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Americ ans in Prison in Mexico.

On the 4th. u!t., five Americans arrived
at San Antonio, Texas. from California,
having come by the overland route from
Mazantlan, on the Pacific. From these
gentlemen the San Antonio Ledger has
obtained the following particulars Of three
Americans:
In the city of Durango. Mexico, they
learned in private manner that there
were some Americans in the city prison,
and they afterwards got permission to Wis:
it them. They found them in large
stone dungeon Of so filthy description
that it was almost impossible for visitors
to remain in the entrance way but few
minutes. The Americans in confinement
were three in number, end their ames
and former places of residence were as
follows: William Shirley, Broome county.
N. Y; William Rodgers. Stark county.
Ohio; John Gaines. Dayton, Montgomery
county. Ohio. These men have been in
this filthy dungeon four gears and three
months and during two years of this time
they were CHAINED to the floor in total
darkness. where they could not see any
one but the person who fed them their
starving allowance. AT the end Of two
years the huge chains around their ankles
and wrists had WORN THE FLESH OFF TO
THE BONE, and such was their horrible
condition that their chains were removed
to save their lives and keep them in mise
ry the longer. The flesh is partly healed
over these wounds, leaving the most heart
sickening scars, which were all seen by
the five persons above mentioned.
They state that they were imprisoned
on the charge Of robbing and numbering
a man for his money, and they state also
that from some facts which they are il
possession OF. the person who committed
the murder escaped. They have beer
trying to get trial, but a hearing is re
, fused them. "5a
can Ministefih Mexico several times. an,
they have reason to believe he has neve
received them. s@-'-H 4
Our informants learned from many re
spectacle Spaniards in Durango that
was impossible to get evidence to convic
them, and the great mass of the people be
!ieve them innocent. The youngest @
: these prisoners. John Gaines, of Dayton
= " Ohio, is only II years old.
The above statement is Of the most re
!. liable character-these persons witnesse
: i: with their own eyes. and they are per
: sons Of undoubted veraci,y and some q
- them have been known to some of our ci,
= izens Let the alarm be sounded in tn
. ears of every American citizen that thre
of their brothers are confined wiihou
= " cause, are famishing with hunger and dy
: ing in chains. in dark loathsome dun
= geon in the city of Durango. Mexico.
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Exhibition Of Pickpockets.
The New York Herald mentions the
ollo wing novel mode Of showing up pick.

folio wing novel mode Of showing up pick.
pockets:
Yesterday afternoon the Chief Of Police
made visit to the Agricultural Fair. and
sooo afterwards two notorious pick pockets
were discovered in the Fair exercising
their netarious operations. They were
both taken into custody. and by order OF
the Chief put at once on exhibition; they
were each provided with large placard,
attached with a string around their neck,
labelled, 'Pickpockets.' The rogues were
then walked around the Fair under an
escort Of policemen. in order that the peo.
pie present might be gratied with the
sight of live pickpockets. This novel ex.
hibition caused considerable excitement.
and hundreds of people followed after
them. They were kept on exhibition in
that manner for several hours. We un.
dsrstsnd that the next light fingered gen.
,leman caught at the, Fair viii be provided
with cage, and thus become one of the
.elephants" on show.
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Fyom California.

