breakitityforee of the - bIOW. He fell instant- not have deposited Pettee's check for $9O
ly tipakthe paire.thent. There was no se- in the Charles River Bank
.on Saturday.
vend blow; he' did not move. I stooped but should have suppressed it as going so
• . floWn over him, and he seemed to be lifeless. fur to make utp - the sum which I was to have
'Blood flowed from his • mouth, and I got a professed to have paid the. day before, and
ttflerig;t3 and wiped it away. I got Aocne which Pettee knew I had by me at the bout
'atambriiii':and applied it to his nose, but of interview. It had not occurred to in:
without effect. Perhaps I spent ten minutes that I should ever show the notes cancelled
.. iu attempts to rosucitate him, but I found... in proof of it, or I should have destroyed the
he was absOlutely dead. In my horror and large note and - let it be inferred that it was
consternation, I ran instinctively to the doors., gone with the missing man,: and I should
and bolted them, the doors of the lecture- only have kept the small one, which was all
• room and of the laboratory-below. And then': that I could pretend to have paid. M
what was Ito do? It never occured to me to; single thought was concealment and safe!,
go out and declare what had been doue, and ,—everything else was incidental to 111.1 ,
obtain assistance. I saw nothing but the al- I was in no state to consider my atone
ternative ofa successful movement and con- ',pecuniary interest—am-Im.y ; though I tits•
cealment of the body on the one hand, and • ded it so much it was of no account wit!.
ofinfarnyanddestruction on the other. The Ine in that condition of mind. if I hn .
first thing I did, as soon as I could do any-
. designed and premeditated the homicide o.
thing, was to - draw-the body-into the private-, Dts u Ptirkinnwin - order - to - getsthe - possession
room adjoining, where I took off theclothes, .of the notes and cancel my debt, I not onli
and began putting them into the fire, which'•should not have deposited Pettee's check
was burning in the upper laboratory. They::the next day, bet I should have made some
wertsall consumed there that afternoon, with .. show of getting and having the money the
papers, pocket=book and whatever they con•:., morning before. I should have drawn int
Weed. I did not examine the pockets, non money from the Bank tied taken occasion
•
remove anything, except the watch. I seer - to mention teethe Cashier that I had a 'sum
•
'that or the chain of it, hanging out. I took to make up on that day fur. Dr. P. and the
it, and threw it over the bridge as I went to 'same to Henchman when I borrowed the
Cambridge. My next move was to get thets" 10. I should have remarked that I wri:.
body into the sink, which stands in the small . to„ pay Parktnan. I borrowed the money
private room; by setting the body partially from Henchman as mere pocket money lot
erect against the corner, and by getting up the day. If I had intended the homicide re
into the sink myself, I succeeded in draw- Dr. P. [should not have made the appoint.
ing it up there. It was entirely disrnein-• taint with him twice, and each time in so
bend. open a manner that other persons would
-It was quickly done, as a work of terr,ible !most certainly know of it, and I should'
and desperate necessity. The only instru- not have invited him to my rooms at tie hoot
meat was the knife found by the officers, in when the College would be full of students
the tea chest, which I kept fer cutting corks. and others, an d an hour when I was roost
I made on use of the Turkish knife, as it likely to - receive calls from others : for that
was called at the trial. That had long been' was the hour just after the lecture, at which
kept on my parlormandepieceinCambridge, persons having business with the or in my
as a curious ornament. My daughters fre- rooms, were always directed to call. I looked
quently cleaned it; hence the marks of oil into my rooms on Sunday afternoon, but
and whiting found on it. I had lately brought ,lid nothing. After the first visit of the offs
it into Boston .to get the silver sheath eers I took the'pelvis and some'of the linibs
repaired. from the upper well and threw them into
White dismembering the body a stream' the vault under the privy. I took the thor
. of Cochituate water was running through ax from the well below and packed it in the
the sink carrying of the blood in a pipe that tea chest as found. My own impression
passed down through the lower laboratory. has been that this was not done till after the
• There must have beena leak in the pipe for- second visit of the officers, which was on
the ceiling below was stained immediately 'Tuesday; but Kingsley's testimony shows
around it. that it must have been done sooner. The
s There was a fire burning:in the furnace perforation of the thorax had been made by
of the. lower-laboratory ; Littlefield was mis- the knife at the time ofremoving the viscera.
