August 17, 1870 (4 pages)

EERE TRICE NAS 3 <2 RIE I SS eee) abl * 0 OAS SF F > _ nat ——_ oem = = egraphed from Lente erat bat ae commenced at we ia , was incorrect. There ponent skirmishing, bat nothing that could be called a battle. ‘A fight occurred, however, on Sunday afternoon, which lasted four: hours. A ‘dispatch from Napoledn to the. Empress says the army commenced crossing to the left bank,.of the: Moselle, Sunday morning; aad. when half were over, the Prussians. attacked,.in great force, and after w fight of four liours they were repulsed with ‘great . loss. King William, in a dispateh “¢o the Queen, calls it a “victorious combat, ” but gives no particulars. The Prefect at Metz telegraphed to Paris on the 14th, saying that the Emperor had left for Vernier, accompanied by the .Priuce Imperial. Previous to _ leaving, the Emperor issued a proclamation to the citizens, telling them they inwet never'allow the. enemy to take the ‘city, From this, it would appear that a force Jas: been left: at Metz, and that the place is to be held to the last. Reports regarding Strasburg are contradictory. "One decount says the city haé been bombarded with hot shot,and “phat: w truce bad Heen agreed upon-ferforty-cight hours,at the request of the citizens, to settle terms of surrender. Other *aceounts, also from Prussian sources; SAS there; has-been no bom-} ‘bardment. A French dispatch says. that everything. within the «city has peén removed beyond the range of the besiegers’ cannon. An order, Wwa ‘made. by the French Ministry on. the. 25th,: suspending all private telographing in. France. This ordet was. modified in the’ afternoon of the same day; limiting the ‘suspension to the departments along the Moselle and Rhine, _ where the military operations are being conducted. The Prussians took possession of Nancy on the 18th, and. levied large contributions, in money and epee: on the inhabitants. All accounts. rae ‘that. the French are patting forth ‘the moet herculéan effdrts "to" répel-the Prassians. They dedlaré that if-thearmyat Metz is; defeated; the -Prudsian’ ‘will’ méet another at’ Chalons, and another still pofbré ¥eddiling Paris.” Sevensy thousand volunteers were forwarded from Paiigot the 18th. The defenses of Paris tre being plated ‘ina position for a siege; and it:is» confidently asserted that it can only.be taken by” 2 force ‘ sufficient to completely invest the city and ‘statve it into’submission. “More than 600 ‘cannomaré already on the walls dikely ‘to be, first attacked, and bya de of history,and his death willbe mournthe’ work of ‘Placing other pieces in position oie night aud day. . Thousandsof, laborers. are engaged outside the walls, ‘on’ earthworks, “mines and ditclies,, with which) to .connect and complete the network of fortifications. While oversthiag:, at Paris is conducted with the “titmiost, vigor, al) the news ve. have from ithe frontier indicates that. the Pitisiaus are ‘having things qieirowl Why, Capturing town after town,,and the Erench forces gradually retiring before-them. . DRABH, Qh) FARRAGuT.—Admiral Farragut died at Portsmouth, Nv EH at noon on “$hie “14th. ‘The . Secretary of the Navy,in the ‘official. announcemen of his death, says that the record.of his “deeds is written in, the noblest: pages ed by the whole, people, who loved while they honored ore His funeral will. take place e 17th instant, from St. seat th, at Portsmouth. Farragut wae “about seventy years old, a native’ Of Tennessee, and entered the ehiia:® * eg) a! forA ay acy tives faveh sf ht dave. . residence, Boston Ravine, whicli re Ths ‘7H yg] Sulted in the fracture, of the, ‘upper Republicans and three ‘are Democrats. . seriously: tajoeed: mbe’ sors So pened in“this wise: German started down the rdige in a wagon, with atother man, and meeting a friend on horseback at Sebastopol, at tempted fo step out and converse with yhiney bat unfortunately his foot slip ‘ped, and he fell under the feet of his} friend’s horse. The apimal. being frightened, reared up, and came down on German's breast with his hoofs, breaking, as is supposed, two of his ribs, and otherwise injuring him. It is thought that he will recover, though . his injuries are serious. Choral. The Nevada Choral Society is composed of fifty or more members, who meet weekly, for practice, mostly in operatic chorusses. We are told by good judges that their singing is sa. perior to that of any amateur society in the’State, and equal to that of the best ‘trained opera-troupes. They will probably, after a while, give a_public concert. The Cause. : The young man Dempsey, who shot himself in the arm last Sunday evening, at’ Grass Valley, did so because he had ‘mo money nor ‘frietids. «He in. tended. to.aim at-hie heart, but made a bungling job of it, the bullet taking effect-in the fleshy. perk of his-Jeft-arti:. The Grass Valley Union refuses to publish Lis name. -besause. he failed . in his sui¢idal attempt.