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I saw |)ial y or the chain of it, hanging
oul, and I look il and threw ii over Hie
liriilge at I. went lo Cambridge.
. nexi move was to get the body
inloihc sink which stands in ihc small
privnic room. By setting the hotly
partially cicct against the corner, and
getting up into the sink myself, I suc
ceeded in drawing it tip. There il was
entirely dismembered. It was quickly
done, ai|3i work of terrible and desper
ate necessity. The only instrument
used was the knife found by the officers
in the lea chest, and which I kept for
culling corks. I made no use of the
Turkish knife as it was called at the tri
al. That had - InogcJjeert kept on my
parlor mantel-piecetfjf Co no bridge as a
durionroniamljhV. Tty daughters fre
quently cleaned it—hence the marks ot
oil and whiling found on it. I had late
ly brought it into Boston to get the sil
ver sheath repaired.
While dismembering the body a
stream of Cocbiluate was running thro*
ihc sink, carrying oil the blood in a pipe
that passed down through the lower la-
Imrntoiy. There must have been a
Irak in the pipe, lor the ceiling lielow
was stained immediately round it.
There was a fire burning in the fur
nace of the lower laboratory. Little-
field was mistaken in thinking there had
never been n lire there. He had pro
bably never kindled one, but 1 had done
it myself several times. I had done it
Hint day for the purpose of mnkmgox-
ygen gas. The head and viscera were
put into that furnace that day, and the
fuel heaped on. I did not examine at
night tu see lb what degree they were
consumed. Some of the extremities
1 believe were poLtherc on that day.
The pelvis and some of ihc limbs,
perhaps all, were pul under the lid of
the lecture room table in what is called
the »cell—a deep sink lined with lead,
A stream of Cochituatc was turned into
it, and kept running through it all Fri
day night. Thp thorax was pul into a
similar well in the lower laboratory,
which l filled with water, and threw in a
quantity of potash which 1 found there.
This disposition ot the remains was not
changed till after the visit of the offi
cers on dlonday.
When the body hnd thus hern dis
closed of, I cleared away all traces of
what had been done, I took up the
stick with which tho fatal blow bad
been struck. It proved lo be a piece of
the stump of a large grapevine, say
two inches in diameter, and two feet
lohg. It was one of two or more pieces
which I had carried in from Cambridge
long before, for-the purpose of showing
the effect of certain chelftical fluids in
coloring wood by being absorbed into
the pores. The grape vine being a very
porohs wood was well suited to this
purpose. Another .longer stick bad
been used as intended, and exhibited
to the students. This one had not
been used. I put it into the Are.
1 took up the two notes, either from
the table or the floor, I think the table,
close by. where Dr. P. had fallen,
seized an old metalic pen lying on t
table, dashed it across the lace and
through the signatures and put them ii
my pocket. I do not know why I did
this rather than pul them into the fire
tor I had not considered for a moment
what effect cither mode of disposing of
them would have on the mortgage of
my indebtedness to Dr.. P. and other
persons interested ; anti I had not yet
given a single thought to the question
as to whnt account l should give ot Hie
objects or results of my interview with
Dr. Parkman .
I nevci saw the sledge-hammer, spo
ken of hv Mr. Littlefield, and never
knew,of its existence—at least, I have
no recollection of* ii.
.1 left the college to go home, as late
as six o'clock. 1^ collected myself as
well as I could that I might meet my
family;aml others with composure. On
Saturday-! visited my room at the col
lege, hut made no disposition i»r the re
mains, and laid no plans as to my fu-
tum court*.
On Saturday evening*I read the no-
* Vice in lhe Transrript respecting the dis-
'appearanee. 1. was then deeply iin-
_ pressed* with the necessity of immedi
ately tnking'some ground as to the cha
. racier cf-my interview with Dr. P.;—
for .1 that* it must become known
lers produced at the trial—the one mail-\ their institutions, from the soil derived !
