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SELECT POETRY.
THE SPRING OF LIFE, IS PAST.
The following lines, from tho Louisville
Journal, are above all praise surpassingly
bi'Htitiful.
the spring of life is past,
With its bii.ldiue hopes nnH fears,
Ami the anttim lime is comin?
Wiih ils weight of tveary years
Our jnyonsness is failiiis,
Our hearis aie dimmeil with care,
Anil joulh's fresh dreams of gladness,
All peii.h darkly Ihore.
While Miss was blooming near us
In ihi; hetnl's first burst of spring,
While many hopes could cheer 119.
Life seemed a irloi inns ihing !
Like I lie loam upon a liver,
Wli 'ii ih.' Inri .H jjiies ripjiling o'er,
TIi"m.' hopi's have Hod loiever,
To eoine to lis no mure.
'Tn sad yet sued Id !ilen
To llie soil wind's ocnilo sw(;!l(
Ai.d think we liear the innio
thir I'hildliiind knew so well j
To o,iz.' oul on llie even,
And the boundless Iields of air,
And we feel ayain our boyhood's wish,
To roam, like angels, there.
There are many dreams of gladness
That cling ajound the past
And from that tomb of feeling,
Old thoughts come thronging fast;
The forms we loved so dearly,
In the happy days now gone,
The beuuttlul and ihe lovely,
bo fair to look upon.
Thine blight and gentle maidens
Who seemed so formed lor blies,
Too glorious and too heavenly
Fur such a world as ihis;
Whose soli, daik eyes seemed swimming
Li a sea ol liquid light,
Ami whose locks of gold were streaming
O'er brows so sunny bright.
Whose smiles were like the sunshine
la llie spring time of Ihe year
Like the changeful gleams ol April,
They followed every tear;
Til''' have passed like hope away
All their loveliness has lied
Oh ! many a heart is mourning,
Thai they are with the dead.
Like the brightest buds of summer
They have fallen from the stem
Yet, Uti ! it is lovely death,
To fade from earth like them !
And yet ihe thought is saddening,
To muse on such as they
And feel that all the beautiful
Are passing fast away ;
Thai ihe lair ones whom we love,
Like llie leiidills ol a vine,
Grow closely to raeh loving heart,
Then perish on their shrine !
And we fan but Ihink of ihese
In the soft and genile spring,
When ihe trees are waving o'er lis,
And doueisaie blossoming;
For ue ki ow that wiiilei'd coming,
Willi In cold and slmiiiy fky
Ami the glorious beauty round us,
Is biul.lieg but to die!
I! UN TIN Ci AN OFFICE.
BY JOE MILLER, JR.
It was a sad day in Snooksville ; old
Setli Smith, the Postmaster, was taken with
an apoplectic (it. Every one fell sorrow-
nil yet there were general guesses as to
who would be his successor. The merits
of the supposed candidates were duly can
vassed ; but most people thought that old
Ma'am bmith Seili's wite that was his
widow she would be ou:ht to hav it.
Pelei; Pap did not ajiree with this; had'nt
he fought and failed for the paity? and
what had Ma'am Smith done? Nothing!
and should a fat oflice like that (the post
master's receipts for the last ye-ar had
reached 10, and business was increasing)
should an ollice like that he given fo a
woman who never was a "deleoate," and
did'nt know how to electioneer? "Jus-
lice," thought I'c lea-, "justic" forbids." j
I'hedi.' waicast : IVIeg determined to apply
lor the oflice, start immediately for Wash- J
inglon, and settle the Imsiness at once.
It was true old S th was not yet dead ; but
people always died il apoplexy seized them,
and therefore it was best to secure the first
chance. Tie re was one didiculty which
bothered him considerably : where was his
petition, and who would sisn a recommen
dation The peiition he could draw him
self, but the signers there wag the rub-
no one would sign his recommendation
until Seth was dead, and many would re
fuse until herwas buried; and yet thpre
was no tune to be lost. But a good politi
cian is prepared for every emergency.
