July 29, 1870 (4 pages)

Whew rite eauseeiatel a American Commerce. — denounced: by the . ot he? titutional fault finders for rete pass an act avthorizing gistry of foreign built vessels “Ghat might be owned or pt ein whol or in part, by Athericane. “Those 0. take p ‘superficialiview, of the quesSm sit st ak ee em « a gi = have sechiably been a. few devertgre from both des—thete atways’ is in . every war—but the number is doubtlees very small, The people, as well and *Prassia, ate; necording to the best “ef ened by t as the Governments of both France [other rumor is that a middle weight of > ; > was mucl SS cai Char i, stand ap fight for $500, or more, a wi Te is thought that the match “between two “heavy weights” will be so won the fight lust ‘Monday, will challenge Tommy Chandler for a mill. An. thie tawm. ambitious for fistic honors falotunder;o inhabitants of the, Baltic provinces of ‘Russia against the sysvear of provelyt-) to the necessity “of “pussingism adopted to compel their ade ptiva Rumor has it, also, that Rogers, who of the orthodox Russian faith, and that Frepow oF RELic ton. in. Russia. a , 44 id-bebalf of th ness to receive M. de Presseuse, and to hear from him a verbal stutemient of his views. The. same.paper now states H, may think there was évery reason Jathe: world for-prompt action, and, no ‘emeuse Whatever ‘for nén-action. But there are twosides to. this ag well as all other questions. If the. war be‘comes general in Eurdpe, the earryiag tradé of the world will be doue iv American. bottdiiis; and-foreign vessels awould seek American owners, at a ‘mere nominal value, provided they can be registered as American. The. re‘eal would be that American ship builders would have notliing to do, and @ cry would go up from every Ameri, Can port that the action of Congréss ~ ‘had’ deprived “Pidusand ‘of mieélianics Of,employmeat.-. The fault-finders would then be the first. to grumble at the disastrous legislation, which had closed our shipyards and left our meChanics idie. As it is now, if there. Abould be a demand for American. ves. j, Our shipyards would all be emred to their fullest capacity, and “present a scene of activity never beSore witnessed. “The mechanics would have full employment, as well as other ged da, the “production hemp, ‘and other materials pei in the eonetraction of vessels, Bad: ithe: Presideit’s “recommendation Been adupted, a small interest in hundreds of fdbigh méféhant ships would -daave beew purchased by ‘Aniericans, in ‘érder to enab'e them to obtain an American register, while the bulk of the carry ing. ptofite. woald go to the @ foreiga owners:' ‘These are at least plausible arguments against the Pree. ident’s policy, and in favor of the nonappian at. Congress on the subject, Why Motley. was Mecalled, It having been freely ageerted that the tetall'of Mr, Motley from Engla + sigeaiy tneidé'on' a¢eount Of” ‘the opposition of Mr. Sumper, to the San. Domingo qwealy, a Washington correspondent ‘gives vome facts to show the.absurdity of the statement. When Mr. Motley Jeft for roger ic tedulved instruc. tiong on the L .question at issue between the two: & eeRnMeDIs, which instructions “were bot in consonance With certain views expressed by Mr. Motley prion to his departurennd which views. bad been proved, when they ‘wore first made known. On his artiWalia England Mr. Moiley submitted . to Lord Clarendon tie views which had ‘deen disapproved bere, and omitted to submit the views which had been impresbed ‘upon him by’ his Government. This preduced a, feeling of .dissatisiac‘fon” at Washington, and from that momeut the question of his recall has simply: bevavacg tirdtion‘of time. ‘This is the most reasupable explanation of the dissatiaiuetion with Mr. Motiey that has, besa’ advanced, and undoubtedly cine 9 ae A, ssecpimaectinisssunimimeosainacmcscescnannyiirs anges ara ents on ~ Te, — York city today; 40 consider ways for] Ng of the silk interest: on the: Pacific coast. They propose to orgatiize a company to assist silk culture in Californis;< it is hoped they will -eenda nitte to exainine oar mulberry plangations and evcoonerics, with ih Sha a largesums of Oi tyre pam: magne inning