Decatur Eagle, Volume 7, Number 33, Decatur, Adams County, 26 September 1863 — Page 1

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UNDER THE GROUND. BY COMET QUIRLB. There is a spot, a quiet spot, Sequestered from the world and fame; i Folding the final of our lot Without a record or a name. i There the few tears may stern eyes know Are dropped with grief abandoned air; And their a few white roses blow, Memorials of a heart's despair. There sleeps the truest friend of all I The many human faith had known; And there affection's showers fall In drops the proudest soul might own. Such friends are few, but rarely found, Long desolation follows loss— There is a depth to the profound, Os sorrow—and I bear my cross. And he—no creptie cross or stone Marks the low resting place he sought, . Content that God and I alone Should know that there his dust was bro't No trees o'ershadow him—and rears ; No mound th; eye to importune; ; Übaer the grass be sleeps, nor hears 'I he levelling Seasons' ceaseless tune 1 He wished no careless tongue to tell His virtues when their woik should cease; The wish was granted—no loud knell, ( Bubbled the tidings of release. His place is vacant, and the hand He clasped disowns all colder touch; I stand alone—but as I stand A m blest in having loved so much. ( P or purer thoughts ana soiter nw-ods - Are privileged to me that I kneel, A here tender memory constant broods And vigil stars in silence wheel ■Hrlnnocence is as meek as a child, but often mightier than any giant. is the good man's text; ' his life the illustration. Cir Mosquitoes and satirical poets are creatures that sing and sting. CS-There is in the heart of a woman such a deep well of love, that no winter of age can freeze it. I ° C-r The bosoms of lovers, though soft, ! are apt to strike fire against each other. I'-S’lf a young woman bids you take j heart, you can probably take hers. gives an example of inj dustry, it is much more than a good many uncles do. CyAlany very decent people are in one • respect like blind beggars, they are led i by dogs. is very certain that a man will ■ not walk straight if he follows his mind s 1 bent. »e»Wfc»e. C-srOtir blood is water, which, like that at Cana, lias redened beneath the glance of God. — ~ — ... Cfl-They who think there is no vacum in nature forget a coquet’s heart and a lover's skull. I t:^jT Young ladies should certainly be subject to the conscription. Jones says they are accustomed to “bear arms.” Jty There is many an unfortunate one ' whose heart, like a sunbeam, always ap- ' pears loveliest in its breaking asunder. theologians may be correct in saying that we are not saved by good 1 work's but undoubtedly we are damned for the want of them. I —I You need not make mouths at the public because it has not accepted you at your own fancy valuation. Do the prettiest thing you can and wait your time. good society, we are required Ito do obliging things to each other; in genteel society we are requested only to say them. /vgr As a general thing we do not easiIv discover our own faults; the clearest ' eyes do not see the cheeks below, nor the brow above.

‘Our Country's Good shall ever be cur Aim—Willing to Praise and not afraid to Blame."

DECATUR, ADAMS COUNTV, INDIANA, SEPT. 26,1863.

