The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-05-27
From our Baltimore Correspondent.

BALTIMORE, May 27-5, D. IN.
Il Just ucrdict-Hor,1bh outrage.Ihe races.-Departu,
| of troops.-Ihe markets, &c.
verdict guilty rendered this morning in city
court in case of the most revolving character The
cused negro named Charles Walker and the crime
for which he tried, that of rape little white
girl about IL years of age The child gave her evidence in
tears and her tainted away and had be carried
of the courthoIse But the most hod part of the
outrage was that she by him infected with most
oafsone disease, from which she suffered awully The
punishment for the offence isdeath by the laws OF Mary
land and this crime becoming frequent, that there
doubt the law being fully carried out There is
another black fellow Jail, awaiting trial, for seizng
and respectable young white girl in our streets,
knocking her sensecss by blow the head, and
compshed his helisli purpose.
The the Canton course yesterday for purse
$780, two-nle heats, contested by Mr. Milan's
chestnut colt by Trustee, Mr. Waden's bay Helen,
Col Green's brown by Priam, and Mr.. Hares gray
lly Bostona The purse by Mr.. Hare's Bosona
akng the first and third heats in 3.5lk and 1853.
The ship Susan L. Howell sailed yesterday afternoon
from Fort McIeny for Vera Cruz, via Fortress Monroe
and Old Point Comfort having on board company OF vol
tigeurs under Capt James Archer numbering 80
and company of the lIh infantry Delaware under
Capt Chayor, numbering 80 men, They will be joined at
Fortress Monroe by company of infantry under Capt
Rdgely.
TuE MARKErs-In the Baltimore market to-day, flour
has been rather depressed Sales of Howard brands
to the extent of about 1000 800 bbs have been made
So S7l There sellers at this price, whilst some pur-
chasers will offer than SO rs. City Mills is held
at 49, There sale, this morning, of 300 bbls Sus
quehannah at SO s7A. There sale of 200 bbls kiln
dried corn meal 50 25 and 200 do country at So IL
Rye flour is held at W.
There have been considerable transactions i'm grain Sales
Yesterday 900 bushels Penn. red at ~ 81 O3; about
5000 bushels do prime, at ~ ~ OS; and 5000
bushels do. white and red, mixed, at ~ ~ o. Mary
land red wheat good prime, is worth ISL ~ W. % cts
Sales of white 02 l04 cents and olyelow at lO6
lOS cents Oats, 81 81 Sales Penn at $l 30
SI 49, Pure coverseed, $4 50. Sales of whskey, in
hhds at SO a 81 cents, and in barrels, at 35 cents.
The telegraph Philadelphia is out of order, and we
have no dispatches from the north.
At New York, yesterday, the cotton market remained
perfectly nactivc few bales only having been taken for
manufacturing purposes Flour was dull and prices APP
pcared be tending downward the sales OF Michigan, to-
day. have been SIS 62a $S 49, and Genesee, at SIS rs
900 barrels corn meal sold SIS % $4,000 bushels
at Il25 cents yellow and l0S 100 cents for mixed
bushels yellow sold by auction at ITO cents 1900 bbs
Genesee -four deliverable in June, brought rs 25 There
is inquiry for provisions and prices are irmer 100
barrels whskcy brought 36 BY auction, 16' hhds
New Orleans sugar $64 SO 81 96 hds Porto Rico, 80 70
a SIS 81; 225 bags Sumara coffee, So 81 SO So
At Philadelphia yesterday, the market continued mac
tive with sales in parcels of few hundred barrels at W
for fair Penn and -four The market is bare OF corn
neal and tue price firm S5s Rye -four is held at 6a
S6l Wheat inactive, so 05 for red, and S2 w 10
for white sale of rye reported at li0 cents, and yell
low corn ia lis Oats, 80 10 cents Whiskey
n barrels 36 a 81 cents; in hbds., 30 a 36 cents,