PES eo -tical_parposes,in-carrying on. the. war, } to think that the bringi nd . however, she has a navy secondonly to Pconvrailt ACTUREIS MERTING——{"x eoting of the silk manufacturers of the Usi Bales ‘is to be held in New . } the — the ve of ty . cc ei ors of the accounts, nearly unanimous and enthusiastic in the. support of their respective countries. “In France, there are some implacable Red Republicans, who may desire the defeat of the French troops, in the hope of strengthening the oppoeir number is too insignificant at present to givé the “Government any Uneasiness. Tn some of the wewly con: . quered provinces of Prussia, such as Schleswig-Holetein and Hanover, there is also an ill feeling toward that Government; but like, the-opposition in France, it is stifled amid the general enthusiasm. Judging from the manitestations id this cévatéy, there is not ene German or Frenchman in five bundred who is not enthusiastic in the support-of his own couatry. For all practhere is no opposition, in, either .country,and. will nob be until one of the belligerents onafne a serious reverse. ENoLAND's WeaKNess.—A Washington dispatch says everybody seoms og.to_light of . . the secret treaty negotiations between France aad ‘Prassia will result in briaging-Baglend into.the contest before the}. struggle is over. All. accounts, too, represent that the feeling in Eogland is” very bitter adainst France ; but the position Of affairs in Iréland will havda restraining effect on the British Government, and induce her rulers to keep out of the war if possible, The Irish are bly in the secret hope of French aid to herindependance, During the long war between England and the first Napoledii, Franée was unable to aid Irelaud, on account of the lack of a navy. Now, that of England, aodehe could, perbaps, bring a fleet into the channel capable of coping with Eagland on the dea. The English ‘war vessels are more scattered than those of ‘France’; thd the French would now encounter but little difliculty in landing a large foree on the coast of Ireland, together with arms and munitions for supplying the Irish. IC Englad becomes involved in the war, it wiil’ be Tréland’s thd to — for tadeFaRRAGUT’s: iperenas-dedioieeiins dis: patch saya the, Belgian’ Government has ordered the detachment of Farragut’s fleet, stationed, on the; coast, to leave Antwerp, so that, the. neutrality may be fully .»naintained. The commander of the poat informed ,yhe, fleet commander'that.the neutral relations of the Governnient would “not ‘permit the presence on the coast of any foreign war, vessels. Late. letters fromthe equadron mention the breaking out and extension of the small.pox through the fleot. ~ LIGHTNING IN YOSEMITE.—The Mariposa Gazette of the 15th instant, says: We learn that a streak of lightving . strack a portion ‘of the South Dome in Yosemite Valley one day last week,and. those who had the good fortune to see it at the moment, describe the scene as terrific as well a8 grand. Hundreds of tons of rock Were loosened, and sliding and bounding down the side, left in its track a streak of:fire,emoke and dust, and the:noise therefrom sounding in Sicha Yoneped could end only in victory noe to the Bonaparte dynasty; but . sisting. . General Lebeewfand Admiral Rigault the aaenoanie yes . pecan: is reece od sufficient imae Voor agg ed Joss f Pee wijl challeage Rogers. The frieads of Andrew Steele, who was defeated last Monday, are arranging to give bima benefit one evening soon. At the benefit there will be songs, dances and The residence ef John Polglase was entered on Tuesday afsermoon, between ft and 4 o'clock, “while no-one was at the house,and a fine English lever, doable cased gold’ watch, with a fine guard chain attached, was stolen ; four twenty-dollar pieces. were. taken at the same time, The walortunate part about the watch is that the namber on it and. the taker’s tame are not remetnbered, so that identification of the time keeper will be difficult. Miss Fanny Gibson, who was raised in Grass Valley, and who is a most de-_ serving young lady, will givo’a concert in this place next Saturday evening, at Hamilton Hall. Miss Favny has been studying music in San Francisco. fer about two years, and she is said to display wreat talent for the profession she has chosen, It is lier desigit to-go to Europe to-study, if she. can have. the encouragement of her fiends. We believe that it is oot necessary to urge the claims of Miss Gibson in this community, — _ A book entitled “A Manual of United States Surveying,” with some notes and maps, was found in this place last Saturday, We thick they. belong to Mr. Bowman, of the Geological Survey: The Look’ and papers cun — 20, Bye plication at this office. OLD GENERALS.