Decatur Eagle, Volume 8, Number 16, Decatur, Adams County, 11 June 1864 — Page 1

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- 1 ———- ■ , DECATUR BUSINESS CARDS! BURT HOUSE. Decatur, Indiana, StL'o JFEm’ Proprietor Will give good attention, and mat s reasonable charges. nS'-vli-ly. ITaTjelleffT PHYSICAIN <s• SURGEON DECATUR, INDIANA. IT'JFFICE—On the east sideof Second St . ■ ta the room formerly occupied by J. P N'utt-> man as a banking office. vS-nls uT¥ 11> STI lit II H tT, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND CLAIM AGENT DECATUR, INDIANA.! Will Practicein Adamn and adjoining (Counties Will aecure bounties, pensions; and all kinds of claim’ the Government. ITOFFICE.—On Main Street immediately j South of the Auditor’s Office.—--v C-n 12 •TaMES R. F.01’.0, Attorney anti Counselor at Law, ds’c ircr.?. iydiaxa. KT’jFf'IJE, in Recorder's Office., r« Will pr ic.ticrt in the Courts of the Tenth Ju-! iicinl Circuit. V.*- “i 1 t Redemption of i ~ind», the pi/ us I'ax -s Especial i’ten, ■ <itn will h i v *ri to the Cfl ection f B riutien. ; Pension au i all claim* against the Government f Nov. 38, IC.S2. v6-r42, 7i c7?rTITI l m ? P. V. SMITH. Ambrotype & Photograph >sk. M«.Ta~'SL®asTa'> permanently located in Ib c J.v.r and fnpplied hinself with every thing tl.r.t may be ,«’jnd in a First Class Picture G-aUery. flfould call the nttcnti in -f .. i nJ, r > t Picture at low prices, to chi’ »tl,Rrw- in Houstons Building,immediately overilm I'r nr Store. ni37 ly La rge fa! I&\Vintc rSto • k OF READY MADE «■_! sc »• a.' 1 x.a a -av «"3 » TIE .V E <k EEC., FORT WAYNE, IND. PA IB ION A BLE TAILORS Real Estate for Sale I offer f r sale about 2»OO0 nch’s of ’and sit- ; natrd in different parts of A<U s conn’v. Anv J person wishing to buy, will do well to call on j Ihn undersigned March 14/63 DAVID STUDABAKER PIIYSK I AN A VIA STRGI ON RESIDENCE PLEASANT MILLSI Adams County Indiana. JOSE PIT C L AIMCI TULORiX; & FHIMSHIYG EMPORIUM . Calhoun Street, Fort Wayne, India' a. Gents - Furnishing Goods. Au excellent assortment for sale low. 5-1 V ICK SBURG! I. J. MIESSE, In his line of business, Defies the World! All other LIKE TTTSTITTTTTOyS thrown in he shade! A.ll efforts at COMPETITION gone by the BOARD. It i’ acknowledged by all that he can sell a BETTER article of Harness, Saddles, Bridles, Whips, and all such like for LESS money than any other establishment' in Northeastern Indiana. without «xception. His work is all warranted to be made of the ' ▼ ery best ni it erial, awd made by old and expe : rionced workmen. Buggies nnd carriages trimmed in the latest and moH approved style. Repairing done on . short notice and at reasonable rates. LTGive us a call, and we will convince yon •f ths truth of what we say. We PAY CASE fcjr our stock, and consequently BUT CHEAP ER than if we bought on TIME; and of course •au sell in proportion —n3B-vG Examiner’s Notice. The undersigned School Examiner of Adams County Indiana, will hold examination* at his office tn Decatur upon the fourth Saturday of the following named months, to wit:—January, April, June, M*rch. May. December; and upon •aeh Saturday of September, October and Ko ▼ember. Exercises will commence each day at i ten o’clock, a m. Teacherswill please bear in mind that there will be no private examinations given unles I the applic ant can show there is act al nt outwit i therefor. ; Shool officers, and other friends of education ' •re cordially invited to be in attendance. Anp icauts with whomthe examiner is not per•ona.ly acquainted will be required to present • • certificate signed by a prominent citizen of the county to the effect that said applicar.tsus Hint a good moral ch ar ar ter J. R. 8080, Examiner Ma?3C, 18W. Adaos County.

