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About The state Republican. (Eugene City, Or.) 1862-1863 | View Entire Issue (April 11, 1863)
' - I I? m i : DEVOTED TO THE POLITICAL AND GENERAL INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE. STATE IP) nilM m. mw II 1711 J I I 1 ll I I A VOL. II. T1IE STATE REPUBLICAN. Published ererr Saturday by J. NEWTON GALE. Terms of Subscription Tb Rtrriucix will be published at ('2 SO .year in ad Vac; t l uo it' paid at tliu end of six months ; or (4 00 t tho clone of the year. One dollar additional will be charged for each yeur payment is neglected. XJg So papers discontinued until all arrearages are $aid, except at our option. Rates of Advertising. 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If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their papers from the office to which thev are directed they are held responsible till they have settled the bill and ordered the paper discontinued. 4. If subscribers remove to other places without in forming the publisher, and the paper is sent to the for mer direction, they are held responsible. 6. The courts have decided that refusing to take s paper from the office, or removing and leaving it uucallcd for, is prima lacia evidence of intentional fraud. STAMP DUTIES. There seems to be some misapprehension in regard to the particular kind of Stamp required for a particular transaction. The original Aet did require each and every kind of transaction to be stamped with a sUmp denoting that par ticular branch of business ; but Congress seeing ttJio difficulty and embarrassment to business which would necessarily arise from tho stringen cy of the law, wisely passed mi umendm nt to the Act. We give the amendment as it was ap proved, December 25th, 18(52: " Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That no instrument, document, writing, or paper of any description, required by law to be stamped, tillitll bj d.iemed invalid, and of none tffect for tha w. nit of the. particular kind or denomination of stamp, designated for and denoting the duty t'trtrgeT'oii " an" such instrument," document, writing, or paper, provided a legal stamp or t a m ps, denoting a duty of equal amount, shall have been duly affixed and used thereon ; provi ded, that no prov ision of this section shall apply to any stamp appropriated to denote the duty charged on proprietary articles." In all cases 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 the initials of his name, or deface the same in such a manner as to show distinctly that uch stamp has been used, under a penalty of liftv dollars. Bank Check, or Draft at Sight For nn amount exceeding $20 CertifieatH of Stock-In an Incorporated Company Certificate of profits In un Incorporated Company, for an amount not less than $10. nor exceeding $50 Exceeding $50 Promissory Note or Draft-Other than at sight or on demand, of from $20 to $100 From 100 to 200 02 10 25 05 10 15 20 30 40 CO 00 50 00 10 25 25 25 10 " 200 to " 350 to " 500 to " 750 to " 1,000 to 350 500 750 1.000 1.500 ' 1,500 to 2 500 " 2,500 to 5,000 Every additional 2,500, or fraction.. Broker's Note-Or memorandum ol sale Protest of Note, etc.-Or Marine Pro- test, etc Power of Attorney To tratsfer stock, bonds or scrip I o receive dividends or interest To vote by proxy To sell or lease real estate To receive rent Warehouse receipt For all goods on storage Telegraph dispatches The charge for which does not exceed twenty cents for the first ten words When it does exceed 20 cents Express Company's or Carrier's Receipt Where compensation is 25 cts. or less From 25 cts. to $1 Exceeding $1 Certificate of Deposit For a sum not exceeding $100 Exceeding $100 Pill of Exchango (foreign) -In sets of three or more, not exceeding $150. . . From 150 to 250 ' 250 to 500 500 to 1.000 " 1.000 to 1.500 " 1.500 to 2.250 2.250 to 3.500 " 3,500 to 5.000 5,000 'o 7,500 Every additional 2,500, or fraction. . Bill of Exchange (foreign) or letter of Credit-Drawn simply, or other than in a set of three or more, the sante as a Promissory Note or Draft at sight Bond Other than those required in legal proceeding', and such as are tot other- 00 25 ; 25 01 03 01 02 05 02 05 03 05 10 15 20 30 50 70 00 30 EUGENE wise charged herein Mortgage or Bond, to secure a Debt From $100 to $500 " 500 to 1,000 " 1,000 to 2,500 2,500 to 5,000 " 5,000 to 10,000 " 10,000 to 20,000 Every additional $10,000 or fraction. . Originul Writ-Except those issued by a J ustice of the Peace, and those issued in criminal prosecution by the United States, or any State Probate Will, or Letter of Administra tionWhere the estate does not exceed 50 1 00 o oo 5 00 10 00 15 00 10 00 50 $2,500 r ram u 2,500 to - 8,000..; . . 1 -5,000 to 20,000 2 20,000 to 50,000 5 50.000 to 100.000 10 00 100,000 to 150,000 20 00 Every additional $50,000 or ft action . . Policy of Insurance on any life or lives wbrre the amount insured does not exceed $1,000 From $1,000 to $5,000 Exceeding $5,000 Fire and Marine Risks Deed of Grant-Where the consideration is more than $100 and not exceeding $500 From 500 to 1,000 10 00 25 50 1 00 1 " 1,000 to 2.500 2 " 2.500 to 5.000 5 " 5,000 to 10,000 10 " 10,000 to 20,000 20 00 Every additional $10,000 or fraction. . 