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EUGENE CITY, OREGON, NOVEMBER., 8 18G2.
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Eastern Press on tho President's Proclamation.
We have in tho lending editorials of tho Miss
O'iri Dwicrat and Missout i Republican, upon the
suljeet of the President's emancipation Procla
mation, as fair a contrast of the sentiments of the
putics heretofore known as " radical " and " eon.
-native" us wo are likely to obtain. The
D.M'icrat breaks forth into hosannas as follows :
As the great mat hematic., after passing days
mid nights for weeks and years in tho wasting
toil of brain in his great endeavor to solve the
jiro'ileni of a life's study, makes the discovery
a id shouts " Eureka " in the gladness of his heart;
ns the brave De Soto, after struggling for weary
league, on league, through dark forest and treach
erous morass ot an unwholesome climo in quest
0 ih it beautiful stream which rolled, in his im-
. i giuiiiou, like the river of life through thefirolF
gardens i f the West, rested upon its bank to
pizj in rapture upon its surpassing grandeur,
a nl listen to the music of its waves ; as tho great
Wellington, after having from "early morn to
djvv eve" stood upon the blood drenched field
' Waterloo, amid the wreck, and shout, and
carnage i'f dreadful battle, watching the progress
of the light as the sun wheeled his slow course
a )ovc tlial field of de ith at last, as the shades of
night begin to fall, beholds tho enemy waver,
luvak and fly, and feels that tho dreaded and
almost invincible Napoleon is overcome; so do
wo in this, our hour of triumph, after long years
01 struggle, bitter denunciation, cruel disappoint
iiient and most wasting labor, in battle with a
gin it wr.ng, feel, ns the shout of victory ascends
to - the principle; of our adoption and our love,
ili.it we have not struggled, and toiled, and fought
i i vain. We can now realize in their fullest
meaning tho words of the poet :
"Truth crushed to enrth will rise again,
The eternal years of Uod arc hers,
While error wouuded, writhes in pain,
And dies amid her worshipers.
Tho Reppblican, whoso secession antecedents
had been thinly vailed by professions of "conser v.
atism," and whose support of Claib Jackson, the
rebel runaway Governor, had been succeeded
by ultra devotion to President Lincoln as the
"conservative" hope of tho nation, expresses
astonishment, mingled with sneering incredulity
and base insinuation, thus :
Mr. Lincoln is unquestionably fond ofsurpris.
in the people ; he is almost as lelicitous in tiie
tiniR nnii manner of getting a proclamation be
t ..a li ,a in ti.lllmr mi nneedote. There
iuic mum, ' o
is a stroin' exemplification ot this peculiarity in
the prociiunation which comes to us by telegraph,
....i...l.u.t i,n iL tool of a week's victories
11 11 U niiiiciaiuiu, v..
of the Federal troops in Maryland, and when the
whole rebel army had taken reiuge in or were
in full retreat through Virginia. Why this ex
act time should have been selected for this mani
festo of new views by the President new, we
mean, after the interview of two preachers of
Chicago, the head devils of a much larger num.
ber of radical Abolitionists of that region, who
deputed them, in behalf of the Almighty and
themselves, to present him with a Memorial
praying for the emancipation of four millions of
slaves from bondage why, oftcr the victories of
the Federal army in Maryland, tins should have essence oi uieipime is oueuicuce uy uu iu uu
been done, is more than we can understand. We who ore over tlieiii. In times like these bhould
cannot believe that the President had any serious ' not our whole people feel that ihey constitute the
npprehension of danger from the conclave of i army of the Union, and that something analo
Governors and Senators Trumbull, his arch ' gous at least t- military subordination ought to
enemy, among them about to meet at Altoona, j exist among us ? But there must always be one
Pa. to-day ; and we marvel, we confess, that ! vast diii'ereuce between our military order and
. r.io,natinn ahoiild be issued now. Not ' uuitv and our civil order and unity. In the
that there is any thin' extraordinary in it not
.i,. .i ... !.;.,, in it th t .In. ill, I drive men
from their propriety, except that they may de
termine not to be satisfied with anything he
may do or say.
