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[Correspondence of tlio Barnstablo Patriot.1 -
Boston , Ma rch 20, 1850.
^
Dear Sir—This city is liieraM y crowd '"'! with vis-
itors. Yesterday came on the iriiil of Dr. Webster
for the murder of Dr. Parkinan. Much excitement
exist9 in the commuil y in reganl tp tliis case. They
have got so far as to empannel a jury. ] hope he
will Imve a fair am! impartia l trial.
The number of Irishmen hauled up before the Po-
lice" Court, for diunken and disorderl y conduct on
St, Patrick's Eve. was considerable. The 17th of
A[«rcb, St. Patr ick's Day, you know , is a great day
with the Irish. It came this year of a Sunday, but
they could not well patientl y wait tili Sunday passed.
No ci*ipi_>i- 10 to 12 per cent
The course of exchange continues to be in favor of
Boston. Trade ami business 'of ail kin ds is livel y,and
the prospect is th at it will , in this region , this sum-
mer, bu better still—better I him for the last twenty-
five years. This must be encourag ing to us, and to
tfi e'
traders of the country for an hundred miles out .
Our men of the most enrerprize and sagacity, ha\;e
lioisomo full y eonwneed that the excellent and ex-
tended system of advertising introduced here , and
so clearly developed by the indefati gable V. 13.
Palmer, Esq., has been effective in producing this
successful state of business. All embrace it who have
ttrdent hopes of rising in the business community.
1 accompanied soiue friends from the country last-
night to the Boston Museum , to see the splendid ,
itoenic and musical romance , which has been per-
formed there five or six weeks to overflowing
houses.
ft is railed "The Enchanted Beauty , or a Dream
of One Hundred Tears." By the way, the Boston
Museum taken in all its dep artments , is the place of
by far the greatest attraction to be found in this city
or New Engl and .
The house is continuall y filled , and its immense
popularity is still increasin g.
I have just learned that 72 witnesses for the State ,
•ml 58 for the prisoner , have alread y been summon-
ed in the Parkin.in Trial , ami assi gned separate
rooms over the Supreme Court Room.
Yours , &c, —, .
[For the Barnstahle Patriot.|
Mr. Editor :—The controversy, which has been
earned on throug h the columns of your paper for a
f«c.V weeks past in reference to the Ilyarmis Institute ,
has created no littl e sensation and contention in this
part of the town.
As G. intimates in his last arti cle , that he intends
to say no more on the subject , I will with \onr per-
mission correct some false impressions , which B. un-
doubtedl y has made on certain minds , that art 1 al-
ways read y to drink in anything, which coincides
with their prejud ices and preconceived op inions.
In B.'s first article , he gives the public to under-
ftitnd th.i t ''by the urgent request of one or two members
of the Institute, who vouched for hist (Pillsbury 's) re-
spectful deporlment.he wan permitted to lecture," Now
if B. me.'ii m |o say, that onl y one or two members
were in favor of Pillshnn 's lecturing, he means to
nayilmt which is fake. To my certain knowled ge
two thirds of the members , if not more, were very
desirous to have him lecture , and when it was put
to vote , whether lie should lecture or not , there was,
not a dissenting vote. And jud ging from the size of
the audience , which was very much larger than at
«ny previous lecture of the season ,it must have been
»«ry gratif ying to the public.
A* to vouching for his "respectful , deportment ," I
should like to Imve him b ring forwar d th e. man , who
ilid it. ffo s'leh man has been seen or h eard of ex-
cept by U. I do not think that say in dofuTid myself and friends ,from the assaults
of my foe ,will aver bo remembered with grutitu de .by
your friend , Q., "
Hv
'shrfii , Ma rch , 1850.
[For the Barn stable Patriot.]
Mh. Editor :—Th e late communicatio n in t m>
Patriot , concernin g the " Osterville, Exhib iiion ,"Ts
eminentl y characteristic. " It is its own commentary ,
evincing such evident perversion of tacts , and such
ohvjouS+lisregard of truth , that a discerning public
wil l re.nlil y a ppreciate tins real stren «lh of a cause
requiring rnich defence. Any candid or decent com.
municati yn mi ght be, honorabl y and fiiirlv met , hut
such a Contemptible effusion , we hope will receive
IIO further notice.. Lei it receive , for it, has fairl y
purchased ,the silent indiff erence of every honorable
member of community. Fkiknd or TliuTll.
Controversy with ptdti v, quibbling tricksters—
who do not seem to have capacity enoug h to appte-
ciate the value of truth ; or honesty enoug h to con-
fess,and honor enoug h to retraci .the falsehoods they
lufveg iven currency to. when convicted and con-
vi nced—contro versy, we say, with sveh creatures, is
always as unp leasant as it is profitless.
Ou r readers will please make app lication of the
foregoing, after reading the f'ollowing faithful state-
,ri ,.]ii ;—for further controversy on such a point , wilh
suc h mea nn ess to com bat , is lower than we incline
to stoo p to. either to meet the Observer or Ihe dou-
ble-dealing -di gnitary at the head of the C'C. B.
Rail Road. '
It- is in the recollection of all our readers , that in
November , last we stated that President , Page
went to Worcester and boug ht cars for the C.
C. B. Ria d, pay ing f ifty dollars more for each car ,
than hi; could have boug ht similar cars for in Sand-
wich , .which were built fh«re.
This statement of ours the Sandwich Observer
promptly contradicted—and asserted that he paid
f ifty dollars less, each car than they could be boug ht
in Sandwich. Thus giving the lie , pretty direct , lo
our statement. 'This the Obsener pretended to do
on the authorit y of "a Sandwich qenlleraan."
We, the next week , repeated our statement , and
promised lo prove, it true , and lo prove that of the
"Sandwich gentleman " false , whene\er he would
ste p forward and let us know who he was—and we
challenged the Observer to produce him.
