.v . r V ii.ii ... 'I. . i! -u i-i i-i u-jjji-i-jj iiixaiiWJJjji .jiaiiu n 'i 'i,.', 'ik. .'in i-AmJSviii-iLsnmmammtamm THE STATE REPUBLICAN, mm I t DEVOTED TO THE POLITICAL AND GENERAL INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE. VOL. II. EUGENE CITY, OREGON, APRIL 4, 1863. NO. 12. r THE STATE REPUBLICAN Published every Saturday by J. NEWTON GALE. Term of Subscription. Ths liifoiLici will be nublished it ti SO t rear in id Viae. ; 00 if paid it th. end of six months ; or $4 00 t th clow of tiie rear. Oue dollar additional will b fchmrired for each rear payment it neglected. t3T S paper discontinued until ill arrearage! are taid, except at our option. Rates ot Advertising;. 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And be it further enacted. That no instrument, document, writing, or paper of any description, required by law to be stamped, ohail hi deemed invalid, and of rone effect for tlm w;int of the particular kind or denomination f stamp, designated for mid denoting the duty .'hir"j.l on any such instrument, document, wi-iiinir or miner. Drovtded a local stamp or t iimps, denoting n duty of equal amount, shall have been duly affixed and used thereon; provi fled, that no provision of this section shall apply to any stump appropriated to denote mo auiy charired on proprietary articles." In all oases where an adhesive stamp shall be Used tor denoting any duty imposed by this Act, the person using or affixing the same, shall write upon it tho initials of his name, or deface the amo h such a manner as to show distinctly that audi stamp has been used, under a penalty of lifty dollars. 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" 5,000 to 10,000. 5 00 10 00 15 00 10 00 " 10,000 to 20,000 Every additional $10,000 or fraction. . 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TIIE REBEL PIRATE. The particulars of the attempt to send forth a rebel piratical craft, from San Francisco, to prey upon the commerce of this coast, are thus given by tho Alia California of tho 16th and 17th ult. : For some eight or nine months past, tho Col lector, Naval Officer and Surveyor, have been in possession of the knowledge ot a persistent at tempt to purchase and fit out a vessel suitable for privateering. Tho parties implicated were known and their movements have been carefully watched. They wore, however unable to procure a suitable craft, although numerous offers were made for cratt of various calibre. They found a vessel it seems, in the schooner J. M. Chapman, which arrived at this port on the 17th of Febru ary last, in 130 days from New York, via Valpa raiso, consigned to Hellman brothers the Cap tain's name being Chapman. She is a neat, trim built vessel of ninety-one tons, and was subse quently sold to Ridgely Greathouse, of Yreka, for the sum of $6,500, and was placed ostensibly under the command of C. W. Law, as master, and advertised to sail for Manzanilloon or about the 0th of March, Messrs. Bunke, Greaves &t Co., in the Mexican coasting trade being her shipping agents. This selection was made, according to statements made by Law, as it was a Yankee house and would not incur the suspicion of the authorities. On Saturday afternoon, the Chapman was cleared by W. C. Law, he swearing that the crew consisted of one captain, one mate, and four seamen. This is an important link in the chain of evidence of the guilt of the parties. Her manifest was apparently all right, quicksilver, merchandise, and machinery. W. C Law, tho ostensible Captain of the Chapman, who, it is stated, was to be second officer of the pirate, has tor a number of years traded on the Pi.cilie coast, having been in the employ of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, and lately an officer on the steamer Oregon, trading to the Paciffiu Mexican ports. He is perfectly fimiiliar with the coast, and knows the cxncl track of the steamers. He was in com. maud id (he si hooiier Storm Cloud once, mid was mi erratic in his conduct, that tho owners tie.ieviug that he intended to run off with her, sent tilt agent to V..I 'itrai-Mi and relieved him from the charge of the vessel. On Saturday night, Messrs. McLean and Far- well, tho Surveyor mid Naval Offi rr of the port, accompanied by Captain Lees, offi.rs Mo Jjougai, U.itz, llley una seven oilier persons, were on the watch. I ho steamer Anaslic, kindly placed at the disposal of the Revenue officers by K. M. Jessup, Esq., lay across the end of Pacific street wharf, steam up ana her hres "banked, ready for instant service. On board the Chap man, lying