Decatur Eagle, Volume 7, Number 51, Decatur, Adams County, 6 February 1864 — Page 1

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decatuT'eagle. USUKD EVERY SATURDAY MOBSINQ, BY.! Spencer & Schirmeyer. : PUBLISHERS AXD PROPRIETORS. OFFICE—On Second Street, in Patterson’, j ouilding, over the Drug Store. Terms of Subscription: One copy, one year, in advance, $1 90 If paid within the year, 1 50 If not paid until the year has expired, 2On paper will be discontinued until all arrerages art paid except at the option f the Publisher. Terms of Advertising: One square,(ten lines) three insertions, $1 25 Each subse pent insertion, 50. a Ivertisement will be considered less , than nne square; over ne square will be counted and charged as tw; »v -r two. as three, etc, | (ITA. liberal discount, from the above rates. | made on al 1 ad v.*rrisements inserted for a period : longer three months. •iTPhe ab>ve rates will be strictly adhered to under all circumstances. JOB P RIN TING: We are prepared to do all kinds of job-work ■a* neat <nd p'arrc-.on themest reasonable terms. Our mate?\ for the completion of Job-Work, beingnew of the latest styles, we feel confident that satisfaction can be given. IIECATIB BUSINESS fARDS!_ BURT HOUSE. Decatur, Indiana, C El® OCJ , r 7SI"• 9 Proprietor. V. T ' • ifood attention, and makes reasonable cl k-. n37-vO-ly. I CHAMFER, rc.inv A SURGEON D : (JR, INDIANA. T.p i •’? - east side of Second St., i the r. I-uicrly occupied by J. D. Kuttas a banking office. v4-n42. attorney at law AXD CLAIM AGENT DECATUR, INDIANA. Will Practice in Ad inis and adjoining Counties Will secure bounties, pensions; and all kinds of claims against the Government. IT-OFFICE —On Main Street immediately South of the Auditor’s Office -v6-n 12 JAM ES R. 8080. Attorney an A Counselor at. Law, DECATUR. INDIANA. TT >FFICE, in Recorder’s Office. JU] Will p-actice in the Courts of the Tenth Judicial Circuit. Afenltthe Redemption of Lands, the pav .ent of Taxes Especial atteu, j tion will he given to the collection f Bounties Pension and all claims against the Government r Nov. 23. 1362. vG-i'42. 'pic t i ii e i;ui.tini P. V. SMITH, Ambrotype & Photograph ■ ia Havin’ permanently located in Decatur and applied himself with everything that maybe gound in a First Class Picture Gallery, | Would call the attention of all who desire go 1 I Picture at low prices, to call at his rooms in I Houston’s Building, immediately over the Drug jL Store. n,i '~ ly Large fall & Winter Stock OE READY-MADE. «_ ! a SI * 1 • THIEME & BRO., FORT WAYNE, IND. 7 FASHIONABLE tailors JOSEPH CLARK. TAILORING & FCRNISIIIXC EMPORIIM . Calhoun Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Gents’ Furnishing Goods. An excellent assortment for sale low. 5-1 ' VICK SBURG! I. J. MIESSE, I v his 1 : -* of business, ’.12 World! ■ . 51’[TUTIDNS thrown in > COMPETITION gono P v..’ 1 •- acknowledged by all th it ‘i • c-i . ii ■* l article of » IL,-:.--sr.it. uidles, Whips, .nd all such like at '• ’..vSSmmiv th.i . anv other establishment K- 'Northeastern In Irma, without < xception. ■f ‘ Hi, n-m-k is all warranted to be made ofthe Krery oest m >s’n it, and made by old andexpe ■f rienced workmen. Buggies and cwi.-i!*?s trimmed in the latest K-i*nd mast approved style. R-ptiring done on notice and at reasonable rates. K rrGive Ud a c dl, and we will convince you f cf the truth of what, we say. We PAY CA3F ■iFfo'* our *toek, and consequently BUY CHEAPgR than if we bought on TIME; and of course nteil in proportion.—n3rf-v6.