— It is a. uheust fact that nearly every officer of high rank in both the Prassian ‘and French armies is over sixty years of age, _ Marshals McMahon, Canrobert and Bazaine, de.Genouilly are all between sixty and sixty-three ; Marshal’Forey is sixty. seven, and Marshals Raudon, Baraguay d’ Hillier and Vaillant ate alfmoté than seventy-five. On the Prassian side, Gen. Mohtke'is seventy, Gen. Manteufel ie sixty one, Gen. Van Roon sixtyseven, and Priace Frederick, who commanded the Army of the Elbe at Sadowa, sixty-nine years of age. If the war lasts any length of time, the chances are that some younger Officers, now unkown, will be the prominent Generals at its close. Such has been the case in nearly all wars. SI GRAIN, Mark&T~—A, San. Francisco dispatch saye the grain market in England appears tobe ‘as’ badly ‘afsettled to dealers differ widely as to the ‘prob. pects, and some 4 ddteCaltfortiia wheat as low ae tis. 62. “The market at San Franciseo “is: thoroughly ‘demoralized, nobody caring’ te operate.* The Produce Exchange held «a secret meeting on Tuesday, to discuss the questions of changing the hours of meetin ioed Jocation of roome, but both . prop Ds were voted down. . Au. Rien. —There is one happy. of, ficial in the New York Custom House. Mr. Murphy puid a visitto Mr Grinnell the other day, and at the end of the inof Mr. Grinvell’s private office, opened the deor for MY. Marpby, who extended his hand cordially and grasped that of Seerphy ba _ Pm, sods ith me sparring, dit the talent of ‘the town as. sented as having met with a very grachad been constrained to abiyse, their ag.in San Francisco. Private. dipatclies . terview, Peter, the colored doorkeeper ea pte tit dna penntet face suffused with joy, exclaiming ex: the Pastor Monoid, of Geneva, and Professor St. Hilaire, was received on June 24th by the Czar, at the Chatéaa de Berg, near Stuttgart. They are reprecious reception, and to have obtained from his Majesty a formal promise that the Protestants who, in 1845, and 1844, faith rnd to embrace the orthodox Gréck creed, may freely return to their original religion, . » & Man or. Nore.—Eovos Stutsman, whom President Grant recently appointed Receiver of the Uniied States Land Office at Pembina, and who is well known as the “Yankee lawyer;”’ credited with furnishing “President” Reil, thé leader of the Red River rebellion, with the brain power of his government, is an Illinoisan by birth. He was once engaged in the real estate and banking business at Sioux City, Iowa, and afterwards emoved to Yankton, Dakota, and taking an aetive interest in politics, was elected to the Territorial Legislature. — “Leaving there ‘le’ went to the, Red River region, and in connection with Reil and others, began the agitation of affairs there. He is but about three feet high, being. entirely without legs. Nature: /having thus left his ‘Otherwise splendid form incomplete. He uses short crutchés, and moves about with apparent good ease, bis arms baving become devel. oped to a wonderful degree. He ‘is an elogaent’ speaker; und’a ‘man’ of fine talent and culture. Taz PARAGON Mina->The Placer Herald of July 284, says: “The Paragon mine has been and is still the rich est and most permanent mine ever worked in this:county and manifests no sign of weakening. It hae been worked to a distance of 3,500 feet into the thountain, at which point it is about 450 feet below the surface. Of late a great deal of trouble has been experi. —— enced from bad air, and a shaft has been run up from the bottom about 250 feet, and a survey is now being made to determine the point of commenc. ing the shait