just across the slip at Jackson street wharf, unusual bustle and stir was manifested throughout the night, many persons going and coining up and down the wharf, passing on board etc. ; the evidences showing, beyond doubt, that she was preparing to leave. in the night a lighter hauled alongside the Chapman, and a quantity of material was taken on board, which, of course, was in contravention of the revenue laws ; as, whatever it might prove to be, it had not been manifested. This was carefully noted, but no opposition was made, as it might intertere with subsequent proceedings. At half past five in the morning, the vessel was hauled into the stream. The morning was clear and beautiful, with very little wind stiaring. But two or three persons appeared to be stirring on ser deck she, to all outward apbearances, being hs innocent and harmless as any craft that ever left the port of San Francisco. When about tnree nunurcu varus irom me qock, an ooserver might have seen two boat's crews of armed men put otr from the Cyane, and simultaneously therewith the nose of the Anasho swung round into the channel, the tug starting ol her track, with loud puff and bark Irom her smoke- stack, an ominous warning to those on board the schoon er that they were entrapped. In a few moments she was boarded by the officers and men from tho Cyane, and Messrs. McLean and Farwell, with officers Lees, McDougnl, Blitz tud Coffey . lhe privateer was token witho' a struggle, n her cabin whs found Ilidtieisy Greathouse, li who hud acted as the purchaser of the schooner Chapman, late Irom Yivka, and a native of Ki-n tiicky ; man who has never disguised his symp i.lliy with tho rebels. I In has rulatives in this city and in lhe interior, and from his not being generally known in this city, was tho person se lected to conduct the i.fTiir, although, it must be confessed, tho fait that a man from tho interior, unfamilliiir with muritimo usages, and albeit a loud -mouthed secessionist, would, to our mind, attach suspicion to any movemcr.t she might make. It seems that these facts militated against him, and led to investigations which resulted in the successful arrest of the expedition and the parties concerned. Tho following parties were also taken : A. Robery, the mate, and two or three sailors. These were the only parties on deck, who were taken immediately by Captain Lees and secured. Captain Lees next proceeded to explore the hold of the craft. Procuring a light, he entered the forecastle, and passing through a small door in the bulkhead, separating that from the hold, he crept over boxes, bundles, etc., until nearly under the main hatch, when he discovered a nest of from fifteen to 17 men, snugly stowed away, apparently as freight, with the rest of the cargo. Coming on deck again, the hatches were removed disclosing these persons packed away amidships. Most of them were ormed with pistols and Bow ie knives. At first some of them seemed dis posed to 'show fight," but they were soon over awed ond deprived of their weapons by tho police. Scattered among the boxes and barrels, were large quantities of pieces of paper, torn to bits and chewed up, evidently with the design of de stroying all written evidence in that section of the vessel in reference to the expedition. Thesq bits of paper torn, chewed and mutilated r.s they were, were carefully collected by Captain Lees and his assistants, and may yet bo turned to good account. Th schooner was at once discharged, under direction of tho Surveyor and Naval Officer. Such of tho packages as were examined were found to contain six brass Dahlgreen guns, shot and shell, rifles, pistols, bayonets, bullets, swords, gun carriages (for use on ship board) and an end less variety of munitions and weapons sutable lor privateering purposes. A full inventory will be taken to-day, so that we shall be enabled to present our readers with a list to-morrow. The full particulars of the arrest of the parties concerned in the making of the schooner J. M. Chapman a pirate, publised exclusively in yes terday's Alia, created a profound sensasion in our community yesterday, and all loyal men thanked the energy and entcrpise of the officials, army, navy, customs, and city, who had cuccceded in thus unmasking the uffair. The duplicity of se cession sympathizers was manifest it once. They gathered in small coteries, and attempted to ere ate a sensation in their behalf, and of course were rampant in their protestations. They attempted to disavow any collusion whatever with the en terprise, and boldly asserted