FORT WAYNE ADVERTISEMENTS. ; MAIN STREET EXCHANGE, J. LESMAN, - - ■ Proprietor, 1 Main Str, West of Calhoun, Ft. Wayne, Ind./ Good Accommodations at Reasonable rates 1 Stage office for Bluffton, Decatur, St. Mary’s, ] Kendalville, Sturgis and Auburn. n3bv6 MEYER Whole <fc Retail Dealers in 1 Drugs and Paints, Oils, French and American Window Glass, Dye Stuffs, Brushes,Spices, Liquors and > Wines. Coal Oil and coal oil Lamps. <to ITNo. 95 Columbia Street, Furl Wayne, In-'. diana. n3Bv6. " TFW OAKLEY? i 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 WA YNE. IND. iTEwnowsE? J. EXARNS & SON, - - - P s Barr St.eet, between Columbia Main. FORT WAYNE, IND. This Rouse has been entirely Refurnished i and Refitted in good style, and every attention , will be paid Io the comfort of guests. Board i ers accommodated by the Day or Week. n3q MAYER HOUSE, Cornor of Wayne and Calhoun Sts., FORT WAYNE, INDIANA. H. C. FOX, - - - Proprietor General Stage Cffire. vsn£o. jWfINIIEURET, Healer in WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY SILVER-PLATED WARE, <tc., I NION BLOCK. FORT WAYNE. IND I All kinds ot Repairing done to order, and rKunderhill, -DEALER IXMarble Monuments, HEAD-STONES, MANTLES, iCABINET-SLABS, <fc s . . & c FORT WAYNE, IND. Work done tu order on theshortest notice! and in the neatest manner. v5n39. S. PATTERSON, Agent. D O M P* A R E T? PORK PACKER, MILLER AND COMMISSION Merchant, EORT WAYNE. IND. General dealer in all kinds of Grain, S« ! Fish, Sa't, Produce, Agricultural Implemants, dec. Best Bra d Family Flours ’ G*Liberal advances made on .Produce,etc., n44v(itf ' siTunTTrHiTmT O. P. M ORGAN No. 81 Columbia Street, FORT WAYNE Ind. o K» ■ra.-’a,. B EGOR BLJW Hardware & Stoves -AND— Manufacturer of Tin & Sheet Iron--15. n«. M 33 • no 15 I GUST F. 81EMON. RUDOLPH SIEM A. F SIEMDN & BRO., Wholesale and Retail Deaiers in Books, Stationary, Toys And Fancy Goods, Calhonn Street, between Columbia and Main FORT WAYNE, IND. English School Books, German and Latin ! [look«,To'ws —a large assortment, Wall and Window Paper, Looking Glasses, Picture Frames, Engraving'Ac.. Ac., Ti e attention of the public isreßpectfuYly invited Most nf our stock is imported directly b’ ourselves, which enables us togive our customers Great Bargains. v5n3S. UNION FILE COMPANY. C. SCHMIDT & Co. > -MANUFACTURES OFFICES, RASPS. MILL-PICKS, STONE CUTTERS’ TOOLS <fcc. Re-Cutting Old Files, &c., done to order and <V irranted equal to new. All kinds of Rasps and Files made to order ; Also. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Foreign j and Domestic Hardware, Pine Sash and Doors, I NaiD.Glass, Paint, <tc., At Facto-v Prices. UNION BLOCK, oppositeStntc Rank. FORT WAYNE, IND. I *llord«r. from the Country attended to.

‘Our Country’s Good shall ever be onr Aim—Willing to Praise and not afraid to Blame.”

DECATUR, ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA, FEB. 6, 1864.

