Decatur Eagle, Volume 8, Number 39, Decatur, Adams County, 25 November 1864 — Page 2

THE EAGLE CALLEN & HUDGEL, Jlditoks. DECATUR, INDIANA. FRIDAY, NOV. 25, IS(M. PEaCE propositions. It ii rumored that Lincoln will appoint convm'wtioner* to proceed to Richmond to negotiate for peace. If «ucli a step is taken, Mr. Lincoln will win the confidence of the entire nation. If he will act wisely and cut loose from the fanatics that have so long led him as their fancy dictated, he will unite the North as firmly as it was, when Sumter fell. He will not only unite the North, but will re-establish the Union of our fathers, and if he fails to offer peace he consummates the ruin of our country. The Confederacy will be recognized by France and England, and we are eventually forced to submit to a separation. Whether we are to be saved this humiliating step, remains with Lincoln and his advisers to determine. For the Eagle. EDUCATIONAL. Eiiucation, taken from the Latin term, educara ; signifies, to draw out, to expand, to more fully develop the mental faculties with which al! are blessed, who , are capable of being taught Since 1815, our last war with Great Britain, education has become a great theme in our free and noble country. It is education that is making us a glorious and power- i ful nation. It is education that causes the tree in our western country to be hewn to the ground. But in all this, the minds of people have forgotten the true meaning of the term ; they, instead of I expanding or more fully developing the gift of God, fancy a decoration j more suitable. There are people who submit to a great amount es physical suffering, that they may have themselves beautifully and , S 1 ■ > * 5 — * — * 1 , rn 1

handsomely tattooed, exc»s» temperature in borne with but little attempt at mitigation. Voyagers uniformly find that di-j ven colored beads and trinkets are much more admired by wild or savage tribes than are calicoes, broad cloths or muslins. And when we remember that even among ourselves many think more about ■the fineness of articles than its relative warmth, also more in regard to the style of the style of the cut than the conveni•enee, showing that the function is subordinate in a gnat measure to the appearance. The like relations held with the mind, are not a little curious ; among mental as as among bodily acquisitions, the ornamental comes before the useful. Phis, nevertheless has not only been in ages gone by, but in our own era ; knowledge which conduces to personal well-being, has been postponed to that which brings applause. Wc are taught that, in the ancient schools, music, philosophy and rhetoric, which, until Socrates b-c .me a teacher, had but little' or no bearing upon action, were the dominant subjects ; whilst knowledge, more particularly pertaining to the arts of life had a verv subbordinate place. The same antithesis balds forth in our own universities and schools at the present moment. As the South American Indian put* on his paint

before leaving his but, not in view of receiving any immediate or direct benefit from it, but ior the simple reason that he might be ashamed to be seen without it ; the same is a “boy’s drilling in Latin nmi Greek insisted on,” not merely for their intrinsic value, but that we mar not say that he is disgraced by being “found ignorant of them,” and that we may say he has the “education of a gentleman," also that the same may bring a consequent respect. The remark is correct, that a personage educated as such, in his shop, or his office, or in playing his part as director of a bank or a rail way, he is very little aided bv the knowledge, which has caused him so many years of hard study, to acquire, that most generally the greater part is forgotten ; and if he does occasionally vent a Latin quotation, or refers to soma Greek myth, he throws less light upon the topic in view than the effect produced. When we inquire of individuals what •heir real motive is, for giving boys a classical education, they will aay it is a kind of conformity to public opinion; from which we may reason that they dress their children’s minds a* they do their bodies, ‘‘in the prevailing fashion.” This we also find more clearly displayed in the ether sea; the decorative element is

predominant. Singing, the piano, dan- , cingi drawing, “what a large space do these occupy 1” If we should ask why \ Italian, French and German are learnt, we will find that under all the sham reasons <’iven, the real reason is, “that a lO’ knowledge of those tongues is thought lady-like;” and It is not that the great, number of books written in them can be ; > ' utilized, (which they scarcely ever are,” ' but that the extent of attainment may , i bring “whispered admiration.” Also, are births, marriages of kings, and other trivial historicals, committed to memory, |,

