Decatur Eagle, Volume 8, Number 6, Decatur, Adams County, 26 March 1864 — Page 1

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’•■sr Hunrc DECATUR EAGLE. 133CR0 EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, BY. I Spencer & Sehirmeyer. PU3LISIIER6 AND PROPRIETORS. OFFICS—On Second Street, in building, over the Drug Store. Terms of Subscription: Oio copy. one year, in a.lv luce, $1 09 If pai l within the year, 1 59 If not paid until the yirirha? expired, 200 EPSfo paper will be d >n’i..jed until all ar rentes are paid except it the option f thn Publisher. T-this of vizertisin": On* square,(ten lines) rhr « . insertions, $1 25 Rich subsequent insertion. 5° !.T » a Ivertisoment Till beconsidered less than one square; over no <q ’.’’re will be counted an I charged a?,tw; >/ *rtw >. as three, etc, •O* X liberal discount, from the above ratos. made on all ad vjrtiseni _>ntsi nsorted for a period I louxor three months. ijrrhj ab>/e rites will !>•» strictly adhered ♦o under all circumstances. JOB P n l Tln O : We are prepared to do ill k«n l< of jnn-wnm n% nn<‘ jrjrkartx'w rr — .on themrst reasonable term? Onrmwi for ihe completion of lob-Work. b-h>«r n<>v t- .. | of the Lit est si vies, we feel confi lent that satisfaction ean be fifiven. “Secattr liw nT cabdsP’ ~BUrFHOUSE? Dcca tu r. India na . <S'« tT3 317 ES ’JS' 1 Proprietor Will give gooJ attention, and makes reasonable charges. u37-vl;-Iy. DTvyTcH A ll FEB. FIIYSTC.tIN ff SURGEON 3E C A T UH, I N D I A N a . If*.) FFIC”3—On r lippn«t si<l« of Second fit. . >n the room formerly occupied by J D Xnttnam -is a binkin*' office. v-l-n 12. dThTThTd ulker ATTORNEY AT LAW AND CLAIM A G E N T DECATUR, INDIANA. Win Practice in Ad mis and adjoining Counties Will secure bonnt.i>-s. puiMons; and all kinds of claims •»riinst the Government. TFOFFICE —On Mi in Street immediately ' Seuth of the Auditor’s Office—v G-n 12 .1 AMES R?' 8080, Attornsy and Counselor at Law, DECA TUR. INDTA NA. TT’OFFIC-E, in Recorder’s Office. Will practice in the Courts of the Tenth Judiniil Circuit. .VH I t the Redemption of Linds, the pay ment of Taxes Especial atten, ti »i will bi <*iven to the collecU >n f BountiesPeisiri tnl allcViims against ;he Government Nov. 23, 1362. vS-i?42. TTfii ill TYLLEITr p. v. smith, Ambrotype & Pliatograpb Ak S 3 11 ' E3.'’ ST SXS ' ST 9 Hsving pormancnllv located in DeeMur end tupplied hi nself with everything that may be gouud in a First Class Picture Gallery, Would call tho attention of all who desi re god Picture at low prices, to call nt his rooms in Houston’s Building, immediately over th- Drug Store. n 37 ly Large fall & Winter Stock OF READY MADE. ■ tir ZJ’ £3' S t® 13 o THIEME .£• BRO., FORT WAYNE. IND. A « H IO V A D I. «' T A 11. O P S JOSEPH CT7a RK. TAII/HINtJ A U BVIMISVC. Elf ye RUM . Calhoun Street, Fort Wayne. TuAiaua. Gents’ Furnishing Goods, An excellent assortment for sale low. 5-1 j VICK SBURG! I. J. MIESSE, In his liiin of bi'inooA, Defies the World! | AU other LIKE IN’S HTUTIONS thra'vn in h«> sb i l.d Ml rff at CO.MPE HTION ._*•»•»«* i by th -3G VRI). b m by all that be can a BE I’s ER article of H irnes-, S i Idle-*. Bridles. Whips and «ll such like ' for LESS n »n«jy ’h in any other cst.ab’i<him*nt , in NurUij.a-Cer.i In !i »tri. wirhout • xevptron His work is ill wirtant-e I to be made nfthe ■ ▼ory be-it ni rerial, aud in ide by old an.l exp.* i rienced ivorkmeii. B iggies and ca-ria-pns’rimmed in the latest and tn on. approve I R *priring done on short notice and at n* ixo-ribb* rau*s. TJ’Give ns •• call, in I rve will convinc- von | •fthe truth of what w* «ay We PAY C \S[’ for our stock, and i**nflv BUT CHEAP- 1 ER than if va bought on fl XIE; and of course I seH io proportion,—o3t?-v6.

