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Professor Webster's Trial.
We gave yesterday a sketch of the trial of
Dr. Webster for the murder of Dr. Parkman,
now in progress in Boston. We did not repeat
the testimony, at it contained nothing more
than what has already been published. As
much interest is felt in the proceedings, wo
give this morning the address of the Attorney
General to this Jury on the opening of the case.
At 10 o’clock, on the 23d, the drafting was
completed, hud the following gentlemen duly
sworn and einpannelled as the jury: Thou.
Barrett, printer; John Borrowscnle, slater;
Kobort J. Byram, locksmith; James Crosby,
elwrk; John B. Davenport, painter; Albert
Day, dry goods dealer; Jos. Eustit, merchant;
Dsuiel f. h uller, of North Chelsea; Benjamin
H. Greene, book-seller; Arnold Haywaid, car
penter ; F. A. Henderson, furnisher | Stephen
A. Siackpole, clerk. The Court appointed
Robert J. Byram foreman of the jury.
The indictment was then read. It contains
four counts; that Professor Webster murdered
Dr. Parkman by stubbing him in the left breast
with a knife ; by a blow with a hammer upon
the head; by striking and kicking him with
his hands and feet; or by some other means
did deprive him of life.
The Attorney General, Mr. Clifford, then ad
dressed tho jury. He said that he should con
fine himself to a simple statement of tho evi
dence, without endeavoring to bias their minds
in regard to it. He should content himself
with such an utterance of the facts as would
facilitate their investigations, and show them
the grounds upon which the grand jury had
made their presentment.
Thin indictment involved two propositions ;
first, that Dr. George Turkman bad been mur
dered; and second, dint Dr. John W. Webster
was the murderer.
They should offur testimony to show that Dr.
Parkmun was alive and wall on the morning of
Friday the 23d of November,up to within about
ten minutes before 2, o’clock, when he was
seen to en:er tho Medical College in Grove
stroet. On that day he had purchused a quanti
ty of lettuce, which he hud evidently intended
to take home to dinner, for his daughter, who
was sick.
He did not return; and this, from his par
ticular habits, of being punctually at home at
a certain hour, gave his family alarm They
however waited till die next morning be
fore they made any public movement. On that
dav a general search was commenced. The
police were ongaged in it. Notices were publish
ed in the evening papers of Saturday, calling
the attention of the public to general facts.
Rumors of his having heen seen were rife.
They were traced, and found to be entirely un
founded. His friends were so much affected
by these report* that in their public notices
they s inctionedwie of them ; but at length it
was found that the parties wore either mis
taken In the time or the person.
The entire police of the city were brought
into requisition, and hrge rewards were offered;
but, 'When the rewards brought no tidings of his
having wondered away, that hope vanished,
iifi deepened into certainty that tie was not in
the land of the living.
On Sunday his family learned fram Dr. Web
ster that he had been in hi* company between
the hours of I and 2 o’clock, on the 23 of No
vember. The search wus continued, through
the week, Monday, Tuesday, and up to Friday.
And although the friends of Dr. Park man, %nd
the police did occasionally hear that lie had
been seen after the time he visited the Medical
College, they followed up eveiy one of these
rumors, and they were ascertained to be false.
So far as had come to the knowledge of tiie
government, no person had been found vyho
would say thnt he had seen Dr. Parkman nf-
Jer the time that he entered the Medicul Col
lege.
The fiver was dredged ; the yards and the
dwellings in the western part of the city, woe re
Dr. Parkman owned property, were searched.
On Monday and Tuesday there was a search
at the rooms of the Medical College. That
> search was a formal one, no suspicion being yet
in tho minds of the police against the prisoner.
