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Newspaper Page Textp L 0 DEVOTED TO THE POLITICAL AND GE NERAL INTERESTS OP THE PEOPLE, VOL. I. EUGENE CITY, OH EG ON, DECEMBER 27, 1802. NO. 50. THESTATE OP (MAN THE STATE ItEPUBLICAX. Published every Saturday by J. NEWTON Gr--LE. Terms of Subscription. Tlie Rpi'lican will be published ut ii n .year in ad vain:; ) UJ it' paid at tliu end ut' aix month; or tl nu l tbd cloe ol' tli J fir. Uue dollar aitilitiuual will bu thjr r Cur eauhyear payment i ui-glected,. t-sf So paper ilUuntiiiueJ. uutil all arrearages arc paid, egcttpt at our uptiuu. Rate of Advertising. 'Oue square (ten lines or less; one tiiuutu, Kach a.l.lili in:il insertion, Business C.n-.ls, oue square or less, one year, ' " " six months, ffour square and upwards, one year, per square, " ' six mouths, per square, " " three months, Administrator's N'utices, and all advertisements re laliuiC to estates of deceased persons, which hare to be s,vuru to, one square, tour insertions, ti 00 f 12 00 8 U"' 10 in. 7 W S 00 5 00 To AovKitTisKa. -Uuainess men throughout Oregon and California will tin I it are.itlv to their advantage to adver tise in the State IUi'Cblican. The Law ol Newspapers. 1. Subserib.-rs who do not give express notice to the contrary, are cou-udered as wisiiinu; to continue their sub scription. ... 2 It' subscribers order the discontinuance or their pa pers, the publisher may continue to seud them till all ar reara'' are paid. .1. If 'subscribers neglect or refuse to t ike their papers from tiieo.ii-eto which thev are directed they are held responsible till they have settled the bill uud ordered the paper di-eoutinned. . If mihscriiwrs remove to other places without in foriiiiu the pu.ilisher. and the paper is seut to the former diri-clii'ii, thev are held responsible. It. The courts have defiled that refusing to take a pa per from the olUcp, or remiiviin and leaving it uncalled for, is vrinia facia cvidcuce of inteutioual fiaud. A STRANGE INCONSISTENCY. "It's nil in my eye, sir. says Larry." 0, What a'strunge story is this! A tearing poor. Lincoln to pieces By such as "ilicnar and Cnsa." A tearing the poor man to fl itters, llocause in his Message of lute lie shed not a tear for the "critters," f o piekle the poor soldier's fate. Itwinse that he w-nt not to Congress, With tears in both eyes, for to pray Tor help for the n i iows uud orphans Ol heioes iviu fell in the fray. O, Mns-'s ! ut' T .h ! and Muthuselaf Ci'i Judas is;ariol be dead t Jjin.v' men can beg tears for the orphnns, Who grtult' them a crest of bread! I Vho would da n up onr fountains of pity, .Tnd "d.im" nM their funds of relief, And furnVi them naught for Ihetr hunger but a sine of the l'rei lent'. grief ! A Touching Story. A ESCAPED SbAVK "Til-liI-EMS II IS RELATIVES HIDM UDNDAUE. erie of tetters wh'rli nrinc.tr in the London iitnl Dniii Xcws (The Timet does not pub- Str J i,h such l isnii i its,) tell a ton :iu ig st iry ut me r.s-c u of a w d lit wo ii im t i l h sr two quadroon children from sl.tV'-ry itiGuoig'u. Nine months H!o, J. S.-iiii Martin, slave who had escaped 1'iMni his tii isti-r and became a minister in M iss iirlni-vlts live years before, found hi way lo K.i !an t. where he told the history of his sutler iivrs, uud enlisted sympathy of the most snbstati- j tial character to five his sister ,-tinl her children i by tiiii'i-h ic. Tim subscriptions generously to li ft deled by English people, who were unlike the j riien of the Times, nnd neither worship the. Smith i nor upheld s'avery, .tinou'ited to upwards of v'2 O00. With tiiis'suni tnrnrd into gold, Martin returned to this country, mid tit once communi cated with the rebel who o-.vned his sister and her children. This man's name is John Dorson Tie m a clergyman in Columbus, G,i., and his 'unmarried Hon hud seized upon Cirolinu (Mr. Martin's sis ter.) us liis mistress. She bore him twochildren, a boy and a girl b. th of whom are handsome quadroons. The girl is no sixteen years uld and the boy nine. The Rev". Dorson agreed to accept t'2,000 "in gold" for the " lot," and Mr Martin jo) fully closed with this iilf r. The diffi u!ty was. how ever, to get possession of the valuable bits of property, in order to close the transaction, lint this was finally got over by the ingenious and i TV. ....... I., I, m f..eiil , ' .. . i .... . t ,t, ... in eirneilients as lie is tenacious of the price ol i flVsli. I le found two Kentucky slave dealers in Columbus, where he lived, with whom he made a bargain, for a certain percentage, for the trans fer of Caroline and her childred to their new owner. These fellow w hose names are G Hilt and Ketthum, sent to Mr. Martin the following business note : " While in Columbus. Ga., th Rev. John Dorson informed us that vou had made him an i 1 ii - i l- i, i j :.. 