not only of their great value with which 1 they are teeming, but because society considers them parts of a good education, and not having a thorough knowledge ol such, may bring the contempt of others. 1 "'Writing, reading, spelling, grammar, arithmetic and sowing, 1 ’ being named, they are about all the things a girl is taught with a view to their direct application or uses in life; and even we might i say that some of these have more reference to the good opinion of many than to an immediate personal welfare. Not what knowledge is most of real worth, is the consideration ; but that i which will cause the most applause, bring | the most honor and respect, that which . will mo«t promote to social position and powerful influence, that whieh will be the most commanding or imposing. Ihe I question is throughout life, not what we I are, but what others shall think of us; the same is found in education..; it is not , the intrinsic or essential valne of our 'knowledge to a great extent as its extrinsic or "xternal effects, which it is cal- j ' culated tn produce upon others. This being our prevailing mental thought, utility in a direct view is scarce!ly more noticed than bvthe savage, when j “training his nails and filing his teeth.” It is true that in all circles we have occasional remarks on the all importance * ■of this or the other order of information, i But at the same time, does the importance of it justify us to expend money and the time, which is needed to acquire it ; and are there not other things of more

011 '1 V . 1 I s. • vimportance to us, to which we might bei- , ter devote our time ? These are queries which, if raised at all, are disposed of in quite a brief manner, according to personal prepossessions. We, also, hear revived the standing controversy, from time to ] time, respecting the merits of classics and mathem itios, comparatively. However, not only in an empirical f manner, is this controversy carried on. without any reference whatever to an ascertained judgment or criterion ; but the | issued question is completely insignificanti i when held in comparison with the general question at issue of which it forms a I part. Suppose that in deciding whether a mathematical or classicaleducation is the most important, is at the same time determining what the proper "curriculum” , ! is, appears much the same thing as to sup- , pose that the whole of dietetics lies in the decision, “whether or not bread is more nutritive than potatoes.’’ The contending question at issue is not whether such or such knowledge is worth, but what is i its relative worth. There may, perhaps, not be a subject to which we may devote our attention that has not eomv value ; hut we should not forget the fitness or adequacy of the advantages, which is the point to be judged.

Had we time to master all subjects, we should not be so particular ; “but we , that have but span-long lives” should al- i ways have it impressed upon our minds, : the limited time for acquisition. [To be continued next week.] THE NEWS. ' Richmond papers give intelligence that ■Shetman was within thirty miles of Ma > eon ou the 19th inst. The federal cav- ' airy in the department of the gulf are ; concentrating with the view of co-operat-ing with Sherman. A movement of at least a portion of the armv of the Potomac began on the Kl-.h. The 9th corps, with eight days’ rations and a hundred rounds of ammunition, took up a line of battle towards ' the Appomattox which would strike the river two or three miles below Petersburg, as if the design was to cross over to Butler’s department. The 21 corps and part of the sth corps also had marching orders. On the, day of the movement. however, a rain storm set in, which has continued ever since, rendering the roads almost impassable. a Richmond paper has a rumor that the Dutch Gap canal is about completed. The federal gunboats stationed at Fort Monroe have moved up to the gap. Petersburg is not evacuated, aud there are no signs that it wih be. j * . u arrangement has b*-en entered in-o 'by which the Confederate government is permitted to send one thousand bales pf

cotton to New York and sell it there—the proceeds to be applied, to the purchase of necessaries and comforts fix rebel prisoners. The business is to be conducted by rebel officers paroled for. the purpose. Tiie Mississippi is closed by ice a; Dubuque and Muscatine. At the lattet point, yesterday morning, lire mercury indicated a temperature of five degrees below zero. Col. Frank Wolford, of Kentucky, is again under arrest, and has been sent to. Washington. There has been a rebel raid at Rouser Point on Lake Champlain. The raid-; ers fired a vclley at the "picket guard,’”

i which was returned by the latter, whenl the former “skedaddled.” Federal lo£s none ; rebel (suppositive) one. . Lincoln and Fred. Douglass have had 1 an interview, during whieh the former ‘ Urged the latter to take some steps by . which the negroes of the south would bej ' encouraged to make their way north. I Fred obligingly consented to do what he could it, the matter. The abolition majority in lowa, on the home vote, is between 20,000 to 25,000, instead of from 40,000 to 50.U00 as heretofore claimed. ; i Gold opened in New York, yesterday, at 225, and closed at 225 1-2 i 225 3-4. — [Chicago Tim-s-EXT IIACT FRO *TIIE MESSAGE OF JELFERSON DAVIS TO THE CONFEDERATE CONGRESS AT I ' RICHMOND. Nr.w York, November 11. | The following are prominent passages , from Jeff! Davis 1 message after thg iajl of Atlanta: He says there are no vital points on preservation, of which the continued existI tenee of the Confederacy depends; there ’is no millitary success of the enemy ' which can accomplish its destruction: not the tall of Richmond, Wilmington. Charleston, Savannah, or mobile, nor of all combined, can save the enemy from’ ■ constant and exhaustive drain of blood • : and treasure, which must continue until j i he shall discover that no peace is attain- , ble unless based on the recognition of i our indefeasible rights. On recognition he says: It is riot in my power to announce any change in the conduct of foreign powers; no such action has been taken by the Christian nations of Europe as might justly have i been expected from their histotv, from

