Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-12-29

payment Of sny money on eeeount Of The rscIama-
Sons Of cur CITIZENS.
The EAshingtoo correspondent Of The New York
Hsrag5, under the same date says.
Parlies intimately connecie5 with Mexico, and
having a widely extended knoEledge of Mexican
hfaifs. urging upon our government the sending
81 several vessels Of war to Tampico with positive
praars 10 compel Cara % rssloFe What he has
piunssred from American citizens in the same way
tbat be was compelled 10 make restitution 10 The
Span SD merchants.
FIVE American vessels have been fred into, de-
tanned and robbed by him and the cargo Of one WAS
ordsred 10 be discharged on the beach while he was
besiegiHg the city, and was then sent by him into
Inferior On hisoWn account The vessel was thea
made cover to his launches ia an attack on fort;
WIS perOrgted With shot holes and the chief mates
hand shot away Her commander Capt. Trevis, was
Imprisoned for eleven days and only released on the
arrival Of the Uuited States steamer Fulton but no
indemnity was exalted Strong protests have been
made before Mr. Chase the Consul; but he Of course
has 10 means Of enforcing them, while the want OF
action on the part Of our government renders his
official prOectiea little avail, and his Influence daily
weaker. The Spanish Consul is now the only strong
man in Tampeo, and Spanish interests the only ones
respected by Gov Cara.
PiKE's Pax GoLD BIINEs.-The Hon. H J. Ora
ham, delegate elect to Congress from the proposed
Territory Of Laramie, went to the Pixies P, ak gold
mines in September last, and left Cherry Greek the
10Th Of November. Hetook with him two expert
enoed California miners, ard in company with them,
was engaged in prospecting most of the time that he
remained. He has recently arrived in Chicago. and
states that the gold district is very extensive and is
not confined to the beds Of wafer courses. The
entire country Is auriferous A painful of earth
taken from the ldbearing stratum, which is to be
found a'mast anywhere at depth varying from six
inches 10 twenty feet, vii always turn out more or
less Of The dust i would seem that immense guam
titles Of gold had been trturated By some unknown
process and literally sprnked over the plains and
valleys AZ yet, none but the rudesi modes Of
separating the gold from the earth ard sand have
been applied With ,luiees. long toms. and other
adiuncts Of the art it is Mr.. GFaham's opinion, as
well as the opinion Of his two California miners,
that mining Wit prove very profitable It is also his
opinion that further search will lead TO the discovery
Of far more valuable mining districts in The m0un-
tainsthO source, evidently, from which the immense
auriferOus drift proceeded.
$500 DAMAGES FoR GrvISG THE WAoxG Mp
oIEs.-Tbe Cincinnati Gazette Of the 23d says:
" A suit has been on trial il the Superior
Court, for two or three days, which hiss excited
some attention. It was brought BY Rev. George w.
QuiDby sgains Frederick Ecksein, Jr, the plaintiff
claiming damages 10 The amount of eO00, alleging
that by the negligence Of the defendant. or his
agent, belladona vas put up in prescription in
stead Of dandslion, by which the health OF the
plaintiff ives materially injured, and his life put in
jeopardy. Judge Spencer charged the Jury yester,
day forenoon, instrueing them that if the article
put up was belladona and not daudelion, and that
it produced the effects which the plaintiff claimed
were The direct results he would be entitled to re-
cover such damages as he had sustained in pecu-
mary way, unless the plaintiff himself was guilty
of negligence After an hours deIiberatiOn the
Jury returned verdict for the plaintiff for SO 5O0