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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
StJIfBtTRY, PA.
Bualnwi attended to in the Counties of No.
Wberland, Union. Lycoming and Columbia.
' liefer toi
P. ft. A. FovoonT,
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1 Soshchb 4. fnuiioRA,
RglHOLlis, McKabi.ii : t.
' 8ptttn,ooi- & Co.,
THE ASSAB1
T E A CO M r A N A' ,
No. 136 Grcenwuh Street,' New 1 or-.
THE proprietors beg to call lhe iitlcntion of
connoisseurs in Ton, nnil the l'iut ot'1anulit
to the choice lind rare selection of Tens! imported
by llirm, and liillirrto iiuknotvii in tliia country,
which, by thvir Iriiuraiiro mid ilclinivy, foinlnnrd
with virgin purity nml stn-natli, proiluco an inlu
. nioii ol'auvpansiii!; rirlmcsa and llnvor.
.THE TEAS OKKKKEH AUK THE KOI.-
' I.MWINC:
The .leddo nio.nn.
n Ulii. k'iVa, nl l lr ll.
" " JNiplion,
" Dinri,
1 " Osiirca,
" Too-lsiitn.
do " "
do S " "
a Green Trn, 1 " "
do 7-r" "
do 0 50" "
; .1 Ticki-tsinii.
l'd-fi Mixturr, n coiiiHund of llio
most rarr and choice I ranprown
on the fertile and genial wil l
Aa..., . I ,'" " "
Wtt1 view to encourage the introdmilioii ol
theae matclileaa Teas, it ia the intention of the pro-
rprietora to distribute hy lot, among the purchasers,
quantity of Teas equal to
, , The first years' profiU on the sales eflected.
JJach purchaser will receive enclosed in the puek
j age, a numbered certificate, entitling him to
One Chance in the Distribution!!!
ty"-OR VKHT FITTT CKTCn
. laid out. V on the receipts amoiiiiliiiR to $30,000.
the undermentioned parcels of Tea, to the value
often per cent., or Two Thousand Dollars, will lie
,ien aivay as bonuses, according to the follow-
,n SCALE:
S Prizes of .VI lbs .rfTea earh at l l per lb Wlb or 94.10
0
90
100
450
,.. 11 11 'i " .VI0 " " 500
s 11 ii 11 rm " " son
1 .1 11 .i 11 " !o " " aso
-WPriaeainall. S.KHMh. fr.VKW
' Those persons who prefrr lower priced Teas,
. ran receive their prir.es in proportion, or they will
-1 re-purchased for cash, at a reduction of 10 per
cent. '
XV Country Afrents required. Applications
to be addressed (po.it paid,) to the Company's He
lHit. as alwve.
June 8, 1800 .
NFAVfoiVK!
A sfw rot K or ;!..
At the Store formerly occupied I14 J-ilai Id'iar.
In Market Street. Sunbury.
riHE suWrilirrs respectltill. inform Hip puli
' J. lie that they ha-e just received, and are now
opening
A HANDSOME ABUTMENT OF WRY GOOWS
Consisting in prt of
Cloth, Cassimrrcs, Salltnrtls, Vvstiirs, Vanta-
loon Stuff, Calicoes, Uinnliums, Liwms,
Vesting, Flannel, Cambrics, Linens,
; Fine Muslins, Ihtmlkcrchiefs,
Hariiwarc, Hie,nwarc,
Davr.a sii Mmncixr.v
ALSO :
A large assortment of
Groceries, Fish, Salt and Plaster.
Ladies Slioea ndGaiteta, Fluid and Fluid Lamps
Alt of which will be sold on the most reasona-
bl terms. ,
(y Country produce ef all kinds taken In zx-
change at the best prices.
.'.-! JOHN BUYERS & CO.
Sunbur-, April 13. I860 ly
TioREAT : ATTEACTION ! t
XEW ANO CHEAP GOODS,
JOHN W. rRILING,
Market Street, Sunbury, Pa., .
HAS just reieived and oiened a large assort
ment of sUierior and choice Fancy and
Staple Dry Goods, well adapted to the coming sea
son, which lie will sell at the lowest prices. His
stock consists of general assortment of almost all
articles of uso in the Dry Goods line, consisting
in partof. ' 1 ' 1 '
Cloth. Cammeres, Sumimr.Sltff for
Clothing and Vesting,
ladies DrcMM UooiIn.
Gloves, Hosiery, Laces, Hhnwls, MusI'iiih, Sheet.
iugs, Tickings, Fine Miislins.GiiighamH,
liinens, &c. , ., ,
' .1'' x ,
AtSfJi A general assortment of . j,
6'HOCERIES, UiUDWAllF., QUEENS,
f ' WARE, LIQUORS, DRUGS, AND
MEDICINES, PAINTS J
AND DYESTUFF, ,j
1 and every variety of articles.