“ Episcopal Séclety. A meeting’ of the Ladies’ Episcopal Sewing Society will be held at the residence of Mrs. Wm. Maltman to-morrow (Thursday) evening. Mrs. Laura De Force Gordon will lecttite in Nevada next Saturday evening. © The public will be duly notified of the place’ wheré ‘thie spcteuste will be delivered. County Court. This Court met “yesterday, and the list of trial jurors’ being, called, they were discharged until this morning— the case-of ‘Délaney ‘and’ gtlers, set for trial yesterday, liaving been continued for the term. Executive Committee. A‘meeting of the Executive Gouniinietee of the Woman’s,.Suffrage » Association, will. be. held atthe» residence of Mra. Jv Oy Paltier, ‘on Boalder street, at eight o’clock this evening. Gass VAitity Items,—We extract the folloWing items from the. Grass Valley Union'of yesterday : Sunday ‘afternoon the Germans of Grass Villey held a meéting at Hamilton Hall. The assembly was addressed by a number of pe ong ~end jn—the most patriotic mander 4 Tegular society the “German Patriotic Association of Grass Valley.”’ This Association will collect every month, and remit collections to Germany, which~-are*to be used to assist the sick,.and. wounded) the orphans and widows, The Germans of this place are responding moet liberally to the cause of Fatherland. The Seven-Thirty Mine is still sending forth fine specimen rock. A small candle box of the rock came to town yesterday afternoon, and at Delano'’s bank the contents of the box-avas estimated to be worth $2,000. Such a strike as the Seven-Thirty mine is having .is -envouraging to prospectors. Rich rock has bee taken out for more than a week past, and rich specimens are yet in sight, You.can tell an owner in the Seven-Thirty as faras you can see him—his,face is;bright,. . , Sunday night last Mr. J. J. Godfrey, & mamof Ofyyears Of “age; liad & fall, down the flight of steps at J.R. Rush’s bone of h's left arm. “had}yjcf there was that it had a contrary . property, from its very nature, can be Bribe called . . ‘Tere ia to he Po ONE RE place of Williams of Oregon. at Albany, New York, s gp siegha Riagh Sinsee . syidence that it li ‘e ff proving the a proper immediate vicinity. The sist beproperty, except at the particular points where depots were established, There is no doubt of the decline in property values in the vicinity of the road, but the decline was probably due within the last year or two there has been a change for the better. Mining ‘affected but to a trifling extent by a railroad ; but homestead and farming property has shown a decided improvemeat in value since the road was completed through. “Auburn ‘Was increased considerably in populatiol: in the past year, and the valuation.of the, real property has.doubled, according to the local papers. We hear, too, of sales of orchards, vineyands, and improved lands, within a few miles of the road, at rates far above what the owners would have valued them two ‘or three years ago. This is partly owing to the advantages afforded ~by the road of shipping fruit and other products east of the mountains, and partly to a fact which the people aretiow beginning to appreciate, that. the foot hills and mountains ta a considerable altitude are the best adapted to agriculture and ‘the pleasantest.and the. healghiest sections of the State, .We may expect that the-beneficial. éffects of the road will be felt in Nevads: county, a8 s8006n as vineyardists afd oréliardists begin . to avail themselves: of its: advantages in marketing their surplus products. PEDESTRIAN. Feag—At Quincy, IL, John Davidson undertook the feat of walking 105 hours, without stopping, except twenty-eight minutes at the end of every twenty-four hours. _ He commenced at 8 o'clock, P. M., Tuesday afternoon, and accomplished the feat at twelve o'clock Saturday night. During Saturday afternoon, he had become