NEW YoRK, Get. 9.-The 8 Northern
Light left San Juan on the lst,i and ar
rived in this port on last evening. She
brings 4s4 passengers. and $500 600 in
specie. 4 81
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. l6.-Everything
is quiet. The town OF San Juan is being
rebuilt by the inhabitants.
The shipments per Sierra Nevada and
Panama amounted 10 ST. $50, ,OOO, I, besides
100000 worth of transfer drafts, which
took the place OF specie.
The general election on the 9Th resulted
in the success OF Denver and Herbert.
Anti -Broderick Democrats for Congress.
In the Legislature, SO far as heard from.
the Wings have elected seven; the Demo.
Gratis &c Senators. In the Assembly the
Wings have 35, and the Democrats As.
but it is doubted whether the Democrats
will be able to unite upon candidate for
the United States Senate. aE .5i95
In San Francisco the Know Nothings
have carried everything. They. have
elected their candidate for Mayor. s. p.
Webb, who was formerly Mayor OF Salem
Mass. by over 500 Of a plurality. On
the ticket there were 81 names, the Know
No,hings having elected 20 from the nom
inees from the Wing and anti. Brodericl
Conventions. Seven were nominees o
the Know Nothings only. They elected
every man by some four thousand major
|i,y. The Know Nothing vote was 4.50t
out Of about l 900 in the city. The new
Common Council is composed of Il
Wings and Democrats.
Q
The news from the mines continues Il
be favorable. The Southern miners espe
cially are more successful than ever
Overland emigrants are arriving. but no
so numerously as during former years.-
/ Chinese to the number Of 500 to 1000 ar
rive at San Francisco every week or Tel
days, most of whom are slaves to thei
f more wealthy couhtrymeD. ''!'' 90:
) The anniversary OF the admission {
California into the Union, was celebrate
lat San Francisco on the 9th with gree
, pomp.
There were more Indian massacre
among the overland emigrants to Oregon
SANDWICH ISLANDS, Aug. There
nothing important. The revolutionar
Chief is firmly established on the thron,
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irated one OF the raiters Of the roof ficssol
depth as to require the weight oi an or
dinary sized man TO pull il out. The as-
mosphere insthe vicinity was strongly i'm.
pregnated with sulphur, a. il there had
been an immense powder explosion.
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!. sells eide and mattfasses passed down to
1liiiHs d tfy shd forde them i'd, but,he leak
1vifs sfoiind 40 Is IS far below the water
Aa7nSs mat Il could not be got at. Every
sxsiit6n 70 Stop the leak proved un avail
!. xe6h 8ssss4 On ssfil =5srsgfesv SO .8sfiy
sCsbs. E56B tKsn ordefsd fte ships head
.sf8 bsskeps sJ6r Esid, which. bore N. w. by
this time We had Loaf sight OF the
plisf onj1ers y boat and fhs other steamer;
= AehtBk I've sappossa sunk! We had not
been on our course more than s minutes,
fe We ran over the b6St belonging to
8ikef vessel.s ihe cfsw Of which per-
ff5tfsd With the exception of one man, who
-caught hold of 4 rope hangiag over our
a9Ras d6estIy a1ftss ths boat was seen. o..
@pd1l 6SFS Sitefi . stop the engine, which
lh5 Snls1 lginssr sid could not be done
tkG sHfP was' fast ssaking; in about 8
~ iiiiffdsss sSil The lower Eres we're out, and 8
+ feet Of water on the lower deck, and i
= xas eialppssible to gel at the leak. The
!. qApfeia, ID, The. belief, that there was nc
.;ssaeans of saving her, said that the chips
iSis shodld Sc Il. and his hilsa son j. ii Va.
.eeon disceyered iha, there was 10 hope o
sss4Vpg tie, Arctic. and the .s,. lady, daughter
a.ap1 son Of z. K. Collins, with several la
3owesing which one OF the tackles gave
asM md. al exeep, one lady were precip
oyshaled into the sea enc. lost. then jump.
,ed, into 4, DO at, and with 3 pliers picked
81 pp. AL we Iell in with. Met another boa
which had been lowered from the Other
~sisIe. and lightened her Of part Of her load
leaving l9 10 her and 26 in my boat; the
luss sight we had Of The ship her guard
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Passing strange it is, that they should have
been ignorant even OF the depth Of water
in the Baltic, a sea as well known TO Eng
iish Davigators as 10 the Russians, and that
ships of war should have been sent again st
fortresses which, from the shallowness OF
the water, they could not get within gun.
shot OF. The sapient lords of the admi.
rally recollected that fifty or sixty years
ago. English first rates found water enough
in that sea. but forget, or do not know, that
the first rates of that day are but second
or third rates in the present. His lordship
throws in the "ruln Of our country" for
dramatic effect we suppose. 1t is certain.
ly premature to raise the cry of "ruin, y
when the country has been but seven
months at war, has met with no reverse,
though not achieving much, and has spent
so far but about sixty millions Of dollars
on the war. which tor England is certain
ly very small sum. Should Sebastopol
be taken. it will well compensate for the
failure in the Baltic. for the expedition tc
the Crimea is thro wn into the bargain
The Anglo French army was sent to the
Esat to defend Turkey. and not 10 invad.
Russia. But the Turks having defended
themselves with unexpected gallsn,ry. i
made the allied army disposable one
How human calculations fail! The gres
and overwhelming blow for the Car wa
to have been struck at his own door. a
Cronstadt, only thirty miles from his pal
ace, and there no blow was struck al all
and if struck it will be on the other sid
Of his empire. The allied army. il
comes in collision with the Russians. vii
make hard fight. The French will figh
, like tigers. the English like bull dogs. an
the Turks like DIS. These last hav
their hatred Of Russia and the r-puia,io
! they have won Oh the Danube this summe
to inspire ihem.- Wash Globe
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THE PISTOL FIGHT AT THE KEN.
TUCkY FAIR.

