ST. LOUIS CORRESPONDENCE. The Weather, Markel:. etz.—Accidents—Wm. Carey Janes re. blair—Arrival of the Fhprilt Overland Nail—The Late Elections—The Context in Illinois—The Vice President out in a Letter—The prod. Douglass Slumping I Ilin• ois for the Black Republicans—nithdrawal of a Con. gressirmal Candidate—Optside Aid, dz.—Our Post Master Misrepresented, dz., dc. The weather has been clear nod warm. Rivers all low and rapidly receding, particularly the Miss cri. which has become dangerous to navligation. The receipts of produce were fair In the past week,l and sales on 'Change Saturday, 23d, were as follows : Flour from $4 to $4 50; Wheat from 450. to to. 10, mi In qnality i and condition; Corn 52 to 58c; Oats 50 to 60o; Rye 55c; Barley 600 to $1 02%; Lard 9y c; Whiskey, 13c ; Potitoes from 65c to $1 10; Onions, 60c; and Hides, 16c. Business generally haX been dull. Health of the city most excellent. Locally, nothing of impOrtance has transpired. On Fri day, whilst our steam-Ilreangipes were on their way to a tire, several accidents oceUrreci. A horse, attached to a buggy, became frightened ran away and dashed the vehicle to pieces. Another buggy was run into, and also demol ished, whilst one of the hose carriages was somewhat smashed up, and to cap the climax the saddle horse of one of the steam-fire engines waa thrown and run over by the machine, and so badly hart that be had to be killed—he was valued at SI.OO. The entire smash up and break down cost the city about $lOOO.. Wm. Carey Jones is now in this city. In Saturday's papers ho published tinotbet letter on the Blair libels on Col. Benton. lie strikes some heavy blows. The Balloon Race at Cincinnati terminated iu a triumph to Mr. Steiner . The fourth overland muff arrived In this city on Saturday evening last. It brings dates of the 27th September—a week later than the steamers. Three passengers accom panied the train. Time, a!fraction over 26 days. You are already " posted" in regard to the late elections —sufficiently for all prac4cal porpeles. In Indiana the Democrats hove elected their Stat.. ticket, which settles the molter that under Itlrt.mst .any uofavorshle circumstances the Democracy of that Sta,to coo I. relied upon. The combined oppositing cannot else t the strong arm of Naliomil D-11, Tary n•lia r. et rinds erect. We have done well in oldo e mei !erin the time- In lowa. still better, r.s : 1 ..w are t tint we hi" and. gained Cong- iti.publi.an majority Ign, Leerto h.• fOth. Piol of t.ewa from Ili a a r.• nlian d IVf• thi,k on joint. I,olof %vonUh tnd tin , nlwa n Unio. , l In .Ints•-; nurhan ha4nso hunts of meat of InTnt S,l. un B. The times 111= are ,e hard.ltlei 11,11,1 111 , , 111, Wear had th 31, if. five sixths of the settlers would Ipm ill:, f.r rivaley 11111111=1 ~~h,. .1n...1", ~,. ii, ~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~h Kn.! • 1,1,1 sum will u.. doubt Ho: 10:::k . It....publkan lo•ro, ~ , t,nl Francis I'. Blair tO ,11111 p ri.. rt h i .Jr uquaily Rod Frtql =lll= that t h.. litliott tho Sll/1/ , 1 ttt!onotitt ,r .11,1 r of fho (hay. who 'teapot L .111 ;kin,. IT illt,•rhats , 1,1,1 than ally 'white Itinti dap. , 1-,,thd 1,...1) IL', pill, 0.. .Arto.ri , .. x,il. This it is .0,1. by thy. Abblitbinkts to stump Iti :it 1,1 t ❑:rouLGcatt party. Is A jw tIV pa,. %VIA, thi• rplAnictitS I=ll2lll IMIIMME9 I=llllll 11411,.1 II; nlq at ere ry The place here he hit. the iiir.dt Itotinblitritt ' f i t.e-t 1 ,, It.tr.l a for te.ciety if they that ;'....u1 ILP:111 talar treat Fred. ur !'..• k N0p.31. tip ?r it, will [oluse to follt, su h n : 111=121 grt. in Thir wiilidni.wn from ME= 111121111=1 C. 1111 1 .1 r huclng 1,1,1 the t h.. ,It•yire I to ml.. so Mr Brr•Vinri s t icl 3 infi,nulti.. is wyrrr,t, but th:st 1,1 kchute to,nswor Ih.•ir ,r o ,,t, s un kt,— Th, lottrr is published. but notirod yot. A patch krlig thlt the lei ter :4:Lys Vice President eft, I. tel en,lhes, the chni - se tit jfr. Mori/ids at the hug sex,iott ATTEMPT TO SHOOT A CLERGYMAN IN HIS PULPIT.—Last evening a well dressed French man named Lewis Beeriers, entered Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, in thirty-fourth sir,?et, ;.0.71 a seat in a front pew faring the pa,to., LI) Rev. M. C t.!raivil.r.l. The reier , nl gentleman had about concluded his exordium, wiwn Beeri , Ts cos ly arose. pulled It Waio.) solo from tie 11,v:simper,' that all I. .•6.rott " t Kttn.td.4 •iiott/i/di. but that Muesli being prnctirdly nettivd, and Mt. Dough+, heads the Ii riot ntntintd Black licpublicanism 'Cl.l lin synipatithzes with bhp .tating that i;lin..b.l hits ncacr yet given a sectional antc.ac.l r..