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VOL. II.
EUGENE CITY, OHEGON, JANUARY 24, 1803.
NO. 2.
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A B-irr LE-FIELO INCIDENT.
BY A SOLDIER.
Tho battle was ended. The occasional boom
of artillery, or the s.iarp rattle of musketry, greet
ed the ear; but, this was growing more and more
distant aud less frequent. Willi thinned ranks
our brave men retraced their stepsover thefieldso
dearly won, now strewn with dead and wounded
friends and foes. What, a spectacle the specta
cle of every battle field! Hu n.tii bodies bearing
very conceiv.ible mutilation some beyond suf
fering, and others imploring death !
I had become separated from 111 company
and passing among the wo.iudjd, giving
them the contents of my canteen, when I came
wpoil 11 rebel olfi :cr, groaning pileoiisly, and
evidently near his en I. He hid received an
iir':y wound in the rig'it breast. I raised his
liead, and give him a drink, for whioli he thvik
d me in a feeble voice. 1 proceeded to place
biui in a more 10 utortatile position before pa sing
on, wh "i 'ij loi.ii. I pleiliny at ul ), ail sail.
"For G id's sake, stay a moment ! 1 cannot
leave ihis world without relieving my mind of
that wh.ca now weighs it down. W11I you listen
to my story ?"
O i my telling him that I would do as he de
sired, the dying rebe1 began:
"I am a native of New York state, where my
mother and two sisters now reside, or at least
did when I last heard from them, 11 few m i iths
ago. About six months before the fall of Sum
ter, nt the solicitation of an uncle, a merchant at
Charleston, S. C, I we it to reside with him,
mid entered his counting room as a junior clerk.
I soon discovered th it my uncle's feelings wure
with those who were plotting treason and rebell
ion against the Govcrume' t. lie seized every
opportunity to draw me into discussion on the
topic that was uppermost in every mind, and
vainly strove to withdraw me from my nllegi
ance to the old fl ig. Oh, that I had possessed
the mind to resist the power of a beautiful wo
man's fl ittery and smil -s! 1 might now be dying
for the starry banner that waved over my child
hood's happy head, and fiil aji honored grave!
My uncle possessed a daughter, an only child.
She was about eighteen, and a more beautiful
girl one seldom see. I h id left my heart in the
keeping of a blue eyed angel in my native town,
so 1 anticipated no Hanger from the charms of my
lovely relative. We often walked together upon
the spacious grounds of my uncle's plantation,
but our Ik havior toward eseh other was merely
that of friends. 1 desire! Mottling more, for my
heart's best love was elsewhere.
"Time passed on, and the clou Is began to
thicken which were eventually to burst, and in
volve in evil war this once happy I ind My
beautiful cousin begun to take a more than con-
inly interest in me, I thought. Her whole aim
seemed to be to please me. She lavished on me
her sweetest smiles, and app-ared to prefer my
society to that of either of the gallants who wor
shiped at her shrine. Of course 1 felt fl.iMered
by these attentions, and must I arty it? the
swe.'t, f. ir face of my Northern betrothed began
to grow dim in my memory. Alas for man's
fickleness! Her miniature, which 1 had carried
lip ti cs' my heart, w,.s given a place in my trunk.
Jler letters came as ever, long and full of love
iind trust ; mine grew shorter and cooler in tone.
But I feigned 'want of lime for not writing as
Ibrmely. My cousin Isabel was of her father's
sentiments. I nee J "ot tell how she gradual ly
drew me into her views, and I came to think the
Southerners were an oppressed people. lfrgot
that I was a man, forgot, all the holy vow I hi 1
made, all my obligations to my country, and
only remembered one object the beautiful sy
ren who was leading me on to destruction.
"I rote home that war was inevitable, and
that I had espoused the Southeru cause, believ
ing that to be r'ght ! L-ttur came back. One
from my ag-d sainted mother, written by
trembling Iwnd, and blotted with tears, implor
i"g me, in the memory of my fitber and grand
f. it her both of whom hail battled in Freedom's
cans not to turn traitor to my country! An
other from my brother, contained the sentiment
of whole wuled, patriotic man. If hoped I
would nt blindly rush to ruin and disgr-.