T ’’W 1 an w.mEjnmiisFiT'.T:; ill is STREET E Xl'll I \i; F.' J. LESMAN, • - - Proprietor, ■ Main Str, West of Cslhnnn, Ft. Wayne, Ind., Good Accommodations at Heasonabh rate) Stage office for Bluffton, Decatur,St.Mary's, Kendalville, Sturgis and Auburn. n3B%G MEYER & BRO.. Whole & Retail Dealers in Drills and Medicines, Paints, Oils. French and Awriran Window Glass, Dye Stuffs, Brushes,Snlces, Liquors arid Wines. Co-J Oil and coal oil Lamps, <to LZXo. 95 Columbia Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana. n’3Bv6. I B. W. OAKLEY, Wholesale Dealer in | HARDWARE AND STOVES. t nd MiHinfHctnrer of : TIN,SHEET IRON AND COPPERWARE ATT-IE GRANITE STORE, No. 79, Columbia Street, I vI-t.24. FORT WAYXE. ISD. ! HEDEKIN HOUSE, iJ. EKARNS &. SON, - - - Pro’s ! Barr St. vet. bet ween Columbia A Main. FORT WAYNE. IND. ‘ Thi* Tlon'ip ha* been entirely Refurnished' I and Refitted in good style, aud every at writ inn will b«* paid t o the corn far* of guests Board • ers accommodated by the Day or Week. >’39 : MAYER “HOUSE. Cornor of Wayne and Calhoun Sts.. FORT WAYNE, INDIANA. H C. FOX, - - - Proprietor I General Stage 1 ft’ r. vsn2o ■IrSTiN !’. UHET. Denier in 'WORFS, OIW. JETCIiy SfLYEiI-PLATED WAIIFAc . IMCN BLOCK, FORT WAYKC, INC , AH kin Is ot Repairing done to crdi r. -no w irrnn'o t v 5n39 r s. uxTieriiill. -Dr.M.TR IXvl ar b! o Monuin bnt s s ’.UIAD-STONES, MANTLES, *CABINET ■SLA B S, & ,& <• FORT WAYNE, IND I Work done to order on the-diortest notice i ,; and in t.iie neatest, manner ) von3:l. S PATTERSON, Agent. D F . COMPA RE~T , BORK PACKERMILLER DD MUSSM’ Merch a n t , eort Wayne, ind. I . I General dealer in all kinds of Grain, Se i Fish, Sit, Produce, Agricultural Jmplemams, (L'C t i Best Bra’id Family Flours ' KTLiberal advances made on .Produce,etc.. ! n4lv<?tf SifiYoF Tllf I’lllL'lfk, O. P. MORGAN A’o. 81 Columbia Street, FORT WAYNE Ind. o—ns» ext: sue. h II a r d w a r e & S t o ve s -AND— Manufacturer of Tin & Sheet Iron15. NI.W ■«. arc • no 15 t OUST E. StEMON. BUnOIPHSfIM A F SIRM9X & BRO., Wholesale and Retail Dealers in (Books, Stationary, Toys And Fancy Goods, Calhonn Street, between Columbia and Main FORT WAYNE, IND. English School Books, German and Latin Book*, Toovs —a large assortment, Wall and Window Paper, Looking Glasses, Picture Frames, Engraving* <tc.. <tc.. The attention of the public isrosncrffnllv invited Mo«t of our stock is imported directly bj ourselves, -vhich enables us togiv/- our customers Great Ear gams vsn3l. UNI ON ’ F I LEO MP ANY. C SCHMIDT & Co. —MANUFACTURES OFFILF*i, RASPS. MILL-PICKS, STOVE CUTTERS’ TOOLS Ac. < l?-C Old Files, dm , done to order and iV irrnated eqnal to new. All kinds of an I Files mad? ro order ; Also. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Foreign land D.»n<stic Hardware, Pine Sash and Doors, I Nails.Gbi*s, Paint, <tr., At Factory Prices. | UNION BLOCK, oppositeStnte Bank. FOHT WAYNE, IND i A;l orders from the Gotmfry atteaded

■Onr Country’s Good shall ever te cur Alm- Willing to Preise and not afraia to Blame.'-