Instead of doing so, the Observer next , in its
'lumber of Nov . 2-lth , says : "We H A V E tiik au-
t h o r i ty of the President o
j the Road , Mr. Page ,
KOi! uk-aff'irming what we staled last week-, re-
sp ecting the purchase of freight cars. "
We asain re-affirmed our own statement , and in-
cited Mr. Page to say whether lie authorized ihe
Observer lo contra dict it. If so, we held ourselves
read y to prove it strictl y true , and his own statement
totall y false.
We had no response from Mr. Page—but again ,
the Observer of Nov 31st , repeals its statement on
Mr. P age 's a u t h o r i ty —and adds , "ihe Patriot
pronounces the statement false. Now which of the
two parties are to be believed ? We sny the former''
—and so, of course , Ihe Patriot lies.
Again , Dec. 8th , the Observer reiterates , "Wk
iiavk toe authority OF Mtt. Page for re-af-
f irminn this statement "
Here these statements , repetitions a nd reitera-
tions rested. Mr. Page willing, all the time , that
such a statemen t—such a charge oflying —should so
rest upon u« , on his authority, wi thout havin g the
ho nesty to contradict it , or authorize the. Observer to
withdraw it—or the manliness lo come forward and
attempt lo sustain it ! The hitler he could not do,
for it was false, and he knew fi /—=-«ncl we were
read y to prove it so '
Here the ma tter rested , til! two weeks ago, we
met Mr. Page, in the cars—when , wi th much pom-
posity, h« referred to the controversy, and conde-
scended to tell us, t hat if, af ter the Observer had
given us the lie, publicly, and publicl y repeated it , on
^<'.s- authority, we had addressed him a private note ,
instead ol referring to him publicl y, lie would have
then have condescended to "explain " to us! He al-
so further said , in this intervi ew , that he had never
authorized the editor of the Observer lo make the
statement , which he had so many times made , and
"re-affirmed on the authorit y of Mr. -Page !"
This last statement , then made privately, to us, by
Mr. Page—and which he sti ll lacked the manliness
and honor lo make, publicly—we , last week , gave
our readers, in our c'olumns . To this , the mean-
spirited , pharisaieal concern at Sandwic h, Ihe Ob-
server of last Saturday, rep lies—after all its state-
ments , and repetition of statements "on the authori-
ty of Mr. Page?'—that—tlutt what , do you think ?—
that it is true , Mr. Page "did not au thorize" them to
make the; statement—and they "never said that he
did!" But , having "listened to a detailed account oj
the transaction ,from Mr. Page 's own lips, they learn-
edfrom that , that the Patriot 's statement was incor-
rect , and then they re-affirmed [and continued to re-
peat] their own [l y ing] statement upon the 'author-
ity of Mr. Pagk !
' " And Mr. Page so continu-
ed lo permit them to do it ; and patronized them
in doing it— knowing it to be false—and knowing
that it charged falsehood upon us ! And now the
Observer thinks lo hide its head and snp akinj dv
shut its lies off—where ?—on "a detailed account,
from Mr. Page 's own lips "—which , as eavesdroppers ,
ihey "listened to," and then published , "ON TIIK
AUTHORITY of Mr. Page' — thoug h he didn 't
"authorize " them to publish it ! Mr. Page may
swallow this subterfuge—skulk , hi mself, behind such
a paltry trick of the Observer—if it suits him lo do
so; we have no Cutther comment to make on such
conduct. We onl y repeat , that the Observer 's
charge—thou g h it be a faithful report of the "de-
tailed account from Mr. Page 's own lips"—is false,
an d we ar e, and always have been , ready to prove it
false—whenever Mr. Page himsell will affirm it—b y
inconloslibl e evidence. Mr . Page knows whether
his conversation , which was "listened to," was trul y
reported by the Obse rver , or no t. If it was (wheth-
er its publication was "a uthorized" by him or not)
IIB knows now that it wan false ! If it was not trul y
reported by the. Observer (and the lie was not "flu-
thorized" by him) he, may setile the matter as best
suits him , with his friend and p ortegs of th« Ob-
server.
Accidkkt.—Mr. Isaiah Hinckley of this villftge .mct
with a serious accident while in the woods on Thurs-
day last. In ti imming out wood , his axe caught in a
limb above his head , and glanced in such a manner
that the full force of a sharp axe was receivod upon the
wrist of the left arm , severing the main artery, and nil
the cord s on that side of the wrist , and enterin g into
the wrist-bone.- A large quantity of l.lood flowed from
the wound , before he could reach the nearest house ,
which was that of Mr. Henry K. Lewis of Ccntrevil le.n
half mile distant. So intteh time elapsed before surg i-
cal aid could be procured , that the artciy had drawn up
so far under the flesh of the arm that it waj) found diffi-
cult to reunite its parts , and it was nbnmloncd. We.are
glad to learn that the wound 'n now doing well. Mr j
Hinekley has not sufficientl y recovered from its effects, '
however , to be removed to his own house.
D3**The Lecture at the Methodist Chapel , on Friday
evening last .wns by Rev, Mr. Tolman of South Dennis
upon the subject of Teachers . The house was crow-
ded , and the lecturer handled his subject in a masterl y
inannur .showing the importance of training children to
think as one of the chief objects of education.
Tho Legislative proceedings are of bin little inter-
est this week , compared with the Wehster trial. We
trave fuiii klioil of the letter atl pur ritaits will ndjjiit rf
The Sandvvicls Observer—-President
Page.
Isnssdasn Shots.
The Register makes a wretched apology for its
scandal about "ihe manufacturers on the line of the
Kail Road !
