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SrEXCKll'S CHRISTMAS
DINNER.
Christmas day dawned clear and frosty. The
SM..W lay deep in the city streets but deeper
mill un the country roads and in the rustic lanes.
filling them tip t a level with the st ue wall
V....iiliMi-v Il ikes weighed down the branche of
tins tries and gave to the whole landscape that
nspect.it dazzling white with which a New Eng
land winter makes lis so familiar. Ricks of hay
were so completely invested that they might be
inistakjii for mounds of snow. The ruddy-che k
cd ('..niters' boys with their trowsers tucked in
lhir 1 ts, niMiilitly attacked the large drius an I
with gleaming shovel cut away through their
centre. Now and then the jingling of bells an
pounced the approach of a sleigh or pung making
it-, way trrngli the encumbered road-, the horses
11 ni'ideriiig and smoakiug with the exertions
tliev were compe'led to ujako.
l"i a two story house, accessih'e trotn main
street, by a narrow lane and a full half a mile
fro ii any other dwelling lived Jo'n Spi-nc.
There wa nmhii g remarkable about the house.
It was a plain building of two stories, built with
thutisud want of taste which distinguishes the
t inn house of New England. In the main part
of the house , there were two rooms on a floor,
while an L part of latter date contained a kitchen
nnd overhead a bed room. It may appear sin
pillar that this L par was the only portion of the
house which iU owner choso to occupy. The
oilier room., though furnished and ready for
occupancy, had not ben used for years. N
fn e had been kindled in the old fashioned fire
place since the last -female ocupant had been
borne out in a coffin fiftetn years before.
For filUen year John S.en er h: d cc p! d
the house alone. Such had been his choice, since
.at various times he had been invited to rent the
iremairing ortion, but he had developed a strong
passion for money, and in his own exposes had
rli'iwn himself pennrioiis to a degree. Little
was known of his housekeeping, but his purchases
in the village were so scanty, that conjectures
could readily be formed as to his style of living,
which, so far as could be judged, would hardly
have proved teniting to an epicure.
In the farmers house in the ne'ghborhood,
Christmas received ft noisy welcome. Young
children danced with delight as they took from
the nails to which they had suspended them th
well filled Christmas stoekings, and vied with
each other in being the first to offer tho good
wishes of the seaso. Wherever there are children
Christm.ts is the festive season, and is greeted
with joyful acclamations. The hospitable board
groans with the weight of dainties, and for once
the careful mother throws to the wind prudential
considerations, and puts a check upon the vigor
ous appetite of her offspring. But in John
Spencer' dwelling Christmas dawned quite like
any other day. It is doubtful if he would have
known of its arrival, had not some adventurous
urchin in the joy of his heart so far forgotten his
usual awe of the taciturn firmer as to greet
him with "M.rry Christmas!" thatjvery morn
ing. John Spencer eyed the the boy with ome
hurorise, and muttering that lie did not know it
was Christmas day : to the great amazement of
the boy, who regarded St. ISicholas as the
greatest saint in the calendar, and the day con
secrated to him the most important of the year.
Quite regardless of the character of the day,
John Spencer had seated himself in the room
which served him alike as the kitchen and sitting
room. lie was seated on a three lgged stool
such as is sometimes used in milking, B. fore him
waa a 1 .rge pile ol corn, which he waa busily
engaged in husking. A bushel banket at his
i.fe received the ears of corn, while the husks
were crowde I into another to serve for fuel.
While he is at woik let us look at him. His fig
lire, which is spare, tall, uu I somewhat stooping
his age is forty five, but lime has not spared
him, and his strongly marked features give the
impression of more advanced age. Like men
who are more accustomed to solitude than society
lie has an abstracted look. T.
iu can read in the
tiffed lines of his face that he is one who live
f.r himself, and is seldom called to sympathize
with the j"s and griefs of n hers. j
for to hours he woiW'd steadily at his s !f
EUGENE
' '""i"""'1' li 'iUt w'iei' ' ist ,:,r
huk(-l ho rose tV.un liU stool, nil.
had been
st about
preparing dinner, lhis was too frugal to be in
keeping with the day. A couple of sausages wore
placed over the fire to fry, and the same number
of slices of bread were cut for toasting. These
preparation coiiij 1 t d, John Spencer was about
to resume his seat when he was prevented from
doing ho by an unusual circumstance.
