The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1853-05-12

MAJ. R9oBEry.-NIr. Uutching-, Of the firm of
tuc.:i g 1 g., OF Louisville, passed through THIS
Yesterday roas for Louisville, hayin. in Gus.
t'H Col. Lew United States Mail Agent, charged
nl. ha'in1 o,bed the mail ia Louis, lie of u pack
a-- c1ata,ails over ,0Oo. The circumstances Is
lrned t. substantially follows: Hutch
i1g s Cn, ab'i ten days SINCE, nailsd ths package
e.; Louisville, Oil toe notes hayin" lccn previously
BRAIDED WITH lcir private mark 10 Sheppard X
'o-. = this city, aud teie5taphed the same. The
'uatf we'd H..hoat the package. Sheppard s Co,
iceateiy TEL graphed 10 iiutchngs & Co., LOUIS
F.lI.. iOn examination At that Office 1t was the
pp ron ut the POSTMASTER, Mr.. Edwards, that the
Mad A-,at, ~. Levy, had taken the package. Mr.
H4rlin.s IMMEDIATELY started IN pursuit. Arriving
in tt.s cu he learned that Mr.. Levy, after cxa.nin
t- Office, n the business OF tn Mail gent had
. Ycc oat tiia; he goiu, 70 Dresden Tenn.
NJ. Uutchings, however, for some reason, took
Oh Gags. anj Kissing Chattanooga withou. obtaining
D.. r.le 10 h.n he finally overlook him at Aiaauis,
&c.,. fryciuag Under an assumed naune, but untortu-
y far han, having IN his possession umbrella
.a.I >et ''sjoen rom Col. Lew" Hutchings on his
to- .Ju,d several of the bill. belonging to the pack
g: .1 tne hands "f persons who had changed them
art actll'i, stoDh beside Mr.. Levy and purchased a
broad u.het with of the bills. Most Il the
i.4.s ssrs' cred by Nj Hutchings, either in the
o.,- .i funds IN other currency.
tDt n1tt-s 5, f Yesterday the Statesman. Col.
i-s.s s- ma stand has occupied the position Of
81 yei i.i Aentuoky and Tennessee, for number
yrars, and, a. course, has hitherto untarn-
I.Ie- REPUTATION: Il Nashville Wing.
LrvY, rHE IAIL RoBDER--An examination in
J.r 1880 q Ivy, charged with mail toi,bcry, was
n. t.-'e~l ~ g. fore JUS ice Johnson aud Price. MI
Narlria-'o1 lpearcd for the United States, and
Nr Etaie, or a. en.iani. Mr.. Hutchias and several
..s r..ks Nr. f !w ards, the Postmaster and sew
.,.. . ris cicrhs, and Mr.. Shacross, special mai
r.lt werc ~ tnined. The testimony established
I'D te satia what has already been given. The pack
a-. ~ money hich Levy Is charged with stealing
in 'he Nashville box OF the Louisville post Office
81. clock night, hut missing at 10, when
..- .I.sh naa1 up the Nashville ma !. Levy In
nee dur,n. that time, and had rec access to the
'ls ID eri-h thc package vas deposited. NJ
- h,l-s pursued Levy from Nashville TO ATLANTA,
n, -ne description which had been given TO hm OF
h- pe'-nl, and nc saw him pay his fire with $50
s.t- ua. 81 he bills o! The missing package which
Ald t.s tna.k IN IT, Levy, when informed Of Mr..
HHt,.n-- ,l.ssion, requested tina, he would be per-
i.lti % reform with him without being placed under
co.. RANT. BE- (Levy) was willing 10 make rest,u-
U.. bit whi' The restitution consisted in witness
rlll- n1t say. Mr. Ii. had been lny reimbursed by
Levr l1r a.. !1ss sustained, not, however, with the
sau. money that was stolen. MIR. iIutchnss found
a. 80 5.l bearing his private mark in Levys carpet
bls. GOT ~ all of tho same kind which had been
passed an the ute, he supposed by accused, and
lfd tarr hat he had exchanged 5000. Nothing
was ID ln 10 e testimony that Levy had COME sscd
eiel u.lef sa assumed name. Mr.. FL. stated that
tae accused not known by the named Of Levy
tle r.ite. 1T he did no; state that he had as
suara aooiacr iane.
Ia Cont g ;nired $4,000 bail Of Levy to ans
the charge the Of the United States
District Court of Kentucky, which meets in Frank
ior a. Nay acsi, in default oi giving which be was
coni.n ted Lpuisviile Journal Of I2h.
VREEs ~ OREGoN.-lf we are 10 believe
tho published reports IN relation to the forests OF
Oregon, they nave trees of most gigantic size in
taat ne~ ;erriiory. Onc ofthem was lately meas
ursd and was found 20 be ten feet in diameter,
and one hundred and min eileen feet IT, the first
limb, as mi height two hundred and forty-six
feet In another large forest Of cedar, spruce nd
s. =. one was selected which measured thirty
n.ae Zee, IA diamrter Ii il stated that gentle
man, res ding IA Astoria, purchased 100 900 SHIN
giles, all made rom one cedar tree, for which he
Pad SI5oo in geld.