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Year: 1873




The Associated Press has proved a swift
witness for the Fusionists at Washington.
We have read many paragraphs which
would seem to have been put up" in the
interest Of these political sharps. The
telegraph man, left to himself. however,
usually knows no more Of the doctrine
or language that he transmits than dry
goods clerk knows OF tie manufacture Of
genuine, Turkey velvet or Mechlin lace.
Left to himself, tie telegraph man writes:
While the Credit Mobiler and some what
general corruption and bribery mostly al
tectlng persons, is one of the sensations "t
the day, it is due to the executive and Con
greas to say that Louisiana is vita them
the paramount question.


This superior notOriety over the most
stupendous fraud of the day was no doubt
throught a very valuable service rendered
to the Fusionists, or the telegraph man
may have gone back on them. 1t is. how
ever, the fact that the Louisiana election
was al "organized fraud" which has
made Congress turn with disgust from its
exposures. As between the put-up job Of
secret polling places, partisan supervisors
and breech-loadcr lallot-boxes. and &
State government based On the repudia-
ton Of this fraud, Congress has decided
TO recognize the last as a de .';aeto govern
ment. The telegraph man, in his zeal Of
service, gives the original and organized
fraud" precedence in public esteem over
the bribery OF one member o! Congress
bv another
Year: 1873

The Canton tMiss.) MdL man is making
Eaid on the bad and trashy cotton that is
sometimes mixed with the superior article.
He saw samples in New Orleans lately.
The good cotton bad been arranged in the
bales so as TO cover up the Inferior article.
Year: 1873

The employees Of the freight department
Of the Jackson railroad will be granted
leave Of absence TO enable them to partiei-
pate in the carnival. The freight ware
houses will therefore be closed to-day.
Year: 1873

lieve that he could have been elected without
making this pledge, and now he is q candidate
for the United States Senate and if he is elected
it will make Pacheco Governor for nearly year
and perhaps more. However, the Sacramento
Union says, "his Gubernatoria term will expire
about the time his Senatorial term will begn,"
Is it possible the Union thinks March and De-
cember OF the same year is about the same time? ?
Again, the same authority says, The people
have released him from this pledge, because
they want his services in the Senate" What
people have released him? l answer, none but
the anti-monopoly wing of the Republican par
ty and have shown that that wing comprises
about one-fourth Of the party and one-fourth of
the Republican party is about eighth of the
people; hence it appears that the Sacramento
Union and one-eighth of the people are willing
to release him from his obligation to serve them
four years as Governor. l have no candidate
for the United States Senate We must make
the big fight first and decide what the Senator
shall be, and if we win, we will have ample time
then to decide who he shall be.


hear some names mentioned in connection
with the State Senate among whom is W. c.
Norton, of Auburn. There is rule which is. l
believe, as old as the county, to take the Sena-
tors alternately from each end of the county, SO
that Mr.. horton can not be a candidate without
setting aside the rule, and if that is done,
think the candidate in whose behalf it is done
will loose good many votes thereby. Mr.. Nor
ton is an able stumper, and no doubt trust
worthy man, but pc would be unavailable for
the reason above stated 1 have but one candi-
date as yet for any office, and that one is DR..
Noble Martin, of Dutch Flat, for the Senate
nor do / know that he wishes to run, for l have
not consulted him on the subject but it is not
likely that he would reject the nomination if
rendered him by the peoples party now being
formed. l know DR.. Martin well, and know
him to be fully reliable on the momentus is
sues now before the country. He possesses the
elements of personal popularity inla high de.
gree, and if candidate, will carry the stron 6
Radical precinct of Dutch Flat by a handsome
majority. He is fine capvasser and good
speaker, and his name 'fNoble" applies with
much fitness to the man. TITUs.


In the above correspondence, as published
last week, some errors occurred, which gave a
wrong construction to the authors meaning,
we therefore repubsh the same with correc-
tions. and invite a careful perusal of the letter
as now appears. ---r--
Year: 1873

DUTCH FIAT, June 16, 1873


EDS. HERA1D:-The mining season is drawing
to a close. The water failing rapidly and will
and consequently more prosperous, than we
expected few months ago.


Grant is President; smler Colfax has shown
that man may smile and smile and be a rascal.
Uunt recently there has been but one poll
tcian in Dutch Flat, and yet the world moves.