XW Country produce of all kinds taken ill
change at the highest market price. 1
Bunbury, April 87, 1850. . ,
BOARDING.
THE subscriber will continue to receive and
aceommodaU few transient or ' permanent
BoARasae, a har residence in Banbury. The
location it In Maikct Bqnara, one door west of the
Mftunhnrv American" offica. a handsome and
pleasant part of lh town. To 'persona from the
citv. who wish to spend a few months in the
country during tha summer season, Sunbury af
ford a denguUul retreat.
I ; ANN C. MnHHlS.1
Juno 89, I860.
fi TtMF.R A 1. WATER, from the Oak Orchard
l'i Acd Springs, highly valuable in ehiuiuccS-
scaats. and tome lemeoiea, innate '.v
T 1 , , ( . HENRY M Arte Elf.
'Sunbury, JunaW, 1850 U
"gl jramflff ilftospnpcr-Drtotrt
SELECT POETRY.
W O K K ,
BY rllARLf-.S SWAIN.
AttiMid, oh Man,
LTplift the biiiini'r of thy khul,
Advance llio ministry of iniml,
The mminiiiin height is frof to climb,
Toil on Man's heiiinire is Time!
Tuil cm !
Work on and win :
Life; without work is imfiijoyod ;
The hnppiost are the bi-st employed !
Work moves and moulds the highest birth,
And grasps the destinies of earth !
Work on '.
Work sows the seed ;
Even the rock may yield its flower,
No lot so hard, but human power,
Exerted to one end and aim,
May conquer fate, and capture fame !
Press on 1
Press onward still ;
In Nature's centre lives the fire
That slow, though sure, doth yet aspire ;
Through fathoms deep of mould and clay,
It splits the rocks that bar its way !
Press on !
If Nature then
Lay tamo beneath her weight of earth,
When would her hidden lire know birth!
Thus Man, through granite Fate, mnul find
The path the upward path ot Mind!
Work on !
Pause not in fear ;
l'reac.h 110 desponding, seivili: view,
' Whato'er thou will'st" thy W11.1. may do!
Stremrlheii eaeli manly ncrvo to bend
Truth's bow, and bid its shall ascend !
Toil 011 !
lie firm of heart ;
I'y fusion of iiimumlper'd years
A Continent its vastness rears !
A drop, 'lis said, through Hint will wear j
Toil on. and Nature's conquests share !
Toil on !
Within thyself
Bright 11101 n, and noon, and nighl succeed ;
Power, feeling, pasnimi, thought, and deed;
Harmonious beauty prompts ihy breast,
Things angels love, and God hath blest!
Work on !
Work on and win !
Shall light from Nature's depth's arise,
And thou, whose mind can grasp the skies,
Sit down with Fate, and idly rail!
No ouwatd ! Let the Trulh prevail !
Work 011 !
3, Select Sale.
THE TALISMAN.
BY ALFRED UAUDALET.
It was after midnight, and the bride had
long since retired to her nuptial chamber,
when her young husband at last succeeded
to escape from the supper table, and leav
ing his guests to take care of themselves, he
repaired to his wife's apartment.
"Come in, sir," said Anne, in a discreet
voice, "Madame is waiting for you."
The young husband pushed open the
door, and threw himself at the feet of his
wife, who indeed was wailintr for him,
s-aterl !.y th" fire in tile elegant and nepi. t.
ish ilish'i'oille of a rich widow ; whose de
sires have been satisfied bv a new irriaw.
'Kise, I pray you, my beloved," she said
to her husband, stretching her hand to him.
"No, no, Madame," replied the young
man, seizing the hand extended to him,
"no ; allow me to remain thus at your feet,
and do not take away your hand, for I fear
you will escape. I tremble lest all this
should prove but a dream. It seems that I
must be the hero of some fairy tale, and
that on the point of being happy, my hap
piness will lly away, and leave me to sor
row and despair."
"Do not fear, my beloved. I was in
deed yesterday the widow of Lord Mel
ville, and I am to day Madame de la lour,
your wife. Banish from your mind the
lairy tale, for the tale is a true story."
i redenc de la Tour might well think
that some favorable fairy had taken the di
rection of his affairs, (or in less than a month
he had become rich and happy beyond all
expectation. He was 25, an orphan, and
earned hardly, enough to support himself,
when, one day, while passing in the Hue
St. llonore, a brilliant equipage stopped be
fore him, and a charming and elegant wo
man called out :
"Sir, sir !"
The footman unrolled the steps of the
carriage, and hat in hand, respectfully in
vited Frederic to take a seut by the lady,
all dressed in silks and covered with dia
monds. Scarcely was he seated when the
horses started oil ut full speed.
