August 23, 1870 (4 pages)

and’ ‘6f the Taw creating it but’ we nnd 65 thin; B? is Sap anaiie what! respect “we were a taken. . We-take. it ‘that the writer must have:been led ‘into an error from Ne eas Gries ‘ “a pred pei + We never ould ‘jnterferere with the work of a Couut ; Board of Equalization now in session. What we did say, in substance, was that the State Board would . gee that the railroad track was assessed in this county at $9,000a mile, while in none of the other counties was it assesged at over $6,000 a mile. This great disparity, it appears to us would naturally arrest their attention, and induce a careful inquiry, not only as to the value of the railroad, but as to other. Assesaments.in. those counties. Railroads ranni: through several céult ties) atid ‘the track being of the san:e value in each, would be the best } pempltet fortt for: They clear up some points about which , . the passage of the law can exceed 160 Sk ce ie sleet aca purchase . $1,000 bas been made on each claim, there. have. ‘been differences ot opinion. While no claim located subsequent to acres, patties who previously owned them entre, though on surveyed lands they will have to conform their claims to the line of survey, the same as is required in the case.of pre-emption. The proceedings in regard to proving up title, notice by publication three months, and proof that an expenditure of will be required the same as is required in the purchase of quartz claims ; bat on lands which have Deen surveyed, no plat of the claims _will be required. In new locations, proof will have to be . . furnished that it was located in accordance with the mining Customs} a copy of the mining laws of the district should also be furnished, and where the claimant fidlds by purchase, he must also file an abstract of title. Bat proof of two years occupation and working of claims will entitle claimants to enter the Claims, without the necessity of showing further title. The example that could be had ss to how: propérty was assessed by the different officers.::/Phé State Board has better means than the Assessors, or Supervisors of "thie several counties, of ascertaining the. amount of capital stock of railroads, a8 well as its maket value ; and if they have not the power to orp definite rate of assessment, they make a recommendation, which, we believe, would ‘geserally be complied by the Assessors. “Citizen” ‘6 Board was organized at so protons will not be able to do uch this year. He may be correct in this respect, but even if they should make no orders for raising or reducing ky tain {nformation that. pias enable them 6 oe y, another year. ‘Writer days’ the charge ©o of the Tasarsouaes sbat-the Sie Board ‘was instituted to give two or three persons a Yat betth is entirely unwarranted. If our article on the subject, he weet known that wonéver made thesharge, except-on the supposition that the Grass. Valley Union had given a correct explanation. df the duties of the Board. THe “PRUssaN “Anuy.—A correspondent writes a8 “follows from the headquarters of the Crown Prince's army : The ° nioveriént of troops is injagh ‘no one is told whither , and with each advance ret at military telegraph and wo a or mization. Traing of of : Soe ‘men’ push’ on, while the field post office: ‘brings . letters to different. from side to sidefor man <a TOe PIRES Whole\coartry is on I fancy, thet the, villagers are waite saddened ah winx they wwkiand i then Gre heme tell of the other two greah, armies, which . are invading France.:s Phe is quite safe. The war has scarcely ‘troubled a single Gerthan village. There is none . Sine this part of the line, and “strabge seem, the ‘men “are” _— id” eee eee Telegraph is informed . that the granite quarries beaoe the Natoma. Company, have . as ite ae tate city by samanis pn ys re ap } ire of human. life, 4 ~. miners will. mostly. (purchase their rues ‘Jaw does not require miners to pur chase claims, and they can still hold them as. at present if they prefer todo ‘go. Those, however, who .own permanent mines, and calculate to hold and work them ks & ‘busitidad, Will generally purchase the land. In nearly all the claims there will be room for homesteads, vineyards and gardens, which will not be worked, and which miners can cultivate and improve during