i'scrll.nwco u .0♦ Confession of Professor Wfbsttr HOSTOJJ. U I.V 2d.—At the meeting ot the j Council this morning, the case ot Professor Webster was referred to a Committee. Be-, Jure the Committee, at 12 o'clock, appeared the Rev. Dr. Putnam, the spiritual adviser of , the condemned, with a petition lor the com- j mutation of punishment, together with a con- ; fession that ho killed Dr. Parkman. The reverend gentleman prefaced the state ment bv a few remarks relative to the manner j in which the confession was made to him. He stated that he had no previous acquaintance- ; M ,ip with Professor Webster, before being j called to act in the capacity "f his spiritual j adviser. In the lirst ft w weeks of his visit. , iie sought no acknowledgement of the prisoner. ! At length, on the 23d May, he visited him in j his cell, and demanded of him, for his own ; well being, that he should tell the truth in re- j gard to the matter, and he acceded to the re quest, by making a statement which was now , submitted for the consideration ol the Council, It was in substance as follows: On Tuesday, Nov. 20th, 1 sent a note to j Dr. Parkman; it was handed to Littlefield, and was unsealed. It was to a<k l)r. Park man to call on me, as he had become quite importunate about his debt. 1 wished to gain 1 time. I did not expect to be able to pay him Pr!.: 1V . My purpose w as, if he should accede to the proposed interview, to state to him my embar rassments and utter inability to pay hitn at j present —to apologize for those things in my j . onduct which had offended litin—to throw myself upon his mercy—to beg for further , tune and indulgence for the sake of my family if not lor myself, ™d to make as good proroi s .s to him -s 1 ecu!.! have any hope of keep ing. 1 did not hear from him on that day, nor j the next, (W tdnesday),but 1 found on Tiiur-- dav, he had been abroad in pursuit of me, ! without finding nm. 1 imagined he had tor gotten the appointment, or else did not mean to wait for it. I feared tie would come in upon me al my lecture hour, or while I was prepa- j ring iny exp* riments for it, therefore I called at his house on that morning (Friday) between "■* and 'J, to remind him of my wish to see him ut the College at half past one, my lecture t closing at one 1 dii not stop to talk with htm, for I expected the conversation would be j a long one, and 1 had my lecture to prepare, | for it was necessary ior me to have my time -nd also to keep mi mind tree from other tx- : citing matters. Dr. Parkman agreed to caii i on nie as 1 proposed. He came accordingly, between half-past one and two o'clock, enter ing at the lecture-room door. 1w as removing some glasses from my leqlure-room table into a room in the rear, called the upper laboratory. He came rapidly down the step, and followed me into the laboratory. He immediately ad dressed rne with great energy, "Are you ready for me. sir? Have you got the money!" 1 replied, "No, Dr. Parkman," and was then beginning to state my condition and my appeal to him. but he would not listen to me, and in terrupted me with much vehemence—he called rne scoundrel and liar, and went on heaping on ine the most bitter taunts and opprobrious epithets. While he was speaking he drew a handful of papers from his pocket, and took from among them my two notes, and also an old letter from Dr. Hossack, written many years ago, and congratulating him on his sue- ! cess in getting me appointed Professor of Chemistry. "A on see,'" he said, "1 got yon into your office, and now I will get you out of it." He put back into his pocket a!! the pa pers except the letter and the notes. I cannot tell how long the torrent ol threats and invec tives continued, and I cannot recall to memory but a small portion of what he said. At first 1 kept interposing, trying to pacify him, so that i might obtain the object for which I sought the interview; bu< I could not stop him; and soon my own temper was up; I forgot everything, and felt nothing but the sting of his words. 1 was excited to the hight-st de gree of passion, and white he was speaking and gesticulating in the most violent and men acing manner, thrusting the letter and his fist into my face, —in my fury 1 seized whatever was handiest—it was a stick of wood—and ■Jeait him an instantaneous blow, with ail the force that passion could give it. 1 did not know, or think, or care where 1 should hit him. or how hard, or w'ajt the effect would he. It was on the side of his head, and there was nothing to break the force of the blow; he fell instantly on the pavement; there was no second blow; he did not move. I stooped down over him and he seemed to he lifeless; blood flowed from his rnouth, and I got a sponge and wiped it away. I got ammonia and applied it to his nose, but without effect; perhaps I spent ten minutes in attempts to resuscitate him, but I found he was absolutely dead. Jn inv horror ' and consternation I ran in->iinctively to the j doors and bolted therti.