"taken there had never been a fire there; he On Wednesday, I put on kindlings and
had probably never kindled one, but I had made a fire in the furnace below, having
done it myself several times; I had done it first poked down the ashes. Some of the
that day for the purpose of making oxygen limbs—l cannot remember which or how
gas; the head and viscera were put into that many—were consumed at that time. This
furnace that day, and fuel heaped on : N is the last I had to do with the remains.
did net emnine lu see to what de-•• • t tin IV:( IVR9 desiened to receive
gret they were consumed; some of the ex- ',thorax, though I had not concluded where
iremities were put in there, I believe, on that " [should finally put the box. The fish-hooks,
day. • The pelvis and some of the limbs.tied up as grapples, were, to be used for
erhaps, were all put under the lid of the s:drawing up the parts in the vault, whenever
ecture room table, in what is called the well, I should determine how to dispose of them,
a deep sink lined with lead ;a stream °fee-I:and get strains enough. I hod a confused
chituate was turned into it and kept run- double .object in ordering the box and mak
ning through it all Friday night; the thorax ling the grapples. i had before intended to
was put into a similar well in the lower lab- c; ;et such things to send to Fayal—the box
oratory which I filled with water and threw : to hold the plants and other articles which
in a quantity of potash which I found there. I wished to protect front the salt water
• This disposition of the remains wait chang-':and the sea air, and the hooks to be
ed till after the visit of the officers on Mons: used theru in obtaining Cerralliner
day. When the body had been thus all !lams from the sea. It was this previous
disposed of, I cleared away all traces of iy intended•use of them that suggested and
what 11rnd been -done. nixed itself up with the idea of the other
I think the stick with which the fatal ,f application. I doubt even now to which
blow lad teen struck proved to be a piece :ttse they would have been apt lied ; I had
of the stump ofa large grape vine—say twos not used the hooks at the time of the d is -I
incites in diameter and two fat long. revery. The tan put into the tea chest
was one of several pieces which I had cnr- . - was taken from a barrel of it that had been
ried in from CaMbridg,e long before for the ' ` ; in the laboratory for some time; the bag of
purpose af showing the effect of certain elite:tan brought in on Monday, was not used ;
tnical fluids in coloring wood by being nb-;? : it belonged to a quantity obtained by me a
sorbed into the pores ; the grape vine twine', long time ago, fur experiments in tanning.
a very porous wood was well adapted to this, and was sent in by the family to get it out
• purpose. Another longer 'stick had been of the way. Its being sent in just at that ' •
used as intended and exhibited to the stu- - time was accidental. I was not aware that',
dents; this one had not been used—l put it ' I had put the knife in the chest; the stick':
into the fire. found in the saucer of ink was for marking Population of New Mexico.
I , took up the two notes either from thel coarse diagrams on cloth ; the bunch of filed The National Intelligencer contains a
table or the floor, I think the table, close by keys had been used long ago by me in Fron;t:, letter, of the date of the 2i2d, from the Hon.
where Dr.-P. had fallen ;I seized an old me-.:'street; and thrown carelessly into a drawer Hugh N. Smith, the Territorial delegate.
tallic pen lying on the table, deshed it across s I never examined them, and do not kno w in relation to New Mexico, and more espe.
the face and through the signatures, and put whether they would fit any
of the locks cially the number and character of the in
them in my pocket; I do not know why [:.`the College or not; if there were other keys ' '' habitants, from which we make the follow
did this rather than put them in the fire, for • fittieg doors with which I hadnothina to do„
I.had not considered for a moment what ef- e I suppose they must have been all dupli- ing extract :
ing '
number has been• variously stated
feet either mode of disposing of them would cotes, or keys of former locks, left there b
in the Congressional debates at from ten to
have on the mortgage, or my indebtedness the mechanics or janitor.; I know nothing,
to
seventy thousand ; and genertilly One half,
to Dr. P. and the other persons interested, ''about them, and should never be likely
and sometimes all of them, are said to be
and I had not yet given a single thought to • notice them among the multitude of articles. - Indians. This is a great error; we have a
the question as to what account 1 should large and small, of nil hinds, collected
er
give of the objects or result of my interview my rooms; the Janitor, had furnished me poeulation of at least ninety thousand,
re
with Dr. Parkman ; never saw the sledge with a key to the dissecting .
