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STATE BLICAN. itUjLLJl ! n u J JJ Li. J JA DEVOTED TO THE POLITICAL AND GENERAL INTERESTS OP THE PEOPLE. VOL. II. EUGENE CITY, OREGON, MA11CII 21, 18G3. NO. 10 the State republican. Published every Saturday by J. 3ST ISAVTOT GALE. Terms of Sabscription. Tim riKi-i'RLiOtx will be published t ti Jin year ill ad Vance; $1 oo if paid at tho end of nix months; or fl iu it tlu closo of the rear. One dollar aiMitiouul will bt fcharcred for each year payment is neglected. J-.f So paper's discontinued until all arrearages art lid, except at our optiou. Hates of Advertising. 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If subscribers neglect or ref.ise to take their papers from the ollice to which thev uru directed they are held responsible till they have settled tho bill a-ud ordered the paper discontinued. , , 1 i ... . -. - l.- nl,.nM wttlwxit 111- 4. II suoscriorrs reiiiuir in tpniut - Tormina the publisher, and the paper is sent to the for mer direction, they are held responsible. 5. The courts have decided that refusing to take a piuer from the oihee, or removing and leaving it uncalled for, is prima tacia evidence of intentionul fraud. I For the Ukpi'Biiicvx. TIIOUCUT! OS UtiATII. "Oh thil'h, whnr i til nfilltj f Oh 'jrace, iehrr i My vicUirg f" BY FLP.ITIS. O, shall death disclose the real, Which in life is love's ideal ? Then to me were death a weal Far more welcome than sad life. Shall those pictured dreams of wooing Cheer me when my life's undoing J When my soul is fast pursuing Knd to ull this mortal stifc? Sviall fhoso frenxied d:e;.ms of pleasure I'rovc prophetic of a treasure; Which awaits the lust sad measure I shall tread upon life's stage? Thrice welcome then the hour of going: There's music in the Screech-Owl's crowing, Wlu u the cup of grief is i.vei flowing. And the Sjiirit longs to leave its cage. I.iM as the heart of a bird set free, Slinking its jnvous jubilee. Spirit ! thnu'lt through the ether flee Away to thy home o'er the silver cloud. Long and softly I'll lay-sleeping, When the ivy's o'er me creeping. And my vault ulone is weeping Weeping oil my inould'ring shroud. Ciias. G. Iirino ox Emancipation. The opinions of lawyers of so much ability and enii Hence as Mr. Loring, upon emancipation will attract much attention. He says : I have already stated some of tho reaj-ons why the obligation of self preservation, of religion, if law and of humanity, call upon us to resist, at every cost of life and treasure, and at all haz ards the establishment of any slave empire carved out of this republic. There are, at pres nt, comparatively very few mining us who, from regard either to the w hites or the blacks, would recklessly attemp' sudden and immediate) aboli tion, if it can be avoided ; while the great mass if people are resolutely determined, if possible to sustain the I'nioii, with tho Constitution as it is, believing that the natural laws of God's gov ernment, will eventually, and at no distant day, solve tho great problem in the manner hist sug gested, with the least possible injury to all exist ing rights and interests. But if this solution shall lie found to bo im practicable ; if the South shall with pertinacious recklessness continue its desperate struggle, or shall be aided in continuing it with better hope of success by foreign intervention, so that the alternative must be either the destruction of the Union or the immediate extermination of slavery, then we have no doubt either of our interest or of our right under tho law of self f reservation, of our duty to God and to man, to cxtcrpale the curse ot once by all means in our power. e shall not falter nor hesitate in this fearful task, hut go straight on, Iea ing the const que: ces in the hands of Him who "causelh the wrath of man to praise him," and upon the heads of those who have thus brought upon themselves an awful retribution for a degree of w ickedness and folly tieyond all former example. Banks. There are 1,4'Jit hanks in the loyal States, with a capital of 4 19,70 1,821. the amount of specie now in these institutions is greater than it has been at any time within ten years, except in 1353. I Nsw York, January 12, an inqticst was held on the body of Hugh Kelly, who came to his death by falling out of bed. He had gme (u bed in an intoxicated st.tte the night previous, and his family beard noise as from ft fall, and on goinj into the room found deceased lying on the floor dead, having dislocated hi neck. Kepink not if vou see other better fed than vourself Perhaps tbey arc fattened fur destruc-1 . 