cd at East Cambridge. ^ ! by hard fighting from •’Mexico, and
The little bund le referred lo in the j which wps acquired by the loss of many
fetter detained by the jailer, contained j of the most valuable lives and the blood
only a bottle of citric acid, for domes- ; of the South. It is so payable a-fact,
tic use. I had seen it staled-in a news- ; that no man imbued with a sense of jus-
paper, that I had purchased a quantity tice*can deny that the South arc cbn-
if oxalic, which it was -presumed was i sutationally, as well as geographically,
used for removing blood-stains. I i entitled to maintain their institutions by
wished the parcel to he kept untouched ; the exercise of the popular will. Let
that it might be shown, if there was that will concentrate upon the great
occasion, whal it really was that I bad principle—such as this Missouri line
purchased. extended—and the results now begin-
I have drawn up in separate papers ning to be .foreshadowed and felt at
an explanation of the uso l intended Washington, nhd in other parts of the
to make of the blood sent for on Thurs- country, will have a masterly and deci-
day, the 22d, and of the conversation sive determination. The intelligent pol-
with Littlefield about the dissecting itician will perceive that this principle,
vault. I once fully settled down upon by the
that condition of mind. 1 I tbiuk that Petlee, in his testi- South, will gather strength from its pop-
If I had designed and premeditated j «nony at the trial, pur loo «oagJy_my | f ™ m
the homicide of Dr. P. in order to get
doors and bolted ihein—the doors of Bank on Saturday, but should have^
the lecture room and of the laboratory suppressed it as going so far towards
below. And then what was I tbdo? making up the sum which Iwastupro-
II never occurred to me to go but and - few to have paid ibq day before, and
declare who! had hern done, anil obtain I which Peitee knew I had by me at the
assistance. I saw nothing hm the ol-| hour ot the interview. It had not oc
tet native of a successful removal and j curred lo me that * should ever show
concenlmciit of the l>ody, on the one ! the.notes cancelled in proof of the pay-
lmnd, and o: infamy and destruction on j ment; if it had, I should have Jest roy-
llie other. The first thing l did, as!ed the large note* and lejl it be inferred
soon ns I could do any thing, was to: that it was gone, with the missing man,
dfag the l»ody iuto the private room ad-j and should only have kept the small
joining. There I took off the clothes, one, which was all that I could pretend
nhd began pulling them into the fire to have paid. My single thought was
which was burning in (lie Upper Iabora- j concealment and safety. ^ Everything
lory. They were nil consumed there;else was incidental to that. 1 was in
that afternoon, with papers, pocket, no state to consider my ulterior pecunia-
book, or whatever they may have con- j ry interests. Mojey, though I needed
rained. I did not examine the pockets, j it so inuch^was of no account with me j vaolt.^
nor remove any thing except the watch. ’ ‘ ' * *
words about having settled with Dr. P. I its own merits than from, the great rev-
possession of the notes and cancel my
debt, I not only should have deposited
Pence’s check the next day, but I
should have made some show of getting
and having-the money the morning be
fore. I should have drawn my money
from the bank, and taken occasion to
mention to the cashier that I had a sum
to make oul that day for Dr. P., and the
same to Henchman when I borrowed
the S10. I should have remarked, that
I was so much short of a large sum that
I was to pay to Parkman. 1 borrowed
the money ol Henchman as mere pock
et money for tgf
If 1 had intended the homicide of Dr.
P., I should not have made the appoint
ment with him twice, and each time ir
so open a manner, that other persons
would almost certainly know of it.—
And I should not have invited him to
my room at an hour when the college
would be lull ol students and others—
and an hour when I would be most like
ly to receive calls from others,—for that
was the hour—-just after the lecture—
at which persons having business with
me or in my rooms, were always direct
ed to call.
I looked into my rooms on Sunday af
ternoon, but did nothing.
After the first visit ol the officers, 1
took the pelvis, and some of the limbs
from the upper well and threw them in
to the vault under the privy. I look
the thorax Irons the well below and
tacked it into tbe'lea chest as found.—
lly own impression has been that this
not done till after the second visit
of the officers, which was on Tuesday,
but Kingsley’s testimony shows that it
must have been done sooner. The per
foration of the thorax had been made by
the knife at the lime of removing the
viscera.
On Wednesday I put on kindlings
and made a fire in the furnace below,
having first poked down the ashes.—
Some of the limbs—I cannot remember
what ones or how mar.y—were con
sumed at that lime. This was the last
I had to do with the remains.
The tin box was designed to receive
the thorax, though I had not concluded
where I should finally put the box.—
The fish hooks lied up as grapples,
were to be used for drawing up the
parts in ihe vault whenever I should
determine how to dispose of them. And
Whatever I did say of the kind
predicated on the hope I entertained
that l would be able to pacify Dr. P.
and make some arrangement with him,
and was said in order to quiet Pettce,
who was becoming restive under the
solicitation of Dr. Parkman.
After Dr. Webster had stated most
of the acts recorded above, on the 23d
of May, the questioner, with all the
earnestness, solemnity and authority of
tone that he was master of, abruptly
addressed him in substance thus: “Dr.
Webster, in all probability your days
are numbered. You cannot, you dare
not, speak falsely to me now. You
must not die with a lie in your mouth,
and so prove to yourself that your re
pentance for the sins of your life is in
sincere and ineffectual. Tell me the
truth then, in a confidence to be kept
sacred during your life-time, and as
much longer as my regard for the hap
piness ot your family shall seem to me
to require, and ihe interest of truth and
justice to permit. Search to the bot
tom of your heart for the history of your
motives, and tell me before God, did it
never occur to you before the decease
of Dr. Parkman, that his death, if you
could bring ilto pass, would be a great
advantage to you, or at least, that per
sonal injury to him might possibly be
the result of your expected conference
with him. As a dying man, I charg<
yon lo answer me truly and exactly, o
else he silent. Had you not such
thought ?” “ No, never,” said he, with
energy and feeling. “ As 1 live, and
God is my witness, never. I was
olution that must take place among the
political parlies of the country.