The political cauldron begins to boil, and the
word fusion is coming into use and growing in
favor, and am in favor of fusion with the
honest wing of the Republican party, if it can
be efected honoraby; but if a cringing, knee
bending policy is to be accepted on our part, as
was done in the last Presidential campaign, it
will be miss count to count me, because such
a course always has and always will end in dis
aster and disgrace.


Taking the vote of Coggins and Page in this
county as criterion, we will find that about
one-fourth of the Republican party can be re-
lied on to support the peoples candidates.
while about fourteen-ffteenths of the Demo-
cratic party can be relied on to do the same
thing; and three-fourths of the Republican par
ty and one fifteenth of the Democratic party
may be expected to support the ring monopoly
candidates. Now. l am willing to give our Re-
publican friends who may unite with us in this
fight against the robbers and plnnderers of the
people, more than an equitable share of the
candidates, but they must not insist on making
the election of Governor Booth to the United
States Senate an indispensable condition of fu-
sion, for that will be to throw stumbingblock
in the way Of a union of the anti-monopoly
forces, and will defeat it, Let the admirers of
Governor Booth present him as their choice,
and his claims will be fairly considered.


[ am wool-iyed Democrat but I would
vote for Booth for any Office in the gift of the
people in preference to some Democrats I could
name, who are his equals in talents, but who
have shown themselves the friends of the peo-
ple's great enemy.


When Newton Booth was candidate for the
Office he now fills, he found it necessary to
pledge himself that, if elected, he would serve
out his full term. This pledge was necessary,
because Pacheco was we'll known to be in the
interest of the monopoly, and no man who pre-
tends to have common sense, will pretend to be-
Year: 1873

STOLEN HORSE RECOVERED. horse of
j. r. Willis, which stolen about three
weeks ago from his stable ON Broad Street, has
been recovered No pains or expense has been
spared by Mr.. Willis or the Sheriff in warning
the officers of other counties to be on the watch
for the thief. The first of this week news was
received here that the Sheriff of San joaquin
had in his possession a horse answering the de-
scripton of the one stolen here On receiving
this news, Sheriff Dunnam, accompanied by
Mr. Willis, owner of the horse, went to Stock
ten to see if this was Willis horse. Some


little difference arose at first, on account of a
dim brand on the horse, which. in his descrip
ton, Mr.. Willis had omitted to mention. But
other evidence was produced which left no doubt
on the mind of the San Joaquin Sheriff as to
the identity of tae animal. and he at once re-
stored him to his rightful owner 1t seems the
thief had made his way to Stockton, and be-
coming short of fuances had traded this ami
NAL, worth not less than 800, for an old plug
comparatively worth nothing, and $40. This
kind of horse swapping created suspicion,
and the Sheriff of that place relieved the party
who had made the happy trade from the enjoy
ment of his good luck by taking possession Of
the horse. At last accounts the thief was still
at large, but we learn from Mr.. Willis that the
Sheriff at Stockton says he is bound to catch
him, if he is in that part of the country. We
congratulate Mr.. Willis on the recovery Of his
horse. He lost fine horse by the fire some ten
months ago, and to have lost this one so soon
after would have been more than his share of
losses in horsehesh in so short time.
Year: 1873

New SIGN.-We notice new sign has recent
ly been put up over the door of VIM Martini S
paint shop, m the old drug store building In
design and beauty il has no equal in this
town. In the center is beautiful landscape,
and over the top, in semi-circle, is the word in
large letters, "ornamental And it is an orn-
ament.
Year: 1873




HARVEST AND CRoPs.-As We stated last week,
the hay and grain crops in the foothills are
pretty much all gathered in, and the yield was
better than had been expected. In the valley
or western part of the county the harvest is yet
very busily going on On all sides headers are
seen at work piling up the golden grain. The
hay crop is all cut and mostly stacked, and we