On the 30th of November, in the vault of a
privy, connected with the chemical laboratory
occupied by tho prisoner, a portion of a human
body was found, and with it certain towels,
marked with the name of the. prisoner. On
that day, also, were found in tho grate of the
furance, pressed into the cinders, certain bones,
parts of mineral teeth, and pieces of gold. On
Saturday there was found in a remote corner
of that laboratory, in a place whore it had been
noticed before, but notdxamined, a tea chest, in
which was discovered, imbedded in tan, the
thorax and chest of a human body, with a hun
ter’s knife and a piece of twine.*
These remains were submitted to competent
medicui and scientific gentlemen, and found to
correspond in every particular with the body of
Dr. George Parkman, so fur as they were parts
of a body. There were missing the head,
arms, both feet and the right leg from the knee
to the ancle. The evidence would satisfy them
that they belonging to a person of the age of Dr.
arkmnn, and that their peculiarities correg-
onded with those of that gentleman.
The witnesses would explain how they came
to the conclusion that, the height was 5 feet 10J
finches, and they should show thut that was bis
height precisely.
But then they should put in evidence in this
cose that of the bones found in tho furnace, not
a fragment wus found thnt duplicated that found
in the vault and tea chest, showing that all con
stituted portions of one human body. There
would also bo some evidence that would indi
cate the probability that some of the bones found
in the furnace were fractured before fhey were
put into tho furnace.
Tbea the jury would have submitted to them
some mineral teeth, found so near the bottom
of the furnace that they took the cold air, which
would be ideti jfied a? the same that had been
made for Dr. Workmen by a dentist in this city
ih 1846, and he would state the grounds on
which he identified there.
It would be shown that Dr. Keep had in hit
possession a mould of the mouth of Dr. Parkman
which he had taken at the rime of making
these teeth, which would show the peculiar
uesformatien of Dr. P’s jaw. It would up-
peer also that these mineral teeth mast have
been cast into the furnace ia connection with
the head. Beyond this, they would have ex
hibited to them so* bones of the right lower
jaw, in fragments ; and when these were put
together they would be found to correspond ex*
actly with the mould-
This would-be thr character of the testimony
that wnuld be given to identify tbs body found
in the Medical College.
Thu thorax found in the laboratory would be
shown to have been perforated near the heart.
It would also be shown that to these icmoins
had been made chemical applications of strong
alkalis. It would also be demonstrated that
they were not the remains of any subject lor
dissection, first by the fact that there were no
injections into the veins of any preservative
substances, and in the second that the janitor
was required to account for all such bodies.
If Dr. George Parkman was murdered, then
the question arose, who murdered him r In
respect to this question, the government would
offer testimony to show the relations between
the prisoner, since 1842, when certain pecunia
ry transactions commencou between them. It
would be observed that tho prisoner was so
much embarrassed that ull his personal proper
ty was under mortgage to Dr. Turkman. Dr.,
P. was a man of lnlfce property, accustomed to
make loans. He was liberal, but exact. In
1842 ho loaned the prisoner $400 and took his
note, which remained unpaid at maturity, when
Dr. P. took a mortgage of all the prisoner’s
property, including a cabinet of minerals, to
secure the note and farther advances made.
It would appear that after this, the prisoner
had made a proposal to Mr. R. G. Shaw, to
advance him money on the cabinet of minerals,
because he war in distress. Mr. S. did ad
vance $1200. Subsequently Dr. Parkman
learned of the conveyance of this cabinet of
minerals to his brother-in-law, and he was
highly incensed', regarding it us u fraud, mid,
from that timo pursued the prisoner as a debtor
in whom he had lest confidence.
It would appear also that the prisoner had
obtained from the deceased delay, under the
promise that ho would pay him when ho had
obtained pay for the sale of tickets to his chem
ical lectures. The professors of the Medical
College had made arrangements with a gentle
man to aid ns collector of their dues from the
students. The lectures commenced on the 7th
of November, and on the 9th Dr. Parkman
called on Dr. Webster and insisted on the pay
ment of iiis debt. Dr. Webster requested him
to wait, as he had not received tho money for
his tickets. It would appenr that Dr. Webater
had received a considerable part of this pay.
On the 12th Dr. Parkman called on the pny.
mg agent, to ascertain how matters stood. He
called again on the 14th, and threatened trus-
tre process, and sent a messnge to Dr. Webster
that lie was a dishonest or dishonorable man.
On the 19th he called again on Dr. W and de
clared with grout decision thnt something must
bo done. Tho next day Dr. W. wrote him a
note. On the day previous to the alleged mur
der, Dr. P. rode out to see Dr. Webstr at Cam
bridge.