The Republican goes on to say that "no
man knows better th in the President that there
is a great deal of go" contained in hisproclarna
t on and endeavors to show, from Mr. Lincoln's
previous expressions of opinion as to the utility
of such a proclamation, that "somebody is to be
-i. i kv it" a method of insinuating that the
it-.,. -Krt I.ppii tha "conservative idol.
:.r-i.l no better man poiiimmi men
tier all artful dodder, utterly
ntyj'
undeserving ol
public confidence.
Such m the spirit of the class.
leuiau Is the President lnj ,
m who e iu-mJi-jus uciu
almost too long deferred. We should as nat
urally look in tho columns of the Republican for
a "defense" of MeClellan's dodothing policy
nfler the battle of Antietum, os we should look
tr nsiiiike in the burrow ot a prairie
belongs there. Sac. Union.
dog ; it
Fiiie in Powell's Vallev. The fire spoken
of in our last paper is still burning, and fears
are entertained of more damage if tho wind
rises. Tho fire spread on Friday evening four
miles in an hour and u half. M. Wing lost a
barn containing fourteen tons of hay ; J. J.
Moore a lot of fencing ; Win. G. Cathay, a barn,
with large quantity of hay and grain, and five
thousand rails ; K. 1 nomas, house and fencing,
live thousand rails, orchard and wagon ; Mrs.
Hicks, widow, house uud part of household
goods, and all the fencing ; E. Gicsy, barn and
shed with fifteen tons ot hav, fifty or sixty bush
els of thrashed peas, and 14,000 feet of lumber
valued at two hundred dollars, eight thousand
rails, out houses, containing a quantity of butter,
etc., and orchard injured ; llarbtiugh & Stitzol's
mill 12,000 nothing saved ; Lent & Marsh lost
two hundred feet of lumber at the mill. Other
people lost property in small amounts. The
whole loss sustained in the neighborhood is cstl
mated at $5,000. Oregon ian, Xov, 1st.
The Right Spirit. Brigadier General Corco
ran in a recent speech said :
" Democrat as I am, ond nlwnys have been, I
am ready to grasp by the hand any man, be he
an Abolitionist or Know Nothing, who will stand
by me in fighting to put down this rebellion."
Fatal Illness of Kossuth. A Scottish news
paper states that "poor Kossuth, tho Hungarian
patriot, is in the final stage of consumption, and
that probably before many weeks pass away a
noble country will have to weep for the loss of
one of her noblest and most gifted men."
Copper Mixes. The copper mines ot Cres
cent Cily are attracting attention, lho last
steamer from Sail Francisco to that place was
crowded with copper mine speculators.
I plows, 1 sows, 1 reaps, I mows, I gets up
wood fur winter; I digs, I hoes, and taters grows,
and for what I knows am indebted to the printer.
I do suppose all knowledge flows right from the
printing press ; so olF 1 goes in these 'ere clothes,
to settle up 1 guess.
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J3tock. About seven thousand head of stock
have been brought into Washington and Oregon
this year, via the plains, by the einigrants.-trtioj
en Age.
War Council. The Snake, liaunock, and a
portion of the disaffected Ncz Purees Indians, arc
now holding a grand council at Fort J Jail, os
tensibly to consider the propriety of a war with
the Blackfect ; but it is the opinion of many
that it is a combination against the whites. 6W.
en Age.
Theopliilus Parsons ou the Emancipation Proc-
lUIUllllUll.
Tho following letter from ProffossorTheophilus
Parsons, of tho Harvard Law School, to the
Boston Advertiser, gives the opinion of that emi
nent ntiJ "conservative" jurist on the question of
emancipation. It will bo read with interest :
Some persons denounce the President s procla
malioii as unconstitutional ; and this word exerts
and should exert great inlluence. I suppose it
certain that he has no power to emancipate slaves
is a civil act ; that he lias a Constitutional power
to do this us a military act, grounded on a mili
tary necessity ; that the Commander in-Chief
must have the right lo judge of the existence and
the force of this necessity. It follows that if he
has erred it was not by the assumption of a poxy
cr ho did not rightlully possess, but ill the exer
cise of a right that belonged to him.
1 am not an Abolitionist. I did not expect or
desire this measure, nor do I see its necessity.
