Decatur Eagle, Volume 6, Number 46, Decatur, Adams County, 18 December 1862 — Page 1

THE DECATUR EAGLE.

VOL. 6.

| —■ ' rgn JQ H JgQ DECATUR EAGLE. IMHO EVERT THURSDAY MORNING, BY. Spencer & Sclnnneyer. PUBLISHERS AND PROPRIETORS. OFFICE—On Second Street, In Patterson’, building.over the Drugstore. Terms of Subscription: One conv. one year, in advance, JI 00 . If paid within the year. 1 50: if not paid until the year has expired, 2On • ITNo paper will be discontinued until nil I • rrerages are paid except at the option of the Publisher. Terms of Advertising: One square.(ten lines) three insertions, $1 FO Kach sn, sequent insertion, -a tyXo advertisement will be considered less than one square; over one square will be counted and charged as two; over two. a« three, etc, j D»A. liberal discount, from the above rates, made on all advertisements inserted for a period longer three months. rrThenhwe rates will be strictly adhered to under all circumstances. JOB PRINTING: We are prepared to doall hinds of job worn ■ inanea 1 and workmanlike manner, on the rncst reasonable terms. Our material for the completion of Job-Work, being now and of the Ist eat styles, we feel confident that satisfaction Can be given. mrni miss turns! bfiit house? I) euat ur. In d i ana. SE do ISE K ~ S'2'H’a Proprietor. Will give good attention, and makes reasonable I charges. n3'-vG-ly. D. W (HAMPER,! PHYSfCAIN <V SURGEON DECATUR, INDIANA.’ ITTOFFIOE —On the side of Second Rt . jn the room formerly occupied by J. D. Nutt-{ man as a banking office. vl-n42. DAIII STI'IHB IKEII ,1 attorney at law, DECATUR, INDIANA.’ Will Practice iir Adams and adjoining Counties 1 'EFQFFICE. —On Mnin Street immediately South of the Auditor’s Office—v G—n 12 JAMES R 8080. Attorney ani Counselor at Law, DECA TUR, IXDJA .V. 4. ITO FFI DE. in Recorder’s Office..pp Will practice in the Courts of the Tenth Ju- j n’icinl Circuit. Attend to the Redemption of. I .riHs. the pav...ent of Taxes Especial attention will be uiven to the collection nf Bounties,; Pension and all claims against the Government Nov. 28, 18G2. v6-i 42. HARNESS SHOP. I, J, M cissc, Respectfully informs hi« custom.-rs and the pub lie in grner; 1. that he M ill continues io carry on the Harness Business at his «> B_ Bb S»3S On a larger scale than ever, where he invites nil to call and examine his work : for h<* flatters himself that he can do <a BETTER JOB for LESS money than any other establishment in North Easte-n Indiana EFRepairing done on short notice and charge* reasonable.—n37-v6 ITo [Te (H LLE im P.’V. SMITH Ambrotype & Photograph _.-Bk nst r nr bi Having permanently located in Decatur and supplied himself with everything that may be found in a First Class Picture Gallery, Would call the attention of all who desire good Picture at low prices, to call at. his rooms in Houston’s Building, immediately over the Drug Store. n37-ly w JEFFERSON QUICK, DEALER fN I ■CLOCKS, WATCHES, MUSICAL ISSTRUMENrS, JEWELRY, &C., DECATUR, INDIANA. Clocks, Watches, Jewelry, Musical Instru ( ments. (tc.. repaired on short notice. SHOP—On Second Street, in Frazer’s law of fleer v-sn-41 Auditor’s Notice. Notice iaherehv given that those having fail-, •fl to pay the int«fosf of the Congressional ami Common School Fund in advance, cither upon certificate nr upon loan, that hv the require 1 mentß of the late school law Auditors n»p pmii j red to advertise and soil on the fourth M.rndav l nf Januarv in each venr. all land® forfeited for the non payment of internst in ad vanre, arenr ding to law. Therefoi e. in order toßavpro«t. : smd expense nil infere«t due. must be paid on or before the 25ih dav December next. ‘ W. G SPENCER. Nov, 13,1865. Auditor.

