the forts under a flag of truce, with 40 of [our wounded. She communicated with the Federal flag-ship, but the result is 1 I unknown. It is rumored that the Federals refused to let her return. I The rumor that Fort Pike has beet, evneuated and blown up is unreliable. In a conference held with one of the; Federal officers, after lite correspondence between Major Monroe and Corn. Farragut, the officer left, declaring that he would shoot down the flag on the City Hall if it was not hauled down, and he actually brought his ship within range, but has not fired thus far. It is reported that French and English men-of-war are below, and will enter their protest against shelling the city. It is believed the Yankee vessels are short both of pro-1 visions and ammunition. The citv is remarkably orderly, but . the excitement is intense, and the feeling of humilia'ion deep. Richmond, April 28 —The following dispatch was received to-day by Adjutant General Cooper from General Lovell: Camp Moore, April 27. — Forts Jackson and St. Phillip are still in good condition and in our hands. The steamers Louieiona and Mcßae are safe. The entttnv's fleet is at the city, but they have not forces enough to occupy it. The inhabitants are staunchly loyal. Mobile, April 28.—The forts on L ike Pontchantrain were all evacuated on the 25th inst. We have sustained considerable loss in supplies and dismounting, but not in destroying the guns. At Fort P ke all the buildings were burned including the telegraph office. The operator has gone to the limits of the city to open an office if possible. All the gunboats on the lake have been burned , by our own people. 1 The Mobile boats Whiteman, Broag and several others, are running troops, stores, and ordnance to Manckock after which we fear they will be burned. The Y’ankee fleet was returning again to Ship Island. In a local.paragraph, the Norfolk Day Book, under the head of markets, mentions the very small supply of edibles exposed for sale, and says it becomes a question of grave movement ns to where and how the people are to be fed. The death of Samuel B. Todd, brother of Mrs. Lincoln, is announced. He died in the battlefield, and from the effects of wounds he received at Shiloh, in the action of the 7th inst. New Orleans, April 21.—A special dispatch to the Delta, from Fort Jackson yesterday, says the enemy’s fire had I slackened. He has fired 37,000 pounds of powder, and over 1,000 tuns of iron. This bombardment is unprecedented in the annals of warfare. Our loss so far iis five killed and ten wounded. The ‘ mortar boats are out of sight.

“Our Country’s Good shall ever be our Aim—Willing to Praise and net afraid to Blame.’’

DECATUH, ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA, MAY 8, 1862,

11 New Items of Taxation. In consequence of the opposition man- I [ ifeste i by the different trades and manu factoring interests to the taxation ol particular branches, the Committee of the House resolved, some time ago to suppress al) newspaper features and items , that might be added to the bill. A correspondent of the Sunday Mercury, who! lis fond of a ‘goak,’ sends to that paper the following list of suppressed items: For smoking a 3 cent cigar, 6 cents; other Havannas in proportion. Smoking a meerschauut-pipe 8 cents; if colored, 16 cents. For every quid of tobacco, 3 cents; if begged from a friend, 6 cents. Jersey champagne, 10 cents a bottle, (that being its full value); other foreign wines in proportion. Calling