ANECDOTE OF AARON 1 BURR. Ii A writer in the N. Y. Leader tells the j following:— Burr was one of the most intimate i friends of Isaac Clason. He dined at his house every week. , The following anecdote Was told me by the late John F. Delaplaine, the fath-' er of Isaac, our late Representative in Congress. He was a son-in-law of Mr. Clasftn, and after his death was one of the executors of the estate:— I “Not long before his death,” said Mr. I Delaplaine, speaking of Mr. Clason; “he j said to Col. Burr at dinner, I have a knotty commercial affair, and I do not j know but I shall be obliged to employ | you or some other lawyer as counsel. If I do, 1 will so advise you.” Col Buninquired the names of the parties, and this was all that passed between them up-! on the subject at that or any other time. | A few days after Col. Burr called at the counting-house of Mr. Clason, and remarked that he was a little short for a few days, and that if Mr. Clason would | lend him §SOO for a few days, he would 'be greatly obliged. Mr. Clason drew a ' check for the sum needed, remarkin'* that Col. Burr could return it when it suited him to do so. Not many months after this transaction Isaac Clason died. I, as his executor, noticed this entry of indebtedness upon his books for SSOO. It was noted in the check-book margin as a loan. The idea flashed upon me that Col, Burr was so notorious that he was a highly dangerous character to be known to a young merchant. Still, it was a duty I owed to the estate to collect it. I determined to look after it, and > I called in person upon Mr. Burr and stated the case. lie received me with great politeness, saying: “Oh, yes—that | little matter shall be attened to in a few days; I recollect all about it.” The next week Col. Burr called upon me and presented a bi 1 against the estate of Mr. Cla- ! son for 81,000, fees for the consultation (stating the case) stated above, and crediting Mr. Clason SSOO. My idea that Col Buir was a dangerous acquaintance proved true. It cost the estate 8500; for I paid Col Burr. Curious Detection ot a Criminal. Not long ago there occurred in Prussia one of those cases of detection of crime by scientific means which interest a large and intelligent class of readers. A quan-, tity of gold, packed in boxes, was dis-1 patched by a railway train. On arrival j at its destination, it was discovered that j the gold had been stolen from some of the boxes, which were refilled with sand, to ' | make up for the deficient weight. Meas-; 1 ures were at once taken for the discovery of the thief, and that no chance might be lost, Professor Ehrenberg was requested to make a microscoping examination of the sand. The professor, who is a momi ber of the A cadetny of Sciences at Berlin, j I well known for his researches into minute ; obiects, and his comparisons of volcanic dust from all parts of the world, asked that a quantity of sand from every station by which the fain had passed should be, sent to him. Examining these one after another, he at last came to_a sand which was identical to that found in the gold 1 boxes. The name of the station whence , this sand had been collected was known: inquiries were set on foot at that station, 1 and among the persons there employed, ’ the thief was detected. The incident is . one which an’expert novel-writer might make use of with effect. Spiritual Advicf by a Physician.— “Old Doctor C.” was known as a skillful phyician, blunt and downright, but not addicted to church going. Mr. S., 1 the sick trader, sent for him. The pulse was examined, the pills dealt out, and . | the directions given: But as the doctor ■ was taking up his saddle bags, Mr. S. turned to him with a very pious look. “I have a solemn request to make of you, Dr. C.” “What! of me? a solemn request of me’ “Yes, sir, I feel that I am a very sick