room, for they hom from ten to twelve thousand only a
P
hammer spoken of by
.Littlefield—never"2 c admiesion of medical friends visiting
s ueblo Indians—and we do not estimate in
know of its existence s -at least I have no re-- College, but I hod never used it. , r
„ ii. our population any other kind of Indians
They aro a quiet, in
collection of it ; I left the College to go home Vic acid on the stairs was not used tore- : c , f x f ce n i s ' i t r t e i , in h P o l n i e b st lo n s. nd industrious people
as lateas 6 o'clock ; I collected myself as well. move
.spots of blood, but was dropped by they own the best farming lands in the Ter
ns I could, that I might meet my family and accident.
and others with composure. On Saturday ',• When the officers 'called for me on Fri- e ritory, and are engaged entirely in agricul. ' ruuits, and as ning
I visited my room at the College, but made ';day, the 30th, 1 was in doubt whether It ,wtuoal!
dp be rs entitled to the tas-
privileges of citi
no charge in the disposition of the remains, :was
_under arrest or whether a more strict
"
and laid no plans as to my future course; on:: search of my rooms teas to be had, the tat-
zens, and orate elective franchise in Texas.
ths.
Saturday evening I read the notice in the ter hypothesis being hardly less appalling
Transcript respecting the disappearanee; former. When I found that weA T Mr. Smith states that there aro in
erritory •from twelve to fifteen hundre d
resident American voters, emigrants," he
wasthendeeply impressed withtho necessity; went over Cragic's Bridge, I thought the
"from the.diffisrent States, but princi-
Of immediately takingsome ground as to the arrest most probable; when I found that the s p a a T i s ;
from the State of Missouri. This is
character of my interview with Parkman, • carriage was stopping at the jail. I was sure fact of some interest, as well " as signifi.
for I saw that it must become known that I•of my fate. Before leaving the carriage I f t t''c a ancy. The Americans proper in New
bad such an interview, as I had appointed it 2 took a dose of . strachnitio from my pocket
first . by an unsealed note on Tuesday, and on *? and swallowed it. • that! prepared it in the Nlexico are as strongly opposed to the in.
'Friday 3 had myself called at his house in . ; shape of a pill before I left my laboratory
,„
. 4.. t . roduction of shivery as the native popula
tion; and yet they are "principnlly from a
open day and ratified the arrangement, and , on the •23d. . I thought I could not bear to
had there been seen, and had probably been • survive detection. I thought it was a large slave State. It is a fact that needs no coin.
overheard by the manservant; and I knew dose. The state of my nervous system pro. -;
nein.
• noilby how many persons Dr. P. might have ;• bably defeated its action partially. The'
-been seen entering my room, or how many effects of the poison were terrible beyond
,
persons' ho might have told by the way description ; it was in operation at the Col-;
where he was going; the interview would, lege, and before I went there, but most se.'
in all probability be known, and I must be•• verely afterward. I wrote but ono of the
ready to explain it, anonymous letters produced at the trial—
The question exercised me much, but on the one mailed at East Cambridge. The
Sunday my course was taken. I would go.. little bundle referred to in the letter detained'
into Boston. and be the- first tq declare my- . by the jailor, contained only a bottle of nitricl
self the person as yet unknown with whom acid for domestic use. I had seen it stated'
Dr. P. had made the appointment; I would in irnewsPaper that I had purchased a titian
take the ground that I had invited him ,, to tity of oxalic acid, which - it was presu med -
the College to pay him money; and-that I was to be used in removing blood stains.
had paid it accordingly. I fixed' upon •the .I' wish the parcel to he kept untouched that
-sum by the small note and' adding'in- :it may be shown, if there should be occa
.orpst; which, it appears, I oast erroneously. sion, what it really was that I had purchased.
