, 1863-02-07
Portland Correspondence.

EDS. STATESMAN: Your neighbor "Scrantio'
deserves to have his memory perpetuaed in a
i brdzen statue. His stunning style is frequently
compared to Munchausen's, but think the com.
parison is manfestly an injustice to the honest
Germans character, for veracity. l am satisfied
that, unless you can manage to shut his wind Off
he will ntct deadly injury on the interests Of
your upper country. The entire lack of pru-
dence in his statements relative to the mines, is
quoted against the auriferous regions of the up
per country by the California press submit to
his sober second thought the propriety of his
drying up his gorgeous, irrepressbe and high
toned style. He will obEge host of friends,
who do not admire his exaggeratons if he will
comply with this reasonable request. But let US
turn from the consideration of Scrantio to
THIS MORAL AND HIGH-TONED PLACE
From the amount of preaching which this
| place has every Sabbath day We ought tc be bet
ter than are but we are not as good as we
ought to be. In the first place we have the Pa
cyic Christian .AduOcate on Saturday morning as
a sort of theological appetizer, and then we get
ready for regular religious blowout on Sun
| day. From having the Rev. Mr.. Pearne in print
on Saturday, we take him served up in the flesh
on Sunday. We have him in the flesh morning
noon and night, on that day. to say nothing of
little stray religious performances on week days.
Our appetite grows by what it feeds upon, so you
cannot wonder if we hate Asahel Bush and love
| T. H. Pea7ne.
Now it may be thought that l am scoffer at
things divine, when in reality you know that | am
one of the very elect, and attend church solely to
enjoy rehgion-and sight of the pretty girls
The name of pretty girls in this place is Legion.
They are of every style of beauty, from the pert
prettiness of the saucy snub-nose to the imperial
aquiline features of Roman empress; and all
colored to suit from lily white to the deep carna-
tion of joyous youth. The longer this town
stands, the more | become convinced that the
pretty girls are the most attractive feature about
| it, and the only one worth Confederate shin
plaster.
STATE TEACHTRs' INSTITUTE.
! The male and female "schooi-mar'ms" of this
! place are to meet in Convention on the 14th OF
| February, to derive ways and means to make the
| infant idea shoot more correctly. The convoca-
ton of this particular class of people is looked to
with interest, and, if carried out in good spirit
must prove a benefit to the glorious cause of edu-
cation.
On the other hand such assemblages are too
| frequently turned into bear-gardens for some i'm
portant fellow to ventilate absurd theories in OF
bully his mates His Corpulency, A. c. Gibbs, is
to deliver lecture during the time in which the
Institute is in session. | am friend of the Gov
ernor's, but truth compels me to say that his ora
tory smacks of the victuas which he eats and is
more noted for its scents than the originality Of
its ideas. Other lectures will be delivered by the
Right Rev. Bishop Scott, and the Rev. Mr.. At
kinson. The last of them is a pointed preacher
and an earnest one. l believe Bishop Scott is a
gentleman of ability, and a man whose character
l venerate, and will go and hear him if time per
mits. 1 speak of him in this style, because he
never crosses my mind without | contrast him
with those miserable religious zealots who have
plenty of that spirit which dragged angels down
and not one particle of that noble quality which
raises man to heaven and makes him mate for
angels. l refer particularly to those men known
as "Political Preachers" who are not content
with doing their Masters work, but must needs
urge brave men and brethren to that combat into
which their precious oarcasses never chance TO slip
In the name of the Prince of Peace, they destroy
all peace in the name of Law and Order, they
encourage rapine and murder, Gaping the eli
max of their inconsistencies by negfecting then
special work of saving souls. Out on the black
hearted charlatans!
UNDER WHICH KING'
The newspapers of this State are in a State o.
blissful uncertainty about the new kink in the
nigger question. The Statesman is drifting ovel
towards Bgelow's; the Oregonian is all at sea
the Times is intensely patriotic since the Pacific
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in favor of the emancipation schemes; the Senti
mel the same; the State Republican is strictly
Pengrarian the Corvallis Union is insane the
Eugene RevielU is Cayuse Chivalry and the
.Mountaineer plunges like bull in a China-shop
A new paper is to be printed on the old Demo
Graf material, devoted to the Cayuse cause, and i;
to be the "best paper on the Pacific Coast p
Hadn't you better subscribe?
THE CHRISTIAN SOLDIER AND GENTLEMAN.
l do not yield in veneration for the character o
Jesus Christ to any man, but think all this puff
ing of "Christian soldiers and Gentlemen" a con
founded humbug. Gov. Gibbs used to get of
certain nonsensical twaddle about the advantages
of christianity to the soldier, and has shown his
belief in his own teachings by appointing all bis
officers for the new cavalry companies, so far as
have heard, from among the wordlings. hope
they may prove hard fighters, and we will neyel
ask what their religious belief is.
PETTY THIEVES AND PLENTY OF THEM.
From Terra del Fugo to Behring Straits, there
is not more delectable set of small thieves thar
is now congregated in this city at this presen
writing. The very spawn of hell appears to hayt
been vomited loose upon US. Happily we have
the advantage of them we have little or nothing
to be robbed Of
THE IN-sANITARIAN.
A candidate for the Insane Asylum has com
menced the publication of paper at Oregon City
devoted to the cause represented by the Sanitary
Commission. You will recolect that the States
man prophesied that this paper would stand
more in need of assistance from the Sanitary Com
4 mission than the Commission from it but thinl
from its appearance that it needs schoo-maste
most. Yours, REGULAR.