the intervals of the mining season; even on the lant. stripped of its surface svil, a new gtowth ‘of “imber immediately springs up, and ‘in ‘time will become valuable. In this vicinity, especially on the surveyed lands, the placer claims. Defenses of Paris. The Chronicle, in its issue of Sunday morning, gives a. view of the defenses ‘of Paris, showing the lines of circumvallation, the cordon of detached forts, the different routes of approach, and ull points and locations which will become noteworthy should: the Prussians attempt the capture of the city. The siege of Paris is a not improbable event, and if the adyices from Egrope,received up to Saturday, are reliable, the Prassians may reach the city and commence the siége in ‘the latter part of next month. Some fifteen years ago, Major Delafield, of the United States army, ecaminet and took’ drawings of the for cities. His idea then was that Paris, with a full garrison, was impregnable. Since then great improvements have been made if siege artilfery, bat during the same time vast sums have been expended in improving the fortifications of the city. 1t is estimated that Louis ¢ . Napoleon has expended $100,000,000 on that work alone. The: main fortifications consist of a wall entirsly around the city, and outside of this ig a-cordon of forts commanding eyery. approach. Should a besieging army capture any of the forts, they would then encounin. To completely invest the city, so eer (hts pee open Ting Saturday. “iy he tidst of the French’ ation. Fed in ‘his attempt ‘to retreat on Chalons, ‘having nothing fayorable to commu‘nicate. On Saturday last, there was ception of the Prussian® version of the situation, when Count Palikao made a hopefal statement of the situation in the Corps Legislatif. It was charged, however, that his pretended informa tion from Bazaine was concocted in Paris. of the Crown Prince’s army had reached field. . Each party charges. the. other tiféations of Saris Had bther European . 8 ter the more formidable ramparts with. as to cut off communication from without, and starve the inhabitants into submission, would require an army of a million and a quarter of men—a larger force than Prussiacould possibly maintain there for sages. length of time, iar ice 3 ‘meager. Te thiai ery day, from Suntog up to api ineludaccounts say that Bazaine had sacceedwhile the Prussian accounts invariably represent that his retreat is cut off and that he must éapitulate? ‘The Prussian reports appear to be more reliable. Ba-} 1 gaine has succeeded better than the Prussians in keeping the position and movements of his” forces out of tlie papers; but it may be on account of his great excitement in Paris, oo the reA dispatch from Nancy says a portion Paris, which is so agitated and given Pup to grief, Hills tie Will horror and dis” gust, The maintenance of order by the ascendency of patriotic feeling, ex‘pressed by the knowled dent danger of the country, f fills me with hépé anid séredity!: Burthis probat once, but I can with the aid of those having such sentiments ; that is what ‘Iterm moral aid. The moment may defend the city, will pillage ; these the honest must. sieze. . The‘ error of ‘all Governmendts I have ever known, is to consider force the ultimate power; the . only decisive power in the moment of danger is moral force. of E. Steele, near Yreka, was burned last Friday night, with nearly all its contents, including a valuable library. The loss was about $5.000—no insur6 bayonet _of the eviem is arduous,andIcan not solve it arrive when the malefactors seeing us RESIDENCE BuRNED,—The residence’ Vitry, only twenty miles from Chalons, . ance. and reports had been received of igh —_— SS ES ing at Chalons. _BOEREN. Preparations for the-defense-of Paris are actively progressing, under the supervision of Trochu. The ‘defensive wife of James Monro, a son. In this city, August 2ist, 1870, to the force numbers 180,000 men. Charges are made of uffecessary LBS ILE EE cruelty and inhumanity on the battle with Killing the wounded, ‘firing on ambulances, and on surgeons in the discharge of their duties. Strasburg still holds ont. On Friday. last a Prussian officer with a flag of truce demanded the surrender of the city. He was. answered by shouts of the populace; . “We will never surrender.” The French ‘commander then dismissed thé Prussian with the words : “The people have given you my reply.” This is from. a French souree. A Prussian dispatch says the city was bombarded the same day, and that the return fire did little harm. From all accounts, the losses én both sides_havebeen tremendous. King } William says 40,000. were killed and wounded in the battle on Thursday, at Gravelotte. The Prussian Joss. since they crossed the frontier is_ reported at 100,000: in killed and wounded. The French loss must have been equally as heavy. New THEORY _ oF. CREATION.