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[From the Literary World.] .
THE WEBSTER CONFESSION.
The confession at the foot of the gallows
has been the standing Jinale in the career of
criminals. The stoicisms which all the ter
rors of judicial authority and sentence, and all
the tortures of suspense and impending fate
could not move, gives way in the immediate
presence of death. When hope is extinct the
uses of concealment are gone. Few men are
willing to die, when they have once ascertain
ed that death is certain, with a lie in their
mouths. Like everything else, the deception
is discarded when it can be of no further ser
vice. The last gasp of life lets out the secret
of guilt which has been kept secret only for j
the sake of life.
Believed or disbelieved, taken as truth, or |
as the last card in the pack of falsehood, sub
terfuge and deceit, which this miserable bung
ler has been shuffling and dealing ever since |
the commission of the crime—tle Webster
confession forms a strange, feaifil denoue
ment. It furnishes a very, striking confirma
tion and corroboration of the laws of evi
dence. True, it may still be said tliat the
question as to the sufficiency of the proof at
the trial remains open, and that the confession
only proves that the jury guessed right, but
the facts that the “guess” was predicated on
established principles and rules, and that it
teas right, are a sufficient vindication of the
science of circumstantial evidence. The quid
nuncs, who were so eloquent in their denun
ciations of the court and jury, and those more
ingenious, but equally mistaken pamphleteers
and essayists, who framed plausible hypothe
ses by which all the evidences of guilt were
reconciled with the perfect innocence of the
accused, now have their labor for their pains.
Their logic may profit other cases. The con
fession, they must believe, is conclusive upon
the doubtful points which formed the whole
substance of their pleas. The “benefit of the
doubt” the culprit has abandoned for the
greater benefit of the truth.
For ourselves, with regard to the truthful- j
ness of the statements of Dr. Webster, we do j
not think it an evidence of uncharitableness
to hesitate, to doubt, to question, to disbelieve.
In a case so thoroughly saturated with false
hood we should measure the probabilities of i
continued deception by the degree of motive |
for its continuance. Even as presented by j
Webster himself bis case admits of no other
view. Whether the killing was murder or
not, the conduct of Webster was that of a
murderer. In the consummate skill with i
which he preserved the ordinary calmness of
his domestic habits and manners; the cool :
calculation of his schemes to avoid suspicion; !
their deliberate execution ; the studied indif
ference and nonchalance which he exhibited
at the opening of the trial and during its first
progress; above all, and worst of all, the in
fernal malignity of his attempt, both in the
defence on the trial, and reiterated in his first
petition, (now withdrawn perforce,) to fasten
upon an innocent man, his own guilt—all these
features of the case compel us to disbelieve,
especially 7, when a statement is made, the
truth of which, as he states himself by impli
cation, in the formal opening of his petition,
no living man can disprove. The confession
is not in prospect of death, hut in hope of
commutation. Concealment of the crime at !
first; avoidance of suspicion next; then de- i
nial of guilt; then combined resistance
against prroof; retreat into the technicalities !
and strict defences of the criminal law; labor
ed efforts to implicate other and innocent
parties; clamors against the mode, the mo
tives, the results of the judicial investigation
of the ease ; wide spread sympathies and in
dignation against the condemnation as unjust
and wrong; formal applications to the exe
cutive based on the continued declaration of
innocence and conspiracy; all these have
failed. What next ? Is it on the heels of this
malignant confederacy and troop, that Truth,
in her white robes, visit, the cell of the con
demned ! It is not too late, that we know.
But before we can he sure of her identity
something must be asked beyond the word of
one who Ims proved himself so great a stran
ger to her.