duties imposed by iuternatioal law and 1 claims of humanity. It is charitable to attribute their con- j duct to no worse motive than indifference s to the consequences of a struggle which : shakes only the Republican portion of the 1 American continent, and not to ■ascribe to I ' design a course calculated to insure a ; prolongation of hostilities. So long, j therefore, as mitral nations fail, by recog- ; ' nition of our independence, to announce i that, iu their judgment, the United States are unable to reduce the Confederacy to submission, their conduct will be accepted | by your enemies as a tacit encouragement , to continue their efforts, and as supplying 1 assurance that the belief is so entertained by neutral naationsin the success of their i designs. Peace is impossible without indepeudeuce, and it is not to be expected that our enemies will anticipate neutrals in the recognition of that independence. | When the history of this war shall be fully disclosed, the judgment of an im- . partial public will be unablg to absolve the ' neutral nations of Europe from shayie in their moral responsibility for the myriads of human souls unnecessarily sacrificed during its progress. On railroads he says the Secretary 4 * recommendation on the subject of the facility question bfiron required lor maintaining the efficiency of the railroad communication. on inqwrtant mail lines, are ■ commended to your favor. The necessity for the operation, iu full vigor, of such lines is too important to need com. , merit.

On arming the negroes he says it would seem proper, to acquire for the public I defense, to enter the labor of the slaves, anil to pay them a fair compensation, rather than to impress their labor for sjhort terms. The policy of engaging to pay the negro, on his discharge, after service. faithfully rendered, seems preferable to that of granting immediate manumission, I or that of retaining him iu servitude. If this policy should recommend itself; to the judgment of Congress, it is suggested that in addition to the duties heretofore performed by the slav'd he might be advantageously employed as pioneer and engineer laborer, and in that event that uumbe should be augmented to forty thousand beyond this limit and their employments. It does not seem desirable, under existing circumstances, to go further, a broad moral distinction exists between the use of slaves as soldiers in defence of their homes, and incitement of the same persons to insurrection against their masters. The subject is to be reviewed by us, therefore, solely, in the light of policy and our social economy, when so regarded, I must dissent from- those who ad-1 vise, a general levy and arming of slaves ■ for the duty of soldiers, but should the ■ alternative ever be presented of subjugation or the employment of slaves as sol-' dier.*, there se<..ns uo reason to doubt . ' what should then be our desire. | If the recommendation above made for I training forty thousand negroes for the ‘service still meets yottr approval, it is]

I certain that even this limited number, bv their preparatory training in intermediate duties, would form a more valuable reserve force in case of urgency than three times their number suddenly called from the field of labor, while a fresh levy could, to a certain extent, supply theirplaces in the social service, for which they are now employed. Negotiations for peace, he says are manifestly impossible, unless desired by ' both parties, and ' a disposition for it 'i among our enemies will be best and most certainly evoked by demonstration on I our part of ability and unshaken deter- ' siination to defend our rights and hold ino earthly price tod dear for their pur-

