Decatur Eagle, Volume 7, Number 49, Decatur, Adams County, 23 January 1864 — Page 1

THE DECATER EAGLE.

VOL. 7.

I decatuT'eagle. I USCKO EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, BY. [ Spencer & Scliirmcyer. ruatlSttEKS AND I'UoraIETORS. I OFFICE— On Second Street, in Patterson', Henilding, over the Drugstore. Terms of Subscription: Br)ne copy, one year, in advance, $1 00 ■if paid within the year, 1 50 ■if not paid until the year has expired, 200 i|yy.Vo p.msr will be discontinued until all E arrerajes i’ i paid except at the option f the g Publisher. Terms of Advertising! ' o gc square,(ten lines) three insertion, $1 25 , Each subiequ'nt insertion. . 50 I'f'Xo a 1 riisement will beconsidered less f than one * I tare; over ne square will be counE.ted and charged as tw; iver two. as three, etc, [ madeon alia lv iriisemcntsinserted fora period I longer three am.tin. . , iTTiie abjv rates will be strictly adhered to und-trall circumstances. JOB P’HINTING: prupir< i *l to dotiH kiodf* of job-work * u r.r”.on theme st : reasooade terms. Onr mater'. for the com- ! nle'ion of Job-Work, being new 11 of the latest styles, we feel conti lent that satisfaction <sn be given. JJECATTR BUSINESS CABDSI _ . ~' - m BUUT HOUSE. deca 1u r. 1n(1i an a. Si?“Will goo«I a! tention, and tnak •- reasonable ehariT’"*. nH’-vG-ly. IK W. C HAMPER PHYSTCAIN <v SURGEON DEC A T U , INDI A N A . U"JFFh • ' - l.i flu- Hf’t sid< of Second St . •, q the rr. v.» ■ > "-•••♦!»«icd by •! I). Nutt- ’•«%» .sa b * v l-ni -. 111 rI a STrnAB AKE R , A rT.:?AtY AT EAW c L A 1 M A GE N T DECAT Plt . IN D I .A N A . U 11 Pi a.-r»•••*• ■•. \ I i-: -Abd a'djoining ifs W;.l nec’i.v I. •i i i p n-inns; atid all kinds e s c’- ( ; .•* « - - >■ .nin* nt. rr.lFfi '■ -*“■ < V ;, i Str.-ct iuin.rdi.-itfdv Ha-ith <4 ■ \ I ’AI <> —V»i-ni2 JAME S rTbQBO, Atto-’nay and Counselor at Law, ter. I.VDLAXA. I j" tFr’ICE. in K •eerder’- Ofuce._£f Wi’l p-a.-lice in the th. irt* of the Tenth JuUr- ut. V' -n I tb- Iledi nipt i.m of l.ar. 11. the [> iy...en‘ of Taxes Especial alien, lui n : H b giv."itoth <•■>'leet i >-- f Bounties P.asi . i *.’> I alicV'.i.ns against the Goveri.inent Nor. 25, 136'2. v6-i>42. ThcFUR 1~ GU LIR Y f P. V. SMITH, Ambrotype & Photograph ■ra. aicwcr e; ra Miring perrnaiiimtly located 'll Decatur and • applied i.ims.dfwith oven'l.ing that maybe om d in a First Class Picture Gallery, Would call the attention of all who desire god Picture at low prices, to call ::t hi-rooms in Houston's Building, immediately over the Drug Store. n37-ly Large fall & Winter Stock OK READY-MADE. 'ffil : K'-.T WTS” Et - a ® ’**■ Cfsw • T 11IE AL E <£ BRO.. FORT WAYNE. IND. IF A S II I O N A IJ L E T A I I. <> H b JOSEPH CLARK TVi’/IRIA , 1 FUItISIHAG FAli’i'Eil .H . i Calhoun Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Gents’ Furnishing Goods, An excellent ae.-ortnicnt for sale ler.v. 5 1 Vick SBURGIi I. J. MIESSE, In his line of business. Defies the World! All other LIKE INSriTUTIOVSi thr..<y n in thesh.ije! All efforts at COM PETITION gone by the BOARD. It is ae know led ged by all that he can sell a BETTER article of Harness, Saddles, Bridles, Whips, and all such like for LESS money than any other establishment la Northeastern Indiana, withont«xception. His work is all warranted to be made of the ♦ery best material, and made by old and expe rieuced workmen. Buggies and carriages trimmed in the latest and most approved style. Repairing done on •bort notice and at reasonable rates. TTClive us a call, and we will convince you of the (ruth of what, we say. W« PAY CASH for our stock, and cm'seqnentiy BUY CHEAPJ<? than if we bought on I’IME: and of course fta sJ! is proportion —