•A P• • r drly to 0-1.1 and the peepie id ?Winne t the Vice eta: de it: re d iard br Jud‘te =IEEE ==l telling the people hoe to vote—informing there who is black oil who i: el itr. . l ant though the • i._•lookers" were HO ignorant that they cutild not do for thetneelve, have always thought thai "entente - aid did more harm at h em , , th. ie g e ed. tni,ltllitet with the :,,'lilies of another is w.t Ds,nocreiw—tbey eh..uld bu jell t.. •'lllllliage their domestic affairs in their own way,' We think that all the speeches made in Illinois by outsiders, as well as the letter writers in Mr. Douglas behalf, will do him . the least good, and the name is also the case with the opposi tion—Fred. Douglass atulFrouk Blair will do Lincoln an immense injury. Tmmnrrow week will determine the foie of our sister Stat. Seven of the nine Congressmen running on the Douglas ticket, art pled , 4Hl to support Sir. Buchanan's ad. minislrat ion and the Democratic party. These seven men MO hope way beat their Black Ropubliran, Aboliti o n c n ne . palters. There is an nttenpt being vale to misrepresent our Post Master, Mr. John Ifugan. Men, who feel themselves aggrieved at his exet tiros in detbating ore now cry ing for revenge, and raising the Lilac cry that Mr. //Ogee Is a sympathiser with Mr. Douglas. We take the liberty of saying that Mr. Hogan is sat—that he is nnw, as he al. WA), has been. a Leconipton Democrat, oppose,/ to Judge Douglas deserti in of the Democratic party at last session of Congress, and cons equently no sympathiser with him at the present time in his w ild crusade against Mr. Buchanan and his administration. Mr. 11., was always a Buchanan Mae, PUS because ho has not thought proper to take a part in the Illinois election, they charge hies with Lining a friend of Douglas. He has not interfered with tho elec tion in Illinois, it is true, and we give hitn cre dit for it_ let Illinois fight her own battles, as See fight ours, and in our next battle at the spring election these men will learn and find out to their hearli content, the position .lohn Hogan occupies in the .N:iitional Democratic party. We have all kind of news from the Pike's Peak gold mines, but we are inclined to think that the itniarorat , ic overbalance the favorable. We don't think a man would make over a quarter of a dollar a day on an average at the mines, if we multiply and divide the various rumors now going the r o unds, AMERICAN TRADE WITH RUSSIA.—From the National Intelliyencer we get the following extract of a letter from the Hun. F. W. Pick ens, Minister of the United States, in Russia: " The interests of the two Governments— the Russian and American—are becoming daily more intimate. Our increasing settle ments and trade in California and on the Pacific are bringing us into intercourse with Russian possessions on the Amoor river and the Asiatic coast, as well as with their posses sions in America. The trade of the Atnoor river is immense—something like 530,000,000 a yelr—and growing very rapidly. I race Consuls under my uriAiction through Asia as well as Europe, and their reports and accounts to me bring m e into offi cial communication with a large portion of the gh,he. I had no idea that the actual busi ness of this office was as extensive and impor• tart :is it is. We have large American utereleint houses in this city, and Antericau ships at Crenstadt are more numerous than those of tutu other nation, except Great Britain. Thirteen ships arrived this season direct fisdn Charlest.,n and New Orleans. loaded with cot ton. without having touched at Liverpool at all, as has heretofore been the case. The direct trade must ii-wrs;ft:e ever y year. Manu factures iu cotton arc increasing immensely about Mo , c and one may see loads of cot ton here every , 1:;y in the streets pa:-sing to the railroad for that point." Munn.^•.a oF 13-11 h, Texa- , , Oct ,ber 13th, 1858. —Oar usually quiet town Was yesterday thrown int, great excite meet, by the news that young 11 t - :ert Venable, late of Mecklenburo. county, , had been killed by a Mexic a n. f. , e:s are these: young Venable and a Mexican,by the name of Mar! ;.c, had a difficulty same kw , lays:: about same stock, when Martine dreiv a six shooter on Venable ; he, being unarmed, retreated. Yesterday, he went out with his double barrel slha gun, and met Martine, seine words passed between them, when Martine again drew his pistol ; one of Venable's barrels was loaded with bird shot the other with buck, and by mistake he fired at the Mexican with the bird shot ; the Mexican then shot Venable with his pistol, mortally wounding him. Ven. able then fired the load of buck shot into Mar tine, killing him instantly. Venable lived about two hours. Young Venable was a son of the late Frank Venable, so lung the faithful president of the Bank of Clark iviile, Va. Ile was a young man of fine promise and devo tedly attached to his widowed mother, whom he had left almost inconsolable.