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I . . ’’ TT> ' V H iDEOATUa EAGLE : ISSUED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING j BY Spencer & Sell inn eye?. PUBLISH ERA AND PRoPaiETORS. OFFICE—On Monroe Street n the second \ Mory of the buib’ing formerly occupied by Jesse Niblick as a Shoe Store. Terms of Subscription. One copy one y. ar. in udvan c, $1 ” ' If paid within-the year, * 1 50 If rot paid until th<- year has expired, 200 ITT’No paper will be discontinued until a'l arrerages are paid, except at the option of the publishers. Te ms of Advertising: One square (the space of ten lines of brevier) three insertions, $1 50 i Each subsequent insertion. 50' HFNo advertisement will be considered less than one square; o> er one sq iare will bo conn ted and charged as two; ovtr two, as three, etc. '■ I I' A liberal di«count from the above rate • i made on all advertisements inserted for ape I ■ riod longer than three months, (GPLocal Notices fifteen cents a line fur each. ! insertion Job Printing We are prepared to do all kinds of Plain and Fancy Job Printing at the most reaiipijable rates Givens a call, we fed confident that I satisfaction can be giv< n. A Woman with IL rns.—The 'iVe'.v Y'ork Observer of the 12th inst.. contains a lettei from its correspondent at Larnnc.i, in the Island of Cyprus (Tiiiki-h domii:io ns), deg erb, ng a m ost Rm a rkab 1e ! Hnsus naturee recently discovered ; there. It is nothing less than a, pKoman with horns growing out ■ iof her head! She has one large ; h< rn on the side of her head, of the ; 'size and cousisten< y of an ordinarv ram's horn, beside three or ilour cornicles on the other parts 'ofthe bend. Ihe writer states 'that he has seer her, and that she lias been visited by nearly all 'die Consuls a; d Ei-ropcaiis i: that <place, some of whom are ni.ihi .g lan effort t<o secure her for oxhib;I tion: The following paragraph from ■ the Boston Palladium, published I in Jefferson’s day, shows that the j editors oppose 1 to Democracy were Ithen quite as indecent in their lyi ing violence as the same set are at the present day. j Should the infidel Jefferson be. elected to the Presidency, the seal icf death is that moment set on our holy religions: onr churches will be prostrated, and some infamous ; prostitute, under the title of the I Goddess of Beason, will pr "-id? I the sanctuaries now devoted to Abe Must High. INTERESTING INCIDENT, A correspondent with the Army of the Potomac gives the following I incident tl as actually o< cured: •One of those biting cold morn , ings, while the armies of Mead ana i Lee were staring at each other across the little rivulet known as Mine Run, when moments appear ed to be hours and hours days—so near at hand seemed the deadlv strife—a solitary sheep leisure/v i walked along the run of the rebel I side, IA rebel videttc fired and killed the sheep, and dropping his gun, ad vaneed to remove the prize. In an instant he was covered by a Aitci in th? Lauds <>f a union \ iuette 'who said: ‘Divide is the word, or I you are dead Johnny/ This pro i position was assented to. and there between the two skirmish lines Mr j Rebel skinned the sheep, took one half and moved bacK with it to his post when his challanger in turn dropping bis gun, crossed the run, jgotthe other half of the sheep, and again resumed theduksof his post amidst the cheers of his comrades ‘who expected to help him eat it.

