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Year: 1869

The return game OF the match between these clubs
was played yesterday at HoDoken, and was won by
the Eagles after Q hard tussle. At the opening OF
the game the Eag es scared very high, but the En-
pres got string on their talons and pulled them.
selves up to where the mighty birds had flown, and
actually crcpt above their wings. but they were
shaken OF and fell behind. just as the darkness set
In and ended the sport. The inordinate length Of
the game may be attributed to the delays occasoned
BY the ball being driven into the gardens at the left
foul neld and also to the lenency Of the umpire in
keeping the pitchers down 70 their business The
Empires were shorthanded, as usual, as with them
ball playing being secondary to business, the others
wish to be ON hand to-day to take care of the
GOthams. The game yesterday was conducted, as
all games between these clubs have been, with the
very best ieenng both sides. The following score
will show by whom the work was done:-
Year: 1869

Certainly" rerlicd the I'd Missouri
an, "anvthing 70 oh1ica the friend of my
son John and taking ont an OLD worn
wallet, he carefully countel the contents,
e16 and some fractional currency, out on
his knee. After straightening each bill
carefully, and counting the roll over sew
eral times, he finally looked up, aud rais-
ing that hickory and pointing Herewith
to the rile. he quietly remarked, "Take
it" But the merchant from Valparaiso
did not take it. He saw something strange
in the old mans eye. The face had lost
its meek and benevolent EXPRESSION, and
a certain hard sternncSs was visible in ev-
erY4ineament Take it." repeated the
old gentleman, in voice that sounded
high above the rumble of the car, "'take
it, you Internal scoundrel Why do you
hesitate to take all the money an old man
has got 7"


AT this junoture the " merchant "
thought it time to leave, bat the 'farn
er from Missouri suddenly rose from his
seat and laid firm hand on his coat col
lar. "Wait a bit, he continued; tvou
thought was poor man, with but SIT,
and you were willing to rob me of that
litile sum. Had you known that | have
s. 600 in another wallet, I would not
have blamed you 50 much, if you had ta-
ken all, for you might have supposed that
had more But no, you were willing
to rob me of my last cent" The old gen.
tleman, az he continued 20 talk, grew
more indignant every moment. and final
ly brought down the hickory heavily on
the confidence mans knuckle's. Every
body in the car cried, Bravo, hit him
hard, y and for few moments the scoun-
drePs neck stood in imminent danger from
Judge Lynch.


During the progress of the "little
game" the officers of the road had kept
a constant eye on the confidential friend
and only waited the moment when he
should receive the money to take him in
charge. Although hugely amused at the
denouement, they were also disappointed
that the trick was not taken, since now
they had no legal hold upon the opera
tor Bu, justice is above law, and after
hunting up his partner, the wholesale
merchant from Chicago, the two were
bound to some upright beams in the bug
gage car, in which position they were
kept some hours and finally dropped in
the swamps of Northern Indiana.


The old gentleman, who is not a Mis-
sourian, but an old and wealthy resident
Of Indiana, was hugely tiekled over the
matter, and remarked that he "hadn't
lived in the Western country forty years
for nothing and that he had hunted In
dianS before he turned his attention to
confidence men.
Year: 1869

FIFTEEN GREAT MtsTAKE..-It is a
great mistake to set up our own standard
of right and wrong. aud Judge people ac-
cordingly. It great mistake TO meas
ure the enjoyment Of others by our own,
to expect uniformity Of opinion in this
world to endeavor to mould all diSpo
sitions alike no, to yield in immaterial
trfes to look for perfection in fallen
world not TO aim at perfection III our
own actions to worry ourselves and 9TH
ers with what caunot be remedied not to
alleviate all that need alienation, in cur
power: not to make allowances for the
infrmities of others TO consider every
thing impossible which We cannot per-
form to believe only what our finite
minds can grasp; to expect to be able to
understand everything The greatest Of
all mistakes is to live only for Time. when
any moment may launch Us into Eierni-
u.
Year: 1869