1 . . . . . t tion, and i .-qI jyle d lor liealth. ' Br little and little great things are completed; and so repeated kindness will soften a heart of itonc. Ulowuartis and Swaggerers. That peculiar class of individuals who persist in calling themselves "Democrats" fitter having disgracefully bolted (he last National Convention of the Democratic party, and then were regularly "read out" of tho organization by a decisive vote of that party before it ceased to exist, ore an amusing set of fellows. According to them. there has been a reaction in favor of their "wing" impending ever since the election of '00, against the Government and tho war, and to the behoof of the Jeff Davis' experiment. They seem to have totally forgotten that "the glorious old pat ty" headed by General Breckinridge, C. S. A . received in the loyal States but a niero handful of votes, mid of those who did blunder into the support of that slave trade ticket, the better part are now strenuously supporting the Government in ull of itj war measures. As illustrative of tho vote given to this w ing, in some of the States, which they now audaciously claim as having gone in recent elections for their very peculiar views, we mention the fact, that in Illinois Gen. Breckinridge received 2.404 votes, in Indiana 12,295, Iowa 1,043." This was certainly not as1 goott a run as "t ne war cinia ot Kentucky lias made quite frequently sineo elsewhere, but it will do, in some sort, to show the fallaciousness of tho continued assertions of thes.i blowhards and swaggerers, that the whole country is com ing round to fhe support of the Breckinridge platform. They have a very happy f.tculty for milking up in bluster and bravado what they lack in more enviable qualities. Each particular one" makes tin times the fuss about the strength of his party, and the solvency of something that he terms his "principles" that any one belonging to I'nion organization does, and in this way he aids to give to his party an appearance of possessing about ten times the strength that it re.ttly has. A stranger passing through the State during the last gubernatorial campaign would have conclu ded, if careless in his observations, that McCon nel was sure to be elected. So much din did those who supported that gentleman raise every where in theSta'e. The strangest fiat, however, performed by these incorruptible custodians of the Constitution, was when they bellowed and brayed in self g-alu!ntiou over the results t f the ejections in s ane of the Eastern Stales, wl i :h fiom various causes, not at all affecting the loyal ty of tile u asses, had east nnti -Administration majorities. A I unmindful of the fact lh.;t the Administration had, taking nil these elections tog t h -r, a majority of over sixty thousand in its favor, without couiitit g the six or seven bun ird t hoits: nd good Administration men, with good muskets hi ihrir hands, then absent on ihe battle field, they queerly claim that the Govern mi lit and its war policy have beeo rebuked, and ipieer yet, they claim that their kind of Demoe ru v did it ! Is is true that the two thousand Breckinridge votes of Illinois have swallowed up the one hundred and sixty thousand received in iuil State bv Judge Dotig'as 1 C'ii it be a fact I that, the 888 who supported Brei-kniiiridgo in! Wisconsin have absorbed, tnid do now control the sixty five thousand who voted for the regu lar Den ocratic nominee t Is it probable that in two years time they have . forgotten nil the little pleasantries that pa-sed between ilia "two wings" in the memorable campaign of ISliO, when the bolters called Douglas and all of his suppor ters "Abolitionists" and other genteel epithets which bubble easily from secession throats? Do ' they recall some slight reviews of themselves and of their purposes, made by that gentleman dur i.g that canvass ? We are continually regaled, from this source by predictions that the "glorious old party" is going to rise up in this State in the coming elec tions and carry everything by storm. It would tiflord much consolation, if those who assert this would offer soma proof of it. Assertions do very well in their way, but tho instance of one solitary man who laRt year voted the Union ticket, and this year proposes to be 'reconstruc ted" would go much further. Will some one find that man, and mention it ? Marysville Ap peal. The Art of Convincing. The New York Lcdyrr get offthe following : Who shall teach "Kef irtners" modesty ? The conceit of this partiticular class of human beings is, nt once, amusing and amazing. One of them conceives nn idea, or forms n scheme for improv ing somhthi g, and essays to bring olher men to his opinion. Does he make a polite bow, and request bis auditor to listen to a modest state ment of his reasons ? Ear from if. He expects t() B,voll,pH, purpose fuiwillu. propositions : by laying down the 1. Any man who does not think as I think is deficient in moral sense. 