Decatur Eagle, Volume 7, Number 28, Decatur, Adams County, 22 August 1863 — Page 1

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y ■ ''■C OKQ DECATUR EAGLE. :»«rso Kvsar Saturday morninu, by. Spencer & Schinneyer. reßtisftras am. rnorsiKToßs. OFFICE—On Second Street, In Patterson’. I budding, over the Drug Store. ■ — Terms of Subscription: One conv. one year, in advance, fl HO If paid within ’the year, 1 50 1 If not paid until the year has expired, 2 O’J I XuFNo paper will be discontinued until all srrerages are paid except at the option f the J publisher. Terms of Advertising: One square, (ten lines) three insertions, $1 00 Kach subsequent insertion, 25 1 iLrJro advertisement will be considered less, than one square; over ne square will becoun-j ie<i and charged as tw; over two. as three, etc, O*A liberal discount, from the above rates. I trade on 'll advertisements i inserted for a period ' longer three months. dJ-Tlio above rates will be strictly adhered | to under all circumstances. JOB P RINTING: Wy are prepared to doall kinds of job-work > T.areat«r.d Tsrkxsshie s-atre-.oii the meat reasonable terms. Our mate?! for the completion of Job-Work, being now a_l of the lat «-«t styles. We feel confident that satisfaction, . an >»■ given. ; dec itr SS fAn-DS’ ! BUUT house’ D e catur, Indian a. J3S ■®L7 Proprietor. Wil! give good attention, and makes reasonable charges. _ 1137-vC-ly. . D. \V. CIIAMPER,i P// YS rCA IN «$ SUKG EO N I) EGA T UR, INDIANA.* TPOFPICK —On the pa-wt sid«-of Second St . m theroo.n formerly occupied by J I». Nuttvian as a banking office. vl-n4’2. , H I VIII Sfi It Ali tKt: I! . ATTQIIJiKY ATjI.AW ARD CLAIM AGENT I> EC A T UR, INDI AN A . Will Practice in Adams and adjoining Counties , Will secure hmmties, pensions; aud all kinds J of claim' Hi'niiut Ute Wov erniuenb. •LTOFFTCE.—On Main Street immediately I fc’outh of the .Auditor’s Office —v6~n H JAMES IL 8080 Attorney and Counselor at Law, DUO A TUR, IXDI AX A. TTUFFICE, in Recorder’s Office. Will practice in the Courts of the Tenth Judicial Circuit. Attend t the Redemption of 1 Lands, the payment of Taxes Especial ntteu, 1 timi will be given io the collection f Bounties- ’ Tension and all claims against the Government < Nov. 28, 1862. v6“i'42- i ri6 T L K E G A LL E B1! P. V. SMITH. Ambrotype & Photograph; 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 dexi re god Picture at low prices, to call at his rooms in Houston’s Building, immediately over the Drug ; 6tore. n37-ly ( v V' ' "dr JEFFERSON QUICK, I.KALtK IN CLOCKS, WATCHES, MUSICAL BSTWIENTS, JE’ffELBY. &.C., DECA I’UR, INDIANA. t Clnck-I, WMfhea, Jewelry, Musical Instru *, menls, 4c.. repaired on 'short notice. i SHOP—On Second Street, one door south of Nuttman 4 CrawfoMsStdre. v-f.-u 11 VICKSBURG! I. J. MIESSE, In his line of business. Defies the World! All other LI KE INS I’ITU I'IONS thrown in the shade? All efforts-at COM PETITION gone by the BQARO. 11 i« Acknowledged by all that he can m? 11 a B.ETd ER article of Harness, Saddles, Bridles. Whips, «nd all such like for LESS money than any other establishment in Northeastern Indiana, without <xceptibn. His work is al) wan anted to be made of the very best material., and made by old and expc jienced workmen. Buggies and carriages trimmed in the latest and most approved style. Repairing done on abort notice asd at ta»«*maable rates. ITTGive rs a call, and we will convince yon of die truth of what we say We PAA CASH for our stock, and couscqr.ently BVV CHEAP ER than if we bought on TIME; and of course teasel! in proporuon.—

