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gesticulating m the most violent and menacing manner, thrusting the letter and his fist into iny lace, 1 in ray fury seized whatever thing was handiest (it was a stick of wood,) and dealt him and instantaneous blow with all the force ihat passion could give it. I did not know, or think, or care, where I did hit him, nor how hard, nor what the effect would be. It was on the side of his head, and there was nothing to break the force of the blow. He fell instantly upon the pavement. There was no second blow; he did not move. I stooped down over him, and he seemed to he lifeless. Blood flowed from his mouth, and I got a sponge and wiped it away. 1 got some amonia and applied it to his nose, but without effect. Perhaps I spent ten minutes in attempts to resuscitate him, but I found he was absolutely dead. In my horror and con sternation, I ran instinctively to the doors and bolted them, the doors of the lecture room and of the laboratory below. And then, what was I to do? It never occurred to me to go out and declare what had been done, and obtain assist ance. I saw nothing but the alternative of a sue ecssful movement and concealment ofthc body on the one hand and of infamy and destruction on the other. The tirst thing I did as soon as I could do anything, was to draw the body into the private room adjoining, where I took off the clothes and began putting them into the fire, which was burning in the upper laboratory. They were all consumed there that afternoon, with papers, pocketbook, and whatever they contained - . I did not examine the pockets, nor remove anything except the watch. I saw that, or the chain of it, hanging out. 1 took it, and threw it over the bridge as I went to Cambridge. My next move was to get the body into the sink, which stands in a small private room; by set ting the body partially erect against the corner, ami by getting up into the sink myself, I succeed ed in drawing it up there. It was entirely dis membored. It wasquickly done, asa work of terrii ble and desperate necessity. The only instru ment was the knife found by the officers, in the tea chest, which I kept for corks. 1 made no use of a Turkish knife, as it was called at the trial. That had long been kept on my parlor mantelpiece in Cambridge, as a curious ornament. My daughters frequently cleaned it; hence the Marks of oil and whiting found on it. I had lately brought it into Boston to get the sil ver sheath repaired. While dismembering the body, a stream of Cochituate water was runn ing through the sink, carrying off the blood in a pipe that passed down through the lower labor atory. There must have been a leak in the pipe, tor the ceiling below was stained immediately around it. There was a tire burning in the fur nace. of the laboratory. Littlefield was mistaken in thinking there had never been a fire there, j He had probably never kindled one, but I had j done it myself several times. I had done it that j day for the purpose of making oxygen gas. The j head” and viscera were put into the furnace that ! day and the fuel heaped on. I did not examine at night to see what degree they were consumed. Home of the extremities were put in there, I be lieve,onthat day: the pelvis, and some ofthc limbs perhaps, were all put under the lid of the lecture room table, in what is called the well—a deep ! ink lined with lead; a stream ofCochituate was turned into it, and kept running through if all Friday night; the thorax was put into a similar well, in the lower laboratory, which I filled with water, and threw in a quantity of potash, which I found there. This disposition of the remains was not changed till after the visit ofthc o I fleet's on Monday. When the body had been thus ail disposed ot” I cleared away all traces of u hat had been done. I think the stick with which the fa tal blow had been struck proved to be a piece of the stump of a grape vine—say two inches in diameter, and two feet long. It was one of sever al pieces which I had carried in from Cambridge tong before, for the purpose of showing the effect of certain chemicle tluids in coloring wood, by be ing absorbed into the pores. The grape vine, being a very porous wood, was well adapted to this purpose. Another longer slick had been used as intended, and exhibited to the students. This one had not been used. I put it into the iKe. 1 took up the two notes cither from the table or the lloor, I think the table, close by where Dr. P. had fallen. I seized an old metal lic pen lying on the table, dashed it across the lace and through the signatures, and put them ,n my pocket. Ido not know why 1 did this j-ather than put them in the fire, for 1 had not considered for a moment what effect either mode ot disposing of them would have on the mort gage, or rny indebtedness to Dr. P. and the oth er persons interested, and l had not yet given a j.in"le thought to the question as to what ac count I should give of the object or result of my interview with Dr. Parkman. I never saw a sledge hammerjspokenof by Littlefield; never knew of its existence, at least I have no recollec tion of it. I left the College to go home, as late as six oclock. 1 collected myself as well as I could, that I might meet my family and others with composure. On Saturday, I visited my rooms at the College, but made no change in the disposition of the remains, and laid no plans as to my future course. On Saturday evening, j read the notice in the “Transcript,” respecting his disappearance. I was then deeply impress ed with the necessity ofimniediately takingsome ground as to the character of my interview with Dr. 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 Tues day,and on Friday had myself called athishous c in open day, and ratified the arrangement, aii (1 had probably been overhearedby the manserv ‘ ant, and I knew not by how many persons. Dr.