Decatur Eagle, Volume 13, Number 4, Decatur, Adams County, 30 April 1869 — Page 1

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DECATITR, IND., FRIDAY,'APRIL 30, 1869.

THE REXIIGADL’S DUOML A Story of Idle on the Frontier. A storm had raged all day, the bellowing blast carrying with it dirt and fine articles of sand, until the cloud was not only blinding, but till it was next to impossible for a human being to venture from undercover without having the vsy flesh lacerated or peeled from thfe bones. Tents lay scattered and rent in every direction, and some of the ‘dobie’ quarters had even been leveled with their mother AHTtfE* Indeed, Fort Sedg wick presented much such an appearance as might have been expected had a band of Sioux Indians made a successful assault upon the place. • $- As the darkness came on the wind ceased to some extent, and then a steady storm set in, almost as terrible as was the sand tempest of the day. It was densely dark, and this darkness was favorable to the movements of a savage band, who had lurked in a shallow ravine behind the bluffs back about two miles from the Platte river. The bugles at the fort had just sounded the tattoo and taps, when one of the l and referred to arose from his prostrated position and as he did so, gave a vent to a coarse and mocking laugh.

Immediately after a small light shot up. He ignited a match for the purpose of lighting his pipe, and the brief flame, as he protected it from tile wind with his fur cap, reveald his features. He was hideous in the extreme; and was although painted like a savage, it was easy for an experienced eye to detect the fact that he was not so. Then his voice and words were another proof, for turning round he spoke thus; ‘Men, you will understand that our work must be quickly performed. At the first alarm those I I have designed will dash into the quartermaster’s, the sutler’s and the commissary's. I have business at the commandant’s quarters, and this I shall, perform alone. I shall bo successful: and if you are not equally so the fault will be your own—not mine. In all case* of this kind you resolve that you will succeed or die, nnd then you will never, know the meaning of failure. Come; and be cautious!’ Some twenty or thirty dark; forms were seen to arise ns if out of the ground, nnd then they si lontlv took their way down the bluffs toward the fort. Soon however, the band separated, and every one of the number proceeded rtn?vnrd. singly. Those who had received their instructions from! the master spirit simnlv contented themselves with gaining certain po itinns, nnd avoid even* sentinel.' Not so with the lender.

When this person had arrived within a hundred yards of the hospital, he paused and stood silent Iv surveying the camp. Here and there wer. ditn light’, but barracks and tei ts generally were wrapped ifi "loom. After a time the man muttered: ‘Everything favors me to night and I feel like a tiger. 0. I shall succeed ! If I dr» not, death will be i the only thing which will prevent me. Do I Jove that girl? I scarcely khow. I have strange feelings when in her presence — Something of the past pomes before me: but'the recollection is like a dim dream. lam nuzzled. Many is the time I have felt an inclination to spring upon her. even as the tiger would on the. voting fawn, and rend her into pieces; and then I have felt again as 'though I must fold her to mv breast nnd ween Curse upon it — what is is this ? Hang me if I don't think that a tear-drop has already started from mv eyes and dampened my cheek. Pshaw! Mat! Leon, the renegade, ween!— Preposterous. It is only melted by its contact with mv warm cheek. But never shall my heart be melted.’ Slowly did the renegade now advance, and as he approached near the hospital he crouched lower, until he actually crawled upon his liellv like a serpent. Now he reached the building, and then he; c ting closely to the walls, still i retaining his prostrated position. It was but a moment after that a foot fall was heard, and a guard passed the villian, who was not discovered. The soldier was close Iv wrapped in his greatcoat, while he carried his carbine in sush a manner as to protect it from the damp.' He did not dream that even death was hovering so near him. A mcment after he turned, j and then paused exactly at the’