for a drink, 5 cents; with pep- ' permini in it, 3 cents extra. Riding in a city railroad car, 8 cents; if compelled to stand, 10 cents. For wearing dollar-jewelry, $2 each j article. Boot blacks, 5 cents for each job. Reading the speech of a Congressman, 10 cents a line, and three mouths impris ' onment. Attending church, 50 cents an hour; if a member 25 cents. At Beecher’s the prices are the same as at. a firstclass theater. On ministers attending biiliard-match-es, $2; if enthusiastically received, twice j that sum, and drinks for the party. For smiling on the Sabbath day, 25 cents for the first one, and fifty cents tor [ each following one. I For bowing to a lady in the street, 10 cents. All umarried ladles $25 pel yeai; 0.1-' ' fornia widows, SSO per year. For being poor, 810 a month. While shirts, 20 cents a month; colored ones, sl. Buckwheat cakes are to pay a tax of 3 cents per dozen; with molases on, 5 cents per dozen. For using an augur, 30 cents a month. For using a corksctew, 45 cents a month. Deviled'kidneys, 4 cents a dozen For looking over the fence, 10 cents. License to drive your cows to pasture, 50 cents; if over a mile, 75 cents. For licking your wile, 10 each time; spanking the baby, 10 cents; walloping any child over ten years of age. 25 cents. For scolding the servant girl, 50 cents. For license to catch bull heads, 85; to catch eels, $7; shad, salmon, and stugeon $8 To open oysters, $5; clams, $3 50. : For privilege to sit on the dock and catch shiners, $1 per month; if you lean egainst a pole, 1,50. .Salt mackerel, if caught in a fresh water stream, 3 cents each. To sit on the curb stone and peddle apples, 88 a month. For the privilege of gathering peachpits, $8 a month. License to peddle peanuts, $25 a year. I Snuff boxes are to pay a tax of $1 per year. For every pinch of snuff’ given to a friend, 3 cents. For asking a friend to drink, 35 cents. For playing billiards, 25 cents. For license to kill skunks, $5 a year, and one fourth the perfume. Tax on moustaches, $2 a month —if dyed, the tax to be doubled. On whiskers, other than those belonging to cats and dogs, S 3 a month. For blowing the noss in a public street, 75 cents; in country roads, 50 cents. To shoot marbles. 81; if ‘China Alleys’ are used, a further tax of 40 cents. To play euchre, $1,50; if the two bowers of trumps ate held, a further tax of 50 cents. Hurdy-gurdies are to pay a tax of 81 a tune. Mocking birds, 75 cents. , To sneeze in the public higway, 15 , cents if accompanied with unusual noise, , 25 cents. Snoring. 20 cents; if at an evening meeting, 25 cents; in church, 81. License to peddle fire-wood, $1 per month. License to beg cold victuals, $1,50. License Io gather bones, 81,50. 1 Every person taking an affidavit, shall be assessed 25 eents. Ordinary cursing and swearing to pay 1 five cents an oath, and swearing to be measured by a Curs..meter to be furn- I ished by the Secretary es the Treasury. We warn these Abolitionists not to be ' so fierce for confiscation. This they call ( a slaveholder’s rebellion; but about the | winding up of this matter we shall have ( an abolition rebellion. It is only an ac- . eldest that the latter didn’t come first; ( hence the Abolitionists should be moderate in their punishments, for with what ( measure ye meet, it shall be measured to ( you again.— Louisville Democrat. Men spend their lives in the service of . j their passions, instead of employing their’, passions, in the servioe of their lives.

