Decatur Eagle, Volume 7, Number 44, Decatur, Adams County, 19 December 1863 — Page 1

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TTJMZE DECATUR EAGLE. ISSUED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, BY. Spencer & Schirmeyer. PUBLISHERS AND PROPRIETORS. OFFICE—On Second Street, in Patterson\ budding, over the Drug Store. Terms of Subscription: One copy, one year, in advance, *1 00 If paid within the year, 1 50 If not paid until the year has expired, 200 O’N’o paper will be discontinued until all arrerages are paid except at the option f the Publisher. Terms of Advertising: One square, (ten lines) three insertions, $1 25 Each subsequent insertion, 50 advertisement will be considered less than one square; over ne square, will be counted and charged as tw;over two, as three, etc, ti J“A. liberal discount, from the above rates, made on all adveriisementsinserted fora period longer three months. i .FThe above r ites will be strictly adhered M 9 undsrall circumstances. JOB P HIN TING: We are prepared to do all kinds of job-work r.< aeitaud TrorkmarbkecrJTD* r ,on therocst ' reasonable terms. Our m atari for the com-1 pletion of Job-Work, being new Hu d of the lat- : oit styles, we feel confident that satisfaction ' can be given. BURT HOUSeT Dcca tu r. India na, ! JSS J Proprietor. Will give good attention, and makes reasonable • charges. n37-vG-ly. dTw. champer,VIIYSWAIN <s• SURGEON DECATUR, INDIANA. [ EFOFFICE —On the east sideof Second St . ! ix the room formerly occupied by J. D. Nutt- | man as a banking office. " v-l-nld. j DTTrvwmTKir, ATTORNEY AT LAW xxn C L A IM AG E N T DECATUR, INDIANA. 1 Will Practice in Adams and adjoining Connties Will secure bounlirs, pensions; and all kinds ' wf claim * against the Government. KFOFFIGE. —On Main Street immediately South of the Auditor’s Office.—v G-n 12 JAMES T 8080. Attorney and Counselor at Law, DECA TUR, IXDI AX A. ITFOFFICE, in Recorder’s Office. Will practice in the Courts of (he Tenth Ju- ; dic.iil Circuit. A 'enJ t the Redemption ofi Lan is, the pavu.ent of Taxes. Especial atten, lion will b ■ giv.-n to the collection f BountiesPension and all r'.aims against the Government Nov. 23, 1862. v6-p42. R E GALL EK IT P. V. SMITH, Ambrotype & Photograph .. X& OS'S' S' 9 Haring permanently located in Decatur and supplied himself with everything that may be I found in a First Class Picture Gallery, Would call the attention of all trim dcsi re god Picture at low prices, to call at his rooms in Ho««ton’s Building, immediately over the Drug Sf.re. n37-ly BOOTS & SHOES. Allower prices than ever before offered n this market, and cheaper than the sameai iclas can be bought ia Fort Wayne. 1 willsei Mens’ Fine Calf Shoes, a good article, forsl ,‘2O to $1,50; women's high heeled Gaiters,sl,lo lo $1,30, and all kinds CHILDREN’S SHOES, fttthe same rates. I have, also.the bestloto Women’s Calf Shoes, ever sold in Decatur, from SI,OO to $1,25, pe keirjbesides any quantity of my own makeand br usual will make to order. Leather,Findings, stock fo’- country slioemak*rs of all kihds, and shoemakers tools, of the best quality, cheap for cash. Give nn a call. Docatnr, March 28. JESSE NL<J I'K. VIC K SB UR G! I. J. MIESSE, In his line of business, Defies the World! All other LIKE INSTITUTIONS thrown in the shade! All efforts at COMPETITION gone by the BOaRD. Il i** acknowledged by ail that he can sell a BETTER article of Harness, Saddles, Bridles. Whips, and all such like »; for LikSS money than any other establishment in Northeast' rn Indiana, without exception. His work is ail warranted to be made of the ▼ery best, material, and made by old and expe rionced workmen. Buggies and carriages trimmed in the latest and most approved style. Repairing done on short notice and at, reasonable Tates. TTGive us a call, and wc will convince you of the truth of what we say. We PAY CASH (nr our stock, and consequently BUY CHEAP- i JgR than if we bought on TIME; and of course ausell in proportion.—n3K-v6.