—Richmond Dispatch,. ERIE COUNTY.—Potatoes are selling in our market at from 37) 1 to 50 cents per bushel.— Not an unreasonable price, and yet we notice sales in Hartford, Conn., at 17 cents per bushel! gir On the 14th inst., snow fell at Tug 11111, Lewis county, N. Y., to the depth of eighteen inches. Toe MORMONS GOING TO CENTRAL A VERICA. —(Col. Kinney informs the San Antonio (Texas) Herald that he has concluded his negotiations with the Mormons for his sale of his interestin Central America, and has recievd an earnest of $200,000 as a part of the purchase money. He is to receive $2,000,000. Sr. Louts, Oct. 25,1858 PRoVISIJNS IN SOIITEMISTERN VIRGINIA.— Pork is now selling in Giles county, Va., at $6 per 100, though buyers are unwilling to make engagements at that—believing it can be bought at a lower figure. Corn is selling at 62i cents, and it is said there is more good, Bound corn in the county than there was last year. 1 A Mr. D. G. Raab, of' Ohio county, Indiana, presented a specimen of corn to the late State Fair of that State, with a statement that a field of twenty acres yielded one hundred thirty—six bushels to the acre ! The smallest yield of any one acre was one hundred and two bushels, and one acre produced one hundred and sixty bushels! The field was on the Ohio River Bottom. DRIED Farb. — The Petersburg (Va.) Ex press says: " Sacks of dried fruit, in large consignments are shipped from Petersburg, extensively to the west, and other directions, according to the never failing demand. As an article of winter food, nothing is healthier or more nutritious, when prepared with a proper cuisine, and few deserts more delight ful. Almost every variety are now brought to this market in untold abundance." SHEEP RAIsING INT TEXAS.—The Gonzales (Texas) Inquirer, says that a Mr. Fly, resid ing there, purchased three years ago, 150 head of sheep, for which he paid $395. The w. of already paid the re.igioal east, and he has now $lBOO worth of sheep, nod has had $5OO worth of mutton, in the time. Not a sheep has died from disease. (;RAIN ThODE OF CHICACO, luasuis.—The total shipments of the season fri,in Chicago, 1 are now 322,573 barrels of flour, 7,497- 540 bushels of wheat, 7,110,073 bushels of corn, 1,412, 020 bushles of oats, and 87,000 bushels of barley, making s total of 114-a;v eighteen millions of bushels of grain, 17,741,- 582 bushels. At this time last year the ship ments had am , ,untel to .104,123 barrel , of S ar, 5,1134,484 hiklmls of whea,a, 6,024,287 bushels of corn 275,714 bch , diels of oats, making 13,123,456 bushels of gniin, and showing an increase in the shipments of this yea'r of 4 771,394 bushels. CHANGEs IS TOE CABINET.—PubIic rumor is again at work creating difThmitie , in the C a b ine t ~f the President, and kre-Madowing specific changes which are soon to be an nounced to the, c:Auntry. Of course there is not a word of foundation fur what is said on thi , subject. President and his official advisers are a unit and there really teems to be no encouragement to the anxious persons who Would have it otherwise.—Washinyton I=l PLEMARKABLE CASE.—The Smnersw.n.th Ad vertiser sa3s : "We learn ilia', on the 21h h ult., Hiram Edmunds, of Emery's Mill, a I, .v some 14 years old, fell from a hay mow, and struck the lower part of the left side of his cheat up,n the upright end of a sharpemal Mali used as a fixture in the barn. The slab penetrated the chest, and he hung there, some four feet from the flom, whilst his father could go and take hint off. When the slab was :11',ON't1 front rho hotly, the left lung fol Loved. It souu became so that it was SOI1WW11:1; diffialit to reduce sash rel Ore it to its proper place. 'Phi, however was effectually done by Dr. W. Stephens, the opening closed uo, and in a few lass n emnplete recovery effected. - The boy is now running about the neighborhrn,d." rwopl., the heavily 1...e1ed pisf•.l, am] 41i, , barged its ,mments at Mr. Proud id. The ball passed by his head and