Decatur Eagle, Volume 6, Number 50, Decatur, Adams County, 15 January 1863 — Page 1

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D-ECATUR EAGLE. IWCID BVERY TrttmoDAF MORNING, BY. Spencer & Schirmeyer. PROPRIETORS. OFFICE—On Second Street, in Patterson’, l|«llding. over the orusf Store. 'terms of Subscription? One rnpv. one year, in advance, !f paid xPitJiift the year, 1 50 i f not pai4 until the year has expired, 2 0«» O'N’o paper vill be discon*h tied uhtil all are paid except at the option of the , Kblhher. - Terms of Advertising: One square,(ten lines) three insertions, $1 00 l2arh subsequent insertion, 25 IT* Na advertisement will be considered less than one square; over one square will be conntad and elmrsred ns two;over two. as three, etc, liberal discount, from the above rates, mxdeo'i nil advertisements inserted foraperiod |ong*r three months. CFThe abivo rates will be strictly adhered • l» under all circumstances. I JOE PRINTING: We are prepared to do all kinds nf job-work In»neV*nd work manlike manner . nn the most j tvnfonahle terms. Our mafpri .1 for the PnrhfclijHn* of .Tob-VTnrk, bein«r n< w and of the lat •st Styles, wo feel confident that satisfaction tan h« given. 'I)WUR iS Tburt houseT Decatur, Indiana. _HH3 WCT rffT’Proprietor. Will give good attention, and makes reasonable •harges. n37-vG-ly. D. W.” ch a M PER. PHYsrc.trN 4- surgeon DECATUR, INDIANA. , CTOFFICR—On the en.t si.fo of Second St . jr the mom formerly occupied by J. P Nuttmxn ns a banking office. v4-nl2. da yin STniinm, ATTORNEY AT T. AAV, DECATUR. INDIANA. Will Frontier in Adorns and adjoining Oonntio. ; TTDFFTCE —On Morn Str.-rt immediately i Smith of the Auditor’s Office —v6-n 12 JAMI'S R. 8080. Attorney and Connnelor at Law, DECATUR. INDIANA. tFFOFHCE, in Recorder’s Office.„TT Will practice in the irt«- of ♦’>« Tenth Ju»’ici d Circuit. Attend to the Redemption of Lands, thopnv ..ent of Taxes Especial a'tenlion will be given to the collec’ioji of Bounties, Pension and nV against the Government J Nov. 2S. 1369. v6-i’4:l lIARN’ESSSIIOB. I, J. Meis se, Respectfully informs hi’customers and the public in ttenr-r: 1. th it he «t ill continues to carry on the Harne-s Business al his fb'B’ ,-wv xk r » On a larger scale than ever, where he invites '■ ■autocall nnd examine his work: for he flatters himself that he can do a BETTER JOB for LESS money than any other establishment in North Eastern Indiana. O’Repairing <b>ne nn l short notice and charges reasonable. —n3*-v6 Pl CT I'HE GALLERY! P. V. SMITH. Ambrotype & Photograph A. ■*TTB.*B'Jr, Waving permanently located in Decatur and supplied himself with everything that may be found in a First Class Picture Gallery, Wonld call the attention of all who desire good Picture at low prices, to call nt his rooms in Houston’s Building, immediately over the Drug •tore. r3 '’.b' JEFFERSON QUICK, nEALES IN C’-UXS, WATCHES, MUSICAL HST.WH7.irrS. JEWELRY, &0-, DECATUR, INDIANA.. Clocks, Watches. Jewelry, Musical Instru meats, <te.» repaired on short notice. On Second Street, in Frazee’s law of «a». v f-n 41 ___ » - . _ —— — — u — -- - —-—— —« A - Auditor’s Notice. Notice faherehv given that those havingfailad to nav 'ho interest of the Congressional and .Com non School F ind in advance, either upon c ., r ,;s-q.- nr nnon loon, that hv the rcqnirem n rth<. late school law Auditor’ n r <* r«mir„ 1 »n a lvert.se and «ell on the fourth Monday o f Tannrv in each vear.nll land’ forfeited for the nan navm»n'of interest, in advanre. aceording to law. Therefore, in o-der to save cost and sxo’nae all interest due, most lw paid on rw before the 95th day of December n«B. W\ G SPENCE Jf<w 13,18«* Auditor.