man, and if at any time you see that I am [ going to die, I want you should let me know it at least three days beforehand.’ “But what in the world do you want 1 to know that for?’ ' “Oh, I don’t know that lam prepared ’ to die, and I shall want at least two or 1 three days to prepare.” . 1 “Oh, well make your preparations, ■ make your preparations, Mr. S.; and if | you don’t die, it will not—be lost to your customers.”—Monthly Religious MagI azine. AN ACUTE LADY'S ENCOUNTER 'WITH A NOTED HIGHWAYMAN. — Lady Browne and I were as usual going to tlie Dutchesse of Montrose at seven o’clock. The evening was very dark. In the close lane under the park-pale and , ■ within twenty yards of the gate, a black ‘ j figure pushed by between the chaise and | the hedge on my side. I suspected it' , was a highwayman: and so 1 found did I Lady Browne, for she was speaking and [stopped. To divert her fears, I was just. I going to say, “Is not that the apothecary i going to the dutchess?” when I heard a ! voice cry, “Stop!” and the figure came back to the chaise. I had the presence of mind, before I let down the glass, to lake out my watch and stuff it within my waistcoat under my arm. lie said, “Your purse and watches! ’ I replied, “I have no watch.” “Then your purse!" Igavc it him. It had nine guineas. It was so dark tlw.t I could not see his I hand, but felt him take it. He then ■ asked for Lady Browne's purse and said, “Don’t be frightened, I will not hurt ■ you.” I I said—“No, you won’t frighten the [ lady.” He replied—“No, I give you my word I will do you no hurt.” Lady browne gave him her purse, and was going to add her watch but he said, “I am much obliged to you; I wish you a good night!’pulled off his hat, and' rode away. “Well;” said I, “Lady Browne, you will not be afraid of being robbed another time, for you sec there is nothing in it.” “Oh, but I am,” said she; “and now I am in terror lest he should return, for I have given him a purse with only bad ' money, that I carry on purpose.”—Hor- ■ ace Walpole. FREEZING TO DEATH. That to be frozen to death must be frightful torture, many would consider certain from their experience of the es ' sects of cold. But here we fall into the usual error of supposing that the suffering will increase with the energy of the agent, which could only be the case if the , sensibility remained the same. Intense [ gold brings so speedy sleep, which fasci" I nates the senses, and fairly beguiles men i out of their lives, The most curious example of the seductive powers of cold is to be found in the adventures of the botanical party who, in Cook's first voyage, i were caught in a snow storm on Terra del Fuego, Dr. Solander, by birth a Swede, and well acquainted with the destructive deceits of a rigerous climaje, admonished the company, in defiance of .lassitude, to keep moving on. “Whoev!er sits down,” said he, “will Jsleep, and [ whoever sleeps will perish.” The doctor • spoke as a sage; but he felt as a man. In 1 spite of the remonstrances of those he instructed and alarmed, he was the first to ! lie down and die. The same ‘warning 'I was repeated a thousand times in the retreat from Moscow. Alison, the historian, to try the experiment, sat down in his garden at night, when the thermometer had fallen four degrees below zero, and so quickly did the drowsiness come stealing on, that he wondered how a soul of Napoleon’s unhappy band had been | able to resist the treacherous influence. ■ tl — i i Xarln the march of life, don't heed the order of “right about” when you know yon are about-right.

A FRIGHTENED DARKEY. — The diver who goes down to clean the bottom of the Monitors : at Port Royal, being a man of herculean proportions, when clad ! in his sub-marine armor becomes ] monstrous in size and appearance, i A correspondent ofthe Baltimore American says: a more singular sight than to see [ him roll or tumble into the water ; and disappear from sight, or popping up. blowing, as tlie air escapes from his helmet, like ayoung whale, can scarcely be imagined. Waters has his own ideas of a joke [ and when be lias a curious audi- 1 ence will have his scraper about as “he bobs around” on the water, I with the air of a veritable river' ■ god. One of his best jokes—the ' better for being a veritable fact—occurred last summer. While he was employed scraping the hull of one of the monitors, a negro from one of the up river plantations i came alongside with a boat load of water-melons. While busy selling liis melons the diver came up, and rested himselfon the side ot the boat. The negro started at the extraordmary appearance thussuddenly coming out of the water, with alarmed wonder, but when the di- [ vor seized one of the best melons' in the boat, and disappeared un-[ I der the water, the gurgling of the ’ air from the helmet mixing with the muffled laughter, the fright of the negro reached a climax. 1 last ily seizing his oars, without waiting to be paid for his melons, he • put off at his best speed, and has not been seen in the vicinity of Station Creek since, lie cannot be tempted beyond the bounds of the plantation, and belie vest hat | the Yankees have brought river devils to aid them in making war. SOMETHING FOR BOTH SIDES. ‘•How we are admired!’ said the i waters of a rushing cascade to the rocks over which they fell, as many standers by exclaimed at their beauty. ‘•Whom do you mean by we?” I asked the rocks. ‘■Whom! why, we waters, of course,’’was the reply. “Are you so foolish and vain!” asked the rocks, frowning. “Can vou not see that they who behold tremble before us. You are merely worthy of remark because you are a teaturein the scene.’ ' “Hah! hah! hah! shouted the ' waters, and rushed on, echoing the laugh from point to point. “Do you really think your rugged faces would charm any one unless adorned with our brilliancy, “Depart!” said the rocks, with terrible frown, “and leave us to i stand alone; then we shall know to , whom beauty and glory belong. “Let us leave them, and flow ■ over yonder mead,” said the waters, They did so, and the rocks I were silent, and so was the flood . ofthe fields’. None came to gaze [ nor to listen. “Ah!’ murmured the waters, > we should not have refused the ; rocks their share of honor. Truly - they made us a thing of beauty.” ‘ Brothers,” said the rocks, in i hoarse echoes, “why did we drive - away the waters? If we lent them , our strength of form, they clothe s us with .their grace and slender, 1 Now. alas! they flow on in obscuryity, and we are passed by unheeded and unpraised.’' t II — » 1 €o"Kven if your enemy is as 1 small as a fly, fancy him as large as an elephant.