Tfip inactive jparty^of the United
for the public good, shall t^lcr the said
articles of association to be recorded ;
and such order shall vest in the said
associates, their heirs, successors and
assigns, all rights, powers, and privile
ges of a corporation, with authority to
construct and maintain such, road:
Provided, that nothing herein contained
shall rauthorize hanking privileges^
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted,
That when the associates aforesaid
shall have obtained, the order of the
Court aforesaid, they, or a majority of
them, may proceed to organize their
company by electing not less than three
nor more than seven Directors, who
shall be charged with the management
of the affairs and business of the Com
pany, and whose powers and duties or
term ol service shall be prescribed in
the articles of association.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted,
That in all cases where land, timber or
other materials necessary for the con
struction or repair of said road cannot
JOHN H. 'CHRISTY, EDITOR.
States forms the mnjorky of the people. J for want of agreement between the par-
It was this party that placed General 1 **“■"' e *'
T.aylor in the Presidential chair; and let
it once find a nucleus, such as the great
principle of the Nashville Convention
establishes, and there will be an end to
all party distinctions- The people will
rally for justice, and will decide the
slavery question, as their votes would
decide it to-day, by giving the South
that fair answer to its reasonable de
mands, to wW* it is eutitied by equal
ity and constitutional law.
It is very evident that, Irom the mix
ture of personal ambition with the intri
gues of the cabinet, Congress wifi lie
unable to accomplish anything during
ihe present session. It will separate.
The Nashville Convention will lorm a
new and very powerful parly—i
only a sensible minority, according to
political reckoning—and the great event
will be justice to the South, and the
harmony of the confederacy.—N. Y.
Herald.
more capable of such a thought than
one of my innocent children. I never
had the remotest idea of injuring Dr. P,
until the moment the blow was struck.
Dr. P. was extremely severe and sharp-
tongued, the most provoking of n
and I am irritable and passionate,
quickness and brief violence of temper
has been the besetting sin of my life.
I was an only child, much indulged,
and 1 have never acquired the control
over my passions that I ought to have
acquired early—and the consequence is
—all this.
“ But you notified Dr. Parkman to
meet you at a certain hour, and told him
you would pay him, when j’ou knew
you-bad.nqt the jneapsof paying him.”
No,” he replied, “ I did*not tell him
ties, be purchased from the owner
owners thereof, the same may be taken
at a valuation to be made by three dis
interested persons to be appointed by
the Inferior Court of the county in which
the same may be, who shall notify the
parties of the time and place of making
such valuation, by writing or by publi
cation in some newspaper published
iu the vicinity.
Sec G. And be it further enacted,
That before making such valuation, the
persons thus appointed shall subscribe
the following oath : “ I, A B., do
emiily swear that I will render a true
verdict acccording to the circumstances
of the case now submitted to me, taking
into consideration the benefits arising to
the owner or owners of the properly by
the construction of the said road
or her neighborhood, ns well
damage done thereby.”
Sec. 7 And be it further enacted.
That the award of the valuers aforesaid
shall be certified by them to the Inferi
or Court, and shall operate ns a judg-
! ment against the parlies, and may be
I enforced by. the order of said Court:
j j Provided, that either party may have an
ppeal to be tried
ounty ; and
eluded shall
pany the fee-simple, if it
be land: Provided further, the said
ATHENS, GEORGIA: v
Thursday jfornins. July 18. 1850.
Struck by JLIglituina.
On Saturday last, the 6th ini'
Eaton’s law-ground, two men were kill
ed instantly by lightning, and nine othe
persons shocked. One horse was killed bc trleu at the
and another rendered worthless. The : ,,'Jsope.ior Conn of the
two men killed were John It. Lance and ...
Meredith Colwell. A son of Mr. Lance ' ®
was most injured of any of the survi-
; but owing to .the very timely
twenty days aficr the rendition of
final judgment, abandon the right to
copiously applying cold water, he
was brought lo life, The two persons
killed were leaning against a large
chestnut tree, which they had sought
as a shelter from the rain ; the lightning
struck in tho top of the tiee, and tear
ing it severely passed down upon the
side they were on; setting fire to Lance’s
clothes and tearing off one of his shoes.
A hickory stapling near was struck,
which had an- old rend produced by
lightning; the fluid passed down the
tree in this old rend, severely injuring
two men who were in like manner lean
ing against it, and causing a gun to go
off which one of them held in his hand.