From the 47th Helena, Ark, Dec. 21. Editors Eagle:—Unusual activity is manifested here in military matters. I am afraid somebody will be hurt pretty soon. Shetman and Smith’s divisions came down from Memphis last night.— The majority of the boats stopped here, but several kept on their course towards Vicksburg, and it is rumored in our camp this morning that the 89th was on one of the Utter steamers. I cannot vouch for the truth of the statement. All the gunboats and rains that lay at anchor here all summer and fall; with the exception of one, have departed down stream. The design of the present movement of the troops is apparently the subjection of the last rebel stronghold on the Mississippi, A icksburg. We expect some sharp fighting in that neighborhood, but I am unable to predict whether the 47th will be allowed to participate in the dance or not. A detachment of our regiment had a little adventure the other night. The steamer Mill Boy is engaged in trading for cotton between Helena and Memphis Last Wednesday afternnoon she stopped at Commerce Miss., about 45 miles below Memphis, to take on some cotton. She remained there an hour or two, but just before she was ready to leave, about sixty of Blythe's cavalry rushed down the bank and actually got upon the staging before discovered. The first intimation of their approach was a volley of musketry.—They fired regularly by platoons. As; soon as the first shot was given the boat; was backed out into the river and her head turned down stream. She had a full head of steam on, atid made very good time, the rebels following and firing into her as long as they could reach her. It is supposed that at least 12 J rounds of musketry were fired upon the boat from first to last. At the first round Dr J. D. Lindsey formerly of Memphis was shot through ; the head and killed. Robert J Larkey of Davenport lowa, was killed and ano- j ther naan, name not known, was shot while he was coming off the boat nt Coin merce and fell dead into the river. The Mill Boy made her way on to this place, which she reached that night. On proper representation being made to Col. Slack, commander of the post, a gunboat and transport, the ‘City Belle,’ with a sufficient force were dispatched to look after the matter, and clear out the guerrillas. The forces consisted of companies D, C, and H, of the 47th and Co. II of the 11th. We reached Commerce about 12 o'clock on Thursday night, and while the gunboat was shelling the surrounding woods, we proceeded to burn the principal buildings with all they contained, for five miles around. Wc alo captured the following named prisoners and lodged them in jail at this place; ( 01. Barns and son, Messrs Cogswell, Dale. Ferguson, Tucker. Flowers, Lamb and Taylor and Mrs Hayden. After our work was done we proceeded on to Memphis, to the great joy of our boys, for they were eager to sec the 89th. Yesterday morning we landed here again, and Co E of the 47th with Capt. Wintrode in command was detailed as guards for the ‘City Belle’ Which is the regular mail boat between here and Memphis. The news came to camp this morning, that the g icrrillas fired into her last night, and sunk he:-.— I cannot say whether oir hovs found a watery grave o* w»re cantnred Yo-.tr's &c. GODFREY CHRISTEN. Helen*. Ark. Dec. 22. Editors Eagle.—A sad accident occurred in our company this afternoon. “Tn the midst of life »e a~e in death.” is a proverb that very forclbiblv came to my mind at Peru on my way to the regiment when I saw the fearfully mangled body of some unfortunate man that had just been run over by the the train T was on, and again to-day as I beheld the remains of one of Co. C. who. not twenty minutes before was blooming in all the health and vigor of youth. Martin Railing, who for some time past, has been driving a team to-day with someothers engaged haulingwood for the