THE HOSPITAL NURSE. BT LUCT RANDALL - She was the prettiest little widow in the world — trim and dimpled, with auburn gold curl» that would escape from their la tening. and long lashed blue »y»s that teemed to float in liquid light. And somehow the heaviest folds of ber black dress seemed light and graceful as she wore them—for Mrn Merrick understood the wi'ching little ways of woman to perfection, and as she leaned over the table with a folded piece of paper in her hands, and the pencil p<»in' resting against her cherry lips Captain Hargrave involuntarily exclaimed to himself; 'By Jove! she’s the prettiest little con cern this side of Dixie—and she knows it loo!’ Ihe captain took great credit to himself for this la ter piece of discrimination —as ifevery pretty woman wasn’t perfectly aware of her own advantages! 'Every one has contributed except Marv Everington,’ said the widow, with a piquant little nod. And I want you to tell the Committee |>ow loyal we Northern women are! only think—three hundred dollars in less than a week!’ 'iLXci’pt .Maty Everington!’ repeated Captain Hargrave in astonishment. Why 1 thought ’ ‘Of course you thought!’ interrupted the widow, tapping her little foot impatiently on the carpet. 'We all thought, to judge from Mary Everngton's conversation, that she whs all loyalty and patri otlsm Nevertheless, you see that she has failed to respond to h»-r county's wants—«nd actions, you know, speak louder than words.’ ‘Surely there must be some mistake,” persisted Captain Hargrave, with a conlenance ol dire perph xily; ‘lor ” •Not at all—look at the paper for your-1 self.’ ‘I could not have believed it,’ said —- — o -. — he handed back the list of “coctribution«.’ ‘I could,’ said the widow, with just; the slightest suspison of spite in her ac- 1 cents ‘You see. Captain Hargrave, we: women know one another better than you suppose.’ ‘U it had onlv been fifty Cents, she might have evinced her good will toward us by contributing something,' went on Hargrave, evidently much annoye I. •To be sure,’ said Mrs Merrick, her ringed finger resting as if unconsciously 1 on the line inscribed, Clarissa Merrick.] 810.00.’ 'But then vol see her patriot- ; ism is all outside show—she don't care a fig for the cause.’ Captain Hargrave di! not answer; but the widow had the satisfaction of knowing that her poisones arrow was driven home. ‘Who would have imagined it,’ pondered George Hargrave, as he walked rapidly down the vi'lage street. 'Then tier interest and devotion to the public good were all mere pret -- ns< mere hy pocricy I wish I had never bet n undeceived; and yet I don’t know, after all — on doesn’t hkt to be made such an egregious j ickass ol! Henceforth I will never believe in a woman again. I' Mary Everington is a hypocrite, all the woild is j false!’ ‘Gone* he has gone! and never told me good-bye!’ Thu color ebbed from Mary Everington’s cheek, as she lifted her dark, startled eves to Mrs. Merrick's face. ‘Well to tell you the truth machere, I think he was rather put out because your name wasn’t on the contribution list,’ said the widow demurely adjusting her jet bracelets. ‘Did he know why? Did you tell him that my last cent was expended for that poor sick soldier and his dying wife, who were in want of life’s most ordinary comforts?’ ,‘W-no,” hesitated the pretty widow, I “but I suppose of course he knew. Don't fret, Marv <le>r—men are the most fickle creatures alive! By* the way, I wish you would teach me that sweet new croachel stitch,’ The widow marvelled to see how eas ily Marv Everington forgot her fine nidi tary beau.’ She was a quick observer, but she did not fathom all th« depths ol Marv Everington’s heart that night. The soh August moonligh: was flooding the mountains witli i ; s ram «»• pearl and silver—theciicketr were chirping in the dens thicketsei trees, and the monotonous ripple ol the lonely river chimed in with the mechanical tread of the solitary pickets, and the distant sounds that floated ever and anon from the camps on the hill. There was a pleasant little parly in Captain Hargrave's tent that night—a sort ot festival got up in honor ol M-ijor l/e'apiaine who was to be married on the morrow, and many were the facetious speeches, and good humored jokes expensv.

