The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-07-26
miscellaneous California Items.

Scene.-Room-IW0 ladies' and two gentlemen
seated at a table. Time-lO o'clock.
The ladies and gentle men put their hands
fat on the table, and look at each other, or on
the ceiling. the walls Of the room, or on vacan-
| cy, on all fours One Of the gentlemen remarks
that he has a spasmodic. double back action,
battery feeling about the middle nerve of the
| right arm elbow; the feeling is rcciprocated by
the opposite "hand." All is silent, when lady
No. l remarks, "If there are any spirits present,
sitters look obviously at each other. Lady No.
2 speaks as it the spirit Of a man. woman,
child, or nurse?" Table moves visibly. 1st
Gent. "Is it for me, and if so tip towards me-"
Table tips 1st Gent. "Will you spell your
name to met" Table tips. LIST Gent begins
A B, G, D, E, F, G. Table tips at G.. The al
phabet was gone through again, the table tip
ped at E ditto otto, and tipped at 0, and final
~ the name of George p. Morris was spelled
out. I'd Gent asked, allow long have you been
dead" Answer, four days. Q. Ofwhat did
! you die? A. Apoplexy. @. Do you know
me: A. Yes. Q. Win you spell out my name?
| A. (The name Of the questioner was correctly
given) Q Shall sing you verse Of Wood
man, spare that tree" and will you move the
table around the room to assure us that You
| hear it? The song was sung and the table
| jumped about, going from one end Of the room
! to the other, to the perfect establishment of the
sitters and the lockers on. He C. L. NJ inti-
mated that he had seen all his old friends who
were in the fitch. sixth, seventh. eighth, and
ninth spheres. and all ''do;ng WE'LL Several
other spirits were called up, bat they were not
worth rap. lst Gent. began to cape, and
thought there was not "nothng in it." LIST
Lady felt tired. I'd Lady felt sleepy. I'd Gent
thought little brandy and water would assist
digestion and things, and cause a reaction.
This latter suggestion was adopted, and the
company left, to set about completing the
ID.s H.. Il.
I'm sure and certain hope of glorious 81 900
but mary red will either of them GET
! San Francisco Times and Trans. June %.
! GENERAL FIGHT AT THE UNION HoTEI-Two
/ MEN SHoT.-Last night about ten o'clock, a
! Mr.. J. A. Watson entered the Union Hotel in
an excited state and began to be very noisy
and quarrelsome. Mr.. Charles p. Duane, who
was present undertook to pacify the intruder,
and in the endeavor to do so some hot discus
/ sion took place between the parties. Watson
/ then proceeded towards the entrance door, and
suddenly turning back, presented revolver
and commenced to fire, apparently at random,
among the crowd Of persons then in the bar
room. Duane cried out to Watson to aim at
| him, (the speaker,) and not to fire among the
crowd. Meanwhile, Duane himself drew re-
| volver and fired at Watson. Several others
then joined in the fray; and on the whole, some
\ where about thirteen shots were fired by differ
Mulligan was shot, the ball entering in front Of
( his left thigh Mulligan had been quietly
standing by and had taken no part in the pre-
vious discussion and disputes. Watson receiv-
ed three shots. One Of these was in his thigh,
and the other two upon his hands, one Of his
fingers being shot away. Mulligan was imme-
dately removed to the Plaza drug store, where
the ball was extracted by Dr. Coon, by means
of an incision made in the back part OF the
! thigh. The wound is serious, but is not sup
posed to be mortal. Watson was carried to
Little & Coles drug store in Montgomery
street, where surgical aid was obtained. The
bali has not yet been extracted. II was con-
sidered that the patient should not be removed
| in the mean time. The wound is serious one.
I San Francisco Chronicle. J,me 20.
MELANCHOLY AccIpESr.-On Sunday after
noon, rs the steamer Polynesia was steaming
| up The bay, boat put off from shore containing
six men, with the intention of boarding her.
When about half way from the shore to the
steamer, the boat, which was carrying sail, was
struck by heavy flaw and upset. Three of the
men were drowned their names were Silas s.
Olvings, of Baltimore; George McMurray, of
New York, and the third name unknown. Il
appears that the boat, being very heavily bal
lasted, caused her TO sink Immediately. The
crew Of an English brig anchored in the stream
| rendered all the assistance in their power, and
\ by strenuous efforts succeeded in saving three
of the six.-.fha Californian, June 20.
/ 4 FIGHT WITH THE CANANcHEs.-Wc are in
debted to DR.. Hoover, of this city, who arrived
yesterday from San Diego, aud reports an ex-
press just arrived with the news of fight be.
tween party Of Typographical engineers, IN
der command Of Capt A B. Gray, and a band
of Camanche Indians. Capt. Gray and forty of
his men were killed, and nine wounded. Capt.
Gray was connected with the New York and
Pacific Railroad Company. and was well known
in this city.-Los -fngelos Star, June 10.
An ORDER IN Consequence or THE WAR.-It
Is stated on good authority, that an order has
been received from the British government for
the purchase Of ten thousand tons of coal on
this coast. for the use Of the war steamers Of
England and France during the present hostili-
ties. There is prospect OF considerable stir in
the coal market which may iDduce a more ex-
tended working Of the mines Of Wa,hington
Territory and Na1coovcr's Island Alta Cali