He had already prepared to take: up nrms fur
his country, he wrote, hi services wi;re needed,
mid hu trusted hi) should nut find his nu n brother
arrayed against him on the battle-field! A thud , Chapman, owners .f Indian Wat B hi. Is will see
I . r . . i . I l : I . . . L ... 1
letter came from the noble in lideil whom my
conscience had not let me wholly forget. It bore
the iiiarks of tears, and every line contained the
outgiishitigs of a bleeding heart. Oil, how she
begged me to consider well my actions, an. I to
remain steadf st to my country and to her.
But all these pleadings availed nothing. I be. j
came uu active winner in iinisou, oniy oesuous
of pleasing my charmer. When the starry en
sign crime down in disgrace from its position
over Fori Sumplcr, no cheers were louder than
mine.
"But I must hurry to a close, for my strength
is tailing. 1 was ottered aud accepted a comuiis.
sion in a South Carolina regiment ; but before I
took the field my cousin Isabel bad promised to
be my bride when the South was treed. Made
happy by this 1 went to battle w ith a light heart.
1 have been in muny actions aud twice wounded,
and twice promoted lor bravery. A few months
after I entered the service, I received a letter
trom my 'first love,' freeing me from my vows,
saying "1 can die, but 1 cannot, marry a traitor to
his country !' My brother, 1 learned served as
a soldier in a three-month's regiment, and then
c line out as lieutenant in a three-years regiment.
1 dearned the inline of his regiment, and have
tuns been able to keep track of him by the aid nf
Nortueru papers, which have o casisonlly fallen
into my l ands. I believe he is now a major, 1
and if my eyes did not deceive nie, I saw him
f.ico to face today on this field, and it was from
his regiment that I received my wound A few
Weeks ago my false-hearted cousin was married
to a man old enough to be her father a general
is....... 1 o . 1 1 1
in the Confederate army. So, you see, I have
lost not only my honor and life, but the creature
who lured me on to destruction !
The wounded m an here paused a moment,
from exhaustion, uud then, raising himself to a
sitting posturu, his hands clench id, and his eyes
lit up by a strange lire, he exclaimed
"Curses on the woman who brought this upon
me! Curses on the traitors whom 1 have served,
aud tor whom I am now ih ing a dni.s d .'ath, nil
wept and scorned by those whom 1 have deser-
tu I ! Curses "
The unhappy man never fl tished this sentence.
Ilia hands tell by his sides; a struggle ami he
wis dead! I wrote his nrtnTVi uu 1 regiment on a
pieeM of paper, and left the snot with .1 sad heart,
iiir 1 cou'd but pity ths misguided man.
How a Lawyer headed oir a Draft Comrain.
sioner.
S iys the Hetiling (Pa.) Time: It is well
known that C immissioner Ivipp was very pre
cise anil exact in his proeee lings ; al.v tys keep
ing an eve to thu interest of the country, while
dealing honorably with nil. Now it happened
that among the able bo-1 it. I men drafted Irotu one
of the Ileidicbetus. there was an obese soeeiiueii
of humanity, but whom the chances hit us one
of the elect. When he received his "ticket for
soup" he hastened to Reading, and knowing
where resided the cutest sneciinni of a lawyer,
he went straight tu his i.fii :e. Said ho :
'I'm limit !"
"The deuce you are ; it must have
strons man that drafted you."
been a
"Well, I'me drafted and I want to
Can't march. I'll pay well."
get out.
"Very well."
The twain proceeded to the office of the Com
missioner. "Here," said the lawyer, "Commissioner, I've
got a substitute."
Commissioner looked at the wheezy speci
men for some time. "lis won't do ; can t
march."
"But he must do," blustered out the lawyer, 1
... . ...... 1 1
"and you know ho will.
"lie can't march ; hu wont d ; and I can't
take him."
This was what our smart friend wanted.
"He won't do. eh ?"
"No he wjn't! '
"Well, then scratch his n.tmn ofl the list ; he
it drafted, and w iatt to be exempted "
Tne Commissioner looked at the lawyer fir
about a minutn ; then regarded lhef.it draft, and
without speaking a word, scratched oil" his name!"