— There are few things in life more satisfactory to their — than « theory. And when the theory happens to cover a vast subject, it is: astoni ‘to Bee how many ects Ms be found by the possessor 0 the theory to sipport it. . 5. There is a wan in Worthingten, West Va., who has‘a theory of the broad kind. In a pamphlet, printed at his own expense, he describes, illustrates, and exlains his “Theory of Creation.”. Among is observed facts it is récorded that a old watch was fouad in» West Virginia, it is believed, at the bottomrof a Bons in blue mud, and aa locust it were Panly § Rage watch being “thickly Hola ‘with letters of Grecian —_ watch is of a mediam size,.o fthedern improvement, having & spring in the hilt.” This is adduced as the first of “some evidences of man’s existence iprior to the present creation.” more tact about this watch, though.bed" for the facts before mentioned, is for the theory, as it settles the question of quantity, “The la of time was so great that not a vé 6f this watch remained except the dere dg ee Sich serve to develop the ry, w explains treleum as sed a ag ra as air heated by the earn Pe volcanoes, ‘earthquakes a8 the combination of air, fame sap fock and the American Indians as descendants of the lost tribes of Israel. Josn Bruincs. has been to _ Branch. and thereof writes: “The bignied te. paoianisiet ana v Le eR DAT SS her eles te Re EOS nie; daughter of A.C. aged 1 year 5 months and 12 days, at the grave, in the new cemetery, at 2 o’clock this afternoon. ‘ Sunday & Monday, Aug. 28 & 29. One. enti a wa ns At Sedtt’s Flat, August 22d, 1870, Minand Sarah Foote, The funera' services will take place B AT TEMPERANCE HALL, CHANG, THE CIANT i The Tallest Man in the World. AND HIS WIFE. KIMN FOO. THE GOLDEN LILY. oe NES Open from 12 to 5, and % to re ‘clock, P, ata ROBINSON, Agent, Examination of Teachers. f Naret ae Fk next regular pales, qharteriy, Teachers ExWaahingter Seheol, Mouse, Ne~ wada City, On Wednesday, Thursday,.and Friday, September 7th, Sth, and 9th, woe Bere mae Peery cs Me A, MORSE, coelid yeugt Common Schools. Notice to Contractors, URSUANT TO THE ORDER OF THE Re Seer ice t Gu in N ‘i the ‘Sas pension . * city, in with Pia: s and Specificautil ser ORDAY. the third day of coon o ber, A. D. 2r70: veeey Nevada city, August 20th, 1870. canine eatin ‘see Programmes and —IN AID OF THE— MERCANTILE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION! _— WILL BE GIVEN AT THE — _.MECHANICS’. oar eam SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., }NDER the direction of MPiistingulahes Artists, and embracing selections. from the most favorite masters. PROGRAMME O ? CONCERT, ENEAPTEN Al -ANNOUNC Tickets of Admission.$5 each, . -» GOLD. COL. Each Ticket consists of 3 of Five Coupons, The holder of a whole ‘Licket, or kive COupons, will be entitled to admission to the Concert, and to the whole ~ » amount of the Gift awarded tit.” > The holder of each Coupon will be entitled to admission to the Goncert, and to one-fifth of any Gift that may be:awarded to each Ticket. TO.BE 40 PROVIDE FUNDS FOR ‘THIS Magnificent Entertainment. 200,000 TICKETS WILL BE SOLD, At Five Dollars each, Gold Coin. . TREABU \SURER: The Bank of California. DURING ‘THE ,, ENTERTAINMENT THE SUM OF wm $500,000. 2 U. 8. GOLD COIN, Will be: io the holders of Tickets, _ ‘py the distribution . by-chaihice ci the following a CIFTS! #2. VIZ: 1GIFTOF =~ $100,000 Gotp. [i Girt OF: = 59,000 2 GHLOF -. > sagt’ IT GIFTOF = 20,000“ 1 GIFPOR <<: = = Woo * 1GEET OF --~ 100. * 1GIFTOF 11,000 “ ‘Yi Giktor.+ = 16,000 ** . 1GIFTOF + 1,000 “ 1GiFTOF -° “14,000~°" “* 1 GIFTOF 13000 * 1.GIFTOF.= 12,000.“ 1 GIFTOF 11,000 “ 1GIFT OF. + . 