I I Stonewall Jackson a Poet. Doubtless it wiP surpi ’se many to learn that the unobtrusive and hardy warrior, Stonewall ' Jackson, is a poet of no little ability, and that among the busy scenes and arduous duties of camp he has found leisure to gratify his taste ; for the beautiful in literature. The following lines were written while Jackson was an artil • lery officer in Mexico, during the war between the United States and that country: My Wife and Child. The tattoo beats—the lights are gone. The camp around in slumber lies. The night with solemn pace moves on, The shadows thick* n o’er the skies; ' And sleep iny weary eyes hath flown, And sad, uneasy thoughts arise. I think of thee oh, dearest one. Whose love my early life hath blest— Os the and him—our baby son— Who slumbers on thy gentle* breast. God <>f the tender, frail and lone, Oh, guard the tender sleeper’s rest. And hover gei tie, hover near i To her whose watchful eye is wet— To mother, wife—the doubly dear, Tn whose young heart have freshly met Two streams of love so deep and clear. And cheer her drooping spirits yet. j Now, while she kneels before Thy throne, Oh, teach her, Ruler of the skies, That, while by '1 hy behest alone, Earth’s mightiest powers fall or rise, No tear is wept to Thee unknown, No hair is lost, nu sparrow 4iuo! I That Thon cause stay the ruthless bands ■ Os dark disease, and south its pain; That only by Thy stern commands i The battle’s lost the soldier slain — i That from the distant sea or land Thou briug’si the wanderer home again. j And when upon her’pillow lono Iler tear wet cheek is saddly prest, | May happier visions beam upon I The brightening current of her breast. : No frowning look nor argry tone j Disturb the Sabbath of her rest. •Whatever fate those forms may show, Loved with a passion almost wild— By day—by night —in joy or woe— By fears or hopes beguiled, From every danger, every foe, Oh, Got!? protect my wife and child!

I Whiskey and Newspapers—A glass of whisky is manufactured from a dozen ’ grains of corn, the value of which is too ; I small to be estimated. A pint of this ! mixture sells for a shilling, anti if of goo I ; | brand is considered by consumers well i worth the money It is drank in a min : I ute or two—and then it fir’s the brain, J rouses the passion, sharpens the appetite, deranges and weakens the physical sys tern; it is gone—and swollen eyes, parched lips and aching head are its followers On the same sideboard on which this is I served lies a newspaper. It is covered I will, half a million of tvpeg; it brings j intelligence from the four quarters of the globe—the paper costs less than the glass of grog—the juice of a few grains of corn It is no less strange than true, that a large community think corn juice cheap < and the newspaper dear •*•«».>»> The Ocean and the fall of Rain — The Atlantic Ocean includes an area of 25.000 000 square miles— Suppose an inch of rain fall upon only one fifth of this vast expans’, it would weigh 360, 000,000, tons; and the salt which, as water, is held in solution in the sea, and which when it was taken up as vapor, was left behind to disturb the equilibrium, weighed 16.000,000 more tons, or near twice as much as all the ships in the world could carry at a cargo each. It might fall in a dav; but occupy what time it might in (ailing, this rain is calcu - lated tn exert so much force— which is j inconceivably great—in disturbing the ; equilibrium of the ocean-. If all the water discharged by the Mississippi river during the year were taken up in one m'ghty measure, and cast into the ocean , a*, an effort, it would not make a greater .disturbance in the equilibrium of the sea 1 than the fall of rain supposed. And yet | :so gentle are the operations of nature, that movements so vast arc unperceived! A lady recently called at her husband’s office in New York but he was absent, i She accidentally picked up a letter in the most delicate female band, directed to her i liege lord, containing the most endearing' expressions of affection She indignantly returned home with the intention of creating a storm; but reflection suggested a . better and a quieter course. When the i gentleman returned home she met him with the remark that she bad called at his office, and. although she had not found him in she had found him out and very quietly handed him the love epistle. What’s all the world to a man when his wife's a widow

‘Our Country's Good shall over be our A*m—Willing to Praise and not afraid to Blame."