I WANT TO BE A SOLDIER. EY J. WARD CniLOS. 1 I want to baa soldier, And with the soldiers stand, I A knapsack on-my shoulder, A musket in the my hand; ( And with my bayonet gleaming, j So glorious and so bright, I’d join the gallant army, And for my country tight. I Though I should oft be wounded, ° i I would not shed a tear; Though in the midst of danger. I ne’er would feel a fear; I But brave and patriotic, Like our braver sires I’d fight, ; And with ten thousand soldiers Put rebels all to flight. Then let me be a soldier. And with the soldiers stand, A knapsack on my shoulder, A musket in my hand: And with my bayonet gleaming So glorious and so bright, I'd join the gallant army, And for my country fight. I know I'm young and tender, But, mother, dry your tears, ; For many young as lam Have joined the volunteers; And, mother, shou’d I pierish, And for my country die, I d think of you and sister, And meet you in the sky. — i A civet cat should be a good hunter; i she never loses her scent. The essence of abolitionism—“ Believe; i as I do or you are a traitor.” , What did Lot do when his wife turned jto salt? Got a fresh one. If a man has but one eve, let him get I • * "s : a wife, and she will be his other I. _____ _ Neglected hours, like neglected women are sure to avenge themselves. Truth's supreme revelations come in : sorrow to men, and in war to nations. ’Tis sweet for love to pay its debt, but sweeter for love to give its gift. HI 111 — | There is room for many things in this i largo world of God's, but none of vacums. ; Don’t believe in any aristocracy with- . out pluck as its’back bone. There are a great many men of tried i inability and convicted deficiency. J n ■ God needs to be surelier God to bear i with us than even to have made us. I The husband who devoured his wite : with kisses, found afterward that she dis-: agreed with him. i'_ . _ I The young fellow who makes engagei nients with the ladies only to break them ' is a beau of promise. I r i The artificial register of a man's voice above its natmal compass is like a sham . fight—it is a false set to. I ' — Salutary laws to prolong the life-time , of peace have l>een wrought out of wrath , by the sword. I J i We sometimes make our vituesr from our worn out sins, but they smack of what the.v are made of i There are terrible trials from which the feeble come out infamous, and the strong j sublime. Let us be patient. A conflagration would no doubt cause a dawn, but better wait for the break of day. ’ f ‘ I ' ■* The good can wedc. une the cold embrace of duty as smilingly as it’ll were the warm grasp of love. 1 Wc may safely waive iirit so much care of ourselves as we honestly bestow elsewhere. Everyman is wanted, but no man is wanted much. W e come for condiments, com.

•Our Country’s Good shall eve? be otar Aim —Willing to Praise and not afraid to Blame."

DECATUR, ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA, AUG. 22,1863.