To ascertain the leagth Of the day and
night any time Of the year, double the
time Of the suns rising, which gives the
length o. the night, and double the time
Of its setting, which gives the leEE'h OF
the day. This is little method Of do
ing the thing" that few Of our readers are
aware OF.
Year: 1869

We sell more Waltham Watches than any other
establishment in the country, either Wholesale or
retail; we send great numbcrs to every section of
the country by Mail and Express, carefully pack
ed. and in perfect running order. Our plan is
this: You want a Watch. and see our advertise
ment; now we want you first to write to US for
Descriptive and illustrated Price List; we will
send it, post Laid, by return mail. 1t explains
all the different kinds, tells the wei ght and quail
ity OF the cases. with prices of each, you then
make a selection OF the kind you prefer. and send
us your order. We will then send you the watch
by Express with the bill TO collect on delivery
We give instructions TO the Express Company to
allow you to open the package and examine the
Watch; il it suits you can pay and take it: if not
you are under no obligation TO receive it; aud If
it is taken, and afterwards does not prove salts
factory, we will exchange it, or
Year: 1869

All the other kinds both gold and silver. in
the same proportion. Do not order Watch un-
til you have sent for n Price List. as it contains
q great deal of information regarding these
Watches that will enable you to make an inteli-
gent selection Don't forget, when you write,
10 state that you saw this advertisement in the
PLAcER (Auburn) HERALD. and you need not put
IN stamps for return postage. Address in full.
Year: 1869

This being the principal Hotel of the place. and
fitted up in complete order tor the accommodation
of the travelling public, we have no hesitancy in
inviting all to give US a call


THE TABLE will always be supplied with the
greatest luxuries of the season, and THE BAR
stocked With the best of Liquors. Aug Is my
Year: 1869

FAvoRs.-Mr E. T. Loving presented this Of
Fl on Thursday last with choice lot of excel
lent ripe pears We don't know to what variety
they belong, but can testify to their superior
quality, superb favor and taste in which all
hands in the office will sustain u.s.
Year: 1869

CIRCUS TO-DAY AND EVENING Dan Castello's
Great Circus and Mcnagerc will exhibit this 0f-
ternoon and evening doors orcn at . and o'clock
T, NJ. This combined show had a great run since
its arrival on the Pacific coast and. Judging from
our exchanges, has given better satisfaction than
any company that has travelled in the State
There are said to be ninety horses and an hun
drcd men in the employ of the mana cement
which is indeed = mammoth concern to travel
through the mountains and foothills of Caifor-
mia. We incline to the opinion that another op-
porunity will not again soon occur for the peo
pie Of Auburn and vicinity to witness such an
extensive show
Year: 1869

Let every one who wants Watch, read this care
fully.


Especially if in some remote out of-the way place


Now that the railroad is open, we propose 10
give the residents OF CALIFoRNIA the opportunity
OF getting single genuine Waltham Watches at
the
Year: 1869

AN ELEPHANT AND A BRIDGE.-The we'll
known sagacity OF the elephant recently had d
remarkable exempli6cation at st. John, in the
Province OF Quebec. The immense Ceylon
elephant belonging to CampbelPs Menagerie
and Circus, which was to exhibit in Montreal,
was the hero We will premise our statement
with the fact that, few weeks since, while
travelling from Waterbury to Northfeld, in
the State of Vermont, this elephant, in cross
ing bridge over a creek, crushed the toor
with his enormous weight. and fell partly
through, his fore quarters only remaining on
the bridge By this accident he was lamed
for several days, but not sufficiently to prevent
him from travelling. When he was brought TO
the long bridge over the Richelieu river at st.
John, he evidently retained vivid recolec-
ton of this mishap, aud neither coaxing
threats persuasion, nor force, could induce him
70 bulge an inch on the, to him, perilOus struc-
ture. Nor does it appear that his apprehensions
were uniounded-for the prOprietors of the
bridge notified the menagere manager that
they were dubious of the capacity Of the bridge
to bear the weight of the elephant, and that If
thev crossed him they must do so at their own
risk The morning was rather chilly, and as
they did not wish TO risk his health by swim
ming, they concluded TO make the venture
The band chariot and an enormous den OF per-
forming mons were eldIltu Ou duCau Va uibl' III
order to give him confidence, and when he saw
that they went safely over he was induced to
follow, which he did very slowly, testing each
plank and timber with his fore feet and trunk
as he progressed. Whenever he discovered
any of the timbers to be defective he would
ross over the division to the opposite road
way, and would so progress until he came to
another doubtful place, when he would cross
back again. lie worked along in this way un-
tiI he had come more than halfway over, when
he became suspicious that neither road was
safe, and started rapidly back, driving back the
long den of cages that were toAc wing and
..learinp the bridge for a space OF ten or more
rods. At this iuncture flock OF sheep came
running past hiln, and he vented his spleen by
picking them up one by one with his trunk aud
throwing them into the river, until he had dis,
poSed of seven in this way. lie was finally IN
duced to 90 on, and after having been more
than two hours in crossing, arrived safely over.
The scene was witnessed by over 1000 people,
and the utmost excitement prevailed. Nontreo(
\f,fr
Year: 1869