Admitting, however, the entire correctness
of the statements of Professor Webster, in i
every particular, his confession of itself maizes
the crime murder. The killing of Dr. Park
man—the provocation, the motive, the entire
act —are stated in a few words, First, ‘threats,’
‘invectives,’ ‘hitter taunts,’ ‘opprobrious epi
thets,’ ‘violent menaces and gesticulations,’ j
and ‘thrusts into Dr. Webster’s face of the I
letter, and his fist,’ ,on the part of Dr. Park
man. This is the entire provocation. Then
the motive and the act—the seizure by Web
ster, in his ‘fury,’ of whatever was handiest;
‘the dealing of an instantaneous blow, with all
the force that passion could give it, without
knowledge, thought or care where it would hit
him,,how herd, or with what effect*
Suppose this confession had been before |
the jury on the trial; suppose the facts, as
stated in the confession, had’ been- proved by
a witness present on the spot, but without the j
knowledge of the accused; and then apply
the law, as laid down by the Chief Justice, j
and which we see no reason to question.—
“In murder, to escape the imputation of j
malice, the prisoner must prove the provoea- :
tion, the accident, or any other circumstance
which goes to preclude the malice; otherwise
it is argued from the act itself. No provoca
tion of words, however opprobrious, will mit
igate the motive for a mortal blow, or one in
tended to produce death, where there is an in
tent to kill. If there is sufficient provocation,
it is manslaughter; hut words are not suffi- ,
cient provocation. Malice is implied from j
any deliberate cruel act against another, how- i
ever sudden. When there is a blow of a j
deadly weapon, with intent to do some great
bodily harm, and death ensues, malice is pre
sumed.” •
Amongst the interstices of this net-work of j
distinctions, there may possibly he room to j
extricate the killing of Dr. Parkman from the ;
category of murder; but we confess the dis
tinctions of the law seem framed to meet this j
very description of sudden, unjustifiable, pas
sionate, revengeful and reckless homicide. —
W ere the contrary the case, few of the usual
forms of murder would come within the defi
nition. This confession of Dr. Webster may
he only another link in the chain of fatalities !
which he has been forging for his own de- ;
struction.
The extraordinary nature of this case of
Dr. W ebster, and the unparalleled public in
terest it has excited, make it a source of con
gratulation to those who have the good order
of society at heart, that the doubt which hin- I
dered the complete efficacy of its moral les- j
sons has been removed.. The act stands now i
on record, with all its horrible details, in the
long catalogue of atrocious crime which the
depravity of the human heart fills up, and
against the commission of which, it is hut too
apparent, no culture of the intellect, or refine
ment of associations, cau effectually guard;
rather are powerless to w ithout the
presence of higher and habitual restraints.
There is a terrible parallelism in crime.—
The similarity of this confession with that of
Coifs strikes every one. Colt’s had its proto
■ tvpes and parallels in previous cases. There
I is nothing new in the after resources of mur
derers and assassins; the devil leaves his
1 victims at the pinefling point; his inventions
apparently exhaust themselves in the prepa
rations and preliminaries which precede the
i commission of the crime. The emergencies
; which arise immediately thereafter are rarely
met w ith success. Even in a medical college
a dead body is not easily disposed of.
But let all murderers, present and future, !
whether professors of chemistry, or of any
other science, or whatever their pursuits, es
pecially let all vindictive men who may
chance, some of these days, to inflict summa
ry punishment upon their abusers and credi
tors, and strike without caring how 7 they hit,
I and chance to hit so as to kill, beware how 7
: they attempt to hack or mangle, or cut up, or
hum, the body of their victim. Our Whitings,
and Grahams and Bradies, ought to inscribe
over the doors of their private consultation
, rooms, devoted to the confidences of crime,
some sentence of warning against brutality
after murder. Besides its power to steel the
sympathies and stifle the humanities when
the criminal needs them most in his favor, it
is powerless to prevent detection. You can
not so suddenly destroy the human frame. —
The hones of the earliest generations fie yet
| indestructible, in charred volcanic regions,
which have undergone the changes and con
vulsions of nature for hundreds and thousands
of years. Dispose of the body as you will,
hut do not seek to destroy it. If you
do, you are only sure to find, all the sooner,
the verification of that truth to which the pres
ent case lends its startling and fearful testimo
: ny— murder will out.
[From the N. Y. Spirit of the Times.]
VERY IMPORTANT LETTER FROM
MRS. PARTINGTON.