'' It says :
" Our paragrap h was a mere squib ,(.7?o?at random ,
without any knowle dge of ihe parlies alluded lo ,save
that they were ' manu facturers alon» ihe line of the
road * * ? * * If we had known
the fact that a part of the shares alluded to were
sold by Dcming J.irves , Ksq., we certa inl y should
have known better than to li.izard Such a nuess as
we did :'
Iteall y, nei ghbor !—You mend the matter , mighti-
ly. You wou ldn 't , cert ainl y, have shot your squib
"at random " if you "had known'' that Mr. Jarves
was in the crowd ! Perhaps Mr. J. could afford to
have you publicl y guess that he was "short o
f money
and icanted to raise the wind ," better th an some of
the oilier "manufacturers along the line of the road''
could !
You "should have known better than to. hazard
suc h a guess" about any ol those gentlemen . There
was no call , no occasion for it ; the "queries " we
put to you were put in a •'courteous ," not captious or
improper manner. If you could not answer' them ,
ther e was , at least no invitation to you to attem pt so
low a descent after something witty !
Now , a word about our "torture of the meaning'" of
your "paragrap h.''
" 'Information !' exclaims the Registe r, 'Who has
given an y information ? Who has 'pi onnib>ated'
'op inions!' —Surel y not we, and no one with a par-
ticle of candor can say,after readin g our paragrap hs ,
that we have done so."
Well , let 's see.
" The stock recently advertised and sold in Bos-
Ion , at unusuall y low prices , we arc• informed , be-
longed to some manufacturers on the line of the
road."—[Reg ister of March , 7l h. -
This wasn 't giving information , was il ? How do
you "give information " tin oug h your paper V Is not
publi shing lo the world , w hat you "are informed "
one way V But we will leave that with the man
"wilh a particle of candor. " And , next , for the
opinion.
"We will haz ard the guess that Ihe aforesaid man-
ufactuicrs AVKIt K SHOUT OF MONEY , and wanted to
raise the wind '?' "—[Register of March 14th.
Now , we would thank you to find (he man , with
or without, a "particle of candor ,'' who can say, after
reading the above extracts , that you did not attempt
to "g ive information. " t hat "some manufacturers on
tho line of (he road ," were selling off their stock in
the road , "at unusuall y low prices ''—and that you
did not. also publish your "opinion ," t hat "ihe afore-
said manufacturers wkke short of monky and
wanted to 'raise the. wind.1'" If you find such a
man , he must , indeed , be a rara avis ! do show him
to us.
Finall y, nei ghbor , a word of advice lo you . Tak e
it kindl y ; don 't lose your temper. Be a little more
chary of your "mere squibs"—and especially , whe n
you do let them off , don 't "shoot at random.'' You
have no riuht to , and particularl y if yon have "no
knowled ge of the parties alluded to.'
1
We can , we
do appreciat e your desire to be thought smaH l—
Your attempts to perpetrate a joke, now and then
(at the expense even of ourself , sometimes) we can
t olerate—awkward as yon are al it ,for your facelious -
ness is not unbounded , nei ghbor. But when you
speak of a class of persons like the manufacturer s of
Sandwich and Ware.ham—of their business affairs ;
of their pecuniary necessities —lhcn ,spare your "mere
squibs ;" then be sure of your aim ; and don 't gather
up, a nd let fly, at "ra ndom shot ," into so respectable
and responsible ;, a company as those "manufacturers "
are (even Wavin g Mr. Jarves out , whom you are
now so anxious to exempt) the miserable scandal
which h;is been hatched and for months insinuated
about , by certain back-bitin g financiering geniuses
in your nei ghborhood.
And , again ; be'ore you undertake to road us a
lecture on "editorial courtesy," step down from your
hi gh editorial stilts , and talk less about, your "self re-
spect ," and exhibi t a little more of that civility due to
others , in your editorial life.
The WuATiiKrt. —During the last week the weath-
er in this vicinity has been most decidedl y winter-like
in aspect and feeling. Last Monday week we had a
sprinkling of snow , sleet , rain and wind , which continu-
ed for about twenty-four hours. On Tuesday follow :
in g, the storm had den red away, and was succeeded by
a boisterous cold wind , which raged for three days , the
temperature each day increasing in coldness ; indeed ,
there have been but few days through the entire winter
when the air was more intensel y cold and hleak than
on Wednesday and Thursday of last week. Friday
was a fine, cal m, winter day, althoug h it was th e twe nty
second of March—a sort of preparation day for the se-
vere storm of snow which followed on Saturday, thro '-
out the day to a late hour , leaving on the ground more
than a foot of snow on the level , a much larger quanti-
ty than has fallen in all the storms of snow for the win-
ter We are now [Monday P. M.] in the enjoyment of
fine winter weather, with a brisk northwester , and nu-
merous slcigh-W/i in full motion.
DS^'Our Provincetown correspondent , under date of
21st inst., writes as follows :
Melancholy Accident.—Mr. Joshua Smal l , Jr.,
of Provincetown , a passenger on botu d of schr Moun-
tain King, ac cidental ly fell overboard and was drown-
ed, while the vessel was on her passage from Boston to
Provincetown. on Tuesday last. Every exertion was
made to save him, it being very rough at the time, hut
his bod y was not recovered until life was extinct. His
remains were taken to Provincetown and plac ed in
charge of the Odd Fellows of Marine Lodge , ( of 'which
institution the deceased was a worth y member) who ,
after making every necessary preparation , convey ed
them to the residence of his father , in Truro , on Thurs-
day. Mr. Small left Provinc etown for Barnstahle , a
few days since , for the purpose of purchasing lumber—
on M onday he left. Barnstablc for Hoston , and was on
his return home when the accident happened. lie was
30 years of age. and has left an orp han child four weeks
old , having buried his wife about the 1st of the present
month.
