Decatur Eagle, Volume 6, Number 20, Decatur, Adams County, 19 June 1862 — Page 1

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SlieritPs Sale. BY virtue of an axecution to me directed and deliveied by the Clerk of the court of common pions, of Adams county in the State of Indiana, I will expose to sale, at public auction , at the Court House door, in the county of Adams, h< tween fh<* hours of ten o’clock a m , am] four p. m., nn Saturday, Jane 28, 1862. the rents and profits for a term of years not exceeding seven, of the following described real -state to wit: A part of the south-west quarter of the northeast quarter of s<-eti.»n twenty one (21,) township twenty eight (28,} north of range fourteen (14) east; comm *ncing at :i slake fourteen fret p 4) from A, A ocum> blacksmith shop, on the Fort Wayne and Piqua Plank Road, adjoining the tewu of Monmouth; ihene.e north-west a!ong said road one hundred and twenty feet, to n stake; thence north-east at right angle., with •aid road, one him :rcd and twenty feet, to a •take; thence south east, parallel with said mad (.n«? hundred and twenty feet, to a stske; thence south west one hundred and twenty feet r o the place of beginning, containing iu all two fifths of an acre of laud;anJ known as the Zi ha Dorwin t vern. at. or in. ami adjoining the town ufMonnvnilh, in the county of Adams, in the State of Indiana. And on failure to realize therefrom the full 1 •mount of aaid writ, ] will at the sam.- time and place ar pi 'die auction, as aforesaid <-v-* pose to sale the fee simple of the said described teal estate Executed as the property of Anthony Leslie, the suit of James Spencer. GEORGE FRANK. May 5, 1892. Sheriff Commissioner’s Sale. ' I VtOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned Commissioner, appointed by the court of Common Pleas of Adams county, by virtue of an order of said Court will utter nt private sale, the folio ring described real e> Lat«* to-wit. The '-oj.iLb east quarter of the south west quarter of > ret ion five in township twenty-srv- < n north <»f range fourteen east containing forty acres of laud, more o” less, at any Lime after July Ath, 1862, on the following terms: One third of the purchase money to !>■ paid in end. »w third in six, and one third in twelve months, with interest on deferred paysnettts, the purchaser giving his note with approved security, waiving l>« fit < f valuation lews. D.STCD.U3AKER May 15. JBGJ- w7. Commissioner. Guardian’s Sale, VTOTICJE is hereby t'iv.” th it the tn rsigned Guardian of t h csrate and person of Isabel! i--by viri ie • m order of ♦he court of Common Pleas <»f Adams county. 1 , will sell at private sale ;>? ■ -idenc* »n De cutur, in the said county i Ad a- in thef of Indiana, any time <m .".nd «'!••: the f<* i.h day of Jnh, A. D. I s b2. th j foll- winij «le‘sCrih-”’« real estate subject to the do-v- i of ElD.d.bHh j Nfeisse. widow nt William Miesse, deceased to- ; wit: The undivided one fourth, part of In lol? number 290,291 and 25 <. and Out-lot No. M ' hII in the town of Decatur in the said county of i Adam®, upon the following • eim;-’ One half the purchase meaty ’■> he paid in hand, and one half in six months from d;»y ■ ♦ eale, with interest from day of >al< : on deferred payments, to be secured to the sali-far? iun oft ’he undersigned ELIZ A BE. I li MTE-SE. May 15. 186.’. Guanhan. Fresh Raisins. IN whole, half and quarter t.exes; rb\ ;h»pound, at V n 11n ■anJ- Cra wf< >rd *R J . R . B O B O , Attorney at L a , Has provided himself with fu»m«. and all papers nece-sary to secure all kinds o f-uid” ”• Claims for Pension*. Bounty a-d Back I’ay. and is pr- pnred in secure such clfihuf* Lb promptly a* possible. Decatur. li.d , May I* J ‘ '*2. vfi-nl l ' »«.(». E. I. STURGIS, i WHOLESALE & RETAIL DEALER IN’ nurji.s. MEDICINES, AND CHEMICALS, WINDOW GLASS Oih, Paint-, Dye-stuffs Binning Fl <■’, purr Wines ami Liquors, al] the patent medicines of the day. hair and hut brushes. Perfumery, frangipani. kiss-H’.J sweetly, etc., , toilet articles, *pic?r, <tc. £qgr Presc riptir nl carefully compounded Corner of Calhoun and Main Streets, n!s~v3. FORT WAYNE, IND. TfTil Ali AK E H X Bl) 110.' Attornes« and Cot.nsfllors at Ln'*’. DECATUR, IND WLL PRACTICE IN THU COVRTXI :;F the tenth Judicial Circuit, attend tolhe ■ ollection of elaiius, the payment of taxes.re fiemption of lands. Ac. OFFICE —On Main street, one door south ot the Public Square. v4-ni4. 1). V CHAMBER. PHYSIC AIN 4 SURGEON DECATUR, INDIANA ' rrOFFICB—On the east side of Second fit. in the Jponi formerly occupied by J. Nutt inan as a banking office. 1-nIL w E). FRAZEE? ATTORNEY ft. COUNSELOR AT LAW. DECATUR. INDIANA WILL promptly attend to all busings* ph trustbd t»* him . Strict attention ‘Aiegecuri’i ’ ; ”id collection of claims. OFFICE—Fast <»f thu Auditor’s Office, t f!

