Decatur Eagle, Volume 8, Number 39, Decatur, Adams County, 25 November 1864 — Page 1

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1 MBBS mgt T ttouseT Decatur, Indiana, C. BURT, Proprietor, - vp <rood attention, and make rea ■ ‘ sonab'p charges. n37-v6 ly. f7 a . jrlleff. Physician rind Snrceon, I'E C A TU R , INDIANA. FTOFFH T—On the <*a«t Mile of Second St.. ■ r the r kt f< j i,«rlv occupied byJ.D.Nutt- '•■ tu a*. a b.u kiri r office v9-n!5. < David Studabaker, % r rnr w FY- AT-L \ w a * r> jh TE'lATrit. INDIANA. WiT.L • r t t.cr- - Adam* and rwljninincr j O <-• -v 1 -. •re hnnntiev. pensions v . s against the Govern7’/OFF’ <7 -On Vnin Street immediately 1 S i '• .]:♦• ir\ Office. vfi-n4*2 U ROBO. Attorn'! nd Counselor nt Law, Ml < VTI U. IVDJ< VV r*. I t Rncnrder’* Office, rp 1 P ' UvirN of the Tenth I * T «■• ’. Attend to the Redpinp .■ ■ Lsr,.r . t'v' vnvnt of Taxe*. E«necial ; v» M tn th* rollertion of! •■* 1 • »’ « , I all claim* agatnxt the z ■ f • \NDSHOE

Ma mifactory, \ xC A BAKER. » 1 .-p : n Nihjick’s Old Stand. . . , t . f O order all kinds - * ‘ the best qnnlHv, and »cr • -c ar**'*. H«» respectfully . >h ireof the public patronage. STMCOICE, a al Dentist. T -rn nnr prepared torrent all rhe teeth and mouth in ■*<' ••nt'fir manner I am also • . ■•» 4 *** >ft*« nl T»»oth on Gold, du'dipr. min tooth to • ])‘e-iv<'d t*'<*fl» filled with gold, rifieia! Iw»n*. Srnevv and tooth in ;• f.-w ndh'itpx, all of which I t. Tooth bru*h“«, h nowdcrs. niod>in* f« r < 17*0 nee. one . »f Nuttnian <t Crawford’* Store, in v*-n23 id Stjgdabaker’s Al, ESTATE AGEVCY.

• pin-rhnwF •hml «nl»* nf Jhnl bv 1v Li.’»‘n-«'d > " nt in l’-n county, now *lp nt Ilk bw ofFi ’ •. ill n W'atur. a fine 'ole land-* -iiu.-Uf in different. pans of Jiin ’ tn pu’*clru» > will io iroTl to ’ Those ’vi*hin£ to *«dl will do tn him Xn snlo«, no He •*’»« d to (Paw I)‘c<|<i an<| nil other ** of writing, nnl will do the same **••« and dispatch. Sept. 16 Brner’s Notice. tn*d Schon! Examiner of Adams T vlinna, will hold examinations Becnfur upon the fourth Saturday •vi nod months, to wit*—Janu March. Mav. December; and • nf Scntvmher. October and . <’iscs will commence each day ■ > a. m. • • boar in mind that there • xaminatinns eriven. unless . show there is actual necessity ; •-•.an I nflior friends of education { :vited tn he i • attendance, with whom rhe examiner is not tainted will he required tn nrp«- • e ; "nod hy a promi mit citizen • he oiFeo» that said applicant •j'ora! character. J. R. 8080. Examiner. Adams County. J L Miesse, ■ -’o nf Business, ■he World! VSTITUTIONRthrown in •Ta-Nat COMPETITION : ’ ’ ' Tt is nrknnwled«yeti bv ■ BETTER article of ♦ . Idles. Bridles, I all such like , v* u nnv o‘h.>r establishment i-ina. w Hi., it exception, warranted »o be made of the ’ <l, and made by old and expei 1 m»*n r i nd Carrin u>«< trimmed in the latest 'roved style. Repairing done on 'nd at reasonable ratea. > call, and we will convince vou . ’ r what we gay. We PAY CASH | nnd consequently BUT CHEaR- I ,!". if w.. bought on TIKE, and of I -.r -Il io preporhan. *' ■ ,