‘ I’, might have been seen entering my rooms, or liow many persons he might have told by the way where he was going—the interview would in all probability be known, and I must be ready to explain it. The question excited me much, but on Sunday my course was taken. I woul<L go into Boston anil be the first to declare myself The person, as yet unknown, with whom Dr. P. bad made the appointment. I would take the ground that I had invited him to the College to pay him money, and that 1 had paid it. Accor dingly, 1 fixed upon the sum by taking the small note and adding interest, which it appears I cast erroneously. If I had thought of this course earlier, I should not have deposited Pettec’s check for SOO in the Chales River Bank on Sat- urdav, but should have suppressed it, as going so far to make up sum which I was to have pro fessed to have paid the day before, and which Puttee knew I had by me at the hour of inter view ; it had i.ot occurred to me that I should ever show the notes cancelled in proof of it, or I should not have destroyed the large note, and let it be inferred that it was gone with the missing man, and I should only have kept the small one, which was all that I could pretend to have paid. Mv single thought was concealment and safety; everything else was incidental to that, I was in no state to consider my ulterior pecuniary inter est. Money, though I needed it so much, was of no account with me in that condition of mind. If I had designed and premeditated the homicide of Dr. Parkman, in order to get the possession of the notes and cancel my debt, I not only should have deposited Pettee’s check the next day, but should have made some show of get ting and having the money the morning before. I should have drawn my money from the bank and taken occasion to mention to the cashier that 1 had a sum to make up on that day for Dr. P. and the same to Henchman, when I borrowed ihe Sib. 1 should have remarked that I was so much short of a sum that I was to pay Parkman. 1 borrowed the money” of Henchman as mere pocket money for the day. If I had intended the homicide of l)r. P. 1 should not have made the appointmen with him twice, and each time in so open a manner that other persons would almost certainly know of it; aud 1 should not have in vited him to my rooms at an hour when the College would be full of students and others, and an hour when I was most likely to receive calls from others, for that was the hour,just alter the lecture, at which persons having business with me, or in my rooms, were always directed to call. 1 looked into my rooms on Sunday aiter noon, but did nothing. After the tirst visit ol the officers, I took the pelvis and some of the limbs from the upper well, and threw them into the vault under the privy. I took the thorax from the well below, and packed it in the tea chest, as found. My own impressiou has been, that this was not done till after the second visit ot the officers, which was on Tuesday, but Kinsley’s testimony shows that it must have i-cciTdoiiC sooner. The perforation of the thor- ax had been made by knife, aat time of re moving the viscera . On Wednesday, I putin kindlings and made a fire in the furnace below, having first poked down the ashes. Home of the \iinbs, I cannot remember which or how mauv, were consumed at that time. This was the fast 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 , tied tip as grapples, were to be used for drawing up the parts in the vault, whenever I should determine how to dis pose of the m, and get strings enough. I had a confused double object in ordering the box, and making the grapples 1 had, tefore, 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 the sea air, and the hooks to be used there in obtaining corral line plants front tllbsea. It was this previously intended use of them that suggested and mixed itself up with the idea of the other application, I doubt, even now, to which use they would have been applied; I had not used the hooks at the time ofthc discovery. The tan put into the tea chest was taken from a barrel of it that had been in the laboratory for some time. The bag of tan brought in on Monday wr s not used, nor intend ed to be used ; it belonged to mo by a quantity ob tained by me a long time ago, for experiments in tanning, and was sent in by the family to get it out of the way. Its being sent in just at that time was accidental, I was not aware that I had put the knile in the chest. The stick found in the saucer of ink, was for making coarse dia grams on cloth. The bunch of tiled keys had been used long ago by me in Fruit street, and thrown carelessly by into a drawer. I never ex amined them, and do not know whether they would fit any of the locks of the college or not. If there were other keys fitting doors with which 1 had nothing to do, I supposed they must have been all duplicates, or keys of former locks left thereby the mechanics or janitor. I know noth ing about them, and should never be likely to notice them amongst the multitude of articles, large and small, collected in my rooms. The janitor had furnished me with a key to the dis secting room, for the admission of medical friends visiting the College, but I had never used it. The nitric acid on the stairs was not used to re move spots of blood, but was dropped by acci dent. When the officers called for me on Friday, the 30th, I was in doubt whether I was under arrest, or whether a mere strict search of my rooms was to be had, the latter hypothesis being hardly less appalling than the former. When i found .that we went over Crages’ Bridge, I thought the arrest’ most probable. When I found that the carriage was stopping at the jail; I was sure of my late. Before leaving the car riage, I took a dose of strychnine, from my pock et and swallowed it. i had prepared it in the shape of a pili before I left mv laboratory on 23d. I thought 1 could not bear to survive detection. 