! FOIIT WAIVE ADVERTISEMENTS. ; MAIN STREET E V < li AA G E. ! J. LESMAN, - • • Proprietor, | Main Str, West of Calhonn, Ft. Wayne, Ind., Good Accommodations at Reasonable rates Stage office for Bluffton, Decatur, St. Mary’s, Kendalville,Sturgis and Auburn. ii3BvG MEYER & BRO.. Whole <fc Retail Dealers in Drugs and Medicines, \ Paints, Oils, French and American Window Glass, Dye Stuffs, Brushes,Spices, Liquors and Wines, Coal Oil ai.d coal oil Lamps, <to. iLr’N'o. 95 Columbia Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana. n.38v6. B. AV OAKLEY. Wholesale Dealer in HARDWARE AND STOVES. I And Manufacturer of TIN,SHEET IRON AND COPPERWARE AT THE GSANITE STORE, No. 79, Columbia Street, v4-n24. FORT WAYNE. IND. HEDEKIN HOUSE, J. EKARNS &SON, Barr St.cet, bclwccn Columbia A Main. FORT WAYNE. IND. This Hou-e has been entirely Refurnished and lb fitted in good style, aud every attention will be paid to the comfort of guests. Board ers accommodated by the Day or Week. 089 A! AYER HOUSE, Cornor of Wayne and Calhoun Sts., FORT WAYNE, INDIANA. H. C. FOX, - • Proprietor General Stage < ffi e. ! JUSTIN B r UiiET, Healer in IML JEWELRY SILVER-PLATED WARE.d-c , ( i V.ON SLOCK, FORT WAYNE, IND ' Allkindi «»t Repairing done to order, ?na warranted. v •n.*>9. P. S. UNDERHILL, '-Irt’.ALta (>- Marble Monuments, HEA D-STONES. MAN I LLS. J A BINE T -SLA B S, & : . , Ac FORT WAYNE, IND Work done to order on tlieshortest notice md in the neatest manner. v5u39. S. PATTERSON, Agent. D . F . C O M P A R E T,“ PORK PACKER, HILLER HD CONUISSIOX M e r e h ant, EORT WAYNE. IND. General dialer in all kinds of Grain, St ; Fish, Sa’l, Produce, Agricultural luifilemanis, d:c, Best Bra d Family Flours i XTLiberal advances made on Produce.etc., n44vi:tf i SHiX (IF THE I’ 1 Bl.llfK, 0. P MORG.AN .Vs. 81 Columbia Street, FORT WAYNE Ind. 0 —— era. ■’SA XJ PDF’ K jtSk’ II ar d w are & SlO ve s -AND— Manufacturer of Tin & Sheet IronilL NaNST ’Sk ■«. the: « 110 15 « GUST F. SH'MO.X’. EUPOLI H SUM A F SIEMON & BRO , Wholesale aud Retail Dealers in ißooks, Stationary, Toys? And Fancy Good*, ■ Calhoun Street, between Columbia aud Main FORT WAVN'E. IND. School Books, German and Latin • Bookfr.Toovs—a large assortment, Wall and Window Paper, Looking Glasses, Picture Frames, Engraving* I .. <tc.. The attention of the public is respectfully incited Most nf nor stock is imported directly b« ourselves, which enables us togi our customers Great Bargains. <rsn3S. UNION FILE COMPANY. C. SCHMIDT & Co. -MANUFACTURES OFFH.iftS, RASPS. MILL-PICKS, STONE CUTTERS' TOOLS Ac. Re-Cutting Old Files, A c , done to order and Warranted equal to new. Allkinds ofßasps and Files made to order A'soAV holesale and Retail Dealers in Foreign and Domestic Hardware, Pine Sash and Doors Nails. Glass, Paint. Ac., At Factory Prices. CMOS BLOCK, opposite State Rank. FORT WAYNE, IND Alt Ords: s from the Country attended t«.