Her Dangerous Illness — Cause — Remedy —
Convalescence—Troubles in Congress—
('lay—Webster—Dissolution of the Union
—Moses Sojourning in the Wilderness—
i Cuba Business—Rochester Knockers, dpc. j
I’d writ you afore, hut was tuk sik, and
like ter died with the die-a-rear and disinter
est in complaint.
I'd been out walkin with the Rev. Mr. Stig
| gins, obsarvin the stars in the fundament,
and the flagrant odor of the Honey-suckers,
l Sweet Syringes, Polly Anthuses, and Mary
Goolds, with the shiny eondishun of the
moon, kep us up too late, and necks day I
went out in the hot sun’s rase without my
parashute, and like ter perdused information
in my brane.
I sent for Dockter Squills, and he said my
i elementary canowl was outen fix, and my
abominable canawl was in abominable had
order, and so he gin me camomile till it per
dused salvation, then Bring-death’s Pills and
the Gravc-’umbug’s Company’s medsins, and
wound up with all-killin mixters and sodger
water, until he pernounced me effervescent
[Query—convalescent ?—Ed.] and this is my
apoplexy fer not writin afore.
Oh, my! I’m in sick a fidget about Con
gress; the Union will he dissolute, I no.
There’s that Absolom man, Benton, bent on
having his own weigh, which Mr. Stiggins
ses is nigh unto two hundred and fifty; they
! call him Old Bullion, cause he’s allers hullyin
j someone.
And then that He of Cubebs bisnis, and
I’m afleard the stripes and stars —our sweet
j Hag—is in a calamus eondishun.
1 smell gun-powder in every blow anE
breeze, and we shall have disorderly Sar
geants beatin drums and trumpets about the
streets agin.
I don’t like film, and new-fashioned Pisco
tarian Parsons that wears Cossacks, and has
orbicular confessions, may preach about
Moses sodgerin forty year in the wilderness,
hut I don’t believe it’s cordin to Christianity
to have
“ Whiskey'’d Panders and their loud Huzzars”
rampaging up and down the country, and
cut tin up rustics.
Mosesdidn’t do no fitin after all, onless he fit
the t igers in the wilderness, fer the Red Sea
made a rise on Pharo and swept him clean.
Mr. Stiggins ses Clay and Webster is the two
| pi Hers of Liberty, but I always thought the
pillers of Libberty w 7 as stuffed with the feath
ers of the Egle of Freedom, that Mister Cla
ton sent to Cubebs to purtect the Woman’s
Island prisners. Them He of Cubebs fellers
had best let Woman’s Island alone.
I want to cum down and see Mr. Grizzle’s
pair of Rochester knockers, as soon as I’m
efficiently effervescent. They say they're
Fishes, and has got a fish beau, and an old
she Fox lor a ehamperou.
Respectfully 7 yours,
Salle Ax Partington.
A True Story of Human Nature.
There once lived in an obscure town in
Massachusetts an old Indian woman, Some
how or other the old woman had accumulated
quite a desirable little property. Yet she was
an Indian, and was treated with cool contempt
by her neighbors. She had no seat at the
social circle, received no attention from those
around her, she occupied a back pew in the
church, and down to the grave she travelled
without a friend or comforter.
Old Nance had but one relative living, that j
she knew of, and he, a wild graceless son.—
He was the terror of the village, and spent
hi.? time in any thing but a respectable way.
At last, the vagabond so worried the forbear
ance of his old mother, that, in a hasty mo
ment she resolved to disinherit him, and leave
her money to the church.
Accordingly she started for the house of one
of the Deacons, and made a clean breast of
her troubles, and acquainted him with her de- j
termination. The Deacon grew from a cool
to a very amiable mood as she proceeded, and j
at last became profuse in his expressions of;
gratitude.
The will through the agency of the Deacon :
was drawn, hut the old woman feeling a lit- !
tie compunction, had a clause inserted which j
should make it void, provided the son should
totally reform his habits. Secresy was en- j
joined upon the Deacon, who of course said |
nothing about it except to two or three friends j
who of course spread it all over the village in !
the space of one day.
