Decatur Eagle, Volume 6, Number 22, Decatur, Adams County, 3 July 1862 — Page 1

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Then read, ye sons of Liberty. (And made the homely proverb well,) Words that denote your destiny Should Staiestliissolemntrut.il repel? In Union there is strength rind peace, In separation endless wars— Guard, bravely guard, till time shall cease, Our country’s free born FlagofStars. I'itv is well spoken of in all lands. To be ahead of tin e—carry your watch behind you To see how hard a man strikes — tell him he lies. Rye is recom mended bv a Western paper ns a substitu'e for coffee. We have long beard ‘obi Rve’ favorable spoken of. The gentleman so often spoken of in novels, who riveted people with his has now ebtained employment in a boiler manufactory “Jake,” said an old farmer 'to one of his mowers, “do von know how manv horns there are in a dilemma?” * No,” replied Jake, “hut I know how many horns there are in a quart of whiskv.” 'She struck me very much at first,’ said the witty daughter of a celebrated novelist, to a lisping swell. ‘Fid she, indeed?’ said the dandy; 'that was verv rude of her!’ ‘lt was a readings of which vou were not guilty,’ was the ready rep'y- t roit ‘What do thev mean by a cat and dor life?’ said a husband to his angry wife. •Look at Carlo and Kitty asleep on the rug together. J wish men lived half so ; peaceably with their wives — ’ 'Stop,' said the lady; tie them together and then see how they will agree.’ The folowing is ■> veritable copy of an epitaph on the head-hoard of a rebel sol dier, prepared bv a literary ladv:’ , ‘Here lize a siranger braiv, who dide while fitin the Southern Confedi . rasy to save piece to bis Dust.’ •braive Suthern frend from Hand 10 you reached a Gloryus end.’ ‘we plase these flowers above the Strenger’s bed i Tn henor of the shiverlus dead,’ ‘Swet spirit rest in heven Ther’l be no Yar.kis there.’ i

DECATUI!, ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA JULY 3, 1862.

From the 47th Regiment. Memphis, Tenn., June 17, 1862. Editor, Eagle.—The 47th. left Tiptonville last Thursday, June 12th, on the “J. D. Perry” and landed at Memphis. | "When Hyperion fraked the blushing morn, ■ To rear his gorgeous sapphire throne on high.” I It was not without some regret we left I the former p ace; we had arranged every- ' thing in a comfortable way; had concluded an armistice with our secesh neighbors, and were in a fairway to broomthe best of friends. The camp itself was dry and pleasant aid everything was to ■our liking, Like a thunderbolt from a clear sky, came, therefore, the order to be in readiness nt any moment, to bid adieu to Tiptonville and sur.ounding ‘‘attraction a” A little before sundown we passed Fort i Pillow. You are aware that the opportunity to examine such extensive works ! as are reported to be there, was very limited iron the hurricane deck of a passing! steamer our observations were necessarily confined tojthe water batteries only; yet th S- appeared to be very formidable, and cold no doubt do considerable damage ‘o in approaching fleet, il handled with s irit and determination. The main works .re on the summit cf the bluff, and were 1 dden from our view by projecting rucks. [ Ther was light enough to plainly distingnii objects a' a short distance when the tot, to-o t, to-o o-o-ot, of the whistle announced we were in sight of Memphis. , The tack iron clad monster the transports|the little tugs, usually so active, ■ ' wereill lying dormant upon the Missis- j sippil Those gunboats look for all the ! . worldlike turtles, especially after night, I and Bnomentarily expected to see them dive | our apprdteh. Was disappointed howepr. They are not so very easily ! scare! I can tell you,—By eight o’clock ■ the lilt was unloaded, the regiment for- ■ med | line on the levee, and with fixed ;