The Devils choicest Servant. The, Devil, as is • his custorir ofice a | year, held an examination to see which i , of his imps has labored most faithfully to I . his service. Calling them together, ques-' i tioned them as tu what they had per-1 formed: v *•»»«■ > n m bioa « , q •I,’ said one, ‘raised a mighty whirl-, jwind, which blew the sands of the desert! ' upon a caravan of Christian pilgrims, and j they ail perished.’ | I 'Pooh;’ said tlie Devil, ‘what of that! I Their souls were all saved.’ ; ‘l,’ said another, ‘sunk a ship loaded I with Christains, and they were all lost.’ ‘But their souls were all saved, so that did rite no good,’ replied the Devil, conj temptuonsly. ‘Well,’ said a third, ’in that part of Amarica from which your majesty has I often regretted receiving so few subjects, jI, by good management, have succeeded lin having one of your majesty's particii j lar friends appointed ruler, which was no |sooner effected than he adroitly set the ; inhabitants by the ears fighting over a [ question, which he told them at the time would -till remain the same, after years . of bloodshed.’ I ‘That's better,’ cried the Devil, ‘and if it can be kept up as you say, that'eounj try will yet afford a good crop.’ ‘And I.’ said the fourth, :have not been idle in that part of the world. I have cultivated the most intimate acquaintance with mdnyoftnefr divines, and have per--1 suaded them to drop the Bible and take up war polities, and they are having a vast influence among the circles which have been wont to look to them for adI viea’ j ‘Ha! ha!’ laughed the Devil, ‘you are thesharpest imp of them all, and shall I have the highest place in my favor. I see j I shall have no cause to complain of that country being unproductive to iny kingidom hereafter.—Newark Journal. C’oppeiliead.i vs. Blacksnnkes. Black Republicans, exclusively fond , of applying pet names to their opponents are now very industriously appling the | term ‘‘Copperhead’’ to the Democrats.— We like it much There is an applicability about it which speaks out boldly and has a palpable meaning. I The “Copperhead” is peculiar to this ! country, a tearless, independent snake, that knows its power, and when disturb- i ; ed or interfered with, uses it; it is a brave ' j snake and therefore naturally tolerant, ( harmless and passive: but take care you ■ do do not trample upon it. for it ne'er ; rims except it is to attack its foe, and its ; bite when once aroused is awful Now, the representative of the Republican, opposite the copperhead is the blacksnake. And here too. the. analogy ; is complete. The blacksnake is a cowardly, hissing, thieving reptile. He posI sesses somewhat the power to charm, but he always charms the innocent to destruo i tion. He robs birds’ nests, visits the barn I yard’s, sucks hens eggs, and will often be! found ended around the legs of a cow, sucking her milk. just, as black Republi- ; can contractors, jobbers and office holders ; are now doing with Uncle Sam’s cow. I The Monroe Doctrine. —As this cels! 1 ebrated position, taken by an American Executive nearly forty years ago, has been of late wantonly insulted and particularly nullified, during the administration iof a Republican president, we give it i herewitl), that pur readers may see how foruigr. nations injure us w ith impunity: “The' political system of the Allied powers,” that is the monarchical or absoi lutisl system, “is essentially different from that of America. '1 his difference pro- ’ ceeds from that which exists in their respective governments. * * * We owe it, therefore, to candor: and to ami I cable relations existing between the United States and these powers to declare that- we should consider any attempt on ’ their part to extend their system to any portion of this hemisphere as dangerous to our peace and safety." i Tub Morgan Raid.—As Gov. Morton j and his political friends invited the raid, by positive assurances that the rebels would find one half of the people “aiders and sympathisers,” he had better set about : with his oft bruited ‘energy,’ raising the necessary amount by contributions, or levies upon his political friends anil govern ment contractors, and thus, in part, repair the damage they have been instrumental in bringing upon the people. Eifects of SniniTfAi.isM. — The asylums of France have of late received . large additions to their inmates from the iad miss ion of numerous patients whose maladies have been the result qf doctrines of spiritualism, including the usual ac’ i compamments oj table turning, mediums, i rappings and intercourse of demons. Women should remember that man would often ring their pretty fingers only to ring their tender hearts.

