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Four squares and upwards, one year, per square, 3 00 00 13 00 8 00 10 00 six months, per square, 7 00 " " three months, " 6 00 Administrator's Notices, and all advertisements re lating to cstute. of deceased persons, which hare to be sworu to, one square, tour insertions, 5 00 All communications to this office should be addressed to II. SHAW a Co., Eugene City, Oregon. To Adtirtisers. Business men throughout Oregon and Valitorins will hnd it greatly to their advantage to adver tise in the Statu Kkpi'blhmk. ON GUARD. At midnight on my lonely beat, -When shadow wraps the wood and lea, A vision seems my view to greet Ot one at home that prays for me. No roses blow upon her cheek Her form is not a lover's dream Hut on her face, so lair and meek, A host of holier beauties gleam. For softly shines her silvery hair, A patient smite is on her face, And the mild, lustrous light of prayer Around her sheds a moou like grace. She prays for one that's far away The soldier in his holy tight And begs thut heaven in mercy mnr Protect her boy and bless the right t Till though the leagues lie far between, This silent incense of her heart, Steals o'er my soul, with breath serene, And we no louger are apart. So gunrding thus my lonely beat. By shadowy wood and haunted lea. That vision seems my view to greet Ot ber at home who prays lor me. REBELLION REGISTRY. April 4. Virginia Convention refused, 89 to 45, to submit a secession ordinance to the peo jplc. April 7. Gen. Beauregard notified Muj. An Oei'son that intercourse between Tort Sumter 4 mid tho city would no longer be permitted, t Steam transport Atlantic sailed from New York with troops and supplies. April 8. Official notification given that sup. tp'ies would bo sent to Maj. Anderson, by foree, ' 'if necessary. State Department declined to rec ognize the Confederate States Commissioners. AprilO Steamers Illinois and Baltic sailed ' from New York with sealed orders. April 10. Floating battery of tho rebels at Charleston finished and mounted. Large num bers of troops sent to the various fortifications. , April 11. Fears ofthe seizure of Washington. f Troops posted in the Cupitol-otith of fidelity ad- ' ministered to the men. Confederate Commis sioners left Washington, satisfied that no rceog! iiilion of their government would take place tinder President Lincoln. Beauregard demands of Maj. Anderson the surrender of Fort Sumter, The Major declined. Bids for Treasury notes opened wholo amount taken at a premium. April 12. Actual commenccmjtit of war 1 Bombardment of Fort Sumter, began at 430 a. m., and continued all dry ; partially suspended At nightfall. The rebels liud in action 17 nior- tars, and 30 large gun9, mostly colunibiads. The rebels fired at intervals nil night; Sumter was silent. Pennsylvania Legislature voted $500,000 to arm the S'.nte. Fort Pickens rein forced. April 13. Fort Sumter, opened fire about 7 ' x. it. At 8 o'clock the officer's quarters were fired by a shell. At 10 o'clock a chance shot v struck down th flag. At noon most of the wood . j work of the fort was on fire ; men rolled out 00 barrels of powder to prevent explosion. Sum. i ter's fire almost silenced ; the flames forced the i destruction of nearly all the powder ; carriages were gone and none could be made. About 1 p. & m. the flags! aff was shot away, when the fl.ig was nailed to the piece, and displayed from the ram. parts. Senator Wigfall now came with a flag of truce, arrangements were made for evacuating the fort, and at 12 55 P. M. the shot-riven flag was hauled, down, the garrison departed on hon orable terms, taking their flag, arms, and private property. No man was hurl in the fort during action, and the rebels say that none were killed on their side. ' April 14. Major Anderson and his men left Fort Sumter and sailed for New York. April 15. The President's proclamation is sued, calling for 75,000 Volunteers, and com manding the rebel to return to peace within twenty days. Extra Session of Congress called. New York Legislature voted 30,000 men and $3,000,000 for putting down the rebellion. Sev. eral Southern vessels at New York were seized and fined for irregular clearances. April 16. Gov. Migoffiu refuses to furnish troops from Kentucky under the President's . proclamation. Gov. Letcher makes a similar response from Virginia, Gov. Harris of Tenn.. refuses soon after ; also Gov Jackson of Miss ouri. April 16. 