bayo its and flying colors, the 47th was ■ the f t Federal regiment that marched thro h the streets of Memphis. Mickle and ent should have seen the boys on (this casion. They were all as proud and nighty as city belles. Each consider! himself at least a Ceasar or a Han sal. and all, in their own estimation, were as invulnerable as Achilles him; f. The citizens looked sour and crab and the boys thought it must be a grei ountry for making vinegar. II rah: Part of Lew Wallace’s di- ; visit) reached town last, the 11th is along nd w« have been fortunate enough j to c<i-erse with the boys. “Co “E” is all riit, and as hearty a set of boys as j one ght wish to see. It has been the hapjjst day of our lives, and I assure, ■ you puld not have been exchanged for a cr, n. I 111 write again in a few days G CHRISTENHot Work at Charleston. Fm the brief account which we publish is morning from rebel sources of I the rguinary battle on Monday last on Jam Island, within four miles of Char- j lestq we have every reason to believe ' that resulted in a substantial Union vtct|, and that the apprehen-ions of the Chaiston Mercurv in reference to the rebeirmy on the Island and the safety I of tlpity were well founded. Vlj the island in our possession, our lancirces can be advanced within easy shelg distance of the city across the Asr' River, and five or six miles above I Sun r, Moultrie and their supporting i fort nd batteries. Our gunboats and i lam irces. in working their way thro’gh the structions in the channel and the shoi jatteries of the Ston > Inlet, have tun all those solid formidable fortifies I tion f the broad seaway to Charleston, ! just a fleet of hostile gunboats would ; : turrjur heavy forts at the Narrows ( by |ng round Staten Island. We ex- , p»c herefore, soon to hear of the capi- | tulaln of Charleston, and in season to ( cut ; the retreat of the rebel army from , Ricirwd in that direction, should •* es- | I caprorn the belengvering army of Get . Median — New York Baraid, ~ _ 1 1 Hardest Fight.—A Inter from t Naville says: “The hardest fight the < Unimen herein Tennessee Lave is to i i def 4 themselves against the infernal ma- t I chin sent down South in the shape of A Hon speeches and action tn Congress.

“Our Countrys Good shall ever beour Aim—Willing to Praise and not afraid to Blaine.”

j On Wednesday evening Major McCau- | ley called the regiment out for dress parj ade for the first time. The regiment formed immediately in front of the Guyoso ! , House, and ent throug the m.nual in a manner which wrung approval unwillingly from the lips of the men and women • that ctowded the stree’ in front of the , hotel, it is a nice thing to see the Eleventh go through the manual, and it is not a matter of surprise to me that their manner and action challenged the unqual-iti-d approbation of tee beholders. Alas! . this is 'he pomp of war— ver and anc.i , its realitives, its horrors appear. A Slander. The militia of the State will probably ' be put on a war footing very short y. If the sympathizers with treason and traitors, meditate to undertake to carry ’ out their plans in this quarter, they will I doubtless find the work quite as hot as; they bargained for. Ten thousand stand iof arms have been ordered for State troops. The indications in Kentucky are that a system of guerril) i warfare is con templated. Our generals, Dumont and Boyle, have their plans and are prepared to checkmate. We extract foregoing from the Indianapolis dispatches to the Cincinn li Ga zette of last Saturday. It is well known that these reports emanate from • the Governor’s office, and that fact gives them a character which the" otherwise could not attain. The base insinuations in the extract quoted are a gross slander upon the people of inniana, >nd the announcement that such a necessity ex sts for.putting the militia of the Stale upon a war footing to put down treason at home, is giving “aid and comfort” to the rebellion, That is an apology, however, for ordering ‘ten thousand stand of arms .for Stat troops,” and putting the militia of the State upon a war footing. There j ■ s not the remotest justification for such a i I step in the reason given. The Governor I knows this. It is on insult to the people! of Indiana to overt suggest it. If such a , project is seriously entertained, there ' ma.- be two reasons for it. A fear of in- ! , vasion and raids from the rebol troops ' j may be one, nod the other mav be to en- !t fore acquiescence in every act of t e Ad- . ministration. If one of h‘seis not the’' , reason for putting the. militia of the State

! O w. suv Kjvnvc i upon a war footing, we cannot imagine | I what can be the motive. We do not beJlieve there is a citizen of Indiana who I would engage in any disloyal designs upon the Government, and no sane man ; can entertain such an idea We ask the ■ taxpayers of Indiana, regardless of party , affiliations, to remember those who are swelling the public expenses and public debt under false pretenses, and who in the name of the Constitution and the Union are undermining the liberties an . , rights of the people. What Alhbama Has Done—Under i the requisition made upon her for twelve regiments, which was her full quoto, as I d-termined bv the Confederate Government, Alabama responded by sending' (eighteen, averaging over one thousand; ' men each, and today she has sixty thou- : I sand troops in the field, that being only ' I one thousand less than her voting popu- . j lation, according to the number of halltots cast in the last Slate election. In addition to the lartte armv already mus-; i terfed into service, th re are vet remainling several regiments of cavalry and six or eight battallions of infantry, besides many others which are soon to be gotten tip to meet the terrible exigencies which now threaten our beloved South Whn would not he proud of such a Stat? i —Selma Reporter. Very neatly Done. We think some of our cotemporaries are a little harsh in their criticism on the New York Tribune, because, along amo’g I loyal journals, it represented the severe ’ action anil bloody repulse of the Confed-; erate army as our “reverse before Richmond. It seems to be forgotton that the Tribune has a paramount motive for converting as many Union victories as it well f can into Union “defeats.” The theory on which it proceeds was thus stated by, itself a few days ago, when a real disaster, the retreat of Gen, Banks, was under consideration. It then said: ‘We, who stand for the emancipation, have so clear a case that we can afford > to wait. Every march in the rebel region, showing our soldiers who are their friends and who their enemies, make some converts to emancipation. Every defeat, with its rebel treacheries and butcheries, help it still more.’ In proportion, therefore, to the Trib- ■ nne’s zeal for ‘emancipation’ (and everybody knows how great that is), will naturally be its complacency at defeats of our armies, and if our gallant soldieis 1 will win victories, it only remains to make the worst for them. ■For, if we, cannot alter things. Egad' we’ll change their names, sir.’