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DECATUII, ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA, JUNE 19, 1862-

Camp Correspondence. Tiptonville, Tennessee, | June 21,1862. f Editor Eagle.—l presume you are t.lready cognizant of the fact that the 47th retired from the vicinity of Fort Wright without having accomplished anything towards its reduction. We had fondly hoped to have a little brush with the enemy again, and as it was thought Ibis would be our last chance, everv one got his “Enfield” in proper trim with the greatest alacrity and cheerfulness, and all were solicitous to accompany the ex petition, judge, then, of our surpiise an . mortification, when, on the third day after our arrival near the flotilla the Order came to quietly proceed back to Tiptonville again. To be sure, Co “A” exchanged a few shots with the enemy’s pickets while out on the same arduous ■duty, but what was '.hat in comparison with our imaginary conquests and wreaths of laurel? Il did not in the least satisfy our martial ardor, nor had it the least tendency to heighten our esteem of the officer who gave this retrovert command. The words of the poet were forcibly brought to my mi..d when he speaks of i the king ot France who “Marched up the : hill, and then marched down again.” On the night ol the 28th of last month a citizen came into our camp with the re- ■ port that two thousand rebel cavalry were i bivomcKed on the opposite side of ReelI foot Lake (distant two miles) with the very humane intention of taking us all prisoners that very night, a very lamiaI ble purpose, not yet carried into eltect, : however. C >l. Slack was up and ou the ' lookout till 4 o’clock next morning, About midnight a steamer came palling by 'on her downward course to Fort Wright, , probably freighted with ammunition for , the fleet, in vain Colonel Slack shouted fired a volley, lit torches, and swore and ‘cursed at the unpardonable stupidity of. the ignorant boatmen, who couldn’t un- ' dersland that we were in imminent dan- ; ger, of perhaps being cut up and our bones used as ornaments for southern pat- ‘ lors. If the unfortunate boat had just, then been compelled to proceed where ■ I Col. Slack most heartily wished her, she i would in all probability have made the acquaintance ul the gentlemen with the J cloven foot. But she was not aware of the fate invoked on her, and consequent- ( ly passed on. We saw no rebel soldiers . that night, nor intteed do 1 believe these were anv so close upon us, though it can- , not be denied that there are plenty of se- j cessiotiists hovering around our camp who would gladly “aid aud abet” the enemy with head and hand. This fact has been ; apparent to the commanding Brig,-Gen, Quimby, anJ upon the requisition of Col. Slack he has kindly sent us re-enforce-ments. Last Friday morning a detachment of artillery with two brass guns, one of which is a howitzer, and a squad ! of cavalry arrived here and the next day i j another gun of the same kind as the format two was landed’ Let the rebels now beware, Since last Thursday the mail Steamer | j'Diligent' has not made her appearance, and we are therefore ignorant of passing events. Yesterday, however, the rumor got afloat that Corinth had been evacuat’d by the rebels aud that they were falling back upon Columbus. You will i know the truth or falsity of the report i before this reaches yon. G. CHRISTEN. - Tiptonville, Tennessee, ( i ,U e 6th, 1862. ) ' Mr. Editor, Sir:—Since writing you nothing of importnnce has transpired, with the exception of a “wild goose” chase to Fort Pillow, some days sincci which E.fLet ail absence of lour days re suited In bringing us up “standing at our old Camp, with tiO one butt or badly scared. While down the liver, a portiotW of our regiment) and it detachment of the 34th Indiana had a slight skirmish with the rebel pickets, which resulted in both parties withdrawing, One man c( the 34th Was slightly wounded in the head, aud a Lieutenant of the 4flth Indiana wounded ifi the hip, which 1 Icarrted has rathe- nv-ioite