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. use of the company. As they were comling in with a load just after dinner, and ’ driving down a rather steep bank into a small creek, poor Railing fell off directly under the wheel, which passed over his 1 head, causing death in an instant.— his funeral will take place to morrow ' forenoon. May tlie sods of the Mississip ’pi Valley rest lightly on his bosom He 1 was a good soldier, al ways ready and wilI ling to do his duty, and by his integrity, honesty and cheerful disposition, has ingratiated htmself in the hearts of all who ! knew him. I All the troops that came down from Memphis early yesterday morning have : left, together with over one half of this I" army. \\ here will the bolt strike? ' | A rumor is current that Richmond is ■ taken, but the boys swear they would not believe it if ‘Honest old Aba' himself 1 would tell 'em so. Lient. Martin of Co lis dead. He had I been at home for some time on sick leave 1 and as he was on his way to rejoin the regiment a day or two ago, he died very ' suddenly on the steamer bitween Cairo and Memphis. Lindsey will probably fill 1 the vacancy, and Orderly Bender will be promoted. Your's Jtc. G. CHRISTEN. The test of Loyality. The debauchment of public opinion by the fanatical teachers of the day is swift- ' jly leading to civil war in the loyal States. M hen the people of any government are . prepared to receive the dogma that loy- , ality is due to men rather than principle | they are fit instruments for slavery. I It is amazing that the doctrines taught jby the first Charles of England, should ' j now be revived and inculcated by the en- { tire press supporting President Lincoln's . | Administration. The despotism claimed j for the President is more absolute than I the asertion of kingly rower by Charles I j jat the beginning oi his reign; and the test ofloyality submitted by the insolence !of abolitionism rests upon precisely the I '■ same base as the allegiance claimed by Charles before bis first open rupture with I Parliament. He asserted himself to be | the government-—the source of authority! i and power. The doctrine that the King , I could do no wrong covered not only him J ! self but his-Ministers. He was the judge ' of the necesities that might suspend the: action of Judges, determine the imposii tion of taxes, the propoga’ton ofParlia- ! ments. the suspension of habeas corpus, the arbitrary imprisonment of citizens, and forming of the revenues of the realm It is now the axiom of the British govi eminent that the king can do no wrong, but the haughty pride of the British Mini istry has learned to bow humbly before a free people that hold the counsellors ot' 7 the sovreitrn responsible for all wrong' ; committed in the name of the crown. The rule of loyality now sought to he . imposed by the Administration and the , fanatical press and pulpit of the country ’ 1 ignores the government entirely, and sub ': stitutes obedience to those temporarily ' ; charged with its conduct. The Demo- ■: cratic rule has ever been and evel will be I Our country, right or wrong ’ It never I |has been and never will be, ‘theadtninis- ' tration right f>r wrong ’ Those who can perceive no difference 1 between the country and the adrainistra- > tion may be unable to understand the dis- , i tinction—mav be unable to understand i that it is possible to denounce a weak an d 'lwicked administration without beingdis- ' loyal. If after our practical experience’ j in the workings of this government, it is I necessary to assert that there is and can , be no such tbintj as lovality to an administration. we ha 1 best follow the example ■ of Greece and invite some beggarly scion ’ of royal stock to come and rule over us. J _ On Monday the President sent to the Seaitc the nomination of J. P. I -her, of ’ T iT-'in so- -' ■ ■•♦’a-v of the Interior, in s the place of Caleb Smith, resigned. In executive session, the nomination was ap propriatelv referred There is said to be considerable opposition to his confirma- .' tion. ' Seme of the Eastern papers have been ; j calHner on Mr. Lincoln to issue a pincls- • mation aholisliittg the rebel s‘.etmer Ala f hama Alter reading his produetien of New Year’s dav. we wonld not bw stirs prised if he would do it. It is « erent I wonder he bee not t»ot aftel the Cnohe ] sv’tem in India end the Penn servitude j- of Mexico. Ii would be easier to get proclamations circulated in Hindoetnn 5 and Mexico than iu the cotton States, just now. It is a great convenience for a doctor t, to have two patien's in the same street,. Jso that he can kill two bird* with one 0 etone.