1 thought it was a large dose. The state of my nervous system, probably, defeated its action partially. The effects of the poison were terri ble beyond description. It was in operation at the college, and before I went there, but most se verely afterwards. I wrote but one of the anon ymous letters produced at the trial—the one mailed at East Cambridge, The little bundle re ferred to in the letter detained by the jailor, con tained only a bottle of nitric acid, for domestic use. I had seen it stated in a newspaper that I had purchased a quantity of oxalic acid, which it was presumed was to be used in removing blood stains. I wish the parcel to be kept un touched, that it may be shown, if there should be occasion, what it really was that I had pur chased. 1 have diawn lip, in separate papers, an explanation of the use I intended to make of the blood sent for on Thursday, the 22d, and of the conversation with Littlefield about the dis secting vault. I think that Pettec, in his testi mony at the trial, put too strongly my words about having settled with Dr. P. Whatever I did say of the kind, was in hope I entertained that 1 should btfable pacify Dr. I\, and make some arrangements with him, and was said in order to quiet Pettec, who was becoming restive under the solicitations of Dr. Parkman. After Dr. Webster had stated most of the facts recorded above on the 22d May, this question, with all the earnestness, solemnity, and author ity of tone that Dr. Putman was. master of was addressed him:— “Dr. Webster, in all probability your days are numbered ; you cannot, you dare not speak false ly to me now , you must not die with a lie in your mouth; so, prove to yourself that your re pentance for the sins of your past life is sincere —tell me the truth, then—a confidence to be kept sacred during your life-time and as much longer as my regard for the happiness of your family shall seem to me to require, and the inter est of truth and justice to permit. Search to the bottom of your heart fertile 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 it to pass, would be of great advantage to you, or at least that per sonal injury to him might possibly be the result of your expected conference with him? Asa dying man, I charge you to answer me truly and exactly, or else be silent—had you not such a thought ?” “No, never,” said he, with energy and feeling; as I live, and as God is my witness, never! I was no more capable of such a thought than one of my innocent children. I never had the remo test idea of injuring Dr. P. until the moment Iho blow was struck. Dr. P., was extremely severe and sharp—the most provoking of men—and I am irritable and passionate. A quick handed and brief violence of temper has been a beset ting sin of my life. I was an only child—much indulged—and I have never acquired the con trol over my passions that 1 ought to have ac quired early, and the consequence is all this.” “But you notified Dr. Parkman to meet you ‘-at acertatn hour, and told him you would pay him, when you knew you had not the money 2” “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 1 had determined to take the ground that I had paid him, those words were of the miserable tissue of falsehoods to which I was committed from the moment I had began to conceal the homicide. I never had a thought of injuria Parkman.” Meeting in Meriwether County. Gkeexville, July 2, 1850. In accordance with previous notice, a very large number of the citizens of this county, with out distinction of party, met to-day in Greenville, for the purpose of considering the slavery ques tion and the Nashville convention. On motion of Judge Joseph H. Gaston the meeting was organized by calling Col John 11. McMath (whg) and Col. Alfred Wellborn (dem.) to the chair, and requesting Wm. L. Fletcher to act as secretary. The object of the meeting was then explain ed by Col. Alfred Wellborn in a warm and thril ling address. On motion of Wm. M. Slaughter, Esq., that a committee of six, composed ot three ol each party, be appointed by the chair to report reso lutions for the consideration of the meeting; whereupon Wm. C. Jack, Freeman McLendon and George A. Hall, (whig?,) and Dr. H. S. Wiiiibish, J. G. Gaston, and Wm. M. Slaughter, (dem.) were selected. The committee retired for a short time and a majority of live, through their chairman, Wm. Slaughter, reported the following preample and resolutions: Whereas, the people of the non-slavcholding States, having manilested a determined and in creasing hostility to the institution of slavery as it exists in the Southern States of the Union, and it having become apparent that the long estab lished and inestimable rights of the Southern people were in imminent danger of being sac rificed to that spirit of Northern encroachment, which for the last few years lias been making such a rapid advancement, threatning to strike down and sweep away the great and inalienable right of enjoying property in slaves, as recog nized by the laws of every Southern State from the earliest period of its history —a right solemn ly acknowledged by the Constitution of the U. States. And whereas, in view of these menacing dan gers to the property, peace and lives of the people of the slaveholding Slate's, a genera! convention of these States was deemed advisa ble to take into consideration this state of ’hings so lull of peril to the interests of the Southern people. The Southern Convention accordingly has been held, and the result of the deliberations of that convention is now before the people of the South. And, whereas, also, a united and harmonious action upon the momentous question of South ern rights by the Southern people without re spect to political parties, is of the highest import ance, and essentially necessary in order to main tain successfully their honor, uphold their title, and enjoyment of their property, preserve the Union, and hand down to posterity the inherit ance derived from their ancestors— Be it therefore Resolved by us, a portion of the people of Georgia, That