Pap searched his portfolio, there he
found in one corner the very thing he
wanted ; an old petition to the head bur
gess to have the lamp post removed, to
which l ap had himself obtained the signa
tures of the leaders of the party, and some
of the best men of the opposition. The
petition was useless, the lamp post having
been removed by a strong March wind, in
a very summary manner. JJtit tne signa
tures were just as good as ever. It re
quired but a moment's consideration, and,
by a brilliant mana-uvre, Peleg detached
the paper containing the signatures from
the petition, wafered them to his own,
seized his carpet-bag and umbrella, and
travelled.
Arrived at Washington, Peleg jumped
into a hack, and was rapidly driven to the
post office department. Unfortunately, the
postmastei had just gone owt to the Execu
tive mansion to attend a' cabinet council.-
To the White House Pele proceeded,
hoping lo nail the President and Postmaster
General at once. The cabinet conference
was long. Af'er amusing himself for five
hours in examining the furniture of the
President's house, paring his nails, and loll
ing on the ottomans, Mr. Pap was inform
ed by a servant that the President would
see no one on business that day, the council
having just broken up. The next morning
he was early at the general post office, but
was informed that the Postmaster General,
together with the President and cabinet,
had gone on an excursion down the Poto
mac to Mount Vernon, so that day there
would be no opportunity of making his
application. Trie next day he was inform
ed at the department that the Postmaster
General could be seen at his private office.
His name and business was required by the
usher, when he was informed by the offi
cial that if he wtild present his papers, he
would be granted an interview by the head
of the department in his turn ; there were
C37 applicants for various situations, who
had the preference. To Mr. Pap nlone
World the (iliS audience be granted. Fur
ther, that a message would be left at his ho
tel when his presence would be required.
Pap went to his lodgings and waited four
days, sustained by hope. On the fifth,
about three o'clock, a letter was handed
him, requiring his immediate presence at
Ihe department. lie chartered a hack, and
directed it to take him to the post office.
Alas! it was a hoax! When he arrived
there, the building was closed, all the offi
cials having left it for the day.
On the following morning he ventured to
visit the post office building; he found that
the applicants were being rapidly heard,
and he waited, hoping that he might be
reached that day ; he was not, however.
But the next morning his heart leaped
within him as he heard his name called.
He was ushered into the presence of the
Postmaster General, who received him
with great politeness. The conversation
was immediately opened by the official.
"How long since you left Snooksville.
Mr. Pap ?"
"About twelve days, sir."
"Our old friend, Smith, was not dead
when yon left ?"
"No, sir yes," snid Pap, thinking from
the tone, that the Postmaster knew Smith
to he dead ; but suspected that Pap had hur
ried oil' to Washington before his decease
had actually occurred.
"lie was dead, you say! that is indeed
strange! We received his official return
for the last quarter yesterday ves 1 that is 1
i. ' . r .
his signature, certainly, Mr. Smith's ser
vices to the party have long been appre
ciated by the government.
Pap was rather overwhelmed by this,
but impudence carried him through tri
umphantly. "Why, we thought he was dead, sir,"
replied he : "the belief wt.s very general,
as you will see by looking at the signatures
on my petition."
"Ah! yes good men, too sound thor
ough goers, most of them ; we know many
ol them. Pin very sorry for the little mis
take that has happened," said the dignilary,
blandly, who expected to be "up for an
office in (he people's gift," some day him
self, and was, theuTore, too much of a tac
tician to affront any one possessing the
slightest party influence, "very sorry, in
deed. Mr. Pap. The depart merit would
have been happy to have conferred the
office on one who comes so well recom
mended by good men as yourself, Mr. Pap.
In future, if I would be allowed to suowst,
it would not be improper to defer making
an applictton for an oflice rendered vacant
by death, until these things are so uncer
tain until an undertaker is engaged in
(act, it might be left until the Incumbent's
luneral had started from his late residence.