DECATUR, ADAMS COUNTV, INDIANA, DEC. 18, 1862.

I ■• — - . WEAHY (IF LITE. Midnight had passed and the lights of' the vessels lying at anchor in the stream were beginning to be extinguished, when I two men hurried from different directions towards the shore. The elder of the two had already reached the strand and was preparing to make a lean the design of which could not be mistaken: but a: th u instant the younger seized him by the arm exclaiming: ‘Sir I believe you want to drown vourself. ‘You have guessed it. What is that to i J' 0 ; 1 That was the answer spoker in an angry tone. ‘Nothing I know. But I would simply : request you to wait a couple of minuses I i —when if you like we will make the great journey together. Arm in arm—the best ' way of dying.’ V. ith these words the younger extended his hand to the elder which' was not ■ withheld. ‘So be it! Arm in arm. Truly I did] not dream that a Hmfiari heart would bent with mine in this last hour. I will not seek to know who you are—an honest man or a villian—come let us begin ■ our journey together.’ The elder held the young man back and fixing his dim, half extinguished e\ es ' searchingly upon the countenance of his ! companion exclaimed: ‘Hold: You seem to me too young to j ] end your life by suicide. A man of your: years has still a brilliant future iu his ! grasp.’ _ ’Brilliant,’ answered the voting man scornfully. ‘What! have I hope in rhe 1 midst of a world full of falsehood treachory and unhappiness? Come, come, be ■ ' quick!’ ‘You are still young. You must have: had very sorrowful experience to make life miserable to yon.’ ‘I despise mankind.’ ‘Without exception.' •Without exception.’ AV ell then yon have now perhaps ■ found a man whom you will not neeessar- ] ily despise. I have believe ino: during | imy whole life lived an honorable and i trustworthy*man. ‘Really that is highly interesting. It's a pity I had not earlier made your aequaiu : tance.’ ‘Leave me to die alone, young man.— ! Live on! Believe me time heals ail : wounds nnd there are men of honor yet j to be found.’ ; ‘Oh, lam an old and sickly man una-! | ble to line a livelihood a ’man who can-! not, will not seehi.s onlv child, his daugh ' I ter, blighting her youth and laboring day j ■ and night to support him. No. I would ■ ■be an unfeeling father 1 would be barba- > : t ons if I lived thus!’ •How sir, yon have a daughter who does this for you?’ asked the young man surprised. ‘And with what endurance what love does she sacrifice herself for me! Sin? works for me. She goes hungry forme, 1 and has only the tendere-t words of love |— a sweet smile for me always! I ‘And vou want to commit suicide. Are ! i you mad ‘•Shall I murder mv daughter? The life which she is now leading will be her | certain death.’ answered the old man in a despairing tone.’ 1 ‘Good sir, come go with me to the 1 nearest inn which jsonen and let us drink a bottle of wine together. You will re-. I late to me yout history and if you like I; ! will let you know mine So much how-; ever I will say to vou beforehand. Chase; ; all thoughts of self-murder out. of your ' head. lam rich and if things be as you : say from henceforth vou and your daugh- ] ter shall hereafter lead a pleasant life. The old man followed Ihe younger , without Opposition. A few minutes later ' over full glasses the old man began his story. My history is soon tol 1. I was a merI chants clerk and al wavs unlnckv. ■ As I had nothing hr inheritance and the young j girl I married was poor I was never able] to commence business on mv own account and remained on to old age in n (iependi ant and subordinate position. Finally I . was discharged on account of my Years, ’ and then began the struggle fbr subsistence. Mv wife died of trouble and then jmv poov child wearied to gain mv support. T cannot bear to see her working herself to death for me—therefore it is better I go. ‘Friend.’ exclaimed the young man, ‘you are the most fortunate man T ever I sa“- in my life It is insane to call that a misfortune. Nobody is easier to help than vou. To-morrow I will make my I will and von shall be—no resistance mv i heir. The coming night is my last. Be fore this however I must see roar d.vgh- j ter. out of pure curiosity. T would for. . on-e see how one looked who deserves! i the name of women.’ ; ‘But young man what can it. be that so early has mad-> you unhappy?’