,tfthad thoughtorthiseourseearlier ' , should I have drawn up in separate papers an ex•
planation of the use I intended to make o
the, blood sent for on l'hursday, the 23d, and
of the conversation with Littlefield about the
dissecting vomit. I think that fettee, in his
iestimony at the trial, put too strongly my
Words about having settled wilt Dr. P.
Whatever I did sly of the kind was in the
hope I should be able to pacify Dr. P. and:
make some arranzement with him, and w
said in order to quiet Pettee, who was be..;
coming restive, under the solicitation of Dr. -
Parkman. •
After Dr. Webster had stated most of th
fltcts recorded above on the 21(1 May, thi
in-stinn with all the earnestness. solemnit .
all I authority of tone that Dr. Pittman w.:
aster of. w is addrl-ssed to hint :
"Dr. Webster, i p all probability your days
.re numbered ; you • cannot, you dare not
peak falsely to me now ; you must not die
With a lie in your mouth ; so, prove to your
,- =eif that your repentance for the sins of your
past life is sincere—tell me the truth then
—a confidence to be kept sacred during your
life-thne..and as much longer_asAnylregard
for the happiness of your tinnily shall seem:
. :to me to require, and search to the bottom.
of your heart for the history of your motives.:
Ind tell tne, belbre God, did it never occur
to you, before the decease of Dr. Parkman,
that his death, if you could bring it to pass.;
would be of great advantage to you, or al
l,:•ast that personal injury to him might pos.!
i•sibly be the result of your expected confer.;
` 2 ence with him ,As a dying man, I charge ,
you to answer me truly and exactly, or else
• be silent—had not you such a thought ?"
"No. never," said he, with energy and:
feeling ; "as I live, be God my witness, ne , X...
er I I was no more capable of such tr .
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. P. was extremely severe and sharp
the most provoking of men—and I am irri
.table and passionate. A quick handed and
brief violence of temper has been 11 beset. ;
ting sin of tny life. I 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. Parkinan to meet
you at a certain hour and told him you would
pat• him, when you knew you had not the
money ?"
"No," he replied, "I did not tell him I
would pay him, and there is no evidence
that I told him so, except my own words
).spoken after his disappearance, and after I
had determined to take the ground that I
had paid him ; those Words were of the mis
:erable tisme of falsehoode . to which I was
committed from the moment I had began to
conceal Ile homicide. I never had a .
thought of injuring I.:s.Liiktnan,' ,
This was accompanied by the statement in:
which Professor Webster attempts to ex-.
plain as to 1113 seeing Littlefield, sending for'
blood, and of inquiring about gases from the .
'vault. After reading the statement, Dr,
Putman proceeded to argue as to its truth.:
fulness, saying that it was made when the
writ of error was still pending. Also, that
Professor Webster's estate was worth seve-`
rah thousand dollars, and that he was not in:•
such a strait as to commit such a crime de,
liberately. The previous petition from Pro
lessor Webster, protesting his innocence,i
and praying. for absolute pardon, he said,••
was got up by his atm i v, who were enwaver 7
ing in their belief in his innocence, until;
his confession was communicated to them
about n week since. Ile concluded in as
serting his belief that the confeSsion was
Members Of the council have retained a
copy of the petition previously presented,
and withdrawn by the advice of Dr. Putman,
which will probably Le published. It as-h
sorts his innocence, anti it also asserts that
Littel field, or some other person, placed the
remains in his room, to compass his ruin.
Congressional Proceedings.
WABIIINOTUN, July 8, 1850..
11011SE.OF REP,RESENTATIVEII.
The following petitions were presented in
Congress last treelt:
By Mr. Stevens, of Pennsylvania :—A memo•
rial signed by a large number of citizens of I.e.
high county, Pennsylvania, setting forth the very
distressed condition of all branches of American
industry, agriculture, manufactures, and the
mechanic arts, and praying Congress to af_
ford the only effective relief by a revision of
the tariff:.