On the 23d of November Dr. W. called
nt the residence of Dr. P. at the Medical Col
lege, to come to his rooms at 1 o’clock, and to
receive his pay. He returned nbout 9 o’clock
to the Medical College, and had an interview
with Mr. Pettey, who wus anxious to get out
of his hands any money that he had, and paid
him about $90. He there informed him of Dr.
P’s threatening, to which Pr. W. replied that
ho would have no farther trouble with Dr. P., for
he hud settled with him.
From the beginning to the end it would ap
pear that Di. Webstar had represented to Dr.
Turkman and others his intention of applying
the money received from socle of tickets to the
payment of his debt; but they should be able
to show that not ono dollar pf it went to Dr.
Parkman. The $90 was deposited in the
Charles River Bank.
The lerture-days of Dr. Webster were Tues
day, Wednesday and Friday; and therefore
the longest leisure that he had was from Fri
day to Tuesday. It would be shown thfit ho re
mained nt his rooms on Fridny till a late hour,
and that ho was there again on Saturday and
Sunday, and that the doors that were usually
left open were fastened.
Dr. Turkman's friends were making an anx
ious search for him on Saturday, and made pub
lications in the evening papers. It would ap
pear that Dr. W. held peculiap relations to the
friends of Dr. P. Dr. Francis Parkman was
his pnstor; and the first disclosure that Dr. W.
made to thefriends that Dr. P. had been on Fri
day in his company, was on the afternoon of
Sunday.
He leftthc family in suspense until this time,
but it would be shown that he hud seen the no
tices on Saturday. This excited the surprise
of Dr. Francis Parkmun. On thnt day he
made tho statement to severol others. The
general statement was thnt Dr. P. came to the
medical college nbout half-past 1, to receive
his pny; that he did come in; and that he paid
him tho money ; that he seized the money and
she had seen Dr. Parkman dii Thursday, to
convince her that it was on Friday.
On tho same day he went to a very respecta
ble mechanic to procure a slrorig tin box * and
there he made strong declarations that Dr.
Parkman had been seen going over to Cam
bridge, and also mentioned a niesmeric’s story
that Dr. P’s body bod been carried off in a cnb,
and the cnb had been found saturated with
blood. He was particularly anxious to have
the box made strong, and made so that he could
solder it up himself.
Then there wusauother branch of the case,
to which the government would ask tho most
intelligent inquiry. There were fucts, also, to
show that nature had spoken out in the case of
the prisoner; thut exclamations had escaped
his lips,]when he intended to keep them shut.
On Thursday steps were taken to make an
investigation of the vault. The officers went
down into the basement,-and found that there
was no mode of access to it except through an
apartment, of which Dr. W. had the key. It
would appear that as early as Sunday evening
Mr. Littlefield suspected tliut Dr. W. knew
more about the matter than anybody else ; and
that during the whole of the following week
he acted in accordance with that suspicion ; and
they would recollect thnt he was dependent
upon those professors, and therefore he would
proceed with great caution.
On Thursday, he determined to make an en
trance through the wall of the vauit, going
down into tho basement. Ho found it much
more difficult than ho expected; and on Friday
morning he communicated his purpose to Drs-
Jackson and Bigelow ; and with their approba
tion, on Fridny ho went to work, and set his
wife to watch for Dr. Webster, but with no
di sire to prevent tho other professors entering;
nt one time Mrs. L. though [she saw professor
W, but it appeared that it was not he; and tho
appearance and emotions which Littlefield
manifested when the horrible discovery was
made, would show tho honesty of his purpose.
When Dr. Webster was arrested,he charg
ed Littlefield with having committed this act,
or being a conspirator;but nt the same time lie
said that the remains wer e os much his ns Dr.
Parkman’s—thus disagreeing with his premis
es by hazarding . such a conclusion. Another
thing which showed what dependence ought
to be put on Dr. W’s declaration, was that, on
Tuesday lie put the question to Littlefield if ho
was a free mason; he olso asked him if he
had got his thanksgiving dinner, and gave him
an order for a turkey, while at the same time,
be hud suspicions of the man.