CtyThc Britiih steamer Ningnr.i, Capt. Ryrie , at
Boston, brings two weeks later intelli gence from Eu-
rope. The Europa arrived at Liverpool on the 3d inst.
The news by this arrival is of no particular interest.
tX?*The following persons have been drawn as Ju-
rors at the Court of Common Pleas, to be holden in
A pril in this town , via :
Grand Jury—John 15. Bnxter, Albert Chase, Chas-
L. Basset.
Petit Jury—S. B. Phinney, Edwin Baxter, Joseph
Itobbins , Chnncey Conant.
CtyA meeting of citizens dissatisfied with Mr. Web-
ster's late speech, was to he hclden at Fnncuil Hall ,
Boston ,last evening.
K?~ rho letter from our Washington letter writer,
du e here last Monday, reached us on Thursday, having
be en sent to Dartmouth, Mass ,by some of "Old Zack's"
bung ling Postmasters . It will be found on our first
page , together with the usual variety of interestin g
matter.
The Tremont House , in Boston took fire on Thurs-
day hist , and sustained damages to the amount of'$6 ,-
000 before it was extinguished. The greatest injury
sustained was that of the furniture of the house by wa-
tei.
OyA Court of Comity Commissioners will be hold-
en at the Court House, in this place, on Thursda y u«xt.
The New Hampshire election has resulted in a
choic*of thcD»J mocratie candidate for Governor ,by
a mnjoiity of over 5000. The Senate will stand 11
Democrats lo one whi g, and in the. House, the Dem-
ocratic majority will bo about 80. New Hampshire
is true to the Union.
The following district officers were chosen in
Marsh pce at ihe annual meeting on the 4th instant :
Clerk—Ebeu 'r Atlaquin , Jr.
Select men.&c.—Solomon Attaquin ,Willia m Jones,
and Nathan S. Pocknet.
Meeting adjourned to March 18lh , for letting out
meadow , and other unfinished business.—[Sa ndwich
Observer.
Juitons DliAWN .—Messrs. Elijah Perry, Ebene-
zer Wing and Azariah Wing, have been drawn to
serve as Grand Jurors , and Messrs. Nathan Smith ,
Charles Swift and Thomas Holmes ,(all of this town .)
as Petit Jurors , at t he A pril term of the Court lo be
held at Barnstable. —Th.
Fire in Brkwstkis.—The sheet iron and tin-
ware establishment of Mr. Isaac Dillin g hain ,in Brew-
ster , took fi re on Tuesday ni ght last , and sustained
considerable injury before t.he flames were extin-
guished . Amount of damage not known. The
building was insured at the office of the Barnstable
Co. Mutual Fire Insurance Company. —[Register.
BOSTON Merchants are opening the Spring
Trade wilh unu sual sp irit;—amon g others .lhe wide-
ly known Shawl and Silk Dealers , Jlfe.s-
.o-5. Jewett §•
Prescptl , No. 2 Milk Street , whose claims on the
purch'.ising community are of ihe strongest kind , —
Thei r new Shawls , Silks , Visiles , BDmbazines , &c,
are now in store , and a knowled ge, of this fact will
doubtless suffice to crowd their extensive sale-rooms
wilh purchasers.
Shipwreck.—The shi p Talisman .Capt. Bursley,
fr om New York , for Calcutta , at Isle Sal , (Ca pe c'le
Verds) January 6th , wall lost durin g a heavy gale.
A bo,i t, in allem ptiii n t 0 reach tln> shore , was stove ,
by which four men were drowned. S2,000 in silver ,
belong ing tu the captain , lost. The captain and the
remainder of the crew succeeded in reaching the
shore by means of a rope. Two of the crew ,Geoi ge.
Bacon , of B,.rnstable , and Albert Jones , of Belfast ,
got on board shi p Talma , of Boston , bound to Bue-
nos Ayres. The nativ es treated the survivors with
cruelty, beating the cook , and giealing clothin g and
eve ry article which floated ashore. Mr. Martin , the
U. S. Vice Consul , refused to loan the launch to
Capt. Levin , of the Talma , lo carry ihe anchor oui
from the Talisman before she w«nt"ashore, and neg-
lected to prolect the wreck fioin being plunder ed
by th« natives. The wreck was sold at auction for
a very small sum , which Capt. Levin says was worth
S2.000 or 83,000.
Branding of Forkign M ackkiiki..—A bill in-
troduced into ihe Stale Senate yesterday, by the
Committee on Fisheries , provides that all pirklud
•fish of foreign catch subject to duty, and inspected
or reinspi'cted in this state , shall In; branded with
the word "forei gn ,
1
' in addition to the brand now re-
quired by law ,—also subjecting the inspector ton
penally of fifteen dollars for each barrel which he
shall neglect so to brand. —[Boston Courier , 21st.
Fike and Loss of Lij- E—Joseph Barnes' house
in Plymouth , on the Aroostook river , was burnt on the
ni ght of the 9t h , with his daug hter, njjed 6 vears- four
other children escaped. The mother was absent minis-
teri ng to a sick person , and the father in a lumber
cuinp.
Mr. Webster , it is said , will shortly make a visit tc
Boston and will embrace the occasion to defend ir
1-nneuil Hall the positions assumed by him iii his re-
ccut S^m-ti m the Senate of the U.~" S.
Supreme Judicial Court, Boston.
Before Chief Justice Shaw , anil Associate. Justices
Wii.di :, Dkwky , a n d Mktcai.v.
,, C"}"'xd for Government— Attorney General John
. Udlonl , of New Bedlord , a nd George Beinis ,
hsq., of Boston.
Counsel for Defenda nt— Hon. Pliny Menick , of
W orcester , and E.Kvii. D. Solder. Esq., of Boston.
I he. boston papers contain lull reports of I he- com-
mencement ol this important trial , portions of which ,
we subj oin.
