Decatur Eagle, Volume 8, Number 1, Decatur, Adams County, 20 February 1864 — Page 1

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wjAHT.irn DECATUR EAGLE. ISSUED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, BY. I Spencer & Schirmeyer. L rVHURREHS Ain PROPRIETOR?. OFFICE—On Second Street, in Patterson', niiillin?, over th ’ Dru" Store. Terms of Subscription: One cooy, one year, in ad-wince, $1 00 V pai<l_withiyi the yn.-w, 1 5‘J Ifn.it paid until th-- V.iar U.v. expired. ‘i ““ fj“ No paptr will be .11 ~■ ..w •<■ i>< >1 until all srrtrnees are [>iM except, it-the .option i tii- i Publisher. Term, o! Advert) sine: Oie square,(t-n lines) tbr-r ini-.‘Wens, $i ”- r ’ Etch subsequant, insertion, 'SO ■ tty*.To a I .er:-: 'ihent will less , than one >s j-iarra orer ne square will be counted and ch arg -1 »»'.»; >?■■:■ tw>. as three, etc, rs A liberal discount, from the above rates. j made on al I -v! v •rusenteutsi.ißerted for a period ; louder three months. iTTlie abize rates will be strictly adhered io under all "irctpnstanees. JOB ?RI TT TING: 4 We we propsred-to do-idl kinds of job-wopk i naneitsr.d worlrxi-.iice them ,-t reasonable terms. Owmww-. for the com-' p let ion of Job-Work, he in" new a- .1 of the latest, styles, we feel c.nifi 1.-nt tli..t satisiadtion can be given. _ DECAirn WSBESS i ' BURT HOUSE. Decatur, hi d i a n a 5 S 3? 'EL J E-®.’TH/’*) Proprietor. SVRI v’ivo -r attention, end makes reasonable charge#. n37*v(i-ly. d7\u”champeu PHYSIC AIN $• SURGEON DECATUR, INDIANA. ttyOFFICE—On the east side of Second St . in the room formerly occupied by J D. K altman as a banking office. vl-nl’J. Il AVI it' STriilli \li Eli , attornicy at law AKD CLAIM AGENT DECATUR. INDIANA. Will Practice in Adams and adjoining Comities Will secure bounties, pensions; and all kinds •f ftlaims against the Government. tj-OFFICE —On Main Street im nediately So-ith of the Auditor’s Office —vfi-n 12 JAMES R. 8080. Attornsy and Counselor at Law, DECATUR. INDIANA. rj-.IFFICE, in Recorder’s Office.,r[| Will practice in tire Courts of the Tenth Judicial Circuit. Attend t the Redemption of Lands, the pav...ent of Taxes Especial atten, ■ tmu will b.- given to the collection f Bounties Pe ision anil all anus against the Goven.ir.ent y-tiv. 2-t. 1162. v6-r 12. iurTmliLLEin P. V. SMITH, Ambrotype & Photograph .Aft. EtHCrSC 1 E§“-aS'Ei''<s Haying P f, r aner.-l- located ill Decatur and applied himself ’ -‘.h everything that maybe ound in h First ' a-s Picture G-allory, Would-c:. ’= : “ 1., of al! who desire god Picture at i- .w t-: ;• call at his rooms in Houston’s. 1 ' -diately overtbe Drug Store. n37-ly Large faH & Winter Stock OF READY-MADE. :33 .' t SS' 51" E) ®®.TWO-» TH IE ME & BRO., FORT WAYNE, IND. T ASF. ION A RLE TAILORS JOSE PH “CL A R K, TAILORING A Ft RMSniNf. EMPORHM . Calhoun Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Gants’ Furnishing Goods. An excellent assortment for sale low. 5-1 V ICK SBLTRG! I. J. MIESSE, In his line of business, Defies the World! AU other LIKE INSTITUTIONS thrown in he shade! All efforts at COMPETITION gone I bv the BOARD. It is acknowledged by al! that he can sell a BETTER article of Harness, Saddles, Bridles, Whips, and all such like for LESS money than any other establishment wi Northeastern Indiana, without exception. His work is all warranted to be made of the very-best m u erial, and made by uld and expe rionced workmen. Buggies and carriages‘rimmed in the latest i and most approved style. Repairing done on short notice and at reasonable raves. tLFGive us a call, and we will convince you of the truth of what we say. We PAY CASH for our stock, and consequently BUY CHEAPER than if we bought on TIME; and of course 3n in proportion.—n3B-vg.