"Sir," said the lady, in a sweet voice, "1
received your letter, Dill notwiinstanuing
your excuse, I will expect the pleasure of
your company to morrow at my soiree."
"ut my company.'" inquireu r reueric,
r'Yes, sirl yog. Ah, 1 beg your pardon,"
exclaimed the lady with surprise. "I beg
your pardon.' Hut you look so much like
an acquaintance ol mine, that I mistook
your countenance. Ah, dear me, what
will you think of mo sirl Hut indeed,
aifch . a . striking resemblance. Any one
would have made the same mistake."
lieluru tlia matter was explained the car
riage stopped at the gate of a superb man
sion and Frederic could do no less than to
offer his hand to Lady Melville.
Lady Melville was beautif ul.and F redenc
was easily' subdued. He congratulated
himself upon bis good luck, which had
made him acquainted with this charming
woman accented her invitations, and soon
became one of the habitue and daily, visi
tors at her bouse. The rich widow was
surrounded by it host of admirers, but one
by one they were driven away, ana tningi
went on to', that before the end of tni
week, th happy Frederic was the accepted
suitor of th rich widow, who bad made
the nut proposal of nwrnaje.
to 3Jolftfts, Jtftcratutc, illornKtg, irortfjin an Bomcstfc ilctos,
SUMUJUY, NOUTIlUIVlBKiUAN.i COUNTY, FA., SATURDAY, JULY SO, I.S.TO.
Frederic placed himself sometimes before
..... .1 11 r.
his small looking glass arid considered him
self M-ith attention, lie was not Ugly, but
still he could not be culled n gnreon,
and as bis means did not allow him to attri
bute his good fortune to the skill of his tai
lor, he Was induced to believe that ho was
loved for himself alone, or that Lady Mel
ville was fascinated by a spell.
When the marriage day wai fixed upon,
and Frederic repaired to his lawyer to sign
the contract, his surprise changed to amaze
ment. He found himself worth a million !
lie owned an estate in Burgundy, a house
in Paris, and other properly he never heard
ol before. The widow had property abroad
estates in Wales, and pastures in Devon
shire. It was a golden dream, from which
Frederic dreaded every moment to wake
up ; and though all the ceremonies had
been duly performed, be would not believe
in the reality of his happiness.
"Rise, dear Frederic," said his wife
once more. "Take a chair, and let us
talk."
The vouna husband obeyed without
abandoning the hand which be held, and
Madame de la Tour began thus :
"There was once "
"Ah," exclaimed Frederic, "I knew it
was but a fairy tale."
"Listen to me, dear. I here was once a
young girl, born of parents who once had
been rich, but who, when the girl was fif
teen years old, had only the hard earnings
ol a father to support themselves. They
resided in Lyons, but the hope of a better
fate induced them all to come to Puris;--Nothing
is harder to gain again than a lot
fortune. The father of the1 young gill
struggled four years with poverty, without
being able to compter :t, and liiitiliy uiuu
in a hospital.
"The wife soon followed her husband,
nid Hie young girl remained alone iu a gar- t
ret, the rent of which was not paid, and
without a friend in the world. If a fairy j
was to play a part in my story, it would
now be the time for her to appear. But
there is no fairy.
"lhe youris snri remained in fans with
out parents, without friends, without mon
ey, asking in vain from strangers tor work,
which is riches to the poor. Hunger De-
came more and more pressing, and at last
drove the unfortunate girl into the streets to
bc2 for charity. She covered her head
with a veil, the only inheritance she had
received from her mother, bent down to
imitate old age, went into'the street and
held out her hand. But her hand was
white and delicate ; it was dangerous to
show it, and the girl was compelled to
wrap her veil around it as if it had been
covered with disgusting sores.
"The girl placed herself against the wall
away from the light, and when a young
girl more fortunate than she was, gaily
passed by, she held out her hand and beg
ged for a cent a cent to buy a little bread.
But her appeal was vain. An old man
came next, and the poor girl again implor
ed charity ; but old age is often miserly
and hard-hearleil. The old man passed on
his way. The evening was cold and rainy
it was getting late, and the watchmen
were- repairini: to their different posts for
ili- ni rlit. . Oniv more tin youim girl ex
hausted, and almost dying with hunger,
held out her hand. She addressed a young
man, who stopped, fell in his pocket, and
threw down a tiiece of money : lor he
ould not come iu contact with such
miserable looking object. A policeman,
ho was watching the beggar, appeared
suddenly and seized her,
"1 have caught you at it," he exclaimed;
you are begging, 1 will take you to tnt
watch house."