F9anVAUMDVEIITISEJIEnS. I ATS mm HUGH 1,. J. LESMAN, Propiietor, : Slain Str, West of Calhoun, Ft. Wayne, Ind,, ’ Good Accommodations at Reasonable rates , Stage office for Bluffton, Decatur, St. Mary’s, I. Kendalville,Sturgis and Auburn. n3BvG , MEYER & BRO?/: Whole & Retail Dealers in Drugs and Medicines, Faints, Oils, French and American Window ; Glass, Dye Stuffs, Brushes,Spices, Liquors and '. Wines, Coal Oil and coal oil Lamps, <to. LPNo. 95 Columbia Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana. n3Bv6. B?W. OAKLEY. Wholesale Dealer in HARDWARE AND STOVES. And Manufacturer of TIN,SHEET IRON AND COPPERWARE AT THE GRANITE STORE, No. 79, Columbia Street, v4-n24. FORT WAYNE, IND. I hedekhThouse; J. ESCARNS & SON, - - - Flop’s Barr St.eet, between Columbia Main. FORT WAYNE, INI). This House has been entirely Refurnished and Refitted in good style, and every attention will be paid to the comfort of guests. Board era accommodated by the Day or Week. i»3g MA YER'"HOUSE, Corner of Wayne and Calhoun Sts., FORT WAYNE, INDIANA, jH. C. FOX, - - - Proprietor I General Stage Cffi e, vsn2o. WATCHES, CLOCKS’ 1 , JEWELRY SILVER-PLATED WARE, de., ! I NION BLOCK, FORT WAYNE, IND All kinds »>t Repairing done to order, and | warranted. KKundErhTll, -DEALER IXMarble Monuments,; HEADSTONES, MANTLES, CABINET- SLABS, & s . , & c FORT WAYNE, IND. Work done to order on the shortest notice and in the neatest manner, j v5n3!L S. PATTERSON, Agent. '*D. F. C O M P A R E T . PORK PACKER, MILLER HD COMMISSION M e r c h ant, EORT WAYNE. IND. General dealer in all kinds of Grain, Se • Fish, Sa’t, Produce, Agricultural hnplemanis, <tc, Best Bra- d Family Flours XT Liberal advances made on .Produce, etc., n44v(itf S IG A OF TH E miLOCK. O. P. MORGjAN A T o. 81 Columbia Street, FORT WAYNE Ind. I hcee h.w i Hardware foStoves -AND—i Manufacturer of Tin & Sheet IronI 15. 'SL'a.' J®.. E& TSEZ • no 15 * I GUST F. SIEMOX. RUDOLPH SIEM A F. SIEMON & BRO., . Wholesale and Retail Dealers in 'jßooks, Stationary, Toys? And Fancy Goods, j Calhonn Street, between Columbia and Main FORT WAYNE, IND. English School Books, German and Latin ; Books,Tooys—a large asssortment, Wall and Window Paper, ; Looking Glasses, Picture Frames, Engravings <fcc.. Ac., The attention of the public isrespeclfully invited. Most of our stock is imported directly by ourselves, which enables us togive our customers Great Bargains. v5n3S. UNION FI L COM PA NY . C. SCHMIDT & Co. -MANUFACTURES OFFILES, HASPS. MILL-PICKS, STONE CUTTERS’ TOOLS <fcc. I Re-Cutting Old Files, Ac., done to order and Warranted equal to neW. AUkinds ofßasps and Files made to order Also. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Foreign and Domestic Hardware, Pine Sash and Doors, Nails,Glass,Paint, Ac., At Factory Prices. > UNION BLOCK, opposite State Bank. FORT WAYNE, IND All Orders from the Country attended to.

‘Our Country’s Good shall ever be our Aim-Willing to Praise and not afraid to Elamo.”

DECATUR, ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA, DEC. If), 1863.