17. General uprising in the North. Proclamations, military orders, voting men and money, the order of the day. In the principal cities, mobs visited newspapers and firms sus pected of disloyalty, and compelled them to raise the Stars and Stripes Legislatures not in ses sion were called together ; banks offered loans to the Government ; great public meetings were held ; Union badges worn by everybody. April 17. Virginia Secession ordinance passed in secret session, fiO to 53 fo be. snbmitted to tho people. Gov, Letcher recognized the Southern Confederacy by proclamation. Mass achusetts Sixth Regiment started for Washington. April 18. Pennsylvania Volunteers reached Washington. The Virginians obstruct the chan nel at Norfolk to prevent the sailing of war ves sels ft om that point. Maj. Anderson reached New York. Sixth Massachusetts pass New York. Fourth Massachusetts arrive. Lieut. Jones burned Harpers-Ferry Arsenal to keep it from the rebels. Two of his men were killed by rebel shots, April 10. Rebels, under Col. Van Dorn, seized the steamship Star of the West, off Indian ola. Attack on the Sixth Massachusetts in Bal timore two killed and seven wounded eleven rioters killed and many wounded. Baltimore in the hands of the mob. The Mayor and Govern or informed tho President that no more troops en. Id pass through Baltimore without fighting their way. New York Seventh left for Wash ington. From this dale for many days troops were rapidly pouring in for Washington, Aiinup olis, and Fortress Monroe. April 20. Great mass meeting in New York all parties for the Union John A. Dix presided. Maj. Anderson was present. Branch Mint at Charlotte, N. C, seized. Several bridges on the Northern Pennsylvania Railroad (in Maryland) burned. Arsenal at Liberty, Mo., seized. John C. Breckinridge spoko against the Government at Louisville Ky. Gosport Navy Yard destroyed to keep it from the rebels. The Pennsylvania, Delaware, Columbus, Merrimac, Raritan, Colum bia, Germantown, Plymoth, Dolphin, and United Suites, vessels of war, scuttled und set on fire. Tho Cumberland was towed out. April 21. Government took possession of tho Philadelphia and Baltimore railroad. Over 4, 000 men left New York br tho seat of war. War sermons preached in most of tho Northern churches. Senator Andrew Johnson, of Twin., (Union) mobbed at Lynchburg, Va. April 22. Arsenals at Fnyctteville, N. C, and Napoleon, Ark., seized bv the rebels. New York city appropriated 41,000,000 to equip volunteers, and 8500,000 for their families. Western irginia begins to take sides for the Union. Union meeting at Lexington, Ky. Senator Crittenden spoke. New York Seventh irnved at Annapolis Vermont Legislature met in extra session. April 23. John Bell camo out for the rebels. First South Caroliitia regiment started for the Potomac. ' April 24. Rebels under Solon Borland seized Fort Smith, Ark., Gov. Magoffin called an ex tra session of the Kentucky Legislature. April 25. Major Sibley surrendered 450 U. S. Troops to the rebel Col. Dorn at Saluria, Tex as. Legislature of Vermont voted $1,000,000 to equip volunteers. 600 U. S. troops arrived at New York from Texas. General Harney ar rested by Virginia authority at Harpers terry. Illinois troops removed arms from the U. S. ar senal at St. Louis. Steamship Cuhuwba seized t New Orleans, but released soon after. ISew York Seventh reached Washington. Governor Letcher proclaims Virginia a member of the Southern Confederacy. Senator Douglas spoke for the Union before the Illinois Legislature. California and the South. Of all tho States in tho Union, California hos less cause than any other, to feel kindly toward the South. Of all the States in the Union, Cal ifornia has greater cause than any other to desire the success of the Federal arms. To the loyal States alone must we look for th construction of our great Pacific Railroad. To the loyal States alone must we look for protection and development.. Our interests, and our future are all bound up with the future and prosperity of the American Republic. It would be folly to expect aid or kindness from the Confederate States, even if they should succeed. In the Union they opposed our admission ; opposed the building of a Pacific Railroad ; and have ever been in open antagonism to our dearest and most cherished interests. In rebellion, they seek to plunder our treasure and