“Old Seth,” a California hunter about [sixty years of age, attached to Berdan’s Sharpshooters, is a marked chaaracter at Yorktown, and of him the correspondent of the Philadelphia Inquirer telle the following story: I He carries a very heavy telescope- [ s ighted rifle, with which he has done fear- [ ful execution among the rebel artillery- ' men. The other night he could not be , found, but was at last found outside of the picket line by a sentry, who asked, . "Who’s there,?” “It’s me,” responded Seth, “and I’ve captured a Secesh gun." “Bring it in,” said the sergeant. ‘ Can’t do it,” exclaimed Seth. I It soon became apparent to the sergeant that “01 1 Seth” had the exact range of one of the enemy’s heaviest guns, and ( they could not load it for fear of being , picked off by him Again the old man [shouted: “Fetch me a couple of haversacks full of grub, as this is rov gun, and the cussed varmints shan’t fire it agin, wh'le the scrimmage lasts,” This whs done, and the old patriot has k u pt good watch over that gun. In fact, it is a "captured gun.” Showing Uh Cot. <rs, —On the 12th ult, in Congress John A. Bingham, an Abolition member of Congress, from 0- . bio, in a debate on the Tax Bill made use r.f the following treasonable language: — “Who in the name of Heaven wanis the cotton Slates or any olhe* State this side of perdition to remain in the Union, if slavery is to continue?’’ Mr. Bingham is considered by hisi Republican friends a first-rate Union man, at least wo presume so, a* he has never been assailed in any of their presses for the above, declaration. Hid a Democrat said he did not want nny of the cottun States to remain in the Union unless they retained slavery, they would have cried out at once for his expulsion from the; House. Yet Bingham’s sentiment is just I as obnoxious to an unconditional Union ! man as that would bo. The truth is, the .only opponents to the Union in the free’ 1 States—those who do not desire its restoration—are men who do not belong to '.he Democratic party. The Credit for Our Late Victories. The New York Commercial Advertiser (Republican) save: “We have good authority for saying 'hat a letter has been written bv General Halleck to a member of his family in this 'city, in which with a soldiers anxiety fori the giving of honor to whom honor is due, he ascribes the credit of the entire plan of movements at the West, and the successful combinations which have resulted in tl.e repossession, by the Union, of Mis-; isouri, Kentucky and Tennessee, to Maj. General McClellan.” I The New York Express says the above jis undoubtedly authentic, and intimates ; that the letter was received bv General I Halleck’s wife who is now in New Y ork i This ought to silence the oalumuiators.of | i Geo. McClellan, but. it won’t. Affairs at Fort VV night—Expected Termination of tlie Siege—Cotton Bmrning. Chicago, May I—A special to the Times from Fort Wright of the 30th says: “There has been no change of the outward appearance of things in this place during the last two days. Certain indications now point to a speedy termination , of our protracted siege. lam not at liberty to say how soon. A deserter to dav from the rebed fleet says the vessel to which he was attached has been employed for nearly a week pa«t cruising between Memphis and the fort ,in search of cotton. Every lot discovered was burned. These lots vaaied from five to sixty bales. The aggregate destroyed was several thousand bales. Montgomery’s rebel gunboat fleet from New Orleans have arrived off the fort and joined Hollins’ fleet. They have now a sufficiently strong naval force to make a show of resistance. The River Still Rising at Cairo—Successful Recounoissance from Pittsburg— Northern Communications of Corinth Cut Ofl. Cairo, April I.— The river rose two inches during the last twenty-four hours. The steamer Belle Creole arrived from Pittsburg Landing, with dates of Wed-' nesday noon. A reconnaissance in force was made yesterday morning from the right wing, four miles this side of Purdy, on the Mobile A Ohio Railroad, and met a force of. rebel cavalry, who fled in great disorder, and couldn’t be rallied. They were pursued to Purdy. Our forces taking possession of the town, burnt two bridges and ran a locomotive into the river.— Three prisoners were taken. Our forces then retreated, having cut off all railroad communication with the country north of Corinth, which has been the great source of rebel supplies. A wag says es a woman:—“To her virtues we give love—to her beauty, our admiration—to her hoops, the whole pavement ”