A faint knock at the door, and nn indistinct
sound , something like a moan, seemed to blend
with it.
In great snr,i i eJo'm Spencer advanced toth
door and opened it cautiously. He had hardly
done so, when a woman, leading a boy of eleven
.by the hand, staggered, and sinking upon the
nearest chair, murmured,
"Ilelpns, in Heaven's name ! we are perish
itig with the cold !"
'What is tho matter?" ho asked, awk
wardly.
"We nro very cold," said the boy shiver
ing.
John Spencer's eye rest -d upon him ns he
spoke. lie was a handsome boy, with dark
chestnut curls, a broad brow and features that
would have very attractive, but that his cheeks
were pale and emaciated. His c'othing was vary
very scant for the season. Ov.rcoit he had
none, nor cloves and his ha id- se .mod numb
with co'.' as ho stretch, d em v er thj fire. Th r
was something iu the boy's looks that seemed to
fix John Spencer's uttention. He gazed intently
upon his fac, and passed his hand over his brow
ns if to recall some vaguo inimory. With a
decree of exestement remarkable in one usually
so grave and self-contained, he advanced, and
placing his hand upon the boy s siiouluYr, ami
said hurriedly, "Quick, boy your naine ?"
Ihe boy looked up in surprise.
"Mv name is Charles Evans," he answered.
John Spencer started back as if the touch had
stung him, and turned hastily to the woman,
who was regarding him with a kind of mournful
earnestness.
"It is true," she said, anticipating his question.
You see before you, John spencer, one against
whom you have had just cause of complaint. I
am Margaret Evans.
You have .'arse el my life, Margar. t," s lid
John Sp. ncer, g o tnily. '"You have cut me oil"
from joys I inig. t have known. You have made
me d fL-r fr.uu other men. Here for iifuen
years 1 have lived in solitude, finding little joy
in my own companionship, yet averse to that of
others. You have now much to answer for
Margaret."
"I have Mistered much, John, said ihe woman
sadly. '"Too late I discovered the mistake 1 had
made in giving you ii, 1 do mil wish to speak
harshly of hi father'" -he pointed to the boy us
she spok. but ho did net make me h ippy."
" Where is he now ( asked Join Spelie.r, in
a constrained tone.
"He is dead.'
"bend ! II. w long ?"'
"A vear since. Do not ask me to describe
.lis death, It wus terrible-Ins habbits were hot
ood."
"And since then P
"1 have submitted to much privation and much
ufforing. My husband left nothing. I was iu
a great city with no friends to care for or help
me. I tasked my strength to the utmost, bill
the world is a hard step-mo-her to her needy
daughters. In my despair I at last bethought
mysell of yon. 1 scare sly d red meet you, for
I knew how cruelly I had flung away your heart
but I knew that you used to be generous, and I
thought tho sight of my distress might lead you
to think pityingly of uue whom y u professed to
este. m."
John Spencer listened with downcast eyes and
varying color. At length he looked up.
"You do not know the change that has been
wrought in me, Margaret," ho said. "I was
once generous at least I think so bill later years
have made me selfish. I h il no on') to care tor
me, and what are called life's pleasures move 1
me little. So for fifteen years 1 have lived as
yon see."
lie glanced as he spoke around the rudely
furnished room.
"Do you know what they call me in the neigh
borhood, Margaret?"
She looked at him, half inquiringly, and half
timidly.
"They call me miserly ; and though at first it
made me angry, I soon camo to feel that thev
were right. Yet you have come to me thinking
me generous."
"1 have been greatly to blame, John, said
Margaret, in a subdued tone, "lam the giiiltv
cause of the great change in you. I feel that 1
have no right to burden vou. As soon as we
have warmed ourselves we will go."
"Where?" demanded John Spencer, very al
rubtly. "I know not," said Margaret, turning pale.