destroy our State. As un independent power, they would have nei ther tho ability or the desire to work us aught but injury. Our interests, then, no less than our duty and honor, call imperitively upon us to be enthusiastically and unanimously loyal ; and the only excuse the California "Peace" Democracy can offer for their disloyalty is, that their mem bers are natives of the States now in rebellion. Must we ever be cursed with that misf rtmi that our citizens sre sojourners and not residents hi-ret We all know where the Chivalry De mocracy are, and what they are doing. Where are the sometime representatives and defenders in California T Congressman Scott is Lieutenant Colonel in an Alabama regiment; Controller Brooks is fighting in Dixie; Senator Tnorn ton is fighting in Dixie; Surveyor General Higley is fighting in Dixie; Navy Agent Smith is in tort Lafayette, stopped on the way to Dixie; District Attorney Betiham and Senator Gwinn have just been relea-ed from the same place, with the brand of treason tresti upon them ; Showalter is in Fort Yuma, while those who had not the courage, or means or opportunity to join their departed brethren the traitor who stayed at home the Burches and Gelwickes and Mc Connells and others are trying to reconstruct the Democratic party, so that if they shall succeed in again getting control of the State, they may find comfortable places at the public crib for Gwin, Beiihain, Showalter, Thornton, Smith, Higley, Brooks, Scott, and others, when they return to California after their vain a'tempts to destroy the Government. What do the masses of the Union Democracy say to the idea of uni ting with such blood-stained and God-accused traitors ! Plater. Itepub. mt i The chamelon slays his victims with his tongue. IT' mnt Ho the lswyer of thr reptiln family. The Real Abolitionists. Whatever may be the result of this war, now drawing nearer to a close, in tho United States, it is evident thut the favorite institution of the South, around which all their public and domes. tic polity has been made to revolve, will come out of the contest so curtailed of its . former ar rogance and proportions as to be hereafter shorn of all its strength and influence. Heretofore ninety-nine one hundredths of the national legis lation, has been specially designed to conciliate or guard the great slave interest of one section at the sacrifice and compromise of tho free insti tutions of another section, whose amazing growth and prosperity have not been tho result of tho fostering euro ot a Crovernment mainly admitus tcred by inoii who have regarded with jealousy and alarm tho accumulations of the Free Slates, but have flowed from tho irresistible influences of a higher and a nobler civilization than that which has sought to retain empire by clinging to a barbarous system of servitude, which, howev er dear to its agents or free from taint of wick eduess in the minds of those who practice it, is nevertheless, a century behind tho moral progress ot the word. Whatever may have been the immediate cause of the rebellion, it cannot bo denied that the struggle which is now convulsing the country was bound to come, sooner or later. No honest and thoughtful man can fail io have some sym pathy with the slaveholder, whose natural in stincts liava become so blunted by life-long con tact with tho system of slavery as to lose sight of or fail utterly to see uny particle of wrong in it. Men holding views upon tho question of slavery utterly at variance Willi its practice, may be so blinded by self interest and prejudiced bv selfish considerations, as not to see anything in it but positive gotid. And such men sro to be pitied and not tib J sed tin J slandered, und if, in the in stiuctivo desire to preserve their property they have joined in the rebellion against the Uovern m en t, it should not be forgotleii that their case is more one of blindness than of the wilful wick edness v. t;".