chase. Whenever there shall be. on the 11 part of our enemies, a desire for peace, i thi'i'e will be no difficulty'in finding means by which negotiations cun be' ' opened, b:>t it is obvious that no agency can be mutual. .—. . ——— I [From the Cincinnati Enquirer ] THE POFULaR VOTE OF THEUNITED STaTES. The following is probably, from the. returns, a pyotty close approximation [to the popular voie..cast at the late Pesi’dential election throughout theUniled i Stales! :Lincoln and Johnson 1.950,000 McClellan and Pendleton 1,700,000 Majoaity for Lincolq. , 250,000 The President has btirdlv live per cent, rnujotity on the Altai vote’ For every hundred votes for Lincoln in the loyal (Stales, there have been cast ninety-five t for his Democratic competitor,and a large partofthis excess was given in New Englend. In the central, western and border ’Stales, McClellen has some ninety-eight votes to Lincoln's one hundred, despite .; all the great advantage’s posessed by the latter, and whiqli were powerfully and ' unscrupulously used. — — 7-,- ■ —Prentiee asys tin industrious searcher, after the marvelous is busy making a collection of the various forms of oaths adt ministered to American citizens under the present administration. We understand that he has already collected nine hundred and forty seven varieties. We don't know whether the collection includes Andy Johnson's variety. Davis pronounces Sherman. Grant and j Banks all failures, an 1 he declares that Richmond and Atlanta are not vital

■ places. lie savs the fall of Richmond. I Wilmington, Charleston. Savannah and Mobile, would not conquer the South. The independence of Confederacy, he I says, will alone secure peace. gobevF d vs book. n THE Fashiom Vlngfiziue of the World rITF.RATURE. FIXE ARTS. AND FA-' 2 RHIOSS. The most marrnificent Steel an | <rr wines. DOUBLE F 4SHION.PLATES, j Wood engravings on everv subject that can iu ; ! terest ladies Crochet Knitting, Netting. Em . broidery Articles for the Toilet, for the Parlor, ’hr Bondnir, and the Kitchci:. Everything, in . ■ fact, to make a complete Lady’s Book. The Ladies’ Favorite for'3s veers. I No Magazine his been able toe ompcte with, it. . None attempt it. GODET’S RECE/TTS ' for every department of a Jpusebohl. These t > I alone are worth the price of the Book. , Model Coltaees (no other Magazine gives' : them.) with diagrams I DRAWING LESSONS FOR HIE YOUNG, i I i Another specialtv with Criley. ; ORIGINAL MUSIC, worth $.3 a year. Oth- ’ I |er Magazines publish old worn opt. mitMc < I . but the subscribers to (9odey get it before the music stores. tl Gardening for Ladies., Another peculiarity t »I with Codey. Fashions from Messrs. A. T. Stewart <t Co., | ' I of New Votk; the millionaire merchants, ap ' ' near in Coder, the only Magazine that has' ! tlcn I Allo. Fashions from the-celebrated Brodie, e of New York Ladies’ Bonnets. We give more of them in ■ a year than anv other Magazine. In fact, the i Lady’s Book enables every lady to be her own |

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Having bbught out John Lenhart & Co,, j is now filling his House with n New supply of Goods. He has, and will keep. or. hands a good assortment of Ladies’Hats. Bonnetsand Tiimmings; Ribbons, rushes I ' »ud straw trimmings. In fact, a full line belonging to that departinent, Also, a full line of ladies’ dress trimmings, the best and latest' styles in market. Ills I stock of hosiery and gloves cannot tie 1 surpassed by anv house in town, :i'l pl ! which he will sell very low (or the times. He has in bis employ a 85 zNJs EiT® V 3," lof much experience who will attend '<) ] trimming and finishing bonnets and hats in the best atid latest style. Persuns wishing to buy goods in his line will fin.! lit to their advantage to give him h call. ' jas his goods wit recommend themsvV’ s July 23, 1864. 0. L. HILL’S Piano Forte Warerooins and Music store. No. 54 Calhoun street, Fort Wayne, Int diana, opposite court house. .The largest Musical Instrument Warerooms in the West, Keeps constantly on hand a large assortment of PIANO FORTES. CABINET ORGANS & MELODEONS

From the best Manufacturers. Sole agent for Steinway dr Sons. w York.— Chickerinsr Sons, Boston. Win. Knabe dr Co., Baltimore, whose Pianos are acknowledged bv al! first class musicians the best in the world. Also, Pianos from many other first class ! Manufactures. S D. <t H. Smith’s and Mason & Hamlin's Boston | Organs, Harmoniums and Melodeons. The best instruments manufactured in America. Also, aU kinds of small iestr undents/such ■ ' as guitars, violins. flutes, aerordeows, drums Ac., Music books, instruction bcoks and sheet, , music. v y arrangements with manufacturers are such that I can make it to the interest of pur chasers to HeR‘ instead of going further, as I shall ceitafnlv Sell* as low if not lower than i the manufacturers. Having ecured the services of a competent Tuner, Pianos and Melodeons will be tuned and repaired in the best possible manner. Fort Wayne, June 4. 1864.—1 y D. F, Compare!, PORK PACKER, , MILLER & (WISSIM Merchant, FORT WAYNE, IND. ’ 1 General Dealer in nl! kinds of Grain, Seeds, r ' Fish, Salt, Produce, Agricultural Implements, <tc., ! Best Brand Family Flours* I Liberal advances made on Produce, <tc. v6n44tf