MAKE UP CLUBS. Best Family Paper in Arka sas.

 The CITIZEN is presented to the people of Arkansas as large in form as any Dem- ocratic weekly in the State. Although independent in all things, and neutral in nothing, it is emphatically a

 FAMILY NEWSPAPER. And now ranks as one of the first in the State. The greatest care will be taken to make it's selections choice and instructive. A new feature will soon be added by pub fishing story each week, or if too long, running it through two or three numbers, The political complexion of the Citizen is white-opposed to negro suffrage and a score of other Radical tenets, and while opposing them shall advocate the principle that white men should rule white men.

 In times of great political danger every man should take paper, and it is more than probable that the present year will witness more political excitement and ex- traordinary political events than any pre- vious one of our nationality. Let the people assist the CITIZEN by joining in and making up clubs, and they will there. by render it Il powerful auxiliary in their warfare against hateful negro suffrage and the many other evils the Radical party design thrusting upon the State

 Read the following club rates, which are lower than those of any other weekly west of the Mississippi river:

 TERMs-cAsH IN ADVANCE. Single copy one year. ,sss 2 , 90 Ten copies {" ,..... ..s 20 % Twenty copies ..... 30 % lAnd one to getter up o; cub)

 We ask of the friends of the Citizen, and of the cause, to exert themselves in forming clubs in every locality.

 Money can be sent at our risk in regis tered envelope. Address

 POE X MATHEWS,

 Des Are, Ark
Year: 1869

anoe on hand. ovcr and above what is im-
mediately called for by tho warrants druwn
against it. This balance will probably
average $1,5oo, 900 during the whole year.
It Is upon this balanco only that interest
will DO, or can be, paid Getting in-
terest for that portion Of tho public
money. which cannot be Immediately used
by the city is what is now complained Of.


Il may suit the purposes Of dcmAgogues,
who would rather that the Taxpayers should
lose Se7,a1o per year than that tho nov city
government should have the credit Of Swing
it, to call this transaction "loa.line the city
funds" It is not safe, however, to assume
that The people are fools. If the interest


on the city deposits is paid into the City
Treasury they will not be likely to quarrel


with either the Treasurer or the Common


Council On the mere matter Of phraseology
Year: 1869

FATAL REsuLr.-C. d. McLau ehln, says the
Sacram ento Union foreman Of the Central Pa


cifc Railroad yard at Truckee who was run over
BY the caboose car OF freight train at that
place Tuesday evening, as noted in our tele-
graphic news yesterday morning, was brought to
the city by the passenger train yesterday aud
taken to the Railroad Hospital. One of his legs
was broken below the knee, and the other at the
thigh. The journey from Truckee proved too
much for him; he died soon after reaching the
hospital.
Year: 1869

This being the principal Hotel of the place, and
fitted up in complete order for the accommodation
Of the travelling public, we have no hesitancy in
inviting all to give US call.