Another great man has fallen ! ZACHARY
TAYLOR, President of the United States, departed
this life, (as most of our readers have doubtless
learned ere this) at the Presidential mansion to
Washington City, on Tuesday, the 9*h instant —
This melancholy intelligence reached us the mor
ning our last paper was issued, hut not mail the
whole edition had been printed and the greater
part of them sent off by the mails. The disease
which bore off the illustrious hero was chronic,
dysentery, aggravated by cholera morbus, and as-
suming a chronic form. ;:V>‘
This afflictive?ispensation of Divide Providence,
happening as it has, in one of the darkest perms
of our country's history, has cast an unusual^jc-
of gloom over the affairs'-ot the Republic, and
what its cficct on the exciting question which
agitates the country from centre to circumference
may be, it is now impossible to tell. •
Whatever may be said of the faults of the il
lustrious hero and patriot, so recently snatched
from the highest piunaclc of earthly greatness, and
consigned to the cold and damp tomb, (for, like all
other men, he doubtless had faults) we apprehend
the bitterest enemy he had will now cheerfully ac-
:ord to him patriotism of the highest order and ac-
tnowledge that lie honestly aimed to promote the
best interests of the country. Differing with him
as we did, in relation to the territorial policy re
commended in . his California message, we
to what ho conceived to be best for the welfai
peace of the whole country.
But he has gone to the grave! No appeal lo
spare him could reach the u cold, dull ear of death
The great leveller has laid him low, and the natii
mourns! Long will tho people remember 1
brave and chivalrous deeds in the battle field—I
unaflected honesty and republican simplicity of
character—and above all, his kindness ol I
Ilis words at Buena Vista, will be rememt
ter his bones have crumbled to dust—“My
ed are behind me, and I will not pass then
His last words were: “ I have alvai
1 by till promotion to the rank of Brigadier General
and hi* assignment (Gen. Jescp having retired
j.from ttj to the chief command in Florida. After
1 four years arduous service in this field, he was
— 1 relieved by Gen. Akmistead, in April, 1840,
; assumed the command of the Fiist Department
! of the Army, comprising the South-western States,
j witVhis head-qnarters at Fort Jcaup, j n Looisi.
ana. In 1841,he relieved Gen. As buckle, at F^
i Gibson, where he remained al»out four or fi Te
j" _“.The next field of Gen.Taylors service was,
! that which was crowned with snch a succesion of
j victories under the most difficult and perilous cir
cumstances, as covered him with glory, and estab
lished his reputation as one. of the great Captains
of tho age. In the summer of 1845, Texas having
, accepted the terms of annexation, General Tayl**
j was ordered to Ihe Texas, frontier, and in the
J course of time and events, followed the brilliant
_ ; achievements of Palo Alto, Reseea de la Palma,
lh e Monterey, and Buena Vista—which paved the
To | way for Gen. Scott’s gallant and scientific comple-
of the conquest of Mexico.
Returning home, from the multiplied victories,
which had - rendered his war-path one continuous
blaze of glory, Gen. Tavlok was nominated for
the Presidency, by a portion of his grateful and
admiring countrymen, and was triumphantly elect
ed to that proud and elevated station; and, on the"
4th March, hc.' who had passed his entire
adult life in the tent*^field, was installed President
of this great Republic* As a civil ruler, his ca
rder was too shoit to enable him to derelope hn
tinned before, which was lied at the re-
clnublc object in ordering tbc box and j uence lhat 1 * ola “ ,n > ““I" m y °' vn j mote end of the log from the tree, and
making the grapples. I hnd before in- I wo j; j5 *P nkcn af,cr hl ? dtsopcnrance, |)assc ,l |>o n i there to a fence near, be-
lendetl lo gel such things to send lo! “ nd af | er . 1 l,ad de'ermincd lo lak f ll,e ing some twenty yards from the tree.
Fovel. the box to hold Diant. nod other, 8 rou P d ,hal 1 “,P ald . Those I h u ,| sn sni.J that the ground is con-
the property condemned, by fill w
tice to that effect in the office of the
Clerk of ihc said Court, in which
the judgment shall be void except
costs.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted,
That the said road and the appurtenan
ces thereto shall not be subject to be
taxed higher than one per centum
net annual income.
Sec. 9- And be it further enacted by t .... , ,
the authority aforesaid, Thai any person j counl J ' Virginia, on the 24th day of i win i
injuring the property ol said company, t 1784- 1 e was l . ,e t u ^ ° ‘ '^ UAR
or who shall throw earth, stones, frees, I Tatlob, a Virgi
of! logs, rubbish, or any other matter
then thing whatever, upon said road
communicated to It hollow log, which n
burst to pieces, killing the horse
policy/atid we therefore do not regard it
subject of criticism. So far as his principles and
measures ©! .administration were made known,
and especially those in relation to the controversy
now embittering »i>d endangering tho Uiyon, they
met not our -approval, and we believe they were
unfortunate, and unwise. ‘ But vye doubt not the
patriotism and good intentions of the glorious old
hero, and we will Hot mingle a reproach with ih*
laurels that cluster in profusion about his grave—
It was not to be expected that one, who has been
familiar with camps and battle fields, during a long
life, could be at once converted into a statesman.—
We believe, in his own dying words, that “ he had
endeavored to do his duty”—and''"that bis patriot
heart beat true to the country, for which be bad
lived and fougbt,e
A cotemporary furnishes the folloi
of the leading events of his life:
Gen. Zachary Taylor was bo
Fayel, the box to hold plant* and other j 8 rou
articles which 1 wished to protect from ; W I ?I, ... .. . , .