"The young man immediately inter
posed ; lie tooK by tlie arm me poor gin,
. - . . . .. .i . i
whom the moment belore lie would not
have touched even with his glove, and ad
dressed himself thus to the policeman :
"This woman is not a beggar," said he
she is well known to me."
"But, sir," replied the enforcer of the
law against begging
"I tell vou again that i know this per
son, foor old woman,- saia ue wuisper-
tn? in the ear of the young girl, whom he
took for an old woman, "take thit five franc
piece, and let me accompany you a short
distance ; you will thus avoid the vigilance
of the man who annoyed you."
"The coin supped from your hand into
mine." continued the bride ; "and as you
were passing just then under a gas iigiu, x
saw your face."
"1 v face " exclaimed r redenc.
"Yes. my dear friend, it was my life
and perhaps my honor that you saved.
You gave a dollar to Lady luiivuie, to
r .. ..I'll.
vour future wile."
"Vou" said 1 redenc, "so ueauiiuii, so
.. . .iT. I .
young, and now so rich you nave ucggeq
in the streets :"
"I have. I received charity once, on.
it was from vou. The dav alter that un
fortunate night, which I now place anion
the happiest moments of my existence, an
old lady, in whom i liau uispireu some in
terest, obtained for me a situation ot seaui
stress in a good house ; gaiety and happi
ness soon returned, and 1 gained the friend
ship of my employer. One day, Lord
Melville entered the little room where 1
was at work, aud seated himself by my
side. He was 'a man sixty years old, tall,
and with a freezing countenance. ,
"Miss," said he, "1 know your history.
Will you marry me V
"Marry you !" I exclaimed. '
"Yes. I have an immense fortune,
which I do not wish to leave to my ne
phews ; I have got the gout, and I desire
some one better than a servant to take care
of me. From what J have heard of you
yoa possess a noble and elevated mind j
you may now become Lady Melyil, and
thus prove that you can bear good luck as
well as yoa endured the trial of poverty,"
I loved vou, 1 Frederic, contintied
Madam de la Tour. "I could not forget
you, ami I had a presentiment tliat one day
t iii 1 . I., it
we should be united lo t-ach other. I knew
that Lord Melvil's motive in marrying me
was to vent his spite against his nephews,
and J haled lo be the instrument of his re
venge. The noble Iiord perceived my hesi
lalion and he urged his point. Those who
surrounded me advised mo to take advan
tage of the folly of a man worth million.:.
But I thought of you Frederic. Your im
age was coiislanlly before my mind, and
for the sake of one whom I had seen but a
moment, 1 almost sacrificed my fortune and
yours'. However, my trials had been too
j severe lo allow my romantic ideas to get
the belter of my reason.
"The young seamstress gave you up, and
I became Lady Melvil. That was the fairy
tale, my beloved. 1, a jioor, abandoned
orphan, the wife of one of the noblest peers
of England ! In toy splendid carriage,
seated on silk and velvet, 1 drove through
the very street where, a few months be
fore, I was begging for a morsel of bread.
Such are the caprices of fortune."
"Happy Lord Melvil !" exclaimed Fred
eric. "He was very happy indeed," continued
Madam de la Tour. "He was rich beyond
measure, and never could spend his income,
and he rightly supposed that gratitude
would secure him the affections of a woman
hose fortune he would make, and he never
repented his marriage. I trusted my future
welfare in the hands of the noble lord, nml
solaced Ins last hours, lie died, leaving
me all his wealth, and I then vowed to my-
11 never to marry again but the man who
had assisted me in the most painful' mo
ments of mv life. I endeavored to find
you, but in vain. Ah, if I only had known
your name!"-
On saying this, the bride unfastened a
necklace ot rubies, and drew from a small
silk purse attached lo it a live franc piece,
encircled with gold.
','It is the same," said she, and placed it
in
the hand of Frederic. "l!v showing
this piece of money, I was enabled to ob
tain a piece of bread on credit lor a lew
hours. The next day I obtained a situa
tion and I was thus enabled to keep it ; it
has never left me for a moment. Oh, how
happy I was when I met you a month ago.
was so glad that 1 used the first stratagem
that came into my head, to bring you near
me. : 1 had but one fear,- and that was to
find you married. Then you would never
have heard this story. I would have made
you rich, and poor Lady JMelvii would
have returned to haigland, and shut herself
in her castle in Wales."
Frederic had dropped the hand of his
wife, and stood gazing upon the coin, the
cause of his happiness and fortune.
"You see," said Madam de la Tour, "that
I am not a fairy ; it is you, on the contrary
who gave me the talisman."
THE TItOt II1LOS.
