The union Democrat., 1869-05-15
Saturday Morning. May Is. 1869.
LETTER FRoM "RICHMoND. .
SAY Francisco. May 18th, 1s6!

CITY Gardens 10 company with our young
friends. David and Louis Levy. and Witnessed
Young Seigrist perform his daring feat OF rid
ing velocipede over wire stretched across
. lake. Ten thousand people were present.
A band discoursed excellent music. lie held
q balancing pole in his hands and worked his
machine with his feet alone.
II. b. Mcneil. ESQ. has been down here
hut has left again. He pnt up at the Lick
House, and like +. A. Rodgers Esq, con-
Quoted himself as becomes a mountaineer.
We met Bob. Gardiner. Sunday week ago.
ut the City Gardens. where the Turn Vereins
were having grand picnic. Bob. says the
best thing that he has found in the city is the
street cars. Said that he intended investing
half dollar and take a davis ride before he
left. Met "Dogberry," Bob. Gardiner and
Bob. Ferral Esq. at the Cosmopolitan Sunday
morning. Bob Ferrai and walked down to
the Oakland boat and saw the two former
named worthless of. Feiral took the San Ra-
faei boat an hour later and accompanied the
Fenians, who had grand picnic at San Ra-
fael that day.
We went out to the CITY Gardens. II is
the prettiest place in California. 1t is beau
tifully laid out in Aower-patches and gravel
walks, has 6ne lake with boats for visitors
Yies. seats among it's beautiful live oaks. re-
freshment halls, fountains. a stand for the
musicians and benches around il. A splen-
did brass hand plays here all day. Another
band for dancing PLAYS down on the lawn
near the lake whenever any society rents the
Gardens for the day. II is reported that the
Gardens don't pay, and that tie owners in
tend to cut it up in lots and cell them. San
Francisco should huy the beautiful SPOT and
make public park of it. Three hund-ed
thousand dollars has been offered by individ-
uals for the grounds.
The p. r. r. celebration here on Saturday
last was truly grand. The people were cele-
hrating the completion of the greatest work
of modern times. and we're determined not to
he outdone bv Sacramento or anv other city.
At sunrise a salute was fired. and Immediate
ly the entire city was ns'ir. Everybody
seemed to be intensely excited "a if some won
derful thing were about 10 happen. Soldiers
in their elegant uniforms were seen moving tn
and fro to their different places of rendezvous.
while now and theI n horseman rode furious
lv nv ma if in great haste. Soon people Of
sverv station or nation began to pour forth
into the streets from private residences. hanks.
stores and colleges to lend hv their presence
one grand accord to the jubilee, in honor of
che completion of the great work that Joins
with an iron hand the Atlantic and the
Pacific. Old residents Of San Francisco say
that they never saw tho CITY decorated in such
grand style. 1t was bewildering to noun
taineer. Montgomery street looked like one
sea Of laes. The Russ House surpassed any
osher house in the city in the way Of decorat-
ing. Out Of each window foated in the
hreexe beautiful American flag and hun
dreds Of beautiful Chinese lanterns surround
Cd the building and Illuminated it in the
evening. The Occidental had beautiful
device over the entrance to the main hall, lit
up with gas jets. A gas jet surrounding a
piecc of tin or reflector about Is inches wide
by twelve feet in length; and at one end,
running the entire length were the two letters
as. F.;" about Ave feet from these, in the
center Of the reflector, were the letters "P
y. r.. and at the other end, IN. Y" AT
each end were two stars that showed very
brilliant. 1t was great sight. Early in
the morning the streets were crowded with
men, women and children. The shipping in
che harbor too were gaily decorated with bunt-
Ing, and the heavy guns at Alcatraz, Fort
Point and the men-o-war belched forth their
thunders, while the steam whistles through
out the bav and city kept everything in an
uproar. The procession was formed and
started on its line OF march at eleven o'clock.
We occupied a place in front of the Russ and
timed the procession as il marched past 1t
was just one and half hours passing. Il.
SUDDEN pEArH OF Ed. JARvIs.-Ed. Jar
vis, the we'll know and popular driver en-
ployed for long time at the Ell Dorado S:a-
hles. left here two weeks ago with four
Aorse coach belonging to the above stables,
taking Mr.. William 5. Chapman and other
land holders to Tulare Lake and vicinity.
On Saturday last be arrived at Hollister, near
San Juan, on his way to Gilroy. where his