‘You'll all follow my example in a welvemonth!’ laughed the Major. ‘Do snufl that candle, Hargrave, unless you wact us all to be left in Egyptian dark ness; and while you’re about it. tell us how it happens, that you are, a lone' I bachelor at the mature age ol twi-nty-j eight.’ | "Because I never yet saw the woman worth five minutes serious thought,'reI turned Hargrave seriously. ‘1 suppose women have lived who were capable ol great sacrifices anil noble deeds, but it , never has been my good fortune to meet with any such.’ Maj ,r Delaplaine slightly elevated bis j eye-brows—the question lightly asked j had been answered gravely; but ere he] Could reply a stalwart form darkened the 1 lent door. "Is that you. doctor? Well, better | I late than n< ver; here’s a seal tor you,’ exclaimed Hargrave, cordially. ‘I know I’m a little behind time,’ ap-] ologiz-d the portly man ot medicine,‘but — Hargrave 1 wish you’d come out here! a moment.’ Captain Hargrave excused himself to his guests with every courtesy, and passed out into the moonlight. !Well, what can Ido lor you doctor?’ ; 'I have just come Irom the hosnital e?“r on the hill — where the tvpoid cases] are, you know ’ .Yes.’ 'And our best nurse died this evening! —-a noble girl with the heart of alien and the nerve ol a man.’ ■I have heard you speak of a very es-! ficient nurse you tied there,’ seeing that ! the docl-r paused as if tor a reply. '1 coulf have belter spared a dozen others. However, she’s gone, poor thing: typhoid set, tn and her system was too | much Weakened by constant erre and watching to offe r any effectual resistance. I Here is something the women took from her when they dressed her for the grave , —she wore it in a little silk case round ! ner..-.s- r a ,-„„ P sima- ! tare, I read no further. Her name was] Everington. George Hargrave slowly unfolded the j little note —a lew words he had once writ- I ti-n on some trifling affair to M iry Ever-| ington—ti’.e lines swarm before his eyes. ’Dead!' he repeated as it bewildered; ‘did you say she w «s dxad!’ ‘My poor boy,' said the kind surgeon,, whose penetrating eye read the whole ] storv. I wish— wish that 1 could com ! fort you!’ But before the sentence had passed ! from nis lips, George Hargrave had van ish-d. All alone in the little white tent, her: pure features hushed into everlasting re pose, her peacetul hands folded across her pulseless breast, lay the woman whom . she had loved and lost! and not until he : knelt beside her dead lace did he know how cruelly he had misjudged her! Ah, it was 100 late, that bitter burst <f wind remorse —Mary Everington was safe beyond all heart break or despair! There is a dark ravine among the pines and hemlock on the quiet Virginia shores where groves lie thick, and in the most: sheltered spot one marble Slone gleams whitely among the wide, wooden hrtldhoards, where Mary Everington lies berried: and with her the first and las', dream of love that ever crossed George Hargrave’s heart. And Mrs. M-rrick still smiles and flirts on—the law has no power over crimes such as hers Reauties of the Conscription, [Scene— A Provost Marshal’s office— Enter A[ A.—l have a wile lying at the point m death. lam poor and have not a weeks p p ovision ahead for her maintainance. , Will not this exempt me? Provost Marshal —No. Kall into the ranks. ! [Enter B ] B—l have yu« little children, all dependent on my labor, who suffer in my absence Taeir mother is in feeble health, and can not provide them v ilh the necessaries ot life. Must 1 t?” - P M —Of course you must Fall in — tall in. [Enti rC] C. —My wife is well. I have abundance to leave with mv familv I could g» to battle as well as not. But I'm rich enough to by myself off I’ll let poor men—the ragged rabble—fight this war. IL re's 8300. and now let ire t£o. P. M —Of course sir, you are at liber ty to go. It is possible that any poor man will vote with a part) that Ire its him in this manner? A party that favors ‘he rich and oppresses the poor?—[Logan (O) Gazette. The handsome young ladies who recen tly attended the Crystal Palace for near London sold choice cigars to their ad inirers and obtained an enormous advance on the common price by simple biting off first tue end to be placed in the smoker's moolh.