FOAT \YUXg AbVEiniSE.UEATSe j 111 X ST HEE T EXCHANGE,! J. LESMAN, - • • Proprietor, Hain Str, Wcstef C tllionn. Ft. Wayne. 1ni1., ; Good Accommod.itioi'S at Reasonable rates Stage office Cor Bluffton, Decatur,St.Mury’s,' Kendalville, Sturgis and Auburn. n3Sv6 I MEYEIf & BRO?, Whole & Retail Dealers in Drugs and Medicines, Paints, Oil**. French and American Window Dve Stuffs, Bru-die*. Spices. Whi«*s, Coal Oil and cnal oil Lsmps ; Vo. 9.» Columbia Street, F*»ri vV.-ivne, In-dian-t u3Bv(». ; B. W. OAKL!4Y?i Wholesale Dealer in HARDWARE AND STOVES. ' And .ITnnnfnctiirrr of TIV,SHEET IRON AXP COPDTRWARE 1 AT T d£ GRANITE STCTE, T7o. 7?, CoDvrtbia Street. I vl-nBl. FORT WAYKE. IND. [IEDEKIN HOUSE, i J. EK Z r I f £ SON. - . . Fo’s Barr St.iet. beivu < n Columbia X- Main EORT WAYNE. IND Thh Ht.n«p has been pniiidy Refiirmshnd ’ and Refilled in tfood style, avd ev<-rv attention j will be p-lid 111 the comGrt of Board’} ; ers accommodated by the Pii> <»i U <<k ’'-Y.i MayeiF tiobse C »rnor of Wayne and Call <n i. Sts . FORT WAYNE, INDI AN A. i H C. FOX. - - - Prcprietcr i General Staee ffi p. ifjfO .lusfiNnFulicrJ Dealer in AAWS, IWKS. JE'JEIRY ' SILVER-PL XTED WARE.d-c . U NION 3LOCK, FORT WAYNE, INC AU kinds ot Repairing done to ord»r. *.nn ; w irr.int** I v i’. s. CNDlumil.L. -DJSALEK IN'Marble Monuments.. HEADSTONES, MANTLES, ■ C A B I N E T ■ S L A B S. & 3 . , & c FOrlT WAYNE, IND. Work done toord<*ron the.hortest notice and in the neatest nannor v5nD. S PATTERSOX, Agent. D F . C O M F A R E T PORK PACKER. HILLER IXD COJBIISSION Mereh a n t , EORT WAYNE. IND. General dealer in all kinds of Grain, Se Fish, Sa t. Prmlnce, Agricultural Implemanis, R’c, Best Brand Family Flours CFLiberal advances made <n r»'n<’n<e «‘ c i.44v<»t* ,'o. P. MORGAN A’o. 81 Columbia Street, FORT WAYNE Ind. ■ •— --O — ra s> sra vy n_ bit: s® eiw Hard ware & Stoves -and—j Manu*A^ , -''ir3r of Tin S' Fheet Iron|l ». Xjf. K • no] 5 l GUST F. SIIMOX RUDfH.ril FIEM A F nao.. Wholesale and -Retail Heaters in ißooks, Stationary, Toys And Fiuey Goods, I Calhonn Street, hetwonn Columbia and Main FO'ir W \T\ r E. TVD Fn<rli«h S’h»»’ H G rman nnd Latin fV’ok••. n —-i 1 ar-F«» latcnr’e-r-nt. Wa’l tH Wr,bw P.'iner. . Lnnk’np* Gl-i'Sfipq, Picture Frames. Engraving; 4 ' Ar.. X-r., T I f f !• p y |j) I• r W Ip - ■ ' itod ovv c«npl- ju unrnrtprl /lirnrttr I *' w O’lrc' lvne. ’’-hlrJi nn*it les n.® toifiv*. r*”rr”S—- , -vnor« Grnn» R«or».., r<t ' 11 \i t O •.! r• » r r fp/p •y . C SCHMIDT A- Co, -M U t'FACTt'PKs t F-FIT.r-J. Rysi’c. w:r,r.-nrr-ws, CIT r TERS’ TonT.c ,(. c . i Tu *t7 . tti *i g D1 d P 11««, ill Vir■ ill <* I •• nu > fono n- . \ll ■> 1‘ u s -f .so i Til Pdo. m*ldo tn 0rd,.,. 1 Also Vi >’ •n’l. m I Rotul D .iloe. v orri „ n I -.nd ’> • n •«'io -f i - I T-rp Pino Q*i<h nnd I -porv I XoiU.ai wv.-’itn*. be . At’ui-fnrv Prici s. ' i UNION 3f.DCK,nmo«-tcS»o«n R.unk. FORT WAYNE, IND. all Ord«r» from th» Oeietry a tended M

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DECATUR, ADiMS COUNTY, INDIANA, MAR. 26,1864.