Also, a petition, numerously signed by citizens
of Cumberland county, PennsylOinia, or similar
import.•
(11)e Cel)igl) Register.
Clircalation near 2000.
Allentown, Pa.
THURSDAY, JULY 11, MO.
KrHon. Thaddeus Stevonse4vill please ac
•opt our thanks for a copy of his able speech
m the California question, delivered in the
Muse of Representatives on the 10th of June
1850.
Dangerous Illness of Gen: Taylor.
A:despatchreceived at Baltimore, July Bth,
from Washington, states that the President is
•till very ill, but somewhat easier than he
kvas. Drs. Wotherspiveand—liall-are in at.
endance on him, and a dempacth has been .
wit for his son-in.law, Dr. Wood, of Balti-:
inore.
IThile the President is now easier than hip
WAS this morning,, Col. Bliss still considers him
critically ill. Ile is suflering from a severe at-:
tack of billions cholera morbus.
Several deaths have taken place in Wash
ington, from a disease strongly resembling:
cholera.
Second Despatch, 7 o'clock, P. M.—The Pres
cient's malady has assumed a remittent typhus
Corm, and his physicians ropoit that unless a
;hang() takes place during the night, he cannot
ecover.
Colonel Taylor arrived by this evening't,
itart•t ; having been summoned from Baltimore
city.
Third Despatch, 'J o'clock, P. M.—The PLy
sician's report that the President is much bet
tor, though he is not beyond danger.
Death of President Taylor!
Foarllt Despitlch.--Before going to press, we ,
~received the painful intelligence of the death
:of Gen. Zachary Taylor, President of the VII ited
:States. 'His disease was pronounced billions
merbus, from which ho suffered during;
the latter part of last week. On Saturday and
!Sunday he was much better, - but on ;Monday .
he was violently attacked, which continued to :
grow worse, until ti.s minutes after 10 o'clock
on Friday,evening, when he expired. The last:
- words he uttered were that of a patriot, "I
am prepared, I have endeavored to do my du
.ty." • The loss the nation sustains in the death
of President Taylor, wilt be severely felt.
800 Houses Burnt!
By Telegraph we icceived the awful intel
ligence of a large conflagration that took place
in. Philadelphia on Tuesday last, the 9th inst.,
and destroyed from 250 to 300 houses. Twen
ty persons killed, as far as known, and one
hundred wounded. The fire extended us far
up as Second street.
The Fourth of July.
Our National Anniversary passed ofi very
orderly. All was joy and merriment among
our citizens. Thecompany that celebrated the
day at ‘!Wormatt's Spring," was got up in a'
true Republican stylc 4 "without distinction of
party." The flon. Henry King, preeidcd, as
siste•d by a large number of Vice Presidents
:and Secretaries. The President upon taking
Ate Chair, made a brief but very appropriate
address. The Declaration of Independence
was read by Jolla 1). Lawall, hag., alter which!
kohert E. Wright, 1.17 , g., delivered an • elegant
and truly patriotic oration, which abounded in .
sentiments highly appropriate to the day. The;
address we will give in our.next.
• The "Lehigh Fencibles," who were presen
:on the occasion, amused themselves by "firin ,
at Target," much to the satisfaction of all pre
sent.
The Sons of Temperance, celebrated the da
at Catasauquit. A large number of the Order
left here early in the morning, on an excursion
in a Boat tip the Canal to the above place.—
We loam that a large number were present on
the occasion. Edward Paz;on, F;sq., of Phila
delphia, delivered an excellent oration. In the
evening the party returned by Boat, nothing
happening to mar the pleasures of the day.
Seventh Census in 1850.
The U. S. Marshal for the Fasters District of
Pennsylvania has made the following addition
al appointments of Assistants;
Monroe County.—Charles Saylor, Silas L
Drake, Charles J.Walton.
Wayne County.—William R. Stone, George
M. keen; Francis Oppelt,• Henry Welsh.
U. S. Marshall.. • Pike County.—Henry Barnes. .
The commission of Anthony Roberts, ablkill County.—Jsrael Rinehard, L. F.