sail water and the «a air. and the books! f falsahootls lo " h ' ah 1 ' C "™ J
to bc used there in obtaining corralline ! [ ro ‘ n . , ! , f mo ?> ent 1 ba g; ,n .Tuf
plants from the sea. Il was this previ-1 !«>■?'=■>>'• •['ever had a thought of m-
ously intended use of them that sug- J ur,n g t
gested and mixed itself up with the idea f Tbirty-Slx Thirty-
of ihe other application. I doubt even i , ; ,, . - •
now to which use they would have been !, annexed table w:ll]be interest ng
applied. I had not'used tho hooks all 10 ,, ' ose ."' h ? hava n “ l , look f dal ,l,e
...{time of the discovery. fa ofTTM
The tan put into the tea chest was |j ave more than a million of square miles
taken from a barrel of it that had been < e of lerri tory, above the line of 36
in the laboratory for some time. The 30 lhan thc Soolh# Tbat facl is worlh
bog of tan brought m on Monday was remembering, when we are invited to
qot used, nor intended to be used. I 1 ( adopt Abolitionists’ and Cabinet theo-
belnnged to.a quantity obtained by me! r j es:
a long time ago for experiments in tan- j Total’surface of old territory east of
nilig, and was SC*t in by the family 10j the Rocky Mountains in square mile?, 994,435
get it oul of the way. Il being sent; Total in acre*, - 633,438,400
jus. at that time was accidental. 867,74,
I was not aware lhat I had pot the, Total in acres, 555,2^6^40
knife info the tea chest. Texas !n aquare miles fl 335,520
The Slick found in the saucer of ink j LwTotal of territories and Texas in ’ ’
was for making course diagrams on* square miles 2,187.490
cloth. ~
The bunch of “ filed” keys had been
long ago picked up by mo in Fruit street,
and thrown carelessly into a drawer.
I never examined them, and do not
know whether they would fit any ol the
locks of-the college or not. If there
were other keys fitting doors with which
I bad nothing to do, I suppose ihey must
have been duplicates, or keys of former
locks, IefiP there fiy the mechanics or
jnnitorr 4 knew‘nothing J gfrmn thetb,
and should never be likely to notice
them amongst the multitude of arti
cles, lalrge and small, of all kinds, col
lected ii^my T<wns. The janitor had
furnished. me a key icl the dissecting
room 'for the ‘admission of medical
friends visiting the college, but I had
never used it. v ’
Tub nitric acid on the stairs was not
used to remove sppts of blood, but drop-
,nd an office
ed with Zealand honor thr
| out the Revolution—and who was tho fath
i ii ,- .1 five ?ons and two daughters. His mother
appurt.nanc.3, or .hall <l,g up or .n | . ^
any manner destroy «atd^road or t*ny , virwea . the \J mcr 1()ll „„ in8
bridges, gates, houses
purtenances or appendages of thi
ther
purtenances *>r appen«...ge f cu me same, ^ almogla wi ,derncss.
shall he punished hy indictment for a viUe _ allJ ,. hcn tUt city r
siderably torn up in several pli
side the field ; but whether it was con
ducted into the field by the roots of the
?es or otherwise is not known.
It would appear strange that persons
would go under tall trees during a thun
der shower; but it is said that there had
been but little thunder before this sad
occurrence, and there was but little
afterwards.
The place where this occurred
seven or eight miles from this place,
d the two men killed were respecta
ble-citizens gf the community. They
both leave families and friends to mourn
their sudden exit from the world.—Pah-
lonega Watchman.
.General Plank Road Law.
An Act to authorize thc incorpora
tion of Joint Stock Companies for the
construction of Macadamized, Grad
ed, or Plank Roads.