ANGLING FOR A HUSBAND. Madame D , who resides at Cha ton, was a lady of the strictest character ■ and of a heart proof against allurement. J She prided herself upon her great insen-1 sibility, and her profound indifference had repulsed all those gallants who had volunteered to offer their addresses.— 'J he country was for her a veritable re- 1 treat; she shunned re unions, and was ’ only happy in solitude. The chai ms of ! a chosen circle, the pleasures of the world, i had for her no attractions; and her favor- j ite recreation was that of angling, an amusement worthy of an unfeeling wo- 1 man. She was accustomed every pleasant, day to station herself at the extremity of 1 the lonely Island of Chaton, and there, with a book in one hand and her line in the other, her time was passed in fishing, reading or dreaming. A lover who had always been intimidated by her coolness, and who had never ventured a spoken or written declaration, surprised her at her favorite pursuit one day, when he had come to the Island for the purpose of enjoying a swimming bath. He observed her for a long time without discovery, and busied himself with thinking how he might turn to his advantage this lonely amusement of angling. His reveries were so deep and so fortunate that he at last hit u; on the desired plan—a novel expedient indeed—yet they are always more successful with such women as pretend to be invulnerable. The next day our amorous hero returned to the Island, studied his ground, made his arrangements, and when Madame D had regained her accustomed place, he slipped away to a remote ami retired shelter, and after divesting himself of his clothing, he entered the stream. An excellent swimmer and a skillful diver, he trusted to his aquatic talents for the success of his enterprise. He swam to the end of the Island with the greatest precaution, favored by the chances or the banks and bushes, which hung their dense foliage above the water. In his I lips was a note folded and sealed, and on [arriving near the spot where Madame P was sitting, he made a dive, and | lightly seizing the hook, he attached it to | his letter.

Madame D perceiving the move- j rneut of her line, supposed that a fish I was biting. The yoting man retired as he came; he ! had doubled the cape which extended | into the water separating them from I each other, and had regained his spot i without the least noise in his passage [ under the willows. The deed was done, i Madame D pulled in her line, and i what was her surprise to observe dangling upon the hook, not the expected ‘shiner,’ but an unexpected letter. This was, however, trifling, but her surprise became stupefaction, when, detaching the transfixed billet, she read upon it—her name. So, then, this letter she had fished up, was addressed to her. This was somewhat miraculous. She was afraid. Her troubled glance scrutinized the surrounding space, but there was nothing to be seen or heard, and all was still and lonely, both on land and water. She quitted her seat, but took away the letter. As soon as she was alone and closeted with herself, and as soon as the paper was dry—a paper perfectly water proof and written upon with indelible ink, she unsealed the letter and commenced its perusal. ‘A declaration of love!’ cried she at the first words. ‘What insolence!’ Still the insolence had come to her in such an extraordinary manner that her curiosity would not suffer her to treat this letter as she had so many others—pitilessly burn it without a reading. No—she read it quite through. The lover, who dated this letter from the bottom of the river, had skillfully adopted i the allegory, and introduced himself as a [ grotesque inhabitant of the waters. The; fable was gracefully managed, and with the jesting tone which lie had adopted, was mingled a true, serious, ardent sentiment, expressed with beauty and eloquence. The next day Madame D returned to the Island, not without emotion and a trace of fear. She threw her line with a trembling hand, and shuddered as a moment after she perceived a movement of the hook. ! Is it a fish? Is it a letter ? It was a j letter. Madame D was no believer in [ 1 magic—still there was something strange and supernatural in all this. She had an idea of throwing the letter back in the stream, but relinquished it — The most stubborn and haughty woman is always disarmed in the face of the mystery which captivates her imagina-: tion. The second letter was more tender,

i more passionate, more charming than the [first. Madame D read it several , [times, and conid not help thinking about the delightful merman that wrote such I bewitching letters. , | On the subsequent day she attached ] [ her line to the bank, and left it swim- < ■ ming in the water, while she withdrew to , I a landing place upon the extremity of the , [lsland. She watched for a long time, ] but saw nothing. She returned to the . place, withdrew the line—and there was | a letter. This time an answer was requested.— . It was rather premature; yet the auda- [ cious request obtained a lull success. The reply was written after some he?itation and the hook dropped into the [ stream, charged with a letter that was in i tended to say nothing, and affect a sort of badinage—which was, nevertheless, a bulletin of a victory gained over the severity of a woman till then unapproachable. | Madame D had too much shrewdness not to guess that her mysterious j correspondent employed, instead of mag-