The crocodile, in feeding on tho banks of
tho Nile, or basking in tho sun, is very much
annoyed by what llerudilus calls bddla. The
inside of his month is lined with them. All
inls, one alone excepted, lly from the croco
dile; but that bird, the trinhilo; on tho. con
trary, (lies lo biui with eagernef-s, aud iciir
rs him a jjreat service; furevciy li mo llie.l
the crocodile, lands to rest himself, and
stretches himself out, with open jaws, the
trmliilos enters his mouth, which it clears of
llio bih U a it finds iheiu. Tho croendilo is
grateful, and never does any injury lo this
little bird, from which bo recives so good an
oliice. This was until recently discredited
as a fiction of Aristotle, and I'liuy, but recent
impiiries establish the fact. The term laldta
does net sigiuly a leech, as was supposed,
but is a kind of glial, myriads of which in-
sec-tsswarm on the bunks of theNilo. Tliesti
insects strikes their trunks into the orifices of
the giamls which abound iu tho uiouih of the
the crocodile, and llio tongue, of tho crocodile
being immoveable, he cannot get rid of them
It is then that the trochilos, a kind of Utile,
ring-plover, which pursues the gnats every
where, hastens to his relief and dislodges
his troublesome enemies; and that without
any danger to itself; the crocodile always
taking care, when he is about to shut his
mouth, to make certain movements which
warn the bird to fly away.
MUTISM IN KlIA.
Baptism in Kussia is always performed by
immersion. In tb rich houses, two tables
are laid out in tin) drawing room by tho
priests; ono is eoveied with holy images, on
the other is placed an enormous silver basin,
filled wilh wator surrounded by small wax
tapers. The chief priest begins by consecra
ting the foul, utid pluuiviiii? a silver cross re
peatedly in the. water; ho then takes-the
child, and ai'tur reciting rerluin prayers,- un
dresses it completely. The process of im
ineision takes placo twice, and so rigorously
that tho head 'must disappear under lhe
water: tho lufunt is Hum restored to its
muse, uud lliu sacrament, is finally' ndniiit
istered. In former limes, when a child hnd
tho misfoituna Jo bo borne in winter it was
plunged without pity under thu ice, or into
water of the same temperature. In llio pre
sent day, that rigor has been relaxed by per
mission of the church, and warm water sub
alituted for thu other ; but tliu tummon
people still adhere scrupulously to ancient
practice in all seasons. On these occasions
numbors of children ara baptised al the same
time on the ice, and the cold often prove
fatal to IbeiR. It sometime happen, also,
that a child clip through the hand of the
priest, and i lost, iu which case he only ex
claims, "God has been pleased to fake this
Infant to himself hand roe another;"
Thc Prime Minister of Hesse t asset Has
boou tried and convicted Of forgery
Scfcntc nirt the girts, gtflvfculturr,
OM ISIO OF ritOFI.SSOIl WIlMSTEIl,
. , OK TUB
KILLING OF DR. PARKMAN.
: .Huston, Tuesday, July 2, ".S50.
At tliu meeting of llio Council, this morn
ing, the case of 1'iofessoi W
lerred lo a Committee.
i bstei, was IC-
ISufuro tho Committee, at 12 o'clock, np
pcarcd, Itcv. Ir l'utunin, the spirilual advi
ser of the condemned, with a petition for a
commutation of punishment, logelhor with a '
confession that ho killed Dr. Parkmaii.
The Rev. gentleman prefaced tho state
ment by a few remarks relative to the man
ner in which the confession was made to him
He stated that he. hnd no personal acquain
tanceship with Professor Webster before be
ing called to act iu thu capacity of his spiritual
adviser. In lhe first fuw weeks of his visit
he sought no acknowledgment of thu prisoner.
At length on llio 23d Jlay, he visited him in
his cell and demanded of him, fur his own
well being, that ho should tell the truth in
regard to the matter, and ho acceded to re
quest by making a statement which was now
submitted for tho consideration of tho Council
It was as follows :
I sent tho nolo to Dr. Parkmaii, which it
appears was carried by the boy Maxwell. I
handed it to Littlefied unsealed, ft was to
ask Dr. Parkmaii to cull at my rooms on Fri
day tin; CM, alter my lecture. Ho hail be
come of late very importunate for his pay.