I believe it was the wealth which my , father left me. I was the only son of the richest banker in this city. .Myfathi er died live years since leaving me more I than was good for me. During that time I have been betrayed and deceived :by eyery one, witboat exception. Some . have pretended friendship for me—on ac- ■| count of my money. Others have pretenled to love me again for my money: and so it went on. I often mingled in : the garb of a simple workman, with the 'masses, and thus one dav became aequain ted with a charming being, a young girl to whom my heart went out in lo ve. I I disclosed to her neither my name nor ] position. I longed to be loved for myI selfalone, and for a time it appeared as if I was going to be happy—at last, at, last! The yo mg girl and I whom she still regarded as a simple workman, met every ! afternoffti at the Marcusplatz where we walked up and down together passing I many happy hours. <itOne dav my girl ap Reared with red eyes—she had been weeping—and told me we must part contessi ing her life belonged to another. With these viords she tore herself from me and j disappeared in the crowd. Her destiny decided my destiny*. Vainly did I rush into the pleasures which so-called good I society has to offer but found my lost | peace never. I then determined to bring !my joyless existence to a close. ‘Unhappy young man,’ said the elder ; wiping bis eyes: ’from mv whole heart I ipity you. I musacknowledge that I was j mare fortunate than you, for I was loved women —my wife and d i ighter—i tenderly loved. ( ‘Will you give me your address good -ir that I may convince myself of the truth of your story. j My name is Wilhelm S . Here is my address. With these words he handed the young i tnan a paper giving the locality of his I dwelling, It lay ina suburb inhabited j by the poorer classes some distance from I the city proper. ‘And my name is Carl T ,’ hereup,on said the young man. Take this bank note it will reach untill my return.’ Carl rang for the waiter had the propri star called, commended the old man to : his care in suitable terms and then left : the house. Hardly had the morning broke when i carl found himself on his way to the suburb where lived the daughter of the old tnan with whom he had become acquainted under such peculiar circumstances.— i It was not without trouble that he found I the house, It was a poor place. The I young man knocked, opened the door, and involuntarily stepped back. ] What did ho see. | The young girl whose inconstancy had | made his life a burden, unbearable stood before him. She had grown pale, very pale but he knew her at the first glance >lt was Bertha whom be had once hoped Ito call his o«n* I At; his appearance the young girl sprang (toward him overcome wit joy, and held ! out her little hand. The young man waved her back exclaiming: ‘You did not expect me.’ ; The poor girl sank into a scat and covlered her pale beautiful face with her hanils. ‘Are vou Wilhelm S ’s daughter j asked the young man coldly after a pause I of a moment. i I am, indeed,’ ans wered the maiden timidly. ‘And who and where is that other to ! whom you told me at parting your life ba I longed.’ ! ‘The other is my father, answered the vonng girl looking up to the young man |ata glanee, in which she spoke the tendl erest love. With lightning quickness the truth dawned nnon him. the scales fell from his , eyes—suddenly all was clear. Stieeohless he rushed to Bertha, took I her in his arms and pressed her to his : breast. ‘Come to your father he faltered to the ■ young girl. ‘Oh. I forgot where is he! lie has been out all night. I have watched for (him, this long night through.’ j ‘Your father is saved. He is with me was Carl's answer as he hurried the young | girl out and through the streets to the , arms of her—of his fat her. ; A fortnight later in the midst of the greatest splendor, the marriage of the rich soiing banker Carl T to Bertha [ S took place. Two frieuds meeting, one of them remarked: ‘I have just met a man who told me I ' lookM like vou.’ •Tull me who it was that I mav knock him down. Don’t trouble yourself. I did that im- , mediately. What a beatitude shapes our end’; ns : the pig said when he noticed the kink in his tail