i ic, the art of a skillful diver. Scruples ! I easily understood retained her from that; I portion of the bank where she was sure [ . tliat the diver would emerge from the! water. But this game of letters amused [her. First it amused her intellect, and [her curiosity became so lively that she ■ '! wrote:— II “Let us give up this jesting, which I has pleased me for the moment, but 1 1 should continue no longer, and come with your apologies to Chaton. - ’ The lover answered: 1 I “Yes, if you will add ‘hope.’ ” ■ | “If only a word is necessary to decide ' 1 you, be it so.” I And the word was written. The young man appeared, and was not ■ a looser, the gift of pleasing belonged ’ to his person as much as to his style, and he had made such rapid progress under 1 water, that it was easy to complete his ’ conquest on land. They were married.

A BRIEF BUT EVENTFUL IHS-i TORY’. This history of a Federal soldier nam j ed Robert Lime, who entered the service las a private in Loomis’ Battery, has ; many features which characterizes it as (one of extraordinary qualities. Briefly [summed up it was as follows: After being in that company nearly a year, he was discharged for physical dislability. He then returned to this city. [ His stay here was limited, and the next heard of him he was in Nashville, coni nected with some sutler. Shortly after j this he was chief clown in a circus— I swallowed the sword and other gastronomic feats of more or less wonderful nature. He then, according to reports, entered a Kentucky regiment of cavalry, but soon closed his connection with this troop, whether by discharge or desertion is not generally known. When next heard from he was a sergeant in an Indiana regiment of infantry, from which lie deserted to enlist in another in which greater bounties were paid. Another regiment, offering a still larger bonus, induced him to risk the chances again.— He did so, and the next heard of him he was a prisoner in the Indiana Penitentiary, awaiting court-martial for his numerous enlistments. The trial resulted in conviction, and he was sentenced to be shot. The extreme penalty, however, was commuted by the President to one

” — year's hard labor with chain and ball.— ! Now there is a petition, signed by the; 1 commissioned officers of a Kentucky 1 1 company of artillery, sent to the head of; c Executive clemency, praying for a lull [ ; pardon for the deserter, that he may re- 1 ceive a Lieutenancy in that company.— j c Verily he is a lucky man, and the officers ! 1 of that battery are’ “a funny people.” J v J J. t Cool. —One of our city physicians has ■, for some time past been attending a , young girl who has been sadly deranged. ( Yesterday, to see what effect it would j ' have, he poured a pint of water upon J ’ her head. The girl was then permitted ', ito go into another room, where she con- | J ducted herself very quietly. The doctor I ( j was about leaving the house, when the ( j girl, who was standing at the door of the ( | room, beckoned at him to come to her.— I, I She stepped back into the room, and. as ■ I the doctor was about to come in, she | I threw a bucket of water upon him, re-1 ! marking that his face needed washing as , I I much as hers did.— Weekly Gazette. < — ' Why is Senator Sprague responsible | i for the tightness in the money market? i' i Because he has the sole custody of Secre-1 i tary Chase's first issue. A German woman at Green Point. Long Island, gave birth to two boys and ■ two girls on Wednesday last. I The thirty thousand dollar bronze door has been set up in the Capitol.