1 idler for certain slaves in his pos-ession-inunel , Caroline and her children, a girl and a boy. He further Mated that von h id the gol.J in pav hi price id redemption. I'pou the strength of hi recoiiimendatDii we bought the slaves. W could ea-iiy realize for the girl who is about six teen, almost a much .i we shall ak you lor all; but, as we promised Mr. Dorson to let you know that we hive them, we write to you to redeem our promise." The rest of the story is told hv Mr. Martin hin. self, in a letter addressed to Mr. John Cur wen, of 1'laUtow, (S-eretary ol the E'iglih " Caroline Martin F.ind," ) who communicates it f.r publication to the London papers. Mr. M rt'n s.tv : " My Very Dear Friand : I got back last Friday from C.ncinn.iti, after a most successful trip of eight days. I had w ritten to J. T. Martin. E-q., bo w.is one of my earnest and most faith fil friends, asking him to act as my agent in buying my sister and her children, he had promised "to take them into his employ, and he very kindly consented to do so. I w rote to him. also, should he gel to Cincinnati before tne, to ! over lo Coyinaton, place opposite tanein, i.ati. on the K'lituekv hi le of the rn i-r, to whrr'"l the traders brought my relatives, nnd get their inn broty pes, so that 1 should in.t be the ited in buying others than my sister and her children. He did so, and w hen 1 got Ilium, fiiidinr by the likenesses that those were the ones, lln ro was nothing Kit ine to do but count him down two thousand dollars in gold, mid lie went over to Covin.ton and uiado ih.i puivha-e. The day bo fore w hen he was over ho H ied to get them tor less, but he found that it was impossilile te do so, and so he was compelled to pay about ll'i for them, lie was gone about timr hour the time seemed an age to me. A thousand suspicions ciept into my mind, and 1 was depressed tt'ilh a thousand fears. But had I calculated the time i: would t ike to nmke out the papers and get rearly to send my sister to the boat, i need not have lived an age of anxiety in lour hours. When the boat was about three rods from the ferry landing oil this side, Caroline recognized me in the crowd, and came forward on the boat and waved her handkerchief. 1 soon reeogniz-d her and suppose 1 behaved myself rather child ishly, judging from the description which my friends g-ive me ol my actions and utterances. In a fuw moments 111 ro my sister was in mv arms. Oa ! it was a glorious meeting. Mi first feeling of joy in gaining my freedom was l ot half so ecUitiu. These feelings must be made known to you by degrees, 1 should seem looh-.li under the weight of tihss, and you would "ct tired ol the infliction diJ 1 recall all those feelings ut once to describe them to you. When I had lime to converse, I was glad to learu from h.r lh.it her lot as a slave had not been a very hard one, though she had spent most of it in dread and fear alio it the freedom ol her clt and children. Still G d had sustained her with hnpe when she ceased to hear from me. She was looking but little oUler than when I saw her, thoiigu somewhat careworn. 1 seud vou h-;r photograph, w iih those of her children, which I had copied here in Boston from the nmbrotypes which were taken out there. 1 spent about six hours wiih her, and the children, who had not yet re I zed what they had gained. They are now at D iwagiae, Mich., with Mr. Martin, who will give my sister two dollars, or about 8i. 41. per week. 11 will clothe Ada and Charlie, for what Ada can do about tin house between school hours, both ol the children having the advantage of a free school in the place. Hewa very much pleased with their personal appearance, and from what he told me, 1 know he lee Is very much interested in them, not only on my account, but on their own. lie is the treasurer of the State Convention of the Baptists ol Michigan, and u man of great social uud po litical iiillajisce." Mr. Martin goes on to say that, he intends to bring them to Boston as soon us he can make proper arrangements for their support, und adds: " My it jr brought homo some of llio oil from my mother's grave, and a pieca of the rude board that marks her resting place. Tlie board is very much decayed, hut I shall cherish it with a sacred atHclio i till 1 am permitted to stand near it and hear tie; song ol the slaves e.iiauci patiou sung as the jubilee of the race." Copies of die portrait relerrel lo in Mr. Mar tin's letter wvro forwarded to his friends in 12 ig laud, accompanied by the bill of sale, which transfers "oue muiatto slave worn m, named Caroline, w.th dark straight, luir, dark eyes, five feet live inches high, weighs one hundred and thirty four pounds, a id is thirty lour years Id ; also oiid slave girl, n imed Ada, q i i lr