on the surface to connect with the lower ene, and thus furnish pure, fresh air, and a healthy draft through the mine. The claim is at Bath, on thé Forrest Hill divide, and is the property of Breece and Wheeler. Several interests in the mine have been bought by the above gentlemen withia the-past few years at pro rata rates of about $100,000 for the mine”. “fy Bap {Open A French paper says it loathe fromi a*.reliable source that Prince Leopold and his father are in bad jetet at Berlin, on account of their renunciation of the Spanish throne. It adds: Bidmartk ‘reprimands thei for Spain to keep clear of the quarrel and the Rhine, as:she hus now no need to watch Spain.” are Sonoma is making great strides asa wine pfodacing county. Only a few gallons, — wasn eke pee wt ARE a 5 = a BS breton het Hot aBeeo . his s Majesty . had intimated his willingsure to ensue, and with them. that M: de Presseuse;-accompanied-by-}-francs and-NorthGermany; in view their” pretipitation, when “it~ enables” permits France to place more troops on’ years ago her wine crop was insignificant compared with that of Les An-. weles. Last year she produced 384,000) of wine, This year it is esti-) yonu meayed Hip abe Al prince S08. ‘ase the. reeunt allway” Modal fa Your se is respectfully called “arIndian appropriation bill before the members ot Congress separate. Witliout such an appropriation, Indian hostilities are loes of life and expenditures vast ds by smh! with the amounut:asked,/ « latest intelligeace feom Burope indicates the immincnee of. war between aidpenot of this, a sound policy indicates the importance of some legislation tendiag to enlarge thie commercial murine of this country. country at the present time ate insufficient to meet the increase which “the existence of war in Europe will enforce upon. the commerce _ot_ the United. States, and Il submit to the considera. tion of ress that tho interests: of the country will Le advanced by the opportunities offered to our citizens to purchase veasls of foreign construction lor the tureign trade of the. conatry, An act to this eifect may be limited in its direction to meét:: the: iunnediate . exigency. The foreign muil service of the United States, in a large degree, is de. _ pendent upon the Bremen and Ham.” burg lines of steamers. ‘The Post Office Department bis entered iato’ contracts in writing with the two Companies above named, and with the Williams & Guion line, respectively, tor regular and continuous service fur two years, ‘The only arrangement tbat could Le made with the Indian and Canard: lines is temporary, and may be broken off at any time. ‘he North, Germap. lines are firet-class in point of speed and. equipment, their-—steamers.-usually waking the trip actoss the Atlantic in froti twetty-ldur to ait ae hours in advanek. of those of the Williams “and Guivn line. Should the North German steamers be blockuded ‘or impeded by France, our pustal interestas with the foreign pations will be greatly. em barrassed, uniess Congress interpose . tor its rélief, 1 suggest to Congress the propriety of turther postponing the time tor adjourntaent, with the view to considering the qaestious herein commaunicated, U. Su Grant. Frorr.—Briggs Bros., of Marysville , shipped on Wednesday, one car load of fruit by the passenger train to Chicago. On Friday tuey will ship a car load to Denver City, and of Saturday another to Chicago. men = anne en} One Per Cent, Per Month Awe ON SIX MONTHS’ DEPOSITS by the CALIF Us. -1A BUHDING, LOAN AND SAVINGS BANK, California Street, ne door from Sansome Street. THOMAS MOONEY, President. _Sualy 8th, 1870 LARGE SALE OF FURNITURE At Cost Prices! wWy:. E. JOHNSTON Orato EVERYTHING IN BIS STORE 7, CUS’ Pisluns, on and after this date. ‘the stuck consists im part of PARLOR SETS, BED AND BEDDING, ‘TABLES, ALL pe SOFAS, ~ pea BUREADS, And in fact everything that 1s found in an ‘ ne cern ee ‘Call and examine the goods will be guarenteed in J. E. JOHNSTON, In Notional Exchange B Hotel Building. Nevada, July 28th, 1870. The vessels’ of this — MARELE WORKS. On Broad Street, Nevada City. A ‘ a “ pr Be ar ng th re Pe ee gp “~ stab ee ee. ew oe ; 7 Set a ie eee ee eee ae ae ee re ee