2 00 Leasc-For three years or less For more than three years 1 Agreements-Other than those mentioned above, (or any appraisement,) for every sheet ot paper on which it is written Certificate Other than those mentioned above The stamp duties on Express Companies' re ceipts do not extend to receipts for articles or packages transported for the Government, ror receipts for articles or packages transported by sucli companies without charge thereon Take Care of Yourself. "Take care of yourself !" is a principle, which, in some respects, is not neglected by mankind in general, but it is not often carried out in tho wy it ought to be. Take care of yourself; for be assured, from the very outset, that if you do not take cue ot yourself, there are none to be found who will perform this office for you. In taking care of yourself, your health, your reputation, year interest, your bnpptncra arc to be considered and whatever else combines with them to make up the individual recognized as yourself. Aeon trary course, in some instances, may secure you a temporary popularity, but nothing more. 1 eoplo may call you a clever tellow, and all that: but heed them not ; fir the day may come, unless there be a prudei t change in your tacttcts, when the very same people wiil pass you with a smile of contemptuous pity, as the man who did not know how to take care of himself; and this you will find but a poor reward for sacrificing to the good of others. Your individual self, rememb er, is a sacred trust confided to your keeping and, as that trust is discharged, so will be your happiness here as well as hereafter. It is a great fault to neglect your own advance ment in iite ; see to it always, by every means of a fair and honorable character. It is folly to stand aside, w hile others pant and struggle tor a prie, which might as well be yours as theirs. Assert your own claims, your own dignity ; and heed not the sneers that may assail your coining forward. It is ever so. If you are successful, these sneers at last will be turned into applause. What are great men, successlul men, self made men all men whom the world admires! What but men who have taken care of themselves 1 It is not, perhaps, that all of them are endowed with lofty qualities ; this was not necessary to the end ; but it is evident that they have been firm and inflexible in taking care of themselves, those nearest t them have doubtless often tho t that they were cold, selfish and wanting in gene rous sympathies. But let it be remembered that if you take good care of yourself, it is essential that you devote yourself to a purpose, always fixing your energies upon the end you have in view, and laboring steadily until that end is at tained. All else must be secondary and insignif icant. If you pause to chase butterflies, and P'ay a'nong roses more than is necessary to nour ish strength, some one else, who better under stands how to take care of himself, steps fleetly beyond your place of enervating repose, and you will never recover the lost ground. Up, then, and h doino-! "Waste not, want not," was well written on - - -- 0 the walls of the industrious man's kitchen ; but "Take care of yourself should be placed in let ters of gold before the eyes of the young, that it may never, even for a moment, be forgotten. Pay no regard to unreasonable sneers about tak ing care of Number One. It is your special business on earth to take care of that number, and to have a sharp eye to Number One's wel fare. It you acknowledge the correctness of this maxim, awake at once from your dream of disin terestedness, and look at the fate of those who were careless of Number Une. See them in middle life observe them in old age. Alas! w hat sorrow, what sultering, what remorse ! lie wise, therefore, while it is morning ; for in pay ing due attention to yourself you will be able to assist those w ho stand in need of your assistance; and there is no greater happiness than in this. Ladies in London are providing themselves the ship. The object has been to make her supe whistles to call the police in case of danger. The rior in all respects to any steamer afloat, and "Ladie's Anti garotter Whistlo" is the .those who have examined think it has been at- I Litest fancy article in the shops ! CITY, OREGON, APRIL 11, 1863. Plants Proper for- Wismw Cultukb. Plants which will continue healthy for u long time in the confined air rooms are generally those which have a peculiar surface, or texture in the foliage such ure tunny of tlu Aloes, Cactuses, Mcssembryaiithemuins, anion;; w hat are called succulent plants ; and in a lugger temperature, some of the curious Epiphaht, or the natural order Orchidte. We recollect noe seeing a very interesting collection of more t ian two hundred species, grow ing in a high stuU- of perfection, in tne hi. use of an amateur of sue ulcnt plant, liv ing in the Grand Sablon at Brt- sets. The room containing them was fitted up'iiuchin the same way us an ordinary library, with abundance of light shelves round the walls, and n 1 large table in tho middle of the