place where the renegade was lying. But quick as lightning's flash ihe was hurled to, the earth, ami the dark monster was upon his breast, cry arose, and then it became a death-wail mersing into a moan an silence for a huge knife was plunged into the quivering breast of the guard, and his life gushed forth with his crimson gore. The murderer had clutched the throat of his victim in order to prevent aqy out cry from the dying man, and had only partially succeeded. He now raised his head and listened uttentivevelv, but no sound gave indication that the voice of the soldier had attracted attbirtion. Rahftrrg corpse in his arms the renegade bore it some distance to the roar, and deposited it in the dead weeds. Doing so he exclaimed : ‘A Good General alway leaves an opening for retreat in case of defeat, and I will do so by disposing of every guard in this direction. There is but one more to deal with, I think, and he is behind the quarters of the General commanding.’ Mad Leon crept forward ais before. and soon the soldier referred to" slurred the same fate as the first, but his cry was louder, and was not entirely unheeded, for a window where a light had been burning was thrown up, a voice asked : •What is the matter down there The dying man struggled hard to speak; but the renegade prevented, while he answered himself : ‘Notlnng’that I am aware of.’“ ‘But I heard a cry.’ ‘So did I; it was one of the l prowling coyotes.’ * I No further question was asked. ! and the villian the light vsfeich ■ he had before had disapanpeared. He,., knew that the; s'.rong wind bad extinguished it as the window was raised, and he I muttered: ‘May the deni favor me, and leave that opening before he gets ! another light, for I can then enI ter.’ But the devil did not so favnr him The sash, and the jingle i of glass told that some or ilie j panes h'addieen broken by the fall. This was of some importance, and I the villain knew it, | The guard was quiet. Leon cautiously mounted a shed and; I crept .to the window where he heard the voice. Now be could j hear voices, for there were two ; liti conversation. Applying his; ! ear to one of the broken lights. he listened. He could hear every : word distinctly, and the blood ran ; like lightning through his veins, as the sentences were understood : by him. The voice of a woman exclaim-; ed through her sobs: ‘O. Harry Graham, is it possi-! I blp that yon tell me this ? I shall I I die. Oh, I can not live, for you ; no longer love me.’ •I only love yon too 'deeply. | Marianna,’ was the reply. ‘Then why do you tell me that , I can never be your wife ?’ ‘I cannot explain—l dare not.’ i ‘You must, if you would not [ sec me fall dead at your feet, or live to become a maniac.’ ‘Marianna, I feel that you have . a right to demand an explanation. • and this much I will tel! you.— ! Something which oecurred years ago renders it necessary that, as a ! just avemrer, I should kill your father. Can Ido this and them wed his child ?’ ‘Why then did you ever win my love P •I was only informed of the facts with regard to you this day, ami I hastened at once to tell you as I dare.’ ‘Harry, you must tell me all. I have never known my father; and if his crimes have been so great that he desesrvesdeath. I blame the hand that strikes. For the love of heaven, tell me all.’ i ‘I will. Your fathers name—so old Brant, who has had you in his kce|nng from infancy, tells me —was old Paul Blackburn. He became the most deadly foe of my <»wn parents, and for no other reason than that ho was rejected by my mother. ITb swore the most deadly vengeance, but those I who knew him did not believe H there was any danger. I can well remember the night of the revenge however. The glare of the flames which consumed ami laid in ashes my home is before me still; and I the yells of the red demons, led i by Paul Blackburn, are yet ringing in my ears. The ghastly and bloody form of my parents are before ine; and even the exultant words of the murderer are not for- j gotten.’ ‘Oh, horrible! And my father was the monster ?’ •He was. And this is not all. •Let me know the worst’

j ‘After my father’s marriage, your own also took a wife, but his constant brutal treatment of her proclaimed his hatred. She interfered to save his victim, and with a single blow he struck her lifeless to the earth.’ ‘He murdered his own wife—my mother?’ ‘He did.’ ! ‘But how were you saved—how was I saved ?’ ‘Here is a strange part of my ; story. I was a boy of seven years, and you an infant of six months.’ ; I remember seeing you fall from : your mothers arms as she was stricken down. I remember seizing yop in my own, and crawling !»>♦<> » nftme of concealment bv the river side. You were taken from me some time after by old Brant, and although I had forgot- ! ten him and yourself, I could not forget those events. Only to-day as I before informed you. the old i man gave these particulars. •Is that cruel father, the blood stained man, yet alive !’ , ‘Yes. and I have just learned ; that, too. I must seek rest until I I have met him face to face, and met him as the avenger of my i slaughtered parents’ aud dssolated home.’ The candle had been re lighted, but it only cast a feeble ray around j the apartment. Still it shone full ; upon the faces of the speakers, one of whom was a young officer, ! and the other a lovely girl of some eighteen years of age. The vil- , lain outside the window had gradnail become more excited, and fij nally extended his hand through i the opening; he pished back the i spring and raised the sash. So cautiously had this heen done that I the lovers did not observe the intruder until he leaped to their sides, his eyes blazing with an unnatural light, and his already I bloodv knife firm! v clutched to ■striked Upon beholding him the young I officer leaped to his feet and asked: ‘Who are you ?’ I am known as Mad Leon, the ; Renegade,’ was the firm reply I ‘And what do you want here? ' ‘I came tor a single purpose, out I find that I have a (Ruffrle one.’ *• ‘Then explain, and quickly, too, [ or I will call the guard.’ •I will explain. Not however, j because I fear the guard. I come for the purpose of carrying away ; this girl to «ny mountain home, j But I find that I must kill you.' The ga nc of death is one that ! two can play at, you shall find.’ And yptjnil Graham leaped toward to the table upon which were lying two revolvers. But a single . shot was fired;by 'lie ruffian and i the officer fell. As he did so the I Renegade seized the giri and j cried—‘Go to those whom I sent to ' their graves ve irs ago, and tell them that Paul Blackburn sent ' you there, for I am he.’ He he-1 sprung through the window. with Marianna in hi* arm*. Here however, he met his mor tai foe. old Brant. The fainting [ maiden wa* torn from his grasp, and aesingle blow with a huge knife sent the polluted son! of the : Renegade before his» Maker. As ; the blood gushed forth the monster uttered a few bitier curses, and then fell from the roof by the side of the murdered guard. This was not the only work performed by Brant. lie had discovered the savage*, and a single volley which blazed out on the night, air sent a portion of their number to the ‘hapnv hunting ground.' and other yelping like wolves, fiom the fort. Graham was only wounded, and lie recovered, to mak the orphan girl his wife. f A paper in Maine thus notices the closing of the liquor a-geney in Wiscasset among recent business changes: “From liquor agency; having sold during the past year liquor to the amount of 31.04a, i (for medicinal an 1 mechanical purposes'!) at a net/os? to the town of 82 01. it was voted at the annual meeting of the proprietors to . give up the business.'” i» Lizzie Langdon, a pretty orphan girl of 17. trits! to drown herself at New Haven. Conn., on Sunday morning, because her betrothod was going to California in a or two.-and her ten vear-old--1 sister had been accused, an hour, before, of stealing by the man at whose house they boarded. She was rescued by two men who had kept watch of her movements. —.-- — ■■ <► ■ * ■' — A young woman in Montana was I charged with putting on airs." j when she refused to go to • ball barefooted .