learn the supply is abundant for home use, and
in some cases farmers will have hay to spare. 1t
will be remembered that the rain fall since the
first of March has been very light, and some
weeks ago nearly an entire failure in late crops
was predicted, and early sown grain, it was
thought, would not make more than half a crop.
But different than the average Spring, the wealth
er has remained cool, the usual blighting north
winds have been more rare, and, contrary to the
fears of many, instead of withering and dying,
the stem of the grain has retained its virtue, con-
tinued to grow, and at last developed a good
head of grain and as consequence the grain
crops, instead of being even a partial failure,
are nearly an average. Placer never yet has
failed, and, knowing as we'll as we do the ma
ture of her SOIL we predict that as long as crops
are raised in California, she never will fail.
Year: 1873

notwithstanding the Spring open
ed very early, the weather thus far has been IN
usually cool and pleasant. This last week. in
particular it has been quite cool TO sit beside


fire last Wednesday morning was not consid-
cred an Objectionable position, which is not Of
ten the case this time of the year in California.
Year: 1873

MAMMOTH ONDERTAKIN0.-N see from tf
Nevada Transcript that project has been inau-
gurated by the Bear River and Chalk Bluff Flu
ming, Ditch and Mining Company, organized in
San Francisco, for the purpose of running a
tunhel from the North Fork of the American
River to Bear river, in order to drain the latter
stream ahc afford an outlet for saving the gold in
the tailings Of the riter. These tailings now pre-
vent the profitable working Of many rich mines
oy obstructing their outlet; they also are rich in
gold, which escaped from the imperfect process
ses of washing in earlier days. They are gath
cred to the depth of many feet, and notwith-
standing the immense treasure they contain va
nous attempts thus far to procure it have been
ueieated for want of an outlet for the washings.
his titnel It is claimed, will overcome the
present difficulty, open up new mining field Of
many the asand acres, and bring to light many
millions Of precious treasure. The tunnel is to
oe nine feet high and twelve feet wide, afford
ing room for double set of large sluices and
II VIII be II, 900 feet long. The grade is to be
one foot in twenty -four; the outlet will be near
Oape Horn, close to the line of the c. p Rail
ROAD. tits estimated that this tunnel can be
run IN two years. and that its cost will be in the
"cinitysof half million dollars This is the


fsndest project ever undertaken in this part Of
ne ne country, and when completed the owners
WI doubtless derive millions of dollars profit


sareward for their enterprise
Year: 1873

INDEPENDENCE DAY. Since our last issue the
committees appointed to make arrangements for
the celebration of the coming Fourth of July
have met and reported satisfactory progress
Sufficient funds had, at last accounts, been sub
scribed to insure success, while the committee
on finance had not yet waited on all who it is
known are willing to donate their mite to this
worthy cause. complete programme has been
made out, which will be found in our new adj
vertlsing columns, to which we invite special
attention. The programme is varied, and the
grandest time ever witnessed in Auburn in the
way Of amusehents is with good reason to be
anticipated ..
Year: 1873

Runaway ON CLAY STREET.-A horse at
tached to a Wheeler & Wilson sewing.ma-
chine wagon, while tied to a tree on Clay
near Gilmer street, yesterday afternoon, be-
came frightened at "MoHy Darling" which
was being vigorously ground out of 4 hand
Organ, and ran as far as Mr.. DumSford's, on
Clay between Henry and Smith streets,
where he came in contact with fence. So
great was the force of the blow against the
fence tha: a solid cedar post was broken in
twain and panel of the fence broken down.
Strange to say, the animal received only a
slight scratch on the foreleg, and not dol
lars worth of damage WAS done to the
wagon,
Year: 1873

A DETERMINED Theft Thirty feet Of lead
nine. laid three feet beneath the surface of
the Grcut yard of Captain George w. Al
LENS new residence, on the corner Of Grace
and First streets, was one night recently
dug uD and stolen.
Year: 1873

TIE NEW POsTAL CARDS-very useful for bust-
ness purposes. Cards or announcements Of any
kind printed them will pass through the mail for
one cent. Printing for these cards neatly and
cheapy done at this office
Year: 1873

Conservative lnass.meetings were held in
all the wards of the city last night for the
election of delegates to the Convention
which meets tonight for the purpose of
nominating candidates for the House of
Delegates.
Year: 1873