Whew rite eauseeiatel a American Commerce. — denounced: by the . ot he? titutional fault finders for rete pass an act avthorizing gistry of foreign built vessels “Ghat might be owned or pt ein whol or in part, by Athericane. “Those 0. take p ‘superficialiview, of the quesSm sit st ak ee em « a gi = have sechiably been a. few devertgre from both des—thete atways’ is in . every war—but the number is doubtlees very small, The people, as well and *Prassia, ate; necording to the best “ef ened by t as the Governments of both France [other rumor is that a middle weight of > ; > was mucl SS cai Char i, stand ap fight for $500, or more, a wi Te is thought that the match “between two “heavy weights” will be so won the fight lust ‘Monday, will challenge Tommy Chandler for a mill. An. thie tawm. ambitious for fistic honors falotunder;o inhabitants of the, Baltic provinces of ‘Russia against the sysvear of provelyt-) to the necessity “of “pussingism adopted to compel their ade ptiva Rumor has it, also, that Rogers, who of the orthodox Russian faith, and that Frepow oF RELic ton. in. Russia. a , 44 id-bebalf of th ness to receive M. de Presseuse, and to hear from him a verbal stutemient of his views. The. same.paper now states H, may think there was évery reason Jathe: world for-prompt action, and, no ‘emeuse Whatever ‘for nén-action. But there are twosides to. this ag well as all other questions. If the. war be‘comes general in Eurdpe, the earryiag tradé of the world will be doue iv American. bottdiiis; and-foreign vessels awould seek American owners, at a ‘mere nominal value, provided they can be registered as American. The. re‘eal would be that American ship builders would have notliing to do, and @ cry would go up from every Ameri, Can port that the action of Congréss ~ ‘had’ deprived “Pidusand ‘of mieélianics Of,employmeat.-. The fault-finders would then be the first. to grumble at the disastrous legislation, which had closed our shipyards and left our meChanics idie. As it is now, if there. Abould be a demand for American. ves. j, Our shipyards would all be emred to their fullest capacity, and “present a scene of activity never beSore witnessed. “The mechanics would have full employment, as well as other ged da, the “production hemp, ‘and other materials pei in the eonetraction of vessels, Bad: ithe: Presideit’s “recommendation Been adupted, a small interest in hundreds of fdbigh méféhant ships would -daave beew purchased by ‘Aniericans, in ‘érder to enab'e them to obtain an American register, while the bulk of the carry ing. ptofite. woald go to the @ foreiga owners:' ‘These are at least plausible arguments against the Pree. ident’s policy, and in favor of the nonappian at. Congress on the subject, Why Motley. was Mecalled, It having been freely ageerted that the tetall'of Mr, Motley from Engla + sigeaiy tneidé'on' a¢eount Of” ‘the opposition of Mr. Sumper, to the San. Domingo qwealy, a Washington correspondent ‘gives vome facts to show the.absurdity of the statement. When Mr. Motley Jeft for roger ic tedulved instruc. tiong on the L .question at issue between the two: & eeRnMeDIs, which instructions “were bot in consonance With certain views expressed by Mr. Motley prion to his departurennd which views. bad been proved, when they ‘wore first made known. On his artiWalia England Mr. Moiley submitted . to Lord Clarendon tie views which had ‘deen disapproved bere, and omitted to submit the views which had been impresbed ‘upon him by’ his Government. This preduced a, feeling of .dissatisiac‘fon” at Washington, and from that momeut the question of his recall has simply: bevavacg tirdtion‘of time. ‘This is the most reasupable explanation of the dissatiaiuetion with Mr. Motiey that has, besa’ advanced, and undoubtedly cine 9 ae A, ssecpimaectinisssunimimeosainacmcscescnannyiirs anges ara ents on ~ Te, — York city today; 40 consider ways for] Ng of the silk interest: on the: Pacific coast. They propose to orgatiize a company to assist silk culture in Californis;< it is hoped they will -eenda nitte to exainine oar mulberry plangations and evcoonerics, with ih Sha a largesums of Oi tyre pam: magne inning PES eo -tical_parposes,in-carrying on. the. war, } to think that the bringi nd . however, she has a navy secondonly to Pconvrailt ACTUREIS MERTING——{"x eoting of the silk manufacturers of the Usi Bales ‘is to be held in New . } the — the ve of ty . cc ei ors of the accounts, nearly unanimous and enthusiastic in the. support of their respective countries. “In France, there are some implacable Red Republicans, who may desire the defeat of the French troops, in the hope of strengthening the oppoeir number is too insignificant at present to givé the “Government any Uneasiness. Tn some of the wewly con: . quered provinces of Prussia, such as Schleswig-Holetein and Hanover, there is also an ill feeling toward that Government; but like, the-opposition in France, it is stifled amid the general enthusiasm. Judging from the manitestations id this cévatéy, there is not ene German or Frenchman in five bundred who is not enthusiastic in the support-of his own couatry. For all practhere is no opposition, in, either .country,and. will nob be until one of the belligerents onafne a serious reverse. ENoLAND's WeaKNess.—A Washington dispatch says everybody seoms og.to_light of . . the secret treaty negotiations between France aad ‘Prassia will result in briaging-Baglend into.the contest before the}.. struggle is over. All. accounts, too, represent that the feeling in Eogland is” very bitter adainst France ; but the position Of affairs in Iréland will havda restraining effect on the British Government, and induce her rulers to keep out of the war if possible, The Irish are bly in the secret hope of French aid to herindependance, During the long war between England and the first Napoledii, Franée was unable to aid Irelaud, on account of the lack of a navy. Now, that of England, aodehe could, perbaps, bring a fleet into the channel capable of coping with Eagland on the dea. The English ‘war vessels are more scattered than those of ‘France’; thd the French would now encounter but little difliculty in landing a large foree on the coast of Ireland, together with arms and munitions for supplying the Irish.. IC Englad becomes involved in the war, it wiil’ be Tréland’s thd to — for tadeFaRRAGUT’s: iperenas-dedioieeiins dis: patch saya the, Belgian’ Government has ordered the detachment of Farragut’s fleet, stationed, on the; coast, to leave Antwerp, so that, the. neutrality may be fully .»naintained. The commander of the poat informed ,yhe, fleet commander'that.the neutral relations of the Governnient would “not ‘permit the presence on the coast of any foreign war, vessels.. Late. letters fromthe equadron mention the breaking out and extension of the small.pox through the fleot. ~ LIGHTNING IN YOSEMITE.—The Mariposa Gazette of the 15th instant, says: We learn that a streak of lightving . strack a portion ‘of the South Dome in Yosemite Valley one day last week,and. those who had the good fortune to see it at the moment, describe the scene as terrific as well a8 grand. Hundreds of tons of rock Were loosened, and sliding and bounding down the side, left in its track a streak of:fire,emoke and dust, and the:noise therefrom sounding in Sicha Yoneped could end only in victory noe to the Bonaparte dynasty; but . sisting. . General Lebeewfand Admiral Rigault the aaenoanie yes . pecan: is reece od sufficient imae Voor agg ed Joss f Pee wijl challeage Rogers.. The frieads of Andrew Steele, who was defeated last Monday, are arranging to give bima benefit one evening soon. At the benefit there will be songs, dances and The residence ef John Polglase was entered on Tuesday afsermoon, between ft and 4 o'clock, “while no-one was at the house,and a fine English lever, doable cased gold’ watch, with a fine guard chain attached, was stolen ; four twenty-dollar pieces. were. taken at the same time, The walortunate part about the watch is that the namber on it and. the taker’s tame are not remetnbered, so that identification of the time keeper will be difficult. Miss Fanny Gibson, who was raised in Grass Valley, and who is a most de-_ serving young lady, will givo’a concert in this place next Saturday evening, at Hamilton Hall. Miss Favny has been studying music in San Francisco. fer about two years, and she is said to display wreat talent for the profession she has chosen, It is lier desigit to-go to Europe to-study, if she. can have. the encouragement of her fiends. We believe that it is oot necessary to urge the claims of Miss Gibson in this community, — _ A book entitled “A Manual of United States Surveying,” with some notes and maps, was found in this place last Saturday, We thick they. belong to Mr. Bowman, of the Geological Survey: The Look’ and papers cun — 20, Bye plication at this office. OLD GENERALS.— It is a. uheust fact that nearly every officer of high