RliTWimiWlmi'T’ATS,'' iIAK STHET t ' UR, i J. LESMAN, - - ■ Proprietor, Kai.i Str, Wrstof C*lhor.n, Ft. Uayne, Ind., Good. Accommodations at Reasonable rates Stage office for Bluffton, Decatur, St. Mary’s, fCefiilalville, Sturgis a-nd Auburn. nJbvii MEYER & IMIO; whole <fc testaii Dealers in , Drugs and Medicines, French and American Window ; (Hnsi*. Dye Sfruflfo, Brushes,Spices, Liquors and . '•Vines, Uo;il Oil and poal oil Lamps, io. , /JdTNo. 95 Columbia Street, Fort Wayne, In-; diana. » u3Bv6. K wTolakley? Wholesale Dealer in HARDWARE AND STOVES. And Jlaiiufacturer of I TIN,SHEET IRON AND OOPPERfI'ARE AT THE GRANITE STORE, ?To. 79, Columbia Street, i v4-u24 FORT WA FAK, IND. ■ wbWfhw e; J. EKAPsIIS A SQBf. - - Pro’s ’ Barr St.cet, between Columbia £ Main FORT WAYNE, INI) This l.as be^n'entirely Refurnished a:,d R- fitted Ln gapd style, and every atieiilior. : will be paid to the com fart of guests, in.aid I ers accommodated’ by lhe Day or Wei »•. i>3o M/kYER 'HOUSE. Corner of Wayne and Calhoun Sis , FORT WAYNE, INDIANA, ix. C. FOX, - - - Proprietor General Stage < fine. vfi t'O. jUSHNbIIuret, Oeaier in VGTCiIES, (WKS', JEV.EI.M SILVER-PLATED WARE, J-c . |I NION BLOCK, FORT WAYNE, IND zAII kinds ot Repairing done to orih r. ano warranted. v’'u.‘l9. D. "sfuNiimn-ii'LL. -DEALER IN(Marble Monuments. HEAD - STO NES, MA N T I.E S, 'CABINET-SL A B S, & c . , & c FORT WAYNE, IND. Work done to order on theshortest notice ■ind in the neatest, manner vsn3». S. PATTERSON, Agent. D F ( COMPA RET . ’ PORK PACKER, MILLER AM) COiSISSION Al c r c li ant, EORT WAYNE. IND. General dealer in all kinds of Grain, Se Fish, Sa’t, Produce, Agricultural Implemanis, efr, Best Bra d Family Flours (TTLiberal advances made on .Ploduce.etc., nOvlitf sun lf the padlock. O. P. MORGAN aVb. Bl Columbia Street, FORT WAYNE Ind. 0 :ST» SC .-’E, ffl'Hl Hardware & Stoves -AND— Manufacturer of Tin & Sheet Iron • 15. TPST axt IKK2 o no li I GUST F. 81 EMOK. RIXDOIPH SIEM A. F SIEMON & EKO., Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Books, Stationary, Toys And Fancy Goods, ' Calhoun Street, between Columbia and Mai; FORT WAYNE, IND. English School Books, German and Lath • Books,Toovs —a large asssortment, Wall and Window Paper, i Looking Glasses, Picture Frames, Engraving® I efcc . . <fcc., i The attention of the public isrespeef fullv in : vited Most of our stock is imported direct!’ I bw ourselves, which enables us togivp our cus- | omers Great Barrains. vsn3£. t UNION FILE COMPANY. C. SCHMIDT & Co. -MANUFACTURES 0FFILEN, RASPS. MILL-PICKS, STONECUTTERS’ TOOLS Ac. ; R®-Cu ttin g Old Files, A-c, done to or de and W irranted equal to new. All kinds ofßxsps and Files made to orde Also Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Foreigi | and Domestic Hardware, Pino Sash and I’oors , Nails. Glass, Paint, drc., At Factory Prices. UNION BLOCK, oppositestate Bank. FORT WAYNE, IND -all Orders from th" Country attended -o

‘Cur Country's Good shall ever be our Aim—Willing to Praise aiid not afraid to Blame.’’