But why should 1 not defer to the judgment of
the Presidei 1 1 It was his duty to torm and act
upon this judgment. He has acted under pres.
i , r .. i .i i
sure, but it was a pressuto from both sides,
knows all the facts upon which I could form
lie
an
opinion, and many w men i
do not. He must
. - . ,
know better than 1 how far it will be a help and
how far a hindrance in the work lie has to do.
And he must know better than I can whether
such a measure was necessary to arrest impend
ing and important peril from abroad. Would it
not be very foolish to suppose the judgment ot
one w ho hud only my means of judgment likely
to be wiser than that of one who has the means
which the President possesses 1
All ages have acknowledged, and none more
than this, that an army is hut a useless mob uu
til dicipline gives to it order und unity ; and the
j army this dicipline rests on compulsion and
. iorce. In civil alluirs it must come ironi
selt-
compulsion and self-imposed obedience,
Are
these impossible-Virtnes in a lepuiiic I
A short time may determine whether this na
lion is to live rr die. And the influence of this
war and ot its result may be as broad as the
world mid as lasting as time. And how much
are we doing, which in its greatness, is worthy of
the hour! We are pouring out our best bloo
like water. Some of us how many ! offer up
our sous, and send them to the battle with jl
ind'
and when thev die bury them almost
without a tear. Can we not sacrifice out t ri-i-
. .. i- i : . . i. i... i
uuices anu our pafionsf i'ur tuensiieu uhiiimi.
"r partizan habit ant associations, and even
the u-jscrtioui aud deel.irutio.is to w hi eh e stand
committed T Must not these sacrifices be made,
unless we aro willing that all other sacrifices
should be unavailing 1 Is our patriotism no
longer patriotism when it demands not money,
for that we are ready to give ; not dibit, for that
we are ready to make ; nor blood and life, for
them we are pouring out; but submission
simple, honest, real submission to constituted
authority.
But 1 will not pursue this courso of thought
any further. But for myself I have now no poli
tics, ond desire to have none, but for the purpose
of sustaining niy country, and, therefore, its gov
ernmcnt in every wy that I can, and with the
whole of the little strength I possess.
Cambridge. T. P.
True Patriotism. Elias Howe, the inventor
of tho sewing machine, and whose income from
his various patents is more than a thousand dol
lars per day, enlisted on Wednesday September
4th, in the loth Connecticut regiment as a pri
vate, lie was otTered tho Colonelcy of the reg
iment, but declined it on the ground that ho has
not the requsite knowledge. This must be a case
of unquestionable patriotism, certainly ; the
thirteen dollars per month could be very slight
temptation to him. Xeio York Illustrated Xews,
of September 20A,
In addition to this he gave (2,000 to tho fund
for raising volunteers
.
Thr March to the Grave. What a mighty
procession has been marching towards tho grave
during tho year ! At the usual estimate, since
tho 1st of October 1801, more than 31,500,000
of the world's population have gono down to
tho earth again ! Place them in a long array,
and they will give a moving column of more than
thirteen hundred to every mile of the earth's cir
cumference. Only think of it ; ponder nud look
upon (hese astounding computations. What a
spectacle, as they move on, tramp, tramp, for
ward upon this stupendous dead march!
-'Life is short and time is fleelinir,
And our hearts, though strong uud brave,
Still like miillled drums ure beating
Funeral inarches to the grave."
U. C. Newell, of the New York Sunday Press,
and known to newspaper readers all over America
as "Orpheus C. Kerr" was married, Sept. 2Uh,
to Ada Isaacs Menken, tho pretty actress who
claimed to bo I toenail's wife.
When Frederick the Great wrote his letter to
tho Senate "I have just lost a great battle, and it
was all my own fault" Goldsmith says : "This
confession displayed more greatness than all his
victories."
Auout Right. Gen. Cuitis was serenaded in
St. Louis, recently, and made a good little speech
in which he said he was in favor of the Union
not us it is, nor as it was, but as it should be.
National Debt. On the 1st of July last, the
national debt of the UnitedStates was 50 1,0 18,
410, being $21 30 for each inhabitant of the loyol
States, and 15 04 for each innabitaut of all the
Slates. Tho debt of England is 133 55 to each
person, and that of Franco $01 23.