‘Our Country’fi Good shall ever be cur Aim—Willing to Praise and not afraid to Elamc."

DECATUR, ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA, JAN. 23, 1861.

NEW GOODS | NEWPR.ICESU Weave now receiving our Spring Stock of; uoodsand, although, (on account of sickness , we are a little late, we bought our goods from j 15 to 20 per cent cheaper than we could have; done a week or two earlier in the season. Wei intend our customers shall have the advantage i of the GREAT FALL IN PRICES, and altlicugli we are not able to sell goods at the good old fashioned Peace Prices, we can come nearer to it than we Lave done in . a longtime. TVp are opening our usual assort • ment of DRY GOODS Palm Leaf and other Summer Hats, bonni tsar I tificials, ribbons <tc. Clothing, Groceries Boots and Shoes, Nails, Iron &c. nil of Which we will sell at the lowest possible i prices for READY PAY, i ~ ■ ! But as we can buy to advantage only for reaay pay we cannot sell goods on Credit v6-nl7 NUTTMAN A CRAWFORD. NIBIdCK iV GLOSS WHOLESALE AXD RETAIL DFALIU IX i BOOTS, SHOES, AXD LEATHER, I At my Old Stand in Decatur, Indiana. IS receiving ron’dantly a large and ve r y superior Stock of ' Winter Boots and Shoes. • Which I am ’oiling at such prices as will suit : the times, and I me’n to demonstrate this fact j jto my ctifdonwrs. Among the stock will be i found a large assortment of LADIES’ AND MISSES SHOES, | Gaiter®, Bootees, Ac , Kid heeled Slippers; ' Calf. Kid, Glove kid Congress heeled Gaiters : j and Balmoral*. CHILDREN’S WEAR. Kid heeled Balmorals and fancy and sirong ■ Shoes of ail kinds—including the celebrated ■ Copper Toed Shoes, the best and cheapest ever got up. MEN’S, YOUTHS’, AND ROYS’ WEAR, "f all kinds, of the best quality, and a* the lowest rates. Leather, Findings, &c , A full stock. The whole having been bought for Cash, and will be sold cheap. lIOIIE-lI.IDE ASB CUSTOM WORK! And I warrant all articles to be well and care fully made, and of the best materials. Calf and Kip Boots, Stogies, Brogans and Ladies Wear, of a 1 ! k nds, kept on Land and made to meas . ure. The pn’ lie are invited tn call and examine j mv stock before purchasing of Stores ns I • warrant my-Goods to be of the best quality,’ and will be at much lower pri- »'< than i can be purchased at any other establ'shment ’ in the County, or even at Fort Wavne. O’ CALL—I charge nothing for ‘-hewing | my Goods NIBLICK <t Demcenrrber 20, 1863. Decatur, Ind. ZENAS CAREYS REWARD. Red and sullen, like the eye of some baleful demon the low sun glowed through the tangled depths of the November woods, calling bloody lines of light across fallen trees, whose mossy trunks were half hideen in drifts of yellow leaves iand evoked faint, sweet scents, like Orient sandal-wood and take, from a thousand forest censors, hidden away, who knows how or where. And above that line of dull flaming fire, the sky fro wned a leaden-gray concave, freightened, as the weather-wise could tell you, with i snow-flakes sufficient 'o turn that broken ; forest into a fairy grove of pearl and ermine. So the day light was ebbing away I from this Thanksgiving eve, I “Now, I wonder where I am!” said | John Siddons, pausing abruptly in the i scarce visible foot path that wound among the trees. “As completely turned round as thoug I stood in the deserts of Egypt ! I wish I had been sensible enough to ' keep to the high-road: three short cuts generally turn out very long ones! However, if I keep straight ahead, I must inevitably emerge from these woots somewhere.” He eat down on a mossy stump, leaning bis head carelessly upon one hand.