FOBT WWE ADVEBTISEMEXTS. Large Fall & Winter Stock OF MKADY MADK Clothing. TIEME 4 BRO., Fashionable Tailors, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Wholesale and Retail Dealer* in Drugs and Medicines, Paint*, Oils, French and American Window j Glass, Dye Stuffs, Brushes, Spices, Liquors and Wines, Coal Oil and Coal Oil Lamps, Ac. i O'No. 95 Columbia Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana. v6n3B B. W. OAKLEY, Wholesale Dealer in Hardware and Stoves, And Manufacturer of TIN, SHEET IRON AND COPPERWARE, AT THE GRANITE STORE, No. TH Columbus Street, v4n24 Fort Wayne, Ind. U.S. UNDERHILL, -DKALYR IXMarble Monuments, HEAD-STONES, MANTLES, CABINET-SLABS, Ac., Ac.. FORT WAYNE, IND. Work done to order on the shortest notiro and in the neatest manner | v5n39 S. PATTERSON, Agent.

J. J. KAMM J R M’CCRDT. J. J. KA MM & CO , WHOLKhALK AND RETAIL DEALERS IX Paint*, Oils, Varnishe*. Bruahe « GLASS, WALL PAPER. Window Curtains and Fixtures, <fcc., No. 57 Columbia Stbket, Fott Watse, Ixd. I July 23,1864. I. LAFFERTY." : No 91 Columbia Sire* t. one door west •( Brandrifi’s Stove and Hardware Store, FORT WAYNE, IND , say to the public in general that he I ▼ v is determined to wll DRY GOODS. Bon ■ net* Hats, Flat*. Carpet*, Trunks. Ac. Ac.,; cheaper than anv other House in the city, or country—No mistake. Also, Home-made, Rwly mule clothing, or made to order— VYamated. COUNTRY MERCHANTS supplied cheaper than any other House in the we*t of the M mntains. Call and «ee before purchasing elmwhere. No trouble »o show g. oils. 1. LAUFERTT. No. 91 Columbia Street, vsn4l Fort Wayne, Ind

r ■ Sew China and f Queensware Store! No. 69 I olumbia St., Ft. Wayne, ] One door east of Thieme's Clothing Store, j HUGH~ KLTX Resp.-ct.fiilly announces that he has for sale, as above, a fine assortment of ! China. Queensware. Glassware, ‘ Fancy China and Glass Ornaments lor Holiday presents, stone chins dinner and tea setts, common dinner and tea setts, tumblers, decanters, wine and beer glasses, lamps, yellow ware, stone crocks, anp everything else in that line of business. Country Dealers j Will find it to their advantage to call and ?xa , mine, as he will sell cheap. July 23, ’64. j I -**■ e jj - I GOOD NEWS UNION STOVE STORE!! Th? readers of the “Eagli” are informed tha ASH & AGNEW Have on hand a verv large and fin< *-trrk • COOKING, PARLOR and BOX STOVE*, I of the very best patents—none better can be found in the United States—which we will <el at greatly REDUCED RATES. All Stoves warranted to be as represented, or ifnot we will refund the money and have eounkind feelings. Wa have algo a good stock of Hardware, Tin, Copper and SHEET IRON Warp, and House Furnish i ing goods, which we are selling very low. I We buy Stoves in Cincinnati. We buy Stoves in Pittsburgh. We buy Stoves in Troy. We bi)v Stores in Cleveland. We sell Stoves on time. We sell Stoves for Cash. We sell Stoves cheap. We sell GOOD TIN WARE. Purchasers will do well to call and examine ■ our stock, in order to judge for themselves, s ASH <t AGNEW S. R. H Schwegman’s old stand, IJ<j. 87 Columbis Street. i vSa-99, f'C’t Wayne,

"Our Country’s Good shall ever be our Aim—Willing to Praise and not afraid, to Blame.”

DECATUR, ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA, NOVEMBER 25, 1864.