-h has characterized tho mass of the rebels, who have been compelled to engago in this coiitcs. by tho peculiar character ot that system of servitude upon which their whole do mestic, social and political fabric has been built It is idle to say that if slavery had been let alone it would never have provoked th's war, for the aggressive, growing, absorbing and dominant character ot the institution is such that it must hold a perpetual lease of tho national Govern metit, or its decay and doom were at hand. But tho ramping Union hating secessionist has proved himself at last to be the best Abolitionist, so fur as the accomplishment of actual results are con cemed, which tho world has yet seen. The pres eut war, diffusing as it has throughout the South a knowledge of the character of this struggle, has done much to open the eyes of the ease lov nig and peaceful class of slaveholders; has stir red slaves themselves to souiu perception of the prominent part which their inteicsts occupy in tho fight; has forever broken tho institution in tho border States, and has depreciated and des troyed that p culiar property to tho extcut of millions of dollars m the States which have here toforo held to slavery. For nearly thirty years northern Abolitionists have been vainly trying to accomplish what has been rushed to uu almost complete consummation in a single year by the deluded devotees of an idol before which the mightiest intellects of the American people have in tnr.es past, been forced to bow. VV hatevcr may be the future of the American Union, the doom of slavery is sealed. There may bo re construction of tho Union, but a reconstruction of slavery, surrounded by tho safeguards and sureties of the Constitution and of national legis lation never. And tho credit of this belongs to no northern party or organization, but to the infatuation of the miserubleincn who have believed thut a system which is founded upon a direct violation of Right and Moral Law, could ul ways exist and bo sanctioned by custom, usage and legal enactme t. Marywille Appeal, The privates in tho regular army are taught four simple signals, which are said to be of much use in active service. The waving of a handkerchief or hat in the left hand above the head signifies " Attend to me," or " Come to me." Both hands stretched out above the head means, " Yes," or " All right." Both hands stretched out downward signifies, " No," or " Ail wrong." Both arms spread out horizon tally means, "Stop." A scouting party often agree upon other signals, suited to the peculiar objects and perils of the expedition. But these four are said to be fixed and invariable. Jeff Davis' message recalls on incident said to have happened in the war of 1812. A priva teer captain, being overhauled by an English cruiser, gave his men the run of the spirit room before he hauled down his color ; the effect of this was manifested in some confusion of ideas, and one of tho crew, a negro, on reaching the frigate, saluted his captors with, " You English loafers, what do you think now f We'll make Murblehead ring when we get you in. i Eioht hundred and sixty-three thousand nine hundred and thirtv-three feet of lumber was shipped from San Francisco to China during the year 1801. Patow LisTixED'oVV'hcn Pillow wa 1" . parturition with that brilliant idea of his about chaining up the Mississippi, he telegraphed to Floyd and Price, to procure their advise as to what substance the chains should he made of. The following replies were receivifl : f'lydt Steal." Price, " I run." Shatfa Courier. Ma. Jones have you got match 1" " Yes, a match for the devil, there she stands mixking dough." Jones left by the back door, pursued by a woman with a red head and a cistern pole. Tendency to Celibacy. Wo hope our fair readers will not weep when they pcruso the following Constitution of tho Yreka bachelors club which appeared in tho Journal of last week. Preamble. For tho purpose of insuring the safety of tho Yreka bachelors this coming Summer, as there is a chance of their being overpowered and led astray, the Club ordains tho following articles i Article 1. This Club shall be constituted by at least five members, and shall bo entitled the " Bachelor's Club," for mutual protection. Article II, Membeiship. Clause 1. No person shall bo initiated into this Club under the ago of twenty-one or over sixty, and must be a bachelor of good standing. 2. A proposition for membership must be verbal, and recommended by one member. 3. Tho proposition must bo entered upon tho record, and the subject referred to every mem ber in tho Club-room, when tho candidate shall be ballolted for immediately .with ball ballots, It shall take 20 black ball to exclude tho can didate. Article III. Object of tho Club. Clause 1. The object of tho Club shall be to console and sympathize with each other, and es pecially those who have been jilted and " thrown off by unfeeling woman. 