'OPPOSED TO MATRIMONYIsyoiir family opposed to matrimony?” ' W al, no, I rather guess not, seein’ as bow mother has had four husband-.', and stands a pretty smart chance for having another.’ ‘Four husbands! -7s it posiible?’ i ‘Oh, yes. You see, my mothler’s christened name was MeliitaI ble Sheets and dad’s name was) Jicnb Press, and when they got ’ married, the printers said it was' putting fliosh. et to press. When I was born, they s.i I ! was the I first edition. An’ yoii see mother g’s d to bo i ■ tarnalist critter to; ■go to evenin’ meetin’s. She used ■to go pretty late every night, an’ 1 ' dad was afraid I’d get in the same habit, so he j it me to bed at early Icand'eHglr and covered me up I with a pill sr an’put me to sleep wiih a ' oot-jack. Wai. dad had got up ev ry night an’ let mother ■in If he didn’t get dou n and open the door pretty darned quick when she cum he’d ketch particul.- r thunder. So dad used to sleep' wi/h hishead out of the winder, so’s ■ io wake up quicK, an’ one night he I got his head too far out an’ heslip--1 ped out an’ down dad' cum e; fl uninnx, right down on ; the p.ivt meat, an' smashed him in 1 ten thousand pieces!’ ‘What! was hekiiledby the fall?' ' •Wall, no, not exactly by the fall. I rather kinder sorted gtwss as how it was'h? sudden let h up on the.pavement that killed him But im m s-h.' ciutl heme an' found; him swept up together and put in' c »ffin, an’ had a hoi ’ dug in the buryin’ ground, an h id dad put in an' buried up an' h id. a white oak plank put up to his bead, an’ had it. n hi: e wash: d all over for a tomb stone. ‘So your mother was left a poor, i lone widow?’ ‘Wai. yes, but as she didn't,mind that much, it wasn’t long before she married Sam Hide. Ycu see she m tried Hi le because he was just dad’s size and she wanted him,to wear out dad.s cloth s.— Wai, the way old Hide used to ■ bide me was a caution to my hide. Hide had a little the tough-! est hide except a bull’s hide, and the way Rid' used to hide away the liquor in his bide was a caution to a bull’s hide. Wai, one cold day old Hide got li:s he- d fast into: a snew-bank, an' there smelt and irize to death: So mam had him pii'le ' < il‘- ari’then she had an : other buryin ground an' bad him buried, an’then she had another white oak plank put at his head an’ whit?: washed all over an.’ i ‘So yi-nr mother was once more a wid w ?’ ‘O yes, but I guess she didn't ' lay awake long to think about it. ' for in three weeks she m iried John Strong—an’ he was the strongest headed cuss you ever did see. He went a fishirc’ one day an’ got drowne<l, I’ll be darned to darnatiou, il he didn’t float right against ■ thecurent, an they found him ; about three miles up the stream, an it took three yoke of oxen to to haul him out. Wai. mam had him buried along side 'of tether • two, an’ hid a white oak plank > put up at his head, and white wash- ■ ed all over nic ', so there s three ov • ‘cm all in a row ‘And your mother was a widow fur the third time? 4 ‘Yes, but mam didn't seem to , mind it a tarnal sight. The next [ fellow she married was Jac>b > Hays, and the way mam does make i him haze is a caution, now I tell , ye. If he does any thing a little out

— - - -i . « aL ., _ I iof the way,mam makes him take' a bucket and a white wash bitish air go right up to the buryin‘j ground and white wash the old plank, jest to let him know what he may come to when she’s planted him in the same row, and got m arried to the fifth husband. So you see. my family ain't tarnal sight opposed to a dose of matrimony? THE FUTURE We direct attention to an article which we publish to-dav from the Round Table’ pronosiigating the j future of the Republic. That paper is a fair representation of re- ' publican ideas, and it. b ddly takes the ground that the Con-tit.ution , ' and L’ nion as fra med by the fit hers have passed away. Consolidation or the centralization of power; in other words, a strong Government is not only to. but in fact his already taken the place of the republican instituions which Jefferson, Madison and their compeers succeeded in establishing; ■ and which secured personal liberty land individual and general prosperity such as no other nation has enj >yed. Self-government, the Round Table insists, is played out. ’and hereafter the people will be i ruled by the iron hand of power,! I while the public attention will he ; occupied with tho empty b aubles ;discussions and elections, just as j tubs are thrown out to amuse thol .wh des. Are the American pc.- ; pie thus prepared to bow their heads and submit to the yoke? CAREFUL OF THE NEGRO. From tho Albany Argus and this. In the great “Battle of the : Wilderness,“ on Friday, tho Gib iult‘ the New York Tribune's acj count says: “The negro troops of General | Burnside, commanded by General Ferrero has been placed at the disposal of Gen. Sedgwick, with ; the request that, unle-s abso/’utely necessary, they should not be put ’ into the fight. “The negroes remained ivithin ; [a mile and ahalf of the front during the entrie day, until dark .and were not brought into action. This was the most fierce and desperate of the conflicts of the; campaign and was in fact a drawn battle. If we had a number of reliable t loops equal to the number of negros thus kept idle, it might have been made a decisive victory Also, in “Charleton‘s“ account of the battle of the 20th. near Spottsylvania, describing Burnside's operations at an important, crisis of the fight, he says “the' colored troops were not in the; charge," So in General Banks 4 disastrous battle on the Red River, we are 'told that ths negro troops were 1 not used, Why was this? Are • these blacks reliable? Andi-’so ! why were they not made to do their work? These facts are significant. ’; They show either that the officers in command have no confidence in the negro troops, or they are very careful of placing them in a position to be ,: hurt.“ Major-General John C. Fre- ! rnont, received the nomination of ■ the anti-Lincoln wing of the Abo- ' litionparty.f r President, at the Qlevland convention by acclamation last Tuesday. The convention is reported to have been liar ’ monious, well attended, an I every t State in the present Union repre > sented. 3 General John Cochrane, of New ' York-was numimuted for Vice Pre t sident.