room, oi4bii woro plauod the pots containing the plants. At night the room was lighted up by t splendid glass lamp, and it was heated by on a of those ornamental stoves so common on the continent. Altogether, it had a very neat appearance. The Chinese are very attentive to tho house culture of many of the orchideous epiphyat:, and thereby greatly increase the beauty and fragrance of their apart ments ; they have them in ornamental baskets and vases, and even suspended in the air, where they last for many years and flower beautifully. Some of them continue in flower for many months and diffuse the most delightful fragrance during the night. It was so cold at St. Petersburg last winter that people couldn't breathe out of doors. The streets were empty for days together. Among the last heard of oddities attracted to Paris by various motive is said to be a Russian prince of great wealth, his fortune being estima ted at the respectable- figure of six hundred cud fiftv thousand dollars a year. i - . Two attorneys got into a game of fistcuff in the Superior Court of Chicago somo days since, und, after pummeling each other to their mutual satisfaction, were each fined one hundred dollars for contempt of court. The Portland police discovered a barrel of liquor the other day, buried deep in the ground front which n pipe conveyed the beverage to the counter of the owner with the aid of suction. It is estimated that in the state ot Louisiana, thcro are fifteen thousand square miles of fertile alluvial soil which lio below high water mark, and which require to be protected by artificial embankments. Late advices show that Japan is in a regular state of revolution. Important reforms are no. inr inaugurated and changes mado which will affect the interests of foreign countries. It is re ported that the Regent has been murdered. A Manufacturer in Connecticut found in a bale of cotton, tho other clay, a large piece of grind stone, a common granite boulder that would weigh nearly a hundred pounds, and a large log of wood, for which he had paid sixty two ceula a pound. A son of lion. Mward Jivcrett, who is in Cambridge College, England, recently mado a marked impression by the ability he displayed n n debating society w hich was arguing the American question. lie demolished the secesh arguments of young Lords Russcl und Jrevcl- yan. As a sample of Eng'ish correspondence, the statement is given in a London pa ier that two well known Confederate generals are now living at their ease in Pennesy Ivaniu on $170,000 which was paid them for surrendering thi torts of New Orleans to the Union forces without making any resistance. Am Italian beggar, who pretended to be blind, and was enrched in Philadelphia recently, had $20 gold piece and $70 in treasury notes on his person, inegold piece dropped upon me iioor , ... , i . i n and rolled awav, when the vagabond s sight came to him and he sprang after his treasure with the greed of a miser. As a company of soldiers was or. the march through a small country town, the Captain a strict disciplinarian noticed that one of the drums did not beat, nnd ordered ft lieutenant to nquire the cause. The delinquent whispered in the ear of the lieutenant : "I've two ducks and a turkey in mv drum, and tell the Captain the turkey is for him. This state of affairs being reported to the Cap tain, he raised his voice to a high key and ex claimed : "Why didn't the fellow say before that he was lame 1 I don't want any man to drum for me ho doesn't feel able !" A drafted soldier in Wisconsin, was discharg ed by the surgeon, on account of having one short eg. Soon after, an Irishman, who had been drafted, applied for his discharge, claiming that both legs were ton short. New Steamer for the Pacific The Pacific Mail Steamship Company have just built at New ork a new ship for the Panama route, called the "Golden City," glowing descriptions of which are given in the papers of that city. She is three undred and thirty feet long ; breadth of beam, forty-five feet : tonnage, 3.500 tons. The model is beautiful, and she cannot fail to be a fast ves sal. She has been designed with great care and skill for her special business, no expense having been spared, w hich is calculated to contribute to I the comfort of passengers or the excellence of taincd. Slaves at a Discount. The appraisers of the slave property of the late Charles Carroll, of Maryland, one of the largest slave owners in the State, have made returns, assessing the value of one hundred and thirty slaves at an average of five dollars. This is the highest price they could name after consulting with numerous slave owu ers and dealers, and is considered a striking illus tration of the depreciation of slave property by jhe rebellion, and will have a powerful influence in Mary land. A sailor dropped out of the rigging on a ship of war, somo fifteen or twenty feet, and fell plump on tho first lieutenant. "W retch, said the oflieer, "where did you come from 1" "I came from Ireland, your honor." From the Risiso Tina. I THOUGHTS ON aiVKHIAUi;. BY Mil 9. M. How many Oh ! how many heart-histories, were they written, would be stranger than