The Connecticut lilue Laws.
The famous blue code of Connecticut is thus
given in abstract by an exchange. It speaks for
itself, and shows the spirit of persecution which
existed in former days toward the weaker sects:
No Quaker or dissenter from the established
worship of the dominion shall be ollowoed to
givo a vote for the election of magistrates, or
any oflicer.
io tood or lodging shall bo afforded to a
Quaker, Adamiti, or heretic.
If any person turns a Quaker, ho shall be ban
ished, and not suffered to return upon the pain
of death.
No priest (Roman) shall abide in the domiu
ion ; priests may kbe seized by any, without a
warrant.
No man shall cross a river but with an author.
ized ferryman.
No man shall run on the Sabbath day, or
walk in his garden or elsewhere, except revcr
ently to and from meeting.
No man shall travel, cook victuals, nuke beds,
sweep I ouscs, or shave on the Sabbath day.
No woman shall kiss her child on the sabbath
or fasting day.
iho Sabbuth shall begin at sunset on Satur
day night.
lo pick an car of corn in a neighbors garden
shall be deemed theft.
A person accused of trespass in tho night shall
be judged guilty unless he clears himself by oath.
No one shall buy or sell lauds without the
permission of selectmen.
When it appears that an accused has confeder.
ates, and he refuses to discover them, he may
be racked.
A drunkard shall have a master appointed b)
tho selectmen, who is to debar him tho liberty
of buying and scllinc.
Whoever shall publish a lie to the prejudice
of his neighbor, shall sit in the stocks und be
whipped titlecn ttripts.
No minister can keep nhcoot.
Man-stealers shall sufTer death.
Whoever wears clothes trimmed with gold or
bone lace, above two shillings by the yard, shall
bo presented by the grand jurors, and the select
men shall tax the oliender at '300 estate.
A debt r in prison, swearing ho lias no estate,
siiull ba let out and sold to make satisfaction.
Whoever sets fire in the woods and burns a
h juse, shall sulLr death ; and persons susj o tel
of this crime shall be imprisoned without tho
benefit of bail.
WluMjver brings cards or dice into tho domiu.
ioii, fch.iil pay a tine of five dollars.
No no shall read common proycr, keep
Cliri tmas or saints' day, make mince pics, dance
play cards, or j-lay on any instrument of music,
except the drum, trumpet, and jews-harp.
No minister shall join the people in marriage;
tho magistrates only shall join in marriage, as
they only may do it with much less scandal to
Christ's Church.
When tho parents rcfuso their children con
venient marriage, tho magistrates shall deter
mine tho point.
Tho selectmen, on finding children ignorant,
they may take them away from tlieir parents
and put them in better hands, at the expense ot
their parents.
A mnn that strikes his wife shall be imprison
ed its the court directs.
A wife shall bo considered as good evidence
against her husband.
Married persons must live together or be
imprisoned.
No man shall court n maid in person or by
letter, without first getting tho consent of the
parents; five pounds penalty for the first ofTense,
ten pounds for tho second, and for lho third,
imprisonment during the pleasure of the court.
Every man shall have Ins hair cut according
to cap.
The Unicom.
The fabulous Unicorn has been found bv a
traveler. 1 To says :
" It exists in the interior of Thibet, in India,
whero it is well known to tho inhabitants. It is
tho same as the unicorn of tho Scriptures, ond is
mentioned by ancient writers. It is said to be
about tho size of a horse, und extremely wild.
It is seldom ever caught- They havo a horn
projecting out from tho forehead. They go in
herds', and ore to bo met w ith on tho borders of
the Great Desert."
From tub Bittfr Uoot Country. A gentle
man called on us yesturd.iy, who arrived here
two days since, from the East via. Bitter Hoot
and Deer Lodge valley, from whom wo learn
that ut this present time there arc nearly fifteen
thousand persons in that section of country,
mining and prospecting, a largo number of which
aro making from three to five dollars a day.