"But I think God will not sutler us to pi rish."
' Neither w 1 I. For to day at least ) oulinl
be welcome in this house. Stay, you must be
hungry ; is it not so?''
"We have eaten nothing since yesterday."
"Nothing since yesterday ! And this is Christ
mas day. No one s'lould go hungry to day. I
must attend to that, but in the meantime you
shall not wait. Here are some sausages and
tovst which I had just cooked for myselt. I will
take them from the stove, and you and tho boy
shall eat them.'"
"But you co. ked them for yourself."
") not mind me. I can wait a little longer.
Besides, I may require service of you which
yon cannot perform if you are f.unt."
The hoy watched the plain viands with eager
eyes while they were being taken from the sU ve
and re. ded no second command to partake.
bile they were eating John Apenue.r left the
house
It was half an hour W-fre he returned. There
ws a heavy basket hanging from his arm. II
came in stamping the snow from his b..i.s alidad
CITY, OREGON, FEHRUAUY 14, 18(5:5.
the ba-ket on the floor. North, mid this has been caused by ambitious
Margaret and her son looked at him inquiringly. j'id unscrupulous demagogues of the South, who
They "were seated before the the stove. Tlniy i ' that the governing power was f.st sliding
were already looking more comfortable now ' f' om their hands, and rather than lose that pow
that they were relieved Irom the pangs ulike of r that they hud been accustomed to hold, they
hunger and the nipping torture of cold. ! resolved to ruin the country and deluge it iu
"Did vim relish vor lunch.1i?" asked John blood, and for this end have they been "liiing
Spencer d the hoy
Yes," was I lie ronipt replv.
"And you are no longer hungry."
The bov hesitated. In truth the little he had
eaten had done little more than stimulate his
appetite.
"Come,"' said John Spencer, his features
brightening into an unwonted smile. "I see that
you will be able to eat something more?
"Yes sir, I think so," said the boy.
"Margaret," he continued turning to tho Moth
er, "I must devolve my duties i-pon yu.
have beor accustomed to cook for mvself, but
not fir others. I have something in my basket
which goes beyond my skill. Can you help
me?"
Ho lifted the cover and displayed a plump
turkey and a variety of groceries.
"It is a long time ago, lint I think I remember
what, my mother used to have for dinner on
Christmas day. It you will help me, I think for
this day at least we will tevive the old custom.
What say you, Margaret."
Margaret was aire nly on her feet, readv to
set nb nit the preparation of the Christmas dinner.
The boy's eyes sparkled with delight at the pros
pect before bjm. Truly a brillant irospect for
one who, an hour since, hail been a homeless
way f irer.
It was two hours after tho usual time before
the dinner was served. It was wonderful to see
what interest John Spaneer took iu the prepara
tion, how he assisted to the extent of his ability,
and w hen he cauld no longer be of service, how
he watched Margaret, as she bustled about.
Sudden y he left tho house and returned with
a large ttriiil'ul of wood. Half an hour later he
threw open the door of the old sitting room, hud
for fifteen years been nnoecupieil. There was a
bright fire blazing in the firo place.
"We will have dinner here, Margaret," he
said, quietly.
In due time the dinner was ready. The tin
key was done to a turn, and for the pudding,
nothing could be more delicious. As John Spen
cer sat at tho head of the table it seemed to him
as but a dream the life of solitude he had spent,
and the unforgotteii past beamed a reality. His
heart was stirred by feelings long dormant, and
the thought of returning to his long mouotonv,
now so strangely inter, upted, made him shud
d .
M.irgiiret," he said i.b uptly, "why should
not lhis continue ?''
"I do not understand ou," she said, quite
timi.liy.
4'I iiii.iin to nslc vim it" von u-ill I,,, mv wit,, t
You need a ho ne which Icangivj. and 1 shall
bo the happier for companions . ip."
"You arc very kind John, but I cannot let
you sucr.dicu yocrself out of pity for inc."
"Listen to me .Margaret. I loved ou many
years since, and find that in spite of all that has
passed 1 lose you still. Will ) ou bu my wile ?"
''ics, John.