, The health of our regiment is good; no dangerous eases in the hospital. The (monthly report of May shows seven deaths. From present indications the fatality during the present month will show a considerable diminuition over that of last month, ns our men are becoming acclimated. Tills morning the shock o f an Earthqu .as felt. It. was so heavy that the trees quivered as its’ruck forcibly a heavy blow. One thing I noticed, some of our boys lost the color in their faces very suddenly, and at the same time became very nervous. No doubt it reminded them of 1311, when R e! foot like, which is near our camp, was formed, and swallowe up; at least the conversation turned upon earlh- : quakes, volcanoes, etc. For the past week we have no complaint ot nothing to do, as we have been put to drilling again, which I assure you lai from meeting the approbation of the bovs, and some already fee! a strong deJ sire to piny “old soldier,” and evade the work as much as possible. We have battallion drill before breakfast of an hour or more, and company drill from nine until eleven, and from four to six, and dress parade at seven, which completes the labors ol tlie day. I find in the corr spondence from northern Indiana that many of Che farmers are still planting corn, while here we have had new potatoes in camp ten days since, as well as beans and most of garden vegetables. I learn that a farmer near camp is cutting wheat while I am writing, i There is quite a difference between here and northern Indiana, both in climate ( and soil, but most of the boys are disgusted with the country, and are ready to ! exclaim, "I would rather have a grave in lhe land of my birth than a (arm in any 1 have v isited I will close by assuring you that your paper is a welcome visitor iu camp, to lhe ! boys of Adams Yours <fcc., Wm VANCE. . The following is the Abolition theory | of our Government: ‘The Constitution and laws shall be suspended whenever it is. necessary. ‘Of that necessity the President shall be the judge. This is exactly tbs system of Govern-] ment concocted by Russia, 'lhe general ukases, or laws of the land, are never suspended except when the Emperor] j deems it necessary. His will is, there- , fore, the supreme law. ~ The U. S. brig Ohio, one of the blockading fleet at the the mouth of the Mississippi, lately captured a rebel shooner with a cargo of coffee and soap, worth §50,000, by am at Yankee trick. The schooner was a fast sailor and likely to escape when a smokestack was externpored on the deck of lhe Ohio, and a file built in it, and the rebels thinking her a steamer, yave up ’he idea cf es- ’ cape and lay to till she came up. < Jeff Davis’ House Destroyed.—The I following we take from the Vicksburg '(Miss.) CRwn of FiMay 23: ’Ae learu that the J .ndnls have come off their boats and battered down nd nt- , terly destroyed the residence of Jeff Davis, and also that of Joe Davis. Their acts of destruction and Vandalism in that neighborhood were complete. leaving nothing but a bleak and desolate track behind them. The Southern papers announce the recent arrival of two steamers with large quantities of powder, saltpeter, army accouterments, and B,OOC Enfield rifles.— ] They carefully refrain from naming the | port. ] The ttichmond Wkiy of the 2fit.h tilt, records more hand-writing on the wall: “Yesterday’s daylight brought Io view a number of cl alk inscriptions Upon the walls and fences in different parts of the citv. The Latin quotation, 1 Victim' (Woe to th.n Vanquished), was repeated in nearly every ir.stence. The only provoking circumstance about these inscriptions is, that the persons engaged in the. dirty work can perform it with such impunity. The night watch, the military guard and the detective police owe it to themselves to discover and airesl lhe of- ■ fenders.” The ultra A.bolitionists think the Constitution should be saved by being broken. That * the way the heads of them should be saved) —f. Journal.