- .. T _ _ CHIRODOSI. i BT. HOWARD GLYNDOM. j '‘Clhio’’ ' • _ ’ i i Ohio came out of the abstractions of I long crotchet and raised her head which ' had been obstinately bent over the blue i and while, mashes, for the last halli hour. j “Well, Emily?’ “Newun Gray got his commission 1 yester-dav.’ : - ..Well?’ 'And the legiment will go down the river in t wo days.’ •Well?’ ‘You are abypotcrite, Ohio! There , you sit like an iceberge, and say -Well, well, when, you know, it isn’t well, at all.’ ■You tell me a piece of news that does not interest me in the least, and then i break off to scold rue for, being a hypocrite. I cannot see the connection.’ ■Well, Uhio, I will tell you this whelh--1 er vou see the connection or not; il you 1 IctNcwton Gray go away, while matters 1 stand as they do’ al present between you you will regret il the longest day you have to live.’ •Thank youl’ Honest* downright, impulsive Emily 1 went out of the room tn a storm ut teel- ’ : ing ! ‘0 iuy poor nerves’’ said Ohio, path- ', fticully, us the door fell, to with, a ' slam. i If she had said, ‘0 my poor heart!” she i would have spoken mure trulblullv. Fur ■ it was a poor obstinate foolish, suflering ! heart, that she had carried lor a week, i covered over bv falsely-smiling lips I and eyes, and a falsely quiet manner. ■ If Emily Worth, with her pail face ; and warm heart, had been Chirodosie’s • only confiidentia! Iri.-nd she would never i have drawn the gleaming opal, which ; had sealed her engagement with Newton ; Grey, from her finger and flung it back with such bitter words to the giver, on that fatal Wednesday night in the library But. there was another—Estelle Vernon —soft and smooth, and shining and subtle. A very fetrale Machisevellf for : plots and intrigues, and who only considered it a fine yiece of diplomacy to . make trouble between these two inexperi ienced young people. i What had she oaid and what had she i done? Only’ this; — Chirodosie and she went one day together to make a visit of I a week to a mutual friend in the country Just as they were stepping into the carriage a letter Irom Newton Grey w is handed to Chio, which, when she had read, having no pocket in her dress, she slid under the cushion of the carriage seat for safe keeping, until they reached their destination. Now, though Chio, i loved Newton dearily, she was the most forgetful creature in the world. She stepped from the carriage, forgetting all about her letter, which Emily abstracted slvly from its hiding place. Her primary motive in doing this was curiosity; second thoughts prompted her to use it ; for her own purposes. Chio, very much i ashamed of herself for being so careless, when she went out to the carriagehouse jan hour afterward and made search for the letter, refrained from mentioning the circumstance to Newton, knowing well that he was morbidly sensitive about 1 having his letters read by others, and ! that he would surely be displeased with her. Emily calculated on this; she al.o calculated on a certain trait in Newton Grey's character —an icy offensive reticence of manner toward the offender, wheti he considered himself aggrieved. Though be might be dying for an ex planation he was always too proud to i : ask for it; and it wns very easy for any i one, not knowing his peculiar character, 1 id mistake bis meaning and quarrel with :, him. "o one evening when Newton Grey called upon her Emily went to work, bv . turning the conversation upon .Cliaru. dosie. She spoke most amiably of her many good qualities and then, gravely and sweetly and withan air of friendly : solicitude spoke of one little (ailing of ; her frieend’s— a want of discretion —a , proneness to report conversation or show confidential letters to intimate friends, . who were not always worthy of the Crust . reposed in them. ■And 1 am sure she does not mean il j but sometimes it gives her the appearance ot being conceited, and of wishing to show off her conquests.’ J And then she led the conversation ali ong so artfully, that, she mannaged to make Newton think that, Chirodosie was : in the habbit of discussing her admirers ■ wiih herself and of showing, her their i Jeters. He knew that she and Emily bad Jong been intimate friends. But Newton would not believe; and at last Emily, most unwillingly, of course was obliged to produce a proof in the shape of his own last letter to Chio gave it to her. but she said enough to serve her purpose; snd •hemano»g<-d to nrcste’he

