New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-09-26
st. Louis Items.

st. Louis Items.
We are indebted to the obliging officers Of the
steamboat Sultan for st. Louis papers of the
18th, from which we extract the following
items:
We learn from Boonyille that d negro is on
trial there for q horrid crime--that Of attempt
ing to commit a rape on the daughter of one Of
the most respectable citizens If Cooper county.
The attempt was made on Friday last, but the
resistance offered was 80 great as to prevent his
accomplishing his purpose. After the lady had
mounted her horse, he pursued her, with the
intention of killing her, but failed to doit The
affair created great excitement in the neigbbor-
hood, but the law suffered to take it's course,
and he will soon be properly punished
A man whose name we have not been able to
learn, was riding horse yesterday up Olive
street, and when he had gained the corner of
Seventh, one Of the bridle-reins broke and the
horse became unmanageable The man was
thrown off, his head striking against the pave
ment, which cut it considerably The horse
sprang away and fell against dray which was
passing at the time. One of the dray pins en-
tered his body in the region Of the heart, and
Killed him almost instantly. The rider was not
dangerously injured.
Onlu AMI H1lbSlSSIfPI ItAIBROAU.-He are glau
that the last estimates necessary for the COM
pletion of this road have been made, and that
they amount to very inconsiderable sum
The whole sum necessary to complete the gra-
ding, etc. for theroad to Vincennes, is $153, COO
The cost Of laying the rails, etc., is SAC, 600
making a total of $193, 900 to complete the road
from Illinoistown to Vincennes, where it is te
connect with the road from Cincinnati The
rails are all paid for, and will be laid as soon
as possible. 1t will not be long before con.
nection is made with the Central Railroad
and then we shall have continuous railroad
from st. Louis to Chicago. We hope to see this
accomplished in month or two, and for this
purpose extraordinary efforts should be made
James Rodgers has been convicted of murder
in the second degree, and sentenced to the peni
tertiary for ten years.
RIVER NEws.-The Republican says.
The steamer Montauk, which we called ar
"odd fish " in a notice of her while being built
is not such an "odd fish % after all, now that
she is completed and in running order. She
returned yesterday after making her first trip
and her owners are satisfied that she will do
her draught is much lighter than those mo-
posted supposed it to be, and she runs bettel
than was expected. She came down yesterday
with about 240 tons, drawing less than thre,
and q half feet water, and on her upward triI
carried 1875 tons, and drew less than two feet
The Montauk will be off for the Upper Missis
sippi this evening
Capt. Price, of this boat, informs us that
lighter, loaded with 1900 sacks of wheat, corn
oats, barley, ETC., vas sunk at Montrose, OF
Monday night last, in the following manner
the Badger State, on arriving at Montrose from
Galena, put her freight, consisting as abov
stated, in lighter, for the purpose of sendin,
mid in OH IF lot fob w
shipped TO merchants here, and just as tn
lighter was ready to start out it was found t
be filling with water from being overloaded, an,
sunk Immediately in water deep enough t
cover both lighter and cargo. The grain wa
all badly damaged or entirely lost. When tn
Montauk left Keokuk men were engaged i
taking the sacks from the wafer. We did no
learn to whom the grain was consigned, nor an
particulars regarding insurance on it.
RESPONSIBILITY OF STEAMBOAT PILoTs. Sine
the passage of the United States Law, givin
steamboat inspectors authority to license or re
yoke the licenses of pilots and engineers, 70
misconduct, by which the lives of passengers ar
endangered, it has been often shown that pr
vate pique or downright neglect of duty ha
| been the cause of collisions and other accidents
Pilots are generally paid liberal wages, an
| in recent case the captain exacted from hi
| pilot, and deducted from his wages, the amour
| Of damages resulting from a collision. The pill
| of the Jane Franklin had his license revoked b
| the Cincinnati Inspectors, on the 3lst of Angus
| for running into the steamer Ben Cours:n. I'll
damages were $40, and was by the captain
the Franklin collected from his pilot and pa
over to the ss Coursn."
! There seems at present to be a prospect for
better stage of water in the Mississippi and 9th
upper streams than we have heard for some tin
past. The river here is swelling slowly.
Keokuk and all points above, as far up as
Paul, considerable rain has fallen, which h
improved navigation little, Heavy rains ha
fallen during the past three days all along Il
Missouri, but no rise is reported by the Pol
Star that came in yesterday from st, Joseph.
Notwithstanding the slight swell in the rive
boats have succeeded in advancing the price
freight from this to New Orleans material
Flour is now charged 65c., pork 9Oc., whist
and oils 81 30 per barrel; corn 40c. per sacl
oats 40e per 100 lb. Other articles in propo
ton
A REMARKABLE STATISTICAL FACT.-The ce
sus of Memphis recently taken by Mr.. Banl
exhibited that there are in this city 1417 mo
males over twenty-one years of age than the
are females; and 1850 more males over twent
one than there are females over seventeen yea
| of age It follows that there are thousa