—the doors of the lee- | •are room and of the laboratory below—and i 1 - ten, what was Ito do? It never occurred to ' i me to go rait and declare what had been done a.i ! obtain assistance. J saw nothing but the 1 alternative ot a success!.d movement and the 1 < < uiceaitnent ot the body, on the one hand, and Of infamy and destruction on the other. The i ..f-t thing I did, as soon as I could do anythic, was to draw the body in the prira'e room ad joining; tneri 1 took off the clothes and began P • - ii.tr taejn into the fire which was burning ne upper laboratory, '['hey were all con- i • ned tliere that afternoon, with papers, ' r a' t-hook, and whatever they contained. I did not examine toe pockets nor renors auv- • •(nog except the watch. I saw that, or the ' nam of it. hanging out. I took it and threw over the bridge <i- I went to Cambridge, y next move was to get the body into tbe ■ink, which stands in the small private room, S i; setting the body partially erect against the ' • Tner, and by getting up into the sjirlk myself I succeeded in drawing it ,;p rn ; iirely diamembeTed. It was quickly done as " **.? hTriblc and desperate necessity. , Th '' i'lstrunre nt was the knife found by ' officers in the t, a chest, which I kept for r uting corks. Irn :de no use of the Turkish knife, as it was called at the trial; that had .•Tig been kept on my parlor mantle piece, in ambridg*. as a curious ornament. Mv daugh ters frequently cleaned it —hence the mark<Tof ii and whiting found on it. 1 had lately brought it into lf-.s'on to get the silver sheath repaired. While dismembering the body, a - .ream of Cochiluate wau r was running through • lie lower laboratory. There must have been • "k in the pipe, for the ceiling below was tuned immediately around it. f "ere was a lire burning in the furnace 0 f the -ower laboratory. Littlefield van n.iata •" in thinking there had never been a fire i'. Mt , lr " u probably never kindled one, but I have d'.ne it myself several times. I had none it that day t„r the purpose of making oxygen gas. Ihe head and viscera were put into tidttur:, ce that day, and the fuel heaped on. 1 did not. examine at night to see to what degree v.m were consumed. Some of the extremities were put in. 1 believe, on that day. tic p.!,'is. end '-one of the !ivib, ner tiaps, i. ere- ;i p it uxiot, iio -id A the lecture- IYHHII tu'oie, ifi what is called the wcll,"a deep sink. lined with lead,--a stream of C'ohituate wa? turned into it, and kept running through it all Friday night. 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 had been thus all disposed of, I cleared away all traces of what had been done. I think the stick, with which the fatal blow had heen struck, proved to be a piece of a large grape vine—say two inches in diameter and two feet long—it was one of several pieces which I had carried in from Cambridge long before, for the purpose of show ing the effect of certain chemical lluids in coloring wood by being absorbed into the potes; the grape vine being a very porous wood, was well adapted to this purpose; another longer stick had been used as intended, and exhibited to the students; this one had not been used—l put it Into the fire—l took up the two notes, either from the table or the tloor—l think the table, close by where Dr. P. had fallen. I seized an old metallic pen lying on the table, dashed it across the face and through the signatures, and put them in iny pocket. Ido not know why I did this rather than put them in the fire, for 1 had not considered for a moment what effect either mode of disposing of them would have on the mortgage, or my indebtedness to Dr. P. and the other i>ersons interested. And I had not yet given a single thought to the question as to what account I should give as j to the objects or result of my interview with Dr. Parkman. I never saw the sledge ham j mer spoken, of by Littlefield; never knew of j its existence—at least, I have no recollection •of it. I lefl the college to go home as late as six o'clock. I collected myself as well as I ; couid, thai. I might meet my family and others with composure. Un Saturday i visited my room at the college, but made no change in j the disposition of the remains, and laid no plans as to my future course. On Saturday evening 1 read the notice in the "Transcript,'* respecting the disappearance. 1 was then i deeply impressed with thu necessity of taking some ground as to the character of my inter view with Dr. Parkman. for 1 saw that it must become known that I had had such an inter- view, as 1 had appointed it first by an unsealed note on Tuesday, and on Friday had myself called at his house in open day and ratified the arrangement, and had then been seen, and bad probably been overheard by the man servant; and I knew not bv how many persons Dr. P, might have been seen entering my rooms, or how many person® i.e might have told by the way where he was going. The interview would in all probability be known, and 1 must be ready to explain it. The question exercised me much, but on Sunday my course was ta ken. 1 would go into Boston and be th< first to declare myself the person, as yet unknown, with whom Dr. Parkman had made the ap pointment; I would take iho ground th it I had invited him to the college to pay him money, and that f paid it accordingly; I fixed upon the sum by taking the small n< le and adding in terest, which, it appear®, I cast erroneously. If I had thought of this course earlier I should not have deposited Pcttee's cheek lor S9O in the Charles River B<jnk on Saturday, but should have suppressed it as going so far to makeup the sum which I was to have professed to have paid the day before, and which Better* knew I had by me at the hour of interview, it had not occurred to me that 1 should ever show the notes cancelled in proof of it, or 1 should have destroyed the large note and let it be in ferred