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Et- o*l Es DECAit II EAGLE, I T33UHD SVKRY SATURDAY MORNING, BY. Spencer & Schirmeyer, FUBLIjHEtta AND PROPRIETORS. brF[*C!?-<):i Second S in Patterson \ 9»jdd;a^ t .ovar the Djug SU»> «?• i Terns of S.ibicriplion: One copy, one y-?ar, in ad/ance, $1 M 1 If paid within the year, 1 id If not piijiintil the ve ir iu } • \oir -d, 20 > LT > ’p-ipar will be di ;’ >n‘ i nxl until a]] arraragpe are p; : J ex* it the option f the Cubliaher. Terran of Vl/ertirfnzr 0n? square, (ten line . h i; v? rii>» ; ;s, $! 25 l?ich Hub?eq insertion, 5G i a l'’’ertis?.ne;it will he ' >nsi.l . red h --s thin ona <q'iire; over ns s juare will he conn- i te 1 and charged a%fc r; »•/ tt v >, as three, etc, | ■EF A. lib >r.il <liseo»in\ from the abate rites. I m ide on all ad v .ertisem mts i nserted for a period longer thren months. ab)7e rit‘s ■rill be strictly adhered *o un ifir al) :ir£u:ast jnc-s. JOB P R TN T ~ N a : We are prepared to do a:! k i ids of j )b--.verk . na ns it iad -c.rk’nir- t? * k i .•'.on the;n<s\! jvuriiMa terms. Our rnv b '!;e -j pletion of Job-W.r . bei,<-_»■ nrr .1 of the lat ' <Ht styles, w? fcM c th it > cis taction e an be given. DECATIR tISIHSsTwDsF . “burt' mouse.' I) ccat ar. In(1i an a. IWB T&. T ErtlE. rE.” Pro prietnr. 'Will give good a‘t?r.‘’ >n, and i.i-tk's re.asonal le charges. n3'-» f >-!y. nTwrci i a ? PHYSICAIN iy Wil GE GN D E C A T U !l , 1 X D I A N A . KFOFFIOE—On rhe east i«l<-af so < <vh: • t , 1 n the room so i< rl v' »ccup. d by-J. P. ?> at*-" mtn as a banking oGice. v I-n 12. DAVID ST ifb a B IKE R , ATTORNEY AT LAV AND C L A I M A G E N T T DECATUR, INDIAN A Will Practice in Ad imsand adjoining Cotnil i<*s Will secure bounti -:. p *n-iou«; and all kind> of claims against the 0 >ver;nn. ! nt. ITOFFICE. —On Main Str.-ot i,n-n<’diut'dy ftouth of the Audit .a ’.■> Odico.—v S-n 12 JAMES IL 8080, Attorney and Counselor at Law, DEC! AT UH, IND TAX A. in R .•■•rder’s Omc.’.aJ] Will practice in the f l 'i ir;s >f t’v 1 '•'.- ,:’j Judicial dircnil '"I I ■ he ’• ' 1 •■.:!;• ' of f,ia Is. th? pay ..-.it of fax - Fsp«-cial .-Utrn, ti ri will ha gi ’ i:>th• c»i le ;• i f B < i.itn-< I’ •nsion and ai. d iinis ajainst the G iv.-rumut ‘ No/. 2d, 1 :G). v6-r42. ! ITclMilElAHlair' P. AS SMITH’ . Ambrotype & AX ES'- _ z 1,-. :.t<<l in Decatur and i '••Pf’’'.'*’.' 1 ‘•JKrst Class ' | s otiiiu m Picture Gallery. Wnuld call the attention of al 1 ivli > Je ■: re g<> : •Picture at low prices, to cal! al hi« ronin« in Houston’s Building, immediately dvertlm Drug | Store. n37-ly j I Large fall & Winter Slock OF READY MADE. : ip - s' ®ns «. O =» T THE V Ed: D R 0 . . FOBT WAYNE, IND. FtSIIION’ ABI. F T 11.0 R S JOSEPH or,ARK TAILORING A FLRNIsiIiSG IDIPORIIM . Calhoun Street, Fort Wayne. Indiana. Gents’ Furnishing Goods. Au excellent assortment for <ale loir. 5-1 (■««■■■■■■ ■■■■awa aaw ; • a•a a.••• «a» a a aw m a a•• o a VICKSBURG! I. J. MIESSE, In his line’of buxinets, Defies tlie World I All other LIKE INSTITUTIONS thrown in he shade! All efforts at- COMPETITION gom-' Ly the BOARD. It is nck.iowb'dged by all that lie can sell a BETTER vticle of Harness, Saddles, Bridles. Whips, and all such like for LESS money th in any other establishment ,in Northeastern Indiana, without « xception. His work is all warranted tn be made of the j very best material, awd made by old and expe prienced workmen. Buggies and carriages trlmrnml in rhe latest and most approved st yle. Repairing done on sbori notice and at reasonable rates. us a call,-and we will convince you of the truth of what, we say We PAY C fnr our stock, and consequently BUY CHEAPMR than if We bought on TIME: an dos course , eX soil in propar>ion —