He- had threatened mi; wilh a suit, to put an'
officer into my pinfe. s-nrship, if 1 did not pay
him. The purport of my note was simply to
ask tho conference. I did not tell him in it
what 1 could do 'or what I had to s .y about
thu payment. 1 wihed to gain for those few
days a release from his solicitations, to which
I was liable every day, on occasions and in a
manner very disagreeable, and nlso to avert
for so long a time at least the fulfilment of
recent threats of severe, measures. I did not
expect to bo able to pay him when Friday
should arrive. My purpose was, if ho should
accede to tho proposed interview, to state lo
him my cmbarassments, and utter inability
to pay him at piesent, to apologise for those
things in my conduct which had offended him,
o throw myself upon his mercy,'and to beg
for further time and indulgence for the sake
of my family, if not for my own, and to make
ns good promises to him as I could have any
hope of keeping. I did not hear from him
on lhat day, nor the next, (Wednesday,) but
I found on Thursday he had been abroad in
pursuit of me without finding ne. I imagined
he had forgotten the appointment, or else
did not mean to wait for it. I feared he
would come in upon me at my lecture-room
or while I was preparing my experiments
for it therefore I called at his house on that
morning, (Friday) between 8 and 9 o'clock,
to remind him of my wish to see him at tho
College at 1J o'clock my lecture closing at
1 o'clock. 1 diil not stop to talk with him;
for I expected the conversation would be a
long one, mm 1 had my lecture lo prepare,
for it ways necessary fur mo to have my time
aud also to keep my mind free from oilier
exciting matters.
Dr. Parkmaii agreed to call on me as I pro.
posed. He camo accordingly between J I
ami z o clock, entering at tho lecture room
door. I was engaged iu removing some glas
ses from my lecture room table into llio room
in the rear called the upper laboratory, he
camo rapidly down the 6tep ami followed me
into tho laboratory, ho immediately addres-
sed me with grcaty energy, -'Are you ready
for me Sir have you got the money?"
replied, "No, Dr. Parkir.an," and was then
boginniuglo stalo my condition and my ap
peal to him, but ho would not listen lo mo
and interrupted mo with much vehemence,
he called me a scoundrel and a liar and went
on heaping on me llio most bitter taunts and
opprobrious epithets, while lio was speaking
he drew a handful of pipers from his pocket
and took from among them my two notes and
also an old letter from Dr. Hosack, written
many years ago and congratulating him on
his success in getting me appointed Professor
of Chemistry. , "You see," ho said, "1 got
you into your office, and now I will get you
out of it. Ho put into his pocket all tho pa
pers except thc letter aud tho notes.
I cannot tell how long tho torrent of throats
aud invectives continued, aud I cannot recal
to memory but a small portion of what ho
said. At iiist I kept interposing, trying to
pacify him, so lhat 1 might obtain tho object
or which 1 sought the interview : but 1 could
not stop him, and soon my own temper was
up I forgot evory thing, and felt notliiii-j
but tho sting of his words. I was excited U
tho highest degree of passion, and whilo ho
was speaking and gesticulating iu llio most
violent and ineiiaciut manner, thrusting his
letter uud his fist into my face, iu my fury I
seized whatever thing was handiest, (it was
a stick of wood,) aud dealt him an instanta
neous blow with ull the forco that passion
could givo it. I did not know, or think, or
care, where 1 should bit him, nor how hard
nor what the ctlcct would be) it was on thu
side uf hi bead, and, there wa nothing to
break the force of the blow I ho fell instantly
on the pavement ', there w no second blow;
I stooped down over him, and he seemed to
be lifeless; blood flowed from hi mouth,
and 1 got a iponge end wiped it away 1 got
ome ammonia and applied it to hia noao, but
without effect J perhaps I spout ten minutes
in attempt to resuscitate him, but 1 found be
wa absolutely dead. - - '
lo my horror and consternation 1 ran In.
tinclively to the door and bolted them the
door; of the lectuie loom and of thc labuia-
ittarluts, amusements, fce.
lory belowand then what was t to do? It
never occurred to mo to go out and declare
what had been done, and obtain assistance ;
I
saw nothing but tho alternative of a success-
fnl movement and concealment of tho body,
on tho ono hand, and of inlamy and perdition
on tho other. The first thing I did as soon as
I could do any thing, was lo draw tho lody
into tho private room adjoining; thero 1 took
oil' tho clothes and began putting ihcm into
tho fire, which was burning in the tiprer
it-oratory; they wero all consumed tliero I
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iii.ii uiieiuoon, wun papers, pocht-i uuon, .inu i
whatever they contained ; 1 did not cxanuno
thu pockets, nor remove any thing except tho
watch; I saw that or the chain of it hanging
out; I took it and threw it over tho bridge,
as I went to Cambridgo ; my next move was
to get tho body into tho sink, which Ftands
in the small yrivato room; by setting tho
body partially erect against the corner, and
by getting up into tho si' k myself, I succeed-
ed in drawing it tip there, it was entirely dis-
mcmbered it was quickly done as a work of
terrible and desperate necessity the only in-
strument was tho knifo found by the officers
in ino cuest, which I kept lor cutting corks,
I made no use of tho Turkish knife, as i'
was called, at tho trial, that had long been
kept on my parlor mantle-piece in Cambridgo
as a curious ornament. Mv daughters frc-
imntly cleaned it, hence tliu marks of oil
ttid whiting found on it. I bad lately brought
it into Boston to get tho silver -.heath repair
ed. While dismembering the body a stream
of Cochituate water running through lhe sink
carried olf tho biood in a pipe that passed
down through tho lower laboratory, there
must have been a loak in tho pipe, for the
ceiling below was . stained immediately
irnitud it. .There was a fire burning in the
furnace of tho lower laboratory. I.ittlcfield
was mistaken in thinking there had never
been a f'uo there. Ho had probably never
kindled one, but 1 had done it myself sevenij
times. 1 had done it that day for tho pur.