10,000 1GIFTOF 9,000 *“ 1 GIFT OF $000. ** 1GIFTOF %000 “ 1 GIFT OF 6,000“ eee oc ae 1 GIT O ae ee oe 1GIFTOF “3000 “ 1GUFP OF = 1600" 10 GIFTS OF $1,000 10,000. °** 20 GIFTS OF T5015,000 ‘* 20 GIFTS OF 500 10,000 “ 30 GIFTS OF 400 12,000 “* 50 GIFTS OF 300 ~ 15,000 “ 50 GIFTS OF 200 10,000“ 425 GIFTS OF 100 -42500 “ 628 GIFTS IN ALL,» ~ $500,000 : After paying the expenses of the_Entertainment, am making the distribution of a to extin perros Lr of the Mercani' sociation. place under the immediate ‘Board of Trustees of the Mercantile Libra~ assisted ry Association, by a Supervisory Committee, selected from State, City and come Officers, and well-known "Citizens of Francisco, San olders of Tickets to which Gifts may be awarded, will receive the same on presenatin A th or Coupons to the eS da Sat Trustees, tani No. 318 California Street, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. t* Orders for ‘Ticketé, post-paid, accomied by remittance, with prompt attention.41) ‘Tickets for sale je Fane “Yet; 1670. ONLY AT THE OFFICE. 0 tractors. OG. A liberal discount: will be allowed oy Om ae ; . prtiere 300; 000 or 1,000 Sahat ay Pope —e in one lot. in 8 Banke tial 5 4 MAURICE DORE, at” Rehab Fw tates Sa EIGHT TO TWENTY TONS OF QUARTZ, DAILY from each Ledge‘of the Fidelity Com‘. pany: : Parties proposing are to furtish Powder, A. A. 1 Rebs i HAYES, Ree. 3 A Candies, Fuse and to do their own BlacksmithDAVID WILDER, Oo Bare ae iustets Mik. a) 4 ™ seman 318 Calis '] Business Agen sme en for the transaction of communications may be ROBERT B. SWAIN, ! = W. H. L. BARNES, VicePs rhs ee . eer it Of . ing. The © the ie 2pre the hotels. The p oa Fie te ie udges tow be 8,000 se eae . ok an Or Jw. wNULEY, Auras SP. ELYELE, some places ness 7 : M. EBBETS, this pool. aed : cr at WM.E, WOOD, . Bs folks : aien, Se trate: AbesoX SAMUEL -alnakabentiamniy Gaes ned . waeiaeemooae” . Mt Baten ™ sine ge ‘az near like whea -@feinthe} = Seb ted + Tete aii S oa aed 4% A Premium of 6600 ° ne pool. Te eg es cay ve aN Mera Abed HET, be "as Will be given for THE BEST 30 MODEL or rv meni Nothing “will stop this Enterprise ne Cuncert and Disttibution will take direction of the ant thi ha

and’ ‘6f the Taw creating it but’ we nnd 65 thin; B? is Sap anaiie what! respect “we were a taken. . We-take. it ‘that the writer must have:been led ‘into an error from Ne eas Gries ‘ “a pred pei + We never ould ‘jnterferere with the work of a Couut ; Board of Equalization now in session. What we did say, in substance, was that the State Board would . gee that the railroad track was assessed in this county at $9,000a mile, while in none of the other counties was it assesged at over $6,000 a mile. This great disparity, it appears to us would naturally arrest their attention, and induce a careful inquiry, not only as to the value of the railroad, but as to other. Assesaments.in. those counties. Railroads ranni: through several céult ties) atid ‘the track being of the san:e value in each, would be the best } pempltet fortt for: They clear up some points about which , . the passage of the law can exceed 160 Sk ce ie sleet aca purchase . $1,000 bas been made on each claim, there. have. ‘been differences ot opinion. While no claim located subsequent to acres, patties who previously owned them entre, though on surveyed lands they will have to conform their claims to the line of survey, the same as is required in the case.of pre-emption. The proceedings in regard to proving up title, notice by publication three months, and proof that an expenditure of will be required the same as is required in the purchase of quartz claims ; bat on lands which have Deen surveyed, no plat of the claims _will be required. In new locations, proof will have to be . . furnished that it was located in accordance with the mining Customs} a copy of the mining laws of the district should also be furnished, and where the claimant fidlds by purchase, he must also file an abstract of title. Bat proof of two years occupation and working of claims will entitle claimants to enter the Claims, without the necessity of showing further title. The example that could be had ss to how: propérty was assessed by the different officers.::/Phé State Board has better means than the Assessors, or Supervisors of "thie several counties, of ascertaining