that it was gone with tho missing man, and ! should only have kept the small one, which was all that I could pretend to have paid. My single thought was concealment and safety—everything else was incidental to that. 1 was in no state to consider my ultel rior pecuniary interest. Money, though - needed it no much, was of no account with me in that condition of mind. If I had designed and premeditated the homicide of Dr. Parktnan in order to get the possession of the notes and cancel my debt, I not on'y should not have deposited Pettee's check the next day, but 1 should have made some show of getting and having, the money the morning before. I should have drawn my money from the bank and taken occasion to mention to the cashier that I bad a sum to make up that day to Dr. P., and the same to Hotel men when i borrowed the $lO. 1 should have remarked that 1 was so much short of a large sum that I was to pay Parkrnan. I borrowed the money of Hen elrnan as mere pocket money for the day. If I had intended the homicide of Br. P. I should not have made the appointment with him twice, and each time in so open a manner that other persons would almost certainly know of it; and I should not have invited him to my rooms at an hour when the coliege would be full of students and others, and an hour when 1 was most likely to receive calls from others; for that was the hour, just after the lecture, at which persons having business with rne, or in my rooms, we're always directed to call. I looked into my rooms on Sunday ..fternoon, but did nothing. After the first visit of the officers, I took the pelvis and some of the limbs from the upper well, and threw them into the vault under the privy; I took the tho rax from the well below and packed it in the tea chest, as found; my own impression has been that this was not done until after the j second visit of the officers, which was on Tuesday; but Kingsley's testimony shows that it must have been done sooner. ihhae a perforation of the thorax had been made by the knife. At the time of removing the viscera on Wednesday, I put on kindlings and made a tire in the, furnace below, having first poked down the ashes. Some of the limbs, 1 cannot remember which or how many, were consumed at that time. This was the last I had to do with the remains. The tin box was designed to receive the thorax, though 1 had not conclu ded where 1 should finally put the box. Ihe fish-hooks tied up in grapples were to be used for drawing up the parts in the vault, when ever I should determine how to dispose ot thern, arid y< t strange enough. I had a confused double object in ordering the box, and making the grapples. 1 had before intended to get such things to send to Fayal; the box to hold the plan's and other articles which I wished to protect, irorn the salt water and the sea air, and the hooka to he used there in obtaining coraline plants from the sea. It was this pre ! viouslv intended use of them, that suggested and mixed itgc.lt up with the idea of the other application. I doubt, even now, to which use they would have been applied; i had not used the hooks at the time of" the discovery. The tan put into the tea chest was taken from a barrel ot it that had leen in the laboratory for soma time. '1 he hag of tan brought in on Monday v. as not used, nor intended to he used; it belonged to a quantity obtained by me a long time ago, for experiments in tanning, and wau tent in by the family to get it out of, t.n; way. |t s being sent at the time was acci dental. 1 a , uo t aware that 1 had put the knife in the chest. The stick found in the ■ oiVi' TI i' if' '' r u,a^,ll S coarse diagrams ■ •<•>• lie bunch of feted key - had been i *•' '"c m Fruit s,'roct, and thrown carelessly by into a diJiwcr. i nevoi examined them,' and do not know whether they would lit any of the locks of the college or not. H there were other keys fitting doors with which I had nothing to do, 1 suppose they must have been all duplicates, or keys of former locks left there by the mechanics or janitor. I know nothing about them, and should never he likely to notice them amongst the multitude of articles, large and small, of all kinds, collected in my rooms. The janitor had furnished me with a key to the dissecting room, for the admission of medical friends visiting the college, hut 1 had never used it. The nitric acid on the stairs was not used to remove spots of blood, but was dropped by accident. When the officers called for me on Friday, the 30th, 1 was in doubt whether 1 was under arrest, or whether a more strict search of my rooms was to be had; the latter hypothesis being hardly less appalling than the former. When I found that we went over Ctagies' Bridge, I thought the arrest most probable. When I found that the carriage was stopping at the jail, I was sure of my fate. Before leaving the carriage, I look a doso of strycuine from my pocket and swal lowed it. i had prepared it in the shape of a pill before I left my laboratory on the 23d. I thought I could not bear to survive detection. I thought it was a large dose. The state of my nervous system, probably, defeated its action partially. The effects of the poison Were terrible beyond description. It was in operation at the college, and before I went there, hut most severely afterwards. I wrote but one of the anonymous letters produced at the trial—the one mailed at East Cambridge. The little bundle referred to in the letter de tained by the jailor, contained only a bottle of citric acid, for domestic use. 1 bad seen it stated in a newspaper, that I had purchased a quantity of oxalic acid, which, it was presu med, was to be used in removing blood stains. 