Good morning, Mr. Paif-a happy journey ; "'"J;08"; articles of dress, and eagerly
home " J begged her to choose anything she possess-
Pap,on his arrival at Snooksville, gave I f ' bi" "."tide of value waa not what
out that he had been oh Journey to Boston; I the ,'a W,she,d ?r ul? a"ep,V ? W?
but (.(lice-hunters, seekino- to fill vacant i ?,lh heBr4,at;t difficulty that the impul
sitiintimis m other toven. in n,. .,., t.o.i slve 'ede could be made to agree to let
: : """"'J'
also
hi
th
lamp-post petition. Those of his own par
ty, whose names were aflixi d to it, were in
clined to wink at the affair for the purpose
of securing Pap's influence; but the oppo
sition w ere indignant. A lawyer was con
sulted, who declared "that forgery was the
fraudulent making oralteralion of a writing
to the prejudice of another." The oppo
sition declared that using their signatures
to recommend a candidate of another party
was terribly prejudicial to tlieir party atand
ing. Mr. Peleg Pap, was therefore ar
raigned, found gilty of forgery, and sen
tenced to three years, at hard labor, in the
county prison. As soon as he arrived
there, the superintendent, who knew of his
shrewdness, installed him in the situation
of overseer ol the convicts in one of the de
partments.
When Ma'am Smith heard of it, she said
that she "railly believed that that was the
very ojfice Peleg Pap was hunting for from
the very fust."
JI NNY LIND.
The N. Y. Home Journal give the fol
lowing interesting verities concerning the
domestic habits of the Nightingale :
During her two years' engagements in
London, Jenny Ltnd hired the suburban
residence of a stout and worthy citizen,
taking his furniture, his carriage and coach
man, his servants and house belongings, of
all descriptions on rent.- The only addi
tion that die made to the usual service of
the establishment was the attendance of an
English chaplain, who, upon the open lawn
of the garden, whenever the weather would
any way permit, or otherwise ih the drawing-room,
peformed the devotions of the
English Church for the assembled household.-
The coachman, Ma to the custom in
England, had accommodations for his family
in a wing of the stables; and his wife, the
mother of two'or three younpr 4 ' fyn,
was employed as "washer and tf T,- jjt
While, with proffers of attention Sij ac
quaintance from the rank and fashion of
London, the fair Swede was unavailingly
been at Washington, and the stofv of. vU..n.. ...r i..c.un ui
s application for Smith's office was soon" ow.p ' lu worn in "Laf.lle du
e town talk. Not oi.lv that, but it was RlK"nt. Her generosity and simplicity
discovered in what manner he hstd used the .." " 'H'a.iiicauon ".V Know
beset a kind o' tribute to her genius mid
character which she consistently and tin-
varyingly refused the family of the hon:
est coachman were commonly enjoying the
much sought privilege. While Duchesses
and Countesses were being refused at her
door, she was ofteneiit seated in the corner
of the haymow, her favorite resort for every
hour Of leisurej tending the coachman's
baby, or teaching the older ones to read !
On this humble family all her every-day
affections seemed to be expended. When
away, concert-singing at Birmingham or
Liverpool, she wrote to them daily as if
to her own family, and with a tenderness
of broken English which was as touching
as it was curious. These letters were lent
and shown to the neighbors and others, and
the friend (of our own) who bad seen them
and gives us (hose particulars, says that no
damrhter could have written home more
familiarly and affectionately. The coach
man's wife still wear--, ttitelied to the sleeve
of the calico 'own in which she works,
and changed and re-.stiched carefully to
every dress she puts on, a most costly dia
mond bracelet, her parting keepsake from
Jenny Lind! It would be a hard extremity
of poverty that would induce her to part
with it;
The famous opera singer had been more
than a year the tenant of Mr. C , and
the staid elderly citizen had never seen
her. He had his lodgings in town, near his
place of business, and he Rent his clerk to
Brompton quarterly to receive the rent, re
plying, with a bluff disavowal of all know
ledge of opera-singers, to such of his friends
as made the natural inquiries of curiosity.