NEW STORE! John Meibers & Bro i Have just opened, at the old S f and , . . , Meib.rs in Decatur a large-u, d spleudid « sortment ot Diy Goods and Groceries Th entire stock having been purchased l' or ; ' . they are prepared to sell at reduced prices f ! the times. ' 01 DRY GOODS! Os every kind, variety, sty],. an d quality f or - the very lowest, prices that they can b, bouvht . ; at in the town or county' b

ress Goods! tn tl is line we are secend to none; and fee] fOB fident that we can phase the most, fastidious lates and economical buyers. BEIDT-IHDE fllffllllG! i Tn this department, wennly ask an -xaminstiGt ■by purcna<ser- before buving el t-wJiere. Our • assortments of Queensware! Glass-ware, Wooden-ware AND H a r d w are! ' Arc of tbp v «ty]p« and of th* mo«t superior qirili ifs. all of which tre *pll very • cheap,considering tlip prices of other establish menU GROCERIES’ i We have the Largost. and of th* •bi st quality, ever offered in this inarke’’; and «r will do our very best to undersell all corn ' peti’or.* in thri branch of our business as well f as all otluu s. All kinds of country produce taken in ex change for aro.xls at th* high.-st market price. April 2, 1861. . \V GOO 1) S J -'!5V r HNEWPRICES We are note receiving our Spring S’.Ofß cu uoods and, filtheugh. (on account of sickness we are a little late, we bought our good* from I, - . ... . i ... ..i ...

15 to 20 pvr cent > Reaper than we could have •lone a week or two earlier ir» Ihon. We intend our customers shall have the advantage GREAT FALL JX I’lilCl H. and although w<* are not able to feed) goods the "ood old 4a*hioin d Peace P r i ces, wecan conic m arer to it than we havi, done u a longtime. IVe are opeim g ottr usual asw,rt im nt of DRY GOODS Pal tn Leaf and «»rL r Sh m inur II il> liutiti< t*-.r ;iti< i.»ls, ril>ii»n< d «• jUlotliing, Groceries Boots and Shoes, Nails. Iron ike. all of 'Vhieb we will sell at the lowest po-sild lEEADY PAY, ' But wp can buy tn advantage only for ready 1 | nay w<‘ cannot *<dl irnodson Credit | NI’TTMAN A CRAWFOBP. NIBILCK & CLOSS, j JI77J.VZ RETAIL DKALEB IN hoots, shoes, nn lettiib.

At Niblicks Old Stand iu Decatur, Indiana i'S receiving constantly a large aud very superior Slock of Winter Boots and Shoes, Which we are selling nt such prices a< will suit j the times, and we’mem to demonstrate th i® fact Ito our customers. Among the stock will be i found a large assortment of LADIES’ AND MiSSES SHOES, Gaiters. Bootees, <tc., Kid heeled Suppers, Calf, Kid. Glove kid Congress heeled Gaiters and Balmorals*. CHILDREN’S WEAR Kid heeled BalmuraD and fancy and strong 'Shoes of all kinds— including the celebrated Copper Toed Shoes, the best and cheapest ever got up. MEN’S, \ OI Tlis’, AND ROYS’ WEAR, of all kinds, of the best quality , and at th* lowest rates. Leather, Findings, &c , A full stock. The whole having been bough fo r Cash, and will be sold cheap. ME-MADE AM) EESTOII. WORK! And we warrant all articles to be well and carefully made, and of the best materials. Calf and Kip Boots, Stogies Brogans and Ladies Wear, ' of all kinds, kept on hand and made to meas i ure - 1 The public are invited to call and examine , our stock before purchasing of Stores as we t warrant our Goods to be of the best Quality • and will be sold at much lower prices than can be purchased at any other establishment in the County, or even at Fort Wavne. 1 IT CALL—-we charge nothing for showia i » ’ our Goods. NIBLICK J GLOSS, December 2G, 1863. Debater, Ind.