the. amount of capital stock of railroads, a8 well as its maket value ; and if they have not the power to orp definite rate of assessment, they make a recommendation, which, we believe, would ‘geserally be complied by the Assessors. “Citizen” ‘6 Board was organized at so protons will not be able to do uch this year. He may be correct in this respect, but even if they should make no orders for raising or reducing ky tain {nformation that. pias enable them 6 oe y, another year. ‘Writer days’ the charge ©o of the Tasarsouaes sbat-the Sie Board ‘was instituted to give two or three persons a Yat betth is entirely unwarranted. If our article on the subject, he weet known that wonéver made thesharge, except-on the supposition that the Grass. Valley Union had given a correct explanation. df the duties of the Board. THe “PRUssaN “Anuy.—A correspondent writes a8 “follows from the headquarters of the Crown Prince's army : The ° nioveriént of troops is injagh ‘no one is told whither , and with each advance ret at military telegraph and wo a or mization. Traing of of : Soe ‘men’ push’ on, while the field post office: ‘brings . letters to different. from side to sidefor man <a TOe PIRES Whole\coartry is on I fancy, thet the, villagers are waite saddened ah winx they wwkiand i then Gre heme tell of the other two greah, armies, which . are invading France.:s Phe is quite safe. The war has scarcely ‘troubled a single Gerthan village. There is none . Sine this part of the line, and “strabge seem, the ‘men “are” _— id” eee eee Telegraph is informed . that the granite quarries beaoe the Natoma. Company, have . as ite ae tate city by samanis pn ys re ap } ire of human. life, 4 ~. miners will. mostly. (purchase their rues ‘Jaw does not require miners to pur chase claims, and they can still hold them as. at present if they prefer todo ‘go. Those, however, who .own permanent mines, and calculate to hold and work them ks & ‘busitidad, Will generally purchase the land. In nearly all the claims there will be room for homesteads, vineyards and gardens, which will not be worked, and which miners can cultivate and improve during the intervals of the mining season; even on the lant. stripped of its surface svil, a new gtowth ‘of “imber immediately springs up, and ‘in ‘time will become valuable. In this vicinity, especially on the surveyed lands, the placer claims. Defenses of Paris. The Chronicle, in its issue of Sunday morning, gives a. view of the defenses ‘of Paris, showing the lines of circumvallation, the cordon of detached forts, the different routes of approach, and ull points and locations which will become noteworthy should: the Prussians attempt the capture of the city. The siege of Paris is a not improbable event, and if the adyices from Egrope,received up to Saturday, are reliable, the Prassians may reach the city and commence the siége in ‘the latter part of next month. Some fifteen years ago, Major Delafield, of the United States army, ecaminet and took’ drawings of the for cities. His idea then was that Paris, with a full garrison, was impregnable. Since then great improvements have been made if siege artilfery, bat during the same time vast sums have been expended in improving the fortifications of the city. 1t is estimated that Louis ¢ . Napoleon has expended $100,000,000 on that work alone. The: main fortifications consist of a wall entirsly around the city, and outside of this ig a-cordon of forts commanding eyery. approach. Should a besieging army capture any of the forts, they would then encounin. To completely invest the city, so eer (hts pee open Ting Saturday. “iy he tidst of the French’ ation. Fed in ‘his attempt ‘to retreat on Chalons, ‘having nothing fayorable to commu‘nicate. On Saturday last, there was ception of the Prussian® version of the situation, when Count Palikao made a hopefal statement of the situation in the Corps Legislatif. It was charged, however, that his pretended informa tion from Bazaine was concocted in Paris. of the Crown Prince’s army had reached field. . Each party charges. the. other tiféations of Saris Had bther European . 