we cordially ap prove ofthc action of the Southern Convention, recently held at Nashville, in the State of Ten nessee. Resolved, That the platform established by the Southern Convention, evincing as it does, a spirit of moderation, justice and firmness, fur nished an equitable basis upon which .every Southern man, whether whig or democrat, can stand. Resolved, That the adjustment of the Territo rial question upon the basis of the Missouri com promise, which has been recommended by the Southern Convention, manifests a disposition on the part of that body “to ask nothing but what is right,” and while we entertain a similar feeling, we are determined “to submit to nothing that is wrong.” Resolved, That the great question of main taining Southern rights is of paramount import ance to all mere party considerations, and their preservation demands the united support and concentrated action of the whole Southern peo ple. A motion for their adoption was then made and seconded—but before the vote was taken, Wm. C. Jack, Esq., arose, and submitted, as a minority report, a series of ably and chastily drawn up resolutions advocating the Clay com promise as the platform of the South; and after supporting them with a short and eloquent speech, showing his sincere devotion to the South and love of the Union, moved their ad option as a substitute for the majority report. Win. M. Slaughter, Esq., replied in opposition to the substitute, and strongly urged the adop tion ofthc report of the majority committee in a speech fraught with eloquence and powerful argument, and closed by moving that the sub stitute be laid on the table. A discussion then ensued, in which Rev. Phil emon Oglutrec, Miles Scarborough and Wm. C. Jack, Esq. participated, all making able speech es in favor of the minority report, and express ing their attachment to the South and love of the Union. Dr. H. S. Wimbish made a short, but forcible reply—showing that there was no concession on the part of the North to the South embraced in the Clay compromise bill, and that the Missouri compromise should be the ultimatum of the South. The last motion being in order, the vote was taken, and the substitute laid on the table by an overwhelming majority. The majority report was then adopted in the most enthusiastic manner, and almost unanim ously ; there being only eight or ten votes heard in opposition to its passage. Col. John Cochran, a distinguished citizen of Alabama, being present, was loudly called for. Ho responded to the call in a speech remarkable l’oc its cogent argument and thrilling eloquence. Ho expressed his gratification at the passage of the resolutions, and the exhibitation of the Southern spirit which animated the meeting.— Like a skilful surgeon he dissected the Clay compromise bill, and proved that the South would degrade herself to accept it, and called up on all present to crush the voice of party strife and plant themselves upon the platform erected by the Nashville Convention. The Southern lire already enkindled was fanned into a llame by by his stirring eloquence, and he sat down amid the loud and enthusiastic applause of the multitude. On motion of Dr. 11. S- Wimbish, Resolved, That copies of the proceedings of this mectina be sent to a few ofthc leading jour nals of the State, without respect to party, with the request that other journals copy. On motion of Rev. Wm. Martin, Resolved, That this meeting now adjourn to meet again on the first Tuesday in August next. JOHN H. McMATII, } ri . ALFRED WELLBORN, { Chairmen. Wm. L. Fletcher, Scc’y. Decatur County Meeting. A large and respectable meeting of the citizens of Dectur county, (without distinction of party,) convened at the Court-House, in Bainbridge, on the Ist of July, to take into consideration the resolutions of the Nashville Convention. Green Mitchell was called to the Chair, and A. A. Allen, requested to act ns Secretary. Cash. J. Mun ncryln then introduced the following resolution: Resolved, That we witness with pleasare and hope, the unanimity and moderation ofthc Nash ville Convention, and heartily approve the reso lutions of that body. The Territories are the common property of the people of the States, and all are entitled to a full enjoyment of the whole of them, without lot or hindrance. But if the two sections of the confederacy cannot hold occupancy with dispute, it is natural and right that the Territories should be treated property and divided between them, the rights of both parties being adequately secured. That in dividing the property, the Missouri Comprom ise line, if not the most equitable, is an honora ble division line, it having been adopted by our fathers and acquiesced in by all panics, for near ly thirty years. , The resolution was unanimously adopted. On motion of J. Law, Esq., it was resolved that the Proceedings of this meeting be published in the papers of the district and of Alilledgevillo. The meeting then adjourned. G. MITCHELL, Chm’n. A. A. Allf.n, Sec’y. SOUTHERN MEETING. On the fourth of July the following call was circulated in hand-bill form. PUBLIC MEETING. The undersigned, citizens of Muscogee county, are in favor of terminating thescc tional controversy between the North and the South, in regard to the territories, the common property of both ; on the princi pled’the Missouri Compromise Line ex tended to the Pacific. We believe that as common domain belonging to the States of the Union, the citizens of Georgia have an equal right with those of New York or Massachusetts to remove to it and occupy it with their property of every kind ; and we cordially adopt the following senti ments of a distinguished represetativefroni Georgia, the Hon. Robert Toombs, and will stand by him in their maintenance : Island upon the great principle, that the South has a right to an equal partici pation in the Territories oi’tlie United States. 