Decatur Eagle, Volume 8, Number 2, Decatur, Adams County, 27 February 1864 — Page 1

THE DECATUR EAGLE.

VOL. 8.

’Tr'-SHBJQEa DECATUR EAGLE. ti3US3 EVERT SATURDAY MORNING, BY. Spencer & Schirmeyer. rustisaxxa and raoraißToßs. O??IOS—Ou Second Struct, In Pattcr»on’ a »aiUiu£, «ver lh« Drug Store. Term* of Subscription* On* coSy. one your, in I If paid within the year, 1 50 slfn>t pnd uiiti! tha year has expired, 200 LJ“ N > p iper will be discontinued until all arremges ar» paid except at the optiou f the Pabliaher. Terms of Atlrertluiny: One square, (ten lines) three insertions, $1 25 Such subsequent insertion, 50 IJ* Joni I zertuemeat will be considered less I thanona square; over ne square will becounI tel and charged as tw; >v,r two, as three, etc, IT i liberal discount, from the above rates, midair. all adv jrtisenuentsinserted foraperiod I longer three months. JT<u ihaze rates will be strictly adhered t» under all circumstances. JOB PRINT ING : We are prepared to doall kinds of job work j ns neataad wnrktn’-tbke a t-Lre-.on themest ■ raasonable terms. Onr materi for the coni4 elation of Job-Work, being new lof the lat I Ist styles, wo feel confident that satisfaction 5 oan be given. DECaIIR BISIXESS CARDS! BURT HOUSE? j Decatur, In (liana, JSE K-St. 'Jit"' Proprietor. | Will givs goad attention, and makes reasonable I charges. i»37-v(i-ly. D. W. CH AM PER PHYSIC AIN $ SURGEON DECATUR, INDIANA. [□“OFFICE—On the east sideof Second St . | tn the room formerly occupied by J. D. Nutti mo as a banking office. v4-nl2. dTvTd : TrTm ITh ", ATTORNEY AT LAW AX» CLAIM AGENT n E C A T U R. INDIANA. | Will Practice in Ad tins and adjoining Counties , Will secure bounties, pensions; and all kinds | of claims against the Government. LrOFFICE.s—On Main Street immediately ' Beuth of the Auditor’s Office —v6-n W Attorney and Counselor at Law, DECATUR. INDIANA. (TOFFHJE, in Recorder's Office.Ji Will practice in the.Court* of the Tenth Ju- 1 [ dieitl Circuit. Alien I t the Redemption of Linda, the pay.uent of Taxefi. Especial atteu, i tiea will be .riven to the collection f Bounties Pension and alt claims against the Government Ker. 28, 1362. v6-i)42-7Tcr?iiTlHTEinT P. V. SMITH, Ambrotype & Photograph n<'E? B B > Having permanently located in Decatur and applied himself with everything that may be sound in a First Class Ficturo Gallery, Would call the attention of all who desi re god I Picture at t>w prices, to call at his rooms in Houston’* nnilditig;, immediately over the Drug Store. u37-ly Large fall & Winter Stock OF READY-MADE. THIEME <k BRO., FORT WAYNE, IND. fashionable TAILORS JOSEPH CLAI?K, TAILORING A ITRMSHIXG EYPCRIf Ji . Calhoun Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Gents’ Furnishing Goods. An excellent assortment fnr sale low. 5-1 VICK SBUBG! I. J. MIESSE, In his line of Defies the World! All other LIKE INS I’ITUTIONS thrown in ho shade! All eff.-tsat QOMI’ETITION gono by the BOARD. It is acknowledged by all that he can sell a BETTER article of Harness, Saddles, Bridles. Whips, and all such like trjfi® for LESS money’han any other establishment’ in Nur*J>eastern Indiana, without < xcept.ion. | His work is all win anted to be made ofthe - very best niu'nrial, aad mads by old and expe 1 rienced workmen. Baggies and carriages trimmed in the latest: an! most approved stvle. R-pairing done on short notice and at reasonable rates. TFGive us a cell, and we will convince von •f the truth of what we say. We PVYCASP for our stock, and co-.secrienily BUY CHEAPER than if we bought on TIME; and of course *■ «M1 in proportion.—n3B-vl.