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[For the Sentinel.] TWO CHILDHOODS. 0. how sweet fife’s transient morning! Happy are its golden Lours ; Everything as brightly shining As the dew drop gilded fioweis. Childhood’s heart! hoiv light and joyous. Pleased with all the eye beholds ; Ever gentle and coi Unted With the scenes each day unfolds. Happy while there is a sunbeam Dancing in its daszling light; While there is a sparkling dew drop Glittering on the flowrets bright. While there floats a balmy zephyr In its gentle stillness b\ : While there waves a single leaflet, It san charm the willing eye. While in reach a toy lingers, Entertained it asks no mere ; Busily the childish fingers Note its treasures e’er and e’er. Thus, in innocence and beauty, Pass those first endearing plays, Undisturued by thoughts of future. Flit our childhood’s joyous days. After years of joy and sorrow, D-ifted down life’s changing stream, We are anchored in that harbor Where is dream pt life’s closing dream. There the heart in second childhood Feebly thrills with hope and life, Dreaming of that Rome of Promise, Far beyond this world of strife. Sunny hair, once smooth and shining, Hangs in locks of nowy white ; Eyes now dim, that once were beaming, Full of hope and joyous light. And th< voice, once sweet and thrilling, loo,is faint and trembling now ; Tired, weak, and stiffened fingers Press the wrinkled care worn brow. Footstep* now are slow and weary, 7 hat were once so gay and light ; Hopes have flown and all is weary, Where they beameu so high and bright. Thus is Lfe in itx calm evening, Ere we yield the flut’ring besath, Ere we in that shadowed valley, Sink into the sleep of death. „ „ J oeiz. Brown Homestead, Ind. [For the State Sentinel.] ONWARD. Courage, brother ! Do not waver. Do not fer one moment yield To the pictures that the gruver Grim uespair carves on the field. Onward ever, nobly bearing All the checkered scenea of life , rmed with firmness thou’ll conquer* In life’s darkest, fiercest strife. Then be up and bravely daring, On ward through the thickest fight, Others’ beroe*’ trials sharing. In the battle fur the right. Be a man .’ There is more honor In the true sense of that Than in every other title That the world hath ever heard. Let but this be thy ambition. Care not what the world may say— Let not wealth be the temptation. That may lure you from the way. Be a man ’ The crowning glory Os this fierce yet transient strife. •dmd thou’Hgain the greatest victory On the battle-field of life. Yes. be ever firm and fearless, If thou wouldst be truly great ; Bow to none but thy Creator, Only in His presence wait. Brown Homestead, Ind. A LEAF FROM HISTORY. History con»tantly r ? pwti O j jt w if

And while the judgment concedu the komely but forcible axiom that "ther* ia ■othing new under the auu,” human nature ia alow, if not almoat unwilling, to profit by the leaaona of the past. Mankind, instead of placing the lamp of experience upon the bows of the ship to shed its rays ahead to guide its course safely, generally hang il upon the atern *o that its light iaonly reflected upon the track that has b««n passed over. Whi’e the circumstances are not preciiely similar, yet other nations have gone through s.milar trials, troubles and dangers diet hove east th*ir gloom upon our country diring the pa<t foui years and, until the nature of man ia changed, the liae and fall of empires and governments will be influenced by like causes. We cannot hope to escape the same dangers to which other nations have been subject, nor will we avoid the consequences which they suffered if we nre foolish enough to’ follow in the same pathways.

There are some circumstances in the history of Great Britain which remind ■u< most forcibly of our present condition lof tffiOis During the administration of i the younger Pin there was a period when the power of the Crown was absolute. A writer commeaiing upon its influence upob the British nation and the consequences which grew out of it, remarks : "A 1 war is generally favorable te authority, ■ by bringing together the people and the government, in a common cause and ‘combined exertions. The French War, notwithstanding its heavy burdens and numerous failures, was popular on account of the principles it was tuppeted to represent; and the vast expenditure, if it disteessed the people, multiplied the ‘patronage of the Crown— offtrded a rich harvett for contractor!— ao,i mad* the fortunes of favorites and manufacturers, by raising the price of every description ;of produce. The ‘moneyed classes’rallied around the war minister—bought •eats in Parliament with their heavy gains—ranged themselvss in a strong phalanx bthind their leader—cheered his . speeches, and voted for him on every division. Their acai was rewarded with peerages, baronetcies, patronages, and all the good things which at. inordinate expenditure enabled him to dispense. For years, opposition in Parliament to a minister thus supported was an idle tonn; and if, beyond its walls, the voice of complaint was raised, tho arm of the law wat strong and twist to eilence it. To oppose the minister, had become high treason to the State.”