At an ea rl y hour in the morning the Square
around ihe Court House u as thron ged wilh people,
only n small portion of whom could of course , obtain
mhnitancc to the hall.
Professor Webster was escorted by officer Jones
to his seat ,his appearance heing easy and unaffected ,
betokening the scholar raiher than the criminal.
The Court came in al 9 o'clock , and on a motion
of the Attorney General , the Clerk , Geo. C. Wilde ,
E>q., .proceeded to call (lie list of jurors , GO in num-
ber.
The following gentlemen havin g severall y answer-
ed ihe interrogat ories presci ibeel by law lo be put
to j urors , were em pannellcd as—
The Jury :—Robeit J. Bvrsim , foreman ; Thomas
Barrc it , Jo hn Borrowscale ,'James Crosk y, John E.
Daven poit , Alb ert Day, JoM'p h Rustic ," Da niel T.
Ful ler , Benjamin A. Greene ,Arnold ,I lay w aid , Fre-
derick A. Henderson , Step hen A. Stack'pole.
Mr. B. II. Greene , w ho u as sworn on the Jury ,
stated that , he had such op inions on the subj ect that
if he was a leg islator he would endeavor lo ge.t the
death penalty abolished , jet believed he could act
impartiall y in the present case. Hts, would prefer
lo be excused from serving on ihe Jury, as it mi ght
expose him to the charge of inconsistenc y.
r
l he Court, refused lo grant his request as his pe-
culiar op inions would not prevent him from acting
wilh impartiality.
The Indictment against the prisoner was then read
by the Clerk—ihe prisoner standin g with 'his riiilit
hand upraised ; and maintaining throu g hout a per-
fectl y calm demeanor—his nerves were firm , and
not a trace of agitation was visible.
At a quarter to 11 o'clock , Mr. Attorne y Gener-
al Cliffor d rose and unfolded the case of the Gov-
ernment.
He proceeded to address ihe jury upon the nature
of their duties and his own difficult ,disagreeable du-
tios ,but duties nevertheless , He should place before
Ihcm ihe charges against Ihe prisoner ,he repudiated
t he idea that as a prosecutin g officer it was his duly
to press the accusations beyond Ihe limits of fairness
and truth , his duty was to give an outline of the ev-
idence as plainl y and simp ly as po>sible. The ac-
cusations has two divi sions First we say that Dr.
Dr. Parkman is dead ; Second , that he was murder-
ed by Ihe prisoner at tin ; bar. The Attorney Gen-
eral then proceeded to narrate Ihe circumstances of
the disappearance of Dr. Paikman ; search , alarm ,
and my stery—the discover y of the remains of a hu-
man bod y in the vault connected with Ihe prisoner 's
laboratory, and the subsequent examination and
facts elicited thereb y which warranted the arrest
and led to the indictment of Professor Webster for
tin ; murder of Dr. Parkman.
The learned Counsel detailed the circumstances
connected wilh Dr. Webster 's arrest and his exami-
nation at the Police Court. After his commitment
lo his cell , he wrote a note , which , upon examina-
tion was found to be directed lo a member of his
famil y with an injunction not to open certain papers.
These papers were found to refer lo the tr ansaction
which had tak en place, between Dr. Webster and Dr.
Parkman , showing the indebtedness of the fonnci lo
tlie latter. The Jury, he submitted , should require
some exp lanation from the piisoner us !o these pa-
pers.
The learned Counsel trusted that Ihe prisonrr
would be able to give an exp lanation of these and
other circumstances to which he had adverted ; but
the Jury must have a clear and satisfactory exp ia-
tion of all the circumstances connected with ibis sad
catastrop he. On the evidence lo which he had ad-
verted , t he Grand Jury had found an indictment of
four counts, charg ing ihe prisoner with connection
with this clime, lie here stated the vaiious counts
of llu; indictment and commented upon each , ex-
plainin g the law ol Massachusetts wilh regard lo
them.
The Witnesses for Ihe prosecution were then call-
ed. On motion of Mr. Sohier for the defence , all
witnesses on both sides, mil professional , were w ith-
drawn from ihe Court until especial l y called upon
to testif y.
M r. Charles M. Kinncloy, was the first witness
called. He was Dr. Parkman 's business agent and
had charge of his estate , he testified tp the circum-
stances of Dr. Parkman 's disappearance and the
search and discoveries al tho Medical College. The
other witnesses examined on Tuesday were Patrick
M'Gowen , servant of Dr. P., and Robert G. Shaw ,
brother-in-law of the deceased.
WEDNESDAY.
Marshal Tukey was called and examined. Also,
George F. Moore , Elias Fuller and Albert Fuller ,
and Leonard Fuller , brothers , who carry on a foun-
dry near the Medical College ; also , Coroner Pratt ,
and Dr. Winslow Lewis who read the report of the
Post Mortem Examination. Other medical wit-
nesses were also examined.
THURSDAY.
Dr. Oliver W. Holmes , sworn. I saw the remains
found at the College , I think on the Tuesday follow-
ing ; they evidentl y shew that the person who ope-
rated on them had some anatomical knowled ge. 1
can confirm the general statements which have been
made , that there was no botching about ihe business.
I observed a discoloration of Ihe flesh which I was
told and believe was the effect of a caustic sub-
stance. I noticed much hair about the shoulders. 1
saw nothin g in the remains dissimilar to Dr. Park-
man 's form. My lecture was on the day of Dr. P's
disappearance. My room is over Dr. Webster 's;
have never heard chemical exp losions in my loom.
William D. Eaton , sworn. Am a police officer;
was present when the remains were found ; when
the lea chest was ovei turned , the trunk of Ihe bod y
lay back up; i n scra ping off the tan from it I notic-
ed a stab or cut; I remarked to officer Fuller that it
was about the size, of the knife which was also found
in the tea chest.