I. ' j ! while the other played unconciously w ith . the worn brim of his blue soldier’s cap—- ' a slender; pleasant-faced young man, j with gray-blue eyes, and dark hair thrown j back from a bronzed forehead, which had j I l>een touched by the fiery arrows of many ( a Southern sun in the lonely swamps; and i along the fever-recking shores of sullen i rivers, “Houseless—homeless!’’ he muttered: Ito himself. “I wonder how many others i are saying the same thing this Thanksgiv ' (ing eve. To think that I should have ifouligt ihro gh the campaign unhurt, andi return with an honerable discharge in my I pocket, to a place where nobody cares j whether lam alive or dead, while so ■ ! many brave fellows were shot down by i mv side with bullets that tore through a | 1 1 I score of hearts at home, carrying sharper i i pangs than any death has to give! It’s I a queer thing to have only one relative , lin the world, and he a total stranger. If, I I find this second cousin of my father's j he’ll probably kick me out of doors for | a shiftless soldiering vagabond. But i j hang it! a man can’t live alone, like a torj toise in its shell. I remember wondering I I when I was a bov, wbv the Maderia vines over the porch stretched out their green ! tendrils, and seemed to grope through the sunshine for something to cling to. I think I understand it now,” He rose up and walked on through the I russet leaves that rustled ankle-deep beneath his tread, still musing—musing; : trying to study out the unknown quantities in life's great equation, while the; sun went down behind a bank of lurid clouds and the chill night winds began i to sigh sorrowfully in the tree tops. Aud suddenly the sturdy woods tapered ofl ; into a silver-stemed thicket of white beri ehes and the wliite berches fringed a ' lonely country road with a little red j house beyond whose windows were a ■ glow with fire-light, and whose door yard | was full of perfume of white and maroon I blossomed chrysanthemums. I Zenas Carey was leaning over the gate I surveying the stormy sunset with a crit- ; ical eye. •‘I told Melindy so!” ejaculated Zenas, i appaiantly addressing himself to a crooked apple tree by the road. “I’ll bet my best steer we have a good old-fashioned fall of snow to keep Thanksgivin’ with I smelt it in the air this mornin' but women don’t never believe nothin' till it ( comes to pass under their nose, for— ’’ This either obscure sentence was nipped in the bud by a footstep by his side. Zenas turned abruptly to reconnoitre the new arrival. ‘ Will you be kind enough to give me ’ : a drink of water, sir, s aid John Siddons. I wearily. “Sartin, Sir.” said Zenas. “So you're , a soldier, Iwy?” ‘ A returned soldier,” said Siddons, I draining the cool element from the cocoa nut shell that always lay close to the well ! curb at the side of the house. “Goin’ home to keep Thanksgivcn?’ questioned Zenas. “Home! Sir, I have no place to call I home.” Siddens had spoken sharply, as if the ; i thought were goading him. Zenas put out his brown, knotted hand and grasped the retreating man's arm. “My boy," he said, wish kindly ab- ; ruptness, “you're a soldier; and to tell by your looks I should guess you were about the age of him that's buried at Get tysburg--my only son! I love that blue uniform for David's sake, and if there's a soldier in the wide world that hasn't a home to go to on Thanksgiving eve, : there is a corner for him by Zenas Car- ■ ey’s fireside, Come in, Sir, come in! Yoa'r as welcome as flower’s in may!’ John looked into the wet eves and working face of the old farmer an instant and accepted his invitation without another word, What a cheerful change it was. from the frosty air and chill twilight of the lonely road to that bright kitchen with its spotless board floor and fire of resinous pine logsl And when Melindy Carey drew a hemp-backed rocking chair to the hearth for him, and spoke a word or two of welcome, John Sidtieß*