pn wiiss AbVEiiTisfiiEns. ,ll!l\ «T«88T EX fiII.IGF, ’ J LESM4S. - • . Pu.,,|.<w, 'Shin Str, West hf C.illiunn. Fti Wayne, Ind., ! Good Accommodations at Reasonalle rates I St :ii;a office fhr BlufT! oil. Di-catur, St. Ai'in's, ; Kendalyille, Sturgis r.nd Auburn, n3Bi6 ’MEYER..& BRO, Whclc & Retail Dealers in j Drugs and Medicines, ! Paints, Oils, French and American Windowj jG a-s, Dye Staffs, B; Apices, Liquors und : A; hies, Coal Oil and coal oil Lamps, <to J»TNo, 05 Columbia Street, Fort Wavnc.lnM 1 j tL an a. n3Bv(i. ' B. W.'OAKLIiYr Wholesale Dealer in HARDWARS AMD STOVSS. And Manufacturer of ' TI-N.SIIEBT (DON AKD COPI’ERWARE AT THE GRANiT? STORE, No. 79, Columbia Street, vl-n24. FORT WA YEE. JIU). i nWEKfN HOUSE, J. Bit AC. S 3 a SOU, - . . Po'a Barr St.iet. between Columbia <£ Alain. FO R T WAY NE. iN D. 1 Tib i’uy.sft has.hei-n RefiirpiGAd 1 ar»<! R -&tjd it good style. a’j<] t \_t ry a.toution ■vil! • ■ • Id- rmn lu-it <>f o '.r .: - Boai d ers accoiEmodaUd by-ihe Day or Week. j»3y dAYi-J? HOUSC.' Cornor of Wayne and Calhoun Sts.. FORT WAYNE, INDIANA. H C. FOX, - - - FicpiieUr General < fii e. v. r «.CO H- : - I.‘iuil< i. in , d.miin, (Wks, jHm SILVCR-rLATED WARE, Ac , HyiON B.LOCK, FORT WAYNE, IND. Al! kinds ut Repairing Jone to Older, ano 1 warrant.,-,1 v ~39 , P. S. UNDERHILL, -DEALER IN’Marble Monuments. IiEAI) ■S T OXE S, MA ?J TI. ES, CAB I N E T ■ S-L A B S, & c . , & f FORT WAYNE, IND. . fc ' Work done to order on ' •;* and in the neatest manner. \eent. A vSnl’J. s. I<ATTERSjE__ ’’ T ET . 1 POPT ’Av i\.rJ\ ! 1 i|ji Ip. di (dull Iss 10\ v 1‘ r c h ant, ' EORT WAYNE. INI). ,rn«t il deal t in all kinds of Grain, Se I Fish, Sa t. Produce. Agricultural Impltmums, de, Best Bra d Family Flours FTLi’-eral advances made cn Produce,He.. 'uddvfiH ! Mu\ M lirEJJH’U ii. 0. p. ShThg an I Ad. 81 Columl/iu Street, FORT WAYNE Ind. j O ■ S 3 H_ J. 5=A. SiL-< JK3 SS. EE JW I Hardware & Stoves -AND— Manufacturer of Tin & Sheet Ironis. TL..W J«k. ffi®. "HT! • no 15 I CtL'aT F. SIl MOJi. RUDOLPH 8H ?l A F SUU.U i & BRO., Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Books, Stationary, T, .; A id F iucy Goods, i Calhonn Street, hetwceoi Columbia au . FORT ¥ XYNFI. IND. English School Books. German and Tw.tii Rook* .ToQvfvr—a larg? n«isortmpnt, Wall and Window Paper. : Looking Glasses, Picture Frames. Engraving® ; (te.. Ac., TVc attention of th<» public invited Masfnf our slack is imported diivotly b* ourselves, vhicb enables us togiv#* norms—»Diners Great Bargains v5n3F. UNIO'J FILE OMPANY. C SCHMIDT & Go. -MANUFACTURES OFFILES. RkSI’S. MILL-PICKS, STONU OU CTERS’ TOOLS <tc. le-C ittiiiff Old Files, &c . done to order m I V trr’itted equal to new. 1 Airbn Is ofßisp* and Files made to order i Also. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Foreign . and D rn stic Hardware. Pine Sasb and boors, j Nails. Glass, Punt, <ta., At. Factorv Prices. UNION 3LOCK, opoo-aifcitato Rank. FORT WAYNE, IKD. all Orders frora the Country attended to.

■Oar Country s Good shall ever be cur Aim—Willing to Praise and not afrild to Blame."

DECVIW,' ADAMS COUNTY, 'NDiANA, MAR. 5, iSiH. —-— .