1 wished the parcel to remain untouched, that it might he show n, if there should be occasion, what it really was that I had purchased. I have drawn up. in separate papers, an explan ation of the use 1 intended to make of the blood sent for on Thursday, the 22d, and of the conversation with Liuleficld about the dissecting vault. [ think that IVitee, in his testimony at the trial, put too strongly my words about having settled with Mr. P.— \\ hatever 1 did say of the kind, was in the hope 1 entertained that 1 should be able to pacify 1 >r. P., and make some arrangement with him; and was said in order to quiet Pet tee. who was becoming restive under the so licitations of Dr. Parkman. After Dr. Webster bad stated most of the facts recorded above on the 231 May, this question, with all the earnestness, solemnity, and authority of tone that Dr. Putnam was master of, was addressed liim:— "Dr. Webster, ia all probability yur days are numbered; voti cannot, you d ire not pcak falsely to me now; yon must not die with a lie in your mouth; so, prove to yourself that your repentance for the sins of your life is sincere; tell me the truth, then—a confidence to be kept sacred during y- or lite time, and as much long* r as my regard for liie happiness of your family shall seem to rim require, and the in terest of truth and justice to permit. Search to the bottom of your heart for the history of your motives, and tell me, before God, did it ever occur to you, before the decease ot Dr. Parkman, that his tteath, if you could bring it to pass, would he of great advantage to you, or at least that personal injury to him might be the result of youi expected conference with him? As a dying man, 1 charge you to answer me truly, and exactly, or else be silent—had you not such a thought?" "No, never," said ho, with energy and feeling, "as I live, and as G<> ( | is my witness, never! 1 was no more capable of such a thought than one of my innocent children. I never had the remotest idea of injuring Dr. P. until the moment the blow was struck. Dr. Pr. was extremely severe and sharp—the most provoking of men—and 1 am irritable and passionate. A quick handed and brief vio lence of temper has been a besetting sin of my life. 1 was an only child—much indulged— and i have never acquired the control over my passions that I ought to have acquired early, and the consequence is all this." ••But you notified Dr. Parkman to meet you at a certain hour, and told him you would pay hiin, when you know he had not the money.' "No," he replied, "1 did not tell bun 1 would pay hiin, and there is no evidence that 1 told him so. Except my own words spoken after his disappearance, and after I had determined to take the ground that 1 had paid him, those words were of the miserable tissue of false hoods to which I was committed from the moment I had begun to conceal the homicide. 1 never had a thought of injuring Parkman." 'l'his was accompanied by the statement in which Professor Webster attempts to explain as to bis seeing Lutlefield, sending for blood, and of inquiring about gases from the vault. After reading the statement, Dr. Putnam pro ceeded to argue as to its truthfulness, saying that it was made when the writ of error was still pending. Also, that Professor Webster's estate was worth several thousand dollars, and that he was not in such a slate as to commit such a crime deliberately. The previous pe tition from Professor Webster, protesting ins innocence, and praying for absolute pardon, he said, was got up by his family, who were unwaveiing in their belief in bis innocence, until his confession was communicated to them about a week since. He concluded in assert ing his belief that the confession was true. Members of the council have retained a copy of the petition previously presented, and with drawn by the advice of Dr. Putnam, whicti will probably he published. It asserts his in nocence, and it also asserts that Littlcfield, or some other person, placed the remains in his room, to compass his ruin. BOSTON, July 0. The wife and three daughters of Profes sor Webster appeared before the Council, yesterday afternoon, and pleaded in aid of the petition for their husband and father, for a commutation of punishment. Mrs Webster said that she had been un wavering in the belief of her husband's nocrnre until he made his confession. — She also stated, that it was chiefly through her means and representations, that the pe tition for pardon and protestation ol his in nocence was sent in. After this withdrawal, the Council sent for Dr. Putnam, and stated that they, hav ing grave doubts on certain points in the confession, bail consulted separately three eminent surgeons, and a document had heen propared for him to communicate to Prof essor Webster. Before (hedorument was ; read, the doors were closed ; but it was understood that one of the questions pro pounded was whether such a stick as that described in ttie confession would give such a blow as would cause death in ten minutes? All three considered it would not. The other questions were stated to have been answered adverse to the confes sion. The opinion is universally express- 1 ed that no commutation will be granted. ! I ASSESSMENT OF SUIOOL TAX. The annexed letter from the Chief Clerk of the State Department of Common Schools, in regard to the proper mode of assessing School taxes, may be of service to the School Direct ors in the different School districts. It was written in reply to one asking for the official construction ol the law on this subject. We find it in the Reading Journal! Secretary's Office, ) Dep't of Common Schools. £ Harrisburg, May 27, 1850. JOHN S. RICHARDS, Esq.