that ii was merely gotten up as a speculative expedition, with the sole intbiit of disposing of the cargo to the Mex icans, to aid them in driving the French invaders from their soil, and professed the greatest con dumuation of tho " unwarrantable action of the Lincoln office holders." Proof positive and in controvertible, however, exists thst conferences have been hold in this city ot leading rebels Irom various porti-lis of the interior, niotlily, if not ofiener. A sagacious and watchful officer of the army, gives it as his opinion, founded on the knowledge ol, and coversations with, members of Terry's Company, which left here for Texas not long since, that the b v:id is now quarterod temporarily at some Mexican poft on the gulf of California, or below, awaiting tho arrival of lhe Chap. nan. He is firm in tlm belief that the lit ing out of this pirate was a part of Terry's pro gi amine ; that ho win to take Mtiesiou of tho rim ami munitions of war, and srilh these we -o;i4..('.itr,iise and defense, force their way thru' it need be, to their rebel voiiteiloraUs on tho Allan io side, with their ill gotten gains obtain ed from the capture of tho Cttlfbrffisr steamers. 1 hat many names were connected by rumor with the transaction without any warrant is be yond doubt, but it is proven beyond prnd ven ture that the Chapman was in the h.u.ds of seces sionists, and that her in tut) t ions were piral'c&l. No further examination of the cargo and prison ers caplnred was made yesterday by the United States authorities, they beimrall day engaged in searching the vessel and in tbe examination of papers tound on board. 1 he officers are exceed ingly reticent upon the subject, and are sparing of information for the use of the pubic press. Probably the course pursued is the most proper one, and hence we are not disposed to find fault. We have been permitted to make copies of tho subjoined documents among the numberless pa pers showing the nature of the expedition found on board the vessel, which remove all doubts, if any before existed, as to the character of the schooner and the parties arrested. These documents will serve to open the eves of the loyal people of California to the nature of the treasonable schemes that have been set on foot in their midst. Evidences are numerous tint persistent efforts have hcrtofora been made to procure a steam vessel suitable to privateering purposes both 'here and at Victoria, by some of the parties cap- j 1 I 1 1 .1 t ,L . 3 l - t tured on board the Chapman. A resident agent of the parties in Victoria writes in ono of the let ter found on board, directed to one of the lea dors now incarcerated at Alcatraz, us follows s u j reg,irj (0 the steamer Ac tive, I do not know whore she is at present, but will try and assertain for you by the arrival of the next steamer and let you know. Again writing to the same party, he says: " Since writing you I have made some inqui ries iu regard to the matter mentioned in your latter, and have been on board the Otter and ex amined ber, and am sorry - to say that she will not answer your purpose at all. " She is a screw propeller of about three hun dred tons and possesses greater strength than any boat of her size I ever saw ; but she is very slow, and her own officers say that no machinery can be put in hor to make her go over ciggt or ten miles uii hour. "She was built for the fur trade up the North west coast, and they sacrificed speed in her con struction to strength, and tho only thing in the world she is fit for is a freight boat on some lino where speed is not a decideratum. " There is no vessel up here that would answer your purpose, unless you could get the U. S. Revenue cutter Shubrick, which would be a some what difficult operation, as Uncle Sam keeps a sharp look-out on things up here. "We had quite an excitement here on the Prince of Wales' birth day. "Some Seccsh raised the flag of the Confeder ate States Army, and the United States Consul was fool enough to take notice of it, and lowered his flag and addressed a note to Governor Doug las, stating that he must declino taking part in these festivities ot the day on account of it. The Governor treated him with silent contempt. " You may imagine there was some indigna tion among the Union Shriekert, but it was no use, for tho city authorities sent a police to sco that no one molested it, and it waved till about 3 o'clock p. m., when it was quietly taken in. " The 'Stars and Stripes' yUldcd to the 'Stars and Bars,' as it has Uqp.o many a timo in tho field, and as, I hope, it