Section 1. *" : Be it enacted by the Sen
ate and House of Representatives of the
State of. Georgia in General Assembly
met, and it is hereby enacted by thcauthori-
ty of thc\samci That any number of
persons not less than three, who by ar
ticles of agreement in writing have asso
ciated or shall associate according to
the provisions of this act, under any
name assnmed by them for the purpose
of making a Macadamized, Graded or
Plank rotfd, and wbq shall comply
with all r thc 'jrqvisions of this acj.,
and first olitanuhe consent of the Infe
rior Court of the county in which such
road is to be made, shall with their
birth, his father migrated to Kentucky,
ind settled near Louis-
. . . . ......— — —. ._se to wealth and impor-
misdemeanor, and on conviction may tance the e|Jer TAyLoR rece ived from Gen
be finftl ami imprisoned at the discre- j Wiamsr . T0 , , ppo i„ tnlenl „ f Coltsco, of Hat
tion of the Court, and slmll also be lia- h, tovia. be» » nmml trioral ofvteil-
ble for three tones the amount of such i lo-rimJ priorto hi.emigntion Irom Virgin-
damages as may be occasioned thereby, [ ia The y01 „ h o(Gtn . Tin °, lvas , pl! „ t al „ iJ , t
to be recovered by action at the suit of; , Ue peri i aand hnnUlups of Indian nriarc; and
said company', or of any person aggnev- | ie wa3 reared, by his father to his paternal pro-
ed, ir. any Court having Jurisdiction. fession-ti.at of a farmcr-until his majority. He
•y propensity, and
f a farmer-
n, however, exhibited a n
and one of his brothei
troop, raised to oppose the designs of A a box Bukr.
Fort Harri
1812,
Sec- 10. And be it further enacted.
That said company shall have power to
erect such number of toll gates upon
said.road, and at such places as they On the 3d of May, 1808, by the influent
may judge best and most convenient for i his relative, Mr. Madison, his uncle, Maji
the collection of toll, and may charge _ Edmisd Taylor, and his father, he .reccivt
and collect such rales of toll for the use | his commission as first lieutenant of the 7th Regi-
of their said road as they may ftom lime j ment of U. S.,Infantry, vacated by the death
lo time fix and establish: Provided ' his brother, Lieut. Tayi.or—and reported himscif
nevertheless, such rates ot toll shall be, to Gen. Wiuuxsos at Ncw-Orleans, where
published in such manner that the same t nearly died otYfeliow Fever. In 1810, he was i
may be known : And provided also, that j lively engaged under Gen. IIabr isos, then G<
the said Inferior Court may at any and ( ernor of the North-West Territory a
ot all limes require the said company j son, in watching and thwarting the s
lo make an exhibit of the cost of mak- I ments of the Indians—his marriage
i ing and keeping the said road in repair, taken place, and he leaving at home
and if it shall appear that the receipts j and e-hild. In the beginning of tL
from tolls have been more than suffi- President Madison rewarded his services with »
cienl to pay a dividend of fifteen per j Captain’s commission, and he was in command of
cent, on the cost of construction over ^ orl Harrison, just before the declaration of war
and above the repairs of said road, then ! ap* ,nst Greilt 9 r,ta 'n- Here the young hero ac-
the said Court may reduce the rates of 9 uire< ^ ** ,s ® ,Rt ,aureIt “ having distinguished him-
tolj so as that the dividends shall not be j self a moA S 111 * 1 ) 1 and successful defence of
greater than fifteen per cent, per annum j ll,e fort * on lhe n ' sl,t of t,,e 4th al,d morn *
on the cost of construction, and over! in 2 ol the 5lh of Se P l • 1812 ‘ a S a ' m * 1 a lar « e P art *
and above the repairs of said road al- j of I “ dia ' 13 beaded lhe f’ ro P hel ’ bro '
ter the payment of incidental expenses : i lber ’ ® erv '®®? 0,1 t *«s yeeaswn, were thus
PWrfn/.lbal said Court shall not re- ' P 01 "" 1 b > «fn Ifor.„s--TI,c f™ „„d almort
duce the rates oftoll below the follow- , ..pwMM defeat. rfP«t H.rnson, b
ing schedule or. animals and articles as
herein set forth : On neat cattle, one
quarter ot a cent per mile per head ;
on hogs, one-eighth of one cent per head
mile: on'sheep and goats,
The Washington correspondent of the Charlca-
n Courier gives the following particulars con*
•ruing the probable causes of the President's
death:
Washington, July 1.
The President is deed m live White House.*~n«-
breathed bis last, at twenty-five mintnes before
eleven last night. He died from a complication of
•me exposure and much impru-
'e and malaria—Congress and
Galphin case anJ the Texan dif
ficulty, &c. He n
of his
s the chos
ied to death. The place
if all the poi-
ihat I had hnd an interview, as I had
appointed it first bv - ah unsealed note
\m Tne?duy, aml on Fridny ha<i myself
called nl h?<_ bHuse in oj>cn day and - pccltby.accident.