THE GREAT LINCOLN PICTURE GALLERY. Through the politeness of several painters. in-n ot remarkable genius, ws have received a list ot drawings and paintings, which are to be placed on exhibiiion at Washington immediately after the 4th lof March, 1864 They are as follows. , No. I. A view ol the Cave ot Famine! a lean, ghastly figure placed as a Sentinel at the entrance. A graveyard in the dis; tance, win, 400,000 graves; at the right are 200.000 cripples and on the left an unaccountable throng ot widows and or phans. A remarkable picture; dedicated to Abraham Lincoln. No. 2 Judas Iscariot in the act of be , (rating. A chnicoal fkeich; dedicated : to E twin S'an'on Secretary ol war. No. 3 S . DnnStan relating Ins inter ] v'ew wiili the devil A copy; dedica'>-<i to Major General B. F. Butler. No 4 A group ol gambFrs quarreling at all tours. Alter the manner of Ten . iors; dedicated to the Republican conlrac I tors ! No. 5. Torn Thumb speaking through a trumpet, witii the intention to pass himselt oil tor the Belgian G au' ; Red icated to several Mcjor Generals. No. 6. A miser cutting up a naval flag, and converting it into money bags-ded-icated to Gideon G. Welles and his broth;et in law, Morgan No. 7. A rope-dancer balancing an em- i ! ptv pitcher on his chin; dedicated to! Wi'liam 11 S- ward. No 8. A man crushed to death under! i several tuns of green paper, which fell] from a scaffolding over his head. A I frightful picture; dedicated to S. P. ! Cnase. No 9. A white man embracing a negro ; wench An immodest picture; dedicated I | to CharLs Sumner. No 10. Fortv thieves breaking into' ! a Government treasury; dedicated to the ' friends ol the Administration. No. 11. Five satyrs teaching the devil ! how to lie; dedicated to the editor of the ! | rieraiu No. 12 A crowd of n-groes stripping ! the shirt off a white, man leaving him (naked; dedicated to the last Congress. 1 No 13 A throng of white men and ] negroes setting fire to the Temple of L berty An immense picture, c uvas 40 ! feel by 42j dedicated to the Republican ] parly. ' No. 14. A drunken white man with I his lace painted like a negro, holding a (banjo in his hand singing John Brown s (soul is marching on;’ dedicated to John | W. Forney. No. 15 A picture of the infernal rej gions, with the devils allunchaiued.. (Labeled, The United States in the reign ,of Lincoln the I.’ : No 16 H iman hanging on the gallows ( which he yrepared for Mordecia; dedica- ; led to the editor of the Herald. No. 17. The Union League,’ being the I picture of ot a mob of while men and negroes trying to split a rail labeled "The Union.' No. 18. Diplomatic dinner at the White House. His Black Excellency, the Minister, Irom Haylie, sealed between Mrs. Lincoln, and the charming Miss Chase. The seats of the rest of the . diplomatic corps all vacant. John W Forney, standing behind, the chair of the Havtain, Minister, dressed as a waiter. A veiy, spirited painting. No 19. Henry Ward Bencher, in the act of paying to the devil to send lamine, pestilence and the sword upon the slavery cursed Union. ! N<>. 20. Reverend Dr.s. Cheever nnd Tying at a clandestine interview with Satan, in front ol the pulpit in Cheever’s (church. Satan in the act ot delivciing lan opinion in lavor of a superior race ot (men, to spring, from an amalgamaI tion, of whites nnd blacks—-Cheever and : Tyng appear delighted. A fine painting anti an excellent likeness of the three worthy friends. No. 21. A copperhead chasing a huge black snake, which is tunning away with affrighted velocity. These paintings will form one of the most remarkable picture galleries in the country, not only on account ol the great [ tn- ril as works ot art, but as well for their historical ami local interests. Il is hinted that the next C< ogress will purchase the whole gallery, and mark it a permanent attraction from all ports nt the world to Washington —[Old Guard. Mr A. Lincoln, in his letter to his pol (ideal friends in Illinois, intimates they they have been on a big drunk. If not, who .lose he m-an bv the general ad monition, let us be quite a»h-r?’ It is 7 quite evident, that the Government I machine, has not been, run by so ber, men for the past two, and a hall . 1 years. J ‘Massa,’said Sambo, ‘one of tour oxen r a dead: todder one too Fraid, to tel! yen of boss ot once for fear you couldn’t bore it!