The primitive marriage ceremony of the Puget Sound Indians was very sim pie, the giving over to the father or friends of the girl, by the bridegroom, so much blanket, or gun, or ammuni- tion, and the taking and carrying away so much wife. Young wen usually mar ried the older women, and young girls the older men, because, as they said, if young people marry among themselves, both are piltons, fools, and do not know how to care properly for each other but if young man marries @ mature woman, she can cook for him and see that he does not drink up at once all of the whiskey while the mid dle aged husband with a girl bride can make the lodge tight and wrap her up well in the blankets, and provide her delicate appetite with hyu-muck-a- muck, " plenty to eat. Contact with the whites has broken up much of this sim plicity. Parties now make their own bargains, where they are made at all which in the vicinity of towns is not often, without much regard for anything but chink-a-min and muck-a-muck, mon ey and food. And if civilization adds something sometimes to the religious ness of the ceremony, it is to be feared 1t has taken away great deal more from it's sanctity, says correspondent of the Christ0in Register.
Year: 1873

Almost every one has a different remedy for this most common but none the less distressing complaint. And the truth is, that very few of them have any effect at all, while some of them only aggravate the case. The best and safest way for the sufferer is to let himself alone till the gastric or nervous de- engagements which haveproduced ithave subsided, when sleep generally comes to the aid of exhausted nature, and per fects the cure. The British Medical Journal, in treating of this subject, says the only remedies which are of any avail are those which act on the nervous sys- tenn, such as hot tea and coffee, or, after the most violent symptoms have passed off. a little wine or ammonia. The bromide or potassium is also highly recommended after the nausea subsidies. While this exists, it is of no avail. The writer also thinks that tea and coffee used in excess constantly, although they may relieve headache, may also pre-. dispose to the difficulty {; and he cites instances of several patients, who, by giving up the use of those beverages became cured of chronic or freduent headaches"
Year: 1873

A scene witnessed by some travellers in the North of Norway, from cliff one thousand feet above the sea, is thus described:

 The ocean stretched away in silent vastness at our feet the sound of waves scarcely reached our airy lookout away in the North the huge old sun swung low long the horizon, like the slow beat of the pendulum in the tall clock of our grandfather's parlor corner. We all stood silent, looking at our watches. When both hands came together at twelve, midnight, the full round orb hung triumphantly above the waves, a bridge of gold running due North span ming the water between us and him. There he shone in silent majesty. which knew no setting. Weinvoluntarilyt took off our hats no word was said. Con- bine, if you can, the most brilliant sun rise and sunset you ever saw, and the beauties will pale before the gorgeous coloring which now lit up ocean, heaven, and mountain. In half an hour the sun had swung up perceptibly on his beat, the colors changed to those of morning, a fresh breeze rippled over the floor, one songster after another piped up in the grove behind us-we had slid an other day.
Year: 1873

A flag is but yard or two of bunting when it is looked at as matter of fact, but the men who have been willing to die for it all these hundreds of years have seen in it something more than coarse cloth, certainly. A popular English lecturer, not many years ago, told some anecdotes strongly illustra- tive of the universal prevalence of this poetic feeling among the plainest of people. We can only repeat two of them from memory. An English regi- ment in India had had its co1ors noth- ing but Q square yard of bunting, of course) taken away from it for some act of insubordination. Every man had his rations and pay as usual, and no added to the ideal one mentioned. Yet and suffered under the. chastisement. Coarse, illiterate, brutal fellows, per. haps, they were. Why should any of them mind the taking away of regi- mental flag ? Common-sense would laugh at such punishment for such men. But the commander knew what he was about A fort was to be storm ed at the top of long hill. The enter prise was peculiarly perilous one, and one that required something more than ordinary courage and ordinary persist ence. The commanding officer rode down the line to the position occupied by the disgraced regiment. " Men p he cried, "your colors are at the top of the hill--charge P And charge they did, that single regiment, up the long, cannon-swept hill, through the abattis, over the ramparts, into the fort at last, 8 mere handful of them left to receive tho flag again, for which more than two thirds of the brave fellows had gladly given their lives There was no com nonsense in the matter, else the fort never could have been taken at all. The poetry in the souls of those rough soldiers overbore all that, and who shall say that the poetic was not the worthier and more manly view?