I SONGS OF. SEVEN. 1 SEVKA TIMES FIVE.— WIbOWIIOOR. I sleep and rest, my heart makes moan Before I am well awake; ‘Let me bleed! () let me'alone, Since I must not break? For xdiildren wakel though fathers s’. ■. \\ -th,a itQUO at tiiokan,i lietid; 0 sleepless God, f<fi ever keep, 'Keep both lit mg and dead! I ’.<> I;'.' A , ■ ' ’*• t&I lift mine eyes and what to sea But a world happy and fair, 1 have not wished it to mourn with me— Comfort is not there. () what anenr but golden broonls, ■ A waste of reedy nils, O what afar but the line glooms On tlie rare blue hills! I shall not die but live forlore— How bitter it is to part! i 0 to meet thee, mv love once more O my heart, my heart! i No more to hear, no more to sec! O that an echo might wake And waft One note of thy psalin to me Ere my heart strings break! I should know it how taint soe’er, And with angel voices blent, 0 once Io feel thy s; irit anear. 1 could be content! < > ont-e between the gates of gold, While r.n entCiing angel trod, But once—thee sitting to behold [ On the hills pf God? THE RIGH T TO SPEAK. ’ ‘lt is the ancient and undoubted pre ! regntive of this, people to canvass public! measures, and the merits of public men. It is a ‘home bred' right, a iireside privei lege. It hath even been enjoyed in evI cry house, cottage and cabbin in yhe nri 1 nion. It is not to be drawn io/i'e ri *i* jsy. It is as undoubtwing on <ne earth ' breathing the air private life as a right. < Belonging to Allie life as a duty, and it , it belongs,t,|y which those whose repre-. t is the ij 1 ani shall find me to alum ’on “'"Png at ail times to be coitions and i in its use, except when the‘ ( right itself is questioned, i shall place mvself upon the extreme boundary of my j right, and bid defiance to any arm that ; would move me from my ground. ] ‘The high constitutional privilege JI shall defend and exercise, within this, house, and in all places; in time of peace i and at all times. Living I shall assgrt it: , 1 and should I leave no other inheritance to my children, by the blessing ol God I will leave them tlie inheritance of free ’ principles, and the example of a manly i independent and constitutional defense vs I of them.’—{Daniel \\ ebster. Last vea’’ President Lincoln ordered a I general thanksgiving lor the expulsion of ■ the rebels from Eastern Tennessee. and jthc Tribune dubbed the kind-hearted but : weak headed Burnside, the ‘deliverer of ! East Tennessee.’ and labored desperately I G that lofty bat false title to the name of a general who alone dimmed the 1 glory of Antietam. Who ruined an army at Fredericksburg, and who did with I joy the dirtv woik of the administration ‘upon Mr Vallandigham. and who since ■ 1 hr erased to be a colonel has everywnere blundered. Put the title of i deliverer did not stick. Longstreet s iml ertinenee lias taken then the gum out of, it. The rebel general still holds on to Eastern Tennessee, and does not hesitate, in spire of our presidential thanksgivings <0 ,’av there in open contempt of court. i ienond Grant however has relieved <.f the impediment of Burnside’s m. U: , V. and doubtless is preparing I. ? ' .(; •he real title which draggles pt - • t Bi; ipide’sforehead, a wilted sham. ! (World. The refusal of Californians to recognize anything as legal tender bat gold, and | the public opinion which sus ains that refusal and would drive out of business any man there who should pay a debt in ■ anything but gold or its .equivalent value - is ereditab’e to the citizens of that State. A similar sentiment here; a like priest against the debauchery as public vi tae which Secretary Chase contrived, and at which the whole republican party and nmnv of the republican judges connived, would go far to convince us that, worse i debauchery is not enevitable in the future ' But the party which sacrificed the credi--1 tor class once by the legal tender act will be restrained by no principle from sacrir firing them hereafter by repudiation of our gigantic national debt. —[World. The pews in the Rev. Starr King's church. San Francisco, have been let this year for s2.',o<X>.

