The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1855-08-25
DIToRs AND PtBtTsfIE1ss.

Il SEAfESCE OF DENNIsrox.< .<1When Denniston
the Chicago Post OHice thief, was brought on,
Tor sentence, be looked pale and was agitated
says the 1Yi5ane. although he managed 10 CON
troll his emotion until the conclusion of the sen
tenee, when be shed tears. The prisoner wal
told to stand up, when Judge Drummond, after
some preliminary remarks, said u "a
The indictment upon which you are convict.
ed. charges Jon, in its third c0ant. With having
stolen from certain letter in the Chieago post
oifice the sum OF S37. To this count yea have
pleaded guilty. The punishment prescribed by
the law for this offence is a severe one, butt is
just. You committed a breach Of trust volun
tarily taken upon yourself You have done SO
repeatedly and deliberately. Your situation
IN the post ofice vas a subordinate one, but it
was one Of responsibility and trust. The pun
ishmcnt which your breach of this trust entails
upon You, although just, is much to be lament
ed. You are in the dawn of manhood. and bad
before you the promise of bright and honor
able career. But this crime cuts you off from
all political and social privileges. 1t debars
you from fhc society OF your friends, and makes
yon aR Isolated aud disgraced man.
Dennist6n vas then sentenced to ten years
confinement in prison.
An AVALANCHE OF BREAD.-An item with
this heading has been recently published rela-
tive to an arrival of 36, 600 bushels of wheat at
one of the Southern seaports. by way of the
Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad. The Chi
cagO Tribune says, that if this be called an
avalanche. some new term must be found for
the vast quantities Of wheat in store in that
city, there having been at one time during the
present season 100000 bushels in one ware
house. Machinery is used for storing and ship
ping it.
THE Ben West SUNK.--Thc old Ben West,
whose countenance is familiar to many and
whose name to all, was sunk a few days since
near Washington, on the Missouri, in ten feet
of water.
ILLINOIS CENTRAL STOCKs AT the New York
Stock Exchange on Saturday, Illinois Central
shares stood at 974. illinois Central bonds
stood irmer ands with transactions of $4,000,
closed at SS4 for Construction, and 93a for
Freeland.
The KoKAH TELEGRAPH--We have received
the prospectus of paper of the above name,
to be published at Iloaah, Fillmore Co., NJ. T.
Hokah is situated upon commanding emin-
ence. overlooking Root River, and by its
course, six miles above its confluence with the
Mississippi. Root River. and its tributar' es,
water the fairest portion of Southern Mime
sofa. Its water, timber, soil and climate is
unsurpassed in the North West. The Tclc-
graph will bc Republican paper, of fair size;
and is to be published by II. OsTRAsDEh.
LoUI vIILE.--The Louisville journals are
still loaded with accounts of the late disgrace
full disturbances in that city, from all of which
we can only gather that each party charges
all the criminality upon the other between
the two ordinations and rc-criminatiOns fly
thick and fast. The Journal tx. N.Y. has ar
rived at the stage in which afidavits come in
play. and hence it's columns groan beneath
their weight while the Courier, on the other
side has gotten no further than "statements," +"
which fill its sheet day after day. May we not
suggest that the legal authorities are the
proper persons to determine the guilt or inno-
cencc of those engaged?
DEArm OF CART. TITUs.-Wc regret to learn
that while going ashore at Kalamazoo in
yawl on Thursday last, Capt. Titus and two
other men of the Propeller Montczuma, were
washed overheard by a heavy sea and drowned.
The body of Capt. T. was brought to Chitago,
and taken by the cars on Saturday evening to
Buffalo. Capt. Titus was about As years of
age, was formerly captain of the steamer Erie,
and came near being drowned at the time that
vessel was burned many years since on Lake
Erie.
gS- The Republicans of Maine met in Mass
Convention at Portland an the 14th inst to
the number OF from 10000 to 10000. There
was great unanimity of feeling manifested, as
well as determined enthusiasm.
HIGH WATER IN THE WIsCoNsIN.-The Bara-
boo Democrat says:
''Thc Wisconsin River is now up at high wa
ter mark and vast quantities of lumber is run
ming out.
The last of $50 RATS, containing over s,0OO.-
coo feet and the property of one company, pass
cd the Dells on the End inst. 1t is contracted
at st. Louis for S22,60 per 1000.
The Upper Mississippi is full of lumber, and
on Black River alone there are 20:O0O,00O, of
logs running OUT,
shrr cu10v
A late Washington dispatch announces the
removal from office of Rush Elmore, Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court of Kansas Ter
,.;41.,r and Tho annnirf mont of Indrn Mnnre