- - i.~ , . I impression that Chirodosie was a most i ; unscrupulous flirt. And li-.en she bound ' him upoti hfs honor never to reveal what ( : she had confided in him, 1 Newton Gray was an intensely jeal i oils man; and he went straight to Cbir- ! odosie, in a white heat to have the mat-1 t-r explained—or rather, he hoped there ! would bv an explanatian of some sort [ I He had no difinet idea of breaking off 1 the engagement but only that he was in ‘ tensely miserable and must do something; ' for relief. With his coldest manner and his col- > deal tones, he requested her to return him all hie letters at her earliest possible convenience. She was astonished, ' and asked why. He declined to give! I a reason, and repeated, tbe request. Chnrodoste flashed out, and demanded i ;an explanation at once. He begged to be ' 1 excused. I She then asked him if be knew that a compliance, with his request involved a breaking of their engagement? 1 Hu r< p!i°d that he had not so intended , 'it but must insist ou Um demand being ' complied with. Chirodosie, bv this lime was as cold and haughty as himself. She told him that she should have the greatest pleasure in obliging him; and swept from the room. 1 She sent back to him the next morning everything that she had ever taken from Ibis hand — the ring, the letter the picture 1 the flow, rs — all but one cluster ol geranium leaves, which he put into her hair .(With his own hands one evening, and 1 which she thought she would not m'ss, with a request to him to go and do likewise. j She received the package as she was dressing for dinner, and tore it open tremblingly There was not one parting word—not the briefest kind of a wish for j reconciliation. The last link war severed 1 ' and the packet fell from her hand. She stood for a full minute; with white, uplifted face, looking for all the world as it ' some one had struck her an unexpected blow; then pressing both hands on her I . ° . heart she said; “O God. forgive him for this!” and went on with her toilet, but oh! so soul 1 sick. ‘What can I do?' she ‘aid. 'He has ' walled me out from all chance of explanation. I owe something to my sell respects and if it kills me, I must never I: say one word to him of all I suffer, unless he first, shows, me that he wishes, to do so.” But she told Emily North; and that I clearsighted girl saw through the affair at once. ‘Somebody has been making' mischief. 0 Chio! don’t be so proud. You know how he is. Send for him and have it all I out.’ y But Chio thought she could d'e but 1 not no that. But when she heard that he was really going awav her pride began to melt by inches; so that on the morning of the day ' when the regiment was to go on board the boats she was nearly crazy and at last : she rushed to her room like a wild thing, i and penned out all her love, and agony, and sorrow, in a letter to him. If he I could only have got the letter, nothing in the world would have kept, him a moment longer from her side. But it was 100 late! .She hud mistaken the hour for embarka’l tion. and he was gon when she dispalch'i ed her letter. Then, with a terrible ' ; pang she recollected how she had teftised to see him when he had called two days before but then the,hadjhougl.t he would ', surely come again. After that Chirodosie cared for noth- , ing but news from Vicksburg. She seemed to live upon it. Sometimes a wild impulse would Hush over her tied she , would dream of disguising herself and ; following him. She would have given . everything tn life Io have seen him only . 1 once again to be reconsiled to him. She dreamed of nothing but battles, and heaps r of slain, and that, ono dead face all the time. A , ; After that first, terrible fight and n • f pulse at Vickbnrg, when the President t of the Western Sanitary’ Commission adt vertised for nutses to go to Vicksburg, , ■ Charoduste offered herself. At first her t friends contemplated opposing her bv force; but the family physicians, who had ij watched her all aloug said: •She will go crazy it you do not let her > go . And so after taking all possible measures to shield her irom the inconvenience (, of her position by placing her under the -I President's special care, she was allowed 5 10 gO. r ! She performed all her duties faithfully but like one walking in sleep, and lookt' ing tor only one face among the wuuudeC t men. > And at last she found him. »f* She knew that they were bringing j him in, for they bad sold her of it; and r ! she knew, too, that he could not live He a’was wranped tn bis regiment 2’g whi'h