TUChY FAlN.
A correspondent of the Cincinnati Ga.
zete gives the following particulars OF this
horrible episode:
1t appears that personal feud had OK.
listed TOR nearly year. between Thomas
Buferd of Fayette county, aud George H
Thomas OF Mt. Sterling, in Montgomery
county. They were both between the
ages OF twenty five and thirty years, and
belonged to good families. The original
difficulty occurred at billiard room
They met this morning in Lexington. and
| understand they had a fslicuff fight in
the forenoon. somewhere in the Fair
grounds. About two o'clock they incl
again close to the smphiihe in the
centre of the Fair grounds, each armed
with one OF Colts revoivers. 50
When within about fifteen PAGES Of one
another, they deliberately aimed at each
other and fired; neither shot took effect
They continued to stand and fire until
each had fired six rounds. Butord's tourti,
fire sent ball into Thomas thigh, which
caused him to staggar a very little, though
he did not fall, but stood his ground. and
fired two more shots at Buford. He then
threw his pistol down and was in the acl
of drawing his knife to advance upon his
opponent. when young man. a friend o
his, named Ferguson, handed him another
pistol charged with powder and ball to try
his luck again. This was seen by Capt
Buford, a brother of the young man en-
gagged in the sffray, who Immediately
clinched him. and fell upon him. and wa.
in the act OF giving him q very decided
pummelliug, when young Bulord advanced
with knife, and as Ferguson lay on the
ground he scaiped him in true Indian
style. His head was dreadfully cut and
the blood flowed profusely. Ia the mean
time, Thomas who had been wounded il
the thigh. had been conveyed to q carriage
and driven to the hotel; he was shortly
after followed by q carriage conveying
young Ferguson to the same place.
happened to be at the hotel door when ths
carriage drove up. and Ferguson stepped
out, his head, and face and neck were lii
orally covered with blood. He walked VI
10 his room, however, without assistance
when physician was sent for and th,
wounds were dressed.
GA man who says he is natura
son OF Lord Byron. and who calls him
self Augustus Stuart Byron Mcdonald
has been sentenced to imprisonment 10
liife at Adrian. Michigan. for throwing tn
oars off the track in March last. Thi
man pretended to make disclosures, an,
an officer IRON Milwaukee was confined j,
the dungeon with him for four weeks an.
got from him the evidence Of his gull
He is one OF gang Of conspirators wh,
had agreed upon wholesale plan of rob
berry and murder. The details of IN,
case are interesting.
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Cashmere Goats.