8 ter the more formidable ramparts with. as to cut off communication from without, and starve the inhabitants into submission, would require an army of a million and a quarter of men—a larger force than Prussiacould possibly maintain there for sages. length of time, iar ice 3 ‘meager. Te thiai ery day, from Suntog up to api ineludaccounts say that Bazaine had sacceedwhile the Prussian accounts invariably represent that his retreat is cut off and that he must éapitulate? ‘The Prussian reports appear to be more reliable. Ba-} 1 gaine has succeeded better than the Prussians in keeping the position and movements of his” forces out of tlie papers; but it may be on account of his great excitement in Paris, oo the reA dispatch from Nancy says a portion Paris, which is so agitated and given Pup to grief, Hills tie Will horror and dis” gust, The maintenance of order by the ascendency of patriotic feeling, ex‘pressed by the knowled dent danger of the country, f fills me with hépé anid séredity!: Burthis probat once, but I can with the aid of those having such sentiments ; that is what ‘Iterm moral aid. The moment may defend the city, will pillage ; these the honest must. sieze. . The‘ error of ‘all Governmendts I have ever known, is to consider force the ultimate power; the . only decisive power in the moment of danger is moral force. of E. Steele, near Yreka, was burned last Friday night, with nearly all its contents, including a valuable library. The loss was about $5.000—no insur6 bayonet _of the eviem is arduous,andIcan not solve it arrive when the malefactors seeing us RESIDENCE BuRNED,—The residence’ Vitry, only twenty miles from Chalons, . ance. and reports had been received of igh —_— SS ES ing at Chalons. _BOEREN. Preparations for the-defense-of Paris are actively progressing, under the supervision of Trochu. The ‘defensive wife of James Monro, a son. In this city, August 2ist, 1870, to the force numbers 180,000 men. Charges are made of uffecessary LBS ILE EE cruelty and inhumanity on the battle with Killing the wounded, ‘firing on ambulances, and on surgeons in the discharge of their duties. Strasburg still holds ont. On Friday. last a Prussian officer with a flag of truce demanded the surrender of the city. He was. answered by shouts of the populace; . “We will never surrender.” The French ‘commander then dismissed thé Prussian with the words : “The people have given you my reply.” This is from. a French souree. A Prussian dispatch says the city was bombarded the same day, and that the return fire did little harm. From all accounts, the losses én both

sides_havebeen tremendous. King } William says 40,000. were killed and wounded in the battle on Thursday, at Gravelotte. The Prussian Joss. since they crossed the frontier is_ reported at 100,000: in killed and wounded. The French loss must have been equally as heavy. New THEORY _ oF. CREATION.— There are few things in life more satisfactory to their — than « theory. And when the theory happens to cover a vast subject, it is: astoni ‘to Bee how many ects Ms be found by the possessor 0 the theory to sipport it. . 5. There is a wan in Worthingten, West Va., who has‘a theory of the broad kind. In a pamphlet, printed at his own expense, he describes, illustrates, and exlains his “Theory of Creation.”. Among is observed facts it is récorded that a old watch was fouad in» West Virginia, it is believed, at the bottomrof a Bons in blue mud, and aa locust it were Panly § Rage watch being “thickly Hola ‘with letters of Grecian —_ watch is of a mediam size,.o fthedern improvement, having & spring in the hilt.” This is adduced as the first of “some evidences of man’s existence iprior to the present creation.” more tact about this watch, though.bed" for the facts before mentioned, is for the theory, as it settles the question of quantity, “The la of time was so great that not a vé 6f this watch remained except the dere dg ee Sich serve to develop the ry, w explains treleum as sed a ag ra as air heated by the earn Pe volcanoes, ‘earthquakes a8 the combination of air, fame sap fock and the American Indians as descendants of the lost tribes of Israel. Josn Bruincs. has been to _ Branch. and thereof writes: “The bignied te. paoianisiet ana v Le eR DAT SS her eles te Re EOS nie; daughter of A.C. aged 1 year 5 months and 12 days, at the grave, in the new cemetery, at 2 o’clock this afternoon. ‘ Sunday & Monday, Aug. 28 & 29. One. enti a wa ns At Sedtt’s Flat, August 