ANECDOTE OF GOV. BOUCK. Archbishop Hughes always had a penchant for political management, and at various times he has had considerable influence upon public affairs. It was the po’icy of Mr. Seward, when Governor of New York, to court that influence. An athentic story is told of the attempt of Bishop Hughes to negotiate with Gov. Bouck the same position he had enjoyed with Governor Seward; Bouck being a rich Dutch farmer, but little ver- ! sed in either political or ecclesiastical subtleties. The Bishop called upon the Governor and sent in his card. [ “Good morning. Mister Hughes* ‘ said Bouck, “I am glad to see you. sir,” A pause ensued, when Hughes I said, “Bishop Hughes, your Excellency, of New York.” “Ah! Bishop Hughes, so good morning Bishop Hughes, lam glad to see you, sir.” The bishop again interposed, saying with emphrsis: “Perhaps your Excellency does not recognize the title of his visitor. I am the Bishop of this diocese-' , “Oh,ah —so; lam glad to seo • you Bishop Hughes: and how is Mrs, Hughes?’ [This to a Cath- ! olic priest!] The Bishop gave over in despair. The interview verified what one of Gov. Bouck's partisans had (said during the canvass to a neighi Lor who had urged him to vote for [ Seward: “Governor Seward,” said the jone, “is a much smarter man than Bouck; he has a much longer head. I “So? Veil, may pe it ish longer, but ish not so tick.” The New Footman.—a gentleman was going but, one day, in his carriage, to call with his wife, when he discovered that he had left Ids visiting cards. He ordered his footman, who had recently .comeinto his service, to go to the I mantlepiece in the sitting-room, and bring the cards he should seo there. The servant did as he was ■ ordered, retaining the articles to be used as directed, and off started the gentleman, sending in the footman with cards wherever the “not at home” occurred, xstheso were very numerous, he turned to the servant with the question—- “ How many cards have you ; left?” “Well, sir,” said the footman, very innocently, “there’s the king of spades, the six of hearts, and the ace of clubs.’ “The deuce!” exclaimed his master. i “That’s gone,’ said John. I ’ ——--- - . The Herald's Army of the Potomac special states that Gen. j Sedgwick commands the army ■ in the absence pf General Mead. ; a party of 100 dismounted guer- . rillas made a night attack on ■ General Sweitzer’s Brigade, sth | corps, wounded sor six of our men.—Eight dead rebels were left } on the ground the guerrillas hav- • ing been promptly repulsed. ’! Ship Garibaldi come off tha i southwest spit yesterday undam 3 [ aged and proceeds on her voyage i to san Francisco the first lair j wind. The steamer Cabria, from • Hilton Head on the 18tb, brings - the 25th Ohio regiment, Maj. Haughton, on furlough. 5 CfcS~”Bury me in the sunshine,* , were the last words of Archibishop Hughe.’.

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