FOH IVlll'E AItV'ERTISEMEXTS. ■( I .11 XSTItE ET £ X CIIIV f. E. l J. LESMAN, ■ • • Proprietor, Maia Str, West of Calhoun, Ft. Wayne, Ind., Good Accommodations at Reasonable rates Stage office for Bluffton, Decatur,St.Mary’s, Kendatville, Sturgis and Auburn. n3BvC ; MLYERACBROI, i Whole & Retail Dealers in ! Drugs and Medicines, Paints, Oils. French and American Window Glass, Dye Stuffs, Brushes, Spices, Liquors and ■ Winns. Coal Oil <<i>d coal oil Lamps, cto ( £j”No. 95 Columbia Street, Furl Wayne, In - . t diana. n*3Bv6. 1 bT\V. OAKLEY? Wholesale Dealer in HARDWARE AND STOVES. And Manufacturer of ( TIN,SHEET IRON AND COPPF.RWARE I AT THE GRANITE STORE. No. 79, Columbia Street. 0-1124. FORT WAYNE. /ND. iiEWKmwusE? J. EKARNS & SON, - - - Fo ’s I Barr St.eet. between Columbia <t Main FORT WAYNE, IND. | Thia Home has been entirely Refurnished and Refitted in good style, nud every attention 1 will be paid to the comtert of guests. Board ! era accommodated by the Day or Week. ,>3p , JIA YER HOUSE.: Corner of Wayne and Calhoun Sts.. FORT WAYNE, INDIANA. H C. FOZ, - • - Picpiietcr General Stag* ' ih ?. jUsriyid“ußET. Dealer in WATCHES, CHICKS, JEWEIBT SILVER-PLATED WARE. Ac , 1 NICN SLOCK, FORT WAYNE, INC All kinds ut Repairing done to order, - no ] warranted v i,!-’9 j I’. S. LNDICRIIH.L. -DEAI.BR IXMarble Monuments, IIEAD-STONES, MANTLES. iCABINET•SL A B S, & a . , & c ( FORT WAYNE, IND. Work done to order on theshprtest notice! and io the neatest manner v5n39. 8 PATTERSON, Agent. "5“F~.~c A R~T? PORK PACKER. MILLER TD OTIISSIOX Merchant, EORT WAYNE, IND. General dealer in all kinds of Grain, So Fish, Sa’t, Produce, Agricultural Iniplemants, &c t Best Bra-d Family Flours! CTLiberal advances made on .Produce,etc.. ! n 44 vGf I TiirTElliTMiiToc k , o. p. miTrg.an Ab. 81 Columbia Street, FORT WAYNE Ind. o ttbss: . yk. as: ae s.w , II a r d w a r e & S t o ve s -ANO— J Manufacturar of Tin & Sheet Iron15. aw BS Ten • no 15 LGUST F. SIEMON. BUILOLPH SIEM A. F SIEMON & BRO., Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Books, Stationary, Toys And Fancy Good*. Calhonn Street., between Columbia and Main FORT WVYNE. TND. English School Books. German and Latin I Book’. TTo-ovas—a large Wall ans Window Pat>er. Looking Glasses, Picture Frames, Engraving’ Ac . 4c., Theattent i on of the rnhlic ifErocobnejfnllv »n---vitpfi Mn«t of nnr fit nr kis i rr)nn r to<l h< ourselves, Thirh pnaMefi u# our mp—tamers Great Bargains. . UNION FI L E 6MP AN Y • C SCHMIDT & Co. -MANUFACTURER I'FFIT.ES, rasps. 11l 1, 1-picks, ST >NE CUTTERS’ TOOLS Ac* i R?- C >lling Old Flles. Ac . done ta order nvl V i.-ri ited eqnnl tonr>sv. AH'Hn Is of Rups and Files ma He tn order Also Wnolesale and Retail Dealers j u Foreign and ') ■ n -stir. Hardwire. Pine Sa-h a „q I oors Nails.Gl i<s. Print. Ac., At Factors Prices. UNION B LOCK. opposirekfite Brink. FORT WAYNE, INDail Ord*n fr«a> 4* •eutrF •ttwadnd Ms

■Our Country’s Good shall eve? he cur Aim-Willing to Fraise and not afraid to Blame.”