2 Any man w ho does not think ns I tit ink has had the misfortune not to inherit from his parents a refuted and impressible organization. 3. Any man w ho does not think as 1 think prefers his interest jo ms only. Ai.y man w no uoes noi uiiiik as i iiiiiik is probably, a lineal descendant of Judas Iscariot, or second cousin lo Iknadict Arnold. j 5. Any man who does not think as I think is i . t - .l l . . 1 . T. - 1 . 1. I. a perfect tool, and "little better than ono ol the i wickeJ." Thec propositions to a thorough-going, ono iJead reformer are self evident. The only dfli culty is, that people w ho are so unhappy as to differ from him in opinion cannot regirJ them, selves in that light. The coiiseouence is that the people in general ate apt to conceive a certain i repugnance to that portion of our f.iilow citiz-ii i who are iJclitifted with "progress" and the "guo.l n I cause, curious immodesty, it seems, is no mod ern I-'0"'""""'' ur- 1 rallK" relate in Ins ail- j i : l... .1.... t... I... l r. 1 vouii 'i 'ii y , uui, hi.ii lie w as muuui, iiiv jeu j years old, he had violent attack ot the rtfrm- ing conceit, and used to berate those who opt oscd him in the same riJiculous inanncr that is in ( vogue aniot-g tho Sew I.'ghts of llio present generation. Soon, however, ho found it best to change his tactics. His remarks on tins subject ate so much to the point, that we will take the liberty ol making a short extract from them "1 continued this (disputatious) method some tew yeRrs, but gradually left it, retaining only the habit of expressing myself in terms of modest diffidence ; never using, when I advanced anything i that might possibly be disputed, the word certain ly, undnubtedlij, or any other that gave the air of positivetiess to an opinion ; but rather said, conceive or uppre lie ml a thing to be so and s-vi it appear to Die, or 1 should not think it is sr for such and such reasons ; or J imagine it to be no ; or i( is so, if I an not mmtaAen. lhis habit believe, has been of great advantage to mo when I have had occasion to inculcate my opinions, and pursuade men into measures that I have been from time to time engaged in promoting ; nud, as tho chief ends ot conversation are to inform or to be informed, to please or to persuade, I w ish well meaning and sensible men would not lessen their power of doing good by a positive, assum ing manner, that seldom fails to disgust, tends to create opposition, and to defeat most of those purposes fir which speech was given to us. In fact, if you wish to instruct others, a posi. tivc, dogmatical manner in advancing your senti ments may occasion opposition and prevent a candid attention. If you desire improvement from other?, on should not, at the samu time express yvursclf fixed tit your present opinions; modest and sensible men who do not love dmpu tations, will leave you undisturbed in the pos session of your errors. In adopting such a manner, you can seldom expect to please your hearers, or obtain the concurrence you desire. Pope judiciously observes, 'Men must be taught ns if you taught them not. And things unknown proposed as tilings forgut.' II.- also recommends it to us, 'To speak, though sure, with seeming dillidence.' And ho might have joined with this lino that w hich he has coupled w ith another, I think, less properly : 'For want of modesty is want of sense.' If you nsk why less properly, I must repeat the lines, - 'Immodest words admit of no defence, For want of modesty is want of sense. Now is not the want of tenae (where a man is so unfortunate as to want it) some sinology for his toant nf modesty and would not the lines stand more justly thus i 'Immodest words adpul but this defence That want of modest r is want of sense.' " "Smart Men" at tub Bav. That information not in possession of the business men of 'Erisco is not to be obtained at the most extensive insti tutto:,s of learning. hat theij don t know, it is no sort of use in trying to learn. There is scarcely nny difference. Each is "slurp as light ning" and about as "smart as they mako 'em." The Bulletin of a recent dale mentions tho fol low ing instances : Ckeenhack Lessons. Case 1st A San Francisco lawyer had earned a fee of $250 from one of his clients, and in due time sent in his bill for