A Heavy Officer. The other day, cumin' in from Milwaukee. Olin was conductor of the train, ; ■ which bore, besides a large load of p-issen-•l gers a gold laced chap belonging to Pope’s j I staff. He was a dapper little fellow, with style, but he couldn't rest at ease. A’ > the con luctor was passing through the car, said Mr. Staff Officer: ': ‘Look heah, conductaw! I paid for a ■ firs’.-class caw! purchased a first-class . ticket and want a better caw than thia to rule ini’ ' ‘This is a first-ciass car. sir.’ ' I ‘Well, I don’t see it! This is a secondi elass caw. I have twarelrd! ‘Did you ever see a second-class car I cushioned arid carpeted —occupied by 'gentlemen and la lies, before?’ *: ‘Don’t know—but I want two seats — ri these are all fas’, so I can’t lutn them.— i It is not a first class c iw.’ ■ I W Ito are you. sir’ l' ‘I sin one ol Gen. Pope’s staff sir!’ ‘Well, sir I am sorrv yon are not pleased. Had the Rai'road Company I known you were coining, you should |! have had a new car built expressly lor , you—with something very verv soft to ■ lean your head on. It you don’t like ') this 'min. I will b-t you step off au.i watt, j tui a first class caw—which will be on the , n> xt freight!’ i This being a staff officer is a big thing —where a lellow can take stvle, and draw more pay than blood. —La Crosse crat. A Wife Mini a Fee. A voung lady named Addie Jamieson, only sixteen years old, at New York, in getting out ol an otnnihns, last spring, . fell and broke one of her legs. A young , M D , who lived in that street, hud the I suffering girl taken into his boarding J house, close by, where be set th* limb, j and she was then carried home He con ; turned his attendance, fell in love with ! Miss J , sod finally off-red here his hand lin marriage. She accepted; hut the girl’s father refused his assent to lhe marrage, ' because the young Doctor was poor, and as yet had little practice. Sawbones' j thereupon mndt out a bill al S 2 per visit; J fur 218 visits, and S2l) for setting the J broken leg He meant to be paid tor his ■ courting, if it had ail got to go for nothing. The old man finding that he must pay j some SIOO or 8500 or lose his daughter I finally gave the Doctor lhe latter on re- : j ceiving a recipt in full and the juvenile Miss Jamieson is now Mrs. Doctor GrayI son. - — - The Great Eight in thr Cabinet— How it Originated—Stanton and Hal 1 leck—A gentleman direct from VVashlington informs us that on Saturday list there was an interchange of civillies between Btatiton and H-lleck in the White House. The Cabinet was in Session discussing tlie late slaughter at Frederick hurgf when 3mntnn denied having any ' thing to do in advising it, Halleck rep lied that had not the Secretary of War ’i ordered the advance it would not have been made, when Stanton called him a j liar. Old Halleck immediately shot out I lila left at lhe frontispiece of Stanton, handing him one on the left eye which felled the burly Secretary to lhe floor, . frescoing the left side of hie homsn lace divine* in a most artistic manner. Suni ton. although reputed good in a rough and tumble, couldn’t s'and lhe itnpetu i osity rl Ob- brains, and old Aba himself had to interfere, bv threatening to thrash j both parl'es, if thev didn’t behave them selves. Burn side having taken lite res ponsiblity of the late engagement we do not see the necessity of anv further dis-. cussion ol the subject.— Pittsburg Post Stephen A. Douglas on Srttms rhe Negroes Free by Proclttmiuion. , Senator Douglas gave Ins support to ■ I the war policv ol President Lincoln, but with the express understanding that if . any attempt was made to excite servile ( . insurrection in the South, he woul I op- , pose the war with all his power. In his speech before the Illinois L-givlatura. I 1 delivered at -Springfield on the f7l!> April, ■ ’6l. ju-t before h's death, he said: ' T ihmk I can rpj--al friend and (o»—I 1 use it tn political sense an 1 I trust I use ‘ the word foe in a past sense. I can appeal i to them with confi fence that I have nev- . er pandered to the prejudice nr passion' . of my section ngaiiiet the minority section j iof this Uuioß, and will say to you now. ' with all frankness and in all sincerity, 1 that 1 willaever sanction ner acquiesce in anv warfare whatever upon the constitutional rights or domestic institutions of I. the people of the Southern States. On ’ the contrary,'f there was an attempt to 1 invade those rights, to stir up servile insurrections among t’urir people, I woui 1 ’ rush to thair rescue, and interpose with 1 whatever of strength I might possess, to 1 dsfend them from such a calamity.’ l [ Is there any Democrat that will not do ,as Mr Douglass said he would, on this r memorable occasion? This speech of Mr. K Douglas’ was widely circulated approved -1 by lhe R«public»n press at the time it i delivered.