WHAT GENERAL BLAIR THINKS. i Since the c unm. m em-nt of th« war these foolish -pe. dies have been alarmlinglv on 'he increase, till one haa come to regard -a c->ol thoughtllll and candid ’address upon '.he topics ol the <lav as a 1 ‘seven dm »' wo.nOer.’ Such a speech, ]ln w< Ver, was di liveled by Gen. F. I’. ! Blair, of Missouri, and we take pleasure in . x'rac'iiig iti. retroin the following parapraph in record in reconstruction, ami I die <lu v ol umderaiisn m agnamimity and ; concilia’ion in bringing back the people ol the South to thvir taue allegiance. On this (,'oint said Mr. Biair: •I once heard a great chieftain, whose ' memorv cliould be held in honor and deep v.-neaation in this State, and no- , bodv will have any difficulty in recalling his npmefor it was the great Missouri S nat..r old Benton—l once heard him, (after one of the fiercest and warmest po- : litical contests that ever raged in our midst, when personal vituperation had been heapeiTupon him, 1 heaid him after i the battle was over and he was victorit'Ua Isay to bis triends in the hour of victory, ‘Moderation is the ornament of victory So it should be with us. What matter it what certain people may have thought a yeat or lwo years ago? Certain mi led and misguided men for a time gave in their adhesion to this movement against (the Government. They would now fain (obliterate that; they have seen their er(ror. and desire to sbliternte lhe - r i'l deed* I Shall we meet them at the threshold and i thrust them back, and insist that they shall be the enemies of the Government. Has our Government so many friends on I the earth that we can thrust back those who are willing to lay down their arms and become our Hiends? I say that it is (nei’her the part of wisdom nor common ( sense to reject moi who ate willing to (come back to us and be our friends. [Applause] I say that while we should (tight until the last momi-n' —.un il we ! have exhausted every d jllar » e possess—• ! fight un'tl we have poured nearly the last ,' ' k| e’<f nut of our veins—fight or< v i "‘■''"““arv. to n establish our Union and the free pitncip..- - (ernment, yet whenever men are willing to surrender, we admit their error, and '(say that they have, been misled and '(misguided. It does, not comport with the greatness, and ntagu «nimity, of i a republican Government, to pursue 1 them, with vindictiveness, furor, and I hatred. That ought, to be left, to : dynastic Governments; this thing, of - hatred, belongs to kings, and prince", ( and people who have their own, indi- : v idual spites to vent. But a government, of the p-ople —a great, and magnanimous government —knows how to lorgive as well as to conquer. My friends, I desire to seek a re-establish- ( ment of the Union as it was. [ Great applause.] What Douglas Would Have Dose. —The same causes that have contributed so largely to wean hundreds of thousands Northern men from the war policy of ths Administration, would have made Douglas. had l.e lived, one of the most deci- ( ded peace men of the day. In his speech ,at Springfield, 111., a short time before his death, wishing to quiet the apprehensions of many ot his personal and politi- ; cal iru nds, that the Administration would j yrosetule the war to free the negroes, instead of to put down the rebellion and restore the Union Jte said: •1 will nt ver sanction or acquiesce in any warfare whatever upon the constitutional righlsor domestic institutions of the people of the Southern States [Applause.] On the contrary if there was an attempt to invade those rights, to stir up serviL insurrection among their people, I would rush to their rescue, and interfere with whatever, of strength, 1 might (possess to defend them from such a calI amity.’ ! Dougl is, like the great body of the people of the North, was imposed upon fit the professions of Lincoln. After the (abolition leaders had enlisted the patriotic sympathies of the people, they took advantage of them and made them sub- . I servient to freeing the slaves instead of restoring the Union. Douglas, had ha ((lived, would have been the leader of th opposition to the present despotism a A i Washington—[Cin Euq. I ' ... — _ A Yar.k-e is » calculating institution, and nothing comes along that he does not suhj.-ct to the ordeal of figures in some w iv. The last instance that has come under our observation rs the foilowin.'. which occurs in the course of some editorial speculation upon the cement: It’s tall is at least six millions of miles I in b-nglh. To grease that tail, it is estimated, would use up a basin of fat as large as lake Eri ami give constant employment of fifty thousand daubers for ten i r , years. 1 Th# physician w hose sands o 1 lite hava 'rs-r’v run err*.,' is done ■

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