rank in both the Prassian ‘and French armies is over sixty years of age, _ Marshals McMahon, Canrobert and Bazaine, de.Genouilly are all between sixty and sixty-three ; Marshal’Forey is sixty. seven, and Marshals Raudon, Baraguay d’ Hillier and Vaillant ate alfmoté than seventy-five. On the Prassian side, Gen. Mohtke'is seventy, Gen. Manteufel ie sixty one, Gen. Van Roon sixtyseven, and Priace Frederick, who commanded the Army of the Elbe at Sadowa, sixty-nine years of age. If the war lasts any length of time, the chances are that some younger Officers, now unkown, will be the prominent Generals at its close. Such has been the case in nearly all wars. SI GRAIN, Mark&T~—A, San. Francisco dispatch saye the grain market in England appears tobe ‘as’ badly ‘afsettled to dealers differ widely as to the ‘prob. pects, and some 4 ddteCaltfortiia wheat as low ae tis. 62. “The market at San Franciseo “is: thoroughly ‘demoralized, nobody caring’ te operate.* The Produce Exchange held «a secret meeting on Tuesday, to discuss the questions of changing the hours of meetin ioed Jocation of roome, but both . prop Ds were voted down. . Au. Rien. —There is one happy. of, ficial in the New York Custom House. Mr. Murphy puid a visitto Mr Grinnell the other day, and at the end of the inof Mr. Grinvell’s private office, opened the deor for MY. Marpby, who extended his hand cordially and grasped that of Seerphy ba _ Pm, sods ith me sparring, dit the talent of ‘the town as. sented as having met with a very grachad been constrained to abiyse, their ag.in San Francisco.. Private. dipatclies . terview, Peter, the colored doorkeeper ea pte tit dna penntet face suffused with joy, exclaiming ex: the Pastor Monoid, of Geneva, and Professor St. Hilaire, was received on June 24th by the Czar, at the Chatéaa de Berg, near Stuttgart. They are reprecious reception, and to have obtained from his Majesty a formal promise that the Protestants who, in 1845, and 1844, faith rnd to embrace the orthodox Gréck creed, may freely return to their original religion, . » & Man or. Nore.—Eovos Stutsman, whom President Grant recently appointed Receiver of the Uniied States Land Office at Pembina, and who is well known as the “Yankee lawyer;”’ credited with furnishing “President” Reil, thé leader of the Red River rebellion, with the brain power of his government, is an Illinoisan by birth. He was once engaged in the real estate and banking business at Sioux City, Iowa, and afterwards emoved to Yankton, Dakota, and taking an aetive interest in politics, was elected to the Territorial Legislature. — “Leaving there ‘le’ went to the, Red River region, and in connection with Reil and others, began the agitation of affairs there. He is but about three feet high, being. entirely without legs. Nature: /having thus left his ‘Otherwise splendid form incomplete. He uses short crutchés, and moves about with apparent good ease, bis arms baving become devel. oped to a wonderful degree. He ‘is an elogaent’ speaker; und’a ‘man’ of fine talent and culture. Taz PARAGON Mina->The Placer Herald of July 284, says: “The Paragon mine has been and is still the rich est and most permanent mine ever worked in this:county and manifests no sign of weakening. It hae been worked to a distance of 3,500 feet into the thountain, at which point it is about 450 feet below the surface. Of late a great deal of trouble has been experi. —— enced from bad air, and a shaft has been run up from the bottom about 250 feet, and a survey is now being made to determine the point of commenc. ing the shait on the