 Some of the warlike tribes in India, when one of their men falls in battle after showing extraordinary courage, decorate his wrists with red silk thread if he be private, 8 narrow rib bon if he be an officer, and broader one as the rank of the dead rises. Not many win this posthumous honor at all, and there is no mourning for those whose death is thus repaid. An Eng fish army marching upon Lucknow came upon a strong hill-fort which il was necessary to reduce. A sergeant and seven men constituted the advance. guard on the march, and when the close proximity of the fort was discovered, the buglers with the main body sounded the recall as an order for the sergeant to withdraw his guard and join his regi. ment. The little squad mistook the bugle sound, and thought it was an order to charge. Obeying it as such, they went to their certain death on the ram parts of the fort. The army coming up stormed the place, and after some hours of desperate fighting they took it. They found there the dead bodies of the sergeant and all his men, and around each ,Orist aOas the broad red ribbon, poetic tribute from the Sepoys to the heroism of their dead enemies.
Year: 1873

FROM DEATH TO L1FE.-President Grant informed the Attorney General that he had decided to commute the sentence of O'Brien from hanging to imprisonment for life, and the Attorney General authorized the issue of the proper documents in the matter, where upon O'Brien was taken to the Albany penitentia1y to pass the remainder of his life. O'Brien was policeman on duty in Washington at public picnic at the time he shot Cunningham.
Year: 1873

There Is one thing which rising persons
hate tie reputation Of more than all others
and that : y isarity; bat trust ne, i'll tenn
per Is the yulgar,st thing that the lo- -est
born and Hest bred can bring to his home.
Il is one Of the ST forms Of impiety.-
Peeyishness in a home IS not only sin
against the Holy Ghost, but sin against the
Holy Ghost in the very temple Of love. =
Theodore Parker.
Year: 1873

that infuSions can be prepared which are
not deprived by boiling for five or ten min
utes and hermetricaIly sealed, of the fac
u,ty Of developing swarms of b1cteia. The
results are used to support the theory Of
spontaneous generation, and viii DOUBTLESS
lead TO careful experiments of the same
nature by those who insist that every cell
is the product of parent cell.
Year: 1873

No man can tell how soon he may be
called upon to defend himself against the
accusation of enemies, or interested, per-
haps hired, assassins of character. The
best of men are not safe from the tongue
and the pen of the slanderer. We have
fearful illustrations, every day, Of this sad
truth. The brightness Of ones character
invites assault. Reckless men throw mud
at the cleanest surface No one may safely
rely upon his integrity as insurance against
the attacks of the wicked The innocent
and upright will eventually be delivered
from the serpent and the bear, but they
will suffer in the fight The injury done
to truth and righteousness by the tempor-
ary blackening of n good mans character
is incaculable, and can never be wholly re.
paired. A pure preacher Of the Gospel
publicly charged with crime suffers by the
charge, because human nature is so greedy
Of evil that some will believe the story,
which isafterwards proved to be a lie. And
so we say the tongue and the pen ought to
be under the law Of charity. Words once
spoken, once published, can never be re.
called. They go on forever. Swift to
hear, slow to speak, is a good rule, and yet
hard one to observe when every man
who makes a newspaper wishes to speak
frst.--N Y. OJserrer.
Year: 1873

Sudden Termination and Unexpected


Result OF the Trtal-Brennan Acquft-


ted.


Those who crowded the Court House at Fleming
ton yesterday were treated to genuine surprise
by the sudden termination OF the trial. After the
examination of a few witnesses Tor the defence
counsel both sides agreed to submit the case to
the jury without argument. Chief Justice
Beasley delivered his charge, and the jury
deli be rated only 10 minutes, when they came
into court with a verdict OF not guilty. Brennan
fairly jumped from his seat. so overcome was he
with excitement at the sudden announcement.
He grasped the hands Of his counsel and, casting
a look at the Jurors, muttered words o! gratitude
that were not audible. The audience gasped for
breath Tor q few moments; then there was
a succession Of murmurs, followed by
buZZing, throughout the different groups
that discussed the case during the day.
According to the constitution Brennan cannot be
placed on trial before jury OF his peers on this
same charge; but the verdict Is so strangely in
conflict with pubic opinion that his further resi-
dence among the people OF HignDridge will be
very uncomfortable. The result Is attributed to
the weight attached by the jury to the testimony
OF DR.. Coleman, whose opinion regarding the
cause OF death was at variance with many impOr-
tant points OF the medical testimony relied on by
rthe prosecution