Marshall of the United States for the Eastern Whitney, J. P. Bertram, Frederick Lauda-
District of Pensylvaida, was read onMonday burn- • •
the. Ist instant, in the United States District Carbon County.—Robert Butler and Thom.
Court, and ho was sworn in. He appointed as Connelly, •
Henry H. Smith, Samuel Halzell, and Albert Lebanon County. —William 11. Kennedy
G. Roberts, his deputies. His appeintmonilPhilip 11. Stine, Henry lba, jr., and John
for Lehigh county, have a 5 yet, not been aut„.Gartter.
nounct'd,
The State Interest
GOll. John Al. Bickel , the new Sudo Treasu•
rer, paid the interest en the State Debt, for the
past half year : at the Bank of Pennsylvania,
'in Philadelphia : on Monday the Ist of Jnly.—.
And while the interest has lately been regular.,
ly paid, the State is:finishing the North Branch
Canal, completing a new track to avoid the
inclined plane, near Philadelphia, and thus
preparing to swell tho increasing revenues of ;
the treasury so as to give full force and effect to
Ike incipient treasures already adopted, to re...,
duce, and pay oil, the State debt.
. • The Third,.Volunte.
;,..• Number one of the third Volume of the
"Plough, Loom and /Veil" for the month of
',July has been received. This magazine is en•
riched by a series of essays from the pen o
IL C. Carol, entitled "The Harmony of Itner.
est." As soon as space will permit, we 'will
give an extended extract from the number be.
foie us, "How Protection efrects the Land Own.
er." The Plough, Loom and AtiVit it issued
at Philadelphia by J. S. Skinner, No. 79 yul.
nut street. Subscription price three dollars pot
annum. . •
The Hail sin Cooperaburg.
The new Odd Fellows' Hall, at Cooperaburg
will be dedi6ated on Wednesday the 17th of
July. next. We nre informed that extensive
preparations are in progress.' The Hall is a
large'three story brick building. The first and
second story of which is occupied as business.
and dwelling apartments, and thu third story,•
.is occupied as a Lodge room, by Coopersburg
Lodge, No. 00 .
Appropriate addresses will be delfvered in:
the English and German languages—the latter•
by the Rev. J. Shindell. The "Mercantile Am.
-ateur Musical Association," a company of
young men from Philadelphia, have kindly
'volunteered their aid in the ceremonies, and
frill no doubt enliven the occasion with good.
music. All neighboring lodges, members of.
the Order, and the public generally, are invit= .
ed to•be present on this interesting occusioo.
Rail Road Coining Near
—We-learn, says the Easton Sentinel, that the
New Jersey Central Rail Road Company have
been generally successful in arranging with the
kland holders, for the right of way from the
White llonse to Easton, which for some time
past has bden the greatest difficulty in the way
of getting the balance of the road under eon
tract. It is also said that this road has been
, provisionally put under contract to an efficient
company of contractors, whose commencement'
}of the work is dependent on the final arratige-
Cment of the right of way with•the landlioldera.•
Alesre. Williamson and Sterns of the Board of
!Managers, and Mr. Mamie ) the Engineer, were
engaged in the effort to complete the adjust
ment of the claims in the neighborhood, dui•- '
!ing, the grciver part of last week, and were
quite successful. We may therefore look for
the spee,ly commencement and completion of
,the unfinished part of this line, which will •
give us a connection with New I'm k.
The Belvidere, Delaware Railroad, too, we
leant will push their well , : up the Delaware
without delay. The first sixteen miles from
Trenton to Lambertsville is all graded, and they
arc only awaiting the arrival of the 'iron, to
commence laying the rails on that part of the
road. This road, when completed, will give us
a connection with Philadelphia as well as N.
Arrangements are also in_progress to com
mence the Delaware, Lehigh, Schuylkill and
Susquehanna Railroad, by the erection of iEte
Bridge at this place across the Delaware, which
will answer the purposes of both these Rail
roads, as well as those of the Morris Canal.
Wool Trade for 1850
New England contains, at this time, fou
hundred woolen factories, capable of 0011AUM.
ing, when in full operation,. thirty live million
pounds of wool. To supply this quantity, she
has the surplus received through the N. York
canals, three fourths of the importations, about
one-quarter of Pennsylvania receipts, and the
surplus from her own wool-growers: N. York
canals, 12,731,402 pounds; New England sur
plus, say 5,000,000; three-fourths importations,
13,401,000; one-fourth Pennsylvania receipts,
1,:80,000. Total for New England, 31,412,002 :
pounds.
. New York produces about, twenty millions,
and there was received from the I,Ve,t, by the
way of Buffalo, eight millions and a quartet
[.more, which world leave fibula eight
:' after deducting the amount received
:through the canals for home emrsuroption..—
But to this is to. he added about four roil
fiotis of foreign wool, making a total conenmp•
'don of, at least, twelve millions. Penney!•
vania and . New Jersey consume about ten
millions more, and the consumption in all
,the other States will make about six millions
more: ft would require, then, for the ens•
sutnption of the mattufactcries, for the coin.:
ing year, if the fabric should be in brisk de•
mend, not less than about sixty-five millions
of pounds.
A New Post Ofßoe.
The heading Journal says there. has been es.
,tablished, last week, in the beautiful village of
'Clayton, Berkseounty, a new Post Office, and
.1. B. Brchttl, Esq., appointed Post Master.—
The natne of the office is "Clayton," situate on
mail route 1708, extending from Allentown to
Perkiomen bridge. The mail is carried over the
route four times a week.
• List of Officers. •
The following is a list of ofiiitera elected by
the Unity Encampment, and different Lodges
of I. 0. of 0. F. at their remi,annual elections:
Unify L'ocaminnod, No. 12,-Chief Priest, C.
L. Martin, High Priest, Carlos Samson, Senior
IVardett, J. S. Grailin, Junior Warden, Chas.
B. Haintz, Secretary, Peter S. Wenner, Transit;
rer, }Nathan Laudensshlager. •
Allot Lodie ni-zNobit, Grand:.Mifllit
Hannurn, Vico Gimlet; A. hubs;•Seeistary,
Jesse M. Line, Assistant ecretary),-11. Wash.
burn, Treasurer, Aaron TroxelL
Lehigh Lodge, No. 83.—Noble Grand, Dona•
than Schwartz, Vice Grand, Jeremiah Schindel,
Secretary, John L. Hellman, Assistant Seereta•
ry, Tilghman Statilcr, Treastirer, Thomas Gin
!lnger. •
The'tiriehof Ben a jamin_
Franklin.
it is said' that when.this good and great mad
he was doineantly talking about fifty;
years lithibb-AookinettWaY ahead. Then again
it is Mitt dig *hen he was near his end, he
expressed a li.fsfi'td be shelved to come upon
the earth itt the eibeb of tide' half a century
from the Mita 6 departure in this
life, that he Might behold the improvements
and ad vancementii, dinfecte IS6 lilifellow men
prospered.
Indeed, this Wile" its great wiAh•fdF tifiCh a
great man; and, imagining it could be thitie, - .
we ask what would the ettiiir'rigid philosopher
rbehold ? lie would see the sun, as iti•hiedair
ise in /pleader from the east, - and sink serene-'
ly in the western meters. He would behold
the moon kerne forth in all majentij•tis usual,•
spreading tight by night on the nations Of the'
earth: He would see stars in the vaulted / Mt, -
and planets traversing .their eternal rounds.—:
Ili surveying the works of art he would smile(
for - joy - would - surround him. He would see .
noble towns and cities, bespeaking wealth IMO.
thiserya forest of red brick, ranging far and
wide—beautiful, stately mansions--tbeautiful'
streets thronged with beautiful ladies-.large'
and elegant halls=magnificent temples, With'
towering spires, beneath whose dome theft
pours up his prayers to God. He would be.
hold pride and vanity, and all kinds of religion,
as well as all kinds of characters. He might!
behold the waters whitened with canvass;
countless bails extending everywhere; some
returning with the whale for their capture;
some with the East indiesgoode for theircango.