Some old miners who had porked in tho Salmon
mines were averaging from ten to fifteen dollars
a day with sluices. They get tho most of their
provisions from Fort Benton. The miners are
scattered all through tho mountains, in every
direction, ond intend to spend tho winter there.
Old and experienced miners aro confident that
rich placers will be found this winter in that
section that will turn out as much gold as tho
Salmon river country, and a better quality.
JJatlg 1 tines.
A Cat Story. A philosophical old fellow
was one day passing a new school house, erect
ed somewhere towards tht setting sun borders
of the Union, when his attention was suddenly
turned to a crowd of persons gathering roud
tho door. Ho inquired of a boy whom ho
met what was gotug on.
"Well, nothing cept tho skulo committee."
"A committee meets to-day! What fori"
"Well continued tho boy, you seo Bill,
tliat-t's our biggest boy, got mi 1 at tho teacher
aud so he went all rouhd and gathered up
cad cat. Motlung but cats, and cats, and
cdts. U,it was orful them cats!"
'-Pshaw ! what have tho cats to do with tho
committee ?"
"Well, yon will sec. Bill kept on bringing
cuts, and cats, oilers a piliu' 'em up yonder,
pointing to a huge pilo as largo in oxtcnt as
a pyramid and considerably oromautie, and ho
piled them. Nothing but cute, cats!"
Never mind, my son. what Bill did; what
has tho committee met fori"
Then Bill got sick haulm' 'cm, and cvry
body got noisu"eii ; bit Bill got mad let and
bidn't give it up. but kept piliu' up cats and"
"Can't pou tell me what the commiltei ere
holding u meeting for?"
"Why, tho sknlo committee aro goiu' to
hold a inectin to soc whether they'll move
tho skulo house or them cats."
Warrens' Diggings.
Lewistox, October 13th, 1802.
Editors Goluex Auk. Having just returned
after a prospecting tour of some two mouths, in
the mountains to the southward of Florence city,
I propose, in as brief n manner as possible, to
givo your readers the benefit of my knowledge
ot this gold region. Un the first day ot August
last, in company with two others, I started
from Florence in search of some "hole in the
ground," where, in a short time, I could take
out a "pile." 1 crossed Salmon River, about
eight miles below the mouth of Meadow Creek,
and proceeded in a southward course, until 1
reached the head waters of Pitt Eivcr. I pros
pected some here, but found nothing to justify tnc
in taking up a claim for the purpose of mining.
However, tho evidences that we were coming
into a gold country, were very strong. The
mountains became utmost solid mountains of
quartz rock, and almost anywhere I could get
from one to two cents to the pun. After leaving
the tributaries of Pitt, I kept an eastward course
in hopes of finding some rich discoveries made
by Mr Warren and party, now called Warren's
diggings. I came to tho trail leading to these
mines about ciuhttcen miles from what is called
the Meadows, six miles this side of the diggings.
After striking the trail aid going tho direction
of the mines one hour, 1 met over one hundred
men on tlieir way lo Florence city, all pronounc
ing it Another" Buffalo Hump." Notwithstand
ing, this not very interesting information in
regard to this mining locality 1 went on to the
Meadows and on tho day following my arrival,
I commenced prospecting for gold in this vi
ciuily, as 1 was iulormed by parties who had
been prospecting here that they coul 1 get four
aud live cents to tho pan in the creek burs.
The result of my first day's projecting was as j
follows : I sunk a hole about ten feet long, three
feet wide and eight feet deep, finding in tho
dirt from nine to ten cents, and in the bot
torn, but not to tho bed rock scventy-fivo cents.
I sunk several more holes within the limits of
four mining claims with about the samo ro
sult. In company with three others, 1 opened
the claims, and had worked sixteen days at
tho time 1 left, taking out sixteen hundrod dol
lars. Tho most taken out in ono day wasjtwo
hundred and forty-three dollars. I would not
advise any person to go to theso mines this
fall ; but I will givo it as my opinion that theso
mines will prove more extensive if not equally
as rich as any yet discovered in this northern
mining country.
JiosnoctAilly- IJ. B. S.
Golden Age.
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One Olliccr I.oynl to Freedom.
