1 ''V:'.liaiW ; v.-..? : t o t :.i !- . OFFICE, MARKET STREET, OPPOSITE THE POST OFFICE. H. B. MASSER, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. NEW SERIES VOL. 3, N- 1 7. TERMS OF TIM'. iMT.HIC . " TUP AMERICAN to puWi'h' every ftttnnhy at TWO DOLLARS pr ...m.m to t- pud half y-nrly m -vlv,,, N XTn,m.nir.UO. .nr letters on bnj-to- n fet.ng to the office, to insure slleiitiun, imixt ti 1 OS 1 1 Al U. TO CLVU8. . five dollars in advance will pay for three year-! nubsctip lion to the American. . -On Satiate of 16 line, 3 times, Eveijf siiliseqiienl insert ion, On Squnre, 3 montlia, "Bis nvmtha, V "One year. rlasiness Cards of Five lines, per annum, ' Merchants and others, advertising by the year, with the privilege of inserting dif ferent advertisements weekly. OT Larger Advertisements, aa per agreement. tlfl't as 1 ' 2.VI 875 ski 3011 10 00 ATTORNEY AT LAW, StJIfBtTRY, PA. Bualnwi attended to in the Counties of No. Wberland, Union. Lycoming and Columbia. ' liefer toi P. ft. A. FovoonT, 1 , .owaa & Uamroii, 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 1 1... . .. r. ..i. .... l. i 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 i . . i 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 ' 1 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- . . . . i ... . .. i 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. . . nf mM ... ..,...,. nmhahlv. Mnud ,ction p,rtiJly. The effects of ... . . dri-ir 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..
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