The American. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1857, 1857-08-15

ByyyALg "Wednesday, Aug, 1915 P.


-TG ByryALo. "Wednesday, Aug, I2--8Ps M.
I FVW quiet and firm sales at B8 90 a Sc rs for
.EpperfineI Illinois and Wisconsin, and 81 a 81 so
for. extra ditto and Indiapas WHEAT steady and
scarssS Only small sales of sacked at fall prices
rCorHHctiFeJ sales 90, 900 bushels az rs arc FEE
closing firm, the demand being mostly ior Eastern
SHIPMENT Oats upchanged,' sales 3, 600 bushels
at Gle. Whiskey 2s a 28 I.2ce Freights unchang-
ed; Corn 10 .l-2c. to New York = Lake imports
/ Flour, 2,9oo Slss Whsat 81 900. bushels Corn.
Canal ExPortS m els Wheat, $4,000 do.
Corn, thS la4 os de,water..t = i. ,
~. 4L94 A6Sy, Aug. I2--6 p NJ.
+ Flour Deaf Supply light with,
moderate hbout / q, oo9 bushels, in,
Guiding VIZ at 81 "a, and mixed
Western Eat4& in fair supply, and half
cent better, with more offering sales over 600
bushels, mostly ut S6e,, afipat and to arrive mmer
diately. Shipments last evening: 10000 bushels
Corn, 10000 bushels Oats. ,,-,,4 ,..-..r,. .
\. OswEco, Wednesday, Aug. l2-6 p. NJ
I Flour unchanged; sales TOO bbls. al S5 80 for
extra State, and ~ 81 Il2 for extra. Canadian.
w heat dull and firm; sales 5000 bush. Chicago
Spring at 81 50, afloat. Corn quietss,. Breights
duil.-A84t for Flour, l0e. for Wheat,, and d l-2c
for Corn to- New York. Lake imports to-day !.
80, 600 bush. Corn. Canal exports "a 900! bbls.
Flour; IN, 900 bush, Wheat; 10000 bush. Corn.
Shipped 70 Montreal 1900 bbls,. Flour Il. l..
!, & Nsw ORLEANS, Wednesday, Augusta, 1857.
Cotton market frmer sales to-day, i, 100 bales
Flour, declining tendency. Pork firm at s24 50
Gunnye Bags ID F2.a I5c. Rio Coffee IL q IL 1-2c
Sterllpg Exchange, l0pr. cent. prem. Other mr.
.ticles GENERALLY unchanged 4 a1s.s.-
The steamer Central America brings us an ac.
count ola weeks violent deaths and accidents in
Nevada county. 49, $780, .
A-Frenchman named Celestine Rey commit ted
suicide, at, Bourbon Hil on Saturday, the lIth
judy, BY shooting himself with double barrelIed
gun. He placed the piece against his breast and
bred it off by pushing against the trigger with a
stick. The shot entered near the heart, cutting
several large blood vessels It is said that the
deceased was poor, worthless fellow, who-would
not work but lived on the charity of his acquain-
I. On the same day Cornishman was killed in
Grass Valley, while working in "a shaft ON Con.
ways quartz lead by the bank caving in. upon.
him.. v-t6i I; ..r y
On Che same day, Samuel Ayres died in Nevada,
from the effects of an injury received some three
weeks since at Smiths MILL on Deer Creek, below
Rough and Ready He was rolling log Yitt e
cant hook, and in rolling It over something II gave
q sudden start, and the end of the eaver struck
him on the forehead, just the. left eye y In
HdHihutioh Vi LILO cyeo Set WHICH, Cdubeu his
death. He was formerly from. london county,
Virginia.
On the same day man was SO severely injured
in a ball court in Nevada that he died on Monday
following. 1t Seems that a ball had lodged rear
the skylght and he went up >on the roof after it,
and in reaching through the skylight, lost his bal
ance and fell to the floor, striking on his head
He was inssnsible up to the time, of his death.
William Patterson, formerly from Howard caan-
ty, Missouri was terribly injured at Walloupa, on
the 9th of july from the accidental discharge Of
a. blast. He was holding the tamping iron in his
hand and another man striking upon it to tamp in
the powder, when the blast exploded. The tamp-
ing iron passed Through PattersonS left arm, near
the elbbw joint, carrying off aportipn Of the JOINT
bones bis face was shocxingly mutihted. and cut
by the rocks and powder, and two fingers of his,
right hand were blown off. The sight of one of
his eyes is destroyed, and it is feared his arm, will
have, to besamputated.. Should'the arm be saved
it will be Of little use to HIM as The elbow joint
will be stiff The other man. was slightly. ihju-
red :. 3. :.
The Democrat likewise contains. an account of
the death of Henry Monagin, alias Jones, by.being
stabbed id an ARRAY by aDutchman named Reidel,
| at Eereka Nevada county, the Sth july. g - :