How Thet Firi i Battlh. You wonder
whether the regiment fire regularly or in vol
leys, or whether each man loads and fires as fast
as he can. That depends upon circumstances :
but usually, except w hen the enemy is near
hand, the regiments fire only at the command of
their oni.'crs. I on he ir a drop, drop, drop, as
a few ot the skirmishers fire, followed by a rat
tle and a roll, which sounds like the falling of a
building, just as some of you have heard the
brick walls tumble at a great fife. Sometimes
h-n a body of the enemy's cavalry are sweep-
ing down upon a regimei I to cut it to pieces, the
men f.rm info a square, with th ofii :ers H1,.
musicians in th center. The front rank st-nds
with bayonet charged, while the second fires as
l.l-t as it can. So nlimc they form in four
rank dee the two front ones kneeling wilh
bayonets clnrged, so that if the enemy should
eoimt n.-xnt them they would d sh upon" a picket
fence of bayonets. When they form in this way,
the other two ranks load and fire as fist as they
can. Then the roar is terrifie, and many a horse
ai d ri ler go down be fire the terrible storm of
bullets.
"I am surprise) that you should leuve m
Patrick," said the Widow Pinchem, to ail -
boarder, "whjn I sat as irnoJ a tabid as any in
, . .
jtown.
j "Och, ma'am, and your table mar be. good
. enough, bur niver a daei-.nt bit do ye put upon if .
ure !"'
Kroiu the Oregoniuu, of J in. 17tb.
War Scrip.
Bv the suhioiiied letter from Col. V. V
that an attempt is 1114.I1,' to tax still farther the
very scant nllowanct.kit'',J'e General Govern-
nitiiit tin limit.- tu Ctiein. it 'will be recollected
that Duncan, Sherman fc Co. were to attend to
the collection of certain claims for 10 per cent.
of the amount collected, and that the remaining
proceeds were to bo paid in Sin Francisco, Ore-
gon or Washington Territory, as the owners
might elect. It is held that the onligalioil exists
on the part of Duncan, Sherman & Co. to pay the
proceeds of the s'llo of bonds at the points elec
ted, ns well as to deliver the bunds themselves.
We recommend to those who have bonds in the
charge of this firm, to ascertain whether the pro.
ceeds of sales are to be delivered here, or not,
before ordering them sold
Portland. Oregon, Jan 14, 18(53.
Editor Oregoniuu : Permit me to put the
owners of Oregon War Scrip on their guard
ngainst a new and iinatithor z ! shave. A re
ceipt of Duncan, Sherman & Co., of New York,
tor War Scrip, has been placed in my hands for
collection ; in which receipt they promise to
place the funds to be collected at the owners dis
posal, at some point in either San Francisco,
Oregon, or Washington Territory. They now
seek to coinpell the owner to draw upon tiietn
through Ludd & Tilton, for "current funds" in
New 101k, they charging 30 per cent., for ex-
change ; thus causing the owner of the claim to
pay 40 per cent., instead of ten per cent: for col
lection. 1 refused to draw fur the money upon
such terms, because the funds were payable in
Oregon and California. There is a lai jie amount
0f money cominji to the people of Oi i-aoii for
, .. , ' K . .
war scrip, ainj the schemes ot such agents a
Duncan, Sherman & Co. may be thwarted, if
timely caution be exerted. Duncan Slier 111:111 &
Co. may not be the only agents u be guarded
against in exchanges on New York. If agents
receive, us they nearly all do, a huge per cent,
for collection of scrip, it ought to satisfy them,
aud they are swindling the owner if they do not
givu him the best they receive, without specu
lation upon greenbacks or exchange. There 's a
Inline nt swindles in shiifilnig bonds, greenbacks,
Treasury Warrants and coin, mixed with the
cost ot exchanges, that challenges competition.
I might sny much more upon this subject, but
I have confi. led invsclf to facts coining to mv
knowledge profess on illy , uud which . more or
less nil ci the interest ot those for whom 1 trans
act Uuainjss. Yours,
W . W. Chapman.
IIadicils. Who iind what is a radical? This
ter n, if it mollis anything in the popular scene,
or, perhaps, we should say in pol.tieal par
ituce, means that, the man who opi uses popular
wrong or evil, and goes lor its immediate remo
val, is a radical.