tic tion 1 But they are hid from public gaze, and none, or perhaps but few, suspect but what they are happy in their social relations, and enjoy the full measure of bliss meted out to that most sa cred tio conjugal union. Many, I think wo may say the majority, of those w ho enter those relations have no true idea of marriage, or that high, pure blending of spirit which is requisite for future happiness, and which alone t marriage. Wo nre accus. tomcd to call tho shadow, the substance, or tho legal ceremony, marriage, when, perhaps, it binds those whose natures never can harmonize; eonsqiiontly discord and hatred will be engen dered, causing the blight to fall upon life which is worse than death or annihilation. Ah ! who that reads from the inner pages of life, and sees the tall effect ot such bondage; (no-not the full effect, for that wo cannot know,) but a tithe of the misery and wretchedness where only legal marriage exists unsanctified by pure conjugal love, but must wish to blot this curse from earth, les, lis tho bitter ot all bitters the blighting of all that renders life pleasant and desirable this legal slavery without true mar riage. Be not alarmed, and say, I wish to do away with marriage; by no means. I would first be sure of the true, high, holy union, and then the ceremonial would not be mockery. JNow we speak of marriage and divorce only as sanctioned by law, und not tho blending of soul with soul, and life with life : and where this docs not exist the parties are divorced, or never truly married. A friend rises up before my mental vision. I sec her in tho. purity and innocence of girlhood with loving friends around her lifo seems one happy day. Anon, dark clouds gather in the horizon ; loved ones pass away ; wealth takes its flight and she is left struggling in the world alone. Weary and sad now seems life's path way r.o fond friends to caress ; v.o cheerful home to shelter; no loved mother to counsel, but only toil, daily toil for the pittance which supplies tho necessities of life. Yet, within I read, "still pure and good as when first wo met." Time passes on. I behold her once again. Ah! how changed ! She is now deck"d in wealth and fashion, und ouu beside her stands claiming the sacred name of husband. See him look with pride upon the lovely one his wealth lias bought, and drink in the honors lavished upon her good ness nnd intelligence with the thought, she is mine. Ah, a sigh escapes her lips what means it 1 surely she is not unhappy amid such wealth and splendor. A tear-drop too glistens in her eye. 1 analyze it, and read its bitter lesson. She long had struggled with poverty, loneliness and failing health, until disheartened, she, like thousands, gave ('twas all he asked) her lovely person and sparkling wit, fur a home! Rut uh, she learns too soon her great mistake. The soul is not sat isfied. Her afleetional nature meets with no response. lie gives her all by him deemed req uisite for happiness, and thinks her so. He knows her not. He appreciates not her nature or worth, tho is starving for love and sympathy, more keenly than when first they met, for now she is mocked with the scniblanco where no love food exists. The above is not a solitary case, neither a one sided case, but both parties often feel their utter unfitness to make the lifo of the other pleasant and happy. Marriage without the blending of spirit, is one of the greatest blunders of mankind and the most diflk-ult to bo remedied. Methinks Horace Gieclr must bo highly fa vored of Heaven, nnd never fed on husks for love, or allowed his sympathies to flow for hu manity, or he would admit other causes for di vorce than adultery. That, though a great wrong is naught compared to a lovelett, haples lifo tho enduring bondage of only legal marriage. The Pandkrehs to rebellion to be Met Promptly. The Administration is growing bold. I have reason to believe the President is alarmed at the manifestations in certain free States of a traitorous spirit, and that ho is determined hence forth to treat it with severity. If tho Govern mcnt is not strong enough to nut down the trai tors at home, it may as well perish now as at any other time. At any rate I am assurcJ by those who are in a position to know Mr. Lincoln s opinions and intentions, that he will hereafter act with promptness against any man in the army or out of it who panders to the rebellion, or who disobeys his orders it he is bound by his oath to obey. lie is turning down a new page, and we shall see what the effect will be. If it gives heart to the loyal men of the country it will answer a good purpose. Cor. Lot ton Journal. Yocrn and the lark have their song for the morning, while age and the nightingale have theirs I for tho NO. 13. The Mean Xam " I've known some very mean men in my ' time. There was Deacon Overreach, now he was mean, ho always can ied a hen on his gig box when ho traveled to pick up the oats his horse wasted in the manger, and lay an egg for his breakfast. And then there was Hugo Him mclman, who made his wife dig potatoes to pay for marriage license." " Ltwyurs," he contin ued, addressing himsolf to Barclay, " I must tell you that story of Hugo, for it is not a bad one; and good stories, like potatoes, ain't as plenty as they were when 1 was a boy. Hugo is a neighbor of mine, though considerably older than I be, and a mean neighbor ho is, too. Well, when bo was going to get marriod to Gretchcii ivolp, he goes down to Parson Rodgers, at Dig by, to get a license. 