In chronicling the commencement. on
Tuesday last. Of the Annual State Fair at
New York, the Journal Of Commerce ssys:
''The most interesting animals on the
grounds were three Cashmere goats, en-.
tered by DR.. Davis. OF South Carolina
1t is the animal Of which the Cashmere
shawls are made. the value Of which does
not depend, as many suppose, upon their
rarity. but upon the fact that the material
surpasses every other like article in its ca.
paciiy for wear. The Cashmere goat was
introduced into South Carolina several!
years ago. by DR.. Davis, who caught them
in Asia, forty-two days. ride, on the back
of camels, from Constantinople. They
have been introduced by him into North
Carolina. Georgia. Alabama, Tennessee,
and Florida, aud are mixed with the ma.
tive goat. The hair OF the animal, which
what resembles in appearance the finest
portion of the fleece Of the Chinese sheep,
few Of which are on exhibition. 1t is
curly. soft in texture, and brilliant in ap.
pearance. The animal is extremely deli.
cate in shape, though hardy. A sock
made from the hair was shown with the
goats. We learn that the meat is white
and delicate, and is preferred, in the parts
Of South Carolina where they are reared,
to mutton. A herd will protect itself
against dogs. which constitutes great ad-
vantage over sheep in localities where
dogs are troublesome The question,
what animals and plants may be acclima.
ted in particular regions. is undergoing
much discussion throughout the United
States, by means Of which. and tho expe.
rience to which it gives rise. important ad
di,ions will be made TO the Information o
the country in agricultural affairs. We
suppose that the common goat OF the
North would be much improved if bred to
those imported by DR.. Davis. Through
out South Carolina the ordinary animal
has risen largely in price, from the facili
ty with which the breed is improved by
this cross. The experiment would be
worth trying in the northern States.''
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NEw YoRK, Oct. TIA rumor is afioaf
that shs Asotioraa in,o,a.propsRor. steam
er or wreck, lrear Cape Race. was sunk,
and all on Beard but 80 were lost. l3 Of
those. saved. Il is said. are on board the
Union, now below al the Quarantine
The ArcAe yl,aai goo passengers, and one
OF the saved is said to have arrived in
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EURoPE-oUR OWN COUNTRY.

We have private letters from Madrid of April /.
The day previous, the Duke Of Alba accompanied by the
Countess of Montjo mother Of the Empress of France
started for Paris 1t earnestly believed that the Duke
had been conspirng against the Queen and that knowl-
edge of the fact had found its way to the government
which caused him to hasten his departure The
openly spoken of the Pyenecs and along the French
frontier. The two most ambitious of Europe are
assured the Mother of Spain and the Countess
Monto The former would hesitate little send her
own daughter into exile perhaps dungeon, if her
purposes could be subserved by such an occurrence
would the latter The Duchess of Montijo having been
emneny successful in placing of her daughters the
throne of France has been intriguing believed ever
since to place the other the throne of Spain.
1t is asserted that Narvaez and zteri with the con-
nvance ofLou Napoleon contributing to
this event Be this may it is evident that Spain is
sick man. and miracles alone save him. revolutionary
spirit prevailing throughout the kingdom In Catalonia
it is already formidable and is steadily increasing The
outbreak Barcelona had the effect to knock the funds
from IS 30 Deplorable indeed must be the condition
Of that nation whatever the value of its foreign possessions
which is bowed down by public debt of S75ooooo
which cannot borrow in any money-market in Europe
and the bonds Of which, its capital will not COM
can save it from obteration.
How favorably country contrasts to-day with
all the Others earth Its stocks in London command
vastly higher price than any sold the Exchange Even
its ee per cents are above par Capitalists pose conf
dence in that they repose in other people They be-
eve in the integrity of the Union and in the fidelity to
their engagements of those who administer its affairs
They full treasury and rigid responsibility exaced
by the Executive of all disbursing officers
Who is there that is not proud of being citizen of
republic enjoying such reputation And who is there
that win not cooperate in expanding its greatness and
in tightening the bonds which bind the States together
If remain true to ourselves faithful the compromises
of the constitution, shall attain destny-moral po-
Htica, and material--that human imagination cannot
realize Let be the of every patriot 10
aid in dispellng the clouds, domestic foreign which
develop themselves upon horizon Let our actions
be dsnterested in the adjustment of such questions
have arisen may arise those of the fathers who
bequeathed us the rich legacy we enjoy.
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THE NEBRASKA BILL IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