Colonel Ilulbcrt E. Paine, of tho Fourth
Michigan volunteers, now at Baton Itoguo, was
arrested by order of General Williams ( -r
disobedience of orders. Tho General had
commanded all negroes to bo turned out of
our lines. Col. Paine wroto him a note stating
that by act of Congress any officer aiding in
returning a fugitive slavo would bo cashiered,
and that this excluding of negroes from our
lines was virtually restoring them, as tlieir
claimants whero ready to seize them ou th t
instant. I lo therefore could not obey the
order and must abide tho consequences.
The Emancipation Proclamation Ratifi
cation in Ohio. Columbus, October 0. Acres
of Capitol Square were generally occupied to
night by an assemblage of people, who listened
with close attention to a series of strong ond pat
riotie speeches, indorsing tho President's cmanci
pation proclamation. It was no party occasion
that called tho masses together. The allair was
an exhibition ou the part of tho people of Ohio,
of tho earnost support they aro giving President
Lincoln and his policy.
The first speaker was Treasurer Dorsey, of
Democratic antecedents, who took strong ground
in favor of tho proclamation. The nigger has
always been troublesome, but will bo so no Ion
ger. Old Abo had been considered by him as
a good old conservative Democrat, and soino
timcs ho was a little too conservative for him.
The proclamation will accomplish what it seeks.
The rebels at Richmond aro already squirming
and howling over it. They propose to retaliate
by raising tho black fi ig. Tho whole North will
soon be'occupied by freemen. Whether it be by
confiscation or otherwise, it is all tho same. Sum
bo will then become a paying institution. He
could not see any very strong constitutional ob
jection to having tho rebels killed by niggers.
anil ho would not arm them at present.
Generul Wallace, on his appearance was loud
ly cheered. As a soldier ho considered the proo
Lunation a military order, and as such he was
bound to obey it. If not ready to do so, like an
honest man ho would resign and go home. As
far ss ho was concerned, ho declared that if given
a chance, ho would execute it to tho letter. lie
said it was untimely, becauso it ought to have
been issued so as to havo taken effect last Janua
ry, instead of the coming one. It is coustitll
tional und ho would stand by it. Tho General's
remarks were interrupted by repeated nnd long
applause.
Gov. Tod said that ho was happy that ho was
able to say that ho could heartily indorso tho
President s act. Every word of it received his
approbation; it was well timed ; tho people in
tho various States were prepared for it. Let the
African understand that ho is free, and the rebels
will be compelled to protect their own firesides
instead of attacking ours, lie preferred that
theirs should bo threatened than ours. As long
as the slaves remain at home to support the reb
el army, so long will lho rebellion last. Let us
bring (hem to exhaustion and starvation, which
we can do by taking away their strong arm
slavery.
The Governor was, ot times, particularly
strong in his language. I lo indorsed tho entire
policy of the President, both tho past and future.
as fur us ho learned what it was to be w hile in
Washington. Following that policy, ho said
thai us far as aggressive war wus concerned, it
would be ended before winter was over.
S. Galloway foil wed in ono of his peculiar
speeches, which had an excellent elloct upon the
listeners. His position on the great question is
siiflieicutly known without any particular men
lion of his remarks.
Ex-Governor Dennison was prevented, by ill
health, from being present.
During an interval, T. Buchanan Head recited
his new poem, "The Defenders," which was re
ceived exceedingly well. Taking all together,
tho meeting was a perfect succoss, and such a one
as Columbus will not witness very soon again.
Lincoln's Proclamation. A Washington
dispatch of tho 8th, to the New York Tunes,
says:
Lincoln's proclamation has inspired tho most
lively terror through the South. Tho rebels
quake with Aprehensions and they express fears
that it will be tho means ot producing a counter
revolution in the slave States. Soldiers de
sire lo return to tlieir homes to protect their
families. They believe tho negroes have organ.
ized secret associations, and aro only awaiting
uiispicious opportunity to rise cn mass. It is
said that the neg 'orts are becoming restive hav
ing heiircd already of tho proclamation. The,
women and children in tho rural districts are
retiring to the cities for protection, and con
sternation seems to be universal.
There is no greater obstacle in tho way of
success in life, than trusting for something to
turn up, instead ol goicg steadily lo work and
turning up something