on, d irk curly hair, h.z.d eyes, four feet eight inches high, weighs one hundred and nine pounds, and is sixteen years old ; also lie slave boy named Churl, s, quadroon, four feet two inches hi h, weighs cig ity lwo pounds is nine years old, dark straight hair, and dark eyes," to J. Sclia Martin, "tor his own proper use, benefit, and bchoid forever." The most s. eke ling part of this business is yet to come, ltisc litaiued in the following canting epistle from the liev. Dorson, addressed to Mr. Martin, and. dated Colu nbus, Georgia, June 5. " 1 received your letter, bearing date Boston. April 9, but did not reply, because I saw no way of responding to your proposal without bringing ihem to St. Louis or intrusting t'.e business to Ull ligcllt. 1 could Hot do the first uecuuse because such niadu en as you and Wendell Phil bp had pluneed ihe counlrv into civil war, and . .. r . 1 had i no disposition to do tlie last. I do not know whether you will receive this letter or not, but should you, allow me lo remind you, that there is auot lu-r debt w hieh you owe in tins direc lion, w hich I think would be more in accord nice with justice for on to pay than the oue you are to pay to gel Caroline, und that is what you owe your master from whom ym ran away. I learu Ii oiii the papers that you are a preacher. 1 hope you will take as ihe very first rule of your con. duel the Apostle's injunction: 'owe no man an) thing.' "Fioni the beginning I h ive folt mush reluc tance in parting with Caroline, not only because she has been a l.iilhful Servant, but I feared to place her, or allow her lo be placed, where her soul would be in d inger. The city Boston fro, ii winch yoi writ', and I suj ; !i,iiv y ;i live, has always been known as the den of social iiioiisU-rs and abolition infidels ; and as I know Caroline to be a Christian, I have f ared tail God would hold me responsible l.r assisting to plunge her into moral and social ruin. Miv God save hel ! He alone can make her freedo ;i blessing to her." ll is uch a system nnd such mor th.tt the subm ssiotiists would have im bow down befori ! The Londi n Sttei, pi.b ishi a 0 e eirrpoiir' ence, has scathiui editor. al arm! -, based upon the facts il sets f u-th. We give two ex'racts : That reTerend gentleman, w are told, 'is greatly respected in hi neighlxirhood ;' I In. t is, ly hi fellow slave owners, and we can well be lieve it. If his sermons are like his letters, hi lunctioti must be to wrest nnd pervert the pr,n cq.!.- of our holy r..gt ,nd make it the prop and st iy of the greatest of social villainies. Such a man must bi luvalu ihie in slave socictv. B it tliiiu vivw lii. re.-tsiill U'hl he shimlil I'Vvutpr lii I sophistications to Boston " Knowing Caroline to be a Christion, he wants to keep her in the slavery which h is delved her w hich made her the mist'esanf his u tea ion and fears that if he w ere to sell her into freedom he should be responsible tor her moral uud social ruin. We wonder wh it constitutes a woman's ruin down South! However, the reverend geu tlcman's scruples were not insurmountable, for, at the siht of the gold, ho was ready to entrust not only Caroline, but with her ' the slave girl Ada, a quadroon with haiel eyes, aged sixteen,' to the tender mercies ol two traveling specula tive si ive dealers, who could have sold them thi ll. -xt day to the Irgllest bidder, "We have not brought forw ir 1 the cue of this hardened and conscience emed old clergyman for its singularity ; tor all who know southern lieruture or southern society, know that his thoughts ami words are such as, under similar cir.viiilstances, Would be heard v. herever slaves iiave long been held. And we see from this case how helpless the South is to rvf irm itself. Il'lhe salt h is lost its savor, wherewith shall the mess be seasoned? Popular religion must either re form the devotee, or become itself corrupt and corrupting. We see what has happened here." Profanity. We clip the following excellent piece of advice from the Batuu Iivcsdgulor, an Infidel paper published in Boston, Mass.: " We ask men in the mime of reason, to pause and reflect, before another oath is sullered to escape- their lips, llow much time, have you wasted in uttering these expressions? Ilow many golden moments have passed away, leav ing so many less behind Ihem tor you to enjov ; while you have been uttering these words, which, even lo you, have been worse than useless? Could y u but see those broken fragments of time all collected into one continued period ; and while gazing upon it, ivll at on the good you in ght have done in the same time the useful instrue io' you tnihl have conveyed to the igno runt and to those w ho tire out ot the way the improvements you might have made in arts and sciences the valuable articles