1 claim the right for her to enter them with her property, and securely to enjoy it. — She will divide with you ir you wish it, but the right to enter all or divide, I shall nev er surrender,” &c. We deny, too, the right of Congress to pass any law, the effect of which, may be to emancipate slaves in the District ot Co lumbia. Entertaining these views, we invite our Fellow-Citizens who are ready to unite with us on these principles, to meet at Temperance Hall, in Columbus, on Fri day the sth of July, at 10 o’clock, A. M. Owen Thomas, T F Wooldridge, G E Thomas, P A Clayton, J M Chambers, Van Leonr and, J G Walker, F R Sapp, T Sapp, W Smith, LM Biggers, J P 1 illinghast, L B Matthews, John Muliin, M J Crawford, S F Grimes, A Bryan, P F Lamar, G W Llouglass, Clement Pace J T M Diggers, A L Martin, I’ W Bigger., J Thomaston, H M’Coy, J T M’Coy, D C Dawkins, Win N Jones, L Davidson, C N Hartsfield, C E Mims, J B Levy, Wm A Chisolm, P Preer, H A Thornton, W II Jackson, J E Davis, W T Smith, J D Stewart, J L Williams, J McGehee, W A Bedell, J Barrow, G B Terry, WY Barden, W B Phillips, F A Frost, A C Frost, U B Frost, S B Harvell, J H Butt, P J Tillinghast, II Alangham, W P Baker, WmJ Switzer, B J Spears, J D Carter, G W Lively, F M Gray, S T Austin, A S Dent, J G Brewer, J King, R Carter, A G Kinds, J J Redd, W C Gray, W Crew, C J Williams, A H Cooper, I Rose, W J M’A llister, J Morris, J A Brokaw, W G Clemons, J P Manly, S A Billing, AY H Flevvellen, II S Smith, J Warren. J Cox, A J Floyd, II L Bass, J II Bass, A l M Lester, H C McKee, M Sapp, J A Roberts, J ‘l’ Ballonger, D Tant, C C Tompkins, J L’Morton, P T Schley, LJ Wright, A S Rutherford, R R Coetchius, J A Chaffin, J AI Estes, T Chaffin, J AI Everett, J C Calhoun, John Hodges, J P Ilenrick, W Beach, F C Johnson, E L Gray, P L Anderson, I) A Garrett, B II Gronbeck, A Hunter, lv A Ware, Jos Kyle, W Barnett, J N Burnett, H Desseau, J Kyle, A 11 Burch, N J Peabody, F A Jepson, D Hudson, B F Malone, J Wootten, N M Thornton, J G Walker, LB Sapp, W W Smith, ‘l’ Sapp, T W Schoonmaker, E J Hardin, W B Chisolm, L M Durr, A G Lawrence, Jas Baugh, A B Ragan, H II Epping, S A Bailey, J C Cook, W L Jeter, J E Hurt, J Echols, L Jackson, H Woolfolk, J J Bosworth, AI J Kendrick, G M T Keniro, J L Williams, HT Jackson, A Averett, E Massey, S Averett, Jas Vinson, J DeGrand, Wm Watkins, E P Rogers, L B Randal!, J M McGrady, J Lockhart, E Dozier, A Smith, K Reese, J Harris, II i hornton, S R Andrews, W G Woolfolk, Ij H Durr, J K Redd, W A lletld, G J Pitts, A Johnson, R B Murdock, J H Howard, C S Harrison, John Forsyth, John T Ector, J T Niles, J C Mangham, Charles Reps, R P Spencer, 11 A Thornton, J Al Davis, J J Wiley, A A Averett, J Massey, G J Massey, Jas Cook, W V Pearse, LJ McCall, J Morris, E Watkins. W Bartlett, Jas Martin, D Williams, W W Cook, I’ C Vi gal, P F Lamar, A Brvant, J J McKendree, W Stapler, B A Richards, R C Shorter, p J Semms, W Cromwell, A j Robinson, A M Walker, E Barnard, J B Baird, J I Bidgway, B Doles, R Ellis,’ J A Jones, VV II Chambers, E B Fishburnc, B V Iverson, H Noble, W M Jones, W S Smith, W W Robinson, W Pace, V L Averatt, J N Massey, T J Coleman, E Cook, J S Moore, H R Clem, J W God win, G W 7 \ AVa tki ns, J Gearder, AV Adkins, P Dozier, D Pelt, R G Parkman, P T Bugg, sr G S Faison, Chancy Pomeroy, A P Preer, H C Phelps, D J Reessr-- N Mcßobinson, A Iverson, ‘ L L Nance, JML-Gfdtttngs. W 7 W 7 Williams, H L Benning, J Backer, W Amos, J J Hatcher, B T Bugg, J P Bugg, AI W Thwcatt, Jr E Morrell, J Hunlv, V B Tommy, A O Black mar, W E Jones, A’J Robinson, S B Spencer, B B DeGraflenried, Seaborn Jones, T E Greenwood, . A B Backer, F G Wilkins, D P Ellis, J 11 Brittain, C A Bugg, MW 7 Thweat, Sr J Ennis, J Shores, John Isham, * Robt. Hayes, A Fergerson, Thos Hoxey, D F Thom, A W Williams, C Cleghorn, W K Schley, W J Ridgill, R R Howard, H Moffet, Jas R Jones, R C Forsyth, Mr Moody, N B Love, lIR Pierce, J A Girdner, W J Kcllet, VV Doles, T Doles, F M Doles, D Perry, B T Dotten, S Pickard, Thomas Dozier, J AI Redding, Thos Davis. A M Terry, Jas. G. Smith, E G Thornton, J J McKindree, EJ Harden, S R Andrews, P Hazelton, V Dye, J Hazelton, T M Thulkill, J B Dozier, J L Grimes, J a Huff, N Thompson, HBPlott, D Huff, J Shivers, C C Brooks, C C AVillis, W R Russell, K 11 Roberts, G W Smith, J AI Russell, P Champion, J Huff, J Aleacham, C McFarlan, J R McFarlan, J F Boyd, R W Barnes, T II Kendall, J H Jones, j Echols, J T Brown, A J Pittmon, J AI Edwards, W J Tinsley, W B Rockinore, Note. —A large number of names which have been handed to the Printer, have been omitted for want of time to put them in type. The gentlemen who have collected the list, state that not more than half a doz en out ot the hundreds who have been ap plied to, refused to sign the call. In consequence of the postponement of the execution of Evans, who suffered that day, until the afternoon, it was found ne cessary to change the hour of the meeting to the ‘forenoon, A hasty notice ol the change 'do given, but huudicds were not apprized of it. But notwithstanding these untoward circumstances, at half past 10 o’clock, a meeting of four or five hundred persons, the most respectable in material, we have ever witnessed in this city, as sembled in the hall of the new Temper ance edifice. On motion of A. 11. Cooper, Esq. the Hon Grigsby E. Thomas was invited to preside as President of the meeting, and John Forsyth, Esq., was requested to act as Secretary. On taking the chair, the President stated the objects ot the meeting in a warm and eloquent address. Martin J. Crawford, Esq. offered to the consideration of the meeting, the following resolutions, which he cnforced with a spir ited and effective speech, denouncing the Clay Compromise and the President’s plan as open surrenders of Southern rights and honor, and sustaining the Missouri Compromise as one, that, although not do ing full justice to the South, the South was willing to abide by, because it was a rati fied bargain, and for the sake of harmony and Union. The resolutions are as follows: Resolved, That the territory acquired from Mexico belongs to the States of this Union, as members of this confederacy, and that in regard to it, we adopt the lan guage of the Hon. Robert Toombs : “ i stand upon the great principle that the South has a right to an equal participa tion in the Territories of the United States. I claim the right for her to enter them with her property, and securely to enjoy it.