When his apartments in the College were
opened, Dr. Webster was requested to be pres
ent to explain anything that might transpire,
or be seen. ILs deportment und remarks on
that occasion were singular. There were fourd
a pair of pants with spots of blood ; and a pair
of slippers,as well as towels marked with blood
were found in the vault, whence .nothing c.ouid
proceed seaward, only as it percolated
through the walls. It was certain that these
articles as well as the body, must have heen put
down the privy, the key of which was found in
hispocket. A large bunch of false keys were
found in Prof. W’s desk, which could open
every door in the college. He said he had
found them. On his person was f mnd a paper,
Tuesday Morning, March 26, 1830.
LARGEST CIRCULATION!
tr Tho Daily Morning News him now a labs
•b city circulation thim either of tho other daily
papers, and consequently is tho best advEterisinq
medium. We state this fact injustice to ourselves
and for the benefit of the advertising public. .
IT®'" Bee first page for our rates of advertising.
Advertisements should be handed in nt an
early hour, to insure their appearance in the paper of
the next morning.
HP* Single copies of the Daily Morning News
may bo bod at J. M. Cooper's Book store, at J. B.
Cubbedgb's Book store, Congress-st, and at the of
fice of publication, 117 Bay-st. |7gf Price two cents
BT See first page.
BP Wo are indebted to the Hon. Jos. W.
Jackson for valuable public documents.
GP We desire to call the attention of our
merchants and business men to the card of the
publisher of the Chuttauooga Gazette, in anoth
er column- The Gazette is a well conducted bu
siness journul, Hhs a large circulation in upper
Georgia and Tonnessec, and is an excellent
medium for advertising. The editor will short
ly visit Savuunah, when he hopes to obtain busi
ness for his paper.
The News by the Ningnrn.
The “associated presses” have nearly a col
umn of despatches of tho news by the Niuga-
rn, tho purport of which is, that the lower
qualities of Cotton have declined one-eighth
of a penny, New-Orleang and Mobile maintain
ing former quotations, viz: fair Orleans (ij, fair
Mobile 6$. The sales for jtiio fortnight pre
vious to the sailing of the steamer amounted to
53,350 hale*.
American provisions have slightly improved.
The money market is in a healthy condition
Consols at 90 j for money-
American securities were in better demand,
at advanced rates; U. S. sixes commanding 7^
to 8 per cent, premium.
The meagre outline of the political news
amounts to very little. We will give in due
time so much of tho details as may be deemed
of interest.
R
started to go without leaving any evidence of
his having received it.
That ho called his attention to the fact, and
that Dr. P. turned back, and dushed his pen
across the signature of the note, and said that
he would attend to cancelling the mortgage.
Dr. W.’s statements concerning .this transac
tion had been very contradictory.
When called,to hear the testimony, their at
tention would be called to papers found in his
possession that would contradict this state
ment.
There they would have occasion to consider
a variety of facts—that Thursday, the 29th,was
Thanksgiving day—that after Tuesday there
were no lectures—and yet Dr. Webster was
at the College—that tie wanted no fires—and
yet it would be shown thut he had fires of more
intense heat than he had ever required before.
It would be shown that he hud purchased a
number of large fish hooks, and that there was
found on his premises a grapple made of fish
hooks, fastened to a staff with twine, and that a
piece of the same kind of twine was found
around the tea chest; that the rooms were
searched «n Monday and Tuesday, and his
rooms were passed thorough by certain of the
police on Monday; thnt,on Tuesday Mr. Kingsley
went there with the police with the intention of
making a thorough search; that at that time tho
officers went through these rooms; tho fact
that officers suffered themselves to be culled oil'
from the privy, and that the janitor, in reply t“
a question, said, in presence of Dr. W., thut
that was the private privy of Dr. Webster.
That a fire was in the furnace, and that the
officer* suffered themselves to be led off from
that portion of the room. The tea Chest was
seen theve by Mr. Kingslag.