i : i REMONT’S VIC TORY A T CROSS KEYS. FIVE HINDRED DEAD REBELS FOUND OX THE FIELD. | I Gen. Shields Appear' on the Opposite Side of the River—ls Driven Back from the IJriilge and Jackson Escapes. Pokt Republic, Va., June !7 \V« have had b'iring times in this De--1 parttnent. Jackson took his trains over 'the river hereon Frid tv, and returned and gave us battle yesterday, five miles from this place, on the Harrisonburg : road. The battle for two hours raged fiercely. .Schenck had the right, Milroy the . (center, and the Blecker D'vision lhe, . left. ■ Schenck was not assailed except by , skirmishing fighting. Milroy wis in the hottest of the fight and drove the enemy . back from point to point. Tile first brigade of the Blenker division, undei General Stahl, 'ought well and held the enemy bick for some two botirr. suffering a great loss from a destructive fire from lhe enemy. The left wing finally gave wav, and our whole line was ordered back hall a mile, to a more f vorable position. The enemy did not advance, but commenced a ret eat, as we learn here, previous to our falling back, and by ten o’clock this morning their wh -le urmy had crossed '> the river, and set tire to the bridge. We ‘pursued, but not in time to save the bridge. Surgeon Cantwell ol the Eigh-ty-second Oh o was wounded, not dangerously. Capt Chas. Worth was mortally wounded. The Seventy-third Ohio lost four killed and three wounded; the Third Virginia, lour killed and thirteen wounded; the Filth Virginia, three killed end seventeen wounded; the Twenty-fifth Ohio, six kill ed and sixty-eight wounded; the Sixtieth 1 Ohio, four killed and eleven wounded — . Stahl's Brigade lost in killed, wounded ' and missing 405 privates and 22 officers. Several Colonels an 1 •Captains were wounded and one Captain killed in the Blenker Division. Bohlen’- Brigade lost ten k’lled and seventy wounded. The Bucktails lost one killed and ten wounded. Our total loss will be from one hundred to one hundred and fifty killed, and from four hundred to five hundred killed and wounded. The enemy’s loss was very heavy—: Four hundred of their dead, by actual count, we found unburied on one field.— ! ‘ From the numbers of their dead scattered ■in other parts of the battle-ground, it is! bslieved that there r.re two hundred more . of their dead on the field; making their ( ! loss in killed six hundred, besides officers, who were carried away. Gen. Steward was killed, Gen Elsie wounded. Colonel Haughton mortally wounded, and Gen. , Jackson w unded in the wrist. Colonel S. 8. Carroll of Ohio, with two i regiments of Shields’ division, reached I the opposite side of the river from here, yesterday morning, and attempt d to j I hold the bridge, but was driven back by Jackson. He opened with his attillery , this morning on the bridge, as the rebel ' army were crossing, but was driven back bv the superior forces of Jackson, and re- f treated down the river. ( Port Republic Va , June 10.—The ( army advanced early this morning, in line of battle, but finding no enemy, pro- ■ needed in column through the woods and ( I over the country !o Port Republic. Everywhere were evidences ot the comI ' • ‘ pleteness of yesterday’s success. The ( i battlo was fought at Cross Keys, aud takes the name. The rebel loss was greatly superior to ours. They left their ‘dead and many wounded on the field.— Not less than five hundred dead were found, and many wounded. Two of their guns were left behind, which we captur- ‘ ed tlits morning. Capt. Danker, of Gen. Fremont’s staff. ' was killed. Capt, Gutttrman. of Cluseret.’ I stuff, was severely wounded. No other staff officers were wounded. The rebel wounded were found in every house along the road. Ambulances, wagons, arms and clothing strewed the field. Forty cf our wounded, taken pri«o-‘ ’ ners. were left iu a church, and were retaken. J The Sixth Louisiana regiment loti but ' thirty men. , i The enemy retreated till midnight, and ■ , this incrn'ng their rear guard Crossed the Shenandoah at this place, and burned lhe bridge. Tiffs Bi' l to Suppress PoLtoAttr. - The bill to suppress polygamy, which t : has passed both bouses of Congress, pro- ; vides a fine of SSOO ahd imprisonment - not less than five years. It also provides] that no church no any Territory shall own more than 850’000 worth of property. ■ The only Votes r.galh”t the bill in the • Senate Weieby the California tnembors, i who were afraid it would Rad to frotiblts ] with Ilia overland route,