Some question occurring, however, at one
of these quarterly settlements which an
agent could not very well dispose of, it be
came necessary that Mr. C should call
on his tenant in person. This stout land
lord's account of his visit very ninth aimi- j
sed his li'iends. He had expected an un
comfortable degree of pretension and cere
mony. The servant at the door showed his
old master to the drawing-rnotp, and the
next minute "Miss Lind" came running in
from the garden, with dress unhouked be
hind, hair not very smooth, (these particu
lars are second-hand from the first narratorl
and as cordial as the oldest friend he had in
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the world. She seized bun by his two
hands, crowded him down into a large arm
chair, insisted upon knowing why he had
not been to see her during the long time
she' had been in his house, and finally seal
ed herself on the floor at his feet, to talk
over matters. Quite overcome with this
last condescension, the deep-down chivalry
of the honest Englishman was aroused, and
dropping on one knee, he declared that he
could not sit in a chair while she sat on the
floor. At this, the unci remonious Jenny
jumped up, and taking Mr. C.'s two hands,
drew him to a window seat, and squeezed
herself (lor he is a very fat man) into the
recess by his side "and a very tihf
squeeze it was," added the old gentleman
in telling the story. Here she pulled from
her pocket contract and receipts, and pro
reeded to bioiiiess, which v.assxm settled;
and the landlord took his leave, delighted
with Jenny Lind, but not quite sure that he
had been in full possession of his senses.
Just before the celebrated singer left this
residence, a lady who hd been brought in
contact with her by tonic circumstance of
neighborhood, and who had conceived a
strong affection lor her, asked, one day,
something as a keepsake. Jenny flew to
her dressing-room and brought down iew-
A 1 JoiiitiiiLi; l'lo nr. On the evening of
the 7 th instant, a fatal ali'ray occurred at I
Monterey, a small town iu Texas, near the !
upper part ol Caddo parish, (Li.) between j
Ueuht-u It. Harrison and John Lester on I
the one side, and John Collins on the other
so says the Siretujiuit Gazette, which
adds:
"The difficulty originated in the follow
ing manner : Harrison had just returned
from a trip to Alabama with his family, and
while getting off the boat at Monterey,
(near which he lived), some game chickens,
that he had brought with him, got loose,
and Lester, who was in his employ, while
ordering a negro to catch them, brought on
a dispute with Collins. Collins, who was
a blacksmith, went to his shop, and after
preparing his gun, called to Lester to come
down if he wanted satisfaction. Harrison
and Lester went to the shop, and as the lat
ter stepped in, Collins knocked him down
with his tongs, when he was shot with a
repeater by Harrison. He then turned
upon the latter, and struck him on the
head, and again turned and struck Lester,
when Harrison shot him a second time.
After receiving the last wound, Collins
threw the longs at Harrison, wh'uh struck
him just below the eye, and went down in
his mouth, lie then took a sledge hammer,
and, we are told, bent his brains nut. Les
ter died instantly Collins lived until nest
morning. They were all men of families.
We were acquainted with neither of the
parties personally, hut knew Mi Harrison
from reputation, who, though wild, was
much esteemed."
WHATve commonly call a falling star is
believed by the Arabs to be a dart launched
by ihe Almighty at an evil genius: and, on
beholding one, they exclaim, "May God
transfix the enemy of the fuith."
In manufacturing gold pens, the gold pav
es through eighteen different stages before it
appears a perfect pen.
.i tho luflncflta .nt.olof r,f .,nhr ll.a I.a..a....1 C
ledge ol the world.
MK. KIMI'S IlLPORT ON CALIFORNIA.