ti Sharp Speculation—Quick Instinct, s' The New Englanders are priverbial t for keen noses—never loose sight nf the t main chance. The almighty dollar to - their eye gleams through the black clouds of the public calamity. The Boston Trav ■ eler. a good, old fashioned tariff lor New - England protection paper, devises a won- - drous seductive plan for paying the inter- : est on our national deb': f “The goods of the rebels ought to suf- , fice to pay tiie interest on the public debt I for ten years to come: an I at '.he end of ’ that time the indirect revenue of the t country, derive.l from a fair tariff of duties on imports, would suffice to meet t ’ nearly all our expenditures. We should f make die men who have created the debt I' pay at least ihe half of it and so we shall ' do unless the country has lost its senses.’ i The meaning of this is, that the pres- ■ ent enormous tariff' shall remain, whereby I the West is. to pay ‘nearly all our na'ion- ,' al expenditures ” am! at the same tine i' bo h fret Ne.w England of any tax at all and sustain her manufacturers at onr ~wn • cost. This is a very hapy Yankee thought! Now, we propose something perfectly fair. As Massachusetts ami her immediate sisters brought on the war, nn.l as Illinois and # her immediate sisters are fighting it for th.-m, is it plaiply fair that we should be relieved of' nearly all the expenditures” which we pay through the tariff and which they do not share in. only to be enriclel by it, and t a' they should pay a tex "for ten years” while we pay no tariff? This is a far more liberal proposition than the Traveller’s for he proposed to make us pav al) the Government expenses perpetually, besides supporting New E.igland bv tariff exaction. Besides, it comes precis. lv up to his idea, in this, that ‘ we should make the men par who have created the debt.”— i Springfiefd Register, A Sensible View. — Senator los. A Wriglit of Indiana, in Lis speech in the I Senate, mentioned one of rhe most prnc- ’ 1 tica! wavs o f exterminating ,-laverv, viz : ; the introduction of free white labor. He i said: “If I am not mi-infnrmed, seventy 1 men belonging to ore Northern regiment wer« maried in the State of Maryland in the last six months. I know men in mv State and New Yhirk who have bought land in Maryland in the last three weeks. ; Within fifty miles of where I am talking ’ to vou to day, northern men will be found in leas than S'X days turning up the earth and putting in clover and furnishing this market. If you will only let the army and the war alone, and not disturb the peace »nd harmony of the country with questions that have nothing tn do with the prosecution of the war, all will go well.” A Rrmnrkablc Memory. ,)ohn Frank! n was a native nf (lunsin, Litchfield county, Connecticut. An instance nfl'is remarkable memory, when a lad of 17. will show that he was no ordinary bey. Having accompanied the family to the place of worship, the meeting house being enclosed, but- neither ceiled nor plastered, the beams and raf ters were all exposed to view. John saw that his father sat. through the sermon with great, uneasiness, but could not define the cause. On returning horn". “John,” said the father.“it is my duty tn give von a severe threshing, (common in olden times, and ought to be in modern,) and mu shall have it presently, preparu yourself ” “But you won't, whin me. father, without telling me what for?” "No; certainly—your conduct, at lhe mee'ing is the cause.sir. Instead of ntten.ing to the sertr m, yon - were all the time gaping about, as if vou were counting the beams and rafters of the meeting house ” “Clen vou repeat the sermon, f-ither?' 1 “Sermon, no! I had a» much hs I could do to watch your inattention ” “I’ll tell you all the minister said, if you will not whip me.” “No, John, no; but that is impossible.” 1 Young Franklin immediately named the text, and taking up the discourse* went through every head of it with sur-j prising accuracy “Upon mv word,” said tie delighted parent,“T should not. have thought it.” ‘‘And now, father,” said John, ‘ I can tel! vou bow many beams and rafters there are in the meeting house.” Hoto'yof Wyoming. Gen Halleck —Gen. Halleck was lately guilty of giving expression to the following Jon mot “Wyman, then at Rolla, on being ordered by Gen. Curtis to join him with his regiment, telegraphed to St Louis for instruction as to what ho should do with ' is post—as there was no one to relieve him of his command. In reply to his message Gen Halleck sent him the following: ‘Stick the post in the ground and on on.