It would uppear also that on the 2Gih, the
express man went to the place where the key
was usually found, and it was not there. It
would appear, also, that Dr. Webster was ex-
tremely anxious to make it appear that Dr.
Park njan. had been soert going oVer to Cam
bridge. Thp manner in which he did this was
striking, so far that he urged a lady who thought
in which we renoted two different version* of
the interview had between him and Dr. Purk-
man on Fridny.
On the Mondny following his arrest, was
brought into the police office, and there, under
the advice of counsel, he waved examination—
thereby declaring cause for investigation. On
his commitment to his cell he wrote a note,
which was examined according to tile usages
of the jaili.it contained an injunction to a
member of his family to keep secret certain pa
pers, which the-government got. nnd they turn
ed out to be two notes to. Dr. Parkman, and
another paper which required an examination
that the Government could not give. It would
also be shown by the opinion of an expert thnt
certain letters had been written by the prisoner
to divert public suspicion from the Medical
College.
Upon all this mass of circumstances, nothing
lias been said at all in the way of explanation.
Dr. Webster had done what he had aright to
do, and remained without asking the Govern
ment to furnish him with the evidence against
him. It was to be hoped he could give an expla
nation that would satisfy the minds of the jury,
and of the whole civilized world; no one would
rejoice more than he (Mr. Clifford) that his in
nocence should appear as clear as noon da\; hut
if unable so to do, the evidence that could be
produced was calculated to bear with great
weight upon the fact of his guilt.
The indictment was composed of four counts;
although, if left to his own decision the gov
ernment officer would have merged them nil in
the last one. It would, perhaps have been
at the risk of justice that the count including
stabbing would have been left out; hut there
were circumstances and appearances which
justified the supposition thnt violence had
heen done to Dr. Parkman’s body by the
use of some instrument. A hammer, which
had long been in the laboratory, was missing
at the time the offence is charged to have been
committed, and hud never sincebecn seen.
But, even although no mode or means cculd
be testified to, bv which Dr. Parkman had
come to his death through muider, it would
bo nevertheless justifiable on the part of the
jury to return a verdict of guilty—a voluntary
killing being proved. If there was not a pro
vocation proved, the constituted manslaughter,
or a clear exoneration from the charge, this
result would attach itself to the duty of the ju
ry- If the evidence placed beyond reasonable
doubt the fact thnt the prisoner did commit
murderous violence on the body of Dr. Park-
man, the deduction would be obvious ; if oth
erwise tho law, which would be explained,
would teach them what latitude should be giv.
en to the doubt.
Mr. Clifford’s address lasted two hours and
a quarter.
General Shields and Henry Clay.—
Gen. Shields, in a letter to the New York Clay
Club, expressing his regret at not being able to
nttind tho Clay Ball, on Friday evening last,
on account of the state of his health and official
engagements, says:
“It would afford me sincere pleasure to be
able to unite with *you in paying a tribute of
merited respect to one of the most distinguished
of living statesmen, whose transcendent talents
have been employedj’this whole session in bat
tling for ‘The Union—hi* whole country—and
nothing but his country.’ ”
ESP* Robert H. Smith, Esq., of Bmnter,
and Col. Scibies, editor of the Montgomery
(Ala.) Advertiger and Gazette, with iheir mu
tual friend*, lef; Montgomery for Georgia bn
Thursday last with the view to a hostile meet
ing. Smith was a member of the la»t Lcgig-
laiure from Sumter county.
We have given a large portiou of our
space this morning to the opening address of
the Attorney General, in the deeply interest
ing case of Professor Webster. The prosecu-
ting officer "it will be seen, gives a connected
and cifcumstamial account of the case from the
time of the disappearance of Dr. Parkman up to
the time of the arrest of Dr. Webster. The
testimony thus far, is pretty much the same as
was made public at the time of the Coroner’s in
quest, und goes very fur to establish the guilt of
the prisoner.