The following synopsis of the report of the
Hon. T. Butler King, just submitted to Con
gress, upon the resources of California, &c,
we copy from the Journal of Commerce:
The topics of which it treatsnre The pop
ulation of ihe country; its 9frie.uHl!ral re
sources; extent and production of the mine
ral region; the commerce and navigation of
California ; the legislation necessary for the
territory ; and especially in regard to the dis
position of the gold-bearing lands belonging
to the Uniled States.
The population of the country is now about
120,000. An accession to Ihe population by
immigration, during Ihe year beginning at
the next dry season on the !.-t of May is
estimated at 2i0. 0C0.
The nerieultural rapacities of ihe slate are
vastly grealer lhan lu's 1-ern heretofore re
presented. There is n vast extent of pasture
lands, unsurpassed anywhere in the world, in
verdure and richness. The will oals grow
spontaneously all over the plains, yielding an
annual crop nt tho rale of forty bushels, per
acre. Any number of cuttle and sheep may
be raised. Two hundred thousand head of
cattle must be brought into the country du
ring the next two years.
The cattle were formerly killed for their
hides, which was the chief article of export J
and they were woith but S4 a head ; but now
they are tvortll SCO or S30 a head.
California is especially ndapted to wool
growing ; a gentleman was about to import
ten thousand sheep from Mexico with a view
to go into that lnisincs. The futuie value
of the vineyards is represented us very great.
As to the commerce of the country, he es
timates the value of imports, needed in Cali
fornia from the Atlantic stales, fur t Ik; next
year, at four millions of doliais iu flour, six
millions in lumber, and two millions iu other
articles.
As lo the article of lumber, its pi ice is now
ST5 per thousand, and cannot be lower, be
cause il is below the cost of labor necessary
for cutting and sawing lumber in California.
It can be carried to California for $21 a thou
sand ; and supposing it cost S20 here, it will
continue to pay.
The gold legion is described as extending
five or six hundred miles from the south to
the north, and from forty to sixty miles in
width from east to west. It rises gradually
in an inclined plain, from the Sacramento
valley, to the elevation of 4.000 feet, at w hat
are called the Foot Hills. Iletween these
hills and Ihe Sierra Nevada, n number of
streams have their source, and take their
course through the Foot Hills, westward.
Mr. King examined twelve of these rivers,
and found them all very rich iu gold; and
the conclusion is inevitable, from all the facts
that the whole qoailz plain, containing three
thousand square, miles, is full of gold bedded
in the quart, an.l some of which, disiute
giate I fiom the quartz by the. to; rents, may
be found in dust and lumps in the beds cf the
streams.
The whole number of foreigners in the re
gion who are gold hunters, is fifteen thousand
There have been but seven thousand Ameri
can gold hunters. The Chilians and ihe So
nora people came iu crowds, and have car
ried off tweuly-live millions. Tho Americans
have procured fifteen millions. The Chilians
are expert diggers.
The amount of gold already procured, is
forty millions. But forty millions more will
beproeured during the coming dry Season
say from May to November.
The tegular mining operations in the solid
qnnrlz rock will soon begin, and can be con
tinued dining ihe wet ns well as tho dry seu
son. Mr. King estimates Ihe amount of gold
which will bo procured from the 1st May,
1850. lill Ihe 1st .Vovember, 1852, ut one
bundled millions.
He recommends thai the lauds be retained
as public properly forever and as a perpetu
al resource for the public exchequer.
To the woikeis and diggers of gold he pro
poses to grant permits at tho rate of an ounco
of gold for each pound.
For the encouragement of regular mining
operations, ho proposes to grant leases of a
limited number of acres, lo perrons or com
panies, at a small per rentage on the amount
of gold procured.
"I am too roon. to cive cp my Paper."