Could a more (aithiul parallel have been drawn between the events daily oecurring in our own country and those which are io graphically described as having transpired during the hostilities between France and England during the administration of Pm ? It illustrates most forcibly that human nature was the lame then as now, and, also, that ia that epoch the same influences which operated ■ upon the public mind and popularized an ; exhausting war are operating now on the j terrible contest in which our own nation !is engaged. The immense patronage which it gives the administration, as the ! French war did Pitt, furnishes it with a i power which is irresistible and enables it ito reward almost indefinitely the zeal al its followers and supporters. Now, as then, opposition to *uch an administration in Congress i* an idl* form, and as 1 we have seen in innumerable case., where tomplaint has been raised elsewhere the arm of power ha* been strong enough to silence it. And to follow the parallel still further, to oppose the administration is regarded as high treason to the government.

as long m a large portion of ’the* people concede for the argument that it is a majority, favor the contest in which we are now engaged, on account of the principles it is supposed to represent, with the whois power of the gavermc-nt at their control, there ean be no reasonable hope for its termination until either its objects are accomplished or sheer exhaustion prevents its further prosecution. The recent elections detutwstraie the I correctness of this position, all the evils

and the burthens which the will en- ' lai) upon the industry of the nation for generations to come, were most earnestly and fully brought to the attention of the people before their verdict was rendered, yet the policy nt the adminisiration was sustained. Tl-e cost es that policy is then understood, yet the party who control the government prefer to assume it, rather than to submit to a change which might bring the con'est to a conclusion. If a majority o*the people, we may say, if the adminbtration, for its pow er is now absolute, are determined to proceed in the course thev hau* marked out, no matter at what sacrifice of men and money, the war must go on. And there can be no reasonable expectation for its early close or any for the stoppage of the increasing debt and taxation which is rolling up at a fearful rate, unless it is prosecuted in a manner far different from what it Las yet been, and the prospect is indeed di-unal for the better when we reflect that its conduct, as well as the entire policy of the government, has just been by the vol-

untary act of the people confided to the same administration which its own supporters prohounce te be politically, mili- i tarily, and financially a failure. But so; it is. and the only hope left is that the government may be inspired with new vigor, and that wiser counsels may lead us out bf the labarynth of dangers which threaten it on every side. If the ablest Minister of England burdened it with an enormous indebtedness by his policy, we cannot well look for a different result in i our own case, especially whenl the expert- 1 enoe of other nations has no influence upon the public mind or upon those to whom its destiny is immediately confided.— State Sentinel. THE PAST AN PBEsENT. In May's Constitutional History of ; England we find the following description of parties at the close of the past ( century, which has its counterpart at the < present time. He says that “ambition < quickened the enthusiasm of the Tories, i 1 and converted many an undecided and j 1 hesi'ating Whig. The moneyed classes | had been gradually detached from Whig! s interest, brought over to the King and ' I the tories, and now they were heart ami j soul with Mr. Pitt. (Mr. Pitt stood in j the same relation to Georgia 111, or the i ( prerogatives of the Crown, that the ad- i

ministration, or the cabinet officers, now i stand towards Mr. Lincoln, or what they ! terra the government; hence the force I of the parallel.) continues the author! from whom we are quoting: “If the i people were impoverished by his (Mr. , Pitt’s) loans and war taxes, they at least. prospered and grew rich, such a minis-1 ■ try was far too good for trade not to com- j inand their willing alliance, a vast ex- ' penditure bound them to him : and pos- j I terity is still paying, and will long conj tinue to pay, the price of their support.” 1 What American who reads this faithful 1 record of the condition of affairs in England seventy years ago, can fail to repeat to himself, if not aloud, the axiom of the wise man that “There is nothing new under the sun.” Most true is it, When we compare the past with the : present, that history but repeats itself. Again the same author remarks, in re- i viewing the long struggles of the English people for freedom, on the one hand, and the harsh policy of repression maintained by the government on the other : “The last twenty-eight years of the reign of Georgia II I, formed a period of peril ; ous transition for liberty of opinion, j While the right of free discussion had . been discredited by factious license, by j 1 wild and dangerous theories, by turbuli ence and sedition —the government and 1 legislature, in guarding against these ex-' cesses, had discontinued and repressed ■legitimate agitation. The advocates of . parliamentary reform had been confound- ' ed with Jacobins and fomenters of revoI hition. Men who boldly impeached the ; conduct of their rulers, had been punished for sedition. The discussion of grievances—the highest privilege of freemen had been checked and menaced, rhe I assertion of popular rights had been denounced by fillisters and frowned upon i by society, until low demagogues were 1