Fine and costly ships, mammoth in size; mod
els the most fine and complicated, with sails
"white as the purest rose of June." Ben would
certainly have cause to wonder!
lie could also see more. Franklin Could be- ,
hold steam plunging through the mighty sleeyl
/crossing the boundless confines of the deep'
blue sea, while around him, as he stood view. , "
ing the earth, he would hear the noisy, rust.
ling ear--the snorting iron horse, drawing.sr
train long and mighty—advancing through hid
and dale, and from city to city, with vivid ven
geance. Oh I had these things.--had such.
thoughts been contemplated along those banks,
twice twenty years ago, man would have told ,
man . plainly, "thou art a fool !"
We now risk a wish that Hen could have one
look at the condition of our country, at the'
present period. He would behold lightning .
carrying intelligence from place to place—hear'
how Morse harnessed lightning, and are it go.
hundreds of leagues, informing all hands what
was up; informing them that royal steamships
had arrived, and that transgressors had escap-•
ed. He would see that the house-loom had;
been exchanged for the piano; the harp fur the'
spinning wheel ; silks and Satins for brocade
line anti costly cloth, for iron grey; marble for
stone; steam a substitute for. canvase ; light
: ning a substitute for steam ; coal for wood; and,-
if the promises of Mr. Paine be fulfilled, the
most truly wonderful substitute of all,.ivater for
both wood and coal; inventions wrought by
his sone, and inventions wrought by his deugh•••
tent, would be before him. He would two the'
spring of life, and behold the evening of indus
try; national honor, national Character, and'
'lanolin! prosperity. He would mark rocks and
trees of his own good days—alt, older than the'
settlements of civilized man.
A'ithln the walls of yonderitity he could en
the Fame door—the very room and halt
good fellow, he thirsted fa:Ands--
Jetty°.
CIE
Ali I we wish that Ben could just snatch a ,
'.look at us of modern times, and then grant:its
:.. his honest verdict. Within Independence !fall
he could behold the very chair he tic'eupied:-'-•
the statute books peynsed often by him, and itee' •
die same statute of the great Washirigion. •
, Even the pen he held, when he signed - the tia- , •
lion's birthright, ie still 'preserVed by' a ceiteint
historical society. Yes, in tide . spacious hall,.
where stoutiohn Hancock even thundered thine
times a day, and where the illustrious dead pro
claimed to the world the hallowed notes of Lib
erty, .couldSranklin see. •
•We need not advance, time has wrouiht its
its change, wonders ! at the close of another
half century, the things to be done—die unen
juyed happiness, unrequited love to possess,.
and the 1111db:covered truthsto be promulgated,.
will bo urged ahead with the same speed Is.
in these days. Blatt has become - great. The
wonders of these times are startling—grandlike,
sublime !
. The Premium Plates.
The mezzatinto Remium plates from the en
terprising proprietor ''of Graham's Magazine,
have been received. They are truly beautful,'
he one represents a mother teaching her ekierb
"The. First Prayer." The other represents'
"Christ Blessing little Children." Both these'
plates will be sent to any subscriber, new or
old, who remits three dollars to the publishe*
as an advance payment krr one year to "Cris'
m's 'Magazin e." Geo. R. Graham, published
No. 134 Chestnut street, Philadelphia,
Confession of Profbesor Virebetew
•i The confession of Professor Webste4 who ,
was a short time since tried and convicted of
•
the murder of Dr. Parkinan, in Boston, will be
found in another part of to•days paper, and um
foubt will be read whim. great dealof intefest.
ft is one of the nosh extraordinary . and
ling documents that ever emanated from a con•••
damned' crinifintie The Profeetior endeaiOltittie,•
show that it was not a case of 'premextiektettl;
munfer=that he killed the docile, iu i
f paPian' and excitement, and tblie'retidoliti;
Was' tint contemplated t him wben appOititZ
ed:a meeting with Ms •iotitot• Thhi
eta case is very similar to that ofil%lo, attia *AK
ad Adurns, a few years idatd,•in'l!l6w York.
but who committed sakidb•en the day appoint.-
ed for his exeoutiom
I& 'Why must mirrors necessarily !lave eye a,"
Because tlicy' are kokitigiclames.
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