From Havana—Arrival of the ltahel.—Tho
steamship Isabel, Captain Rollins, from Hu
vann on the 22d instant, nnd Key West on the
23d, arrived at our port yesterday morning
The Isabel brings 227 passengers, including the
Italian Opera Company, comprising 120 poi
sons. The Isabel experienced heavy weather
and contrary winds on her passage. She ar
rived at Havana on the 10th inst., at 9 A. M
By the Isubel we have the letters of our at
tentive Havana correspondent to tho 23d, from
which we extract as follows;
“lhe Chas. Kershaw, from Charleston, is in
with a cargo of Rice.
“The Ohio came in from Chugres a day or
two since, with 65 passengers from California,
of whom 11 arc for New-Orleans, und the lest
for Ncw-York. They have among them about
$100,000 in pieces of gold and gold-dust
although a great many of them. bring none
No mails hud arrived from California, but were
hourly expected. The steamer Crescent City
was at Chagres, and was to leave for New-York
direct, on 13th inst., the sumo day the Ohi
took her departure.
“The Ohio got out of coal on her passage to
this port, and liad to rpsort to her wheel house
foi fuel.
“The Falcon, from Now-Orleans, brought
390 passengers, to be transferred to the Gcor
gia, for Chagres. The latter brought 500 to
600 from New-York, making neurly 1100 pas
sengers for Chagres, ineluding those from Hu-
vuna. Truly yours.”
Our commercial dates will be found under
their proper bend.
Homes’ United States Rail Road Ga
zette.—We have received several numbers of
this complete nnd valuable Journal, which has
been greatly enlarged, and is embellished with
well executed diagrams of all the Ruil-roads in
the United States, nnd maps of several of the
principal rivers and cities. The paper is pub
lished weekly, and furnished to subscribers at
$2 per annum, in advance, or $3 at the end of
the year. Office No. 126 Nassau street, New
York.
tap Improved Order or Red
Stallings read, the other day, of a meeting
tho " Improved Order of Red Men," which
wag to bo held somewhere in Maryland, ’pi
old lady scrutinized the article very closely i,,*
wag unable to make anything intelligible out of
the Grand Sachems Sagamores and-keeper, „f
tho Wampum, &c. “ What upon airth cau j,
mean 1” exclaiiped tho old lady as she dropped
the paper in her lap and ro-ac(}u6ted her,p ec
tacles. “What are they doin to the Ingina no*
wonder? Gracious knows the pesky Cri
tors need improvin, but I don’t biceve the,
meanness could bo biled out of’em. Tf.i
ruly have got a invention to improve the
of Ingins, I’d like to see it tried on some of
our niggers, and ther’s some white men of m
nowins that would’nt suffer none by fife n
periment. But I don’t believe in no sich n or ..
I don’t bleevo any of ’em can be j m .
proved, for its tho nater of the men to git worse
nnd worso the older they grow, till they tt j nt fit
for nothing on tho fnco of the yeatli." The old
ludy meant nothing personal, her worthy
husband having died many years ago.
Seizure or French Vessels at SanFr u .
Cisco.—The Courier des Etats Unis, of Mon
day, contains nn article stating that Mr. Collier
collector of customs at San Francisco, hasiein
ed four French vesseb, nnd their cargoes, f ort
violation of tho revenue laws of the U. Slate,
The offence is in shipping brandy in buttles in-
stead of in case* of not less than five gallon,
each, in accordance with our tariff regulation,.
The other portions of the cargoes were deliv.
ered to tho consignees, but the vessels and the
brandy seized, although the French Vice-Con
sul appeared und remonstrated. He has, also,
seized four other vessels, from Bordeaux, fur
putting into certain ports on the Pacific, where
they took on board goods, not the products of
French provinces. The collector nsseris that
they have not the right to do so, and he hai
seized the vessels and cargoes without tin
slightest exception.
LW The South Carolina Institute, at it,
annual Fair to he held in Charleston on the third
Tuesday in November next, Will award premi
ums for the following articles:
For the best bale of Sea Island Cotton, not
less than 300 pounds; for the best halo nf short
staple Cotton, not less than 300 po inds; for
tho best tierce of Rice; for the best hogshead
of Muscovado Sugar; for the best Leaf To
bacco, not less than 100 lbs.; for the best bar
rel of Wheat Flour; for the bost tierce of In
dian Corn; for the best barrel of Spirits Tur
pentine; for the best barrel of Rosin. It is tho
intention of the Institute, with tho consent of
the persons sending the above articles, to for
ward such as receive premiums to the “World's
Fair,” to be held, in the city of London, in
the early part of the year 1851. It is likewise
intended to select, from the specimens of “Art.
and Design" which may be presented, and for
which premiums wilt be awarded, such as mnv
be deemed worthy of especial distinction, to
bo forwarded, for competition, to this great
‘Industrial Exhibition.'