collection. To his utter astonishment his collector returned with $250 in greenbacks. He indignantly ordered the collector to "lake that trash back to II , and tell him that 1 make him a present of it." The collector obeyed orders, and speedily re turned to his principal, when tho following col lorriy occurred : Lawyer Did you present my compliments and the greenbacks to II 1 Collector 1 did, sir. Lawyer What did II say 1 Collector He put the greenbacks in his pock et and said he was much obliged to you for the present ! Case 21 A banker loaned $30,000, secured by mortgage to a real estate owner, before any such annoyances as payment in greenbacks had been thought of. W'hen the mortgage was about maturing the mortgagee informed tho banker lhat he might expect payment in legal tenders. The banker, in a gruff manner, responded : "I expected no better treatment from you. Do your meanest, but grant me one little favor. Don't bring any of your legal tender rags into this office ; I'll not put you to the trouble of em ploying a broker. Just you bring me the amount of gold that you will havo to pay for $30,000 in greenbacks, and I'll give you up your note and mortgage and good riddance to you." So reasonable a request as this could not be objected to, and so the shame laced mortgagee in duo time presented the required amount of gold. The banker handed over the note and mortgage, received the gold and deposited it in his safe, and bade his late debtor good morning. The latter hesitated a little about going, and said something about having the mortgage released of record. "Oh. yes." said the banker, "we will have to i . .. employ a lawyer tor III at. lie men named ins own lawyer, and the two proceeded to his office, when the banker made known his business some thing after the following manner: "S itiire, there is a balance of several thousand dollars due me on a mortgage which you will hud recorded with the county records, and you will oblige me bv commencing a foreclosure suit at once It diil not take the'vanquihed mortgagee much time to understand his position, but the only remedy for hirn was to pay the balance duo on tho rnoitgage in greenbacks. He never men tioncd the circumstance afterwards. . ; sion look place January 2Sth, at the hatchet and e lge tool manuueiory oi unaries n. nan, at V-.. ..!, V... T.. Tl.. l.Wr.l u na A .s c w hi . t w vn -ivj . jito w -- u, i-u through two buildings, atnl across two vicant l"ts. Two men were killed, and three injured, Thrs buil iirg in which the boiler was located was entirely destroyed. A Voics from North Carolina Plain Talk. The Raleigh Standard, in speaking of the rebel authorities at IticJmotid, holds tho fol lowing language : They labored to break down the old Govern ment because they were about to lose the "beef" slavery and they would wreck tho new one before they would part with tho carcass upon which Vultur.is are settled. Their motto was "divide and destroy," and their motto now is "consolidated rule or ruin." House they are the destruct ives, and those who oppose them are the conservatives. We still walk the soil and breathe the air of freedom, and aro not to be ind'teticed hi our course by tho blandishments or the frowns of power. What hkcomes of tukm ? There wore coin ed at the mint, in Philadelphia, during Decem ber last, five millions four hundred and thirty thousand cents, and yet the cry is for more. Where do they go 1 From tho Hvnnkii or Liuut.I ".NOT VKT." UY WAKRES chase. Not yet, says a friend far away in the prai rie laud arc the signs of peace hovering over us. But I think my friend stands down in the fog lhat settles over the low lauds. From the hilt- tops that loom up from some parts of our civil, political, religious and military condition, the signs of peace and prosperity are distinctly vis ible and prominent, although the rebel armies are not yet vanquished, and Richmond is still Uis capital ot traitors and tyrants, and tho head quarters of a conspiracy against human rights. and human liberty, and the most liberal govern merit in llio world most Iineral to the poor and industrious vv Into man, ll not the black man, or white woman, lho rebels aro encompassed by sea and by laud, by a sulliicieut force to crush out all the resistance they can make, so soon as the lutes can bo drawn into a centre, and it mutters nine wncre tnai centre is, whether Uichmond, or Charleston, or Montgomery, or Chattenooga. The rebels know all this, and betray their knowledge ; but they have a hope of our division and distraction, or that we will get out of patience, and call our forces homo, and