A woman in Maine recently renewed her sub
scription to a Fouland paper, with the re
mark that "she was infinitely too poor to do
without it." There is a great deal compre
hended in this declaration. People even
those who aro in straightened circumstances
call dispense with many things lather than
with a newpaper. How much has even ihe
poorest saved by attentively perusing some
one of the public journals w hich has been
his daily or weekly visitant ! It should be a
universally uduiilted tact, that a newspaper
is one of the necessaries, not one of the luxu
riesoflife. Every journalist in tlie -etiutry,
by taxing his iiieinoiy a moment, could easi
ly illustrate the trulh of the position uud in
deed there are very few in e.iiy community
whoso experience does not enable them to
bear testimony to it. A newspaper is a mine
of wealth lo millions, if they nevar saw one,
would have reason to say that they were
poor indeed. Lowell Journal.
A Youmo Miss having been iuViled to a
military ball, inquired with great simplicity,
if all the ladies were expected to bare arm t
These is in the workhouse al Yeovil, Eng
land, a femal infant orphan, six weeks old,
weighing only two and a half pounds.
TlllAL OF 1)11. J. W. WEBSTER,
For the Murder ef Dr. Parhmstn, befors the Iu
rrema Judicial t'unrt.
DR. WEBSTER CONVICTED.
The Summing up of the Attorney General
Speech from Professor Webster The Judge's
Charge Verdict of the Jury The Prisoner
Pronounced Guilty of Murder.
Boston, March 30, 1S50.
The excitement increases as this extraordi
nary trial draws (o a close. The court room
is crowded to excess, and tho most intense
feeling prevails. Tho prisoner looks deject
ed. At ten minutes past nine, o'clock, Mr.
Clifford, tho Attorney General, commenced
his closing argument for the government.
THE SUMMING CP FCUl THE UDVEIINMKXT, BY
ATTunSEV GENERAL C!.II'FOUD.
In a cause, gentlemen of ihe jury, of the
magnitude of the one now before us, I ex
pected anil you expected that all that human
power could do to exonerate this defendant
would be done. From the tianscendent nbi
lity of the counsel for the defence, I was not
disappointed; but in a hope that I expressed
to you in in opening, 1 am disappointed. I
did hope for some explanation which would
have saved the defendant ftom the terrible
web which circumstances havo thrown
around him. 1 hoped, as a man and a citi
zen, in behalf of one who once stood so high
in this community. I slated the course I
should pursue tho outline I should fill up
I drew no inferences, but 1 filled up the out
line : and I know that these inferences must
bo now pressing on your minds. This man,
although he has been immured in a cell, has
riot been the friendless man his counsel has
represented him. Ho has been surrounded
by powei fid friends, and has had every op
portunity lo make an explanation of llie ter
rible circumstances with which he has fpen
found connected. Ho has had every facility
ailoided him. The evidence before the Cor
oner's jury, though secretly given, was laid
before his counsel, that they might be pre
pared for his defence. I have withheld no
fact from his counsel which could bear on
his defence. lie waived an examination be
fote another tiibunal in this building, whero
he had the fullest opportunity to oblige the
government to show the charges against him.
He did it not only without tho advice, but
against the advice of the ablest counrel in
this commonwealth. I put it to yoa whether
an innocent man would have refused sbch an
opportunity to explain and save iho charac
ter which he has labored sixty years to earn?
Would ho have suffered such a character to
have been blasted for a moment 1 j
They bring the testimony of Dr. W. P. G.
Morton to shake the testimony of Dr. Keep,
who swears positively, and gives his reasons,
fortified by the opinions of three other pro.
fes-ional gentlemen iu the same liue. They
biing (our ilnesses to prove their n'tW of
IV. Parkman. They might have brought fif
teen as vol. aiul lha ou!v reason Hiey did
not was, that it would have required Pr. !'
to be in loo many places at tho same time.