- able to supplant th’- national rulers of the r people in the coiifidence of those classes v ! who most needed safe guidance. Authority was placed in constant antagonism to ’ large masses of people, who had no voice •i in the government of the country, mus; tual distrust and alienation grew up bo- , tween them, rhe people lost confidence _ in rulers, whom they fetfew only by oppressive taxes, and harsh laws severely ’ administered, rhe government, harras--1 sed by suspicions of disaffection, detected . conspiracy in every murmur of popular discontent.” Who, ift reading the r graphic description of the political revolution of another era, Can fail to see its counterpart in our experience of the present day, apd we believe it will be i followed by the saipe results. Then, as , now, the government ‘ kfi.ed parlimentJary (congressional) opposition, by neverfailing majorities, it had trampled upon 1 the press ; it had stifled public discussion. 1 In quelling sedition, it had forgotten to l respect liberty .” We can only hope that ; ‘ ere long, as it did in the period to which I we have alluded, that this suiiremacy of J the government will gradually decline, and yield to the advancing power and i intelligence of the people.— State Sen- ■! tinel.

THE REBEL RaID UPON CHICaGO. From the disclosures which the miliI t«ry authorities at Camp Dougla* hav* made of their investigations into the alleged projected attack upon chat camp by rebel raiders, it is impossible to determine jus', how much ground tor their apprehensions did actually exist. It seems probable, however, from tacts already in possession of the public, that the plan of attack was on foot and that the parties ol mysterious people who arrived here on Sunday and Monday were the forces which were to ex<-cu te the attack. What 1 other designs were contemplated doesnot appear. \\ « dismiss as too horrible for 1 belief the supposition Unit there Was any i purpose to burn the city, but We do not ■ dismiss as readily the suggestion that 1 bank*, stores, stables, graneries, bakeries, dtc., would have been assailed if the attack upon die camp had been successful. No doubt the city would have been gutted o( every valuable ihifcg which could be carried away, and no doubt the country which would have been traversed by the rebel hordes would have been simiharly relieved. it is startling that Chicago, so (natty hundred miles from the seat of war, should be subject to such a visitation, k is startling that such a plan as is believed to have been on loot could have been so close upon successful execution. Here the ebutnry is. in die fourth year of the war. ana hire the war is, at our very doora !

We are not sure, however, that the j plan wa» so near unto execution as it appears to have been. We have hitherto ; shown that the raiders might have beer! arrested before they reached Chicago, j They came in a most extraordifiary manner. They came in bodies of fifty or i sixty, by the public railway trains, in I open day. And such was their dress and general nppe rance that they were rej cognized by everybody who saw them. ■ They traveled in this manner the whole . length ot the Slate. The military autboj rities here were apprised of their coming jby telegraphic dispatches from points a hundred and fifty miles distant. And yet the raiders landed in Chicago and ■dispersed about the city without molests- ' lion, some fifty or sixty of them going irt a body to the vicinity ol the Sherman House without separating. \\ e say that the military authorities here either puri possly permitted all this to be done, or were criminally neglectfully of their I duty in not preventing it from being ;done. j We are sorry that, from all the circumstances in the case, we are compelled ttf believe that the military authorities pur- ■ pos-ly permitted all this to he done ; not, I we are willing to think, ot their own volition, but at the instance and entreaiy of I Republican politicans in Chicago, wbo ‘conceived the idea that partisan advantages might be gamed by it; who conceived the idea that the responsibility of the coming of the raiders might for the time being cast upon the Democratic par- :. ~ y...'iwf.w br“ .—■ ... i. ■ A.;- occasion-' [ ed thereby, the election be carried over- | whelmingly against it. in Chicago and greatly infiuenced against it elsewhere. We are sorry, we say, that we are com- * ■ pelled to believe this. ■ a more disgraceful thing was never "; done than the attempt to cast the responsibility ol the coming of the raiders upon the Democratic party. The public has seen that this attempt was made. We 1 deliberately charge that it was to give A strength to this attempt that the raiders ■ I were allowed to come into the city, creat'ling fear, alarm and ronsternaiion — 1 Chicago Tifßof.

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