— Sir : Your let ter of the 25th instant, enquiring what is the proper construction of the'Jltli section of the act relating to Common Schools, passed 7th of April, 1839, so far as the assessment of school, taxes is concerned, is now before me. Although there is some ambiguity in the sec tion alluded to, yet a careful examination of its language and the terms used, will lead to the result intended by the legislature. In levying the tax, it is the duty of the board of directors in the first place, to assess upon all offices and posts of profit, professions, trades, and occupations, and upon all single freemen above tlie age of twenty-one years, who da nut follow any occupation, any sum winch they may deem proper and sufficient, not exceeding the amount assessed on the same for State and county purposes: except, that the gum assessed on each, (office, post of profit, profession, trade, occupati in, and single free men) strait in nu case he less tiiari fifty cents. Having done this they should in the second place ascertain the balance of lax to be raised, and apportion it upon the property of the dis trict, made taxable for State and county pur poses. Farming is not deemed an occupation, as contemplated in the School Law. Under the foregoing provisions, persons holding office, Ac., may he assessed more than fifty cents, but never less. Their property is also liable to be assessed with the other prop erty of the district, for the balance of tax to be raised, after the first assessment shall have been completed. In the foiegoin*, I have emphasised those terms considered moat significant in the sec tion, for the purpose of leading the mind to a more clear appreciation of their importance. Very respectfully, Yours Ac., For the Superintendent. FRED. J. FEW, Chitf Vitrk. \ o T s C I;. {RESPKCTFUI I.V invite a?! persons deal ing :n or iisTtg !) SRDIY \RE, &e., to my large and well so ected stock, which wiil be wj|d tor rash at lower! prices. ma!7if F G I K W ISCt S. / UUN FRY merchants are informed that VV rteJ bit's u Hardware may be bought for cash t Phladeiphia prices Home and see. na!7tf F* G. FRANCISCUS. SLEDGE MOULDS, 16t0251b5., for sale by rnalTtf F. G. 1 RANCISCU.S. PLANES of all kinds lower than the lowest maiTtf by F. G. FRANCISCUS. STOVES low for cash by inalTlf F. G. FRANC ISC US, Y| ILLWRIGHT TOOLS of all kinds for IT I maiTtf sale by F. G FRANCISCUS. 8 set Hoot Trees. S pr Crimping Boa rde, for sale maiTtf by F. G. FRANCISCUS. Uf AGON and Buggy English Boxes from 1 £ toOJ. for sale by F. G. Franciwts. P( )TS. Kettles, Fr> iug Pans, dkc., for sale bv maiTtf F. G. Fraxczsctb. O Gun and Rifle Barrels, Casting", Tubes, m f dec., tor sale by F G Franciscts. \J A RNISH, (Coach Rnd Cabme',)Glue, Paint and \ urnibh Brushes always on hand by maiTtf F. G. Fraxciscvb. 5 HOUSEKEEPING articleaof all kindscon ** stantly on hand by F. G. Franciscvs. Boxes Tin Plates, Iron Wire, Biock Tin, Pig Lead, &.C., for sale by maiTtf F. G. FRAN CISC US. M-HOUSEHOLE Anvils, from 100 to'dOO ibs. iv_l Tower Vices, 30 to 150 lbs., for sale by nialTrf F. G. FRANCISCUS. SPADES, Shovels, Manure Forks, Hay Forks from 50 cents to J§l, best, for sale by vin 17if I . G. FRANCI3CPS. Q O P a,r Black and Brigkt Springs, from 3to fJ Jmi (> plates, 1 r to 2] wide, at 0.17tf F. G. FRANCISCUB. | yards Carriage Lace tor Trim- I HI mings, 6lc , tor "ale by F. G. FKANCISCUS. ]>KASS. Silver and Iron Nut Patent Axles, _# Plated Stump Joints, for sale by F. G. FR WCISCUS. ni i -'MS.— Enamelled, Chaise, Psaui, Patent leather, dec., tor sale by inal7tt F. G. FRANCISCVS. (i A Kit I AGE Maker's Trimmings and ma- J ti rials ot all kinds tor sale by inaiTtf F. G. FRANCISCIIS. iJA -en Mahogany Verierrs, Butt Column. LjUj r *' vv '~' ''4* Hl "' N ln> ' on - Bed Castors, J!>r sale by F. G. FKANCJSCVS. Bdoz. pair Wood Hamcs, silver &. brass plated 2 do Iron do do do mal7tt for sale by F. G. FRANCISOUS. C1 AMI'HINE, Etbaml Oil and I m rd l.amns, J Wicks, Shades, Chimneys, Globes, dtc., mal7tf for sale MJP F. G. FBANCISCOS. lIOUSB BELLS from 20 to3o . bs. for farm ** cr's use. Cow, Sheep anil Hand Bells for rnnlTlf sale by F. G. FrtANcrscus. IRON. A LL size.*, round and oval, Tire Iron from j-\. IJ to 4 in., at F. G FRANCIRCLVS. Saws, Chisels, &c. SPEAK &. JACKSON'S, WADE & BUTCH ER'S Cross cut and Panel, a I ways on hand by riul7tf F. G. Fit ANO ISC US. B FATTY'S, Row's, Underbill's, ami the most celebrated English Edgr Tool Man ufacturers' goods, always on tavnd by .nil7H F. G. FRANCISCUS. 4 < £ a Kegs of Nails, Spikes & Brads, at $4 Ui.