you might have written and transmitted to posterity the genera' good lh.it might have been conferred on the world in luture generations, by a proper use ol your time and abilities; would ou not be in dit eed to ' bridle your totig'ics nnd set a double guard on your lips ?'' Or would you repel the above snggc-tions by saying, ' I am but a youth, as "il "were, and con sequeutly have not wasted many moments in that manner," nnd ihus seek to escape, the force of these remarks. If you are young, then wo urge tl.e above considerations wiih the greater warmth and tinx iety upon you. You have cither long life b. fore you, and of course many days of usefulness to prepare for; or death and the grave near. Il long lite is before yon, then it is important that you bestow your lime and talents to ihe best advantage, for yourself nnd those around you ; and if a premature death awaits you, it is ot vast importance that you regulate your life and habits, in such a manner as to lead you down to the grave in peace." The Influence of Woman. Deprived of an prpial voice in the government and councils of nations, and ot the chances to re veal physical power and heroism on the battle field, woman has exercised but a partial iulluence over the fate of mankind. I i savage, barbarous and semi civilized epochs, she has .-.earecly been more than a creature to bring f n th progeny, and bear the burthen of the world. Drudging lid bow ed dow n in the wigwam of the savage fo lowing thetraii of armies, to kindle the camp fire and prepare the food (or the warrior tilling the Ii 'Ids of her less civilized task master, and, o( Christianized (?) America ministering from the aiiee-tnurts lo the passions of man. What has woman been but n trampled flower, still be.uni lid even in ruin, plucked and cast aside as soon as its odor has pro iuced satiety. Woman is inferior to man only in physical power. In all the line, heroic sentiments, she is hi equal if not hi superior, and general ions, in w hatever sge of light, take their hue and shape from the impress of of her power. If she be trampled upon and debased, so will her children if she be exalted, her children will follow her in whatever condition her ori'.'nial nature has never been fully obscured. Gleams of the he roie and heavenly have shot out from the dark ness Spartan and Roman mother h ive answer ed for tin ir si x and evelithii w ilderness has not wanted noble specimens of the true woman, among the savage of her race. Givo woman the (dace of companionship which G d give her, and the scales of our civilization will never droop ou the side of humanity. A newly imported o'd Weleh'nan out in Wis co isin, was persuaded to go to churh one Sun day. As soon as the minister, who had a long beard, beg-in his first prayer, ihe old man wa seen to weep. He also shed tear during hi second prayer ; and at the benediction, th old fellow i s i b uliered out. Oil leaving church, one of lie- deui ou s lid to him ; "Frieid GrlTi h, you seemed to be much sf- T-cted wi'h the iiiiniser s prayer to day ! "Veil, no, tii.lt y. ,n pu mistaken;! no under stand vol he say much," "Why, tJHii, del yoii shed tear?" "Oh, dear sir, it's because ven he puts up his face to bnv, ha made me (ink of one bt-auti ful gont I u-ed to h ive in de old gundree; slid ,du poor rr -mure died and was wor'h dree guin fy. rv,'x heir, orvi w,,n tink of her." i If Tli! Work lor the Winter. The Government of the Fniled States lias at its control now ut least 8l0,000 troops lit for duty, and with abundant resources to subsist, clothe and arm them. It has besides, a navy consisting of ;;.") ') vessels of all sort., including a powerful 11 ;et of ironclads and gunboats, manned by from 40,000 to (10,01)0 officers and sailors. Tuis immense power Ii is been evoked, with the free consent ot the people of twenty live States, to cru-h out an tnijiiotili.ildo rebellion in nine States that e aim to have seceded, and aim to set up a new government based u stolen prop, erty, the "right" of secession, und practical tick now Icdgemeiit of the divinity of slavery. The preservation of the Union entire is the object d the war ng dust rebel I ii n, and the destruction of slavery one of its means and incidents. The people look to see this obj.ct viriually accomp lished within the next six or eight months. With such immense power and resources, and with the right ontiiely on its side, the Government ought lo succeed in the time named, and w ill if its Generals have genius equal to their task. The prospects and plans for the w inter promise wo I. The rebuts, driven back from their brave and desperate dash along the line of the free Stales, expelled from Missouri, Kentucky and a good portion of Tennessee, shut up in Texas, powerless in .Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama, (or any operations of magnitude, compelled to concen trate their energies again iiroiind their capital in Virginia, beleagured on all their coast by a rigo rous blocade, their principal ports in possession of the Unionists, no hope of loreign intervention, supplies of tood and clothing growing scarcer, and the emancipation proclamation stirring up enemies and elements of weakness in tha very heart of their territory must give way before the mighty energy that is bearing upon them with more and more oppressiveness from the long despised und haled North. The winter's work to end the rebellion is bri fly : the capture of Uielunoiid and destruction of the army that defends it; ihe occupation of Charleston, S.ivau uah and Mobile ; the reduction ot Vicksburg, and full occupation of the Al ississippi ; the reclama tion of Texas. There is almost an absolute cer tuinty that all of these jobs except the first will be thoroughly done. As to the Virginian job I hat depends us much o:i good generalship as any thing else, and we can only hope there w ill be no fital lack of that. The auguries are favorable, Burnsido appears to be, crowding upon the enemy as if in pursuance of a plan that gives him the advantage. A battle appears to be impend lig; and w hile we look with confidence for success in every other quarter, ihe iuiuimc usity of the in f crest n t stake in this awaken feelings of painful suspense. Muryseille Ajipcal. Tin. Four classes of tin find their way into our market. These are denominated Banctt, Strais, JUiiglixh, and Sjianinh. The first, ' Banca tin," i.' !he best, nnd is the principal sort w hich we employ. It , is always sold for about two and thrcs cents more per pound than any other, because it is a reliable ar tical, nnd its ipialiiy cm be taken upon trust "Si raits tin'Menves its name fr.ini vi sscls which trade with ports in the Indian Archipeh go, and pass through the straits of Malacca. They col lect this metal at Singapore, at Borneo, and oth er places; and, although some of the pigs are as good as those of Buucii, on the w hole it is not so reliable, but ranks next in value. "English tin" is obtained in Cornwall, where the most productive mines of this metal in the world lire located. The best qualities of English tin, it is sdd, never reach our markets; the "refined English," w hich is esteemed as good as Banca, and sells for the same price in Loudon, is nil kept for British manufiicturii g purposes, 'he demand for it being greater than the supply. Our "Spanish tin" co s from Mexico nnd South America. Its quality is poor, owing to the slovenly method employed to smelt the ore. It could be refined to eipi il any other; but, as it is, the pigs of il sold in our inaiket are very impure. Am Eioiitv Dollah Bkkakfast. At TifTin, Ohio, ou the 15'h ult., the elephant Ham ibal, belonging to Van Aniburg'.s menagerie, treated himself to a repast w hich cost over ((80. A can dy peddler had stocked his wagon with a supply of delicacies and had gone to the hotel stable (or his h -rse, when II in liha' broke loose frr.ni his fi 'e ii.'s, s ii isli ; I ih w g ni (o fi nd rt, and ' g ib de I ' do vii i i a lew m ne its six thous ind ging Thread i-akes, seventy pound of assorted candy, and forty pounds of "French kisses." -v ' Tub Pur.siDKNT a Tax Paykr President Lin colon, although spccialy exempted by law from having his salary taxed under the Revenue Act, ha ordered the same ih-duelioii to be made us if a tax were imposed. By this voluntary n -t the President pays a tax of $1,23') 'cr year out of his sa'ary. A Fabi.R with a Moual. Once npoi a time a Southern preacher said to Ids slave, "Peter, how did you like mv sermon this morning." "Ah, nma, berry much! You look jc like a lion." "Lion, Peter T Why, you never saw n lion." "Oil yes, massa, I seed him. Tom ride him down to water, by here, ebery day" "Why, Pi ter, that i a j ick-ass, ami not a lion." " Well, mas-s, can't help it. Dat'sjestde w.y you look. A'. 1. Independent. ! Is Yankee language what a great improvement On "a stampede' is it "strategic movement," A movement, pell-mell, to the rightabout; In simple Elig'ish, w hat wo cull a rout. Punch. A child of sit years falling slerp at church luring it long Su iday evening discourse, waking before its conclusion, innocently asked: Jlother.l i. this Sundav nicht or i it next Sunday nicht '" ,u -n What Thkv Think or it in; Ei'kopk. The Paris correspondent of the New York Comnier cial Advertiser writes in his letter "From the public wo hear expressions ol stir, prise and admiration at the power displayed by the people of the United States, and at the mag niliceiit spectacle ollered in the late levy of 000,. 