■ Con-ersutlon withan ‘‘intelligent Contraband. Vanity Fair pictures “a Tribune cor- ; respondent” and ‘‘an intelligent contrai band” having the following conversa- . zione: i N ou b’long to de army, mars’r? asked , the intelligent contraband, uneasily. "Yes That is — I am—ves; lam with I the army, sir,’ replied the Tribune cor- . respondent, ‘and I would like, s'r, to ask . you a lew questions. Where is Beauregard, at Corinth, or at Richmond?’ Intelligent contraband —‘Yi«, mars’r.’ Tribune correspondent—‘Where?—at Richmond?’ Intelligent contraband—‘Yis, mars’r.’ Tribune correspondent —‘And how tunny men has he?’ lot. con,-‘Niggers, mars’r?’ Trib. cor.~'No-»oldie.rs.’ Int. con-‘Bout sixty hundred t’ous and, I specs.’ Trib. cor-‘Whr.t? Areyou sure? Aren’t you mistaken?’ Int. con -‘Yis, mars’r ’ Trib. cor.-‘Weil, when did he arrive here?’ Int. c n.-‘O, two three four munis ago-’ Trib. cor.-‘You mean weeks, don’t you?’ Int. con.-‘Yis, mars’r.’ Trib. cor -D > you think the rebels will evacuate Richmond?’ Int. con.-'O, yis, mars’r, dey'll fight like the debbil 1’ Trib. cor.—‘You don’t understand me, sir. I mean will they run away? Int. con,-‘Yis, Mars’r; dey oilers runs away.’ Trib. cor.-‘But if McClellan had attacked the city three weeks ago, he could have killed them all, couldn’t he?’ Int. con.—‘Yis. Mars’i;he killed ’em all I specs. I got under a fence, an’ he . didn’t saw me.’ * * •Whose slave are you?’ asked the cor- J responde t, after a pause. Int. con.—‘mars’r Davis’ ’ Trib. cor.-'What, Jeff. Davis?’ T , X’ ’ • > I 1 nt. con.-‘ 1 is, m.us r. Trib. cor —‘And he treated you with * great brutality, no doubt?’ * hit. con.—‘Yis, mars’r treat me fus’ rate.’ Trib. cor.-,But you want your freedom, don’t you?' ’ Int. con —‘O vis, mars’r-’ 1 ‘

, : Trib cor.-‘How would you like to go .'North?’ , Tnt. con -‘l’utty cold Norf, ain’t it?’ i! Trib. cor.-'Oh, no; ever been North?’ 11 Int. con.—‘Yis, mars’r ’ Trit, cor — *To what place?’ Tnt. con—‘To Florida, Mars’r.’ J Trib. cor—‘Florida?’ Int. con.-‘Yis, mars’r. De die gemtnan lib dar ’ Trib. cor —’What, your master?’ Int. con —‘Yis, Mars’r.’ Trib. cor —‘Why, did Jeff. Davis ever I live in Florida?' Int. con.-’O yis, mars’r: helib dere some forty or fifty years; I ’specs ’ The evidently untrustworthy nature of the replies of this man and brother began Ito strike the coTesponden l nt about this junctnre, and he shut up his note book 'and retired. The mar. and brother gazed i after his retreatin » form with interest, tied murmured gently: I ‘Dai’s a mighty sassy feller. ‘Specs ; he’s a fool!’ with which he skedaddled, leaving our special in much doubt whether the Tribune correspondent was not, after all, worse sold than the intelligent contraband would he if he endeavored to find perfect freedom by following the north star. Fusiouism “Playep Out’’ in Ohio. [From the Dayton (Ohio) Empire.] The C'eavland Platn Dealer— a paper which labored hard for the election of the