But the change wrought in the situation of
old Nance was miraculous. “Such a good
! old woman!” The nice bits from the best ta
i hies began to journey, under neat napkins, to
her humble abode. On a rainy Sabbath, a
carriage took her up to her door, and carried
her to church where she was kindly favored
with a front pew, near the speaker, and near
: the stove.. Her praise was in everybody’s
mouth, and her tottering form commanded
respect everywhere. But she thrived remark
ably under tills treatment and lived, and lived,
and lived. In tim meantime, the son was look
ed upon with more than usual distrust, and
the poor widow was deeply commisserated on
his disgraceful course.
Years passed away, and the kind attention
of friends were still continued to the widow,
when, at last, old Nance slept the sleep that
knows no waking. A large funeral, one of!
the largest the little village had ever seen, at
! tended her to the grave in the quiet church
yard. There were tears shed above her bier,
and benisons breathed upon her memory.
The funeral w r as passed. The Deacon, the
Squire, and a number of the village nobles
were gathered in her dwelling, and in one
corner of the room sat the sad and taciturn
son.
“Squire,” said the Deacon, “I believe there
is a will.”
“Yes, there is a will.”
“Will you have the goodness to read it.”
The will was produced; all were silent.—
The will was read, in which all the widow’s
property was bequeathed the church. Many
| an eye sought the face of the prodigal son,
but saw no change in his stolid features.
When the reading was finished, the son
arose and drawing a piece of paper from his
pocket inquired the date of “that ar will?”
The date was stated, and handing the
Squire his paper, the portionless asked him to
read it.
Alas ! it was a w ill one day younger than
the other. The fond mother in her weak
ness had told the son what she had done, and
he managed to have a will drawn twenty-four
hours after the previous one, in which he was
the sole legatee.
The assembled, wisdom and disinterested
ness of the village, went home thinking, that
the son had the pleasant satisfaction of know
ing that his mother’s last day’s were her best
days. Reader, this is not a fiction. It is hut
an instance of the weakness in our common
natures, which, in similar developements,
come before us with humiliating frequency,
alike in the lowest and highest walks of life.—
Springfield Republican.
A Green One Sold.
The publishers of a well known periodical
in Boston, have placed in front of their office,
in Tremont street, a very handsome sign
hoard, upon which is emblazoned the words,
“littell’s living age.”
A greenhorn, fresh caught—came to the city
to look at the “glorious Fourth' I ' —chanced
to he passing towards the Common, when his
attention was arrested by the above cabalis
tic syllables. Upon one side of Broomfield
street he saw the big sign, upon the other the
word “ Museum.”
“Wall,” said he to himself, “I’ve beam
tell of them museums, hut a ‘ living age,’ big
or little, must be one of the curiosities we
read about.”
He stepped quietly across the street, and
wiping his face, approached one of the win
dows in which were displayed several loose
copies of the work. He read upon the cov
ers “ Littell’s Living Age,” and upon a card,
“ Popular Magazine—only one’ of its kind in
the country,” &c.
“ Magazine ! —wall, that beats thunder all
teu smash! I’ve hearm about paouder maga
zines, an’all that—wall, I reckon I’ll see the
critter, enny how!” and thus determined, he
cautiously approached the door. A young
man stood in the entrance.
“ When does it open ?” asked the country
man.
“ What, sir?”
“ What time does it begin ?”
“What?”
“The show.”
“ What show ?”
“AVhv, that are—this,” continued our in
nocent friend, pointing up to the sign.
The young man evidently supposed the
j stranger insane—and turning on his heel
walked into the office.
“ Wall, I dun no’baout that feller, much —
hut reckon I liav’nt cum a hundred miles to
he fooled—l ain’t, and I’m goin to see the
critter sure.”
“Hello! I say, Mr. Wat’s name, there,
door-keeper? HellZo.'”
A clerk stepped to the door at once, and
inquired the man’s business.
“ Wot do I want ? Why I want to see the
animal, that’s all.”
“ What animal?”
“ Why this critter-—”
“ I don’t understand you, sir ?”