I SLAVERY UNDER A NEW AR- | RANGEMENT. I Gen. Banks, who has assumed, in Lc.u-iana, tlie authority of dictator under Abraham, has -promulgated an order giving the details of a plan he is abet to en Ifoice, for what he culls ‘compensated 1 plantation labor.’ public, and 1 private du1 ring the present year; which is simply, another random experiment to find a solution of the question, what to do with 1 the negro. Th ? ex-slaves, now freemen, are to b-j divided into first, second, third . ' and fourth classes, and are to be compel-i led to labor tinder overseers, at eight, six, i 1 fiyc or three dollars per month, accord-; i ingly as they are rated. In what, upon tlie surface, tails, so far as the negro,is; . 0 I ] concerned, ■ will differ from slavery, it L 1 difficulty to conceive, though it is easy to see how it may be greatly more op-1 pressive and demolizing in its operation. 1 Eac’i one these experiments for the 'tisposal of the negro simply proves v. !iat was charged at the beginning; that phil'antropy is not so much love of the negro ■ as it is hatred of the master. Wiint : 1 lean co-ni-to the former by taking him’ from the hands of his owner and com- ' peiling him tu work under the sttpervi I sion of an overseer appointed by Gene- ' ral Banks or some of his subordinates, I passes the common understanding wc. forbear to remark upon the stretch o r ' ; .. . , ~ , ... , such ' fu-ial power wmen is indicated ‘ ; , ~ -s, for these nieasur < a< that of Gen. !•' 1 i , . , , common to ex- , ’ ■ lung ■h . e b . ome ’ ■ , . . , , , • only curiosity that | cite wonder, am 1 , ■ 1 1 ~ . , -■> '. nav the eccentric gen , 'IS felt IS to , , , .„ . ~, 1 io are at the head of tiffiurs will undertake. We see in tins movcinent an additional proof of the pressure ' a_* f 1 with the negro—a pressure destined to ■ ( otow continually stronger, and to pro-1 < *- 5 * , I vide for the party abundant material for ( the future discords and distractions.— ( [Ft. AV. Sen. I ( GOV. MORION AND THE CONST!- ! TUTION OF INDIANA. Governor Morton, of Indiana, has been nominated by a convention of hi; party for re-election. According to the Constitution of the Slate no man is entitled to hold during two consecutive tenns the office of Governor. It is presuma- , ble that Mr. Morton wanted the place, i and was willing to take the chances of holding it, in spite of the Constitution. ' i and that his friends found nothing in this ‘ desire calculated to diminish their confi-i 1 deuce in his integrity. The proceeding, therefore, simply evinces that his friends ! ! eared us little as himself for the Constitution. being entirely content to let him ' I violate it if he can gain the opportunity ; If Mr. Alorton shall be elected, he wi!!; doubtless assume the functions of the executive office, and will employ such force' as is requisite to def 1 bis illegal possession. In treating upon this subject not long ago, our neighbor, the Gazette sai 1 care would be taken to prevent imperti- ’ nent interference, should any be attempted on the part of tlie j-.diciary. We. do not, of course, hold that because the prov isions of the Constitution are broken the Constitution is therefore annulled: but it may ba left for every one to decide for himself how much, for the time being ■ there is of protection through that instrument when a patty comes into power in ■ violation of its provisions, and detennii. s 1 to hold it in spite of the decrees of the I tribunal constituted to decide upci; tlie ■ rights of persons claiming and exerci mg j authority within its jurisdiction.—[Cin. ' En<l- " _____ I The Secretary of V:;rlias decided that t the “th.rec-fourths' ’ in connection > v.ith vete'an regiments, means threeI fourths of the organization serving I together, and does not include men absent in prison hospitals,, Ac Men who have , not served two years will be allowed to 3 go on furlough with their regimen's . provided it goes as an organization, if 1 they agree to reenlist as soon as they . come within limits of re enlistment. ,f It is quite probable that the Secretary of the Treasury well in a few days advertise the tenforty lean. s' By order of the War Department, no s volunteer shall be rejected on account of his height, who is at least five feet.