dered if the eyes of the mother who died : when he was a babe had not beamed up- i i • • I | on him just so.” “I told mother so this very morning," I ; said Zenas, with a triumphant flourish of] ;his hand, as he stirred up the logs to a: waving, glorious sheet of tlaire ‘Say's | 1 Melindy Well kill the biuje-t turkey, I i and I’ll pick out the yallerest pumpkins lon the barn floor; and says she what tor j Zenas, when there's only us two to ent | them?" and says 1, “Mother says I, “Da- ' vid was with us last Thanksgiving, with | his new uniform, as brave and handsome as you'll often see." Now mother, don’t ; c y.” i Zenas interrupted himself to strike his wife's gray hair with a strangely tender j touch and went on; “Says I, “He’s gone where it's Thanks ] giving all the year round now, my poor ' boy—my brave boy! but,’ says I, “we'll make somebody welcome for David’s sake, won't we mother? And now sir! you'll spend to-morrow with us, and tell ;me all about the battle of Gettysburg: ' where David died, crying out with his i last breath not to let the flag be captur- i jed!” Zenas’ voice died out into a choking 1 gasping sob John Siddons laid his. j hand softly on tho rough, toil-hardened i I hand of tiie farmer, while a pang of envy ' j shot through his heart. Ah! it was al-j ( most wort’n while being shot down in bat-1 i tie to be missed and mourned like David ; Carey! ; ' “Oh, wife'.” wailed Zenas, when John ; Siddon's had fallen asleep m the little' corner room that had beoii the lost boy’s “it’s almost like having Davie back again . Wife, I fight my great sorrow down eve -; ry night, but every morning it rises up ; again more strong than ever! God help I ’ ns —God help every parent whose home I ;is made desolate by the field of battle'.’ I Thanksgiving dawned through a white ; whirlwind of dri\ n snow that cd he I : among the gnarled boughs of the apple-; tree in mad frolieks. and edged the old stonewall with dazzling ermine. .And the fiery sparks careering swiftly up Zei nas Carey’s wide chimney met the stead- I ily falling snow half way .and gave battle ] 1 while the hearth glowed with ruddy | ] brightness, as if it new all about the I Governor’s Proclamation’and approved I Cfit ’ • , “You have a cozy little farm here. Mr. I Carey.’ said John as they walked through , ; the snow storm to the church, w’nose ; j spire nestled among the everlasting hills ; beyond. j “If I was only sure of it, sir,” said i Zenas with a sigh. “But I've been hard put to it to get along these times. Taxes and such like come heavy on poor men. ■ and I’ve had a run o' ill luck, so that the i i place is mortgaged to its full value, and to a hard man sir—-one that will sell the; i home you’ve been been born and brought ; up in as soon as eat his breakfast, so he! jean make money by it. It will be a] black day for Malindy and me when we have to leave the Bock Farm- bat it; must come soon, and I don't earc what ] becomes of me afterward. I te'l you. j sir, when one has lived to my atre j !under one roof-tree lu don't take: very kindly to bcin moved. Alen ] are like forest trees, “ir; you can ■ take a yung ’un and do as you] pleaso with it but if you trass-j plantan old ’un it dies. Lot's; talk o’ somethingelse Air. Siddons. I ought not to coniplainTh ink.s'-giving'-day- ; John looked with a feeling of: 1 actual reverence at hard-featured, 1 old man whose simple sonl, borne 1 down as ho v.-i ;by debt and grief ' and age, could stdl iind something to be thanked f z. The turkey -,c,4 > u upkin pics 1 were smoking on the r.mnd table when .}ohn n’.d Z ncs roturnc 1 from church, and Mrs. t.'arev had lu'OUgll. ‘l‘. ’I.T ■' -t “fl'.'.vil'g blue” plates an 1 Iwt choicest old time t silver spoons in honor of their guest. There was no beverage ' but coffee that never knew the shores of Java and a pitcher of cdd sparkling cider, but cam- ]. pagn could not havelmon more cor ] dially dealt iut bv Zenas; and Mrs • trot . smi'i.’g kind*.*«v