For tl'.e Engie. A l ' M Y co R ItESPO ND E X CE. Vicksburg. Miss., May 23, 1861. In my last letter a detailed account of the operations of the army composing the Red River expedition was given up to our arrival at Alexandria, which occuron Jhe 26th of April, but which I presume fell into the hands of the rebels, as they captured several of our mails about that time. On our arrival at Alexandria there . was not sufficient water to get the gunboats over the falls, in consequence of which a dam had to be built below. This delayed us until the 1 Ith of May before everything was ready to move.' In the . meantime the icbels were not idle specta- ! tors. Their light troops were constantly hovering around ns tiring on our picklets, while a considerable force with artillery took up a position on the river and ; all efforts to dislodge them bv the gun- . boats proved abortive At first several ; transports succeeded in running the block ; ade : but the capture of several that attempted to repeat the experiment, together with a tin clad gunboat effectually cut off all communication from below. " On the first of .May our brigade was moved out four miles on the Opelousas . road, subsequently followed by General Smith s entire command. The 13th army ; corps were-sent out about the same on the Natchetoehs road. B<sMl columns met with considerable opposition, but their advance was restricted by orders from Gen. Banks, not to proceed only i so far, and in no event bring on a general engagement. that they construed our slow progress to timidity and weiemore ihan usually bold ana impudent in their attacks upon onr outposts. Thus matters stood until rhe 7th when we had reached a point some 1C mi e- out on the Chevneyvilie road—l tlih.k — where we drove the rebels across Bayou La Moore, our aitillery shelling th in with considerable effect. As soon as a bridge could be temporarily constructed, the 89th and ; 119 111,, were thrown across subsequently followed by eavalary, then infantry and artillery. Before uskvas a large field, some thice miles in length and nearly a mile in width. The 89th took up a position on the right of the field, 119th on the left skirmishers were thrown lorward to prevent the rebels from ad- ' vancing through the woods In this po- ' sition we remained until about 3 p. m , when the artillery shelled the rebels from 1 the field and the cavalry took the advance driving the rebels back on to their artillery. While this was being accomplished heavy skirmishing was going on in the woods across the field to our left, into ' winch the 119th 111. had been previously moved Our cavalry skirmishers were driven back on this regiment, when the rebels were quickly repulsed. While this was going on the 89th was moved across the field nearer to the scene of conflict, and soon after ordered into the woods which vve reached just as our skirmishers were again being driven back.— Our line had hardly been formed before a destructive fire was poured into our ranks, which was promptly returned, when we ordered forward and drove tho rebels a considerable distance at the same time keeping up 3 heavy lire. We were ordered to halt when company II was thrown forward as skirmishers, connecting with those sent forward by the 119th Together they drove the rebels nearly a 1 mile and gained a position within a short distance of the rebel line of battle — • Each man sought cover and poured a destructive fire into the rebel ranks who were unable to cover. At this juncture the 119'h skirmishers were reca lel by 1 the bugle and fell back a considerable ■ distace. unma king our left, exposing us 6 to a flank movement of the enemy, bat ■ before they could take advantage of our position the 01 der came to fall back. At •’ about this time A. M. Shaffer had his f leg broken by a ball and fell into tho 1? hands of the enemy, It would have I been impossible to bring him off, as wd ■’ were in some 75 to 100 yards pf tho 3 | rebel line ot battle, and the moment a man would show liimrelf from behind ■

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