l k*l Judge <n Toletlo Ohio has a four year eld boy, wbo 01.10 day when eouj-pany was present, wished it scat at the table, but was sent away with the remark that liisi whisker.-; were not long enough lor him to sit there. Tho little chap' took a seat by a stand, where the . servant gav-'him his dinner. While eating it. the house-cat came purring around him, when Im said: •Oh! go off! your whiskers are big i enough to eat at the othe? table-” . ANCELs.-Little Susie, poring 'over a book in which angels ’were ; represented as winged beings, rc- , marked witii Veho’nenee: I ‘Matrimn, I don’t want to bo an | 1 angel; and I ueed ; t—need I?” | “Why, Susie?” questioned her i i mother. ‘Humph! leave off all my p.rettyl clothes, and ware lb Iders like a lien!” Tin pipes aro new made u- Oi ( for warming factory >ddiugs ? with either life or exled steam , and are meeting ,v '^ a Biuch iuvui'i 'on account -••portaut advantages ! arc/j putcr»tcc of this 1U ,<.10(1 of beating, among which .ire stated that the tin pipes heat , 1 a building.in much shorter time I and with less steam than is requi- 1 red by iron, 1 and with less expense , f for I'ppeir, whiie the cost of fitting J up pipes are in successful use iu l luxdy different factories in Eu<*- £ laud. 0 1 1 eifS' h’ gttbit j’Jke Or' ■sin'cr-11 'p * 1 oners who were confined, in one c of the country jails of the Buck- < eye State. The jail was old and r dilapidated, and one night, they I escaped from their durance vile, in : t othes words ‘‘broke jail”—but j instead of escaping, the jailor![ found them next morning, seated t on the top of their prison house; v pounding the roof with great viol- 1 once. Surprised beyond measue, lie asked them what they were .£ doing, ’YiierAupo’n one of them re- ! plied that th.) house leaked so j when it rained, they concluded they I • would just out and repair t/ze roof. < The London (U. \V.) Prototype Isays that Aiderman M I’hcrson, : . who lately died there, was awakened two nights before his death ( bv his wife loudly sobbing and j ’ crying in her sleep. Being awak- ■. ened, sliesaid that she had dream-', cd that two gentlemen had called . to inform her other hush’.ml’s ( ; death. IN ext day but one .-die be- ■ sought him on his leaving home |. to be careful of himself as sne had | a presentment that he would not return alive. In the evening the I the two persons of whom she li;-.d dreamed came with new- of her’ h'.’sb.tud’s death. Not waiting , for time to speak she held up her hahd, eX'daiiniig rhat he was dead, and fell on the floor inscn-ible. —Oliver. —The auditor of State, in pursuance of a constitutional r< |uircment, sent his annual I?'port to the Governor of Indiana, a few days ago, in which he gives from the records in his 1 office an account of the finances of the State. King Oliver declined 1 to receive the document., on the ■ ground, as he alleged, that it was ’ a political .document! J ' Well, that will do for King > Oliver. lUfose to receive a docs umen-v w hich the Constitution re- ' quires to be sent to him. because. ‘ forsooth, it happens to expose the v rascality of himself and party! It ■ is a wonder that King Oliver didti t issue an order to have the ou/ral ( geons Auditor of State arrested ifor dislovaitv, —[Corydon I !, m.

