The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-06-26
Correspondence Of the Advertiser.
Our City..The FlOnll..anat Destruction
Of PrOperty..the Utah War Ended, &c,
&c.

of Propcrty--,he Utah War Es1si, DC,
&c.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, june 13.
Wen, here Ne are again. Some con-
siderable time has elapsed since my last
appearance in the Advertiser, during
which, many were the noted occurrences
which transpired in this great city Of the
West. To attempt rehearsal of them
would be an almost endless task, besides
occupying time and space in the columns
Of the advertiser, and many doubtless
have been given to its readers through
that source. st. Louis, like all other
large and rapidly growing cities, has a
considerably mixed population. Almost
every nation is here represented, even
the Chinese, and it would be a difficult
matter to give, accurately, the number
of tongues spoken in this city. With
mixed population of this kind, fully one.
half Of which ere foreign born, it is but
fair to presume that We have in our midst
goodly number of wretchcd and de-
praved characters, some Of whom arc
even ready to commit any and every kind
of depreciation, if there be any possible
chance of procuring plumber thereby,
regardless of consequences, and often at
the forfeit of the lives Of innocent and
inofensiyc persons. The truth Of this
has lately been fully exemp1ifed. SIdr-
der, cold-blooded and heartrending, was
committed upon a sojourner in orr city,
and that; toe, by several German barber
boys, in the early part of-the evening,
when there was every possible chance of
their being detected in the act, and all
for small amount of money which they
supposed the gentleman alluded to had in
his possession. This was truly remark
able circumstance, but, after considerable
trouble, the perpetrators Of this horrible
outrage were arrested, and safely lodged
in prison, where they are now waiting
to receive their just deserts. 1t is said
they have made a full confession, and
likewise told things which give reason to
suppose that the man by whom they were
employed, had, about one year since,
murdered his wife, with the view of mar
rying another The details of these sad
affairs shall give you when the matter
is brought before our legal tribunals
Theft, incendiarism, and the usual rou-
tine of crimes which are daily occurren-
ces in cities Of the size Of this, occupy
the attention of our peace officers. Horse
stealing is likewise carried on to a con-
siderable extent, although they are most
ly recorded as "estrays," doubtless with
the view of the better enabling our de-
tective police to ferret out the guilty par
ties; for We have some officers who, we
have good reason to believe, are honest,
while there are others who are ever ready
to play "second-fddle' to the hoard oil
rascals that infest our city.
The great and all absorbing subject Of
conversation, as well as distress, ruin and
hilarity, is the rushing Of the waters o1
the Father of Riyers--the Mississippi
which has attained an extraordinary
height, exceeding any rise since 1874
the river at this point being some six OIL
seven miles wide, (the usual width being
less than one mile,) having overfowet
the banks-entered the FIRST floors Of th'
stores and warehouses on the levcc---com
, pletely overAowing the country on tn
Illinois side for miles---compelling fami
lies to leave their quiet homes and seel
refug, on higher emincnce-drivin.
hundreds from their places Of business il
in this city-causing great destruction o
property, as well as life--and, in a word
: has been great drawback to the com
mercial interests of our city. At tn
hour of this writing, II NJ, the river i
, 35 feet above low water mark, and still
7 rising. The different streets leading t
! the river are crowded with men, womel
! and children, many of whom venture o,
r the staging leading to the boats, and oc
casionally one is pushed overheard, bu
soon "lished out, hoops in all cases farin
: best when their wearcrs happen to b
e one of the unlucky-they constitutin
v about third rate lifc-preserver. Thcs
= "oyerboard' occurrences serve as goo
amusement to by-standers, who at a
o times enjoy the sport much better tina
Q the victims. The latest reports from tn
!, Missouri and Illinois rivers, as well q
e their tributaries North, arc that they ar
coming down. full, and still rising. Th
: presumption is that the river will contir
ue to rise for several days more, and al
C tain the height it did in 1874, whie
!" was 80 feet inches, about 3 feet I incl
:. es higher than at present. Many OF tn
n boats are lying quite close up to the ware
} houses. Those who have visited s
d Louis can form good idea of the stag
: of the water, when they learn this fac
# knowing the height Of the levee Th
d railroads on tho Illinois side, opposite
). are completely drowned out--steamboat
O. can now pillow the roaring waters on tll
- rrairic, which, but week or two ago W;