surface to connect with the lower ene, and thus furnish pure, fresh air, and a healthy draft through the mine. The claim is at Bath, on thé Forrest Hill divide, and is the property of Breece and Wheeler. Several interests in the mine have been bought by the above gentlemen withia the-past few years at pro rata rates of about $100,000 for the mine”. “fy Bap {Open A French paper says it loathe fromi a*.reliable source that Prince Leopold and his father are in bad jetet at Berlin, on account of their renunciation of the Spanish throne. It adds: Bidmartk ‘reprimands thei for Spain to keep clear of the quarrel and the Rhine, as:she hus now no need to watch Spain.” are Sonoma is making great strides asa wine pfodacing county. Only a few gallons, — wasn eke pee wt ARE a 5 = a BS breton het Hot aBeeo . his s Majesty . had intimated his willingsure to ensue, and with them. that M: de Presseuse;-accompanied-by-}-francs and-NorthGermany; in view their” pretipitation, when “it~ enables” permits France to place more troops on’ years ago her wine crop was insignificant compared with that of Les An-. weles. Last year she produced 384,000) of wine, This year it is esti-) yonu meayed Hip abe Al prince S08. ‘ase the. reeunt allway” Modal fa Your se is respectfully called “arIndian appropriation bill before the members ot Congress separate. Witliout such an appropriation, Indian hostilities are loes of life and expenditures vast ds by smh! with the amounut:asked,/ « latest intelligeace feom Burope indicates the immincnee of. war between aidpenot of this, a sound policy indicates the importance of some legislation tendiag to enlarge thie commercial murine of this country. country at the present time ate insufficient to meet the increase which “the existence of war in Europe will enforce upon. the commerce _ot_ the United.. States, and Il submit to the considera. tion of ress that tho interests: of the country will Le advanced by the opportunities offered to our citizens to purchase veasls of foreign construction lor the tureign trade of the. conatry, An act to this eifect may be limited in its direction to meét:: the: iunnediate . exigency. The foreign muil service of the United States, in a large degree, is de. _ pendent upon the Bremen and Ham.” burg lines of steamers. ‘The Post Office Department bis entered iato’ contracts in writing with the two Companies above named, and with the Williams & Guion line, respectively, tor regular and continuous service fur two years, ‘The only arrangement tbat could Le made with the Indian and Canard: lines is temporary, and may be broken off at any time. ‘he North, Germap. lines are firet-class in point of speed and. equipment, their-—steamers.-usually waking the trip actoss the Atlantic in froti twetty-ldur to ait ae hours in advanek. of those of the Williams “and Guivn line. Should the North German steamers be blockuded ‘or impeded by France, our pustal interestas with the foreign pations will be greatly. em barrassed, uniess Congress interpose . tor its rélief, 1 suggest to Congress the propriety of turther postponing the time tor adjourntaent, with the view to considering the qaestious herein commaunicated, U. Su Grant. Frorr.—Briggs Bros., of Marysville , shipped on Wednesday, one car load of fruit by the passenger train to Chicago. On Friday tuey will ship a car load to Denver City, and of Saturday another to Chicago. men = anne en} One Per Cent, Per Month Awe ON SIX MONTHS’ DEPOSITS by the CALIF Us. -1A BUHDING, LOAN AND SAVINGS BANK, California Street, ne door from Sansome Street. THOMAS MOONEY, President. _Sualy 8th, 1870 LARGE SALE OF FURNITURE At Cost Prices! wWy:. E. JOHNSTON Orato EVERYTHING IN BIS STORE 7, CUS’ Pisluns, on and after this date. ‘the stuck consists im part of PARLOR SETS, BED AND BEDDING, ‘TABLES, ALL pe SOFAS, ~ pea BUREADS, And in fact everything that 1s found in an ‘ ne cern ee ‘Call and examine the goods will be guarenteed in J. E. JOHNSTON, In Notional Exchange B Hotel Building. Nevada, July 28th, 1870. The vessels’ of this — MARELE WORKS. On Broad Street, Nevada City. A ‘ a “ pr Be ar ng th re Pe ee gp “~ stab ee ee. ew oe ; 7 Set a ie eee ee eee ae ae ee re ee