■| Water proof Bout Soles—The [’ Scientific American says if hot tar is ap . plied to bool soles n will make them . water proof. Let it be ns hot hs the leather will bear without injury, nppiy- | >iig it with a swab and drying it in br > tire The operation may be repeated . two oe three times during the winter, if necessary. It makes the surface of the leather quite hard so that it wears longer i as well as keeps out the waler, Oil or . grease softens the sole, and does not, It , is a good plan to provide boots lor winter I during the summer and prepare the tar-' I ring a* they will then become, before ■ they are wanted to wear almost a« firm -. Imrn and will wear twice is long as those unprepared. Tire Advaxce to Richmond W ill ii be muib this Winter—Mr Sheehan the ’ editor of the Chicago Post who has just: returned from Washington says: 1 Ii General Burnside’s army is now ■ resting on Fredericksburg, it shows that the men at Washington have at last been ' convinced that the attempt tu march the *' army and its supplies overland i» a failure j ' Pope’s disastrous expedition failed to 1 ( convince them of that but Burnside’s. I necessities have prob; hly demonstrated r the fact Has Gen. Burnside an effective t army strong euongh to proceed to Rich ■ mond at this season? We of course do j not know the number of his force but it t will require an immense army toaccom-i > plish the work before them. Every inch | ' of the route from Fredericksburg to' ■Hanover will be contested- Swollen' stream and destroyed bridges wili meet 1 them at every point and finally suppos ‘ ing they overcome all these difficulties, i | they will be at the Cliickahominy sw amps ‘ i where the army was eight months ago. i We confess reluctantly loan itnpresf sion founded upon the reports of the i movement of the federal and union tn - I mies, that there will be no further ad i vauce on Richmond this fall! We he j lieve the change of base to Fred- ■ erickaburg was a necessity made imper- . alive by the impossibility of reaching the > rebels at Gordonsvilie, and a change for! - such a cause is one of those reverses that ; > i are UHlorlunate because they evince al I lack of loresight nnd judgment which the : j war in Virginia ought to have given to | II the authorities having the mutter in j - charge. If it do not involve a general I 1 retreat of the army to Manassas and to • Washington, we think the country will ! I have cause to rejoice' The New York Evening Post (Rep ) tells the following serio comic story: I We have heard from an eye witness a I rather ludicrous case ol expulsion from the | ' South of a Northern gentleman, who for ; many years has been in the habit ot making fall visits to that section ot country in search of custom as the rep- i 1 resentative of au ex ensive firm in our ' city. No one had ever suspected him of Abolition proclivities as he had always ; taken great pains to uphold the institu Ition ot the South, and lias always been loud in his denunciations of the ‘incen diaries 1 and ‘agitators’ of the North. On a recent visit however he happened to be among a number of men who were , discussing the political aspect ol the times In his zea! to agree with the local feel- ( j ing and sentiments be engaged in the I co ..vernation. An unfortunate impedtmen' tn his speech, which increased as he be,e»m* ex iti d, led to disastrous results: •Gentlemen, he said, ‘I g-g g go for 1 Li ■Lt Li ’ Before he could finish the sentence a ' d z n hands were upon him and he was rudely pushed about. 'I g-g go for Li Li Li ,’he stammered again. Aou go for Li Li Lincoln do von? Then you had better leave for some place w hi re you can ‘go’ for him with more safety to j your jugular, was the advice given by a i person present. He endeavored Io ex-I ' plain, but the more excited he became the more difficult it was to express himself. He was hurried from the hotel, ] and, in the hands of a self constituted com-| mittee, was conducted to the limits of the ' next town and warned nvr-r to return to the one he Ind just left. 'I — I— how to y —y —your decision,' lie managed to sav as he turned to face the i departing escor'; but v— y — you have! been t—‘ —too hasty. I g —g —go lor li—li—limiting the power of C—o—Con- ( gress— ’ I the Committee waited to hear no more, ' but left the discomforted Northern’r to pur-ue his way regretting bis I tie and 1 imperfect utterance. There is more goodness in virtue, kindness and cheerfulness of heart than in ell the cold canting solemnity that, was ever put on as a mask of selfishness. Ignorance and cone»it are two of the worst qualities to rombst. It i« easier tn dispute with • statesman than a block head.