From All the Year Round, j A NIGHT AMONG THE RATTLE-; SNAKES. I had been pror-pecting all day for minerals, mid had found some copper and lead, some curious sulphur springs, of, I believe a unique kind; and coming back to my camp 1 had lit my fire, and cooked some deer meet; then quiet tired out, i looked round to select a convenient and sheltered place under a banging cuhibly- i looking rock, not far from my fire, and loading my rifle, first bandaging the lock I and slipping it into my mackintosh cot [ to guard it from the damp. I wrapped myself like a mummy in my Mackinaw' blanket, and lay down under the rock to sleep, intending to rise early and push. fast, to 'overtaiee my men, who were a day’s march ahead looking after bears. — [ I had a bad night; rats or something or! other kept passing over me and half; waking me. A bout the gray of the morning I roused myself from that sort of torpid paralyzed sense of endurance! that a prolonged nightmare throws you: in, and rose up to niv elbow to see if mv 1

I ’ —, i . . | ! logs were quiet burnt out, or if there was [ perhaps fire enough left to warm me some [ [ coffee, as the night had been frosty and . cold. 1 looked, and to my horror saw a I writhing heap, about thirty rattlesnakes ; ! coiled or moving round my fire. I had j been sleeping under a rock which was perforated by their holes, and my fire j had drawn them out by its alluring warmth. It was these snakes I had felt moving over me in my long nightmare. Lora-mussy mister! How quick I did get on my feet, sure, and as I ran off I fired my rille right among them, just to ! give them a 'sort of parting blessing.— But what harm I did them I never knew, for I did not earc to go back to that hive ' of rattlesnakes. A Sagacious Dog.—One of the most sagacious dogs, not only in Memphis, but ’| we might say in America, is to be found iat the engine-house on Poplar-slrent.—

Ring,- the dog’s name, is the property ol ‘ ; Mr. Mike Waters, and makes the engine- ; house ol De Soto Steam-engine No. 3 his [headquarters —in truth, ho is an indis- ’! pensiblc article in that institution. His ! sagacity, watchfulness, and attachment ■ I to every fireman belonging to the 3’si has I made him the general favorite of every I body who knows him. No matter how | tar away Ring happens to be during the [:>ight, the first tap of the fire bell finds ; him bending his steps at a double-quick time until he reaches the No. 3; when ! there, bis first object is 1 o bark and growl ! until the men whose business it is tc hitch the mules have waked and done their ' work; tbis being accomplished, Ring takes [ his stand on the top of the hose carriage [ —reminds one ol Jupiter riding bis car— I and continues growling until the scene of i conflagration is reached, when he iintne- [ ‘ diat.ely jumps off and follows the hose to ( its destination; then he lakes a lamp from [ ■ the first fireman he finds and goep to the , end of each section, that the men may see to tighten the butts. During the fire Ring ■; never leaves the engine, and woe to the man who attempts to steal an article of .! any kind that belongs to the company.— ! When the fire has been extinguished, j [ Ring’s first object is to take the lamp and ' precede the engine that the driver may , see the road homeward, and he is always -: sure to take the best and shortest way to the house.—Cin. Enquirer. I ttt . .... m’. r.

Wanted to Return. — We were forcibly struck a day or two since by the sorrowful appearance of a repentant female contraband, who was anxious to return to the comfortable home which, in a moment of ambitious folly, she had abandoned. She Lad herself applied to her mistress for permission to return, but was refused. She then solicited and obtained an advocate in the person of a respectable police officer, who was acquain'ed with her mistress. But, stem as a Roman matron, the lady refused to be persuaded. The girl, she declared, bad proved ungrateful, and had left her without cause, and she must now take the consequences of her act, and enjoy, as best she could, the liberty she had clandestinely obtained. To see the sorrow of that poor girl when her second application was refused, was not only a touching sight but a strange commentary on existing facts.—New Oilcans paper. Substitute for Cotton.— It is stated that a substitute lor cotton has been discovered by a firm in Liverpool, which, in length of fibre, delicacy, elasticity, and great strength is equal at least to Indian cotton. It can be produced to any amount at 6d per pound. It has been patented in France, and its applicability and utility are so evident that the Minister of the Interior has intimatr d his intention of forwarding its use by all means in his power. Secretary Chase thinks well of the new postal currency—some of his relatives made it. Nepotism.