22d, 1870, Minand Sarah Foote, The funera' services will take place B AT TEMPERANCE HALL, CHANG, THE CIANT i The Tallest Man in the World. AND HIS WIFE. KIMN FOO. THE GOLDEN LILY. oe NES Open from 12 to 5, and % to re ‘clock, P, ata ROBINSON, Agent, Examination of Teachers. f Naret ae Fk next regular pales, qharteriy, Teachers ExWaahingter Seheol, Mouse, Ne~ wada City, On Wednesday, Thursday,.and Friday, September 7th, Sth, and 9th, woe Bere mae Peery cs Me A, MORSE, coelid yeugt Common Schools. Notice to Contractors, URSUANT TO THE ORDER OF THE Re Seer ice t Gu in N ‘i the ‘Sas pension . * city, in with Pia: s and Specificautil ser ORDAY. the third day of coon o ber, A. D. 2r70: veeey Nevada city, August 20th, 1870. canine eatin ‘see Programmes and —IN AID OF THE— MERCANTILE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION! _— WILL BE GIVEN AT THE — _.MECHANICS’. oar eam SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., }NDER the direction of MPiistingulahes Artists, and embracing selections. from the most favorite masters. PROGRAMME O ? CONCERT, ENEAPTEN Al -ANNOUNC Tickets of Admission..$5 each, . -» GOLD. COL. Each Ticket consists of 3 of Five Coupons, The holder of a whole ‘Licket, or kive COupons, will be entitled to admission to the Concert, and to the whole ~ » amount of the Gift awarded tit.” > The holder of each Coupon will be entitled to admission to the Goncert, and to one-fifth of any Gift that may be:awarded to each Ticket. TO.BE 40 PROVIDE FUNDS FOR ‘THIS Magnificent Entertainment. 200,000 TICKETS WILL BE SOLD, At Five Dollars each, Gold Coin. . TREABU \SURER: The Bank of California. DURING ‘THE ,, ENTERTAINMENT THE SUM OF wm $500,000. 2 U. 8. GOLD COIN, Will be: io the holders of Tickets, _ ‘py the distribution . by-chaihice ci the following a CIFTS! #2. VIZ: 1GIFTOF =~ $100,000 Gotp. [i Girt OF: = 59,000 2 GHLOF -. > sagt’ IT GIFTOF = 20,000“ 1 GIFPOR <<: = = Woo * 1GEET OF --~ 100. * 1GIFTOF 11,000 “ ‘Yi Giktor.+ = 16,000 ** . 1GIFTOF + 1,000 “ 1GiFTOF -° “14,000~°" “* 1 GIFTOF 13000 * 1.GIFTOF.= 12,000..“ 1 GIFTOF 11,000 “ 1GIFT OF. + . 10,000 1GIFTOF 9,000 *“ 1 GIFT OF $000. ** 1GIFTOF %000 “ 1 GIFT OF 6,000“ eee oc ae 1 GIT O ae ee oe 1GIFTOF “3000 “ 1GUFP OF = 1600" 10 GIFTS OF $1,000 10,000. °** 20 GIFTS OF T5015,000 ‘* 20 GIFTS OF 500 10,000 “ 30 GIFTS OF 400 12,000 “* 50 GIFTS OF 300 ~ 15,000 “ 50 GIFTS OF 200 10,000“ 425 GIFTS OF 100 -42500 “ 628 GIFTS IN ALL,» ~ $500,000 : After paying the expenses of the_Entertainment, am making the distribution of a to extin perros Lr of the Mercani' sociation. place under the immediate ‘Board of Trustees of the Mercantile Libra~ assisted ry Association, by a Supervisory Committee, selected from State, City and come Officers, and well-known "Citizens of Francisco, San olders of Tickets to which Gifts may be awarded, will receive the same on presenatin A th or Coupons to the eS da Sat Trustees, tani No. 318 California Street, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. t* Orders for ‘Ticketé, post-paid, accomied by remittance, with prompt attention.41) ‘Tickets for sale je Fane “Yet; 1670. ONLY AT THE OFFICE. 0 tractors. OG. A liberal discount: will be allowed oy Om ae ; . prtiere 300; 000 or 1,000 Sahat ay Pope —e in one lot. in 8 Banke tial 5 4 MAURICE DORE, at” Rehab Fw tates Sa EIGHT TO TWENTY TONS OF QUARTZ, DAILY from each Ledge‘of the Fidelity Com‘. pany: : Parties proposing are to furtish Powder, A. A. 1 Rebs i HAYES, Ree. 3 A Candies, Fuse and to do their own BlacksmithDAVID WILDER, Oo Bare ae iustets Mik. a) 4 ™ seman 318 Calis '] Business Agen sme en for the transaction of communications may be ROBERT B. SWAIN, ! = W. H. L. BARNES, VicePs rhs ee . eer it Of . ing. The © the ie 2pre the hotels. The p oa Fie te ie udges tow be 8,000 se eae . ok an Or Jw. wNULEY, Auras SP. ELYELE, some places ness 7 : M. EBBETS, this pool. aed : cr at WM.E, WOOD, . Bs folks : aien, Se trate: AbesoX SAMUEL -alnakabentiamniy Gaes ned . waeiaeemooae” . Mt Baten ™ sine ge ‘az near like whea -@feinthe} = Seb ted + Tete aii S oa aed 4% A Premium of 6600 ° ne pool. Te eg es cay ve aN Mera Abed HET, be "as Will be given for THE BEST 30 MODEL or rv meni Nothing “will stop this Enterprise ne Cuncert and Disttibution will take direction of the ant thi ha