Fusion ticket last fall, and did more to destroy the Democralic organization in Northern Ohio than any other in the ; State—on the 18th inst., in an article on Ben Wade and his organ, the Leader, in which it styles the latter a "pretentious little negro ram” has this obituary notice of the so-called "Union organization:” “It is becoming daily more and more ' ayyarent that the Tnion organizati n in i this State is at an end—a thing of the 1 past—gone into history only, so far as the Republican and Abolition journals are concerned, and it is hardly to be expected that the massof the party will fail to follow their lead. The way is fast being prepared in this vicinity, at leest, to revive the Republican party, or to organize a pure Abolition parly out of its remnants and ruins, to be vitalized and intensified by the events of the day, which are to bo wrought up into policy, by 1 such party, of general, indiscriminate confiscation and universal emancipation.” The Republican papers in the northern portion of the State are clamoring for a . dissolution of the fusion. Few men from Northern Ohio, who have heretofore acted with the Democracy, will pe present at the Fusion State Convention called forthe2lstof August.

Abolition Logic. The New York Tribune ask: ‘ln what section of clause of lhe Constitution is thn nation or its government required to guarantee or protect the alleged property of rebels in those they claim as slaves?' Il answers, ‘Why. no e,’ and remarks, “If there is any such clause nr section it must be easy to point it out.” Therefore, it holds that the Federal Government can do what it pleases with property <>t reh. els. It is nit our purpose to argue the policv or impolicy ol emancipation in this article; but only to ten the logic of this inquiry of the Tribune,s. We ask, therefore, in what section or clause of the t'.n stitininn is the nation or its government, required to guarantee or protect the alleged property of loyal men in any thing which they claim as propertv?” We ask this question because the great argument of Abolition is, that the Conslitution does not recognize slaver;: ;.r< ' argument absolutely false, yet all-power-ful with its advocates. The truth is, the ; Constitution specifies no particular subject of property. It accepts the institu-l tions of the states in that regard, and does nothing more. The abolition argument, then, that it is silent as to this or ; that property is applicable to every thing which mi n own. and the deduction must . be that if this silence gives power to destroy one kind of property, sanctioned by the laws of a State, it gives power to destroy all kinds. Ina word, the Abolition ■ doctrine is that the Federal Government possesses despotic power. —— — ii —— * Consolidation of Federal Forces. Washington, June 26—The forces under Major Geperals Fremont, Banks and McDowell have been consolidated in- , to one army, called the Army of Virgin-, 1 ia, and Major General Pope has been especially lesigned by the President to the- 1 chief command. The fore s under Fre- 1 mont constitute the first, a mv corps, and 1 are to he commanded by him; the forces under General Banks constitute the se- ' cond army corps, and are to be comnvin- 1 ded by him the forces under General Mc-»* Dowell constitute lhe third army corps, 1 and are Io be commanded by him. General McCalls Division. 10,000 i strong, which formed a part of General 1 McDo veils corps, has reached General »< t 1 i I I . _ L — s ... 1 . I .. .1 ‘ ‘ ’ .. .

McClellan by wa'er, and another division is to follow immediately in the same wav, while General Pope will also operate against the enemy at Richmond. The Terrible Weapon. The exploits of the Parrott gun, at the siege of Fort Pulaski, are but the prehide of what can and will be done with that tremendous weapon. The guns which, from their position on Big Tyhee island, over a mile from the fort, were able to drive castiron bolts through the stone wall as if it had been a cheese, were ; nothing but thirtyoounders. having only the same caliber as the old nine-inch | smooth-bore. The one hundred pounder to the production of which the resources of the West Point Foundery have lately been directed, is a piece of vastly greater destructive powers, as the rebels will find out when thev hear from it. When the first specimen of this weapon was turned out, a short time ago, there was a great deal of theoretical doubt about its successful operation, hut experiments, which were carefully made at the foundry and at Sandy Hook, soon established its arnaz'ng capabil ties The Government ( promptly took the hint, and has enough Parrott one bundred-poun ‘ers in the right places to produce the right effect at the right time, Mr. Parrott has made important improvements in the gun and the missile since his first, invention,

the nature of which it would not be proper to speak of in this connection. It would bo equally ill-timed to give the wonderful results of certain experiments recently made bv the inventor. The scientific world must wait—not long, perhaps— for the repetition of here experiments on a grander scale in actual conflict. The prediction is not a rash one. that these great Parrott guns will upset a good many notions of invulnerability that are now regarded as scientific truths And the end is not vet. Guns of still larger caliber ar in process of construction, which will, in their turn, shoot new ideas into the rebels, and perhaps, furnish a new top c to the British Parliament. A hint about securing personal comfort never comes amiss A thin shawl may he made warm by folding a newspaper inside it. The paper is impervious to wind, and cold air, from outside, and prevents the rapid escape of the warm ait beneath it. If you suffer from feet on a journey, fold a piece of newspaper over your stocking This is better than rubbers. If you are cold in bed, the newspaper for which you have paid a few cents, spread under the upper cover, will serve as an additional blanket.