® sf> •' Pure VVhite l cad, at (H) per kg 40 gals Flaxseed Oil, at SI.OO per gallon, by imlTtf F G FR WCISCUS Mm sbjpiMii'i, Jaundice, Dy|>ep<ia, C'liro iifc or Ncrvttu Debility, ol' (he Kidneys, AND AM. DIBEASFS ARIS SINO FROM A HINDU- • DEKFO LLVKR OR STO MACH, SUCH AS CONSTIPA TION, INWARD Pars, FULLNESS), OR BLOOD TO THE HEAD, ACIDITY OF THE STOMACH, NAUSEA, HEART-BURN, DIS GUST FOR FOOD, FULLNKSH, OR WEIGHT IN THE STOMACH, SOUK ERUCTATIONS, SINKING OR FLUTTERING AT THE PIT or THE STOMACH, SWIMING OF THE HEAD, HURRIED AND DIFFICULT BREATHING, FLUTTERING AT THK HEART, CHOKING OR SCFFOC ATISU SENSATIONS WHEN fit a lying posture, Dimness of I /son, Dots or webs before the Sight, lever and dull pain tn the Head, Deficiency of I'rrspira linn, Yellowness of the Shin and Dyes, J'ain in the Side, Back, Ch'st, Limbs. <}•/*, Sudden Flushes of if at, Burning in the Flesh, Constant Imaginings of Ft if and great depression of Spirits , can be effectual ly cured by DR. HOOFLAND'S celebrated G K!{ MA X BITT Hits, prepared BY DR. C. IY\ JACKSON. At the (iennan Me.lieiiie Store, 120 Arch st. PHILADELPHIA. Their p .irtr over the abate diseases s tiot excelled—if equalled—by any other preparation tuthe United States a e the cares attest, tn many eases after skilful physicians had fail d. TL. ?e BTLTS ARE worthy the attention of invalids, j P. ssessit g i r.-iit virtues m the rectification of diseases of the Liver and l"-s<-r glands, exercising the most search ing powers in w cakness a ml affections of the digestive or gans, they are withal, safe, certain and pleasant. Ill: hi) A XI) BE COSY ISC ED. CHS. ROBINSON. Esq., Eastnn, Md., in a letter to Dr. 1 Jackson, January 9, INSO, said— " My wn-- and myself have received more benefit from your inert t ine than any other we have ever taken for the Oyspcptiaand f.irer disease " "THE TENTH I.EOI IN," published at Woodstock, Va., January lu. I-. o said— " A (IBEAT MEDICISE." " W have uniformly refrained from recommending to ihe public any of the various Patent Medicines of the il.iv. iliih ss tie ire is ley eouvinced of their value. Among ihose we Co ne id - r worthy of notice is the (firman Bitters, ii vei ted by 1 r. //.,■,jt.md, and prepared by Dr. Jackson, HI Phil-idt tphia. One instance In particular, in wlticb Ibe superior % nines of this medicine has been tested, has fal len under our observation. During the last summer, a .••II of MR ABRAHAM GRABILL, of this county, was very I -e-iouely .fllieted with ! iver Complaint, and after trying I-, vain Virions remedies, he purchased a bottleofthe Bitters, and i f>r using it, was so much relieved of his distressing maladv, that he procured another bottle, and is restored entiref, to health." HEAD FURTHER A FEW FACTS PCOM ■' THE WELDOK Hrs*t.O," published at Weldon, ,V C., Janu >rv til. I NSO, whirh said— " PA TEST MEDICISES." "It ii very seldom that we make any allusion to Patent Medic ine*. either approving or otherwise Unfortunately for the country, and for honest and conscientious inven tors and venders ofthese medicines, the land is becoming flooded with quack preparations, that are made alone for | profit and are fit not even for the dogs. In this state of things u is hr<( to tell Inch are, and which are not worth having. If a person gets an indifferent medicine the first time he purchases, be is very apt to condemn the whole of them and buy no more, and inventors must only blame those of their number, (who ignorant)}' combine plain medicines together for th- purpose of making money,) for i the ill success which attends the efforts of the deserving." We believe Dr. C. M. Jackson's ' Hoofland'a German ' Bitters' 10 be a most excellent medicine, and one that should be highly popular in these days of Temperance ; for thev are altogether Vagttable in their composition, vv iiboiit one drop of .dleokolU Spirits in tbeiu. This ineti icine m innocent, but strengthening in Its effects, and rich ly deserving of an unbounded popularity, which, when it ! becomes known, it will, no doubt, fuiiy enjoy " Ji nog M. M. NOAH said, in hui" WSSKLY MESSEN GER," January 5, I*3o "Dr Hoofland's (ferma a I.liters —Here is a prepara tion which the lending presses in toe I'nion appear to be unanimous in recommending, and ibc reason is obvious. It is made after-a prescription furnished by one of the most celebrated physicians of modern limes —the late 1 Dr Christopher Wilhelm !!■ ioflnd, profesor to the Uni versity of Jena, private phvsi. ian to the king of Prussia, ai J one of the greatest medical * titers Germany has ever produced He was emphatically the enemy of humbug, and therefore a medicine of which he was the inventor and endorser may lie confidently relied on. He specialty recommended il in Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, Debility. Vertigo, Acidity of the Stomach, Constipation, and all complaints arising from a disotdered condition of the stomach, the liver and the intestines Nine Philadelphia papers express their conviction of it? excellency,and rev- ■ eral of the editors speak of its effects from their own indt- ! vidua) experience. Under these circumstances, we feet | warranted, not only in calling the attention of our readers j to tlic present proprietor's (Dr C M Jackson's) prepara- ; tion, hut in recommending ihc article to all afflicted." MORE EVIDENCE. The " PHILADELPHIA SATURDAY OAZRTTK." the best family newspaper published ir. the United States. The editor says of Dr Hoofland's German flitters: " It is seldom that we recommend what are termed Pat ent Medicines to the confidence and patronage of our readers; and, therefore, when we recommend Dr. Hoof land's German Hitters, we wish it to be distinctly under stood th t we nre not peakingofthe nostrums of the day, that are noised about for a brief perindnndjlhen forgotten j after it tias done its guilty race of