We have the most cheering TO the onward
progress of the great principles of popular sovereignty and
local sefgovcrnmen amongst the Granite democracy Of
New Hampshire The democratic press in that noble old
stronghold Of repubcansm keeps heavy batteries pour
ing upon the opponents Of the Nebraska bin broadsidcs
which fail to thin their ranks The crowded con-
diton of columns renders it impossible for us to
transfer to paper at present the many powerful articles
which appearing in the press of New Hampshire and
other northern States but beg leave cheer CO
tempoares in their noble and effective advocacy of the
principles which the democracy is destined to achieve
its next popular victory fitwoud appear invdious
would specially congratulate friend Of the Patriot
upon the ability and efficiency with which he is sustain
ing the principle Of the Nebraska bill by such arguments
grace his paper Of the 10th the Patriot is
ably sustained by host Of democratic coaborcrs that
doubt the early formation Of sound public SEN
tment in that State which win leave no room for cavil as
to her position the Nebraska question
The Patriot closes powerful article on the 10th instant
as follows;
And now plain question is presented to our people
whether they win adhere this great principle of popular
sovereignty for which their fathers successfully commended
and which they have consistently and cordially sustained
in their approval of the Compromise of 1850, whether
they win abandon this great principle, desert posi-
they promptly assumed in 1850 and have firmly
consistently held since and go tho support Of doe
ne directly at with it, This the plain question pre-
sened to them. II is the whole question involved in the Ne
brsska bill and cannot doubt that they will continue
approve Of and sustain that great principle of efgoven
which involves the right and capacity Of the people
make their laws and manage their local and domcs
tic concerns In the eloquent language Of Judge Douglas
the principle upon which the thirteen colonies sep
araed from the imperial government It's the principle in
defence of which the battles OF the revolution fought
II Is the principle which MI free institutions their
existence, and upon which entire republican system rests
This great principle recognised and affirmed in the cons
tuition and bill o rights Of every State in this Union the
in the temple Of liberties II under the
operation Of this principle that slavery retired from the New
England States. II in obedience 10 s potential nfn-
that slavery disappeared from New York New Jersey
and Pennsyvania II by virtue OF this principle that
California into the Union with her free constitution Ii
in obedience to this principle that slavery excluded from
all the free States Of this Union and trust that whenever
in Gods providence IL shall in the States where
exists under tho operation Of this principle and
NONE orHrs r."
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A GOOD POINT WELL TAKEN.

leading northern democrat writes to friend fol-
lows in commenting upon of the able arguments in
favor Of the Nebraska bill: 81 did require argu-
ment to convince of the proprety Of the bill Unless
northern is better than southern in this
ederacy of ours which have supposed to be the
case do not the proprety either in the law IL.
Gospel of giving privileges in the Territories to the North
which the South is not also TO cnjoy.n
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CONGREss-FRIpAY.

The Senate did not sit to day
HOUSE or RgrREsESTArIyEss--rh Speaker laid before
the House report in reference the marine hospital
San Francisco which ordered TO be printed. The
Senate bill for recompenng the dscovere Of ansthesa
was laid upon the table, by vote of 81 46 Mr. Nc
Douga reported from the Post Office Committee bill for
establishing weekly mail between the Atlantic States and
San Francisco the consideration of which postponed
until the FIRST Monday in June. The House went into
committee ON The private calendar, and after debating the
Meade claim the committee rose and the House adjourned
until Monday next
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A POWERFUL ARGUMENT.

We feel great pleasure in laying before readers this
morning, mastery speech in favor of the Nebraska bill
delivered by the Hon. Charles r. Buckalew democratic
member of the State Of Pennsylvania II is refresh
ing to see such argument proceeding from free State
and quote of the evidences of the strong hold
which the doctrine of popular sovereignty has obtained in
the North Our readers fail to be edited by the
ability research and boldness with which Mr.. Buckaew
discusses the subject
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IMPORTANT FROM Cups

we are permitted TO publish the following extract of a
letter from gentleman Of distinction TO friend in this
city, dated Havana, April q 1854;
1.-THE people Of the Gem Of The Antilles particularly the
Creoes are sincerely anxious for change Of government
indeed, they are ripe for revolution.
Captain Pezuela has had for in his pos
session royal decree emancpang the slaves Of the ISLAND
but he deferred from publishing IL because OF the state 81
affairs in Europe"