rafifft*d‘4he nrrangpmetit, an«I had there ] Wlien the officers called f«u
4)qcr seen .and probably overheard by • Friday, 30lb, 1 was in doubt whether
the niah-servrim ; and l. knew run by d was under arrest, or whether a more
how many persons Dr- 0.'. might have’ strict search of rpj rooms was'to be bad,
l»ecn seen. cntc»iiog my rooms, or ’ how lire Imtcr hypothesis being hardly less
many persons he .night have told by the 1 appalling than tbe former. When I
way where Iks was guirig. The inter-, found that we wenYoverCraigie’s bridge,
vrcwWouldin nil probability lie known, ’ l ibooghl lire arrest most probable,
and 1 inuitvbe Teadjr lo expUia it.—;;When I found that the cariage was stop-
. The questiou^xrreiked me ranch, but plrig at the jail I xfrns sore of my fate;
on Sunday my course. was Yukon, I and before leaving ilic carriage l took a
wnuUl go*Wo Boston and be the first dose Of strichninc from my pocket and
loileclare myself the person, as yetun- swallowed it. I had prepared il in lhe
knowu,'with whotii Dr.; P. had made shape ofa pill before I left my laboratory
the appointment-' I-would^take tho on ibe/23dt I thought I coold nol bear
ground that I hach-iqvhedr biin lo the .to survive detection. I thought, it. w.as
college to pay him .mouQy and that I a large dose. . The state of my uefvous
had paid him* accordingly. I fixed up- system probably defeated its action par-
o:t the sum by taking the small note tiallv. The effects of* the poison weri
and milling intercs;, which it apjWars I terrible beyontf descriptoin. . It was ii
cast erroneously. ' operation at (he college and before I
:* If-I had thought ojT-ibis course 'earlier Ave.nt -ihere, bat more severely , after-
*1 should not have deposited Pence’s wards '
rherk for S90 hr'the "Charles - River f ;T.wrotVboi one of the anonyinooirlel
square miles
a acre*
Total south ^of 36 deg. 33 mm.
Atlantic coast
Gulf coast
Pacific coast
Total
Total length of “shore line”
As must liavife been seen, the Nash
ville Convention has very conclusively
shown tbat the great principle for which
the Southern States mean to- contend is ecssors and assigns constitute a body
the running out to the Pacific the lineij politic and corporate under thc name
of 36^0. . Already the promulgation ot ( assumed by them) and have power and
this demand, as, the one upon which ■ authority to'inake, construct and main-
lhe South will conceutrnte its whole'tain such Macadamized, Graded or
strength, has been effectual in proving' Plank road or roads as they shall be
the earnestness of the South upon the: authorized to make by' the said Court,
great points at issue. No political jog-; as is hereinafter prescribed : Provided
gle has concocted the principle. If em- nevertheless, thi3 charter shall -not
anates from the souls of Southern free- fringe ujK>n ti>| rfghts of any charter
men, and its operation upon the political heretofore gratfted by the Legislature
character of the nation must be sensibly of Georgia.
felt. We perceive that thus early ilj‘ Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,
has had its effect on Congress, now at-! Tbat the persons thus associating shall
tachih^ vast importance to the move--; j n theirartieles of association, distinctly
ment going on in the-Southern States,' set forth the kind ol. road' which they
and. which would be encouraged by propose lo make, and the commepce-
Ijberal and enlightened mmilv iirihe xnenl^ and the terminus thereof, and I said road or roads, over water courses.
Northern Stalest There-is' something shall cause t an-abstract of ..their said > and charge, such rates oftoll as maybe
«t t* e- ^ .. .„ i • agreed upon al or before the erection of
said bridge or bridges, with the inferior
Court of the county wherein the same
may be located. ~
Sec. 12- And be it further*enacted,
Tbat the roads authorized and granted
by this act, shajl Vest in. said company,
their heirs and assigns in fee-simple.
Approved, February 23, 1850.
from the Potomac and the
nal, as well as ol pragmatical politicians
His Cabinet had been, tor some time, a burden and
blight on his popularity, and he was nnable to
shake them off, fearing that, in going farther, he
would fare worse. The House had been, for a
week chiefly employed in abusing him about the
Galphin case, and the Texan case presented diffi
culties and brought upon him menaces and expos
tulations from his friends and especially Mr.
Toombs and Mr. Stephens. Not well on the third
of July, he exposed himself to the sun for two
hoiys on the Fourth. Dining late, he ate cucu n-
bers, cabbage and cherries, and drank milk. The
next morning he had Cholera morbus, and then,
aflci that,a billions remittent fever, which termi
nated in congestion. He preserved bis faculties
till five o'clock yesterday, after which he was but
semi-consCious. I sent you, by telegraph, bis
last coherent words.
Truly, a calamity has befallen the country. No
man can estimate the consequences of it.
The Georgia Block for the Washington
Our reeders .will no doubt participate.in the
pleasure afforded.us by the announcement below,
that measures have been taken by the. .Executive
teenth of one cent per head per mile;
on loose horses, one-half cent per head
per.mile: on saddle horses, one cent
per mile-per head ; on carts or wagon3
drawn hy one horse, mule, or other an
imal, one and a quarter cents each per
mile; on road'wagons drawn by two
animals, three cents per mile; ou wag
ons drawn by a greater number of
animals than two, one and half-cehts per
mile lor each additional animal ; on one-
horse private pleasure carriages, two
cents per mile for each additional animal.
