The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1855-05-05
MURDER AND CoSv1crrox.-rt seems that some

MURDER AND CoNvICTToN.-It seems that som
= weeks ago, father and son-Germans--had
claim difficulty with man in st. Croix county
It Wisconsin, in which the latter was killed. Th
d murderers have just been tried by the prope
IS court at Hudson; the father was sentenced t
the States Prison for life, and the son for DC
g riod of years. We have neither the names {
y the parties nor any further partieulars--th
J. Hudson papers having as yet kept dark, so ia
) as we have seen, in regard to the affair.
t Va Cathcart & Co. have something to sa,
to the readers of the Minnesotian this morning
t Read their address, and the result may prov
advantageous to both parties.
, @- Our warm, dry weather continues
Farmers are much in want of rain, preparatory
; to putting in their crops, and the river contin
ues to recede gradually.
SHOCKING AFFAIR.-We learn from the Dixon
Telegraph that on Sunday last. six Irishmen
came to that place from PaolO station on a
hand car, purchased keg Of whiskey, and
soon become very drunk. Nearly all day they
were running the car back and forth on the
road, and finally left for Paolo a few minutes
before the down train from Freeport was due.
About three miles from Dixon they met the
train in curve of the road-the locomotive
being nearly upon them before it was discover
ed. Three ofthe men were sober enough to
spring from the car and save themselves, the
others were not. The car was shivered to
splinters one of the men killed instantly .anoth
er surviving but short time, and the third
was very seriously injured. Tc..-
Conceded WEAPoNs.-The Legislature of
Louisiana has passed a law against carrying
concealed weapons. The first section declares
that whoever shall be convicted of carrying a
dangerous weapon about his person, shall, for
the first offence be fined not less than two hun
dred and fifty, nor more than five hundred dol
lars, or he shall be imprisoned for one month
For a second offence, he must be fined not less
than five hundred nor more than one thousand
dollars, or sentenced to imprisoned at the dis.
erection of the court
STATE OF THE RIvERs.-The st. Louis Re-
publican says "the river at this point is slowly
rising, and is SO reported at Keokuk. The H.
lnois river is rising very fast all the way
down. Missouri falling, with Al feet water on
the bars. The last arrivals up report IL feet
water in the channel to Cairo, and rising"
Ms- The Squatter Sovereign. Stringlellow's
paper, thus speaks ofthe recent farce, called
by courtesy an election, in Kansas
For our part we are satisfied with such re-
suit. 1t is just what we expected to accom-
plish, and we promise our southern friends in
all after elections, to present like results
Kansas ought of right 20 be, and therefore shall
be save State.
A COLONY OF ENGLISH MoRMoNs.-The ship
Siddons, which arrived short time ago from
Liverpool, had on board 425 Mormon emigrants
destined, as the marks upon their baggage in
dictated, for "Salt Lake City," The American
says, they were composed of British families,
and all appeared well dressed, healthy and in
telligent. The women, especially, had that
fine. robust. rosy, Britt III look about which we
hear so much. They were to proceed immed-
ately, by railroad and steamboat to the west
ern frontier, and there start overland for their
new homes in the valley of the Salt Lake.
GREAT LESS OF BEER.-Mesrs. John Taylor
Sons in Albany, during Saturday night, lost
over ten thousand dollars worth of beer through
the gross earelessness of one of their hands, in
neglecting to shut off the main fassett connect
ing one of the watts, which was found in the
great abundance.
NOBLE ACr.-A little girl saved freight
train from destruction on South Carolina
Railroad, by waving her bonnet as signal near
a culvert that had been destroyed by fire. The
engineer arrested his train just in time to save
it. 1t is proposed, as reward for the child,
that the railroad company pay the expenses of
her education and buy her a new bonnet.
| PASSENGERS SEARCHED.-In searching the pas
sengers on board of the Africa, on the 26th, at
Boston, trunk belonging to one of the num-
Der was found to contain about 1000 letters,
which were seized and taken to the Custom
House. They are said to be very valuable, en-
closing draughts, &c, for Boston and New York
houses. The box belonged to a we'll known
Express company.
ARREST OF Col. KINNEY AND Mr.. FABIAN--It
is stated that Col. Kinney and Consul Fabian
are under arrest for getting up an illegal expe-
dition, and that the steamship United States
in which the so called Central American Colo.
nv were to embark, has been attached.
w- tits understood that the Supreme Court
of Massachusetts, is Of the opinion that the new
liquor law of that State is constitutional At
torney General Clifford entertains a similar
opinion.
Ms- A petition is in circulation in Cincin
natl, asking the Governor Of Ohio to commute
the sentence of Arrison, the torpedo man, WHIT
destroyed the lives of Allison and his wife, t.
Imprisonment for life. Arrison was sentenced
to be hung on the llth of May.
A INDUSTRIOUS SHANGHAI.-The Paris CORES