— She will divide with you if you wish' it, but the right to enter all or divide I shall nev er surrender,” and that we will maintain the positions thus laid down. Resolved, That we would, for the sake of peace and good neighborhood with the North, and for sake of the Union, acquiesce in a division of the public Territory upon the Missouri Compromise line of 36° 3(f extended to the Pacific, with a recognition through Congress of the right of the people of the South to enter the part below that line with their slaves, and to hold them there as property, but in nothing short of this. Resolved, That the Southern States have a common interest in the District of Columbia with the other States, and any Law passed by Congress to deprive us of the privilege of using or disposing of our property within the same is a breach of faith to the South and a positive violation ot our rights. Resolved, That weeannot longershut out eyes to the dark cloud which having been slowly gathering for years past, now low ers from the whole Northern heavens ready to burst upon us in storm , and that m our opinion the time has come when the peo ple ot the South, mariners all embarked in the same ship, should cease to be a di vided crew, struggling among themselves in the small business of choosing captains of this or that uniform, and should instead thereof become a united company of self devoted brethren, emulating each other in the sublime work of saving the vessel from the storm. On motion, it was further resolved, That the city papers be requested to publish these proceedings, and that copies thereof be furnished to our Senators and Repre sentatives in Congress. Before the question was put, M. Thwcatt, Esq., called the attention of the chair to the tact that Col. Ilenry L. Benning, one of the delegates from this District to the Nashville convention was present, and stated that the meeting would bo gratified to hear from him. Mr. Benning came forward, and in a speech of an hour and a half, discusssed the questions in issue with great power and ability. The speaker had evidently studied the momentous question deeply; he laid bare all its hidden perils to the South, and drew a picture of Southern sub mission and abolition triumph, in the con dition of the Slave States, 25 years hence well calculated to arrest the solemn atten tion of his auditors. Before the question on the adoption of the resolutions was put, Col. S. Jones de sired to ask if there was any gentleman present opposed to them. If so, he would give way to him to speak. No one an swering, Col. Jones made a few remarks and called for the question. It was put and unanimously carried. The meeting then adjourned sine die. G. E. THOMAS, Chairman. J. Forsyth, Secretary. FREE R4RBECFE. The friends of the Missouri Com promise, as the best means ot pre serving the Union, and at the same time, of protecting the rights of the South, will give a FREE BAR BECUE in the city of Columbus, on the lGth of this month —next Tuesday—and they respectfully in vite the attendance of all the peo ple of Muscogee county, without distinction of party. A lull discus sion of the great questions between the North and the South may be expected. The ladies are particu larly invited to be present. VAN LEONARD, G. E. THOMAS, 11. S. SMITH, H. L. EENNING, J. N. BETHI NK, WM. Y. BAItDEN, A. IVERSON, A. S. RUTHERFORD, A. G. REDD, H. W. NANCE, D. THORNTON, JOHN KYLE, F. G. WILKINS, J. 11. HOWARD, J. R. JONES, P. J. SEJI3IS, OWEN THOMAS, R. BASS, PATRICK ADAMS, GEORGE PITTS, 31. W. THWEATT, S. T. AUSTIN, J. 31. HUGHES, 31. J. CRA3VFOKD, W. B. PHILLIPS, W3I. L. STAPLER, W3I. A. liEDELL, Committee of Arrangements Watches, Clocks, and Jevelry. A. 11. DeWITT, HAS received this week, a large and general assortment of Ladies’ and Gents’ GOLD WATCHEH, also, Silver, Hunting, and other Watches; also the most fashionable and desirable JEWELRY worn this season, consisting of Breast Pins, Bracelets, Ear Rings, Gold Thimbles, Silver Ware, Plated Ware, Silver Card Cases, Gold pens, SONS OF TEMPERANCE Jewels, MILITARY Goods generally ; together with a large assortment of other goods, received and on the way from New York. For sale at his usually low and uniform prices. Mr. WM. B. MOORE is permanently engaged in the Watch Repairing Department. Mr. Moore, as'a Scientific Watch-Maker, has no superior North or South, as the many will attest who have favored him with their work. Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Music Boxes, Accordeons, &,c. repaired at shortest notice and the lowest prices. Engraving on Seals, Stamps, Keys, Silver Ware and Jewelry, neatly executed. Call and see me at the old stand. ’ A. H. D. Columbus, March 21, 1850. 19 ts Spring and Summer Clothing! WliLilf @!B 6 MffiSL, Next door to Hill, Dawson & Cos. Broad St. Columbus, Ga. ARE now receiving an extensive and well assorted stock of Fashionable Spring and Summer Clothing, Gents’Furnishing Goods, Fashionable Hats and Caps, Trunks, Carpet Bags, Values, &e. Also, the largest and most extensive assortment of CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, AND VESTINGS, ever offered in this market, which will be manufactured in the latest styles, and warranted to please. Those who favor us with a call, may be sure of getting Goods at reasonable and steady prices. OfT Persons wanting Cloths, Cassimeres, Drillings, Vestings, &c. by the yard, can bo ccommodated, on the most reasonable terms. JAS. D. WILLIFORD. JOS. H. DANIEL. Columbus. March 14, 1850. 