i bi Sad Effect of the Prosecution ofthu War. The Chic tgn Ttibiine one of the most ultra and bitter id the abolition papers in a la'e article upon the Jtfosecu'iou of ' the war says: ■We entreat the mi'itary authorities at Washington tn study the econominrl situation cl rhe larger part of the west. In southern Intfiana southern and central Illinois the greater portion of lowa and all of Missouri agticullural produce is worth next to nothing while all over the west the prices of cloth of sugar of molasses, :of salt of iron—nil the great t,< cessaries ■of farm and household economy, save (only breadstuffs and meat for tnan and ■ food for animals — have in Lome cases 'doubled in others quadrupled in price In the localities that we have mentioned a bushel nnd a half of corn wll huy but a pound of sugar and three bushels of (corn or a bitslnl of wheat only eqna’ in market value a pound of common coffee. Cot'on cloths and coarse w< ,J.-n fabrics ■ —articles wholly indispensable ninon'.' iarmers—are sol I at <n >’ iri.’H figures. In large districts of the country the bn.-!>u! of wheat that would once buv six yards of coarse muslin is now paid for a yard and a half of the same good”. Whi'e this is true of merchandise the I prices of labor have iucreas, I so enormously that on thousands of farms the : grown corn crop is not worth the cost of I gathering and preparing it for market. And in addition to these disabilities ! under which the (aimers labor increased laX"S in the school district, the township, the country the state and the republic, ■are a certainty that no power can ward off. So pressed on one extreme by low prices of what they sell and bv taxes and ion the other by high prices of all the commodities that they but’ and of the labor that they must i mploy the farmers jin the localities that we have named are 1 squeezed well nigh unto death and wn ! need not wonder that they have insisted, I nor that they still insist, upon, a change. Speaking of the infamous outrage upon I Mrs. Brinsmade’s liberty in New York, a : cotempurery there says: All such arrests i and imprisonments will be abolished in ] tliis state on the Istof J <inua tvwi iii the ; install.iiiut) of the new governor, who will permit no man to he arested or detained I contrary to law. And if after that dale, j any of the secretaries wh.i have author* !’z d such proceedings, should show him- ' sell in this vicinity he stands a good chance of being arrested himself and | placed in so secure a place that it would ■ be found vert’ difficult to take him out.’ i Had Him Theke. — A Congressional i candidate was thus interrupted by an ' inebriate; 'My friends,' said the candidate, I a n (proud to see around me tonight, the ! lisrdy yeomanry of the land for I lovn (ihe agricultural interests of the country; and well may 1 love then my fellowcitiz ns for I war born a farmei—tho happiest (lavs of my youth were spent in Him peaceful avocations of a son of the soil. If I may be allowed to nse a figj urative rxpiession, my friends, I may (say I was raised between two rows of corn.’ A p”mpk:n! hy thunder!’ exclaimed ! the inebriated Joe. Be Careful. — A gay fellow who had 'aken lodgings at a public house, and got considerably in debt absented himself and ; took new quarters. This so enraged the Isndlord that he commissioned his wife |to go and dun him, which the debtor j having heard of declared publicly that if she came he would kiss her ‘Will lie?’ said the ladv. will he? Give me mv bon- : net, Molly; I will see whether any leiI low lias such impudence!’ My dear said the cooling husband,* i pray do not be too rash. You do not know what a man ntay do when he’s in | a passion. A Good Joke.— A few days since an extra train loaded with mules was tran- [ sported oyer the Louisville and New ! Albany Railroad. The telegraph operator at Salem a boy getting wind of it, ; sent a rumor that Gov. Morton, of Indil ina, and Gov Yates, as Illinois, aecom- ■ pained by a large delegation of Repubi licans, with bands ot music etc, would I pass through at a certain hour Immense crowds of enthnsiastic Republicans repaired to the depot hats in hand, ready for tlm expected cheers. When i the train thundered in an aged and ven- | ereble owner ol a pair of bibulous eats (stuck bis head out of a truck car and j gave v»n'. to a long, sgniiz ng hea-how 1 hat t’airlr shook the hills around, consternation seized the crowd, and in two minutes hot a Republican was to b» seen within a mile ol (he depot. Complaints has been made to the Superintendent against the < p>-rator, and he is in momentary < xpectation of a notice to quit. How to become ars tl estate agent—marry a rich wife.

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