2. Any member that has heed fooled, shall be the laughing-stock of the Club for three suc- cessiv3 meetings, so that ho can see tho error of his ways, and reform, that he may go forth into the world a blessing and ornament to society. - 3. It shall bo tho duty of tho members to watch each other and see that they are not led Into temptation, 4. Any member caught going homo with o lady from church, or any p'aco of amusement, or public assembly whatever, shall bo fined filtv cents. 5. Any member caught sparking or setting up late of nights, talking sweet things to a lady, thereby absenting himself from tho Club, shall bo fined one dollar. 6. Any member who shall be guilty of getting married shall be expelled and his name published in the papers, 7. Any member caught writing love-letters shall bo tried by the Club Court, and the letter read to till the members. Any member who shall have important business with ladies, and while on that business, any lady shall try to gurotc or choke him by putting her arms around his neck, and ho shall cry for help in tho hearing of any member, the brother shall hasten to Ins assistance, though he rush through fire and fl od. 0. The Club shall meet ot least fivo times a week. Special meetings can be called at any time bv the President of the Club. 10. Any member that has heretofore been running with ladies, and has bocn " thrown off," tnd is about to become a lunatic shall bo the laughingstock of the Club for ten meetings. II. Any member that gets mad during the time ho is up before the Club as a laughing-stock, shall bo subject to a fine of one dollar for each time ho gets mad. 12. Any member caught throwing sheep s eyes ut the girls in church, theater, or any other public assembly where ladies congregate, shall be fined twenty-five cents for every such offense. 13. All moneys collected for lines shall first go towards defraying the expenses ot tho Club, and if any remains it shall go to tho htato Bach elor's Fund, for tho benefit of bachelors too old and too lazy to work. 14. All business in the Club-room shall be kept a secret, and not published to the world, under a heavy penalty otherwise provided. A Considerate Letter to the Rebels. The Frankfort (Ky.) Constitution, of tho 18th ult., contains the following touching letter to tho ene my : My Dear Reds : I now take my pen in hand for tho purpose of holding communication with you through tho silent medium of pen and paper. I have just learned that the lines are now open as far as Fort Donelson, in Tennessee, and I avail myself with alacrity of the opportunity now presented of resuming our correspondence. Your many frinds in this section would like to be informed on various points for instance, How are you, nnayhowl How does " dying in the last ditch" agree with your general health I How is tho " constitution" down your way 1 How is " King Rotting?" When will Buckner have his Christmas dinner in Louisville 1 Is Floyd still "riliiiy'' cannon and other small arms t How is Pillow's " last ditch," and wh -n will he gratify his numerous friend by "dying" in the same 1 How is the " Southern Heart T" Are you still able to whip five to one t Did the recognition of the S. Confed. by Ei)g land and France benefit von much 1 Where is the "Provisional Government of Kentucky," and what is it kept in Where is the lyiuisville-Nashville-Bowling Green Courier published ? Hay I And lastly, what do you think of yourselves, anyhow t Yours, in a horn, A Li.icni. Mas, United States, Feb. 18, 18U2. ! CoL. Rt'ssELL, of the 10th Connecticut Regi ment, was killed at the assault on Roanoke Is land by a ball which struck on his sworj belt, without breaking it. Not a bruise or wound was found upon his body. A Asomalt. Ihe Folsoin Telegraph notices j the marriage of Mr. Day to Miss Field, which presents this singular anomaly, that although I he won the field. sh jsind th1 dnr. ' Sharp Snoot ino. We have received the fol lowing from Fort Jones : ' Father, what does a printer live on 1" " Live on ! like other people why ?" " Because, you said you hadn't paid anything for your paper for tho last five years, and still tho printer sends it to you." " W ife, spank that boy." . " I shan't do it." "Whyl" " Why ! because there is no reason." "No reason ! yes there is spank him, I tell you ?" " I won't do any such thing V " He's loo smart" " That comes of you