"That was all she said, but it was enough. So
it was all arranged as they sat over tho Christ
mas dinner.
The manage t o'; place on New Year's Day.
There seemed no good reason tor delay, since
John Spencer hail already waited twenty years
for his bride. Of course the neighbors indulged
largely iu gossip, but this concerned John and
Margaret little. After a long tossing ou the
restless ocean they had at length found a quiet
haven.
May they be happy, and all others who sit
besido the Christmas lire !
From the Boston Investigator.
Letter from nn English Soldier.
In the Union Akmv.
Mr. Edit.hi : Yon have observed in your
paper, that there are r.nglistimen in your union
Army ; and as the f illowing letter was written
by one, yon will oblige me and others of the
relatives and friends of the family by giving it
an insertion. It was sent to the mother ot the
w riter, and I am informed that lie was in both ot
the late severe engagements at Corinth and
Pcrrvsville. II. Ckau
London, England, Xov. Hoth, IStVi.
Camp nkar Gun Oko-hakd, Ky., )
October 10, 18C2. )
Dkar Motiikr : You ask me if I don't wish
that I had not enlisted. I must frankly toll yon
that I do not regret in the least, for 1 thought it,
and st II think if, my duty to stand by the fl ig of
my adopted country. Hut I do most sincerely
wish that this internal awl cruel war was over ;
fir a cruel one it is, tor here wo can see father
against son, and brother against brother. Hut it
seem to be tho fate of every country t" be oc
ca-ionally convulsed with the horror of civil
war. England has happily passed the ordeal and
I hope we may pass in safety and soon.
Yon say that the people around you think the
South is justified, that it hss just as much right to
its independence as we of the North have to ours:
that is proof conclusive to me that they do not
understand the question at all. I never heard
that any one wanted to deprive Southerners of
the right of governing themst-lvps. They have
always had that right, the same as we have.
Had we been the governors of the South, that
foul blot, human slavery, would have been abol
ished long ago. No ! they sre not fighting for
freedom at all ; on the contrary, they want to
make slavery national instead of sectional, and
this the freemen of the North could not arce to.
But this is not the only cause of the quarrel
between the two sections of the country. There
ha, for the lat thirty year, been prrwing
h.tred of the S Uth .l'gaiiist tlie people o the
the southern heart for the Inst thirty years.
They have no right totheiriu.lependeiice-th.it
is, to set up for a separate nation from us. The
States they lire in do not belong to them alone,
but to every citizen of the Union, for we have
all spent our money for them to protect them
alike trom the merciless savages of the forest
and for their internal improvements. Besides,
mere is tno Mississippi river, which is our
natural outlet to the Atlantic ocean ami the rest
of the world . Mid w hat right have thev to de
prive us of the free use ot that noble river ? It
may be said that they promise us the tree use ot
it forever. But w ho would beli 've the promises
t suell loiil traitors as Jell Davis ami Ins er. w
ot conspirators? Men who would tuke the oath
to support tho I'tiiou, at tho time they were plot
ting for its overthrow ? Can we depend on such
men ? I'luinlv, no ! What would vou think il
Shark Island w ere to set up for a separate king
dom, and to collect tolls from all vessels entering
or leaving the Huuiber ? Why, I know you
woulU lint: k the idea rulit-tilous ; and still thi
parallel is not only- a true one, for you iu Eng
laud would not think ot allowing anytluny of
the kind, even if they ollered you the free navi
gation of the Humbcr. If for no other reason,
you would consider that they would prove filse
at some future pot lo.f, if not in the present gene
ration. And your children would be exposed t
all tho horrors of war similar to that whicl
afllicts us. No; we must be united to hold tin
Mississippiuii river ; wo cannot tinder any cir
ciimstaiices allow any one else to hold it, lor it
would entail a source of strile for all time to
come. 1 w ill n-iw relate what a prisoner of war
trom the Mate ot (reorgia told mo this morning
I was conversing w ith him, nnd we very natural
ly soon ei'tiMionced talking about the war, its
muses, etc. 1 asi.ed him to tell mo truly if there
wus any ono in his State w ho preferred the old
government to the new one ; and ho told llie
iheru were thousands of I'uioii men, onlv thev
dare not let it be known, for he said ri'they fpoke
iu favor of the Union, or even against slavery,
thev were hung up to the nearest tree. That "is
the kind of liberty that they are fighting for.