GOING WITH THE GIRLS. The entrance into society may be said to take place immediately after boyhood has passed away, yet a multitude take their initiative before their beards are presentable. It is a great trial, either of a tender or a ripe age. For an overgrown boy to go to a dgor, knowing well Unit flu re are a dozen girls inside, and knock or ring with an absolute certainty I that in a few minutes all eyes will be upon him, is a severe test of courage. Togo before these girls and makes tour of the ! loom without stepping on their toes, and sit down and dispose of his hands without i putting them in his pocket, is an achievement which few boyscan boast. If a boy esn go so far as to measure off ten yards of tape with one of the girls, and cut it - short at each end, he may stand a chance I to pass a pleasant evening; let him not flat- • ter bin. self that the trials of the evening are over. There comes at last a breaking up. The dear girls don their hoods, and put on their shawls, and look so saucy and mischievous, unimpressible and inde- ! pendent, as if they din’t wish any body to JgO boms with them. Then comes the pinch, and the boy who has the most pluck goes up to the prettiest girl in the room, with his tongue cleaving to the roof of his [ mouth, and crooking out his elbow, stammers out the words: ‘Shall 1 see yen ! [ home?” She touches her finger to his arm. they walk home feeling as awkward as two . goslings. As soon as she is nt her own - door, lie struts home, and really think-: be I has been and gone nnd done it. Sleep conies on h : m at last, with dreams of Harriet and calico, nnd he wakes in the moi n- , ■ ing, and finds the door of life ripen upon [ him, nnd the pigs squealing lor breakfast. — .! Salt Lake.—This lake is so impregl noted with silt that one floats upon its surI face without the slightest efforl. Wading ;'out until the waters reached my chin, J i threw myself upon my back, and with i arms folded, allowed the waves to carry Jme to shore. Again diawing my legs

under me, nnd nssiflning a sitting posture, [I floated with head and shoulders out of | water. The sport was novel, and I crjoyied it until the sun’s rays admonished me • ■ that our hour for departure had come.— Upon leaving (he lake 1 discovered that 11 my body was encrusted with tine particles 'of glitteiing salt. The article is so plentiful i that inhabitntsof the valley gather it upon the beach by wagon loads, and separate it from tl e sand by boiling. I saw sam- ! pies of the most beautiful table salt thus manufactured. —Cor. C.n. Enquirer. A d arkey down south had obtained [a license from the Baptists to preach.— lie was holding forth in the presence of many of Lis colored brethren at one lime, I when he undertook to describe the proI cess of Adam’s creation. He said: | “When God made Adam he stooped i down, scraped up a little dirt, wet it a lit- [ tie, warmed it in his hands and squeezed lit in the right shape, and den lean it up ! again de fence to dry—” “Stop right dar,” said a Universalist j darkey; “you say dat was de fust mau God ebber made?” “Sartin sar,” said the preacher. , “Den just tell a feller wliar dat fence cotne from.” “Hush,” said the preacher, “two more such questions as dat would spile all de 1 1 teology in de wuld.” JT+T “How do you do, Mr. Smith?”

“Do what?” “Why, how do you find yourself?" “I never loose myself.” “Well, how have you been?” I “Been —been where?” I “Pshaw, how do you feel?” I “Feel of me and see?” ’! “Good morning, Mr. Smith.” “ No, it s not a good wet ’ and nasty.” A Cute Boy.— The pastor of one of j our churches was catechising the pupils I, of Lis Sabbath school, and remarked: ■Remember, dear children, that God is '■ \ everywhere.’ The words had hardly escaped his lips when a rogucish little fellow lose up and f, said to the pastor ; • | ‘Please, sir, did you say that God was r i everywhere ?’ •Yes, my son ; everywhere.’ 'ls he in my pocket?’ •Yes he is in your pocket.’ ' ‘Well, I guess I’ve got you there,' was ■ the triumphant retort; 'cause I hain’t got ■ any pocket.’ 1 — r ‘ Dear Brother.—l have got one of the 1 handsomest farms in the Slate, and have ■1 it nearly paid for. Crops are good and ' j prices never were better. We have bad e a most glorious revival of religion in our ■ church and both of our children (the lord ’■ be praised 1) arc converted. Father got to ba rather an incumbrance, and last v week I sent him to the poorhonse. I hope 8 > youjwill continue steadfast, in the ways of religion, that I may meet you in heaven'

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