THE NICEST FOLKS. The nicest, folks! Why th'-y are uhose Mho gracefully (? ) turn up their nose — i At many things, or pshaw! i WlxtSe dress, and act, and every word, ■ Are the ‘common herd,’ Why,«j es, of course, they are. . Their dainty toes scarce tip the earth; They tfilk of ‘better biood and birth’, T And other things abstuxL j Their nags have lirnba, not ‘vulgar’ legs; t They eat - hen fruit’ bit never eggs; ; Os such they never heard, I ; Some noble heirs, who live on airs, lln liinb-acies have am,le shares, But have no leg acies. ■ All sweetly scented is their dress, As through the vu irircrowd thev press, ;,. i > 1 At which they sneer ami sneeze, ir The folks who are our upper ten .Ire not the poor within our ken, Oh, no, a better sort, I bey rent a pew and lock the dodr. I hey drive a gi'de l coa.'h ainl-foar, I And fast is jast their forte. Fl hmst- good a- g ild do them annoy; K- >’ ■ a r i ! o sc.cn tile iu i_. ta mer s boy i Is vulgar and uncouth; i Uheir sisters (sisters! Oh dear me ) i i lie cooks .as only ‘things’ they see; j Yet Christians, they, forsooth! ; Young ladies, twelve years old or less, ! With rich gold lace around their dress. And gents of gentle ag.-, i Are smart these day ', and tall, and bold, Ami sneer at those three times as old, And talk like any sage. Such ladies, they, of course, do think I he gents .are ‘ t effect as .a pmk'; Rut .ah. how much deceived! At latest hour, at night’s pale noon, | Disguise 1 but visit yon saloon; Your heart ui l be aggrieved. And while the scence does thus occur, 'n yonder home no one’s astir, But quiet reigns within; Ah, there the vulgar dream delight, Nor heed the revelry bv night Where gents are drunk with gin! The truly good and truly nice Arc given not to any vice, But truly are refined; They do not think that they alone All sense possess and heaven own, And are a better kind. To them, onr Father, God is love, I A\ ho lovpg us all a”, i’nose above, I And pities all who sin: | They reckon a l as kindred dear, ' E’en those who humbly clad appear, ■ And orphans pale and thin. What by some folks is ‘vulgar’ termed, ; Is oft by vulgar eye discerned, And not by virtue seen; ne’er is touched by thief or moth, - A spotle-s heart ’neath threadbare e'oth May glow like silver sheen. • 1 ’1 is not by dre«s that cood is mi le; ’ : Nor is it gold makes higher grade; Nor words of hughest sound: Clo-hed in a soiled and tattered gown, A thron •• king without a crown 1 : Mr.v of'en limes be found. ' A Ryiii irkabl*' ' » o in New Britain. ■. New B it.iin, Ct.. Feb 19. A remarkable case has attracted the I'.- - . . . aitcn'mn o. so’hp n; nir wide a-wakeci-jtizens during the l ast few davs. A young man P. , had boas’ed to i his companions that he was receiving ■ fia'te'ing letters from the Normal school • girls, with a view to intimate acquaint- ; ance or mar iage. He i? also a very bitter alio itiomst One of the companions opened a love i correspondence with him over the sign.a---i tore of Dustalena P. replied affectionI ,a‘clv and 'elicited her c.arte d ' visite.— She tho-iffht that eteonette required lint lie should first send his, and he at once sent the genuine thing to Dustalena — ( The vo-ng man who was playing Dus-.a---i lena then tre pa red for the siego and ■ moved directly upon the eneni- ’s works. 1 He procured a negress’ wig. burnt-cork-

t , , . . - , ed his face, and dressing in woman’s ap-: I paid, he had his photograph taken. Cet‘-' tainly it presented a fine looking colored ' gal. He sent it to P., who at once show- , jedit to his companions and expressed ( his disappointment that Dustalena who ’ had written such beautiful and loving' letters was a wench, and that this wench 1 I had gotten his own love letters and his! ] photograph! Shortly after, the young man who had so successfully | layed tiie part of Dustadena, procured a woolly wig, buckled I a leather strap around his waist, took a j double barreled gun upon his arm and j repaired to the boarding house of P., who i ° ' was at once called. Stepping into the reception room, Mr. Nig said: ‘You have been corresponding with my sister!’ ‘No o-a’ fii’tered P. ‘Don’t d.-ny it! i have your letters and photogr q>h!’ I ‘Well I—l—did:—but didn't know she was co ored. j ‘Never mind that,’ s.i;.l Nig ‘you have ' made inf.imoas propositions to her—such ' as a !