“ Wall, you don’t, look as es you could
understand nobody enny how. Jest send the
door-keeper yere.”
By this lime a crowd had collected in and
about the doorway, and the green ’un let off’
something like the following:
“That chap as went in fust thar aint no
body, es he has got a swaller tailed coat on.
My money’s as good as his’n, and its a free
country to-day. This young man ain’t to be
fooled easy, now, I tell you. I cum down to
see the Fourth, I’ve seen the elephant, and
now I’m bound to see this critter. Hello,
there, mister!”
As no one replied to him, however, he ven
tured again into the office, with the crowd at
his heels, and addressing one of the attend
ants, he inquired—
“ What’s the price, nabur ?”
“The price of what, sir?”
“ Os the show.”
“ There is no show here—”
“No show! What’n the thunder do yon
leave the sign out for, then ?”
“ What do you want to see ?” said another
gentleman.
“ Why, I want to sec the animal.”
“ The animal ?”
“Yes—the crittur.”
“ I really do not understand, sir.”
“ Why, yes yer dew. 1 mean the wot’s
name out there”—pointing to the door.
“ Where?”
“ Hav’ntyer get a sign over the door, of a
liitle livin’ —sum thin’ hereabout?”
“ Littell’s Living Age ?”
“ That’s the critter—them’s um—trot him
aout, nabur, yere’s yer putty.”
Having discovered that he was right (as he
supposed) he hopped about and got near the
door again.
Pending the conversation some rascally
wag in the crowd, had contriyed to attach a
half dozen of lighted fire-crackers to the skirt
of our green friend’s coat, and as he stood in
the attitude of passing, as he supposed, to the
doorkeeper’s quarter —crack, bang ! went the
fireworks, and the same instant a loafer sang
out at the top of his lungs—“ Look out! the
crittur’s loose?”
Perhaps the countryman did’nt leave a
wide wake behind in that crowd, and may he
did’nt astonish the multitude along Collonade
Row, as he dashed towards the foot of the
Common, with his smoaking coat tail stream
ing in the wind.
Our victim struck a bee-line for the Pro
vidence depot, reaching it just as the cars
were ready to go out. The crowd arrived as
the train got under way, and the last we saw
of the “unfortunate,” he was seated at a
window whistling most vociferously at the
engine to hurry it on. —Boston Atlas.
“Sir,” said a very intimate secretary to a
very rich banker, who was his patron, “how
shall I conclude this letter to Mr. X ?”
“Say I have the honor of saluting him.”
“Very good.”
“By the by, has he settled his account ?”
“Yes, sir, and without making the least ob
jection.”
“Indeed! then say that I have the honor of
being your very humble servant.”
“I had nearly forgotten to tell you that lie
is very anxious to see you relative to a most
advantageous spec., by which some thou
sands may be gained without the slightest
risk.”
“You don’t say so! Sav, I have the hon
or of being, my dear sir, with the highest
regard, your very humble and obedient ser
vant.” ‘
“I say, Pete, does you know how dey keep
oysters from smellin’ in de hottest oh wedder? ’
“I doesn’t tink I does, Sam —how’d dev do
em?” “Why, day fuss cut dar noses off, and
den dey can’t smell nuffin. Oh, yah, yah, yah: <
what an unpenumtratum niggar you am.” j
Planters, Take Notice.
Saw Mills, Grist Mills, Factories, Gin Gear, \
Rice Mills, and Sugar Mills.
THE firm of AMBLER & MORRIS are now j
ready to build any of the above named Mills,pro- ;
pel led by Water. Steam or Horse. Our work shall be
done in the best possible manner, and warranted interior
to none now in use. Both of the above firm are practi
cal men, and attend to their business in person, and will
furnish Engines for Steam Mills, Grist or Saw, and set
either in complete operation. The firm can give tlie best
assortment of Water Wheels and Gearing, ot any in
the Southern States, and will say to our employers, if a
Mill or any of our work does not perform in the busi- j
ness for which it was intended, no pay will bo exacted.
Try us and see. AMBLER &. MORRIS.
Jan. 24, 1850. 4 ly
Dyeing and Renovating Establishment.