Cross Ex. Tim knife was shut at the time ; the
wound was on the left side of .the bod\; measured il
with my finger and compared il wilh the knilc. —
About half a dozen officeis were present—Fuller ,
Hea th , Rice , But mini and some others. Think no
one had brushed ta n from the bod y before I did. —
Did not know there was anything but minerals in
the.chest till it. was turned over. The minerals
were in papers on top, in laye rs. Alter taking off
some, I went "to search on another shelf un til the
disco very of the body was made .whe n I was attract-
ed lo it. I rem ained
' at the College much of the
time ni ght and day duri ng the searches , &c. Cannot
say who overturned the. tea chest.
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Up to the close, of thi s , the thir d day of the trial ,
25 wi tnesses have been exnmined for the prosecu-
tio n , and some 30 others on the same side are in at-
tend ance. The evidence taken today is very stron g
—that the remains have been identified as Dr. Park-
man's, at least so far as the teeth found in the fur-
nace may prove it. Tim audien ce , includi ng the
prisoner himself , were evidentl y greatl y surprised
at Ih.! revelations of the medical"
testimony, an d the
mass of scientific knowle d ge which it developed.
FRIDAY.
Ephntim Littlefie ld, sworm . Am janitor and
general sup erint enden t of the Medical College
buildin g ; have been so emp loyed 7 years last Oclo-
ber ; was at the old College i.i Mason street 3 years .
Have known Dr. Web.lcr all this time ; became ac-
quainlfd with him in my business. Was acquainted
with Dr. Gsorge Parkman ; have known him over
20 years by sight.
On Monday before his disappearance , I was in
Dr. Webster 's back private room , assisting him ,t ow-
ards dark ; then! were throe candles li ghted ; Dr. W.
had a chemical book in his hand , and appeared to
be reading; I slood by the stove .on which was some,
water which I stirred ; I observed Dr. Pa i k man
came into the l oom , by the door from the lecture
room ; Dr. Weluler ' appeared surprised that he
.should gel in wilhou t being beard. Dr. Parkman
spoke quick and said— "Dr. Webster , a re yon rea-
d y for me toni ght V" Dr. Webster , rep lied— "No , I
am not ready to ni ght . Docto r." Dr. Pa rkman said
somethin g I did not exactl y unde rstand ; but pulled
out some papers ,say ing something about a mor tgage,
and Dr. Webster said "he vvas not aware of it if it was
so." Dr. W. then told him he would se-ts him next
TRIAL OP PISOFJESSOSt WEBSTER. day. Dr. P. was standing near the door , an d
ting up his h and , said-"Dr. Wcbsier , Or
I got a
"boy named John Maxwell l0 t
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delivered il lo Dr. P n r k m a n a t his house. 1 |," \
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interview wilh Dr. Webster about noon o nt h
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Monday mentione d , i n his pri vate room ; he
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me if the vault where we usuall y put. tht- offal "i- '
Demonstrator 's and dissecting looms ,bad bec
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said something had been s.iid to the Faculty '?flh
having it repaired or else a new one ; asked *
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i t was buil t ri gh t under his coal bin , bc t«.. .
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labo ratory and the disccting room. The localY
here pointed out to the Court and Jury by .^ ,
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I told him the v.eig ht of coal sp iunj j i|,'
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v ault so that it leaked , and let Ihe «i nt cut ' ''1<:
buildi ng. He asked me how they got uinlj.""!''*
buildi ng to do the woik ; told him they took '
brick floor in the dissection room m i ry , i,iul "''i"'?
cut a hole in the wooden floor ; went down |
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He ask ed me if that was the oulv i\«iy ( - * ¦
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do w n ; told him it was the onl y way to m.t ', ?
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his labor atory ; then told him which way il u. '. I r
run ; a.-kod if could L'f.t a li g ht i nto that vault- t li
him could not ; asked me i l l was sine; tiih l '
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«as,as I had tried lo do so two d.iys before, j '
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that the foul air would put out the lamp. j .•"'!
al the request of Dr. Ainsworlli , who had iv j t i
rope low eied an Al'ii can skull into ihe vault , but u "
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rope had rolted off and left the. skull in the vau lt -!
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Dr. W ebster told me he wa ted some gas from i|. .
vault ,to try an experiment; i t being hi gh w ater told
him now was a good time , us the tide pressed t)
gas up . I a>ked him how he could secure. il 1(. „
in a vessel ; said he had app aratus by which lit'coTi -
do that , and told me when he wanted to do if l ^^"
would let me know. This was the last coiiverpafj
on the subject. I went ar, errand lo ihe IIos|iii
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on Thursday, day before Dr. P.'s disappearance f(
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Dr. Webster. lie. sent me for some blood for ' ]•
next day 's lecture ; wanted as mud; as a pint , j
look a gl ass ja r from a shelf ; il h eld about a qii,,r|.
he said that would do, and Wanted me to gel it full if
I could at ihe Hospital.
Just before 2 o'cl ock I put Ihe jar in the , tny\t
en try al the Hosp ital ; saw the clin k of ihe npotl le.
eary shop at, ihe Hosp ital ,who at tended Dr. Holmes'
lectures ; hi s name is, II a t h c r w a \ ; told him Dr. M'tli -
ster wanted it filled wilh blood. Friday morning
when I called , he said he couldn 't fu rnish it ; 1ret
port ed this to Dr. Webster about half pa st 11 t|lat
fornoon ; said he was sorry, as he wa nted tci use it
in hi s lecture. When I made Dr. Webster's fi ta in
his back loom that morning, I swept the brick floor
witli a brush broom , and put the broom behind lii e
door leading into the entry to the lower laboratory
a nd saw theie a sled ge h animei ; il was lefl nt t|lt.
buildi ng a year ago last summer by masons who did
some work ; wei g hin * 6 or 7 pounds ,and had a Iuim -
die 2 feet long ; it had al ways been kept in llio
lo wer laboratory till I saw il behind the door; both "
laces of the sled ge were round , bill had some brui ses
on them. I carried it clo wn to the laboratory below ,
and set it, up ag ainst a box in which gases w^ro '
m ade. Have never sect* it since, althoug h made *
mu ch search for it.