mischief,but of a med- i icine long established, universally prized, and which has met the hearty approval of the faculty itself" Evidence upon evidence has been received (like the foregoing) from all sections ot* the lioion, the la-t three years, and the strongest testimony in its favor, is, that there is more o! it used in the practice of the regular Physi cians of Philadelphia than ail other nostrums combined, a fact that can easily be established, and fu.ly proving thai a scientific preparation will meet with their quiet approval when pre sented even in this form. That this medicine will cure Liver Complaint and Dyspepsia, no one can doubt after using it as directed. Ii nets specifically upon the stom ach nnd liver; il is preferable to calomel in ail bilious diseases —the effect is immediate. They can be administered to FEMALE or INFA.VT with safety and reliable benefit, at nnv time. IJEVVARE OF COUNTERFEITS. Tins medicine has attained lhat high charac ter which is necessary for all medicines to at tain to induce counterfeiters to put forth a spu rious article ut the risk of (be lives of those ■ who are innocently deceived hook well to the marks of the genuine. They have the written signature td" C. M. j JACKSON noon the wrapper, and the name blown in the bottle, without which thry are spurious. For sale Wholesale and Retail at the GER MAN A! KNIFINK STORK, NO. 120 ARCH STREET, j one dixit below Sixth, (late of 278 Race Street/ Philadelphia,and by ALFRED M ARKS, I.evyl wtuwn. [march 22, lRTiOlv. Hams and Bacon, • THE subscriber has *nd in j Z Z. tends keeping on hand a large stock of II A M S, SHOUL — and FLITCH, of prime quality, to sell low for cash. a pl2 F J. HfMPFM \N. (iMimu PURIFY! PURIFY! Life and Ilealih are in the Blood. Not one of all the numerous medicines that have We prepared, begins to be of as great medical virtue, power end unlaiUiig certainty to cleanse and purify, projuce healthy blond, and strengthen and invigorate the whole iv. tem, as ' BRANTS INDIAN PURIFYING EXTRACT, This Purifier is the most wonderful and astonithirur rem <dy in the world. Ho other medicine has effected such a' snost miraculous cures of Scrofula, Fever Sores, Salt Rheum, SYPHILIS, and other eruptive and skin diseases, viz r sipelas. Sura, Ulcers, Ulcerated Sore Mouth and rwT. Hurting Sore Mouth. Scald Head, Biles, Biles, Pimn'sm „„ Face, Rheumatism. LITER COMPLAIHT andmanv,," diseases. THOUSANDS of such diseases have Wen A bv tids PURIFIER, and cured by tae use' of FQua TIMES Less Quantity, at Less Cost by four-fold, than ever such disease* were before or r cured, by Sarsaparilla, or any other remedy. What, then is the question for those interested to decide, as to economv and health I FIRST— WiII it cure my cowißfcji.tr > SfV O.N'D—/ it cheaper f THIRD —Will ONE DOLLAR'S WORTH of BRANT'S PURIFIER effectively cure FOUR TIMES ts much disease as one dollar s icorth of SarsapanUa if". wi!l, then it is FOUR TIMES CHEAPER than Sartapol rilla. And to prove tills we offer one case of cure, out ui the many cases of MOST HORRID SCROFULA. To realize the great power of this medicine as a purifier, read, in our Pamphlets, the perfect cure effected on Mr J. B l/atkin, of Rome, Orieida county, ft. Y. He wag confined to his bed Chue Year —was not expected to live Ueentyfour hours longer —his neck was eaten nearly off, from ear to ear—a hole was eaten through the Wind pipe —his ear nearly eaten out—the use of one am destroyed— an Ulcer, as large as a mac's hand, had nearly eaten through his side and there were on him, in all. Twenty Large, Deep, Discharging Ulcers, which were ALL CURED, and he restored to hea'.-h and ireu>geA to la),or again, by the use of ONLY TWELVE UOTTLEd. This wonderful cure is certified to by Fourteen Respectable Witnesses. And It is the greases', cure, the most undoubtedly substantiat ed, of one of the most horrid and most hopeless ca'j t f Scrofula, that has ever keea cured since the world w„, crr ated—completely establishing the g'cat pottxr and certain Jk 'a"i of the medicine. BRANT'S INDIAN PULMONARY BALSAM ,T,i> F.al-em pc ses fi es all the cleansing an 1 pur, 1 ,*, nr Virtws ol the abor. named iTnrvau EXTSCT ' and a-o posse seen several crthi-r im dilation., per tuu'a iy and y . hmrly adapted to cure CUITiHS mid COV-I'Ml' TiO. It heals uri i !. j I •*c- 3i* 'V• L ngs, *r.d elsewhere tnt'r !y, as r> .dily and u - euriiy as tee Purifying attract hen., an,! cures erterH.ll/y 1 HocsAjrns of vires <,( vb■ <- f hopeless Corisnnip;. .n fully prove ttc .'wm miraculous efficacy in an diseases of the l-UMk?, THROAT, and BREAST. A DYING WOMAN SAVED! CONSUMPTION CURED! We gyp tie following certificate as a fact of cure, whirh g r*.s to prove the power to save life, even when the person seems to :.e ;u the very lat stu.es of existence, when JJ cnt'i In-hu i Pulmonary g,i car, is administered : Tovn of Ballrton. Saratoga Co., .V V — ;t. ZISA Dl'KE han. tiuly sworn, ny: That in the winter of 1?45, deponent's wile was believed by her pHyntian and others to be dying with a consumption of the long*: and deponent believing that to be the cr-c. went to Mr. John W atf'j store, in the r- .J nt H - 7fna .Vpo. to purchase cloth for a shroud, er i other nrce--,-,ncs, to prepare his v:te for burial (titer she should dte. D> ;>■ . -nt farther say*, that while he was in said H'IK'I store, he ■. |>er*uade>l by the Proprietor of "KRAN'I>' INDIAN I'L'LMOKAkY BALSAM," who was