> other cannot submit, to,’ dropping his double barrel gun to a horizontal per sitio.i. P. wilted and b'gun to apologize. ‘Com. with m?,’ demanded Nig pls- ’ cing his thumb on the hammer—‘come along—my sister is waiting at the hotel, an.l the minister is there to marry yon j Conic.’ P. tremblingly rose and con .ented to 1 go. Foliowirig the fierce defender of the I sister P. got as far as the hall when he ! bfiled for the back door, da hi 1 out, fell off from a stone platform, brusied him i self consideva!fie, rolled into the cellar wiy and lemaine l there quiet as a inou.e. i Nig to-e rouml a vfully, demanded satisfaction. threatened vengeance on the morrow, and finally went o.Tdisconsolate at losing the man who had proposed to ' I his sister. ’1 he next day P. went to a grand juror , and asked for protection against a fierce ; negro who had threatened his life—de-1 declaring that he wat undoubtedly the j niurd-rer of Caldwell! Miscegenation is ge' h>; to be popular with the blacks in ;hi , but they don’t like to be forced into it. They don’t always hanker after ; ■ erow. Mr. Lincoln seems to find friends Lowhere; the radicals are after ’ni m; so is ; Fremont: so are the Democrats; so are ; the ‘Dutch’; so is everybody except those holding contracts; or those expecting to ■ get them. By turns he has succeeded in disgusting every party, every faction, every class gave those interested directly in shoddy. A rnong all his opponents how- ! ever, none are so relentless as the Germans. At a late meeting of the German American National Club of New York city it was unanimously resolved. “That we will not support Abraham Lincoln undei any conditions whatever, if he Jiould be renominated by any party for a second term.’ Says the German American, a repreI scutative and r.lfie German journal of the abolition persuasion: ’But, above, let the republican politicians not wonder, if in a choice between Mr. Lincoln and General McClellan, th? German republicans should stand aloof from the contest and leave the election to the Democratic candidate. The e crimes of this Lincoln administration to- - ward the German vo unteers must be brought home upon it by its utter de st ruction We hope that every man of the Ninth, find eve y friend ofGerman honor ' and glory, will take a solemn oath not to ' rest until a complete change in the ad- • ministration ’ i The Price or Goi.n.—ln the discussion of the gold bill in the l!on«e on i Wednesday. Mr. 1 had. Stevens, the lea- . ding republican of that liody made some remarkable admissions. He said specie payments wo i'd no’ lie resumed by banks in twenty years, and that nothing co ild materially reta d the advancement of gold ! He asserted that it was C><) per cent pre- . mir.m now, it wo dd be 2)0 when the interest. on the public debt reached $200.000,000. lie would pay interest in ' government paper money, and receive imports in like manner, as prices depre-, * elated, he would raise imports

KNOWING TOO MUCH During the administration of President Jackson, there was a singular young gentleman employ-; cd in the public post-ofliceat Wash-1 ington. Mis name was G., he was from Tennessee, the son of a I widow, a neighbor of the president; |on which account Hie old hero i had a kind feeling for him, and ; ■ always got him out of his difli- ’ eulties with some of the higher; officials, to whom his interference! ! was distasteful. Among other things, it is said ■ of him th it while he was employled in the general post-office, on' ; due occasion he had to co; y a lettcrfor Major 11., a high offi. i.d i in answer to an application made ! by an old ge:d»einan in Virgini >,' lor Pennsylvania for the establish-1 merit of a new post- ffice. ‘The' I writer of the letter sai l the :p---1 plication could not be granted, in i ;consequence of the applicants! ‘proximiity’ t» another office. When the letter came into G.’s ' h.an Is to copy, being a great stic- • lor for plain ri ;ss, he altered ‘| rox-l imity’ to ‘nearness to.’ Major H. ! observed it, asked G. why he had altere 1 his letter. ‘Why,’icplied G., ‘because I !d >n’t think the mm would under■stand what you ment by proximi- -- v -’ o]],’ said Major 11, try him; put in the ‘proximity’ again.’ In a few days a letter was rejceivcdfr iin the applicant, io which li very indigivimly said, ’That his I fa' h r ha 1 fought f»r liberty in the second war for independence, and he sh mid like to have the, name of the scoundrel who I brought the charge of proximity lor anything else wrong against him.’ There,’ said G., ‘did 1 not say Iso?’ G. carried h/s improvements ! so far that Mr. Berry, the postmas-ter-general, said to him. ‘I don’t want you her 1 any longer—-you (know ‘ voo much.’ Poor G. went out, but his old i friend the general, gothim another place. This time G.’s ideas ' i underwent a change. He was one ’ day very busy writing, when a ' stranger called in and asked him i where the patent office was. ‘I don't know.' said G. ‘Can you tell me where the treasury department is?’said the stran- > B er -- •No,’ said G. i ’Nor the president's house?’ J ‘No.’ The stranger finally asked him . if he knew where the capitol I was. . ‘No.' replied G. .i ‘Do you live in Wasington, sit!, ; said the stranger. ‘Yes, sir said G. i .Good Lord! and don't kiv’-w . where the patent office, treasure, I president’s house and capitol - are?’ ■ ‘Stringer,’ sai 1 G, ' 1 wasturned ■ out ofthe post-office for knowing ! ( too much. 1 don’t mean to offend ! in that way again, lam paid f>r . keeping th s book, I believe Ido > know thatmuch; but ifyou find me knowing any thing more, you may take my head. •Good morning,’ said the stran--1 ger. . ‘Good morning, said G. and went : on with bis writing. When the first Greek fire shell . from Gilmoies batteries exploded in Charleston a contraband who witnessed the spectacle jumped up and clapped his hands, exclaiming. ‘Seo dar I hell hab laid an legs;’

Matched by a 'Woman—ln tho somewhat famous case of Ms. Bogden’s will, win. h was tried Isomr years age, Mr. W. b-tcr npIpearedas counsell >r for ?’’o ;>ppellent. Mrs. (ii - ':': ' or? ’ eof I the Rev. Wi .inn Grreno igh, | late of West N ton; a tall, istraight, queenly I' king woman. ; with a keen black eye—a wnm.-m ;of great <■ and decis' i m of character—was called as a I wit wss on tho opposite side. Webster at a glance h d the sagacity to for.?ee that her testimjony, if it contained anyth ng of importance, would have g’eat weight with tho jury. He there* Iforeres lived, if pos-ible, to break her up, and when she answered ■the first question put to her: “I believe!” Webster roared out, “we don’t want to hear what you believe, we want to hear what (you know.” Mrs Greenougli replied,’ that is just what I was about to say. Sir,” land went on with her kstimuI ny. Ami notwithstanding Lis repeatefforts to dkconsert her, she pur|Sued the even tenor of her way, I anti/ Webster, becoai’t: r quite Tearful of the result, arose apparently in agitation, and drawing lout his large snuffbox thrust his ;/humb and finger to the very bottom, carrying pin< h to both nostrils, it up with ■' gusto. Webster.—Mrs. Greenough, was Mrs. Bogden a neat woman?” Airs. G—“l cannot give you ’ very full information as to that, ’ Sir, she had one very dirty ’ trick,” AV.—“What was that, ma’am?” Airs, G.—“ She took snuff!” I r J he roar of the court was such that he neither rose nor spoke ’ again until after J/rs. Greenough vacated the stand for another ■ > witness, i . Sensible advice. —The Rev. LO, H. Seymour, chaphrn the ' 76th (Cortland) N, Y. Regiment. ■ I closes a let ter to the Cortlan 1 G iz- ! jette as follows. We would advise a great r ,;iy young and middle aged m • at | the North to ceas„- p . a’i. copperheads and e.x.o . g their own loyalty, or else join t ? grand ’.ranks and bear a hand to d rearing the pennant to high u.ihead, tor now the ship of Statcis in trouble and flag at half-mast. Beware of Contagi us Diseases,—At a livelv village in Ulin is i they have a tw in volent society one of whose object is to g > watch with and take care of its sick nnmbere. Last fall an u.>;married young lady was ad linitted to membership.in a couple cf months ’ she was blessed with a I right eved b .be, and was very sick. Some i f the young lady m ‘inkers expressed to the chief offic h” of the association th ir indignation, and I aske 1 him if he really thought it their duty to visit the unfortu- ' note one. ‘Well,’ said he a-.er I much deliberation, ‘I suppose not. 1 You are not obliged to watch where there is a contagious dis- • ease. I WATER FROM THE JORDON. — An English paper has ’“the best authority” for stating that a gen- ! tleman belonging to Kinross, at present in the Holy land, has been commissioned by the British Consil at jerusalem to convey a l' ox containning water from the River Jordan, Io be used in baptism of the Royal infupt.

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