marrying me.' " How so t What do you mean ?" " I mean just this, that tne boy is smarter than his father, ond you can't deny it." " That's queer talk, and 1 wish " " 1 don't care what you wish, tho boy knows enough to seo that a man, printer or no printer, can't livo on nothing, 1 should think you'd bo ashamed to cheat the poor printer five vears. and then" ' Bang gees the door, and out goes tho father and husband, grumbling like a bear with a sore head, I wish children knew how to ask questions. That woman's head is O, K., and the boy's credit will reap abundant fruit as lie matures to the tree of manhood. A Good Appointment. The appointment of Hon. Edward Stanley to tho military Governor, ship ot North Carolina cannot fail to give tho highest satisfaction to oil who wish well of tho country, now upon tho ev e of a grand transition from war to peace. Mr. Stanley is a conservative, honorable and capable man, and his character has always stood high in his native State of North Carolina, ond in his adopted State of California, where he has lived for tho past ten years. He was supported by the few Republicans in this State in 1857 for tho office of Governor, but f tiled, of course of tin clction. Mr. Stanley's early political tendencies were Whig, and ho sup. pori. d tho Bell Everelt ticket for thePresidei cy in IStiO. llo had lately been appointed city and county Attorney for San Francisco, when ho was summoned East to discharge, a greater trust, which we doubt not will bo honorably and patri. otically borne. Maryaville Appeal. A Siqnifcant Omen. A Fortress Monro correspondent of on eastern paper has tho follow ing incident which occurred just na thu gruat flooa was leaving that place : dipt. Saxon looked aloft, ond there perched on the very top of tho maintoininst, was an American eagle j he sat there until tho roars and cheers ofthe men and tho swelling musio of tho Third Newhampshiro band started him off but not in fright, for it seemed as though ho just dropped himself upon the soft breeze and floated gently away, gazing down upon us as ho went, os much ns to say, " I have crowned your expe dition with luck." 11. J) Independent. A correspondent from Fort Donelson writes 5 Within the fort a small secession flag was planted, and twico tho pole supporting it was shot away. Some olio picked it up and said : " That is a bad omen ; if it is brought down again we will bo de feated." Hardly had ho spoken before a shell burst above his head, ond a fragment shivered the stofT, and crashed through tho speaker's skull. An pxchango noticed " a ludy in 6UI' streets recently, arrayed in the national colors, and sho created a sensation. Sho had soft red hair, heav enly blue eyes, and a snow white neck. It is said sho is for tho 'Union." Send her up this way, wo arc for tho Union too. The Southern papers say that Cotton is their silver and gold. A bale of cotton must bo a rather awkward purse of specie. A rebel going to tako a drink would have to haill his purse in a wagon instead of carrying it in his pocket. Sentimental Youth. " My dear girl, will you share my lot for. life ?" i radical girl. " J low many acres is your lot, sir 7" . " Do you like codfish balls, Mr. Wiggins!'' Mr. Wiggins, hesitatingly, " I really don't know Miss, I never recollect of attending one." Thk thousandth birthdav of thn nmnii-A nf Russia will bo celebrated at Novgorod in August. W are never satisfied that a lady understands a kiss, unless we have it from her own lips. The question in regard to man's political po sition used to be. " Is ho sound on tho goose 1" Now it should bo " is ho sound on the eagle 1" Tiirrr is a man in S.m Francisco so witty that his wife manuftctiires all the butter sho uses from tho cream of his jokes. The only way she can ever hope to indulge In tho luxury. Jones That must have len Drown that passed. Wonder why he didn't speak. Oh, I remember, I lent him five dollars lust time 1 saw him. Why is a drunkard like a bomb shell ? Be. cause the moment he is out of reach he is H on A bust." Why is the letter 1' like a selfish friend ? Because it is the first in pity and the last in help, A paper in a country town, in announcing tho approach of a fireman's bull, culls to the members of the department s " On with your pump and hose !'' Ladies, let your hair, teeth and complexion, be false if necessary, but let not your hoods W false ; falsehoods are inex,nnble.