DEC iTUR, ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA, FEB. 27,1864.

I \ • A MINNESOTA WEDDING. In the semi-rural district of Winona, on the Minnessota side of the Mississippi river, Jives a j illy feliow of a justice of the peace, whose ideas of matters are much like the current ofthe deep river— , j once started in any direction it is hard to j , turn them: One day lately, after the j 10x12 law dispensary had been swept, I the chairs set in a row again-1 the side of I the office, and several whipped quids of tobacco and mutilated cigar stubs had been kicked tinder the stove, there was a wooden step on the stairs and a vigor- I ' ous knock at the door. I ‘Come in,’said the justice, as he setI tied into the legal look befitting a man |of law, duly elected to dispense the fa- ! vors of the blind goddess. A stout woman entered. She had on i a short woollen dress, wooden-ioled shoes ! sported red cheeks, black hair, and eyes that snapped like the lock of a shot gun. j With a I’ortugiies accent, and in the worst possible English, said: ! ‘You law man!’ ‘Y r es, madam; be seated.’ ‘Want paper, Want paper to take a I man. ’ j Just then a stout French half breed en- ! tered the room. He was unable to speak a half dozen words of English, and look j ed either scared or bashful. The judge at once saw that there was a mart ia<re to i come off and said to the woman who 1 stood with compressed lips watching the I justice anil the door. I ’Want paper to take this man?* ‘Yes. want paper. Me teach him.' I [Nice woman thought the justice ] lie no good man Me take him quick as 1 can ’ J ‘All right, my covies—fix you in the jeik ui a lamb stail,' he muttered as he turned to the man and said, — ‘You know this woman, can you take ; her?’ The man shook his head and uttered : unintellible words. Ah, I see Can't talk English. Well never mind.’ i He ran into the street, and invited a few friends up stairs, and on returning; I with them, said to the woman — ‘You want to take this man for better or for worse’’ ‘Yes, me want to take him. Me pay.' ‘All right.’ Then turning to the man { w ho stood trembling.— •You take this woman for better or worse, and pYomise to keep her etc. ‘Ugh,’ and a nod of the head. ‘Then, in the name of the law, and by > J virtue ofthe authority in me vested, 1 pronounce you man and wife,’ and he! ; stepped forward before the woman could | say a word and kissed her red lips. Ship came her hand i . his face, and she clutched his hair. The new husband jumped in to take the woman away, to ! protect her as the justice supposed, when ,| in self preservation he hit him a rap on , . the nose. The woman pitched into the i new husband, who in tin n pitched into her, end for about five minutes there was a general hustling. I o o At la-t the parties were separated, : , when the man and woman took another turn at each other, and the blood and hair flew in all directions. Down wenj ' the stove, ovei went the table, clatter i! went the chairs; and into the street like la madman, went the justice with a black ’: eye, and the bosom of his shirt looking a . warranty deed covered with red seals. A crowd rushed up stairs and found ! the man and woman lying on the floor, ' hugging each other like young bruins, - tend their arms an 1 legs mixed up worse ! than tomato vines. Tile newly-married couple were separated, when through the ai l of two interpreters, it was discovered that the night before, the parties occupying adjoining shanties in the lower part of the town, r had got in a quarrel over a stove pipe, which was claimed by both, and from r words they came to blows. Each party ' hurried to the Justice's office in the morning for a warrant for the other, and the result had been that our justice had bucks led them together as man and wife.

