The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-09-01
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Reported expressly for the Daily Journal,

The RAILROAD Accident.
BURLINeTos, Aug. 81.
The sufferers by the late accident pa ssed
comfortable night. The coroner's inquest
continued throughout the day to sift the mat
ter through. The number killed, 90. The
remains of 1s. were delivered to their friends.
One died at Ferdanstown.t Il One is still lying
here, supposed to be Mr. HUMPHREYS of Ili-
nois. u
' New YORK, Aug. 81. q
The London News of Saturday states that
owing to rumors unfavorable, the news from
the Crimea being circulated yesterday, Eng
ish fuads experienced a decline of &, but
subsequently, decline fully recovered on the
reception of the rumoreL repulse of the Rus
SANS,
- Money was in great demand, owing to the
eagerness to subscribe to the Turkish loan.
Maa and Wife Murdered
~, ,OswEeo, NY, Aug,-31.
A man named Fitzgerald and his wife
were found dead in bed this morning, horribly
mutiated. A young son in,the same room
was also terribly mutilated. Soon after
wards son named John was arrested on
suspicion.
Il NEW York, Aug. 81.
Cotton firm with an upward tendency.
Flour declined l24@l74c. strait State 81 60.
Southern ,S8 62@$8 IS. Wheat a tr.fe
lower, 1000 bushels Southern white sold at
81 88@$l9 90. Corn also lower, 47O0O bush
els at 81. Whisky steady. Pork dull. Beef
firm. Lard higher, 100 bbl sold at liz.
Stocks higher.
CINCINNATI, Aug 81.
Flour and grain markets quiet. Ten small
sales. Nothing doing in grain. Fine red
wheat valuable at lis. 403s bbls flour re-
ceived during the last "a hours. Whisky
higher, 400 bbls from river, railroad and
canal sold at 344; 100 bbs from wagon 34f;
1877 do. from canal 34a Cheese, l6O boxes
at st, firm. Sugar firm at full rates with
good demand. lO8 hhds, fair and prime sold
at SASH. Molasses, 100 bbls 4Oc, firm.
PITrsBURG Aug. 81,
Five feet inches water in channel--fall-
ing. Weather clear and pleasant.
- NORFOLK, Aug. 30.
,.- DR.. Higgins is still dangerously i'll. The
papers of the city have been suspended. Fiji
teen deaths yesterday.
=, ~ \. - New YORK, Aug 90.
:, The mayor has issued proclamation ex-
tending the. time of quarantine to vessels
ron Norfolk and Portsmouth to the LIST o
November. ~, %
The officers land workmen in the navy.
yard at Portsmouth, IN. Y, have+ given I
days pay for the benefit of the sufferers b,
fever at Norfolk and Portsmouth. !,
" WAsHINGToN, Aug. %.
In the Virginia. State Council OF Know
Nothings in session at Richmond, on Mon
day. an informaIresolution was offered By
John NJ. Bolts, embracing the sentiment tina
both. the aectarian, land religious test of thu
) party oughs,to besasoIished and the natural
r ization laws totally repei led. The objec
was merely TO ascertain the sense of thu
Council on the question: and it was unani
mousIy decided in the affirmative. A.. =
az CHtcAGo, Aug. 90.
Kansas dates to the 9th are received. TIL,
bill for electing all territorial officers by thu
e present Legislature passed, and the two hou
elections. The bill provides for all local off
GERS, including sheriffs, &C., for the next ST
years, to be elected by the present Legisla
S lure.
Il New York, Aug. 29.
" A heavy robbery was reported at the pc
e lice Office this afternoon. A ME-. Stewar
x Spriggs, agent for a file mandatory i
Sheffield, England, while on his way fror
the International Hotel, Broadw ay to Wa
street, had $500 in bank bills abstracte
n from his coat-pocket. Just as he reache
II the head Of Wall street, his hat wac jostlec
y and as he removed his hand from his poke
;. 10 replace his hat the package was purloir
e ed. 49,.
The potato rot is reported as doing muc
damage at the east cad of, Long Island bu
= spectators are exaggerating facts in orde
/ to raise the prices in market.
. + - BALTIMORE, Aug. 30.
e ., The. number of deaths by feveru up to Tues
day noon in Portsmouth, had been 800, il
Or GLIDING LOT at the naval hospital. SO ne,
r cases have been reported since Saturday
% The deaths for the week ending Tuesda!
III were i06. II " :
l. DR.. Ma upin is,recovering, DR.. Farquer
!; in dangerous condition. =.
E. -Four physicians and 10 nurses have arrive
d: from Charleston. ,..
20 Mayor Fisk is sick, but not with fever.s
- Seven deaths occurred during the last
le hours. IL deaths yesterday.
10 james Sanders, Secretary of the Howal
IL AS ISOLATION, is down with the fever. J.
II NEW ORLEANS, Aug. "a.
-. ~ Sugar.-4s hhds. fully fair were sold at 8
ss and Is hhds. prime at BIC. -
90 Molasses.-IOO bbls. reboiled. of the o
- leans Refinery were sold at 3Sc. and II
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