pose of making oxygen gas.
Tho head and tho viscera were put into the
furnace that day, and the fuel heaped on. 1
did not examine at night to see to what de-
gree they were consumed. Some of the ex-
tremities were put in there, I believe, on that
day. Tho pelvis, and some of tho limbs,
perhaps, were all put under the lid of the lec-
ture room table, in what is called tho well
a deep sink lined with lead. A stream of
Cochituate water was turned into it and kept
running through it, all Friday nighl. The
thorax was put into a similar well in the
-
lower laboratory, which I filled with water,
and threw in a quantity of potash which I
found there. This disposition of the remains
was not changed till after the visit of the
officers on Monday.
When the body bad been thus all disposed
of, I cleared away all traces of what had
been done ; I think the slick wilh which the
fatal blow had been struck, proved to be a
piece of stump of a large grape vine say
two inches in diameter and two feet long.
It was ono of several piece which I had car
ried in from Cambridge lornr before for the
purpose of showing the ctfect of certain
chemical fluids in coloring wood, by being
absorbed into the pores. Tho grape vino be-
nig a vety porous woou was wen auaptea lo
tins purpose. Aiioiuer longer suck nau ueen
used as intended, and exhibited to the stu-
dents; this ono had not been used ; 1 put it
into lhe fire.
1 took up the two notes either from tho la.
bio or thu Iloor, 1 think tho table, close by
where Dr. Parkman had fallen. I seized an
old metallic pen lying on the table, and dash
ed it across tho faco through tho signatures,
and put them in my pocket. I do not know
why I did this rather than put them in thc
fire, lor 1 had not considered lor a moment
what effect cither mode of disposing of them
would have on the moitgage, or my indebt
edness to Dr. Parkman and thc other persons
interested, and I had not yet given a single
thought tu the question as to what account I
should givo of tho objects or result of my in
terview with Dr. Parkman. I never saw tho
sledgo hammer spoken of by Littlefield, never
knew of its existence, ut least, I havo no re
collection of it.
I loft llio College to go homo as late as six
o'clock ; 1 collected myself as well as 1 could
that I might meet my family and others with
composure. On Saturday I visited my rooms
at the College, but mado uo change in llio
disposition of the remains, and laid no plans
as to my .future course, on Saturday evening
read tho notice in 1 mnscripl respecting mo
disappearance; I was then deeply impressed
wilh Iho necessity of immediately taking
some ground as lo tno character ol my inter
view with Parkman, for I saw that It must
become known that I had such an interview,
as I had appointed it first by an unsealed note
on-Tuesday,'ai!d on Friday I had mysell cal-
led at his house in open day and ratified tho
arrangement, nnd had there been seen, ana
had probably boon overheard by the man
servant, and I know not by how many per
sons Dr. P. might havo sceu him entering my
room, or how many persons ho might have
told by tho way where ho was going, the
interview would in all probability be known
and I must be ready to explain it.
The quesnoa exercised me mucn, out on
Sunday my couro was taken. I would go
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into Boston and be the first to declare myselt
the first person as yet unknown wun wnom
Dr. P. had made tha appointment, I would
take the ground lhat 1 had Invited him to
tho College to pay him money, and that I
had paid it accordingly. I fixed upon
I1AVU HI""!
sum by taking the smull note and adding in
teresl, which, it appears, 1 cast erroneously
II 1 had thought ol itu;. sin cailiei I should
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OLD SERIES VOL. IO, NO. 4r.
not have deposited Pcttee'a check for
in the Charles River Hank on Saturday, but
should have snnnressed if na miner an fnr tv
Wake up tho sum which t pie'essed to have
paid the day before, and which Petfee knew
I had by mo af the honr of interview. It
had not occurred to me thai 1 should ever
show tho notes cancelled in proof of it, or I
should have destroyed the large note and
let it be inferred lhat it was cone With the
missing man, and I should only hate kent
tho small one, which was all lhat I could pie-
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renu 10 navo paiu. iuy single thought wa
concealment and safety, everything else wa
incidental to lhat. I was In no date fo con-
sidcr my ulterior pecuniary interest, money
though 1 needed it so much it wa of no o-
count with me in that condition of mind. If
1 had designed and premeditated the homi.