i Perhips the punishment was merited,’ bat the belligerents couldn’t see it, and! went in search of another Justice to mi . marry them, while the general cause of their terrible squabble was bathing his bunged eye in camphor and whiskey. FROM BOSTON. Boston, February 12. The correspondent of the Boston Her- ' aid, writing from the fleet off" Charleston describes the destruction of the blockade runner as follows: Off Charleston, very early this morning i some daring Englishman made a bold attempt just before day-break, and during a fug, to run the.blockade. He succeee-: ’ ed in getting in as far as the mouth of the ’ : harbor, where he was run asho e by trying to avoid the shells from oar batteries, which were flying, in every direction.: The fog soon denied up, and there wathe blockade runner hard and fast on the beach. She was a splendid looking side ! wheel steamer, with two smoke stacks land rakish misfe. Forts Wagner and Gregg, aided by Mon tors. at once commenced to shell her, and by noon she was a complete wreck. A 29) po ind Par . rott from Fort Wagtier cat her nearly in ' two. Besides this shellin gos the steamer. tile city of Charleston, James Island, and forts Johnston and Moultrie have received a tremen I'io.is cannonading. The same correspondent, under date of February 3 says: | The rebels h ive tiled several times to 'reinforce the almost worn out garrison in the ruins of Fort Sumter, hat have failed. It cannot be done by <1 ivlight, as our g u.s have fall range of the h i bor Oir I calcium lights are kept lighted, and not only bear upon Sumter, bat upon all the harbor an 1 the city. so that it is impoisib'e for a boat or steamer to go near the ruins. In a Idit'on ;o this, the small remnant of a garrison in the nuns are treated every ten or fifteen minutes with a heavy, powerful Parrott shell from sun-. set till daylight. Most of the men in . i Sumter are negro slaves, and we know 1 that some 2) or thirty are killed daily. On night before l ist it being somewhat hazy, one ofthe rebel rams, in company with a torpedo b >at. a c gar shaped inferj nal maehitie, floated from Mount Pleasant and proceeded down the c eek in the rear of Sullivans Island, for the purpose 'of going out to make an attempt to destroy the gun boats Ilousatcnic and Nip I ! onic, which were on guard duty that i night in the south channel near Beach Inlet. When the ram and infernal machine had got red ly to make a dash out of the inlet, it was found that the machine was ;in a sinking condition. She was then turned back into the inlet where she now lies sunk. She wont do wn carrying with her eight of the crew. This mishap put an end to the attempt to destroy our vessels. This is the third infernal machine the rebels have lost. A few Jays ago a sq ta 1 of sixteen rebel soldiers, including a sergeant, escaped to our lines. They say th >t starvation stares them in the face at Charleston; that all civil laws are at an end in the place, and that military rules have full power over the civil authoi ities; that they are ! becoming desperate and that every means in their power will be resorted to, to force the blocka le here. They must have as sistance or starve. They report that the city is badly damaged from Gilmore’s constant bomb.ud ment, which is still going on. It is calculated at least a shell is sent into the city every ten minutes. I —Till ie urt- no h»n<l- »-i (be clock o! tterniiy, Inal is n > -liel.i« <>n n» <|i >1 lor the good nisn. To him the v< rv hours ol hi-nv. n will be measured by suuslniw . and noi by slindnw, —The two branches <>t Congress cannot agree about taxing I quor, hut nev,r quarrel about dunking u. Where liberty dw.lls, them is tny country.” Bmj Franklin. — o —Just two lines will finish this columo. Cant you sta it.