The President’* Proclamation. Washington, D G., Ist January, 1868 Wherxas, On the 2'21 day of September, in lhe year of our Lord, 1862, a proclamation was issued by the Brtsident of the United States, containing, among: other things, the following, to wit: That on the first day of January, in the year of our L ird 1863, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part o f a State the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the, i United Staler, shall be then henceforth forever free and the Executive Govern- ' merit of the United Slatea including the military and naval authority thereof will i recog n : - An! j maintain the freedom of such persons, and will do no act or acls to repress such persons or in any effort thev may make for actual freedom; that the Ex outive will on the Ist day of Jan- : nary aforesaid, issue a Proclamation! j desingating the States anti par's ol States I if anv, in which thr people therein res- ■ peclively shall then be in rebellion against lhe U. S., and lhe fact that any State ot the people thereof shall on that day be l in good faith represented in the Congress of lilt: u. S-. by members chosen t! < r - to at electioiis wiietr iti a majority oi tbqtialiified vou-rs ol such Stale shall have participated shall, in the absence ol strong countervailing testimony, be deemed con elusive evidence that such Slate and the people thereof are not in rebellion agaiusl the United Stales.’ Now. lli-H-fore, I, Abraham Lincoln. President of tlie United States, by virtue: ' of the power in me invested as Commandtn Chief of the Army and Navy in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority of the Government of the I, nited States, and as a fit and n-aesiary war j measure for suppressing said reb-liion, i l do, on this fir>t day of January, in the veer of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and s.x’y-three, and in accordance with my purpose so to do publicly pro : claim for tlie full period ol one hundred days from th* dale of the first above: mentioned order, and designate as the I S.ates and parts of States therein the peoJ pie thereof respectively are this day in rebellion against the United Stales, lhe ; following, to wit: Arkartsas, lexis, Louisiana, except the parishes of St. Bernard, Plaquemine, Jefferson, St. John,| ! St. Charles, St. James. Ascension. As-; sumption, Terre Bonne, La Toutche, St Mary. St, Martin anti Orleans, including the citv nt N-w Orleans; Mississippi, ’ Alabama, Florida. Georgia, South Car ; olina, North Carolina, and Virginia, <xI cept the forty eight co inties, designated | as West Virginia, and also the counties i of Berklev,’ Accomac’ Northampton, J : Elixfoeth Ci’tv, York. Princess Anne, and Norfolk including the city of Norfolk : and Portsmouth, which ex : *pted parts are for the present left precisely as if this proclamation were not isued and by virtue of the power and for the purpose a'I oresaid Udo order and declare that ad persons h»ld as slaves within designated States and parts ol States are. and h'-nce-j forward shall be free, and that the Executive Government of the United Stales, including the military and naval auth- ; onties thereof, will recognize and main tain the freedom of said persons. And I ! herebv < nj >in upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence unless it is necessary in self defense, and ’ I recommend to them that in all cases when allowed, thev labor faithfully for reasonable wagesj'and I further declare and make known that such persons of suitable condition will b» received into the armed service of the United States, to garrison forts, posi’ions. stations and otn er pieces, an l to man vesst Is of all sorts in said servi'-e. and upon this sincerely believed to bean act of justice, warranted ' by the Constitution upon military necessity. t . , . . I invoke tlm considerate judgement of 'mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God. In witnes - whereof I have i (hereunto set mv hand and caused the seal of the United 8-ates to be affixed. Done st th* City, of Waehing’-on. this fi-s dar of lan'isrv. in th* veer of our Lord ore thousand eight hundred and sixty three, end of th" independence of the United States of America th* eight*-seven'h. /Signed) ABRAHAM LINCON. j ' b By the President. The Co’T of the War— Should we succeed in suppressing the rebellion by the Ist of July. 1863. the war will have cost the North in round figures 81.330, 000, or about 860 p*r head as our total ' population. Sl.oul 1 it last anothei year, the total cost mav be increased to 8100 per head- Tlie <i*bl "f Great Britain am ounts to aboul 81 5 f p*r head of the Brit- ' ish people, that I»t France to about 849 per hea l —— [ Buff tlo (N, Y . L moo. A war vessel i« to be despatched tn I Aspinwall to bring to New York tjie Cal- . ifornia treasure accumulated at tha foren- : ar point.