i Fro.n the Lexington (Ky!) Observer and Reporter. ■[ An Act of Heroism in the | Presence of Two Armies. j At the battle of New Hope I Church, fought late in May, 1864, jan incident occured that attract'ed the attention and elicited the ■ ■ praise of two gallant armies. This j i incident is rather obscurely hinted ! .! at in an otherwise admirable notice ! ; of the late Col. IVm- H. Martin, ' *of the confederate army, which 1 ; appeal’d recently. I In the battle referred to the fed-1 | erals along one portion of the line ■ ; had met with a disastrous repulse, j i The ground—as is always the case ! . i in pine forests—was covered with i i fallen leaves. These had been set I ion lire uurrnir litv autiun, aini uic ! o repulse of the federate having been ; auden and decisive, they neeessar- ! : ily left their wounded, who lay! t thick in all portions of the woods.: exposed to a more terrible ordeal ; than that of batle merely. They i were about to die in the : ; flames, when Col Martin, tak- ■ ; ing the lead himself, ordered his | men from their fortifications, when . I with switches they whipped out j the fire. At the time they left; , their position, a heavy firing from ! I the restored federal line was go-I i ing on, but of course this ceased so I I soon as it became manifest that i the confederates were engaged in a work of humanity to their fallen i enemies. , As we have stated,.this act upon ; the part of Col. Martin was for a ywhile the common topic of conversation in two great armies, and i I there are very many who will re- ; , member it distictly. One who, : kne'v all things deep and true, and i . sad and strange in Luman life, has i said that the word “Honor” is ; I made a lying slave on many a ! 1 tomb, while it is often dumb over ' ■ Ithe resting place “of honored' bones indeed.” That it may not ibe thus with Col. Martin wliQse j. unknown grave is in the sands of a far, foreign river, we seek, in I ! simple justice to his memory, to! . recall a gentle and knightly inci , dentot his life, which gleamed out! tike a star from the deep murk and gloom of a sanguinary war. Farm Proverbs. ' i House all things as much as pos- ; ] sible—animals, utensil, and crops. , ■ Sell when you can get a fair . price, and do not store for rats , anti speculators. The more comfortable you can i keep your animals, the more they ! will thrive. A good cow is a valuble ma-; ! chine—the more food she proper- i ■ ly digests, the greater the benefit. A few roots daily to all the stock are as welcome as apples to ' i boys and girls. Replace al! the bars where you pa«s often bv strong gates, and . anti then wounder that you didn't ■ do so before. Although, in draining land I : thorn ugly, your purse may bej ! drained, yet the full crops that follow will soon fill it agairtAiwav* give the soil the first meal. If it is well fed with ma- ; nnre. it will feed all else —plants, animate, and men. A borrowed tool, if broken, I should l>e replaced by a new one. | A nice; sense of honor in such matters is ranch to be commended. , It seems strange that housekccper- don't buy pails and tubs with brass hoops and trimming. They cost a little more at first, but last wonderfully. — — . . ——'■ — » A Warning. flavor Hell of Now York, has issued the following ca-d to the . press of the United States:— I bog to cantion strangers agn:«i*t New York circulars, tickets, shares, chances prospective* in co-operative union* or gift enterprise*. or dollar stores, or in anv other possible scheme wherebv propertv or value is promised greater than the price a«ked to be paid. E'ery such advertised scheme is necessarily a swindle ■ and fate? pretence. There does not and cannot tangibly exist any • I such schemes in this city. Conn try newspaper* which advertise ' them simply aid in the swindle. If all the newspapers in the I nion 1 wonhl now make a point of pub- ' ilishing and reiterating this in 1 formation, they will charitably, ’ I and. I think, effectually, counter ‘ act the swindling intentions of : those who use the mails for false I pretence*, and will also save to the 1 country hundreds of thousands of dollars. (Signed) A Oaket Hall. Ma vor of the Citr of New York. •_ ‘ i Vermont is full of deer, hunted . i out of Canada by the wolves.