-I'"'- Illustration : il we may take our neighbor
; "' the S-'ar as nil exponent of the doctrine ol
ridn-alistn, those who wei t for
the abolition of
ivct y in this District before that, bill was pass
ed by Congress, were radicals. Th se who be
lievc in it, now that it is done, tire conservatives.
Again, those w ho entertain opinions coincident
w ith those of the President, in respect to com
pensated emancipation in the border Slates, are
radicals, and will be held 11s such till this is a
fixed fict : then they will also be conservatives.
This is th Slurs logic. By and by, when the
doctrine of the President is carried out in all the
Stales upon the basis of his proclamation, those
in harmony with this action will become conserv
alives. Now they are radicals. National lit
publican.
Za Namk or zn Street. A FVeivhman stop.
ped a lad in the street to make some inquiries ot
us w her.-iibouts.
"Mon fren, w hat is ze name of zis street. ?"
"Well, who said 'twan't ?"
"What you call zis street J"
"O 'course we do,"
"P.irdonuz ! I have not zi name vot you call
him."
"Yes. Watts we call it."
"Ilow you call r.i name of zU street J"
"Watts street, I told ycr,"
"Zis street."
"Watts street, o'd feller; and don't ver go
tcr miike game o'nie."
"Sacre mon ilu ! I ask you one, two, tree
several times, often vill you tell me za name of
Ze dam street eh !"
"Watts street, 1 tole yer. Yer drunk, ain't
at'J'er"
"Mon leetle fren, vere you lif, ch ?"
"In an. lam street.
"Iihbien! You lif in von dam dam street,
and ou is von dam fool by dam !"
Trig Ockam axd ths IJais. "Hia Atlantic
J (eau includes an area, of 25,00.000 square
n'pie n ii.clt ol ram to fai. upon only
'ih of this vast expanse, il would weigh
3iJd,000,000 tons; and the salt which, when the
'lWr ,!'k-n "P " v"F",r l',t hthind to
; '''"' b the e qui'.ibriutn weighed nearly twiceas
" "'P " w"r'" c:,TrJ ai aesr-
' u:,l'h- II ,"',lt , in a day ; but . npy what
i1""" 11 '" 'H'"'g- this run is calculated to
exert so much more force which is iuconceiva
bly great in disturbing the equilibrium of the
oeca 1. It all the Water discharged by rho Miss
issippi river during the year w-re taken up in
one mighty purpose, and cast into the ocean at
ant'tfirt, it would not make a greater disturb
1 i.v iif iuu T'l'iui ui iiiiii iut
f.,11 ,,r rain supposed. Aud yet so g
1 operations of nature, th.t moveim-i
ance in the equilibrium of the sea tlisti the
title are the
movements so Vast
!re uniiereeived.
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a ii.
Osx. Braoo has two mulatto children, ho
were recently at work on his Louisiana platit-
a'ioti, ,
unpercfc
Insane. A person named F. Newton West
fall is now confined in the Jail at this place, await
ing the complection of arrangements to s ml him
to the Jnsuno Asylum at Portland. He is raving
constantly and is a dangerous person. The cost
of his transportation to Portland w ill be not less
than three hundred dollar. If ho lived in Marion
it might possibly oust the people of that county
fifty Uoi bits. The additional two hundred and
fifty dolluars is levied as a sort of punishment on
the people of Jackson county for living so far
away (torn the Asylum. It is jifst, we pre
sume! It is a little dangerous to live in close
proximity to the Asylum, and the taxjs are
gauged according to the degree of danger.
I leiice the people of Multnomah county, living
in inucti u iiiger pay nothing. I he taxes increase
in the ratio of the increase of distance from the
point i f danger. The people of Jackson, Jose.
phiue, Loose, Lury, Douglas and Baker coun
ties, are supposed to be in a state of absolute
security ; hence tlu'y pay high for the transpor
talion of their unfortunates. (), just mid equal
laws, how great are your blessings ! How great
are your blessin.s ! ilow incomprehensibly pro-
tout. el the legislative genius that first perceived
the beuificiice of our Insane Law ! Sentinel.
A cabin-boy on board a ship, the captain of
which was a religeous man, was called up to be
whipped for some misdemeanor. Little Jack
went to crying aud trembling, and said to the
captain,
"Pray, sir, will you wait until 1 say my
prayers V
"Yes," was the stem reply.