BERTHOLDSENGER
‘VXT'OULD respectfully inform the ladies and gcntle
> V men of Columbus, and vicinity, that he is still at j
his old stand on Broad Street, near the Market, where
he is prepared to execute all work entrusted to him, in
the various departments of
Dyeing, Scouring, Renovating, & Bleaching
new and old clothing. Ladies’ Silks, Merinoes, and
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Cotton, Silk, and Woolen goods bleached or dyed, in
the very best manner, and with despatch.
Also, Moserine Blue, Turkey Red, &c. &c.
Gentlemen’s garments cleansed and dyed so as not
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Carpeting renovated and made as good a? new.
g .y?” Air orders thankfully received and promptly ex
ecuted.
Columbus, March 21, 1850. 12 ts
TROY WOODEN-WARE
M ANUFACTURING COMPANY,
A RE now ready to commence operations, and will
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Hollow Wooden - Ware,
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The Manufactory is situated at the month of Mulber
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country at short notice, and on reasonable terms.
Orders left at the stores of P. Spencer, or B. Jef
ferson, in this city, will be promptly filled. All orders
through the mail, must be directed to R. G. Jefferson,
Columbus, Ga. Wc shall be happy to accommodate
the woßi.n generally, and our friends particularly.
N. B.—Per;ons wishing to purchase privileges for
manufacturing purposes, can do so, as there are a num
ber of Water Lots upon the premises for sale.
Columbus, Jan. 3, 1850. 1 ly
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Published.in New Orleans, at S5 per annum.
The bound'sets of this Review complete, from Janu
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These volumes contain a mass of information in re
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A few sets remaining, for which the proprietor solicits
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Planters having estates tor sale or wishing to pur
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the whole planting interest of the South. Address
J. D. B. DeBOW,
New Orleans.
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CELEBRATED
RHEUMATIC LINIMENT.
Ik introducing this medicine to the people of the Unit
ed States,, for sale, the proprietors ]>eg leave to submit
the following statement of Dr. de Graffenried, its discov
erer and inventor:
The undersigned frankly states that he has prescribed
this medicine tor the last twenty-two years, in all forms
| of Acute and Chronic Rheumatism, with a success un
paralleled in the annals of medicine ; and he has no hes
itation in saying,, that it is decidedlv the most valuable
remedy ever yet discovered for the relief of this most pain
; ful and distressing malady.
His note-book contains upwards of three hundred ca
j ses, in which it has been used within the above named
1 period, and in no single instance has it come to his know] -
; edge, of its having failed to effect a cure when persereved
| in. Many of the cases were from fourto ten yearsstand
ing; and what may appear yet more remarkable and ex
| traordinary,is, that when the patient ha3 been once re
’ lieved, the disease is permanently cured, remains so, not
1 a solitary instance having been repoited to him of its re
turn.
All he would ask for this remedy is a fair, impar
tial and patient trial, for the results he entertains no ap
prehension.
Up to the time of this discovery', the undersigned had
well studied the origin, progress, and character of this dis
: ease,and is well assured, had consulted every author on
its treatment, who had written or been translated into
the English language, and had used all the remedies of
any notoriety then in vogue with the profession, with
however, very rarely any relief to poor suffering hu
i manity.
It has baffled the skill and science of the most eminent
Physicians and Surgeons of our own, and of every other
country. Rut the undersigned flatters himself that his
remedy will cure this most painful disease, when all oth
ers have failed, and that he shall have been an humble in
i strument in the hands of God. of relieving the human
I family of a vast amount of suffering.
E. L. de GRAFFENRIED, M. D.
It is lor sale at Dr. R. A. Ware - Drug store Columbus,
I and by Agents in all the principal cities and towns in
the United States. Price £5 per bottle—none genuine
withour the signature of the discoverer on the side label
of the bottle,and across the cork.
de GRAFFENRIED and Cos., Proprietors.
CETIFICATES.
.Tone’s Hotel, Philadelphia, March 3d 1850
Col. A. B. Ragan —Sir It affords me great pleasure
to be able to hear testimony to the efficacy and virtues
o i Dr. de Grajfenricds Rheumatic Liniment.