then present, to tak- a bottle of sat.i Mrdtctne— he remark ing. that if the dying teaman be cow pa-r recovery, yet. if the be much oppress'# arid distressed, the said medicine wmi.J soothe and relieve her. and mnke the piilow of death more easy. Deponent r<>-.k the raid medicine home with him, together with the cloth he had purchased pre paratory to the anticipated death of his wife. Deponent caused a portion of said medicine to be administered to his wife, and to his astonishment it soon relieved her She continued the use of said medicine .tiU she recov ered from her disease, and has been able stnee (it being now more than thr. o years, to do the work, and attend to all her household affairs . and dejioncnt verity believes that, through the blessing of Providence, the res'oration to health of his wife was the result of the curative aud healing effi cacy of Brant's Indian Pulmonary Balsam. ZIBA DYKEMAN. Subscribed and sworn to. before me. this 09th day of April I£4S. Til OS. (1. YOUNG, Justice of the Peace. Tutcn of Bolts ton, Saratoga county, S. Y. —ss. This is to certify, that 1 am. and have V>cen for many years, veil and intimately acquainted w-ith the above-named Ziba Dykeman. w ho is one oi our most worthy and respectable citizens, and whose statements are entitled to full credit and belief. THOS. G. YOUNG, Justice ot the Peace. April 09, 1343. 7'oi. i of Hif. 'ci. Villa/re of Ballstan Spa —ij • This is to certify that the circumstances and facts stated above by Zibu Dykeman are to my knowledge strictly true, and that be has frequently since stated to me that Brant's Indian lia'.sair. saved the life of Mrs. Dy he-man. A prll tfi, 1843. JOHN WAIT. BRANT'S PULMONARY BAi.PAM cures CONSUMP TION, Coughs. Cold*. Spitting of Wood, Bleeding at the Lungs, Pain in the Breast and .Snic, Night-Sweats, Nervous Complaints, Palpitation of the Heat, Female Weaknesses and Comp'ar.nts, Cholera [nfan'-m Dysentery, and Aiumr.fr Com vlamts PHYSICIAN, HEAL THYSELF. DOCT. J W. FRENCH, of Hillsdale. Hillsdale Co , Mich, wrote to us, Dec. 8, 1848 : " ! have been in thp regular prac tice of medicine in this place for Nine Years : but was obliged to quit the practice of my profession in conse quence ot ill health. I WAS SO severely afflicted with chronic disease of the lungs, as to convince me that ! had the Consumption past doubt 1 coughed almost incessantly night and day, and had severe pains and soreness in my chess, side, and breast. 1 tried the remedies recommeuded by the most skilful of my profession, all to no effect, excepting the nausea and debility caused by thrm. I was prejudice* against Patent Medicines, and have no faith now in them, generally. But I was induced, as an experiment more thau through faith, to try a bottle of BRANT'S INDIAN Pet- MON Aa Y BALSAM and I do here acknowledge, for the ben efit of the afflicted or whom it may serve, that the effect if its use on me. was the most prompt and salutary of any med icines I ever witnessed the effect of in ai! my practice. My couoit was IMMEDIATELY RELIEVED, ami in about eight or ten days. I was fre,' from cough, soreness of the chest, and pain, and now consider and pronounce myself a well man " Doct. French is now a respectable druggist and merchacS at Hillsdale. ANOTHER IMPORTANT VICTORY' Messrs. Holtstander & Co., respectable merchants cf Oberlin, Lorain Co., Ohio, wrote December Iff, 1348 : " Af ter allowing the Brant's Medicines which you sent to us, to remain at Cleveland about three months, we sent for them We have been so often deceived by such medicines not proving to be equal to their recommendations, and therefore would not sell, when their want of efficacy was known, that we considered it unprofitable to keep such, ami were therefore prejudiced against Brant's, supposing it to be no better than many others we have on saie. Alter we had received Brant's, I, (A. Holtstander) was persuaded from reading the pamphlet to take a bottle ot the Pulmonary Ba. ram home. Slv wife had been afflicted with a severe cough for about ten months, and our friends were alarmed and fearful that she would find nothing to relieve or cure ber. But notwithstanding our prejudices to patent medicines, we are athged to say. and cheerfully confess, that BRANT'S BALSAM and PmiFYiNO EXTRACT, can be depended on in preference to any or all ot the many kinds that have been left with us tor sale. My wife was immediately relieved in her cough, and before she had finished using the Brst bott c, began to gainst length and hen'th. and only three bottles effected a perfect cure. The Pi RIYYIXO EXTRACT 1 have personally u?ed lor a general debility of the system, and I have no hesitaney in saying that it is the best medi cine to restore and invigorate the system, that 1 have ever found. In every instance where we have sold these medi cmws they hitvt proved their efficacy, and piveo th beat •aUftfacttom." FOR SALE RY ALFRED .V.IRKS, Lewis! own, G. IF. BREHM.IX, McVtytoun. .11 STEELY &>• CO., BtUctillt, JOILV ALBRIGHT, Reedsville, And by Agents in nil parts of the State.' All letters and orders must be addressed ;o Wai i ACF. A Co., 106 Broadway, New York November 17, 1849—eolv. HOUSSELL'S PERFUMERY.— Extra. u>. assorted; Eau Lustrale, Phiiocotne, Liquid Hair Dye, Charcoal Tooth Paste. Rose Tooth Pste, l'esrl Powder. Tooth Powder, &c.. t J 15. MITCHELL'S !,".v'.'o\yn. ut'.rrh "?*?, I^7o
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers