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DECATL’R BUSIM CARDS’ BURT HOUSE? Decatur. Indiana, Proprietor. Will give good attention, and make* reasonable abarges. n37-v6-ly. PHYSICAIN $ SURGEON DECATUR, INDIANA. CFOFFICR— On the east sideofSecond St . a the room formerly occupied by J. D. Nuttluan as a banking office. vB-nls. BA Y 11) ST 111 IS HE II , ATTORNEY AT.LAW AND CLAIM AGENT DECATUR. INDIANA. Will Practice in A<lam« and adjoiningConntins Will secure bounties, pensions; and all kinds •f claims against, the Government. ‘ETOFFTCE.—On Main Street immediately South of the Auditor’s Office.—v G-n 12 «fA>fES”R. ’"'bob a Attornsy and Counselor at Law. DECATUR, INDIANA. O*')FF[CE, in Recorder’s Office. /*{] 'Fill p-actice in the Conrtsofthe Tenth Judicial Circuit. Attend t the Redemption of i, lads, the nav.went of Taxes Especial atten, lion 'Till be given totho collection f Bonnti<*«Pjnsion tn I all claims against the Government Nov. 28. 1862. vG-i'42. Large fall & Winter Stock OF READY-MADE. « : ott hf ra a wur-3 • T I E M E <t IS R 0 . . FORT WAYNE. IND. TAHHIONABL E TAILORS Real Estate for ale I nffor f< r sale about 2.000 acres of land sit•nated in different parts of Adams countv. Any person wishing to buy, will do well to call on the UD'bT*dgi’ed. March 14.’63 DAVID STITDABAKER. 800 r & SHOE Manufactory ISAAC A. BAKER,! Has opened a shop in Niblick’s <‘ld Stand, ■where he manufactures to order all kinds of, and Slhk*s of the best Quality, and for the wost reasonable charges. He respectfully so licits a liberal share of the public patronage. July IK.ISiU. —Iy-n2i-v8 V. BL SIAICOKE, Practical Dentist I Hm ,ls)U ’ prepared tn treat all i disca<es of the teeth and mouth LI-' in n scientific manner. lam also prepared to insert Artificial Terth on Gold, ' Silver or Vulcanite Rubber, frmn one tooth to I affentire set. Decayed teeth filled with gold, 1-in foil or artificial bone. Scurvy and to<»th i ache cured in a few minutes, all of which I will warrant. Tooth brushes, tooth powders, noth ache medicine for sale. J EOffice one oor south o Nutt man <fc Crawford’s Store, in the brick.—n23-vB-»uly2# 1864. V ICK S BUit G! I. J. MIESSE, In his line of business, Defies the World! All other LIKE INSTITUTIONS thrown in he shade! All efforts at COMPETITION gone hv ths BOARD. It i« acknowledged by all that h e can sell a BETTER article of flk. _ Harness,Saddles, Bridles, Whips, and all such like for LESS money than any other establishment n Northeastern Indiana, without < xception. His work is all warranted to be made of the ▼ jry best material, and made by old and expe rmneed workmen. Buggies and carriage®trimmed in the latest and m >st approved style. Repairing done on short notice and at reasonable rates. ry*Give us a call, and we will convince you *f the truth of what we say. We PAA’ CASI T n- nnr stock, and consequently BUY CHEAPER than ifxv. ; houghton TIME; and of course an sell in proportion —n3B-vfi Examiner’s Notice. The undersigned School Examiner of Adams Gonnty. Indiana, will hold examinations at his office in Decatur upon the fourth Saturday of tho following named months, to wit:—January, April, Juno. March, May. December; and upon each Saturday of September, October and No ▼ember. Exercises will commence each day at ten o’clock, a m. Teachers w ill please bear in mind that there will b? no private examinations given, itnles the applicant can show there is act al necessit j therefor. Shnol officers, and other friends nf education the cordially invited to hp in attendance. App icants with whomt he examiner is not per•onallv acquainted will be required to present a certificate signed by a prominent citizen of the county to the effect that said applicantsus | rains a good moral character. J. R.BQBO .Examiner Miy Adsmc. Couatr.

iDavid Studabakers,' REAL ESTATE AGENCY, For the purchase and sale of Real Estate by the only Licensed Agent in the county, now offers for sale at his law office, in Decatur, a fine lot of valuable lands situate in different parts of Adams county. Those wishing to purchase will do well to come to him. Those wishing to sell will do well to come him. No sales, no charges. He is, also, Licensed to draw Deeds and all other instruments of writing, and will do the same with neatness and dispatch. [Sept. 16. FUST ITIfXE I VERTISEHEXTS. - i.mumr miiim, J. LE3MA.N, - - - Proprietor, plain Str, Wcstaf Calhoun, Ft. Wayne, Ind., ■ Good Accommodations at Reasonable rates Stage office for Bluffton, Decatur,St.Marv’s, ■vendalville,Sturgis and Auburn. n3Bv6 MEYER & BDO?, Whola & Retail Dealers in ! Drugs and Medicines, i Paints, Oils, French and American M’indow I Gl-’ss, Dve Spiffs, Brushes,Spices, Liquors and , M inrs. Coal Oil and coal oil Lamps, <to. UTNo. 95 Columbia Street, Fort Waynp, Indiana; d3Bv6. i ITW. OAKLEY? Wholesale Dealer in HARDWARE AND STOVES. Vnd Mnnufactiirer of * I TIN,SHEET IRON AND COPPFRWARE AT THE GRANITE STORE, No. 79, Columbia Street. v4-n24. FORT HY4 YNE. IND. 1 HE DEKIN DOUSE. J. EKARNS & SON, - - - Pro’s Barr St.vet. between Columbia Main. FORT WAYNE, IND. This House has been entirely Refurnished and Refitted in good style, and every atiention j will be paid Io the comfort of guests. Board : ers accommodated by the Dav or Week. n 39 J’. 8. UNDERHILL. -DEALER J Marble Monuments. IIEA D- STON ES, MANTLES. ! C ABINET-SLABS, & j . . & c FORT WAYNE, INO. Work done to order on the shortest notice and in the neatest manner. v5n39. S. PATTERSON, Agent. D . F . C O M P A R E T , PORK PACKER IHLLEiI HD MISSION Merchant, EORT WAYNE. IND. General d<>al<>r in all kinds of Grain, Se Fish, Sa’t, Produce, Agricultural Implements, <{'?, Best Brand Family Flours XT’Liberal advances made on .Produce.etc., n44vKtf NEW CHINA ANP Queensware Store! NO. 69 COLUMBIA ST., FT. WAYNE. j j (One door east of Thieme’s Clothing Store.) I I HUGH" KLIN ' Respectfully announces that he has for sale, ; ) as above a fine assortment of China, Queensware, Glassware, Fancy china and Glass ornaments for Holiday presents, stone china dinner and tea setts, comm cn din ner and tea setts, tumblers, decanters, wine and beer glasses, ! Lamps, yellow ware, stone creeks, and everthing else in that line of business i Country Dealers, Will find it to their advantange to call ; and examine, as he will sell cheep July 23, 1864. J. J. KAMM. J. R, M'CttRDY. J?,i. KAMA! NCO WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Brushes, Glass, Wall Paper. AVindow Curtains mid Fixtures, Ac. No 57 Columbia Street, Fort Wayne, I.sd. July 23, 1864, lTau f e r~tyN 0.91 Columbia Street,one door westof Bran drills Stove and Hardware Store, FORT WAYNE, IND,, TTinrOULD say to the public in general that he ▼ ▼ is determined to sell DRY GOODS, Bon-e nets, Hats, Flats, Carped, Trunks, <tc., <Vc, cheaper than any other House in the city, or country— No mistak°. Also, Home made. Ready-made clothing, or made to order— Warranted. COUNTRY MERCHANTS supplied cheaper than any other House can in west of the Mountains. Call and see before purchasing elsewhere, No. trouble to show goods. L LAUFERTY , Kg, 01 Columbia Street , vSnip fnt 7 r ftjnp, Indiana.

‘Our Country’s Good shall ever be cur Aim-Willing to Praise and not afraid to Blame.”

DECATUR, ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA. NOV. IL 1861.

r BU' DEATUB EAGLE, ISSUED EYEKY FRIDAY MORNING BY I).. J. CALLEN, PUBLISHER AND PROPRIETOR. OFFICE—On Monroe Street In the second j story of the building formerly occupied by . Jesse Niblick as a Shoe Store. Terms of Subscription. One ropy one year, in advance, $1 50 If paid within the year, 2 00 If not paid until the year Las expired , 250 lEFNo paper will be discontinued until all arrerages are paid, except at the option us the i publishers. Terms of Advertising: I One square (the space of ten lines of bi e- : vier) three insertions, §2 00 i Each subsequent insertion, 50 j O’No advertisement will be considered less I than one square; over one square will be conn- •' ted and charged as two; over two, asthree, etc. -I'A liberal discount from the above rates made on all advertisements inserted for ape- ! riod longer than three months. i KFLocal Notices fifteen cents a line for each ' insertion. .Job Printing j We are prepared to do all kinds of Plain and l Fancy Job Priming at the most reasonable i rates. Give us a call, we feel confident that I satisfaction can be given. [From the Philadelphia .Xge.] ■“COME BACK, COME BACK, McCLELLAN.” — 1 BY AN CFFKSEK OF THE U. 8. NAVT. I 1 •‘Coni* back, come back, McClellan the frantic soldiers cried. Forgotten was the discipline so long and sternly tried ; They reasoned not of orders, they had hearts that could but feel, Lik children running from the ranks, and with a child's appeal. “Come back, come back, McClellan!” the very air yet thrills, ’ The tumult of their cheering still is thundering in the hills ; A hundred thousand men and mere, and not an eye is drv, As those battalions, sad but proud, the parting chief rides by. j“Como back, come back, McClellan!” their prayers how much it said ; ■ By the strong right arms and the hearts yet yours by the memory al the tread, I Our brethren in their spartan graves, each hero on his shteid. I From Williamsburg to Malvern Hill, and on Antietam’s field : ‘‘Come back, come back, McClellan 1” bv the hardships we have borne. By the battle-scars upon üb, by our eolors, pierced and torn. By the foe upon whose heels we tread as morning follows night, ■ By the victory grander yet than all, in the impending fight. ; ‘‘Come back, come back, McClellan!”, but >n vain—the staii went on, \ And asword as pure as Washington’s is sheathed — and he is gone ; i Long shall they miss him, wise and brave, his kindly smile and voice, A host in lamentation, while their enemies rejoice. i“Conre back, come back, McClellan!” not alone the soldiers pray ; ■ Our country, weeping tears of blood, is calling to-day, i By our happy Northern homes the foe’s insulting banners wave, l His cannons shake the Capitol! come back, and save ! York, Pa., June 27, 1863. •TO THOSE WHO EXPECT PEACE I THROUGH SUBJUGATION. I * 1 Do vou flatter yourselves that with the overthrow of the organized military pow--ler of the Confederacy we shall have | peace and harmony ? This hope is a ttei lusion. They who would cause you to j trust therein, point you to the historical examples of England and France as illu'strative of the facility with which the ra-i vages of war are obliterated after its termination. It nvay be true 'hat during the civil ' wars in these countries personal animosi- ; ties were as biiter and as intensified as those now witnessed by us, and that these feelings soon subsided aft-r peace was once established. But you must recollect that in those cases the antagonist parties were not separated by geographical lines, but were intermingled throughout the entire country. We have often witnessed more exasperation between opposing political parties in Presidential elections than was ex-

hibited in 1860. But in previous cases I those parties were interspeised through-I out every State and neighborhood tn not very unequal proportions. The political hurricane was succeeded within a few days by a calm which left scarcely a trace of the recent convulsion. Intelli- j gent men understood this diffeience then. We cun all appreciate it now. Examples more pertinent and suggestive than those above referred to might < readily be found in English history. In : the year 1172 Henry 11. succeeded in establishing, by force of arms, his claim to the sovereignty over Ireland. Th. in- . dependence of the latter country was thus j “crushed out,” and, as it was then thought, forever. But the two parties to 1 that contest were geographically separated, and for mere than six hundred years i has the fury of national end individual • • hatred sometimes blazed and sometimes mouldered, but lias been never for a mo- ; I ment extinct. I . Time and again has rebellion reared its j : head in that devoted country with tern- I I porary success, and ns olten has England : vindicated the “right” of oppression by i the sword. The people have shown , I themselves ever ready to co-operate with j a foreign foe for the overthrow of a power which held them in unwilling subjection, i j but the military and naval power of England would at length prove triumphant i and' Ireland would be again quelled. I though unsubdued. Every expedient I 1 that vengeance or ambition could suggest I lias been exhausted—devastation, and 'cruelty, and starvation, hut all in vain, j j Colonization has been attempted with a I view «t' supplanting thn whole population j by another race, between whom and their 1 fellow-country men on the other side of j the channel no “irrepressible conflict” of : religious opinion should exist, but all to I litt.'c purpose, until England, despairing lof success through measures of mere force, has finally resorted to those of to- ; leratio'.i and justice. But even now the Cradjtjon memory of seven hundred years ,of s s*'tg still lives in the bosoms of her j i children w herever scattered on the earth, . and the eye of hod carrier and ditch dig- 1 ger will still sparkle with the treasured I feelings of hatred unavenged, al the men- i tion of a name wkich he always couples with the idea of national wrong and indi- ■ vidual oppression. But. the example of Scotland is still I more pertinent and analogous, inasmuch ! !as the two people inhauitatud the same ! j country, and in point of population,wealth and power, stood more nearly i towards each other in the relation of the i ■ two belligerents here. I Towards the closa of the thirteenth centnrv Ed ward L, of England, claimed ■ to be the legitimate sovereign of Scotland —holding all those to be traitors who re- i I sisted his rule. His claims were stoutly I resisted bv the ‘‘rebels,” under the ' leadership of the celebrated Williatn Wallace. In 1299 they were defeated at the ■ decisive battle of Falkirk. Their mill- ■ tary power was “crushed,” and Scotland was subjugated and “loyal.” Three years later AVallace had become again as formidable as before, and Ed- I ward had to commence his work of conquest anew. He moved northward with j the whole military power of his realm, accompanied by his navy, which bad the entire command of the sea. After a war of two years the Scotch were entirely ! overwhelmed, and Wallace taken and ! executed. The conqueror marched in triumph from one end of the country to j the other. All vied in their profesions of | allegiance ; all bowed to the sceptre of the ! conqueror. He attempted to abrogate | the Scotish customs, to abolish the Scottish name, and even to substitute j English for the Scotch inhabitants of • the kingdom. All seemed peace and security. Two years later the rebellion broke out! afresh under Robert Bruce. In 1307, at; the fatal battle of Mvthver 'heorganized military power of Scotland was again an- j nihilated. and Bruce became a fugitive . and a wanderer. Eight years later he | found himself at the bead of another army. The battle of Bannockburn was fought • and Scotland was again free. Under the weak successors of Bruce the domination cf England was again, claimed and enforced. For three hun- ■ dred years Scotland often raised the stan-! dard of rebellion, and seized upon every opportunity that presented itself for co- ! operation with tire enemies of England. The two nations came to be regarded as natural enemies until James VI., of Scot- > land, at length ascended the English throne. The mote powerful country thus united itself to the weaker, and national animosities became extinguished by peaceful appliances which would never have yielded to force. Tbe lapse of more than two hundred and fifty years has seen that union constantly growing stronger, which centuries <f war and mutual injury had seemed to have rendered wholly • impossible.