THE TABLE will alwaysbs supplied with the
greatest luxuries of the seaeou, and TIE BAR
stocked with the best Of Liquors. Aug Is my
Year: 1869

Too Dur TO PLow.-Mr. Quinn, a farmer resid-
ing near Lincoln, informs US that the ground in
that section Of the county is getting too dry and
hard to plow, and that just now the farmer needs
more rain. The summer fallow is all sown and
the grain is up and looking finely, and much
land has been plowcd and planted since the first
rains, but more ram is srequired before the far.
mers can proceed with and complete their seed.
ing. .af
Year: 1869

WEAK AND DELICATE CHILDREN


Are made strong by the use of either of these
remedies. They will cure every case of MA.
RASMUS, without fail


Thousands of certificates have accumulated
in the hands Of the proprietor, but space will
allow of the publication of but a few Those,
it will be observed are men of note and of such
standing that theY must be believed
Year: 1869

1t is a well established fact that fully one.
half of the female portion of our population are
seldom in the enjoyment of good health, or, to
use their own expression never feel we'll
They are languid, devoid of all energy, extreme
ly nervous, and have no appetite


To this class of persons the BITTERS, or the
| TONIC, is especially recommended.
Year: 1869

tI11NoV-'o I'D -A-NO14D IN LIT
And feeling the hand of time weighing heavily
upon them, with all its attendant ills, will find
in the use of this BITTERS, or the TONIC, an
elixir that will instil new life into their veins,
restore In a measure the energy and ardor OF
more youthful days, build up their shrunken
forms, and give health and happiness in their
rar, ainiDn
Year: 1869

The people of Virginia are growing
tired Of politics and would much rather
talk about crops and cattle and the vast
mineral wealth that lies in the heart of
these mountains awaiting the gleam of
the miners lamp. There is DO richer or
more favored spot on the face of the
earth than is to be found in Southwest
Virginia. The valleys between the
mountain ridges are teeming with lux
uriant vegetation and the mountains
themselves are storehouses of untold
wealth. The time is certainly not far
distant when the "Mother of States and
of Statesmen" forsaking the political
arena, will rival her Northern sisters in
industrial arts, as she has heretofore
excelled them in the halls of legisla-
tion.
Year: 1869

is known, and the kindest feelings are
entertained and expressed towards all
our people.


THE POLITICAL SITUATION.


The political situation in Virginia is
not generally understood by the people
of other States. They have here sort OF
two headed government, part military
and part civil. Just now, General
Webb is the head of the former and
Governor Wells the chief officer of the
latter. The chief officers throughout
the State are in complete subsection to
the military power and hold their offices
by virtue of general orders" A vast
amoant of Inconvenience has been re-
Gently occasioned by an order vacating
all civil offices whose occupants could
not take "the ironclad test OATH II
many counties there was not left sim
gle civil officer, from Judge down to
Constable. A farmer in an adjoin-
ing county detected some ne
groes driving off his hogs; he gave chase,
but was assaulted and driven back by
the thieves. He then sought for mag
istrate, but could find no one with au-
thOrity to order the arrest, aud when he
did finally succeed in procuring a war
rant, neither sheriff nor constable could
be found to execute the process. The
same hardship manifested itselfin many
other ways. No person was authorized
to administer an oath or authenticate a
deed, and have heard of several sadly
disappointed lovers who could not con-
summate their anticipated bliss because
there was no officer to grant the neces-
sary license.


HOW THE OFFICES ARE FILLED.


The consequences of this state of
things have been an influx of carpet
baggers and a vast amount of hard
swearing. The bait has proved too
fascinating for some who were once
proud TO be ranked as "good Confeder-
ates," and boasted loudly of their
prowess in the deadly fray, but have
now gulped down the test oath, OBJ
tanned office, and lost the respect of
their fellow men. In many instances,
the new appOintees are men in every
way incompetent TO discharge the du-
ties of the Offices into which they have
been thrust. There are newly appoint
ed Judges of Circuit Courts whose
former practice as lawyers was infnit-
esimal, and whose knowledge of law
was even less, and Justices of the
Peace who interpret their official 81. p
to signify "jest 'pinted." The appoint
ments to Federal offices are not much
better, and have heard of fseveral post.
masters at important points who can
neither read nor write. Occasionally,
however, good appointment has been
made and the people are duly thankful
therefor. There is no intolerance of po-
litical opinion, no persecution for opin-
ions sake, and whoever is entitled :. to
respect in any enlightened community
will receive it here, no matter whence
he comes or what his political views
may be.
Year: 1869