The Omissions of the IStli June Converttion. i ihe Louisville Democrat, in noticing the platform of the 1801 ol June Convenf tion, regards the resolutions, as tar as , they go, urn xceptiohable. It notices, however, the following material points now at issue which the Convention failed t, no ice. These omissions show the dishonesty of ti e Republican leaders engaged in it. and that the “Union” scheme is nothing less than a deliberate attempt upon their part to deceive and humbug the people for the single purpose of perpetuating p iwer in their hands. This is so evident that it seems to us impossible that any honest Democrat <r conservative citizen can be led astray from the path of duty and pitriotism or place confidence in a party which is constantly violating its own platform. The Demo- . crig says; It will b? r colli .de.l ’ litai'inis Congress has twice refused to pass lhe substance of this first resolution, for reasons best known to themselves. The overI whelming majority of the people will pass it, and do so in good faith. The ground of debate in our neighboring State will not be upon this res Union. The rebellion is to be put down uncon lilionally. The legitimate power of the Government must be sustained.— And in doing this, lhe Administration must be sustained with all the liberality needed to accomplish that end. Before the people, however, there are material points not touched that go to the very issue of the contest. What are legitimate and appropriate means to put down this rebellion, and what are not? Was it necessarv to put down the rebellion to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia? Is it necessary to put down this rebellion to tax the people of the whole Union io pay for the slaves that. Stale may see proper to emancipate? Is it necessary to put down this rebellion to get up negro schools in North Carolina, and support them at the Government expense; or, in f ct, to get them up ac all at any one’s expense? Is it necessary to put down the rebellion to bur en the Treaury with millions to support runaway slaves? Is it legitimate for a man w th straps > .ra li i a alson 1 I . „ —»l.. 11

j on Ins shoulders to proclaim martial law , over two or three States, and assume to . abolish slavery? Does the Constitution allow ns a punis ment for treason t > confiscate property at all? Is a g p m ial confiscation consistent • wth humanity if it were constitutional? • All such means, in our opinion, are calculated, if not designed, to s rengthen the rebellion, and not, restore but divide the Union. i All parties in our neighboring State are united in a determination to put down the rebellion. There may be here and there a m-n whoso wishes are otherwise; , bnt he will count nothing in this contest. . Better not charge that the men who support the Sth of Januarr ticket are sympathisers with the rebellion. If the rebels believed that it. would inspire them with more Lope than any military success, and if it were true, it would nullify al! the effects of victories on the field of batt e. The Entrance ofihc I leventh Indiana Into Memphis. Memphis, June 20, 1862. “Darkly, at the dead of night,” or. Tin s lav. the 17th inst‘ we entered this once flourishing emporium of ihe South Why the mystic hour of midnight was selected for the time of the grand entree, I at a loss to conceive, though doubtless there were reasons. Certainly our debut

was in some respects extraordinarily giaphic and impressive. Dark clouds i came sailing up over the “Father of Waiter»," from which the blinding lightin- ■ ings leaped and the rapid storm god had let them all loose, seemed to riot in extravagant and boisterous jov at their freedom, and heaven’s artillery went , booming and crashing through the upper ; air, reminding me of the siege guns at Shiloh on the evening of the 6th of A pril, only loader, grander,God like! I HOW WE PASSED FIR=T NIGHT Jaded and very wet, we were finally ■ halted and ordered to rest until morning. But where? In the streets, on the cold, . damp pavement, without even a blanket for a covering. Some luckv fellows had the advantage and protection of an awning nr a cellar door, and a few were even I so fortunate as to get inside of the public • houses located upon the street, anil the 'privilege of lying upon the floor. But the storm passed — morning soon came ’ bright and beautiful, and all the exposure ' and deprivation of the past night were forgotten in the present excitement and new scenes. We were all glad to be once ■ more “out of the wilderness." To sate bacon from spoi'iug in the summer, eat it early in *Le spring.

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