so stapid that his trainer had to use the lash to keep himawake. Having accomplished the feat, he was struck with paralysis,and is not expected to recover. a state of great excitement on Sunda, evening, in consequence of the fein that a great battle had been commenced at Metz. The excitement was maialy among the German and French residents. W.G. Upton, editor of the Alfa, is strongly: urged to run as’ the Taxpayers candidate for Auditor of San Francisco. The Germans, especially, are strongly urging his nomination, in. order to testity their appreciation of his course on the Eurépean war. SrERRA—The assessed valuation of property in Sicrra county, as returned on the lroll by the Assessor, is $1,761,099. “To this will be added a ‘supplemental roll, which will increase _the total to about $2,000,000. Tue SrameseE Twins.—Chang and Eng; the Siames twins, arrived at New! York on the 13th, from -Liverpogl,, Qn the second day out Chang was attacked side, aud almost wholly deprived: bim -of the use of his limbs and the power of his speech. Eng, so far, manteionen symptoms of illness, CINCINNATI. —The Freasene ks in the aggregate valuation of real estate in Hamiltun county, Ohio, including Cincionati, in the last decennial period, has been over piastyclghs nillions of dollars. eee s64E ‘ SExaTors.—With the present Congress, the terms of twenty-three Seuators will expire, twenty of whom. are Thales Seve weeeteny oa te FrEence lnereapedengoene Bh San spocoret it will bo ene af:the langeet, sraly poled, S. the excitement set in ‘strong effect, and that it was a damage to the . after the defeats at Weissenburg and . to other causes than supposed. But /and some changes . made in: the army ‘London, turn out to have been false, “ExcrrementT.—San Francisco was.in . with paralysis, which affected “his left . the Emperor, and had the French arms met with another serious disaster goon ‘Hagenau, the probability is that the people would first have. rigen.en masse . . and put down the‘Bonaparte dynasty, and then directed their attention to. the Prussians ; batthe change of Ministry, . officers which metthe approbation of the people, appear to have entirely changed the popular eurrent, All the reports about the Prince Imperial having been sent to Parisandthence ‘to . . and so doubtless.is the rumor that the flight into England, ~ A PARTY is being formed at Helena to visit the falls, lake and other soenery in the Yellowstone country. Deate oF GeneRaL Dovay. —The Paris Moniteur, of. the 11th instant, gives the annexed particulars _ of the death of General Douay, at the battle of Weissenburg: ~ The General .was, from the beginning, in the thickest of the fight. When he saw that the day was lost, after he had done all he could to retrieve it— when not even a battalion was left him ‘he ealled-_his aids, one by. one,and pi them orders and sent them away; soon as the last was gone, the Geattal: spurring his horse, rode some distance to the front, dismounted, and taking . his pistol from the holster, shot the . animal ; then turning around,he walked slowly toward the enemy. His soldiers vainly tried to stop him ; amid the terrible fire he deliberately walked on ; his yetreating soldiers, aroused by the spectacle, turned again upon the enemy, but fell in heaps aronud their General, who still pressed forward. “Another tremendous discharge: from the enrmy, and Douay, almost alone, fell dead. A’ CoLp Reoion.—Passengers who have lately come through from the States say that it is so cold in places on the Union Pacific Railroad that stoves are necessary to comfort in the cars of nights. Fines are raging in the mountains of Oregon, on both sides of the Columbia river. An enormous quantity of timber has been destroyed. THE harvest in Monterey county has urned out much better than was.anticipated. The Democrat says, “The wolf will ‘cross few thresholds this year.” tence ete ms soi mnt THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD ! "HE WIDOW OF JOSE VINCENT GEORGE will e Reward for the arrest of Bats Be abe" 2 Francisco Jose menen stil: WHO MURDERED HER. HUSBAND, at Frenchtown, in Yuba county, on the first day. of t. ‘The murdereris a Portuguese, five feet two inches high, ures, light colored whiskers and hair, blue eyes, upper teeth black, weighs 130 pounds, is about thirty-two years and when last seen had on a check shirt, rapes A ON agree tei as TO BUY. iy FURNITURE 1.2 . CHEAP! VERY CHEAP! J, As SHADER & eed 107 Market Streets Empress has made preparations for feat{MERC ANTILE-LIBRARY ASSOCIATION 1 . — WILL BE GIVEN aT THE — NORM PATOL. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., . ON THURSDAY, 8! 1, 1870.[NDER the direction of Distinguished Artists, andl embracing aasniaaen from the most favorite — PROGRAMME 0) f. CONCERT TO: BE MEREAPTON Al ANNOUNCED. — of Admission. ‘$5 — Each Ticket consists of is of Five Coupons, The holder of a whole ‘Picket, or Hive Uou-. pons, will be entitled to admission’ to the Uoncert, arid to the whole amount 7 ig a awardohh will be entitled tj and to one-fifth of. an ys "aaa may be awa each Tickets 10 PROVIDE FUNDS FOR THis Magnificent Entertainment, 200,000 The see of lent admission to the C At Five Dollars each, Gold Coin. TREASURER : The Sank of © of California. DURING THE ENTERTAINMENT SHE SUM OF indebtedness ge the Mercantile’ Library Association. The Concert and Distribution ‘will take place under the immediate'di Board of owas ot of the by a Supervisory nn, See A County Officers, and well-known citizens of San Francisco, «Holders of ick te whieh Gifts may be awarded, receive same on SE er ak Ticats ac, Comment, 2° ' Business Agente ot the Board of Trustees, _ pat their No. 318 California © Street, AN, FRANCISCO, CAL, SF Solent for Tickets, accomremittance, will meet with prompt attention. £1) Tickets: for sale J June Ist, 1870. ONLY AT THE OFFICE. EG” A liberal discount.will be allowed where 1 500 or 1,000 Tickets are bought in one lot. The Trustees have appointed MAURICE DORE, and ee PETAR, ~_. ROBERT B. SWAIN, President M, L.A. Pniien Sceee ee wise tana sera % gee echanics 63 et WR gt ihe = * ee a 5 rg 0,00 0. = Wi rtrd the holders of Tiexews, ty the aoe of weet La As Ts + 1GIFT OF. 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EERE TRICE NAS 3 <2 RIE I SS eee) abl * 0 OAS SF F > _ nat ——_ oem = = egraphed from Lente erat bat ae commenced at we ia , was incorrect. There ponent skirmishing, bat nothing that could be called a battle. ‘A fight occurred, however, on Sunday afternoon, which lasted four: hours. A ‘dispatch from Napoledn to the. Empress says the army commenced crossing to the left bank,.of the: Moselle, Sunday morning; aad. when half were over, the Prussians. attacked,.in great force, and after w fight of four liours they were repulsed with ‘great . loss. King William, in a dispateh “¢o the Queen, calls it a “victorious combat, ” but gives no particulars. The Prefect at Metz telegraphed to Paris on the 14th, saying that the Emperor had left for Vernier, accompanied by the .Priuce Imperial. Previous to _ leaving, the Emperor issued a proclamation to the citizens, telling them they inwet never'allow the. enemy to take the ‘city, From this, it would appear that a force Jas: been left: at Metz, and that the place is to be held to the last. Reports regarding Strasburg are contradictory. "One decount says the city haé been bombarded with hot shot,and “phat: w truce bad Heen agreed upon-ferforty-cight hours,at the request of the citizens, to settle terms of surrender. Other *aceounts, also from Prussian sources; SAS there; has-been no bom-} ‘bardment. A French dispatch says. that everything. within the «city has peén removed beyond the range of the besiegers’ cannon. An order, Wwa ‘made. by the French Ministry on. the. 25th,: suspending all private telographing in. France. This ordet was. modified in the’ afternoon of the same day; limiting the ‘suspension to the departments along the Moselle and Rhine, _ where the military operations are being conducted. The Prussians took possession of Nancy on the 18th, and. levied large contributions, in money and epee: on the inhabitants.. All accounts. rae ‘that. the French are patting forth ‘the moet herculéan effdrts "to" répel-the Prassians. They dedlaré that if-thearmyat Metz is; defeated; the -Prudsian’ ‘will’ méet another at’ Chalons, and another still pofbré ¥eddiling Paris.” Sevensy thousand volunteers were forwarded from Paiigot the 18th. The defenses of Paris tre being plated ‘ina position for a siege; and it:is» confidently asserted that it can only.be taken by” 2 force ‘ sufficient to completely invest the city and ‘statve it into’submission. “More than 600 ‘cannomaré already on the walls dikely ‘to be, first attacked, and bya de of history,and his death willbe mournthe’ work of ‘Placing other pieces in position oie night aud day. . Thousandsof, laborers. are engaged outside the walls, ‘on’ earthworks, “mines and ditclies,, with which) to .connect and complete the network of fortifications. While oversthiag:, at Paris is conducted with the “titmiost, vigor, al) the news ve. have from ithe frontier indicates that. the Pitisiaus are ‘having things qieirowl Why, Capturing town after town,,and the Erench forces gradually retiring before-them. . DRABH, Qh) FARRAGuT.