This large amount is only an indication
of the immense traffic that must 60 over
the through line in few months, when
the great tide of Pacific coast travel and
:s..ee4ae will begin. It is estimated that this
business must make the earnings of the
road


FROM FIFTEEN TO TWENTY


Millions a Year.
Year: 1869

AS the supply of these Bonds will soon
cease, parties who desire to invest in them
will find it to their interest to do SO at
once. The price at present is par and ac-
c.ued interest from Jan. l, in currency.


A new Pamphlet and Map was issued
October, 1st, containing a report of the
progress of the work to that date, and a
more complete statement in relation to the
value of the bonds than can be given in an
advertisement, which will be sent free on
application.
Year: 1869

R% The REGARD gives the


following description of a beau


tiful picture, the work of the


artist Oregon Wilson, of New


York. 1t is entitled +..-.


"woNAN's DEVOTION"


Its size is six by eight feet.
and contains two life-size figures.


It is intended to illustrate an in
cidcnt Of the late war which


occurred near Winchester, Va.
The contending armies had
fought over a bloody field nearly
all day, The death shots fell


thick and fast on every side. Foot
to foot and steel to steel the
|combatants disputed the ground,
and many a gallant soldier fell


on that fateful day. At last the


Confederates retired, and the


Federals bivouacked for the
night. The fight had been con-


tested, over large extent of
territory, and the dead and
wounded were scattered far and
wide. In some places the. dis
abled of both sides lay together.


The ladies of Winchester and
surrounding country left their
homes to attend to the wounded.


A. young lady ofthe vicinity, who
was we'll known for her great
devotion to the then fallen for
tunes of the. South, encountered
a young staff officer who was
suffering from dangerous wound
in the breast, his life current ebb-
ing fast away. To staunch the


blood was her first care. This
done. she placed his head upon


her lap, and in this position de-
termined to hold him until assis-
tance arrived. It was not long
before a Federal surgeon with


his aides, approached, and ex-
amined the wound. He told the


fair attendant that if the wounded
officer could have perfect rest he


might recover. She looked at


his death-like and pallid face ; it


touched the tcnderest chord of
her heart. She felt that he was
fighting for the independence Of
his native State /; that he had
offered his life in its service.


These reflections and the mute,


but eloquent pleading of the pale
features before her filled her
heart with the tenderest emotions
for the sufferer, and she deter
mined to save him. To her he
was more than a Confederate
soldier. Through the long dreary
night she never moved her pa
tient, but held him as if the fate
of her own heart and the desti-


nies of nations hung upon his
waning life. She heard the cries


and means of the wounded that


went up towards a cold and pitt
less sky. Natures lamp burned
dirnly, and the new moon soon
sank below the distant horizon.


She was alone. Finally, sleep


and death silenced all, but still
the brave girl held her charge.
Long hours passed and at last,


the grey light Of the coming day


began to streak the eastern sky,
and the rosy tints, lovely heralds
lof' the sun, had given the first


blush of morn, when the grey


mists yet hung over the damp
ground, or enveloped the hill
Sides. Just a: daybreak is the


time seized upon by the artist to


fix the scene, and there he has


seated on the field of death one


of Virginia's beautiful daughters.


The youth lays stretched at full


length on the cold ground, his


head resting in her arms. The


scene is one which will call forth


the highest effort of genius in one


of the most difficult walks in the


art of painting. The mornings
light reveals the wreck and car
Image Of the fight and when we
Year: 1869

TIE SENATE just before adjourning on Sat.
urday, adopted q resolution to investigate the
premature publication Of correspondence in re-
lation to the Perry Hale quarrel, with power
to send for persons and papers.