000 men. No nation in Europe could carry on so exhausting a war as that now raging in the United States for a longer period than from thrcs to six months, without either making peace or falling into a state ot anarchy. This war has been going on eighteen mouths, nnd now Euro pea us, to their utter confusion, sec at Washing ton, a man in n plain black coat, without any ot the surroundrfigs ol power, without any parap hernalia whiuh, to Ihem, represents authority and prestige, telling the tuition that he wants 000,000 moil, w ho spring to arms at his call. These men, moreover, are in a great purl educa ted men, and do not follow their choice in en gaging in the buisncss of war; still further, they arc lighting for a political principle, and Hot specially lor their firesides. A d while the na tion is thus engaged it is sending more bread to E trope than ever before. "All these things are thus a wonder to Europe because they are contrary to all the experiences of the past. To England in particular our pros, pcrotis finances are a daily astonishment, while our military resources are a special wonder of the continental people. The tiict is, that lust levy ol 000,000 men, even if it stood alone, would be reason enough to settle the question of loreign intervention. It has set very many po litical philosophers to thinking." - English Sk.ntimicnt. A private letter from an American gentleman in London, received ill this city, (Boston) speaks of n strong reaction in British sentiment toward this country. The writer says : "Thank God, the people here begin to open llicir eyes and discover the vile deception that has been so long practiced upon them, and at meeting the other day near Birmingham, tihi resolution to recognize the South was completely scouted, and a resolution passed to the cll'ect thut the distress in this country was caused soley by the people of the South taking up amies nnd re belling against thn Government of the United States a hundred to otic majority, and immense cheering. IXKIDULITY THS CaUSB OF TUB War. Th Boston Investigator, irrepressibly heretical, but spicy, is responsible for the following : Tim New York Observer says it is a mistake that the S nithjs responsible for this war. It is merely an instrument in the h ind of God, who is ''chastising us for our infidelity." This reminds us of the exclamation of a Jew, who, traveling in tho Great Desert and being entirely destitute of provisions, was at last overpcrsuaded by n Gen tile companion to taste of some pork. No sooner had he put it in hi mouth, than A cloud of sand betokened the dreadful simoon. The hot blast swept everything before it. men uud eamels upon w hich the Jew snatched the pork from his month ami exclaimed : "Juriisulem ,' what a fust about a little piece of pork " Anoer, like ihe desolating blast of Sahara sweeps ruthlessly over the soil, blighting the beautiful flowers ot love and hope that blossom in celestial loveliness there destroying the moral nature, unmanning the man and trans finning the "image of his God" into a terrible lemon. Tiik Unitarian preacher of Fitchburg Mass., not long since prayed for the relvels in this style :, "O God ! we pray thee to bless the rebels. Bless their hearts w ith sineer repentance. Bless their armies with defeat. Bles their social condition with emancipation." Niout. "Why is it!"s.lid Ilermione, "that by night only is our memory aroused, but also, our hopes and our collage ?" "Ilermione" answer, ed I, "at night the world to come draws nearer to the solitary breast, unfold itself before us, a the beauties fo our enrth tire veiled in darkness,, but the jewe s of the mind still radiate; wears like that wondrous flower which blooms by night in the old world, because it is then day in the new world which is its hour." Ir you are too fa, nnd would like to full off, mount a vicious horse. Satan is a subtle individual, but the army trader is a sutler. Ir the rebels get hungry, let tbem est the mutton of their water rams. When the rebel fight, they soon get out of wind. When they talk, their wind is exhuusti ble. Wnr is it Impossible for n person who lisps to believe in the existence of young ladies? lis takes every Miss for it Myth. A medical journal tells of a man who lived fivs years with a bull in his head. We have known ladies to live twice as long with nothing but balls in their head. It is said th.tt In some parts of Mississippi the poor rebels have to subsist on bran. Let them be sure to get it fresh, and then every meal will be "bran new." A tipsy loafer mistook a globe lamp with let ters on it for the queen of night. 'I'm blessed," said he, "if somebody hsinl stuck an advertisement on the moon." TilK rebels have given up Kentucky, given up Missouri, given up Arkansas, and have given up Louisiana, and now Plenties thinks it is about time for them to give up the ghofit.