I- - - - ■— . J-w— -i s- .1 • What the isemocrata XVant. t That sterling Union paper, the Louisville Democrat, han the foUowitig in its 1 j issue of the 25th inst: Let no disnniouist mistake the Dem--1 ocracyof the North. They will never settle our troubles on any oth'er Itasis than a restoration of the Union We know what we say. They condunin the prwi ent party in power, because they hold that its policy is to divide, not to restore ' the Union. When they say the Constitution as it i is, they mean it and mark it they stick ; to it. The radicals cltarge Vallandighaut with disunion sentiments. It is a ealum ny utterly unfounded. He has never uttered a word to justify such a charge.— ! He has no sympathy with disunion — Whenever a rational policy is adopted 1 looking to a restoration of the Union, he, : with the rest of the Democratic party North, is its uncompromising and faithful advocate. We indorse and reaffirm (says Ute State Sentinel)all that Our gallant friend |st Lovisville says of the Indiana Democracy as a j >ortion of that Northern poi‘il cal org.auiz.i: ion. Ile fairly represents the party in this State. The Democrats of Indiana, at an early date after the inaugeration of this bloody civil war, had reason to know that the Rep.ibliqan leaders were outsjtoken and it was declared that nothing short oftlie ! destruction of slavery and there peopling |of the slave States, would satisfy the demands of the party which wielded the i power of the nation Republican memlicrs of Congress fifteen months ago declared that lhe ‘eggs of the crocodile must be broken—that every institution [which militiated against making and keeping this nation a unit must be suppressed—andthat the war would never cease until no slave trod the soil of Amer j ica from the Arostook to the Sabine.’— This kind of talk was never heaid in Kentucky, because, as Mr Seward said, it : might lose the administration the support of the border States. The Northern Democracy heard these things and more; and as honest men would not affiliate in any new party organizations with persons who could enunciate such atrocious sentiments as the above. For this reason and : others equally sound the Democratic party resolved to maintain its seperateorgan ization an I the corrupt ‘Union movement ’—that Trojan horse of the conspirators and traitors against the Union as it was—fell amid the shouts of an emancipated people in Indiana and the Northwest. Oar Kentucky friends may rest assured that tlie Democracy of Indiana ardently desire to see the Union restored as it was • and that no ether Union growing out of j this war will be accepted by them.— They will have nothing less than the old Union—the compact of 1787—the association of States describ 4 in the Crittenden resolution of the 22d of July 1862 — It the Republicans and the Administration are willing to redeem their pledges ■ to the nation, and tight for the old Union and its restoration the Democracy of Indiana will be with them in the future, as thev were in the beginning. But they want no cheating in prosecuting the war They want no unconstitutional confiscation acts —no emancipation proclamation —no arming of negroes—no stealing of i slaves from loyal masters—no wiping out lof State lines—no colonization of blacks i to the exclusion of whites in the Southern ; States: and finally they want the president and his cabinet to consider that the people of the free States have a right to be heard, in their own defense against the ! petty tyranny of upstart ministers in the Departments at Washington. 1 Let Kentucky and the border States stand firm forth" old Union as it was.— The Indiana Democracy can not be mov- : cd. Slack’s Coup D’KtnL We ch’-onitled last week the destmc . tion of the tr> vn of Commerce, Mo., and the (U v.istation of the country for five miles around, by the Federal troops. A single trivail circumstance for which the citizens of Commerce or those who reside I in the ravaged country, were no more responsible than the man in the moon, and which they could not. probably have averted, was the pretext for this wanton de,'struction of private property. It appears . that a steamboat from Helena was taking , in a load of cotton when a band of guerrillas fired into it. The boat went hack I to Helena and reported this circumstance whereupon Col. Slack ordered a gunboat j and atransj>ort with troops ’o Commerce with instrm-ticns to destroy the town and desolate the country. The doughty Coij ■ one! was determined to gain a little ricty even though it was of the infamous order.— linn. Dem. , The specials from Washington to the i Cincinnati Gazette state that a hospital ' for the arcoinmodatien of 1.000 patienta is ordered to bo built at Madison

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