—Admiral Farragut died at Portsmouth, Nv EH at noon on “$hie “14th. ‘The . Secretary of the Navy,in the ‘official. announcemen of his death, says that the record.of his “deeds is written in, the noblest: pages ed by the whole, people, who loved while they honored ore His funeral will. take place e 17th instant, from St. seat th, at Portsmouth. Farragut wae “about seventy years old, a native’ Of Tennessee, and entered the ehiia:® * eg) a! forA ay acy tives faveh sf ht dave. . residence, Boston Ravine, whicli re Ths ‘7H yg] Sulted in the fracture, of the, ‘upper Republicans and three ‘are Democrats. . seriously: tajoeed: mbe’ sors So pened in“this wise: German started down the rdige in a wagon, with atother man, and meeting a friend on horseback at Sebastopol, at tempted fo step out and converse with yhiney bat unfortunately his foot slip ‘ped, and he fell under the feet of his} friend’s horse. The apimal. being frightened, reared up, and came down on German's breast with his hoofs, breaking, as is supposed, two of his ribs, and otherwise injuring him. It is thought that he will recover, though . his injuries are serious. Choral. The Nevada Choral Society is composed of fifty or more members, who meet weekly, for practice, mostly in operatic chorusses. We are told by good judges that their singing is sa. perior to that of any amateur society in the’State, and equal to that of the best ‘trained opera-troupes. They will probably, after a while, give a_public concert. The Cause. : The young man Dempsey, who shot himself in the arm last Sunday evening, at’ Grass Valley, did so because he had ‘mo money nor ‘frietids. «He in. tended. to.aim at-hie heart, but made a bungling job of it, the bullet taking effect-in the fleshy. perk of his-Jeft-arti:. The Grass Valley Union refuses to publish Lis name. -besause. he failed . in his sui¢idal attempt.“ Episcopal Séclety. A meeting’ of the Ladies’ Episcopal Sewing Society will be held at the residence of Mrs. Wm. Maltman to-morrow (Thursday) evening. Mrs. Laura De Force Gordon will lecttite in Nevada next Saturday evening. © The public will be duly notified of the place’ wheré ‘thie spcteuste will be delivered. County Court. This Court met “yesterday, and the list of trial jurors’ being, called, they were discharged until this morning— the case-of ‘Délaney ‘and’ gtlers, set for trial yesterday, liaving been continued for the term. Executive Committee. A‘meeting of the Executive Gouniinietee of the Woman’s,.Suffrage » Association, will. be. held atthe» residence of Mra. Jv Oy Paltier, ‘on Boalder street, at eight o’clock this evening. Gass VAitity Items,—We extract the folloWing items from the. Grass Valley Union'of yesterday : Sunday ‘afternoon the Germans of Grass Villey held a meéting at Hamilton Hall. The assembly was addressed by a number of pe ong ~end jn—the most patriotic mander 4 Tegular society the “German Patriotic Association of Grass Valley.”’ This Association will collect every month, and remit collections to Germany, which~-are*to be used to assist the sick,.and. wounded) the orphans and widows, The Germans of this place are responding moet liberally to the cause of Fatherland. The Seven-Thirty Mine is still sending forth fine specimen rock. A small candle box of the rock came to town yesterday afternoon, and at Delano'’s bank the contents of the box-avas estimated to be worth $2,000. Such a strike as the Seven-Thirty mine is having .is -envouraging to prospectors. Rich rock has bee taken out for more than a week past, and rich specimens are yet in sight, You.can tell an owner in the Seven-Thirty as faras you can see him—his,face is;bright,. . , Sunday night last Mr. J. J. Godfrey, & mamof Ofyyears Of “age; liad & fall, down the flight of steps at J.R. Rush’s bone of h's left arm. “had}yjcf there was that it had a contrary . property, from its very nature, can be Bribe called . . ‘Tere ia to he Po ONE RE place of Williams of Oregon. at Albany, New York, s gp siegha Riagh Sinsee . syidence that it li ‘e ff proving the a proper immediate vicinity. The sist beproperty, except at the particular points where depots were established, There is no doubt of the decline in property values in the vicinity of the road, but the decline was probably due within the last year or two there has been a change for the better. Mining ‘affected but to a trifling extent by a railroad ; but homestead and farming property has shown a decided improvemeat in value since the road was completed through. “Auburn ‘Was increased considerably in populatiol: in the past year, and the valuation.of the, real property has.doubled, according to the local papers. We hear, too, of sales of orchards, vineyands, and improved lands, within a few miles of the road, at rates far above what the owners would have valued them two ‘or three years ago. This is partly owing to the advantages afforded ~by the road of shipping fruit and other products east of the mountains, and partly to a fact which the people aretiow beginning to appreciate, that. the foot hills and mountains ta a considerable altitude are the best adapted to agriculture and ‘the pleasantest.and the. healghiest sections of the State, .We may expect that the-beneficial. éffects of the road will be felt in Nevads: county, a8 s8006n as vineyardists afd oréliardists begin . to avail themselves: of its: advantages in marketing their surplus products. PEDESTRIAN. Feag—At Quincy, IL, John Davidson undertook the feat of walking 105 hours, without stopping, except twenty-eight minutes at the end of every twenty-four hours. _ He commenced at 8 o'clock, P. M., Tuesday afternoon, and accomplished the feat at twelve o'clock Saturday night. During Saturday afternoon, he had become so stapid that his trainer had to use the lash to keep himawake. Having accomplished the feat, he was struck with paralysis,and is not expected to recover. a state of great excitement on Sunda,

evening, in consequence of the fein that a great battle had been commenced at Metz. The excitement was maialy among the German and French residents. W.G. Upton, editor of the Alfa, is strongly: urged to run as’ the Taxpayers candidate for Auditor of San Francisco. The Germans, especially, are strongly urging his nomination, in. order to testity their appreciation of his course on the Eurépean war. SrERRA—The assessed valuation of property in Sicrra county, as returned on the lroll by the Assessor, is $1,761,099. “To this will be added a ‘supplemental roll, which will increase _the total to about $2,000,000. Tue SrameseE Twins.—Chang and Eng; the Siames twins, arrived at New! York on the 13th, from -Liverpogl,, Qn the second day out Chang was attacked side, aud almost wholly deprived: bim -of the use of his limbs and the power of his speech. Eng, so far, manteionen symptoms of illness, CINCINNATI. —The Freasene ks in the aggregate valuation of real estate in Hamiltun county, Ohio, including Cincionati, in the last decennial period, has been over piastyclghs nillions of dollars. eee s64E ‘ SExaTors.—With the present Congress, the terms of twenty-three Seuators will expire, twenty of whom. are Thales Seve weeeteny oa te FrEence lnereapedengoene Bh San spocoret it will bo ene af:the langeet, sraly poled, S. the excitement set in ‘strong effect, and that it was a damage to the . after the defeats at Weissenburg and . to other causes than supposed. But /and some changes . made in: the army ‘London, turn out to have been false, “ExcrrementT.—San Francisco was.in . with paralysis, which affected “his left . the Emperor, and had the French arms met with another serious disaster goon ‘Hagenau, the probability is that the people would first have.. rigen.en masse . .. and put down the‘Bonaparte dynasty, and then directed their attention to. the Prussians ; batthe change of Ministry, . officers which metthe approbation of the people, appear to have entirely changed the popular eurrent, All the reports about the Prince Imperial having been sent to Parisandthence ‘to . . and so doubtless.is the rumor that the flight into England, ~ A PARTY is being formed at Helena to visit the falls, lake and other soenery in the Yellowstone country. Deate oF GeneRaL Dovay. —The Paris Moniteur, of. the 11th instant, gives the annexed particulars _ of the death