What do you think of it ?
So, you too have rcafl accounts of tho horrible
doings ot the Norlh, and say it makes your blood
mm cold to read th uii ! Now, I have been with
the army eighteen months, and 1 have seen noth.
ing done ,o make any one's blood rim cold. Or.
tno contrary, we have gone on halt rations, a
month at a time, to feed the suffering families of
the rebels. If that is ht.rrid, then I must confess
that we are guilty in the first degree.
I belong to the army of tho Ohio, commanded
by Gen. Bucll; my regiment is tho 15: Ii Indiana,
21st Brigade, and he Gil) division under (Jen.
Wood.
Your affectionate son, II. Bakton Bkal.
"Rkhi.kct, my brethren," exhorted an Irish
priest, "that whosoever falls this day in battle
sups to-night iu Paradise." The fight began, ihe
ranks wavered, the priest took to his heels, when
a soldier stopped him and reproachfully referred
to tho promised supper in Paradise. "True, my
son, true," said the priest, "but I never eat sup
per."
A dispute having arisen at an Italian court
between a lawyer and a doctor ns to which should
walk fiirst in a public procession, it, was referred
to tho court fool fr judgment, who gave it in
lavor of the lawyer, m the ground that the rogue
should ulwnys precede the executioner.
TiimtE is no knowing one's friends till they
are tried," as the warden of the penitentiary
said when one of his couauns wus placed iu keep
ing.
Powukr "What's powder bringing?" al;cd
dealer of S.piigsbv, who was looking over the
market report. "I owner, replied the tunny
man, "is bringing the rebels to their senses."
A company is being formed in an r ranciseo
to raise trout by nrtifh-ial means. They propose
fo create a trout pond near tho Crystiul Spring
House, San Mateo county, and import trout
spawn from Lake Bigler.
A papkr is about to be started in Beaufort,
on a large scale. The sheet is to be of the size
of the New York Tribune, and will be devoted
to the interests of the anti-slavery cause. The
printers, type and 3.000 reams of paper have
already arrived by the steamer Star of the South,
and a large Hot cylinder press is to comoby the
next steamer.
Colonel James A. Mulligan, the hern of
Lexinfon, has been made a Brigadier General.
He is in command in Virginia.
A Daxpt is like the cassia tree, of which the
bark is worth more than the body
A Wao lent a clergyman horse which ran a
wny and threw him, and then claimed credit for
"aid in spreading the gospel."
-
A B''T being'asked at Sunday school what is the
chief end of man, answered the end his head is
on.
"What ails vour eye, Joe ?"
I told Sam he lied."
'Nothing; only
If the spring put forth no blossoms, in sum
mer there will be no beauty, nnd in autumn no
fruit; so if youth le t ifl d away without Jin
prove mnt rpr )r,ir, will be continptibl1, snd
old rr i 1 1 - r. l !.
NO.
A Suake Mory.
Once I hud a grandfather !
Now, there is nothing "curiousomo" In my
having a grandfather that tho reader ueed look
astonished.
It's a fact !
hen I wasn't much bigger than a chunk of
wrod, said grandfather used to tell me some
tales that would caiiso the capillary substance
on my juvenile cranium to stand erect, like unto
the bristles on a hedgehog. Here is one of them
one of the talcs, not a hedgehog.
Many years ago, I started from home early
one morning to walk to the town of Ii ,
w hich was about fifteen miles distant. 1 carried
my dinner along, and happening iu a wood about
noon, 1 took it from my pocket, got astride of
an old fog near by, and commenced to eat. 1
pulled out my old dirk, and after cutting a slice
f meat, I stuck the knife into the log. At that
instant I felt something move, and 1 was carried
along at lightning speed, and "
' What was it, grandfather ?" I abruptly In
quired. "Why, my son, instead of an old log, I had
got straddle of a big snake, and w hen I innocent.