DECATUR, ADAMS COUNTY, INDIINA, FEB. 20,186-1.

i the siege of citatilestqnl 11 ■— i It will be sad news for the country to' know that the siege of Charleston has ' f been rab id. General Gilmore has come 1 , north; the monitors and gunboats are'. simply doing guard duty inside the bnof Charleston Harbor- and.t-be troop:-,. ,tl ■ out information is correct, Wave been sent to the Gulf, probably to reinforce . General Banks pieparai6ry To the projected siege of Mobile. ■ Os course Morris Island is gamssonctl, and a coutinnbiis fire w ill be kept’ip on Sumpter, the surrounding batteries, and the city of Charheston itself. But all hope of the e-ipt:i> o of Cisar'icston must bc-given up fir the 'present. The rebel Congress w. 11 ‘ thank Beauregai'd. lie has proved lent-,: ■ self to be the most, capable 'on .vi::;- that. the South, if not this war, lias nroduced. Hehad difficulties to stiVmSi-.ni. of an un- : 'u.-ual ahaijacter, in defendhig city of Charleston, find hadbesaks implirzpj.g of warfare to provide agaim! r i-:ki iwii heretofore in engineeritHi k ■ t ' 'kiJeston not bV,any, meatk aii 'er.si’y-dij-i'endeit i-i'.yi and yet he lia . i:.-, t at’bay u ' comparative large army nnd a very efficient fleet. For the first time in the history -of warfare, a fleet of-rron cla l ves-i selq ha beep used against stone walls and ihe ordinary obstructions to harbors in time of war: but Beauregard has succeeded in beating them back, after a for- 1 mal and severe assault. No fitch gtins were ever before used against a city as i ; Gen. Gilmoie has been using against the city of Charleston: yet Beauregard has! I succeeded, by his rare engineering skill, in so obstructing the approaches to that ) i city, that Gen. Gilmore, himself one of! 1 ■ the most accomplished engineers known > !in mod-, rn warfare, lias been baflled every turn The Federal General has lost nothing by this failure. He has proven himself to be an officer of rare resources and of uneqnaled skill, lie deserves ' all the praise Gen. Halleck gave him in ” bis annual report, and all the encomiums which have been lavished upon him by I the Northern press. But, vieweel simply 'as a military man, Beauregard also dei serves and will receive from every civil- | ized nation due recognition as a General I , of remarkable scientific abilities. | It is not probable that operations m ill ; be resumed against Charleston before the ; coming April or May. All that can be expected of the fleet and the batteries on Morris Islands in the meantime, is siniJ ply to keep ihe rebels annoyed by a slow and continuous fire upon the city and sur- ' rounding works. When twenty or thirty ' of our new iron-clads are finished, and after Mobile is captured, we may expect ;to bear of a grand final assault upon the defences of the city of Charleston, and we hope, the capture of that stronghold It will, perhaps, be the grand military finale of the war.—[N. Y. World. , /'3'Three Democratic newspapers S have been destroyed in Ohio, —two Democrats have been killed and another m:ili- treated-in Illinois, within the past week. 5 It is the policy an.l the intention of the Abolitionists to destroy the propc-:'.a to take the lives of Den.ocr u - wherever they have the i...,b pu-.v. /to do so. .Th-, -ic things occur only ill iu’vns ami m-.ghbo: - hocus where the Abolilioni- ■ are lar --ly . in the mujorily. Such -kare not p. petrated in places where the Democrats ; n are in the ascendency. There, abolitionists are permitted to live in peace, nnd to I speak their sentiments wb.enevcr and wherever they please. Democrats de n- mand the same privilege. There is only ! y one wav for democrats to do in places wijuiv tiiuj iuv pciftcculeu. ± iicy nave no law with which to reach the perpetrators ofsucji fotil deeds, as have beencom-mitted-ali over the country,—because an i abolitionist is considered above the law. | First, let democrats be united in spirit and in purpose. Then let them inform 5 the leading abolitionists in their towns , r and neighborhoods, that they will be ’>> held responsible in person and propertv. ' ’ for any damage done by abolition mob< to the lives or property of democrats, — ’ for it is these leading abolitionists (hat