These teachings ol the history of tl e past are confirmed l>y the lessons us our own experience. The Stale of Missouri,, once redu-ed to quiet and held in a constrained loyally hv military power, is again rising in successful rebellion, and must be conquer, d anew. The same may be said ol a giest portion of Louisi- | ana, Texas, A r kaqsas, as well as some of (the States on this side of tbe Missisi sipni. ’ Mere conquest never extinguishes nationa| antipathies, but give them edge and venom. The mild influences of peace ami ; kindness effect what could newer be ati rained by violence in the production and i preservation of national unity. They ac- ; complish their purposes, nol by resisting j .the power to separate, but by removing; the wish and the motive for so doing. Is | ■ the lesson to be lost upon ? Shall we I combine vainly to pursue the phantom of “Union” over fields of carnage, when it ;is ready to nestle in our bosoms as a | blessed reality, if, discarding the brutal, savage and fiendish propensities of our nature, we invoke the peaceful influences lof intellect and reason and the teachings; 'of the Divine Master. We may soon) .; have peace and union if we choose, but; by war, however successful. The con-; ’ quest of all the cities and the dispersion ; ; of the armies nf the Confederacy will only [ I bring increasing difficulties and enshroud I ■ the country in a deeper gloom. Your ■ means of suppoit will be abstracted by 1 taxation, your sons snatched! from vou by frequently recurring con-i j scription. Large standing armies will be; necessary to preserve the countrv in its ; forced allegiance. The simplicity of your republican institutions will disappear, and i in their stead the costly machinery of a i government which enforces obedience bv ; the fear it excites rather than by the at- i faction it induces. For jour own sake; j and that of your posterity we conjure you ( ;to turn back from the path of danger, in ! which you are now rushing forward to I i your ruin. I B>■ order of the Resident Committee, ; CHARLES MASON, Chairman. [From the State Sentinel.] FRENCH AND AUSTRIAN POLICY! j TOWARDS MEXICO AND THE UNITED STATES. The policy of the friends of kingcraft; and pritstcraft, in support of the new ; monarchy now being established on the i ; ruins of the Mexican republic, is probably ; this: ■ If peace was established in the United States by a voluntary, mutual agreement between the Northern and Southern ‘ States, this would leave no occupation at' 'home to the armies in either section of; the States, and the French and Austrian ; allies would then be in danger of being' I driven oat of Mexico by the armies of - either or of both sections. We might; expect, therefore, that those who favor civil and religious despotism, and all ; those intolerant and short-sighted persons . • whose passions and prejudices they can . succeed in arousing, would do everything in their power to render the peace men in the North odious on account of their 'efforts to restore peace in the United; States by a voluntary agreement on the • part of both sections, thus endangering j the plans of the allies in Mexico. If the war on the part ot the North | continues, this will be favorable to the plans of the French and Austrian i allies. If they should discover, by closely ob-1 ' serving the course of events, that the' ; Confederate States would succeed in se- j curing their independence, they would , ! probably recognize them promptly, and ; I endeavor to form a defensive alliance with i them. If, however, the allies should see the ; Confederate government about to be i overthrown, then they would have it in , their power to choose between two courses of policy! First, they might form an alliance with I the Confederate government, and aid in ! upholding it by their armies and power-' fill fleets, and by supplying it with all things necessary for war, with the design of making that government a barrier beI tween the new Mexican monarchy and .the Northern States. The combination of foreign powers in that case would probably include France. Italy. Austria and Spain. Ido not dispute the ability ; of the Northern States to defend themsel- , ves against all assailants, but could they subjugate and hold the Southern States permanently, and defend themselves against the fleets and armies of one hundred millions of Europeans at the , • same time 1 -1 Secondly, the allies might leave the , i Southern States ta be subjugated, unsup-, ported, trusting that the armies of the .' North would have all they could do to | occupy and keep in subjection so extenI sive a hostile country until such time as the new monarchy in Mexico should b»