Miscellaneous Items. The velocipede has reached hoHumbug is the name of a town in Califoria. It takes 15.000,000 yards of sacking to put up the California grain of export. The Desert News tells of a snow-plow on the Central Pacific railroad propelled by eight locomotives. There now,” said a little girl, while rumaging a drawer in a bureau, “grandpa has gone to haven without his spectacles. Prentice says there are scores ; of political “rings” of every character, but that the greatest of the rings is Grants family circle. ; The Superior Court sitting, at j Williamantic. Connecticut, charges ! ten cents admission. A negro barber in Ohio died ! last week, leaving a fortune of thir- ; ty-five thousand dollars made by ■ razor and scissors. i A belle at the Seventh Regiment i ball, in New York, glittered injhir- ! wZkrth nf ipw. : elry. The “oldest inhab'tant” admits ‘ that it is sweet to have friends you • can trust, but more convenient to ! have friends who “trust"’ you. It is said Mr. Breckinridge will ! go into the Kentucky Legislature ; —that he is worth not less than - 800,000, and his health was never ! so good as it is a present. Mrs. Bloomer, the original in- ! ventor of the peculiar style of ; breeches which bears her name, is i running the masculine Bloomer as Rebulican candidate for Mayor of Council Bluffs, lowa. San Francisco has had an importation of Chinees, who bring, among their implement of trade, an anaesthetic more powerful than ; chloroform. A transparent agate has been found in Wiilamet river, Oregon, I O’ inclosing a drop of water. It svas • exhibited at the last meeting of the ; California Academy of Sciences. The Maiso i Dorce, a gorgeous ! restaurant in St, Louis, has burst : up after a carer of a few months. The fixtures, which cost 87.000, were closed out at auction for aLbout 83,000. ! Much sport has been created in j Holyoke, Mass., by the exhibition ! of an old fashioned spinning wheel las a velocipede. So few of the present generation were familiar : with the ancient machine that j the hoax was very successful. The supreme court in Massachu setts has decided that Jews or ! others whose religious belief pro-, tects them from prosecution under the Sunday laws from doing general business, are not thereby allowed to sell liquor on that day. I The Canterbury Shakers in New Hanpshire have tapped between ; 700 and SOO maple trees this sea son. Their orchard is the finest !in the state, numbering nearly 3,- | 000 trees. The works are suppliI ed with the best apparatus. ; The highest mine in the world 'is the Potosi silver mine, in the Andes of Peru, which is 11.375 feet above the level of the sea. The ; deepest mine is the new Saiz Werk, a salt mine in Westphalia. It is : 2.050 feet below the snface of the ocean. The average depth of the coal mines of Great Britain greatly ' exceed that of a like number of any other kind of mines in the : world. Pleasures of Travel in American. The philpsopical patience with which Americans take those moving accidents by flood and field, remainds one of the Stoic of olden time. For instance, when the roads arc bad. ti is usual for passsengers to get out and walk until the travel becomes better and in case of the coach getting fixed (i. e. stuck upto the hub in a still mudrut. or heeled over.) the common expedient is to get a fence-rail, or two or three, and, bv a judicious application of lever power, and a vigorous use of the thong, th? passengers and horse* commonly cet all right a£N*iin ; but frequently* the wheels require to be pried out so often that when the stake fence is not nt hand, a passenger carries a rail along on his shoulder as a portable avail against an emergency. An instance, however, is mentioned of an over sensitive hoosier who had to walk ten or twelve . miles, with the mwd halfway up his cow-hide boots, and who had done wood service with his rail, but feFt a little “riled, and kind of disposed to talk right out about the darned thing fl and on coming into the village, and proceeding to the coach agents offtec indignantly, and addressing that functionary, said: * “You're agent, I gues» ?" “Yes sir.” “Well, look here; I'm passenger by that stage, stranger! and I want to go back again to morrow; i but though I don't object to pay my fare and walk through, I m consarned if I believe ia having I to carry a rail.”

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