I ' are inciting these mobs against them. If law cannot reach them, this method will.' f li'these blatant hounds will not be con- . tent with speaking their own sentiments: ( and will npt let other people alone, but , are determined to libel and persecute men ] who may differ with them in opinion, j ; let them take the consequences that be-1, ; fall outlaws in communities where law i iij ript known, and exasperated, injured people, band together for s -If protection. ■ We deplore such a state of affairs: but it . ; has Tonic to this. It is the only remedy ! -kft. Let democrats be firm and if the ( : m.-ci i-i'y ' .<? (.n-ceil upon em, let the ,wo k be skirt, bit t'norough. When l-.--i.lin_-- -.bplidoiikt- tl::•<>• i shout the conn-' ,- i.y- ; ;ri,n to mi. - l.r.i t u-y are re-' i spmi.Mv!acts of i:iii;ry to other men: ! w.- ill.. :r iw. uioiv-‘'if .-iisilitkn mobs, of .no moiii democrats bcmg rain-dc-red.— . 1 [pmt V.’aywv Times. — WDNDc. Ob' CHEEK. w ith the. whole power of the Admin-i?t.-..'.ion .-'t.i t::y j'l agaimt us; with the vhi the n-wry made to flow like v.m.r, th-,. Derr.opia.ic prly will have a -w '.iiti"m th-> next PreElential election. And yet, if we do not carry that election, we will almost deserve to | fail; for never has there been an Admin- • istration so corrupt as tliie present one, or i the corruptions and imbecility of which ! could be so easily exposed. The above is from the Chicago Times,' 1 and we copy it to adopt, it, Success is i within the grasp of the Democratic par- , ity. If they do nat obtain it, it svill be • their own fault. A clear, distinct enun ’ ciation of the Constitutional and peaceful i principles of ffleir party, and a couragithat will not shrink from their maintenance before the people, through the press, and nt the ballot-box. will assure us a glorious victory in Novc-mi ;-. Courage, friends. The reign of bloodshed, or cor-! ruption. or despotism, is drawing to a close. —[Dayton (O) Empire. WORTUYOF NOTE. It is worthy of note that all the cruel, . barbarious and vindictive measures of the administration have been originated by the meek-eyed, silyer-tongued, gentle i hearted ph’iianthropi.ds of other days; by men who have shuddered at the idea of hanging a murderer, flogging a negro, or ' going to war to vindicate our national .. rights or honor.—They now witness unmoved, with silent tongue and stony . hearts, white men manacled and driven at the point of the bayonet into the army. Had they witnessed anything of the kind duringour war with M -xieo, bow the > cowardly scoundrels would Lave hurled ; their curses upon the Administration. These men have dug the graves of hun- • dreds of thousands of American citizens, and arc now calling loudly for more blood Arid they are backward in every city and 5 town by pensioned miscreants, some of - whom, unfortunately for the country, are - at the head of influential journals.—An- . derson SfnndarJ. A SALL’ i ANY WARNING. r ? ’ tin recent tcim of th . Scott County j Ciicii: - . Cotti L, Clark sued Ki.i-.berlit’i for . cnliing bin) :> t’.-- TL.- facts were . about ns I'-flows: la the month of Au- • leavorim;- io get up a subscription bv the s citizens to .".i<l in making up a company -for the "Union army’ Clark had sub--5 sc. ibcd 806, and l;e and Ferris were soI liciting the persons ulio came into town to putdown their names for.such amounts ■ as they could spare. Among others Fery ris approached Kimberlin, a violent lles i publican, who said he had no money to e spare. Some conversation was had about : loyalty, when Ferris said the names on the subscription paper were a pretty good ' test of loyalty. At this Kimberlin ben came very angry, and jnAat this time Clark attempted to speK to him. but k had only said tha words, “Uncle Dan, ’’ when Kimberlin turned upon him in r II very angry manner and said: “1 waul s nothing to do with yon. you are a dis e loyal man and a traitor to your country' . Refusing to retract. Clark sued him foi ! slander, and the suit resulted in a j ’.dg ment for 8270 damages and costs. Tin _ judgment was based upon the verdict o it a jury, composed of men of all parlies.