"Well, then," replied Jack, looking up, nnd
smiling tri imphautly, "I'll say theiu when 1 get
ashore."
Wet this Powdkk. Two Irishmen in n re
cent, engagement were gallantly standing by
their gun, tiling in quick succession, when one
touching the piece, noticed that it was very
hot.
"Arrah ! M'ke, the cannon is gcttin' hot ;
we'd better stop tirin' a little."
"Divil a bit," replied Mike ; "jist dip the
cartridge in the river afore yees loud, and kape
it cool."
Sayings of Poor Richard.
The following from the pen of Dr. Franklin,
the great American Philosopher, deserves to be
printed in letters of gold, to be read by children,
and to be especially heeded by older folks.
The maxims are well calculated for text for the
professor of Political Economy. But here what
Poor liiclni! d says :
Plow deep w hile sluggards s!eep, and you'll
have corn to sell and keep.
Pride is as great a beggar as Want, and a
great dual more saucy.
Silks aud satins, scarlets and velvets, put
out the kitchen lire.
Diligence is the mother of good luck.
Pride breakfasted wilh Plenty, dined with
Poverty, and supped with Infamy.
Extravagance and improvidence nnd at the
prison door.
It is easier to build two chimneys than to
keep one in fuel.
If you would try the value of money, go nnd
try to borrow some.
The eye ot a master will do more work than
both his hands.
Wln.t maintains one vice wifuld bring up two
children.
I le that goes borrowing ri turns sorrowing,
lialhur go to bed stipperless than to rise in
debt.
Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor
wears.
A life of leisure and a life of hizinoss uro two
diU'creitt thit gs.
Three removes ore ns bad as a fire.
Creditors have better memories than their
debtors.
The rolling stone gathers no moss.
If you would have your buisness done, go: if
not, send.
It is foolish to lay out money in the purchase
of repentance.
Buy w hat thou needst not, and it will oblige
thee to sell thy necessaries.
Thb French. A late dispatch to the Sacra
mento Union, contains the following :
Thu New York Tribune says editorially that
a letter from a well informed source ut Puns
states that a few days before the letter was
written, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Drouyn
de I'lliiys, visited the Emperor uud advised him
that a modification of his policy was required by
the public voice, and that he ( le I'lluy) was so
far committed to the present policy that he could
not change. He therefore tendered his resig
11 itioii, recommending lavulctloa hi successor.
He said that the modifications needed were, in
the first place, greater liberty in regard to Italy;
sccuiidly, the withdravMil of the French army
from Mexico, and a treaty with that power ;
thirdly, joining in a note to lie signed by Kug
land, UuS'iu and the Confederate authorities,
Inking the ground that as the rebellion has now
continued nearly two years without success, t tint
the interests of humanity and civilization requi
red the rebels to lay down their arm, liie
w riter add that, alter opposing these protiosi-
lion, the Emperor, upon further consideration,
took a more favorable view of the p I icy injica-
I ted. The w riter asserts in the strongest manner
' that notwithstanding the unexpected and ur
prising character ot this information, it is strictly
true.
Thk New York Committee tor aiding the dis
tressed optrait ves in Lancashire, England, col
lected in one day, at the beginning, over fifty
thousand dollars for that i'ii""e.
Plant Tkkks. There is nothing w hich tend
more to re- dcr home attractive than the adorn
ment which choice shade trees can impart.
They can give a charm and dignity which naught
else can. It matters not how faultless the arch
itecture of the mansion may be, how expensive
the material or how grand its proportions, yet it
appears unfinished J there will be a look of in.
completeness, uutil it is surrounded with out
works of foliage. How cheerless and forbidding
is the home that is unsheltered by a canopy of
foliage. Such a place appears to be open to the
cold eyes of the unfeeling world. No one, in
such a spot can have that sense of quietude and
security which are essential to home. There is
no excuse tor not having these pleasure gloves
in Oregon. No country possesses more beauti
ful ornamental trees. The fir, spruce, cedar,
yew, hemlock, vine and soft, maples, and ash,
when thrown together, form a grove which no
other country can rival. We hope our farmers
I aud town people w ill give due heed to this mat
ter, it iney 00, uregon 111 ten year will be a
most attractive place for residence, Ivememhcr
that ho who plants a tree, no matter wheth -r
fruit or ornamental, is in truth a public bene
factor. Oregon Farmer.