It would have required him, in short, to be
ubiquitous. They, therefore, selected live
Mrs. Hatch swears she saw Dr. Parkman at
a time which is not at all inconsistent with
I ho indictment. I come then, first, to the
testimony of Mr. Thompson tho biological
witness, as we may call him ho depends for
the time upon a clock, which we havo shown
i0 be no guide; but I will adini', if you
please, that he did see a person who looked
like Dr. Parkman ; he did not meet him ; he
saw him cross the street; doubtless, ho may
have supposed that he saw Dr. Parkman, but
this is readily explained, by supposing that
he saw some some person resembling Dr. P.
Mr. Wenlworih swore that be saw Dr. P. in
Court street ; he was walking with Mr. S. H.
Kussell, w hom we have brought on the stand.
This was the only time that ho walked with
Mr. Russell; and Mr. Russell swears thai
wh"ii walking wilh Mr. Wmlworih, they
saw Dr. Paiknian ; but he does r.ot now re
member the time ; he is sure it was not on
Fiiday. I submit that the witness stands
impeached. Why does ho keep the know,
ledge to himself, while the search was going
on ! 3lr. Lleiiauu s testimony, iiku
Uhodcs's, has this peculiarity he has two
facts to remember first, what time he called
on Rev. John Wells, and the fact that after
he came from him ho saw Dr. Parkman. He.
had not spoken to Dr. P. for three years. He
did not pass next to Lira. I submit, he might
have mistaken a perSon having Ihe general
appearance of Dr. Puikman.
The circumstances which ho says struck
him, were certainly not very remarkable.
Dr. P. you well know, v as much likelier to
bo walking arm in arm with an honest labor,
ing man, iu his every day coat, than with
tho professor of a college v. lmm ho thought a
swindler. Mrs. Rhodes testified that she saw
Dr. P. at a quarter to five o'clock, or at five
o'clock. From the almanac which I take, it
could not be introduced in evidence, it will
appear that, at four of that day, it was rather
late for very distinct vision. Mrs. Rhodes
said she bowed, and the Doctor bowed to her.
Is it anything uncommon for a gentleman to
return a bow to a lady who may have mista
ken him ! One pregnant fact in regard to
this testimony is, that Mrs. Rhodes, though a
parishioner of Rev. Francis Parkman, said no(
a word of what she had seen, till her daugh
ter came back from Lexington, on Tuesday.
Another pregnant fact is, that Dr. Parkman
was walking with a gentleman. Where is
that gentleman 1 Why no voice from him 1
If Dr. P. was roaming about under aberra
tion of mind, ibis gentleman could have taken
rats cf him. Mrs. Grsenough's testimony
wis very considerate ond conscientious. I
wish a'l the test had bsen as careful. Sha
states thai sho is not coi fident and positive
that it was really Dr. Parkman which she
saw. The learned Attorney geheral went
into a very entertaining and Instructive dis
cussion of tho subject of proving personal
identity, nnd related many anecdotes ol sin
gular mistakes in recognizing individuals.
But if this Tark man alibi, as it is called, is
admitted, it does not shake the case, Whersi
was Dr. Webster that day Ho was thersi
in his laboratory, dinnerless and alone, Iho
whole afternoon. Ho might have murdered
Dr. P. before two o'clock, or ho might again
havo enticed him there, and murdered him
before four o'clock. I come to the testimony
of the idenlity of llicso remains. If the cir
cumstances which prove ihe identity are
slight, they are many. If they are in each
weak na a thread, together they are strong as
a cable. It is in tho order of Providonce,
that there could not be such a striking resem
blance ns we have brought here, without pro
ducing so perfect a conviction as if we hail
brought the entire mortal remains of Dr. P.
before yoa. I approach this subject rever
entially I refer you to the long labors of
that conscientious matt, Dr. Keep, to produce)
a set of teeth for Dr. P. to wear at tho open
ing of that college, founded by his munifi
cence that this very set of teeth should re
main to reveal the murder of that founder of
the College; and Id Vindicate the law, I re
gard as the finger of Almighty God. That,
from the smouldering remains in the ashes
of ihe furnace, Iho pieces should be fished
out, from which, that true son cf science, Dr.