About ii quarter before 2, same day, I was stand-
ing in the iicut entry, looking out of the fron t docir;
in testif y ing to befo re ihe (,'oron ci 's inqu est , !tliiicii
I his time to be half past 1, but on reflection am sat-
isfied that the time 1 now state is the nearest. At *
thi s lime. I saw Dr Parkman coming Cowards the
Coll ege ; ho was in North Grove street , about opj-o-
site Fruit , and walked wry fast. I wont i nlo Dr
Ware's lecture room , and laid down op a isettee iicjsr
the reg ister , near the door to wait till Dr Holmes's.
lectur e was over.
The door closes i tself I did not hear any fine pa
in or out of the front door. About 2 I went up to
Dr Holmes's room , to hel p put away things. 1 then ,
came down stairs , after abo ut 15 minutes , and slmt
the front door and locked it ; it had been unlocked
before. I went below to clear out the furnaces , to ,
prepa re for the fires next morning. Returned up
stairs and cleaned out the stoves which vanned Di»
Waie and Channiii g 's lecture room , opposi te Dr
Webster's and on the same* floor. Th en ¦went 'down
lo Dr W ebster 's lo wer laboratory , and tried \h«
door under ihe slaiis ; i t w«s bolted on the in.-ide ;
then went round lo I he l aboratory door , whic h was
al.-o fastened ; then tried the stole room door villi «
key, but it was bolted .
I thoug h t 1 heard Dr W. in there , and the. Co-
chilua'e water r u n n i n g ; I ihen went up stairs lo the
f ront entry and tried the door of his lecluie locm (
[iut the key i n to unlock it , and found it unlocked ,,
but bolted on the insid e ; returned down st.iirs lo
my kitchen ami laid down. About 4 o'clock ,a j otwj!
l.id y woke me. up and said a genllcman was at the
door and wanted to see rue. 1 found jhere Mr
Pettee ,messenger of the New England Bank , who
furni shes the lickcls to the lectures, lie wanted to
fill out some ticke ts to a student named Kid gwny,
who wanted to go away next morning ; he filled out
>ill the ti ckets necessary except lo Prof W.'bstcrs
course. 1 had that previousl y. I was to lake ]'»}'
for the whole.
Shortl y after Mr Petteoleft , I again went to Prof .
W's laboratoiy stairs door; I found I lie doors nil ,
fastened a3 before ; don 't think I tried the doors
again that aft ernoon , till in th e evening ; endeavor-
i ng to get in the rooms for the purpose of cleanup!
iij ) thin gs and fixi ng Ihe fires. Earl y in 1 lie eveiiin(;>
prob abl y about half past 5,as I came out of my kil cli-
en , I h eard some one coming do wn the back frtmrn
thai led from the front entry i nto mine ; it wns Br
Webster. He had a li g hted 'candle in a candlesli^'
in his ha nd ; he always used ca ndles; he went ou t uf
the buildin g at Ihe cast passage way of my apart- ,
ment , leaving his li ght on a settee. Saw him no
more (bat ni-ht. 1 afterwards went to » p arly, and
returned about 10 o'clock; we nt to Mr Giants. On
»et lin .> home , went to my kitch en and proceeded to
fasten up the doois. Th e first one I went lo was the
laboratory stairs door ; it was fast. W ent next to
the store 'room and the dis serting ior-ni m the K.ulli
win ", and th e li gh ts wereall out ; students frequent-
ly are engaged there lill between 10 and 11. Then ,
bolt ed the western outside door , and went to bed.—
Never before kne w Dr Webster 's rooms fastened up
hy him at ni ght. The n ext morning 1 made fil es in
t he furnaces below , and in t he stove in Dr WnrrV
lec ture room ; then went to Ihe dissecting loom, !
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found the outside door unboiled and standing i'j i|r i
think il was about 7 o'clock ; supposed at ihe li"1*
ih at I must have fastened some student inside ll' e
ni »ht before , and that he had opened it.
Nobod y had key to that door except myself «.
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Mr. Lei gh , the librari an ; know of no one
'but him
who could get access to the. building after it W1I S
locked up for the ni g ht . I could not get into Dr-
\\ ebs ler 's room s. Saturday morning ] wns able
to get into Dr. Webster 's lecture room; tliis wnfc ' "
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room he left when he came down the stairs ll |C
e vening referred to. When Dr. Webster C;
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that morning, he passed throu g h iny en try will' •
small bundl e under his nrm ; I followed him up. "
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back stairs ; ho took his keys from his pocket »'"'
unlocked hi s lecture room and we passed in ! ''e
then u nlocked the door opening to his bac k rooii'i
and said , "M r. Litllefied , m ake me up a fire. " *
m ade one in the stove in the back room ; he said **
w auled nothing more of inc. I th en started to P"
down the stairs leading to the laboratory, but 'l0
stopped me and told me lo go clown the other wa,
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I t urned back and ,iid so. Think I was not in ll' e
labo ratory or back room again th at cluy, but 1 *".*
Dr. Webster ,i lillle before 11 o'clock ; m et him 'n
the lower entry, coming into the Collciu; with a bu'1*
die done up i n a newspaper. I ga ve him $\0 for M"j
Rid gway 's ticket to his course , Mr. R. having P*
m e the niahl before $83 in gold for the whole "'V^ -4
Same day I paid the l'mlance 'over to Mr. Pctti'f•-***'
Sat urday was the day I usuall y swept out the room*
I could not ge t into Professor Webster's roon" !
he ard him in the lower laboratory, but cannot *«)'
I saw him again du ring the day. Heard sounds «>
walkin g and moving something in his labora tory i
also heard Ihe wali- r running, which whs not "? u!ll<
Late on Sund ay aflprnoon 1 was standing in ''''!