Kiss my Wikk or Fiuiit. A stalwart rustio
bridegroom wns known as a formidable operator
in a "tiee fight." I lis bride w as a beautiful nnd
blooming young girl of only sixteen years of age.
and the twain were at a party, where a number
of young folks were enjoying themselves in a
good old fashioned pawn playing stylo. Every
girl in the room was called out and kissed, except
iM.iry, the tieatitilul voung liride utorosaid. and
although there was not a youngster present who
was not dying to taste tier lips, they were
restrained by the presence of her herculean hus-
baud, w ho stood regarding the party wilh 11 sul-
en looK ot dissatisiactioii. lliey mistook th
cause, however, suddenly he expressed hi inset.
Uolling up his sleeves lie stepped into the mid
dle of the room, and in 11 tone that secured mark
ed attention, said :
"Gentlemen, I have been noticing how things
have been working for some time, and 1 tiiu't
half satisfied, I do not want to raise a fuss,
but"
"What's the matter, John?" inquired half
a dozen voices,"what do you mean 1 Have w
done anything to hurt jour feelings "
',Yes you have ; all of you have hurt my feel
ings, and I've just got this to sny about it.
Here's every girl in the room has been kissed
near n dozen limes each, and there's my wife
w ho I consider as likely as any of them, baa
not had a single kiss to-night, and I just Ivlt
you now, if she don't get as many kisses the
balance of the night as any gal in the room, the
man that slights her has got 1110 to fight that's
all. Now go ahead with your playing!"
If Mrs. Mary B was slighted during the
balance of tho evening, we did not know it. As
for ourselves, we know that John had no fault
to find with us individually, for any neglect on
our part.
A Conservative Journal Upon Itlack Soldiers
The New York Commercial Advertiser snys :
"The report of the operations of the colored
soldiers in Georgia nnd Florida shows that there
is fight enough in them, if a good chance is -nf
forded. In the expedition up theSapelo in Flor.
ida, the black troops, raw as they were, beuaved
like veterans, and received the warmest com
mendations of Union officers, who were enabled
by their valor to accomplish important results."
Of the sumo soldiers in Louisiana, the Adver
tiser says :
"A noteworthy feature of this negro soldiery
is tho patrol and guard duty done by them on
the roads and highways. Once the white man
could demand the pass of every negro. Now
the wealthy planters must submit to the discre
tion of these sablo sentinels, tho credentials of
which entitle them to move from estate to estate
in the noble domain so recently lorded over by
them. This is a curious retribution,- galling to
the proud planter. It is one of the strange rev
elations of this strange war. Yet in the hour of
exultation and triumph the negro bears himself
with propriety. He yields to the discipline of
the army and the necessities of his novel po
sition." Notice bt a Contraband. The following
notice has been posted by a loyal darkey in Ken
tucky :
f'iffij centu Reward Ran away from dis chile
an' Icll'him alone to take care of himself after I
had don worked twenty-ait years faithfully for
him, my imissa, Bill Duncan. Massa Bill is sup
posed to have gone ofTwith the seevshers, for to
hunt fir hit ti'jhtt, and I spect he done got lost.
Any person 'turning him to me as he always
said "Nigga" can't take tare of himself will be
obliged tu dis chile.
N. B. Persons huntm' for him pleas look in
all d "last ditches." ns I .ftcn heard him talk
'about going into the dichin' business.
Spcctfully submitted, Jim.
This poster created a great deal of merriment
. in camp, w hile the Kentucky residents who came
across it thought Jim a "mighty sassy nigger."
Tin Police Court of San Francisco assessed
I and collected t2 121 50 during the month of
I December last, from defendants wherein the
State wus plaintiff.
Tho Stockton Independent says that during
the year 18t5i there was .hipped from Stockton
to San Francisco fifteen thousand cords of wood,
which was sold for five dollars a cord.
Tnc United States has spent over two hund
red thousand dollars, nearly all under the Buch
anan Administration, in litigating about land
claims in ' ' nisi.