— Tlie Greencastle Press ramarks as follows upon the doings cf late Republican State Convention: ‘‘Tao revolutionary character of the ticket and of the party nominating it, can be inferred h‘s m the face f bat the head of the ticket is debarred from filling the office 'of Governor by a constitutional restriction, and that two, at least, of the other gentlemen composing , it. stands repudiated by the peoplo ;of Indiana. A ticket so revolutionary in its character, composed of the fag ends of all parties, em--1 bodying doctrines foreign to tho .Constitution, fatal to the Union, and abhorrent to civilization—acknowledging no restraint upon power other than self will, and . whose highest aspiration as tho -polls oi oilice such a ticket, wetsav can and must be beaten by fifteen .iliopsand votes! Putnam County alone is good for five hundred majority against it.” ’ Yon will never see again ths uat.on in which you were born; the Oid-foshiened, caZm, quite, iionio-bred, school-huusc» f:iriuer\ lepin.ilie. ‘Youare to have a nation developed into a first rate military power.” Th,3 above is an exir.i l from ended Phillips’ last _ speech. If the Abolition rale is to continue, he certaiidy speaks the truth. riie New Y. rj: Tim o * ■'?' m m 1 sue oT tn 1 orhinst., man editorrial taking issue with Thaddi us Stevens for stating that the rebel States are no longer in the Union, v, tes this down as a fact that cannot be gain-say cd: ‘■The Confederacy” wan ted pence, and sent Coinmissioners to \\ ashington to secure it—We would not receive them, and proclaimed War, They accepted War. The question who firod the first gun is nothing. —Here is a story of tho way the boys of tho 38th sold thietquarierm aster recently: “Quartermasters have a habit whenever the men surreptitiously confiscate a pig or a lamb to seize on it and make use of it al- head quarters. The men of the 38th Imdiana in a recent case were too fast for their Quartermaster. 7t happened in this wise: While out on picket captured a nice young dog, dressed it neatly and b-ought it into camp, taking care t he Quater master should get wind of it. It was seized, and head quarters had a feast of 'nice fresh iamb.’ Death or \n Old Printer.— Mr. John M- Fdliott, said to be 'on? of the oldest, printers in tho United .States, died in Jersey City on the 21st instant. lie was the cnlv survivn’tf the celebrated Miranda cxpeditimi fitted out in 1804. in N *w York, against the Spanish Main, having, with the late Mr. Thomas Gdl, of the Evening Star of th it city, and others been inveigled, by reprsmitations that thev were going to New Orleans as printers. Mr. E. was long confine I in a Spanish prison. A Wisconsin recruit, coming ia on a railroad track, was struck by the engine and thrown a distance of neariv siX’y feet, and had both lea-s broken. AVhcn picked up. ho would not be carried off till he had seen the engineer and promised him a whiling tor ringi.ig tho 1 bell. ' Barnum is said to have uia'la anothc 1 forhtm —“250.(00.

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