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of Fuller 's Iro n Foundry , near the College , tii lki "S
wil h Mr. Calhoun , one of Ihe foundiy worki"1'"
"bout Dr. Parkman 's disappearance ; looking. "P
Fr ont street , I saw Dr. Webster corning, and fiJ '"Ly
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Calhou n , "There's one of our Professors." Dr.
camp up to me and said , "Mr. Lilt l cfield , dicl
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see. Dr. Parkman the latter part of last week."
said I did—o n Friday, about h«lf past 1 oclock- "
A voyager to San Francisco states ,ih nt, whilst, at sea ,
the drunken commander of his shi p "for twelve hours
iwxed tho compass round a speck of dirt on lis chart ,
(BifijKHaujj i« to be an i«1»ikI."
[Correspondence of the Barnstable Patriot ]
Washing ton, Ma n h 22 , I860.
. Wo ha ve had rather a quiet month here. Mem-
ber s hnve ;jot so used to the "Ki giier queslion ,
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is calle d lift f , as lo lis ten to the outpouring s on each
side , with more calm minds th an ,it ihe outset. In-
deed , ev ery body is tire d of th e prolrae led talki ng,
and wan I aclion. Il is hi gh li u.e I hat Mr. Foote 's
Committees w eie c onsli iutcci. There appears to be
not much difference between the views of Caas,
Webste r, Foote. Clay , Hell , Bcnton. Badger , Wall-
gum and I lamlin. W ilh such a ph alanx iifthe Sen-
ate , from the diffei eiit sections of the country, i n fa-
vor of moderation and conciliation , the best
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results
may be antici pated. Composed of such materials ,
Mr. Footc 's Committee will doubtless produce, a re-
port which will command the respect cf the great
bod y of the people throug hout the country.
Mr. Calhoun is again confined to his room, and in
a very precarious condition. He is now anxious to
return to Caiolina , but is loo ill to travel. Ilia only
safety is lo wi ;hdi aw entirely from the exciiements
of his position in 'the Senate. II he continues here
much longer he will not be likel y lo recover , if in-
deed hc (*n n under anv circumstances.
The diffi culty between Messrs. Foote and Borland
has been a micabl y scuilcd. Il was an accidental
meeting in the street , and a sudden collision occur-
red , rein-cited not more, by any body lhan the gen-
tlemen thems elves , and I rej oice thai it has been sat-
isfactoril y ar rajiiicd. Nothing imp ortant has occur-
red today in eiih er house. Amos.
W a s h i ngt o n , M.ireh 23.—-Truman Smiih' s
speech in the Senate today occup ied fi ve hours. He
will wriu; the balance of his remaiks. Mr Calhoun
is sinki ng fast. His physicians entertain doubts of
his living throug h the ni glii.
iJ^The Register has not yet found time to ex-
plain its confused j umble of figu res, put for th two or
three weeks sin ce, respecting the financial affairs of
the C. C. B. Rail Road !—and for the very good
reason , we suppose, that it cannot. Those figures ,
as they stood , w it hout exp lana tion , probabl y best
served the pu rpose intended—which seemed to be ,
to streng then the impression , before soug ht to be
made , that Ihe "net earnings of the road" for 1849
were reall y over $20 ,000 ! When , in truth , t hey
were not $4,000—and ,allowin g the smallest possible
allowance for depr eciation , not a sing le .dol lar 1
ISirWe would call the attention of Traders who
j are about visitin g Boston for a supp ly of spring
j goods, to the advertisement of Messrs. Whitin
g §•
\ Kehoe, in another column , as being one of the oldest
established clothin g houses in the city, and Ihe onl y
one.doing an exclusively wholesale business, it being
I second to none in the United States , havin g, for
j many years contracted wilh Ihe Government for
supp ly ing the entire navy wilh clothing. "The lar-
j ger the business ,the cheaper it can be done." This
is a fixed fact , of which no better illustration can be
found than in the liberal patronage which they are
constantly receiving from all parts of' the New Eng-
land States. Solid to them for a catalogue.
©"We cli p the followin g from the New Bedford
Dail y Evening Standard , of Saturday last , and have
onl y time to thank cur nei ghbor for his timel j' and
kind advice. The conditions however , upon which
he; intimates that we may be eli gible to the reception
of public documents partake too much of' the nature
I of ipecacuanna .'
The edit ,ir of the Barnslnble Patriot comp lains
that he is not as I erelofore in recei pt of Washin gton
cloeuments. Now this is too bad. The Major is
not onl y cut oil' from Ihe public; crib but also from
public documents. You can 't nei ghbor Phinney,
charge our M. C. with "black mail ," for the mason
there is nothin g mailable about it. Hadn 't yon bet-
ter turn over a new Pa ge ? What 's the price of
rail road slock in your "di ggings ?" Isn 't there an
understanding between "Ainos" and the powers that
I be.? Wh y, Amos told you long ago that he would
write you down at any rate. If you are grieved at
the nonrccei pl of public doc uments and are anxious
for a renewal of favors , you will plea se not back up
all your siatcnients against Amos, the Yarmouth
Reg ister , and the Sandwich Observer. But seri-
ousl y, "st rike off" an extra edition of the poetical
effusion of Mr. Willis.
THE PATRIOT ,
•• .SARNSTAELm:
Tuesday, March 26, 18-50.