Col. Frehianlile the English officer who has returned from th? rebel service to write a volume on the war, relates the following story which, he says, was told him Ly Bishop Polk himself: ‘■Well, sir, it was at the battle of Perryville, late in the evening in fact, it was almost dark when LmdeH’s [rebel! battery, came into a-tion. Shortly after their arrival, I [lushop P,i]k] observed a body of men whom I thought to be Confederates standing at an angle to this brigade and firing oh-, iique'y’atthe newly arrived troops. 11 said: ‘Dear me, this is very sad and must-be stopped/ I turned ! round and could find none of my yoi .®.- men: so I determined to ride (myself and settle the matter. 11 laving cantere-1 up to the colonel (i f the regiment that was firing, I (ask (1 him in angry tones what he meant by shooting his own friends. He answered with surprise, ‘I ! don’t think there can be any mistake about it; I am sure they are the i-.;ii'!ny.' ‘D.imny! 1 said, ’why.! I have only just left them myself. Cease firing, sir. What is your name?’ ‘My name is Col. of the Indiana; I pray, sir, who are you?’ Thon I saw, to my astonish i ment, that 1 wa ; in th . 1 rear of a regiment of Yankees, Weh, I saw 'there was no hope but to l-razin !it out; rny dark blouse ami the increasing obscurity befriended me: (sol approached quite to him and shook my fist in his face, (.saying, “/’li ."'now you who I am sir? < Mi.' ■ firin •. at oh <i .then turned my horsoand cantered slowly down the line, shouting in an authoritative manner to the Yankees, to cease firing; at the same time, i experienced a disagreeable sensation, like screwing up my back, and calculating how many bullets would be between , 4 my shoulders every minute. I ,! was afraid to increase my pace, till (t got to a small copse, when I put . the spurs in and galloped back to . my men. i went up to the neaaest (colonel and said: ‘Colonel, i have . reconnoitered these, fellows pretty closely, and there is no mistake who they are; you may get up and go at them.’ And i assure you, sir, that the slaughter of that . Indiana regiment was the greatest i I have seen in this war. Help your !Mother.—We have ■ seen from two to six great hearty boys sitting by the kitchen stove. 1 toasting their feet, and cracking [ nuts or jokes, while their mother, • a slender woman, had gone to the wood-pile for wood, to the well for water, or to the meat house to cut (frozen steak for dinner. This is ' ,’ot as it should be. There is much work about the house too hard for woman, heavy lif/ing. hard extra l , steps, which should be done by . those more able. Boys, don’t let your mother do it all, especial7y il ’ she is a feeble woman. Dull, prosy ' house work, is irk some enough at .'best. It is along work, too it 1) •- I ing impossible to tell when it i: s quite done, an 1 then on the mor row the whole is to be gone ovci 3 with again. There is more of il t than one is apt to think. W; wish some busy al 1-day housework II er, would count her steps for out e day, and let us have the resultp ii ;t'miles; let it be noted how man? ”, times from the stove to the wooi a pile, to the pump, up and down th , stairs, and especially how man’ '• tirnesfrom the stoveto the buttery >r. Young men think of this. The opening of the Mississippi jf has materially affected . iiipincnt: from thisp is to New Orle ui.-.

We learn, says the Corydon Democrat. from a couple of gentlemen who passed through Springtown, Crawford county, on Saturday eveuiiig last, that a horrible minder had been committed in that place a few hours before, The casi? as they learn by persons who saw it: as e follows: A man named Ha/I (ifottr informants remember correctly) was in springtown and hud on a butternut breast pin, and four soldiers, recently returned from the army, ordered him take it oil’, which he refused to do Thereupon the four brave soldiers, and some patriotic citizens commenced an attack on the unarmed man, with knives and other weapons and literally ‘cut the poor fellow to peaces! No arrest has been made at’ the time our informants left. If this account is cored, Crawford county owes it to her fair fame to sec (that the murderers be bought to speedy justice—[X. Y, Ledger The office of the Mahoning sentinel published at Youngstown Ex-Governor Tod’s place of 'residence, was destroyed on Friday night by a mob of soldiers who also attempted the assassination of the editor. It is . stated that this mob was in-ti:.rated to this [roceedings by th?publication of Attorny-Gene- • ral Gritch fields recent exposure : of Ted's corruption and imbecility i Ihe .Sentinel was a Democratic ~ organ . —Some Abolition scoundrels instigated some drunken soldiers ~sq destroy Hw office of the ( Lancaster (Ohio) Eagle, a Demo- ' cratic journal, a serious tiot occurred. The Democrats rallied . and in retaliation gutted the hous- : es of two Abolition leaders who ! were held responsible for it.—Ciu, , Enq. ; lhe people of Lancaster have adopted the only remedy that is available or practicable. Let the , law of retaliation do its work. An , eve for an eye, and a tooth fora tooth, This is all that is to preJ serve social order. If Democrats do not adopt it, and execute it sternly and vigorously, they have “ nothing to expect but utter des- , traction both of life and property. A Mormon priest made a nerve and-bonc alljiealing salve; 1 and thought he would’experiifient a little with it. 7/e first cut off his (. dog’s tail and applied some oftho salve to the stump; a new tail ’ grew out immbdiaely. He then applied some to the piece of the . tail which he had cut off, and a new dog grew out. lie did not know which dog was which. i. n . . !«■ a woman who died in Florence in I 1858, ba'l been married to seven • husbands, all of whom she outlived. She married the last of se'. i nat 1 lie egeof seventy. Mheu / onberdgatii bed, she recalled L the g iod and bad points of each of her husbands, and having lb impartially weighed them in the, (' balance, she singled out the fifth .L spouse as the favorite and desired II that her remains might b 1 interbred near him. <“ iC • ~~ a wmdy orator once got up and [ said: Sir. after much reflection, consideration, and examination. I have cahnly, deliberately, and care'iillv come to the determined ' conclusion, 'hit in those cities where the population is very large there are a greater l umber of >i men. women *and childern than is iu cities where the population is I-.-;-. .

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