A SPIRIT KISS. The Pawtucket Gazette relates! Jhe fol/wing pleasing incident, of spiritual coinaiunication An enlhusiastict deliver was I relating to a skeptic the spiritual; (performances to which he con’d (testify, among other things said, (that on a certain occasion the! 'spirit of his wife who had been dead several years, returned to( him, and sitting herself on his (knee, put her arms around his ( neck and kissed him as much to his gratification as she used to (when living. ”Yotl do not mean to say.” I rem irked the skeptic, ” that thej spirit of your wife really embraced and kissed you ?” “No, not exactly that,” replied the believer “but the spirit took; possession ofthe body ot a female and thought he embraced and kissed me. We presume that believers are often as willingly deceivers as ths men was. H, «■> | Sad Occurrence. —a young lady named Killander was burned i to death at Huntington Monday i evening, under the following circumstances It appears that ( I when going into the cellar, her ! close came in contact with a coal] oil can.oversetting it and spilling! the <>il upon her close, whereupon sbercmarked, “if we can burn oil from tliQ C U’pet, I can burn it off my cloih:>c,”an 1 siii'.ing the action to the word applied the blaze of a candle to herdress, which instantly ignited. It being impossible to extinguish the flames, she burned to a crisp. She lingered till half past six Tuesday morning. TERRIBLE SCENE AT AN EXECU- ‘ TION. C. S. Dod 1 of the Bth Texas 1 Cavalry, was hung at Knoxville, Tenn.,oh the Bth inst., having' been found guilty of being a spy. Fn m a letter describing the exe-' Icution we extract the following: : “The legs and arms of the prisoner ' were pinioned, the cap drawn ' over his face, he all the time being' engaged in brief ejaculations of i prayer, which were heard by the officers, At a signal the bolt was now withdrawn; the clilprit fell but the cotton rope broke by the, 'sudden tension, and the man lay stretched and stunned upon the. frozen ground below. A murnier ofhorror mingled with expressions of pity, ran through the assembled crowd. Recovering for an instant (from the shock—for his neck was, outbroken—he said, incoherently. ‘Release me quick, if you please.— For some ten minutes the unfor- j tnate man lay thus upon his back without moving a muscle. Mean time the officers and men whose (painful duty it was to see to the execution ofthe law, adjusted this ’ time two parts of the’saine rope instead of one, and the half consci ms mui was borne up the fatal steps a second Kime, being partly supp-irted upon the drop until the double noose had been adjus-, ted, Not a word or sign of suffering I 'all this time escaped his lips. In , ano.her moment the drop fell, . and the prisoner’s form now hung i by the neck—the knoi behind the • head. Death finally ensued by stran . gulation. In ten minutes. Dr. r Cogswe'l, the officiating surgeon pronounced life extinct, and the body was taken down and buried.” The opening of the Mississippi - has materially affected shipments ifrom this oort to New Orleans.

SOURCE OF CRIME. ' Mr. Gould relates the story of a fallen woman, whom be encountered iu one of our penitentiaryhospitals, which casts a terrific ( light upon the tendency of licentiousness to produce crime. Being , betrayed, she resolved upon revenge, and the plan of its accomplishment flashed upon her mind with the suddenness and rapidity 'of lightning. She betrayed no 'emotion. She uttered no reproaches. She created what had happened as a harmless jest, aud (blandly invited a continuance of (the intimacy. ; The young man exulted in the case and completness of his vie(torybut from that moment sho became the evil genius of his (life. Professing the mosttendei& unselfish, affection shedrew money from him continually, with which (she hired sharpers to furnish him with provocatives to drinking, 'gambling, and all the forms of vice and bedauchery. At every rally of his better nature by skillful alternation of porsuaison banter and menace, she checked the rising impulse of virtue, chained him to the car of dissipation, and confirmed him in his career of vice. ARTEMUS WARD SICK. The Showman of Baldwinsville is among us very sick. Z/e came here a week ago from California, after a very exciting lecturing tour on the Pacific, He came to us fired and soon evinced that He lies very ill at the Salt Lake House. Yesterday his physician informed me* that though nothing could he said, for two or three days, with certainty; the chances were against his recovery To-day, Dr. ZTingsfon, his agent, informs me that ho thinks him rather better, and hopes that the inflamation they dreaded is not to take place The people would mourn the loss of Artemus \A'ard A THRILLING ADVENTURE. — James Darling of this city, met with a thrilling adventure on the Wabash Valley road last week. He had been up to Buck Creek Station oubnisness; and returning on foot had reached the middle of the river bridge above the city when he was startled by the sound of an approhing train.* ’ The night was dark. A heavy rain had made the crossties very slippery and insecure. To run. he dare not; to Jump was sudden death; and with wonderful presence of mind, he locked his arms atound one of the ties, and swinging off, between the rails, he hung suspended in mid air until the tram had passed over. It was a moment of fearful suspense, and Darling says he suffered a thousand deaths. He recovered his position and reached hemo safely, but has been sick in bed ever since.—He called for Dr. Miller the next morning, who assured him his h iirwas not turned gray.—Lafayetee (Ind.) Cour. ■' Get Married.—With a wife the lawyer is more trusty, the doctor more respected and useful, tho I mechanic more industrious, and ’ the merchant gets better credit, in short, a man without a wife is i no man at all. ! “Old dosrTray’sever faithful,” > they say; But the dog who is faith- ’ fuf can Dever be-Tray. The difference between a carriage wheel and a carriage horse 1 is, that one goes best when it u tired and the other don’t.

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