■gave a f].LV.,r to the chi korized rye th it is sometimes lacking in ‘egg ! shelf china,’ The table was clearel away; i and they were sitting around the. jtire, wlvn the door was opened and j Deacon Everett’s entered, bring■!liig a small snow-drift on tho ! shoulders of hi? shaggy overcoat, i “Well lam beat! quoth Zenas“Take a cheer, Deacon. Let ime hang your coat afore the fire I to dry. ••Can’t stay said the Deacon, giving himself a shake, like a black water-dog on its hind legs. “I thought you liked to hear tho news, so I jest dropped in on my way to my dorter’s Thanksgivin' dinner.’’ “Xews? what news!' exclaimed Zenas, while Lis wife dropped her : knitting. “Do tell I then a on h li n’t heerd' “I hain't heerd nothin’ but the wind a bowlin’ down thechimbly' land Elder smith’s sarmen this j inornin’.’'said Zenas a little ini- ■ patiently. “Tao Squire’s dead, up to tho (great house! •Dcadl’ You don't tell mo so! : That's the man I was a speakin of 'as holds my Mortgage’ exclaimed Zenas turning to John Siddons. •And when did it happen Deacon.' ‘ Died last night sir, jus# about night-fall, as quiet as a lamb, j There wasn't nobody with him but (the old housekeeper—folksdidn't. ■spes'e he was dangerous. And Lawyer Ovid says there’s a reg(ular, and he has left all his property to the only relative he had livin'; a soldierin' feller that he's , never somm-h as seen —opeSedgcwick, or Silbey, or—what is his name now! Anyhow he's fell heir to all Squire Peter Aiiesford's I proper! v. and that's a pretty con- ' siderable windl'ili!“ “Was his name Siddons!' said ;the seldier who had hitherto listencl to the.cmversation in si■lence. ‘‘That's it!' sail the Deacon l diviner his knee a sounding slap. “PeterAilesf rd was myfithors ’ cousin," said the young man qui--1 etly. “Land o' Goshen:" ejaculated Deacon Everct's with growing veneration to th? heir for “the old Squire’s" money. “Xow reely! that's Kind o’ pr >v- : identi il,ain't it! To think that you should be right lure on the spot!" • I was in-eareh >f Mr. Ailesiford's house when I met you sir," psaid Siddons, zurnmg to Carew, but as I was unaware what sort of a reception I might get. your invitation decidml me to unit a day or two,’ In vain the Deacon tried to ■•pump" the young soldier, John jSid'.luns was civilly uncommunicative, and the Deacon finally took his leave, burning to rnfold his : budget of news elsewhere. “ hope, sir," said Carey uneasily, when they were once more a’uno, “you won’t be hard about that .Mortgage, I'm a poor man, ; ami—“ “Mr. Carey said John quietlv, > “yon shall burn that mortgage on ■.this hearth the very div 1 cenm i in pur les.-i'.m o! mv relatives paI j pers. N.i ti anks, sir; I’nave not ’ I fmgotten that I was ”.i stranger. • an 1 you t" k me in." Do you r;suppose th->i 1- li dl ev r cease to > m'Uib-i - the welt-, me of this Than! s aving iiwirih? I never ! knew eitlr r 1 liher or mother; but - t< - lav 1 ha ve faneie l wh.it their :■ kindm’ss might have been." I “It has lo’ Divi-'.s -ak<!' fob- . bou Mxss Ganrv i^ 4 ' *«»-*»*- <

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