mny continuo to do to the end. " By the way, if anything turns up in connec tion with your steam ship line, that you can mr.ko any use of me, please reserve the chance, for I am getting somewhat tired of this monotony ot this life, and am anxious to get into a more active lile." The foregoing extracts will suffice to show bo yond all question, the objects sought to be ac complished, and which were so nearly cousum. mated. Tho idea of procuring a steamer hod evidently to be abandoned, and tho clipper schooner J. M. Chapman had to suffice. In this immediate connection, it may be well to state, as rumors have been set afloat in regard to her fitness, that she is less than four years old, and is ono of the strongost and staunchest vessels afloat in these waters, while her speed is said to be unexcelled by the fastest vessels of her class. She had on board five thousand feet of lumber, of a chanacter suitable for deck planking, berths, etc., for which use it wns doubtless in tended. Among tho papers found on board was a sol emn oath of secrecy, of which tho following is a copy : Having been brought to this room to have a secret confided to me, and believing that to di vulge such secret would imperil the lives of certain Southern men, as well as injure the cause ot the Confederate States of America, I do sol emnly swear, in the name of the Confderate States, within whoso limits I was reared, that I will never by word, sign or deed, hint at or divulge what I may hear to day. Not to my dearest friend, not to the wife of my bosom, will I cominunicato the nature of the secret. I hold myself pledged by all I hold dear in heav en or on earh, by God and my country, by my honor us a Southern gentleman, to keep inviolate the trust imposed in me. I swear that no con sideration of property or friendship shall influcne my secrecy, and may I meet, at the hands of those I betray, the vengeaoce due to a traitor, if 1 prove recreant to this my solemn obligation. So help me God, as I prove true!" On the rame sheet was the following oath of fellowship : ' V do solemnly swear in the namo of the Almighty God, and by all we hold sacred in heaven or in earth, that we owe no ulleg ance to nn) Government save to that oi the Confederate Suites. We do solemnly swear that it is her advaiili.go that is dearest of all things to our hearts, mill that to serve her we will break all ties of friendship or kindred that binds us to the St ite of California. We do also declare that to serve her we will freely imperil life, worldly goods, and all clso savo honor ; that we will go lor in io aid her now in ner nour ol trouble and danger, even as a dutiful son will fly to tho as sistauce of his mother, endangered by the brutal assault of a powerful and unscrupulous ruffian. We swear that henceforth friends of Confederate Slates are our friends, her enemies our bitterest loes ; and in the lot of our bitterest, deadliest, foes, we count that man who, recreant alike to honor, to his pi i ted faith, and to his country di vulge by any look or sign in the secret which we this day impart to him, and which he this day pledges his honor as asouthern gentleman, to hold inviolate and sacred. And we solemnly swear that if it be our unhappy misfortune to ad mit a traitor into our councils one so mean and abject, so utterly devoid of all those senti ments of chivalry and truth which have distin guished Southern men throughout the world, if through the dishonor and meanness, or equally dangerous folly and incaution of such a one, our enterprise should fail and our leader be brought to sharne we, each and every one of us, here by proclaim that by such deed, the traitor his forfeited his right to live, and we each pledge ourselves to slay him, at any timo and by any possible means we can. We solemnly swearj that the taitor can obtain safety only by the death of every one of our party, and may God so help us and ours, as we keep this oath." Another form of oath found on board is as HA lows ; Do you in the presence of Almighty God, swear that wHat 1 may this night say or show to you, shall be kept secure and sacred, and that you will not, by hint action or word reveal the same to any living being : so help you God f Some of the democrats reveal the details of plots, heretofore known to bo projected by Se cessiouista In our midst, for the withdrawal by force and arms, of California from the Union, An unfinished, rough draft of a secret eireular.in the hand witing of one of the leaders, now repos ing at Alcatraz, reads as follows the coppy is given verba