Wjmrui, should reconstruct the very jaw
which bears tho unmistakeablo peculiarity of
of Dr. Paiknian, is a wondeiful providence
Looking ;.t the person iu the culprit's dock,
himself a devotro of science, I havo beeti
di-pnrrd, in sickness of heart, to nsk :
Il.r ilnr-i-ud bridge then vaniU-rM urp,
To I rii. U3 i-n'y ilurkiit.Fs unci ilirputr t"
Xu science has vindicated what this false)
son of science has debased. Scientific mcri
have appeared here, who throwing away alt
feelings of clas, havo given themselves to'
llie search of truth, as truth. Let the results
strike where they may. They havo restored
the body, so ns to show where each minuto
paiticlo of bene fits, and to show that these
were parts of the same body, and in no part
dissimilar to' Pr. Parkman, and bearing soma
most striking resemblances. 1 nbw, gentle!
men of the jury, como to consider the hy
pothesis set up for the defence. I shall a sic
you, first, lo consider whether any one of
them, in itself, is such as the law requires to
be excluded by tho facts in tho case. I ehal
then ask you to consider whether they da
not conflict with each other. What were)
these hypotheses, Dr. Webster had been com
pelled, in order to avoid suspicion, lo admit
that he did meet Dr. Parkman at the time,
we specify, and he claims, which our evi-
ence contradicts, that ho paid him money.
Thus far they admit; all beyond they de
ny, and rush in hypothesis, lhey say lie
iiiiuht have committed suicide, ho might
havo been tubbed, or some other thing might
have been done. We are not here lo con
sider possibilities. We might suppose that
Dr Holmes killed Dr. Puikman in Iho lecture
room, or any other extravagant supposition.
But we want a hypothesis which has some
thing to support it. Tho Case first seems to
rest upon the supposition that he was mur
dered outside and brought into li e college)
for destruction, or, pcihaps, to get the re
ward ; but it is an absurd supposition, be
cause, iu the full strength of tho word, they
say, this accounts for tho dissecting room be;
ing open ; but this must have made the work
very expeditious, for il was Friday night that
'lie dissecting room door was open. Another,
that Dr. Faikiuuu had gone roaming about
for some time, and that he was brought in
theie, murdered, after slander began Id
breathe that Dr. Webster was ihe guilty
man.
How coult Dr. Webster remain in such a'
community as his. with all tho sympathies vr
the University in his favor, when his inno
cenco could be established by confirming
such a hypothesis. I think that open door
had something to do wilh the remains; tut
it was iu connection wilh Dr. Webster, whosi,
whereabouts was not accounted for till 6nw
o'clock, though his daughter usually break
fasted with him. ft has appeared wilh vUh
facility Dr. Webster flitted back and forth
between Cambridge and the Medical College,
It has been suggested that the remains vrersj
carried to the Medical College for the pur.
pose" of getting tho reward. If they were so
carried to get tha reward, why was" such
pains taken to destroy ilia identity 1 If it
was Littlelield who was looking out for llm
reward, why did he finj nothing that could
be or has been identified? Tho points ly
which the re.Ti.iins are identified were a'l
discovered by others. Dr. Wtbsler's lh t
daughters were here, and their testimony r-.-maikably
confirms that of Mr. Lltlicfield -'
They put their father away from home just
when Littleficld makes him at the college,
and Liitlefieid puts him away from the col.
lege just as they put him at home. There i
nothing but a good piece of dove-tailing be
tween them. Suppose Dr. Parkman to hate
beeu murdered in the college, or out of it,
and brought into the laboratory for a conceal
ment or any other purpose, then, I maintain,
tha! either Dr. Webster or Mr. Liulefieli
must have known it. . .
Could a man be roasted in Dr. Webster'f
assay furnace, in which he never mad st
fire, and such a man as ha not hava known
it 1 We nnht as well com, jno titi court