cido of Dr. Parkman in order to get the po-
session of tho notes and cancel my debt, I not
only should not have deposited Peltee'scheck
tho next day, but 1 should have made some'
show of getting and having the money the
morning before. 1 should have drawn my
money from Iho Bank and taken occasion to
mention to mo Cashier that I had a sum to
make up on that day for Dr. P. and the same
to Henchman when I borrowed tile S10. 1
should have remarked that I was so much
short of a large sum that t was to pay Park
man. I borrowed tho money of Henchman
as mere pocket money for the dayi If I had
intended tho homicide of Dr. P. 1 should not
have mado the appointment with him twice
and each ti mo so open a manner that othor
persons would almost certainly know of it,
and should not have invited him td rny tooms
at an hour when tho College would be full of
students and others, and an hour when 1 wa
most likely to receive calls from others, for
that was tho hour just after the lecture, at
which persons having business with me or
in my rooms, were always directed to call.
I looked into my fooms on Sunday afternoon
but I did nothing. After the first visit of tha
officers I took the pelvis and some of tha
limbs from the upper well and threw them
into the vault under the privy, I took the
thorax from tho well below and packed it In
the tea chest as found. My own impression
has been that this was not done till after the
second Visit of the officers, which Wa on
Tuesday j but Kingley's testimony show
that it must have been done sooner. The
perforation of the thorax had been made by
the knife at tho time of removing the viscera.
On Wednesday I put on kindlings and made
a fiie in the furnace below, havim? first poked
i & w
down the ashes. Some of the limbs I can
not remember which or how many were
consumed at that time. This is the last I
I had to do with the remains. The tin box
was designed to receivo the thorax, though
I had not concluded where 1 should finally
put the box. The fish-hooks, tied up as grap
ple?, were to be used for drawing up the
parts in the Vault whenever 1 should deter.
mine how lo dispose of them and get strain
enough. 1 had a confused double obiect in
ordering the box and making the grapples. I
had before intended to get such things to send
to Fayal the box to hold the plants and other
articles which I wished to protect from the
salt water and tho sea air, and the hooks to
be used there iu obtaining Cerralliner plant
tr011, t,e sea. It was previously intended
use 0f thl!m lnat gU!,2e3tej anj mjved tgeif
,,p wil!l lhu kica of ,lB 0,her appIica,orj, I
doubt, even now, to which use they would
have been applied ; I had not used the hook
at tho time of tho discovery. The tan put
into the tea chest was taken from a barrel of
it that had been in the laboratory for aome
time. The bag of tan brought in on Monday
was not used, nor intended to be used ; it be
loured to a quantity obtained by me a long
tune ago, for experiments in tanning, and wa
sent in by the family to get it out of the way.
Its being sent in just at that time was acci
dental. I was not aware lhat 1 had put the
knife In ihe'chest. Tha stick found in the
saucer of ink was for making coarse diagram
on cloth. The bunch of filed kevs had been
used long ago by me in Fruit street, and
thrown carelessly by Into a drawer. 1 never
examined them, and do not know whether
they would fit any of the locks of the college
or not. If Ihcro were other keys fitting door
with which I had nothing to do, 1 supposed
they must have been all duplicates, or keys
0f former locks left there by lhe mechanic
or janitor. 1 know nothing about them, and
j!)ould never be likely to notice them amongst
the multitude of articles, large and small, of
a collected in niy room. The ianl-
,or i,aj furnished mo with a key to the dis.
s0l.,;ns room, for tho admission of medical
friends visiting the College, but 1 had never
used it. Tho nitiic acid on the staiis w9
not used lo remove spots of blood, but wa
lroppcd by aecideut. When the officer
called for me on Friday, the 30th, I was in
toubt whether I was under arrest, or whether
a more strict search of my rooms wa to be
had; tho latter hypothesis being hardly lea
appalling than the former. Whep 1 found
,hat we went over Cragies' Bridge, I thought
the arrest most probable. When 1 found that
the carriage was stopping at the jail, 1 wa
sure of my fate. Bofore leaving the carriage,
I took a dose of tticbnine Horn my pocket
anJ iW,,oweJ it. r had prepared it in the
, f . M ,ef, l,boretor, m
(ha 83j j ,-,, not boat to sur
viye d(Jleclioa. i lhooght j, WM , doge.
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Mnud ,ction p,rtiJly. The effects of
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It wa in operation at the College, and before
I went llieie, but met severely afterward.
1 wiot but one ol the anon; mou Utteit yre..