turn : " Sik Feeling that it is the duty of every Southern man in California to render all possible aid in bringing this unholy war to a speedy and honorable close, and believing that this mav now be brought about by tho withdrawal of Cai. ifornia from tho now contemptible Union. I propose to suggest a plan by which it can bo ac complished, admitting first one point, that Bcni cia ur.d the two forts now commanding tho har. bor of San Francisco is tho key, and that the State would be ours if they were in possession of Southern men. My plan, tliereforo, will only extend to their capture. This 1 propose to do with 1,000 men, which 1 will raise on tbe fol. lowing plans : I will visit 100 towns and campe nearest Sacratuento ; at each I will form a society of ten of the most trusty men, binding them by tho strongest oath to appear at Sccramento on A certain day, (wll let them know the plan,) to obey the orders of ono man whatever they may be. Early on that day I will employ five or six men to cut the wires leading from Sacramento, (also a man at Benicia,) in all directions ; by a preconcertod signal we will meet on tho levee at 10 o'clock, und will proceed at once to take possession of ." Here tho circular breaks off. The plan, how ever, would seem to be, to have token one or two stcamors and proceed to Alcatras and Fort Point, take both these forts by surprise, as well as the arsenal at Benicia. The plan, however, wild and chimerical as it may now appear, was at one time feasible, provided a proper organ Ization had been behind it. We learn that the pirates took Cottrcll, tho steward, from tho cabin, nt 11 p. ii., on Satur day, with pistols at his head, forced htm Into tho forecastle. They took two sailors who were noisy in the forecastle, and with weapons attheif heads forced them into the hold to save quietude, A rumor which had obtained general publicity that the guns captured arrived here on the ship Lookout, from New York, now in this port, is incorrect, tho same having been in this port lor some time. A lot of blue flannel uniforms for the pirates was found on board. A Friendly Oder Misinterpreted. Mr. Pilkington, a small Farmer in Pennayl. vania, was lately drafted for the service -of his country. His wife, though sho possesses but a small stock of general information, is one tho best of conjugal partners, as she is much troubled at the thought of parting with tier hnsband. Tho other day, as sho was engaged In scrubbing off her doorstep, a rough looking stranger catno up and thus addressed her : " I hear nia'rm, that your husband has been drafted." " Yes be has " answered Mrs. P. " though, dear knows, there's fow men that coaldnH be better spared from their families." " Well ma'rin 1'vooome to offer myself a sub stitute for him," " A what T " asked Mrs. P. with some excite merit. " I'm willing to t'tke his place," said the stranger. " You take tho place of my litispand, yoli wretch I I'll teach you to Insult a distressed woman that way, you vagabond !" cried Mrs. P., as she discharged the dirty soapsuds into the face of the discomfited and astonished substitute, who took to his heels just in time to escape har. ing his head broken by tho bucket. Not Bad. During the recent fighting in North Curolina, a chaplain of one of the Massa chusetts regiments, mho was on the field, seeing one of the inch of Battery B., 3d New York Ar tillery, being borne off wounded, said to film, "Were you supported by divine inspiration!" "No !" wss the reply, "we were supported by the 9th New Jersey." I . dtrono jikx. Artcmus Ward, in his new lecture, makes some fun of Dr. Winship, the New England "strong man," who advertises that ho will lift twelve able bodied men at one time, at the close of his lecture. Artcmns travesties tho muscular New Englander by facetiously in viting twelve agreeable young ladies on to the platform, stating that he will lift them one at time or "perish in the attempt." Tin Santa Cruz Sentinel says that fruit cut turist living hack among the foot hills preserves bis grapes and apples by packing them In dry sand. Ite has grapes at this date perfectly fresh and luscious preserved in this way. It is a sim ple and cheap method of having good fruit the year round. u I do not say " remarked Mr.Brown. " that Jones is a thief; but I do say that if his farm joined mine, I would hot try to keep sheep." A max ceases to be a savage when you cad waken in him desire to buy and sell. Tut poor are nosseased bf little, beffcart of I -j - i cn nothing, the rich nave to much, just enouvh, not one f I) f