of General Douay, at the battle of Weissenburg: ~ The General .was, from the beginning, in the thickest of the fight. When he saw that the day was lost, after he had done all he could to retrieve it— when not even a battalion was left him ‘he ealled-_his aids, one by. one,and pi them orders and sent them away; soon as the last was gone, the Geattal: spurring his horse, rode some distance to the front, dismounted, and taking . his pistol from the holster, shot the . animal ; then turning around,he walked slowly toward the enemy. His soldiers vainly tried to stop him ; amid the terrible fire he deliberately walked on ; his yetreating soldiers, aroused by the spectacle, turned again upon the enemy, but fell in heaps aronud their General, who still pressed forward. “Another tremendous discharge: from the enrmy, and Douay, almost alone, fell dead. A’ CoLp Reoion.—Passengers who have lately come through from the States say that it is so cold in places on the Union Pacific Railroad that stoves are necessary to comfort in the cars of nights. Fines are raging in the mountains of Oregon, on both sides of the Columbia river. An enormous quantity of timber has been destroyed. THE harvest in Monterey county has urned out much better than was.anticipated. The Democrat says, “The wolf will ‘cross few thresholds this year.” tence ete ms soi mnt THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD ! "HE WIDOW OF JOSE VINCENT GEORGE will e Reward for the arrest of Bats Be abe" 2 Francisco Jose menen stil: WHO MURDERED HER. HUSBAND, at Frenchtown, in Yuba county, on the first day. of t. ‘The murdereris a Portuguese, five feet two inches high, ures, light colored whiskers and hair, blue eyes, upper teeth black, weighs 130 pounds, is about thirty-two years and when last seen had on a check shirt, rapes A ON agree tei as TO BUY. iy FURNITURE 1.2 . CHEAP! VERY CHEAP! J, As SHADER & eed 107 Market Streets Empress has made preparations for feat{MERC ANTILE-LIBRARY ASSOCIATION 1 . — WILL BE GIVEN aT THE — NORM PATOL. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., . ON THURSDAY, 8! 1, 1870.[NDER the direction of Distinguished Artists, andl embracing aasniaaen from the most favorite — PROGRAMME 0) f. CONCERT TO: BE MEREAPTON Al ANNOUNCED. — of Admission.. ‘$5 — Each Ticket consists of is of Five Coupons, The holder of a whole ‘Picket, or Hive Uou-. pons, will be entitled to admission’ to the Uoncert, arid to the whole amount 7 ig a awardohh will be entitled tj and to one-fifth of. an ys "aaa may be awa each Tickets 10 PROVIDE FUNDS FOR THis Magnificent Entertainment, 200,000 The see of lent admission to the C At Five Dollars each, Gold Coin. TREASURER : The Sank of © of California. DURING THE ENTERTAINMENT SHE SUM OF indebtedness ge the Mercantile’ Library Association. The Concert and Distribution ‘will take place under the immediate'di Board of owas ot of the by a Supervisory nn, See A County Officers, and well-known citizens of San Francisco, «Holders of ick te whieh Gifts may be awarded, receive same on SE er ak Ticats ac, Comment, 2° ' Business Agente ot the Board of Trustees, _ pat their No. 318 California © Street, AN, FRANCISCO, CAL, SF Solent for Tickets, accomremittance, will meet with prompt attention. £1) Tickets: for sale J June Ist, 1870. ONLY AT THE OFFICE. EG” A liberal discount.will be allowed where 1 500 or 1,000 Tickets are bought in one lot. The Trustees have appointed MAURICE DORE, and ee PETAR, ~_. ROBERT B. SWAIN, President M, L.A. Pniien Sceee ee wise tana sera % gee echanics 63 et WR gt ihe = * ee a 5 rg 0,00 0. = Wi rtrd the holders of Tiexews, ty the aoe of weet La As Ts + 1GIFT OF. (=) $100,000: ‘Gop. 1 ee > 50,000 1G = 9S 3S Ow” 1 GIFT O ©: ty, 620,000. . + 1 GIFT OR 2+ 19,000 « 1 GIFTOF -18,000 <« 1GIFTOF .=+. “¢ 1GIFTOF 1,00 “« 1GIFTOF -" y4.000—* 1GIFTOF 18,000° * 1GIFTOF -.1200 “* 1 GIFT + + +» i000 “ ¥GIFTOF -. +. 10,000 1GIFTOF = 9,000 *. 1GIFTOF § 8,000. ** 1GIFTOF = 1,000 “ 1 GIFT OF 6,000 ** iGuTor -som « 1GIFTOF3,00 “« 1 GIFT OF 200 1GIFTOF -. = 1,500 “* 10 GIFTS OF $1,000 10,000: “ 20°GIFTS OF 75015,000 “ 90 GIFTS OF 500 = 10,000 “ 30 GIFTS OF 400 12,000 ‘ 50 GIFTS WO o-.s S 50 GIFTS O 200 10,000 “ 425 GIFTSOF 100 -42.500 ‘ 628 GIFTS IN ALL, $600,000 After paying the expenses of the Entertainment; and making the nrg vga of the Gifts, as above announesd, the will be applied so ectingetaniets tn preter