Iv plunged my knife into him, he thought it was
a hint to leave, and ho left accordingly, giving
me a free ride for a distance of a mile, when the
"critter"' made a sudden jerk, and I was cap
cised '"'
"Did you get your knit-, grain' f.ithcr ?"
"No; but 1 saw it. About ten years after, I
went to a snake-show, and w hat did I see hut mv
identical obi dirk sticking in tho buck of a snake
thirtv five feet long."
. o
I here is ono of my grandfather's tales. The
reader can do us he please about believing it.
Fact 1
How- lo utility the Currency.
The Government has announced its purpose
of pa ing out all tho gold collected from the
Customs and Internal Ucvenue on the Pacifi.)
coast, amongst us, on current governmental ex.
penscs, and if thuie should beany deficit to make
it up by paying the Legal Tender Notes. At
this time, the annual t-xpchdilLfcs of the Gen
earl Goveiumont on the Pacific iimoi nt toab. ut
$0,4 00,000. The total revenue collected is $4,.
J 50,000, of which $3,250,000 is from Customs
and is paid in gold. This leaves $,1,4.r0,000 to
be paid in greenbacks, of which about tl,000,000
may be paid iu gold if tho Slates elect to pay
their quota under the Internal Ueveuue Law in
that currency. But it is boat to calculate that the
larger sum will be paid in greenbacks, as it is
quite impracticable lo colloet the Internal llev.
enue in ono currency in ono portion of the Union
und another in another place, always excepting
that portion in which the State assumes to col
lect herself.
We will in this way have $.1,4"i0,000 of lhis
currency thrown in circulation here each year,
which will seriously durnnge all monetary ar
rangemciits, unless some general rule of action
is adopted, or the Government takes some vi.
orous measures to protect its currency. On this
-i.;...i 4'......,. ...... .i ii i : .. , .i
-Moyi iri, in,.- uoioniuoib siioiuu unve issueo me
Legal Tender Notes on the same basis on which
tho British Government once adopt d- the circu
lation of the Banks of England: it was made a
felony to sell these notes for less than their faco
in coin. In the fame way if the
nation had presented their Legal Tender
Notes on the point of a bayonet, mid punished
the first man that discounted them, they would
have answered all the purposes for which thev
were made. Further, if tho Government had
never entered into the obligation to pay the in
terest on her public debt .in gold coin, which we
believe was neither expressed or implied until
recently, she might have gathered a reserve of
gold on which, like England in her war against
.Napoleon, sue tnigiit nave built a power to defy
the world. But il was thought best to pay the
capitalist holding national bonds, hit interest
in gold, while llie sol tier receives his duos in
dej reciated currency. Thus the rich man gets
what 'is worth one third mo e th n what is
promised him, and tho soldier's is one-third less.
It is now very certain that without force is
applied, the national currency will not become
the standard ot value, and we on this coast must
do the best we can with as much of it as comes
among us.
To this end, we repeat what we have before
said : keep the price of the currency here a
fraction below that of Now York, and it will
unfailingly flow to that place. In order to do
th's, we must adopt it ii a principle and let
the notes circulate freely at their understood
value. OreyoniaH.
The less a man knows, tho wider his mouth
opens. Il is as impossible for a fool to keep his
jaws shut as it is for a sick oyster to keep hit
shell closed.
Gf.xer.al Butler has sent to Massachusetts for
a cargo of School Mistresses to give instruction
fo young New Orleans.
Sick my husband J mo ? Such duck of
it man !''
"A duck eh I" said Jane, "ah, then
I am
be m
mistaken for 1 always thought him to
goose."
A Exchange advertises for compositors "who
won't get drunk," and adJs that "the editor doe,
all the getting drunk necessary to support the
dignity of the establishment."
An Irishman heard that soma one had been
going into stocks. " Troth, and fool it he," laid
Mike, "or he'd niver gone into thiin tight blues
for his feet without being carired at I was.
A Memphis paper say that our troops will
"press Gen. IV-ce." The consequences may bo
dis.Hjrrc.ibie.