11 ts Among the many blearing.-’ attendant upon improve ments in the social condition and the advances of our race in intelligence, is the prolongation of human life. With the increase of intelligence has grown up a knowl edge for the elements of health, and a regard for them, and commensurately with the strides of science have we acquired the means of arresting disease, and avert ing its ravages. Notwithstanding the progress we have made,statistics show that even now, one sixth of the whole population die annually of consumption. One of the most important discoveries of the age. in ameliorating the condition of this large class of suffering humanity, is J)r. Wistar’s Balsam of Wild Cherry, Nunda, Livingston, Cos., N. Y., Juno 20,1948. Mr. S. W. Fowle—Dear Sir: Prompted by a sense of gratitude from the benefits received from the use of Wis tar’s Balsam of Wild Cherry, 1 submit the following state ment: Previous to my taking the Wild Cherry, Iliad been obliged to give up my business in consequence of a severe affection of the lungs. In this distressed state I was ordered to try the temedy for Consumption. 1 did ?o, and in the course of a few weeks, I was restored to comparative good health, so that I have been able to attend to ordinary business. Indeed, my present state ol health far exceeds my most sanguine expectations. Yours truly, (Signed) JOHN BURNS. XfftT None genuine, unless signed I. BUTTS on the wrapper. For sale by Dr. R. A. Ware, and Danforth & Nagel, Columbus; J. A. & S. S. Virgins, Macon; S. Ken drick, Bamcsville, Bowdre &, Woodson, Thomarton, and Agcsju everywhere. Dr. John E. Bacon OFFERS his professional services to the public. lie has had a large experience in the practice of Medicine particularly in Obstetrics, and the diseases ol women and children. Hi? office is next door below the Drug Store of Danforth it Nagel, up stairs; messages left at ‘heir Drug Store will lie attended to. His residence is ‘lie one formerly occupied by the late Dr. Goulding, op posite the Court House. Columbus, Jan. 10. 1850. 2 Gm WANTED TO HIRE. A NEGRO WOMAN, who can cook, wash and attend to household duties generally, may find a good home by applying at THIS OFFICE. July 11. 28 2t POCKET BOOK STOLEN. A large RED MOROCCO ROCKET BOOK was stolen from my pocket at the execution ot Geo. W. Evans on Friday last, containing a note made by B. F. Grigg, for 8150, and payable Dec. 25, 1850, to Martin Shoffner; an execution and a note against Fortunatus Webb, for 826 and odd cents, payable to H. Turnage ; the execution in mv favor ; a note made by Samuel Hy att and Jefferson Hayatt, for"Blo,due and payable to me ; a note by James Turnage, for 810, due and payable to me; a note by Abraham Odom, for 816, payable to me 25th Dec. next; and the following accounts,to wit: One against N. L. Howard, for 87 and odd cents ; one against H. W. Nance, for 87 and odd cents; one against itfoses Garrett, for between 816 and §2O. One against Robert Reese, for §2 50. Also, a bundle of receipts. Persons are cautioned against trading for any of the above notes or accounts. A liberal reward will be paid lor the recovery of the Pocket Boole and contents. W. A SHOFFNER. Columbus, Ga., July 11, 1850. 11 3t Georgia, murcogee county.— Court of - Ordinary July Term, lfcO —Rule Ni 67.—Where as, Thomas McCartv, Adiam-trator with the will an nexed of the estate gi 12*tr$MrCarty, deceased . hav ing petitioned the dismissed from said Ad ministration. It i? lOidcrod by the Court that all persons concerned show caufp, if any they have, at the January Term next ensuing of this Court, why the Administrator as aforesaid should not he dismissed. A true extract from the minutes of said Court. JOHN JOHNSON, c. c. o. July 11,1950. 28 Gm Columbus and Greenville Plank and Turn pike Road Cos. TAKE NOTICE. I>()OKS of Subscription for Stock in said Company, ) will be opened at the Commercial Exchange Read inrr Room, on Monday and I uesday, the luth and 16th of the present month. By order of the MalCompanv^^ JOHN C. LEITNKR, GEO. W. WINTER, DAVID ADAMS. July 11,1850. 28 ts Literary Notice. A. L. WINGFIELD Esq., of Madison, Ga., will deliver the Atinual Address before the two Literary Societies of Emory College, at the ensuing Com mencement, on the 17th of July. JOHN P. BARROW, ) A. F. HILL, > Com. B. FRALEY. } Oxford, Ga., June-18, 1850. 25 4t RELIGIOUS PUBLICATIONS. subscriber offers for sale probably the best col- I lection ever brought here, comprising over GSO VOLUMES . Aniont them the following—Lives of British Rcform f.r. Famlish Martyrology—Newton’s Cardiphonia— The Life of John Bun van, or ; The Bedfordshire Tink cr Professors of Christianity—Madagascar Martyrs— Miller on Public Prayer—Men and Scenes before the Flood—Causes and Cure of Skepticism—Short Daily Texts—Bates’s Harmony of the Divine Attribute?—Old Antony’s Hints—Providences Illustrated—McGill on Secret Prayer—Learning to Think—The Three Ques tion-7 What ami? Whence Camel? And Whither I), , i’go?—Keith on the Prophecies—Pickte’s Christian Theology—Bunyan’s Holy War—Alexander’s Lvi dence-of Christianity—Doddridge’s Rise and Progress Baxter’s Call—Edwards on Baptism—Noel on Baptism —Calvin’s Institutes—Horne on Psalms—Haldane on Romans —Bridges on the Christian Ministry Bridges, on CXIX Psalm—Hodge’s History of Presbyterian Church-Lime Street of the Inqua tion—Life of Zuinglins—Life of Melancthon Life of Newton, M’Cbeyne, Henry Martyn, Rowland Hill, Hr \tilnnr Isabella Graham, Harlan Page, Buchanan, fines B TayS Simeon, Jeremy Taylor, Howard the Philanthropist, Cecil, Arminins, and othere—Anxious Fnrrnirer—C’liamock on Regeneration—Destruction of Jenklem-Millcr on Ruling Elders-Ditto on Creeds —Ditto on Christian Ministry—Boston fourfold State- Council of Trent—Jay’s Exercises—Tales of the Cov enanters —Common Maxims of Infidelity—Hutory ol Wvckiiflites —Butler’s Analogy—Walk about Zion— Bible in Spain—McGee on Ephesians—M’Cheyne3..er uions —Foster on Decision of