I consolidated an I fninly established; i trusting also to their own imrigues to secure the continuance of sin oppressive policy by tbe powers a>. Washington, and to secure the continue in. or appointment to office, of tyrannical generals in the different States, (such oppression passing for zeal for the public good.) thus harrassing and driving the people into insurrection in various places, in order to keep the armies of the North busy in suppressing the insurrections thus caused, so as to prevent their interference in Mexican affairs. Without attempting to decide which of these plans the allies would most probably adopt, it may be observed that the last plan would be less expensive, and would involve less risk to them, and it ' would advance the interests of despotism bv the continuance of despotic military power in the United States. This will paitly explain the fact that the peace paity tn the North, whose policy is the only policy that follows the path of equity, wisdom and enlightened patriotism, are persecuted with such bitter fury. It is the part, not only of equity, but of expedience, that the people o( the United States should no longer allow ■ their prejudices and passions to render .them the playthings of the intrigues of kingcraft and priestcraft; that they • should restoie peace at once in the Unitled States by a voluntary agreement of • both sections, whether with or without a present union of all the States; that the Northern States should ceasa to disregard ' that fundamental principle of free government, upon which the North American Republic was first founded in 1776 j —“that governments derive their just I powers from the consent of the governed” —and that the Southern States should then, of their own accord, abandon the ! erroneous idea that is their interest to I ma'utain a separate confederacy. There is reason to hope, if the policy ;of coercion should now be discontinued, I that a general convention of all the States willing.to sr-nd delegates, assembled by the will ot the people, (for the people are ' the primary source of power, and can : inaugurate stich a course themselves,) might be able to prepare the way for a speedy, if not an immediate, voluntary union of all the States iu one family It is not essential that there should ba an immediate union of all the States. 11 ■ the Constitution of the United States is »s it should be. by doing away, - so far as the General Government is concerned, with conscription, which enslaves the consciences of men as well as their I bodies, (or at least by providing that no i other punishment than disfranchisement shall be inflicted for refusing to bear arms,) and by establishing, beyond all dispute, tiie (leiieral Government upon the affections and interests of the people, instead of upon fear and force, and by striking out the fugitive slave clause from the United States Constitution; thus leaving it to each State to pass its own 1 laws with regard to slavery and to tho ■ rendition of fugitive slaves, we might ; reasonably anticipate that the most of the States of North America would, one by ' one. come under such a free government voluntarily, unless they were unworthy to be members of it. But whether the Constitution is amended or not, the prosecution of civil war to coerce the seced- ' ed States is destruction of civil war liberty in the adhering States, and its discontinuance is necessary to restore that lib- ' erty. There can be no such thing as a free government over a forced union of | States. The goternment of a forced union is that of a despotic military empire. Are the people willing to luse civil liberty in exchange for an empire? The ques- ; tion what kind of a government we shall ' have is much more important than whether we shall have an extensive one. Those who advocate arbitrary power ; should reflect that it may not always ba i in the hands of their political friends. 1 night General , of Sheri man’s army, was out on the line, and ob--1 served alight on the mountain opposite. Thinking it was a signal light of the enemy, he remarked to his artillery officer that a hole could be easily be put through it. Whereupon the officer, turning to the corporal in charge of the gun, said: “Corporal, do you see that light*” “Yes, sir." ‘ Put a hole through it,” ordered die captain. The corporal sighted the gun, and when all was ready, he looked up and said—“ Captain, that's the moon.” “Don’t care for that,’’ was the captain’s ready response, “put a hole through it anvhow.” ’ 1_ OiTßAcsors.—An old bachelor being asKed by a pert young Miss if he could account for the application of the term belle to handsome young ieiuales, promptly replied that it was owing to tbe goodly pioporthui of brass m their composition.

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