nbandon for compromise, a certainty of mil itary success for, ut compromise, they have ever beaten us, usually by first vexing, provok ing, and then wearying our patience. Many ol our citizens overlook our progress get discouraged because we have not done all thoy hoped, aiul because wo have had some dis asters, such as all important wars havo thrown on both sides. We h.'ive taken back tho two Navy Yards they took from us before we could defend them, and destroyed their navy all but lew straggling pirates which roam tho ocean without a port they etui enter within the country that pretends to protect them. We havo taken their two greatest commercial cities New Or- cans nnd Norfolk : they have not even a hone of re taking them except by compromise. We have conquered and partially restored nearly one halt the territory over which they spread jurisdiction. Wo have destroyed, by their own accounts, over one hundred thousand of their army; destroyed their credit and currency, ex cept w hen they force its circulation by a military poVer. We have more than twenty times their naval force, and over ten time their pecuniary ability, and more than twice the number of sold iers enlisted than they can raise by conscription. and yet we could raise another army as largo as tho ono we have, by volunteers, if a foreign foe liould interlere or a necessity which the people could feci should require, it. They are short for food ; we have a surplus, and sending it in do nations to lho suffering poor of England, which has the peace but not the plenty. Who cannot see that we are approaching peace, and that the war-eagle shall soon return auJ perch on tho new dome of the Capitol at Wash ington, with his wings spread for protection over all tho Slates, once in and out of the Union, it seems to me is blinded by political or other dust scattered by tho senile press and politicians. What if wo are beat back at some points a few rods, w hile we crowd the enemy as many leagues ii r.o lur? What we if lose now and ih -n, w h.le we gain four or fivo to every one lost 1 What if wo loso some prisoners, while we have several .i ! i . , i - . i , i. tiousan.i nnea.i on mo parmo list lor exchangc f , hat if we lose tho most men in a few enao i nients, while in four out f livo wo kill and crip pie nearly two to one I Th" worst of ail, thus far, has been the loss ol so many in camp and hospital, by oiseasc, and olten by delays, which were not justilied by necessity or military expediency ; but even thi we can bear for tho sako of our officers, -h' gain the confidence of their men w hile they die a death tar worse and far less glorious than the ono on the battle field. One feature is fast growing into importance, viz., Negro regiments to guard and protect the southern coast nnd cities; and they will he need ed and useful when the war is over. They being most loyal of any in the South, will have to guard the country for the future, as they are doing in New Orleans. The French government has decided not to proceed with any more iron frigates, as recent experiments, more especially with (lit headed shell the inissilo Mr. Whitworth has employ ed with such start lirg effect against artnor.pliited t.irg-'ts have, it is alleged, satisfied thetit that the artillerists are more than a match for the shipbuilders. W a Ao Taxks. Notwithstanding the war, property in Cincinnati increased nearly a mill- ion of dollars last j ear, while the taxation of, the city fell off nearly a quarter of a million t as compared with the year previous. Auven'turs or a Scoundrku The following account is given of a Northern deserter in an Eastern newspaper : A fellow arrived ut St. John, N. JJ., lately, in a vessel on which ho had sought passage from Boston, claimiining to be a- brtuwhr subject. When tho vessel had proceeded soul distance to sea, he revealed himself as a deserter from the Federal army. Ha said that be first enlist ed in Portland (where his family resides), and received his bounty ; ho suecoededjin having hi name placed on the hospital list, and afterward escaped to Boston, where be again enlisted, ro ceiving a bounty of $2'.)5, and vanished. He immediately hired on board an English steamer and made a trip to England and rvturtiH, .when ho left tho vessel ami tried his fortune at an other enlistment, received another bounty, and made his exit by the vessul bound to St, John. The craft was obliged to enter Portland, when ho left her to visit his wife and children, but re turned prior to her departure, and arrived with tho vessel at St. John. He said that his family had and were receiving threo