I have been sorely afflicted for the last six years with,
what I believed to be, and what eminent Physicians of
this city pronounced, Rheumatic gout,for several winters
! past I have been confined to my room and lied nearly all
| the time. In January last. I had an attack as violent if
i not more so than usual, which prostrated me for about
i three weeks; on your receommendation I commenced
; the use of this Liniment. (With I must confess but little
j faith). Its effects were astonishing and decidedly Lcne
| tieial from its tirst application. In a few days my back,
| wrists ancles were entiiely relieved (and so contin
ue) ot all soreness, pains, and the swelling's reduced,
! with the use of less than one bottle. I have been in the
discharge of my ordinary business ever since.
| I consider it an extraordinary, and decidedly the most
j efficacious remedy for this disease which I have ever met
with. And most cheerfully recommend its use to all
j who may be afflicted with it.
Respectfully Yours, N. W. BRIDGES.
.Tones, Hotel.
Baltimore March, 30 1850.
Dr. de Graffenried — Dear Sir ; For the last twelve
| years I have suffered very severely with the Rheumatism,
having been nearly one fourth of the time confined to
my bed by it. I have had the best medical aid to be
found in various cities in the United States, with little
or no benefit. I have also tried innumerable strongly
recommended remedies, which have failed to effect a
cure. I spent the last summer at the White Sulphur and
Hot Springs in Virginia, to little purpose. After my return
home, I so far recovered, as to be able to walk about, a lit
tle. About six weeks since, I had a very severe attack
which again confined me to my bed, I was in great pain
and scarely able to move my limbs, when a friend of
mine called and informed me that you had discovered
an infallible remedy, and had cured many, and amongst
them, one of my friends, and showed me a letter from
him stating the fact. I was induced to try your Rheu
matic Linainent, and take pleasure in infonninig you that
in less than twenty four hours from the first application
I was perfectly free from pain, and continue so, up to
this time. lam now able to attend to business, and
fondly hope all those afflicted, as I have been, may be as
speedily relieved, as I have been with your medocine.—
Wishing you all the Blessings you deserve Dear Sir.
Your Greateful and Ob’t Serv't
GEO. WARDS WORTH.
Columbus Go., Oct. 20, 1319
Dr. De Graffenried—Dear Sir: I take pleasure in giv
ing you the particulars of my affliction hv, and relieffrom
Rheumatism. During the spring of 1814 I was afflicted
with a very severe attack of Inflammatory Rheumatism.
I employed all the most celebrated remedies then known
and used in similar cases,aided by medical advice, until
September, 1845, with no satisfactory result whatever.
I was then induced, by a rheumatic acquaintance, to try
your Liniment, as something new, and which had cured
him ; and in one month, from the time I commenced the
application, I was well, and clear of the Rheumatism as
I ever was, and have continued so to this time.
Yours, truly, L. C. MORTON.
FROM COL. A. K. AYER.
Dr. E. L. de Graffenried —Learning that you are about
to manufacture for the public, your valuable Rheumatic
i Liniment, I take pleasure in stating that 1 believe it
! one of the most valuable remedies ever used for that
I common and most distressing disease, having witnessed
; its effects upon a negro man of mine, who had been af
| dieted for four years, until almost every joint was en
larged, and the body otherwise emaciated. By the use
of lour or five bottles, in three weeks he was relieved cn
! tirelv from pain
Columbus Ga.j —Oct. 24, 1849.