Roy Lost. 1 He had black eyes, with long lashes, s red cheeks, an I hair almost black and alii most curly. He wore a crimson plaid s jacket, with full trousers buttoned on,— Hail a habit of whistling and liked to ask i’ questions. Was accompanied by a small black dog. It is a long while since he -'disappeared. I have a very pleasant house and much company. Mv guests • say, "Ah! is is pleasant here! Every t thing has much of an orderly, put-away f look--nothing about under foot, no dirtl” But my eyes are aching for the sight of ■ whitlings and cut papers upon tLe floor: t of tumbledown curd■ houses; of wooden 1 sheep and cattle; of pop guns, bows and t arrows, whips, tops, go boats a ringing, 1 and Liles a making. I want to see cruni- ’' b!es on the carpet, and paste spilt on the kitchen table. I want to see the chairs ■ and tables turned the wrong way about; 1 want to see candy-making, and corn . popping; and to find jack knives and fishI nooks among my muslin; yet these things i used to (ret me once. i They say—-‘Ah! you hnve leisure nothing to d s utb you; what heaps of sewing you have time for.' But 1 long to be asked for a bit of strir," or an old , newspaper; for a cent to buy a slate-pen-cil or peanuts. I want to be coaxed for a piece of new cloth (or jths or mainsails, and th> n to hem the same; I want to make lit'le flags, and bigs to hold marbles; I want to be followed by little feet all over the house; teased for a bit of dough for a little cake or to bake a pie in a saucer.— Y et. these things used to fidget me once. I’t ey s iy—.AM you are not tied at home. How delightful always to be at liberty to go Io concerts, lectures, and pirties; no confinement for you.” But I want confinement; I want to listen for the school bell, in the morning; to give the last hasty wash and brush, and then to watch, from the window, nimble feet bounding to school. I want frt quent. rents to mend, and replace lost buttons; I want to obliterate mud stains, fruit stains, and paints of all colors; I j want to be sitting by a little crib of evenings, when weary little s ec t are at rest, land prattling voices are hushed, that [ mothers may sing their lullabies, and tell over the oft. repeated stories. They don’t know their happiness then—those moth [ers. I didn’t All these thinks I called confitu ment once. ****** A manly figure stands before me now. He is taller than I. has thick black whiskers, and wears a frock coat, bosomed [shirt and cravat. He has just come from [ college. He brings Latin and Greek in his countenance, a"d busts of the old phii losopbers for the sitting-rooin. He calls nre mother, but 1 am unwilling to own [ him. He stoutly declares he is my boy, and says he will prove it. Ho brings be a small pair of white trousers, with wav stripes at the side, and asksYne if I didn’t make them for him when he joined the boy’s militia. He says he is the very boy, too, that made the bonfire near the barn, so that we came very near having a fire in earnest. He brings his little boat to show the rod s'ripe on the sail, (it was th<« end of the piece.) and the name on the stern— Lncy Low— a little girl of our neighborhoo I, who because of her curls and'pretty round face was lite ’chosen favorite of mv litile boy Her curls were long since cut off and she has gtown to be a tall handsome girl. How the r.-d comes to hi- f ce when he s ovi s me the name on the boat. Oh 1 see it all a« plain as if it were written in a book. Mv little one is lost, and my big one soon will be. Oh! if he were a little tired hov l in along white night-gown. lying in a little crib, with me sitting by, holding his hand in mine, pushing his curls hack Irom his forehead, watching his eyelids drop, and I stening to his deep breathin<’. If I had onlv mv little boy again, how patient T would be! How much I could bear, and how little I would fret and scold! | T c'n never have him back ng“ir; but tli«ro are st ill many mothers who haven’t . yet lost their little boy I wonder if they [know they are living their best days; i that now :s the time to really enjoy their [ children! I think if I had been more to my little boy, I might be more to my grown up one.— Waverly Magazine. The Attack on New Orleans—tlur Protected bv Wet Hay—Rebel Plated Boat Sunk by Steel Pointed Shot. Washington, April 30-The Petersburg Express of day before yesterday has a long editorial regarding the loss of New Orleans: says the city was captured by our gunboats, being encased with wet bales of hay, so that hot and cold shot were of no use. The Louisiana, mounting 22 '’itns, was sunk, (he Express says, by our steelpointed, conical shot. The cotton was destroyed by fire, and , the sugar emptied into the river. The specie in the banks was all removed from the city when Gen. Lnvel! retur - ned.

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