dollar per week fro n the States during his absence, and in caso of tho suspension of this f provision, ho should send for them to come and reside in his now found home. The crew were so interested it) his exploits that upon entering British waters ho was lathered and shaved with an iron hoop, all of which ho bore with admirable tang fruid and seemed not ill pleased with tho ceremonies which welcomed his transition from the country ho had so basely deserted and robbed. Tub Amiaui.e Kkiiki.s. An instanoo of the noblo chivalry ol Southerners may bo found in the following : A New Origins correspondent says "a most remarkable affair occured recently in tho former headquarters of Major General Butler. Capt. J. C. MeClure, of General Banks' staff, who had occasion to enter the office, found a rose ly ing upon one of tho desks, and taking it up to smell its fragrance, he no soonor applied the rose to his noso than he fainted. It is supposed tho rose contained a poisonous powder, which caused tho insensibility. Tho (lower has been secured and will bo analyzed by a skillful chem ist. General Kosecrans. There has been some littlo speculation flouting about through tho uowspnpcrs in relation to tho place of birth of the hero of Murfreesboio. "Buckeye," a correspon dent of tho Sacramento Bee, of tho 12th inst.,. thus speaks of the matter : Permit me through your paper to say that General l'oserrans-the fighting General of tho West-is aged forty-tnreo years and was born in Delaware county, Ohio, at a place called Kings ton Corners. His father's name is Grandle. Ho is not a Dutchman, neither is he a Catholic. His father and grandfathers, for generations) were Pennsylvania Dutchmen, and lived in Wyoming Valley, since tho massacre of Indians memorable in history. Theso facts are reliable, as I am a relative of the General, and was born and lived for years within a mile of his father' residence. Ihe true orthoirranhv ol his name is Uosecriius-uot Uosekrntis. An Astonished " Ahoiuuink." A Califor nia correspondent, in speaking of tho overland telegraph, relates tho following: " Tulking about telegraph, the Jirtt message rcceivod over tho wires was a stunner, and came direct from his Sutanie Majesty to an ' aborigine.' It seems that tho workmen wero engaged in ' hauling taut tho wire preparatory to crossing a stream, tho batiks of which wero high and abrupt, and among them at the extreme end nearest tho banks, was a ' gentleman savage,' who had, contrary to Indian nature, concluded to work for a few days to get a dollar to expend for whisky and tobacco. They wero surging uwiiy on tho wire, when a littlo streak of electricity camo dashing along from a point a hundred miles away, where a thunder storm was raging, and quicker than any hot po tato was ever dropped, was tho metal from the hands ot tho haulers' who understood it, all ex cept Mr. Indian, who was suddenly seen to execute a war dance, with his eyes rolling; but ho couldn't let go in time; tho shock itself, of which tho slightest sensation had been a precurs or, formed a 'continuity' with the native, and suddenly a very H it pair of feet were seen point ing heavenward, and the Indian suprioscd to own tli.-in. trohitr down in a crescent like curve, head .i, -,..,i, i, ... i. .i- lust, pearcd, but immediately emerged, scrambled up the bank, took ono wild look behind him then run as no Indian ever run before, with lCVl,ry h.,ir straight up like a porcupine's, so stiff I yuu C((Uj mve hlll,M pj.-fce it. That In. jilin lil!t 110Vl.r bt;ull in ,mt vicinity since, H0 ,t c-oiniJvr tho UrlfuraiIi perfect stunner 1 a shocking nffiir " Cotton Scriar. An eastern paper says : We can readily understand the better tone of the English press in regarJ to the supply of cot ton for the coming year. The high price i stim ulating its production in every part of tho work', except in the Confederate States, nnd it will be noticed among the receipts at New York is near ly 1,500 bale from Brazil and Asia Minor. Doubtless the receipts in England front all part of the world, except the United States, w ill bo largely increased lho current year, if so much Is already attractej from South America and Asia to lho United States, Til Louisville Ikmocraf, the leading Demo cratic paper of that State, says ; "There can bo no true Democracy while treason keep its sr. tnies in the field, except war Democracy. The office hunters who, in a time like this, preach peace, in the North mav bo Democrats in nam but in reality they are tories and traitors, who wou,l be in arms Hgaiut their Government were ,,v ;vig j the so called Confederacy,