: Ire ha<i received his death wound in deI li-ndtng when the standard-bearer fell, .and hia rueiy lay aroqnd him in heaps. fits face was white and gostly Irotn ' loss of blood and the eyes were closed. He did not np< n •.het!-, as the litter Was I set gently down. Looking at him, she ! locked tier hands l onvulsi'eTy fearing to j couch him although longing to fall on bi» neck; and stenciling her teeth to ket p back the dispairing wail winvh came up ' from her heart so that it was softened inIto a low moan a> she fell on her knees > beside him, At that, his eye unclosed slowly, and an awful joy—because it was the last , —bi ight>-u<d, the white, lace as jm hried to Loll, out hia, arms, toward her I •(.) my darling! My life’s one love.’ ! She laid her face close to hrs She kissed him on the lips the forehead, the eves. She tried to warm ht« hands with lier. own and all the lime, she coulk hardly, see the dear face, because, of l the bitterest, tears that she, bad ever, Wept. He reached up his hand, and presssd over her hair, with the old caressing ' movement that she knew ao well; then |he kissed her on the neck—a caress which reseived lor hi* very i leodere’t’ moments, and she knew it was all right —that be had never ceased to i love her. 0 my darling! tny darling! I cannot i let y ou go!’ But he was go ing yery last. He drew : her face down to his with the strength of ; death—and straining her close to him— I lip to lip, heart tu heart—his life went out in that last embrace. •Love is strong as death! Jesloutly is , cruel that grave!’ THE “TRY COMI’ANY.” j A gentleman who was riding in tho ■ cars noticed a bright little fellow, between five and six years of age engaged in the 1 attempt, to unloose a knot in a string that bound a small jwircuL Ihe knot had become well compaotetL and the child's tiny ; lingers aeemed, to make no impressiou thereon. The patient, earnestness of the little fellow, was contrasted with the np- ’ parent indifference of his parents, uho ma le no attempt to assist him. At last the gentleman, whose sympathy with children was warm, could bear the <ight ' no longer; so, partly to help the child and ' partly to rebuke the parents, he took out litis knife, and handing it to the bov, . said; “Here my little fellow, try the virtue of a sharp blade. You can’t untie the knot." Something to his surprise the knife was not taken, but instead the child answered w ith a smile, — “Please, sir, father don't allow me to say I can't. I belong to the ‘try company.” ‘lndeed.’ said the gentleman draw ing back his hand ‘I never heitrd of that company before.’ •Oh! I've always belonged tu it—haven’t I, father?’ Aim the child ttinied with an expression of loving confidenoe in his face to1 ward his father. ! ‘He is a worthy member of that excellent association, sir,’ said his father, now speaking to the geutlemau, aud smiling ■ in a pleasant way. I ‘Ah! I understand you.’ T.ight was jnst breaking in upon his I mind. “This i« a part of your discipline. You . never permit y our ;ittie boy to say I . can’t, instead 1'1! try, sir.” j ‘•Exeellenll’ said the gentleman, ‘'ex l . cellentl That is the way nisn are | made. It is th* everla»lmg •! can't.’ that is drawling the energies of thousands upon thousands all oxer,, the land. ,}A teble effort is made, to overthrow , some difficulty and then the aims will wearitv, fall, and the .■.’.tempt, is abau'dortwl,’ n ’“j And who is most to blame for thi»? ( was inquired. ’ •Parente, ’ was thu unhentatitig rep'y ! 'Parents who fail to cultivate patience and perseverance, in their, children. f Parents who, carry, them when they, should let them walk even though their feet, bo weary. I see, it all as clear, r as light, and see my own, fault at tbo same, time. l ent the knot, of difficul- _ ties foi. mv children, every day, instead e of requiring them to loosen it theme selves. But, sir, they shall join the 'lrv j Compann' after this. I'll h»v- no mor* kßotxuttiog io my Lous< —[Rural New York. r ‘‘ About one chil l p c r week i> reported u to our Township Trustee as hiving been found at some body’s door or some place else too young to give account of its elf. K , These infanta are alf Topsiss’—saving T their odor—they have no Rarest like “ Topsy and Jonah’s gutyd -'.cy ’g’ow, ’• ” —m th* ti'.jht ' —fl'u.-ri!

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