Sec. 11.* And be it further enacted,
That said companies dre authorized to
construct tpll bridges in connection with
eraiuently practicable lb ,56 30. It is articles of association to be published ...
easily understood. -‘ No tbeory palsies: one or cuore newspapers printed in the
it. Tho commercial men, of which.- vicinity, giving notice that application
class the mass or the population are ■ w jl| be made to-lhe Inferior Court of
formed, understand figures and they pre- ’ ihe county in which said road is to be
fer to use r tbetn on a great national made, at least four weeks before stick
question, rather than have the country ■ Application. ' J. ' '
distracted, at *otne future day, by the.? Sec. 3. And. beiit further enacted,
involved aiitT- possibly impracticable"* That whenever persons thus associated
schemes; founded on ,mere; theory. { shall make application to tbe Inferior
•Besides all the sensible men of the [Court of any county or counties ' in i 15^ The cholera is prevailing with
North coinncidc with all the South, in j which they propose to make a road as more or less violence at Natchez, NaSh-
thc belief that the Southern' Stales are | aforesaid, the said .Court,, ifinibeir ville, Louisville,', and ‘ varibbs other
entitled to sonic ad vantagenp behalf of opinion ihe-making of such road trill be pointsinihc South-west.
Zachary TayX5*, has raised foe him. a fabric-.of to repreaent Gco^iT,’ by Sjfocf, te Ihc
character, not td be effaced by eulogy”—and Presi- Washington Monument.' 1 ^
dent Madison rewarded his gallantry by conferring ' Clarkesville Ga., JuIy 15,1850.
on him the Brevet rank ot Major. He was engaged j To the Editor af the Southern Whig: Sir—It
of the war; but aflbrds me great pleasure io be able to answer sat-
while acting ahighly important part inprotectingthe ; isfactorily, the questions asked in an editorial in
Indian frontier trom incursion, no further opportuni- your last paper, with regard to the neglect of the
red to enable him tp signalize himself fur- State of Georgia to furnish a suitable block of
ther. marble, to bc placed ia the National Washington.
After peace was resiored, the reduction of thc Monument. . - , .
military establishment led to the injustice of re- 1 Governor Towns, in reply to an inquiry address-
during the tank of Gen. Taylor, and of many oth- ed to him a few day6 since, has informed me that
brave officers—and he resigned bis commission, he is daily expecting to be notified ot the delivery
but, in the coarse of a year, he was reinstated by in Atlanta, of a block properly prepared, in «e-
President Madison ; and, as Major Taylor, he cordance with an arrangement made, some time
was ordered, in 1816, to Green Bay, and remain- ago with Col. Tail,of Cherokee County,
command ot that post for two years. On the It will thus be seen that Georgia has not forgot-
20th April, 1819, be was a Lieut. Colonel. He ten what was due Id the memory of ihe immortal
next joined, after a year’s interval with his family, Washington, who ip his day was a true and living
Gen- Russell atNew-Orieans; and, in 1822, was representative of Her motto, “ Wisdom, Justice
appointod a member ot the board for the erection of and Moderation.*
the Jefferson Barracks. In 1826, be was an a«- Ver >' respectfully, your ob’t serVt,
tfve member of a Board of Officers of the Army and FINLEY HUNT,
Militia, of which Gen. Scott was yresideni to or- ! A S ent of ,he National Washington Monument
ganize a militia system for the United States.— Society. _ ' ., ,
In 1832, he was promoted to.the rank of Colonel ;j Chojcra at t akhvlllc.
and, on the 2d August of that year, he distinguish- . “7~ ’ , •*
*. ’ .. . Blti ! By the ^"t accounts, the cholera was prevailing
himself under Gen. Atkinson, in the defeat, ulti- , , , . ^ r
matel, followet! bv the capture, of th« Indian Cbi.l to . extent N^h.ilU, T«bb-.«. All
and Warrior, B)»ck Huwk. Ir. 183b, bey., or-
deredro Florid. onJer G.n.,.1 .„d a 1 >“* Lr*. bomb.™ olri..t«.
largely iDslrnmeotal lo llie pnjMeulimi o! Ibe pr,- p e P ace ~ . .
greeted war, with the Seminoles, to a successful O* G. P. R. James, the great English novelist
issue— Indian warfare which bad been the grave is .in New York. It is said that he will not write-
of reputation to many of bis predecessors,' having a bookon America. If he should iiot,it will form,
only served" to burnish his escutcheon. The bat- one of the lew instances of Englishmen capable of
lie of Okeechobee,fought on thc 25UrDeceo)ber, reading and writing, who fakve visited "ibis conn-
] 838, eovefed him with honor, and. was followed try, and failed to do so.