Character—Christ our Law —Davidson’? Connexion —Brownell's Commentary on the Praver 800k —Stanton’s Church Dictionary Pal mer’s Ecclesia -tical History-6Chinan s Reasonsi for his Faith and Practice-Tl.e Churcli Idcntified-Dc out Churchman’s Companion-Williams on the Miracle Hobart’s State of the Departed—Steps to the Altar L pfccopacy Examined Dyer on the Church with many others impossible to name hue. Ail for c ale low aj can be here. June 13’ GREAT COUGH REMEDY 1 AYER’S Cherry Pectoral. FOR THE CURE OF Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness, Bronchitis, Whoop. ing-Coughs, Croup, Asthma and Consumption. In offering the community this justly celebrated rem edy for diseases of the throat and lungs, it is not our wish to trifle with the lives or health of the afflicted, but frankly to lay before them the opinions of distinguished men, and some of the evidences of its success, from which they can judge for themselves. Wc sincereljy pledge ourselves to make no wild assertions of false statements of efficacy, nor will wc hold out any hope to suffering humanity which facts will not warrant. Many proofs are here given, and we solicit an inquiry from the public into all we publish, feeling assured they will find them perfectly reliable, and the medicine worthy their best confidence and patronage. FROM BENJ. SILLIMAN, M. D., L. L. D..ETC. Professor of Chemistry, Mineralogy, tsc., Yale College. Member of the Lit. Hist. Med. Phil, and Scien. So cieties of America and Europe. “I deem the CHERRY PECTORAL nnadmirabfe composition from some of the best article? in the Mate* ria Medica, and a very effective remedy for the class of diseases it is intended to cure.” New Haven , Ct. s Nov. 1, 1849. PROF. CLEAVELAND,of Bowdoin College, Main Write?—“l have witnessed the effects of your “Cher ry Pectoral” in my own family and that of my friends, and it gives me satisfaction to Ftate in its favor that no medicine I have ever known has proved so eminently faithful in curing diseases of the throat and lungs,” REV. BE. OSGOOD. Writer—“ That he considers “Cherry Pectoral” the best medicine for Pulmonary Affection?ever given to the pu| iic,” and states that “his daughter after being obliged | u eep the room four months with a severe settled u kh, accompanied bv raising of blood, night sweats, cougtlie attendant symptoms of consumptions, com menced the use of the ‘Cherry Pectoral,’ and had coia pletoly recovered.” HEAR THE PATIENT. Dr. Ayer—Dear Sir: For two years 1 was afflicted with a very severe cough, accompanied by spitting of blood and profuse night sweats. By the advice of my attending physician I was induced to use your “Cherry Pectoral,” and continued to do so till I considered myself cured, and ascribe the effect to your preparation. JAMES RANDALL. Ilampdcn ss. String field, Nov. 27,1848. This day appeared the above named James Randal!, and pronounced the above statement true in every respect. LORENZO NORTON, Justice. THE REMEDY THAT CURES. Portland, Me., Jan. 10,1847, Dr. Ayer: I have been long afflicted with Asthma, which grew yearly worse until last autumn, it brought on a cough which confined me in my chamber, and be gan to assume the alarming symptoms of consumption. I had tried the best advice and the best medicine to no purpose, until I used your “Cherry Pectoral,” which has cured me, and you may well believe me. Gratefully yours. J. D. PHELPS. Ifthero is any value in the judgment of the wise, who speak from experience, here is a medicine worthy of the public confidence. Prepared by J. C. AYER, Chemist. Lowell, Mass. tfW* Sold in Columbus, by Danforth &. Nagel, and R. Carter, and by Druggists generally, May 2. 18 3in P. McLaren & Cos. KEEP constantly on hand a large assortment of GROCERIES; LIQUORS; WINES; TOBACCO; &.c. Ac. And have just received a large supply of CIGARS direct from Havana. Country Merchants are especially invited to ex amine our stock before purchasing elsewhere. Columbus, April 11. 15 ts FIVE HUNDRED VOLS. OF New Miscellaneous Works. AMONG which are the following: Puritan and his Daughters; Los Gringos; Evenings at Wood lawn ; Physician and Patient; People I have Met; Battle Summer; Annals of the Queens of Spain ; Dana’s Complete Works; Sacred Scenes, (bv Headley;) Wara ga, or The Charms of the Nile; Sights in the Gold Re gions, and Scenes in the West; just received and for sale by J. W. PEASE, Yellow Book Store, East side Broad Street. Columbus, Feb. 21,1850. 8 ts HAVANA CIGARS. PRONOUNCED bv the best judges to be the finest in the market. ELLIS, KENDRICK fy REDD. 51 ay 33, 1850. Late Ellis bf Gray. DAGUERREOTYPE MINIATURES. I. Id. SPAULDING WOULD respectfully call the attention of the> citi zens of Columbus and vicinity, to his beautifully COLORED SPECIMENS. Mr. S. is enabled by fiis process to make good pictures of children m from eight to twelves seconds. Persons wirhing to set for pictures should avoid white, light blue and pink dreae es as much as possible. .. _ Persons arc invited to call and ret tor Specimens. Rooms over Foster Ar Purple’s store. Instructions given in the art, and persons fitted out on most reasonable terms. Columbus, June 20. jA 25 ts WYNNTttN M ACADEMY. TIIE will be resumed on Thursday^'r!?f day of August, under the direction of the feidersigned. Terms for schol alstic year, $32. WM. F. PLANE- July 4. 27 4t WARM SPRINGS. iLJI rpniS establishment,situated on Pine Moun r-~aiß j tain, in Meriwether county, 36 miles from Columbus, and the same distance from Griffin, will be opened for the reception of visitors on the first day of June. 63T A tri-weekly line of stages will runfrom Colum bus and a daily ouc from Greenville to to the Springs. ’ JOHN L. MUSTIAN. May 16, 1850. 20 tl,t Sept. M WHITE SULPHUR -SPRINGS, MERIWETHER COUNTY,GA. THIS delightful Watering Place will be opened by the FIRST of JULY, lor the reception of Visitors, under the management ot MeCOMB A DUNCAN. walker dDncan, m e. m’comb. June 13,1850. U