Mr. Lincoln once said in Congress that “Any people, anywhere, being inclined, aud having the power, have the right to risk up and shake oft' the existing gov merenl and form another one that sui s them belter.” that “Any portion of such people that can may revolutionize, and make their own of so much of the terr: lory as they inhab’t.” Thee sentiments , were popular with abolitionists when Mev were contemplating a rebellion against tin- I' .deral g.ivereiunent. They are entertained now. They Are all right with Mr. Lincoln or any other abolitionist; but il a Democrat attacks the unconstitutional destructive, and wished schemes <4 aboli tioniste, their mode of defence is to cat! all such “secessionists,” “traitoes,” ifcc. To cal! names is a resort when argument fails.— Chicago Times Highly Important From Teiiiies“i , <’— J Success of Gen Aegiey’s Expedition to East Tennessee. Nashville, June 12 —A dispatch from Gen. Negley to Gov. Johnson, announces the success of his expedition to East Tennessee. He took 80 prisoners, including a number of prominent officers; a ‘drove of cattle and a large number of horses, intended for the rebel armyThe defeat of Gen. Adams’ rebei force in Sweeden's Cove was more Complete llinri represented at first. Adams esca ped without hat, sword or horse. The rebel batteries at Chattanooga were silenced on the 7th. after a heavy cannonading of three hours. Our forces opened fire the next day, aud continued six hours, upon the town and rifle-pits, driving the enemy out of his works, arr i forcing him to evacuate the city. They burned all the railroad bridges, to prevent pursuit. The Tennesseans came oat in crowd* along the march, and cheered our tr.mpa enthusiastically. A great, many applications are made at the Execute Office for , passes to Memphis From the Columbus S’atsman. The EniHncipation or Disunion Leatftfo. Ropublioan Abolitionists have formed, in New Y r ork -itv, a disunion Association which is calle I an “Emancipation League.” Ol this ‘League,” William C. Bryant, the poet and editer ol the Eeonln r Post, irt President. On« of its articles, tile Times says, pledges its h embers to resist the retention of any slave State in the Union, unless it will first past an act of mancipation. The new League was organized by a public meeting at the Cooper Institute on Frida* night. Rev. Dr. Tyng presided, and made a short address in which he declared his full confidence in the final emancipation of the slaves bythe Commander-in-chief of the Army, Abraham Lincoln There were presen', at the meeting If. II Helper nnd Dr. Vincent Colyer, recently engaged in teaching-laves in North Carolina Henrv J. Raymond, of the New York Times rnd other notables. But the great irun of the occasion was Senator Bane (General “Jim”), of Kansas, Ha mone a fUr? speeeh, of considerable length, advocating the immediate emancipation and arming of the slaves. This “Emancipation League,” as it i" called, is not an association of oi l Garrisonian Abo'iat.ionists. It is composed chiefly, if not altogether, of leading Republican politicians, who have heretofore ranke'f as conservatives and opponents of the radical Abolitionists Bat now they are more thoroughly imbued with th" spirit of Disunion than were ever the old Garrtsoniatls. Such are the men comprising the faction, in which Democrats and loyal men are invited to enlist, under the honeyed name of “the Union party.” “Oh, shame, where is thy blush?’ The Effort to Repeal the FuotTivv- ■ Slave Law --The House to-dav was tha sci-na of another scheme of agitation looking to the repeal of the Fugitiveslave Law. The resolution instructing the Judiciary Committee to bring in a bill t,i repeal the law was voted down, bnt one was adopted directing them to prepare a modification providing for a trial by ju,rv in all claims under the law. The resielution providing for receiving the ti«umony of fugitive slaves as to the loyalty of owners Wr.-. rdopterl. anl the bill prohibiting slavery in the Territoies was passed— N. Y. Herald’s Washington Correspondence, !Oth. jTo Make Superior Vinegar Asp Pickles.—The following receipt was communicated by Thomas Armor to the i Scientific American. Our readers, who j desire a good and whclesome article, would do well to preserve the direct <m here given. To one gallon of soft w ater add a pin’, of sugar or sorghum molasses, stir no Well, and then add rearlv a gallon ftesh ripe tomatoes. Set the vessel aside, and in a few days you will h r he sou ■ ■ . i ,i -' ■ i.. * ip ■S’*'

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