'Parson,' says ho, 'what's the prico of a license?' 'Six dollars,' says he. 'Six dollars!' says Hugo ; 'that's a dreadful sight of money. Couldn't you take any less V 'No,' says he, 'that's what they cost me to the Secretary's office, at Halifax.' 'Well how much do they ox for publishing in Church, then V Nothing,' says tho parson. Well,' says Hugo, that's so cheap I can't tx pect to give no change Laik. I think H'H be published. How long docs it take V Three Sundays.' 'Three Sundays ! says Hugo. 'Well that's a long time, too. But three Sundays oro only a fortnight, niter all j two for tho cover and one for the inside, like ; and six dollars is a great sum of money for a poor man to throw away. I must submit.' So off' ho went jogging towards homo ond look ing about as mean as a now sheared sheep, when all at once a bright thought came into his head, and back ho went as fast as his horse could carry him. 'Parson,' says he, 'I've changed my mind. Here's the six dollars. I'll liu tho knot with my tongue to-night that 1 can't undo with my teeth.' 'Why, what in nature is tho meaning ot all this V snys tho parson. 'Why,' says Hugo, 'I've been ciphering it out In my head, and it's cheaper than publishing bans, after all. You see, sir, it's potato-digging time ; if 1 wait to bo called iu Church, her futlier will have her work for nothing; and. as hands aro scarce and wages high, if J marry her to night, she can begin to dig our own to-morrow, and that will pay for tho license, and just seven shillings over; for thcro ain't a man in all Clem euts that can dig and carry as many buthels in a day as Grctuhcn can. And, besides, fresh wives, like fresh servants, work like smoke at first, but they get saucy nnd lazy after a while.'" " Oh, my" said Miss Lucy, "did you over hear the boat of that ? Well, 1 never." l'uiiislimenta. Corporal punishment should bo the last resort : never usod except for an atrocious crime, or a smaller one obstinately persisted in. And, to render it efficacious, or rather, to prevent its bo- coming a dangerous evil, it b hou d bo adminis tered with perfect serenity of temper and unco tion towards tho offender. Every kind of punishment that inav terrify the imagination, ought to bo strictly guarded against. Tho dark closet is one of that kind. Severe rcproachos, rough handling, and the has ty slap, if thoy do not much terrify, lessen right authority and injures the temper of tho child. Wildren should not bo punished lor mere ac cidents; but mildly warned aginst similar care lessness in future. And yet somo people show much more displeasure with a child for occidently breaking a piece of china, or tearing its clothes, than for telling an untruth. Here tho lesser is preferred to the greater, and the primary object of education is lost sight of. When a child has been punished in any wov. he should bo restored to favor ns soon as possible ; and when ho has received forgiveness, treated as though nothing had happened. He may be af fectionately reminded of his fault m private, as a warning for tho future; but to upbraid him witn it especially in the presence of others, is a breach of honor and a great unkindncss. Under any circumstances, to reproach children in com pany is useless, and ofiou injurious, as well as painful to them ; and is generally done from ir ritability of temper, with little view to their profit. To have the name of a naughty child, may produce so dtsheatcning an effect on the mind, that the ill consequences may bo felt to its great disadvantage The Emancipation Proclamation. The San Joso Mercury says that it asked a secessionist the other day what objections he had to the President's proclamation. "Oh," said he, "it is useless ; it w ill never reach the niggers : will stir them up to insurrection ; can't operate only wncre me army goes ; won t operate there be- cause the niggers will not run away ; is unconsti tutional ; robs the rebels ; will fill the free States with worthless blacks that will drive white folks out; will oblige white girls to marry niggers ;" in fact ho went on till we thought of the man wno said he had the jaundice, dyspepsia, consump tion, small pox, gout, rheumatism, and was unwell besides. Clear Headed. A young man recently be came infatuated with a lady not a thousand miles from this town, and finally proposed matrimony. The lady, being a genuine Unionist, and having ascertained that the fellow was opposed to the Government asked him where he was from. Having ascertained that he was a Northern man she told him that she rever would placo herself under the protection of any man w ho had not honor enough to stand up for his own people. If he was a Northern man and against the war, she didn't believe he was honest, and didn't want anything to do with him. Scnible girl, tliat.. j M'irijtoin Giue'tf.