A. K. AYER.
Columbus, October 30, 1849.
| Dear Sir—About the first of April last, I came to Co
s! luinbus to get medical assistance, and was advised to
call on you, as having a remedy that would afford me
speedy relief. I was taken down in January last, with
a violent attack of Rheumatism in nearly all niv joints
so badly, that I could not pull of my shoes without aid ;
nor could I ascend or descend Fteps, or pull oft’ my
clothes without assistance. My right arm and hand
were nearly useless ; the fingers contracted and swollen;
the right knee swollen and stiffened, so that I could not
bend it but very little. Up to the Ist of April, I was all
the time in suffering and pain ; I rubbed with your Rheu
matic Liniment my limbs three times, and was the next
morning enabled to descend a long fight of steps, with
out aid of crutch or stick, and back to my room—l could
also bend my knee and bring it up to the chair, which
the previous day, I could not have done if rny life had de
pended on it. 1 could also use, open and bend my fing
ers, wieh was an imbossibility the day before. I rose in
the morning from my bed entirely relieved of pain. I
used one bottle and an eight ounce vial of your Rheu
matic Liniment, and in ten days, I was relieved. I
would not have been in the condition which I had been,
ten days before I called on you, lor any amoutof money
which could be given me ; for what is life worth when
in constant pain and misery ! I consider your Rheumat
ic Liniment, the most valuable medicine in the world. I
am, dear sir, your friend.
J. 11. SMITH.
Columbus, Nov. 1, 1349.
Dear Sir—My negro woman Patience, a cook, bad a
stilffneck from a painful Rheumatic affection, for six or
seven years, and could not turn her neck except with the
body. I was induced to purchase a bottle of vour Lin
iment, which was applied in August or September of
1818. One bottle entirely relieved her and she now has
the use of her neck as well as ever she had ; and up to
this time, it has not returned.
GARLAND B. TERRY.
Philadelphia, Feb. 1 1850.
Dr. de Graffenried —Dear Sir: Having been afflicted,
for some time past, with a severe attack of R heumatism,
and having heard of the wonderful effects of your Rheu
matic Liniment, I was induced to try a bottle of it; and
after three days, I was so much relieved as to be able to
leave the house and attend to business. I have perfect
ly recovered from the disease, and would cheerfully re
commend the Liniment to all those who are afflicted,
GEORGE HOOD, 27 Powell street.
Columbus Ga., Oct. 13,1849.
Dr. E. L de Graffenried—Dear Sir: Agreeable to
your request, I give my testimonial as to the virtue of
your Liniment in the cure of Rheumatism. Being at
tacked in one joint of my finger, last winter, with acute
Rheumatism, and haying used manv of the unnumbered
prescriptions for it cure, with but little benefit, I made ’
application of two bottles of your Liniment, which I am
happy to say relieved me in a very short time. I can re
commend its use to all persons affected in like manner.
Very respectfully, F. S CHAPMAN.
I can testify to the efficacy of Dr. de Graffenried’s
Rheumatic Liniment in the case of Mr. F. S. Chapman,
as it came under mv immediate observation.
October 13,1849. R. A. WARE, M. D.
Dear Sir—Some time in Jauary last, Mrs. McKee
was taken very ill with Inflammatory Rheumatism in her
shoulder joints, extending to her elbow joint and
arm, which disabled her from using her arm almost en
tirely ; and from the pain, want of sleep, and great rest
lessness, for not less than six weeks, 1 was iudueed by
my friend, Mr. Luke Reed, to call on you for a bot
tle of your Liniment, and by using half the bottle, she
was entirely relieved, and the relief was manifest or sen
sible after three or four rubbings. lam of opinion, it is
one of the most valuable remedies that has ever been dis
covered, for Rheumatism: that is, from my own knowl
edge, and that which I have heard from others.
Dr. E. L. de Graffenried. H. C. McKEE.
Columbus, Oct. 19th 1849
Dr. de Graffenried —Dear Sir : Itake pleasure in sav
ing, I have a boy who was so badly afflicted with Rheu
matism, that he could not raise his hand to his head, and
had nearly lost the use of his arm. I used the fourth of
a bottle of your Rheumatic Liniment, which relieved
him entirely. I consider it a most valuable remedy for
the euro of Rheumatism.
RANDOLPH L MOTT.
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for the transaction of a general
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fDmg Business,
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THE LATEST NEWS FROM CUBA.
COLUMBUS CIGAR FACTORY.
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ot the establishment will be henceforth conducted by
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At the Old Stand , where
CHOICE HAVANA CIGARS
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Also, CHEWING TOBACCO,
GERMAN CUT
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