The union Democrat., 1867-11-02
State Items.

In the U. S. Circuit Court at San Francis
co On Friday 25,h ult., Judge Hoffman or
dersd that the oath prescribed by the Act ol
Congress known Gs the :. ir0n-ciad oath,
for applicants for admission 10 practice at the
lar. be set aside.
The election returns give Sprague 2,o59
and Fitzgerald, COG majority. Allowing a
reiuctioa of democratic maloritles one.hali
from the September election. IN counties % DC
heard from would give Sprague ., 100 ma
jority, and Fitzgerald .225
FoR EccLgsIAL UsEs-1n the list OF transac-
.,ions in real estate last week the name OF the
Most Reverend Arch bishop Alemany appears
.as grantee no less than seven times. 1he
property purchased by him Is located be.
tween Mission and Jessie and Third and
Fourth streets, and the aggregate cost OF the
several lots was S45, 900. The site IS intend.
ed for building for educational or devotional
purposes.
FArn AcctpENr.-At the Haywood mine
on the morning of the %, inst, cave
of several tons of rock, falling upon one D.
X. Whitman and crushing his body in hor-
rible manner, thereby causing his death
Amador Dtepdtch.
Miraculous EscAPE-At the Seaton mine.
Drytown, on the 23d inst, two men fell
down somethIn. over 100 feet into the well,
in the mine sustaining little or 10 injury
I'D.
nO- Two gentlemen were robbed last Mon
tay night nj d hotel in Mariposs. On retir.
ing they neglected to lock the bedroom door.
Som. time during the nigh; the thief entered
aud riiiei their pockets. One lost SO the
other S45.
H0F- TIE advance guard Of a large train of
emgrants has arrived from Texas, and ere
comming IN daily over the new road lately
opened from San Diego to Fort Yuma. The
people of the train express themselves highly
pleased with the new road. The train is said
not 10 have less than two hundred yoke of
oxen with them, and we expect a portion Of
them will settle in this most favored part of
California.-1Hd.
STAGE UrsEr.-The morning boat from San
Quentin brought Intelligence yesterday that
Banard's stage coach, containing eighteen
persons, was cap sized when ARRIVING at San
Rafael. The driver Of the stage. it is said,
attempted to strike doGswith bis whip,
which frightend the horses, causing the lead.
.ers 10 double upon the wheel horses. aud
breaking the whipple- tree. Before the Griver
could recover control OF them the coach upset.
james Dahson broke his back. a'i sustained
other injuries. James Fiuigan. of Sacramento,
was injured it ternally, and his wife hnd a
compound comminutcd fracture Of tho wrist,
pieces Of the bones protruding through the
skin. Six or seven others were more or less
Injured, but none seriously y.-Nd.
rM- j Teams;er, named Ilaugh, started n
fsu days since for Washoe, from Sacramento
City, with 80. 900 pounds of freight, loaded to
two wagons Tone fastened directly behind the
other), drawn by n team of twelve mules. 1t
is the heaviest load that ever started 10 cross
the mountains.-Ibd.
rEH- A Weaverville dispatch of the Goth
says the Klamath Copper Mining Company,
sen miles sonth of Orleans Bar. has struck a
we'll defined ledge of copper. j. b. Tonkin.
the Superintendent, reports it as marvelously
rich Independent.
ASy- BY late advices from New York il ap.
pears that three hundred tons Of California
copper ore was sold on the lst Of October at
81 so to So 10 per unit.-Ibd.
Steamship Sacramento sailed today with
200 passengers and about $500, 900 in treas.
ure.
rGS- A dispatch from Washington, state.
that Edward w. Wallet has been appointed
Receiver Of the Land Office at Sacramento.