Gen. Taylor and the Union.—The cor-
re pendent of the Baltimore Sun, writing from
Washington under date of March 22d, says:
He stated to agentlernan of this city, who had
just arrived from tire Smith, that while be was
here he should endeavor to preserve the Union,
brit thut if tho time should como when the
Union cannot be maintained without force, it
would no longer be worth preserving. The Pre
sident, in this remark—and my nutnority is the
gentleman to whom it was made—lias shown
that his nomination for the offiee.wus one fit to
be made. To that short speech nothing can bo
added. It is worth a week’s oratory in Con
gross.
tjf~ A destructive fire occurred at Lafayette
^a., on the 19th ins?., which consumed the thea
tre and 44 other buildings. On Levee street
all the buildings, from Philip to Larnposa were
destroyed. Loss estimated at $32,000.
From Mexico.
Tho New Orleuns papers hnve advices from
the city of Mexico to the 23d ult.
On the 13tha revolutionary movement in fa
vor of Santa Anna was to have been commenc
ed in the State efJalisco. The conspiracy wai
discovered through one of the parties to it,who
acknowledge the facts. Esquerro, Bosque, Pe
ralta, nnd two Wushingtons were arrested. In
the house of tlte lettor were found twenty pair
of pistols, and a dralt for $3,750, lather a small
cnpitnl for a revolution we should think. Diaz
Noriega Igual, a companion of the notorious
Padre Juiauta, and Traconis, were suppoeed to
he nt the head of the pilot.
The State of Mexico has imposed a tax of a
shilling per month on each inhcjiitnnt of the
State; It is intended to raise the whole revenue
of the State in this manner.
Congress has established a department to
take especial congnizance of every thing re
lating to agriculture, commerce, mining, colo
nization and romls-
Tho Indians continue their ravages in Du
rango. They have lately committed a great
many murders.
The cholera is raging in Michoacon.
The House of Representatives of Congren
adopted on the 19th ultimo, wjth an amend
ment, tho Senate bill authorising the Govern
ment to Negotiate $900,000 of tho money to
he paid by the United States.
'I he monitor rays tile frontier States ore curs
ed with three plngues, b irberous Indians.poor
newspapers, and the proximity of the North
Americans; and that the latter will) all their
steamboats, railroads nnd magnetic telegrnphs.
are very troublesome neighbors.
The U. S. Steamer Water Witch, and schr.
Flirt, entered Vera Cruz on the 16th ult. from
their anchorage off Sucrificios. They wers
last fiom Tabasco.
St. Louis, March 21-
An immense Union meeting has heen held in
this city. There wero probnhlv 8,000 persons
present.—Henry S. Grier wag appointed prof
dent. On taking Iiis seat he explained briefly
but eloquently the object of the meeting.
A set of resolutions were passed embodying
tiie following sentiments.
1st. That tiie South has good cause of com
plaint against the North, for not ftiding in d |C
capture of fugitive slaver. This constitution” 1
provision should be strictly enforced.
2d. That the Wilmot proviso is iiicxpedi* 111 '
3d. Thut conflicting interests should harmon
ize.
4th. That the Nushville convention, and a 11
oilier similar assemblage*, cun only add to **’
sisting difficulties.
5th. That no serious crisis has arrived war
ranting such convention. Thfc union of SiaR 1 *
was formed in a spirit of compromise, nnd die
same spirit should he invoked in settloing prev
ent difficulties.
The meeting was eloquently addressed by
Messrs. ; Bates, Ariel, Wyght, Thomas, a" 1
others.
Much trouble exists here among the d*f n "'
era’s, in reference to the Benton and anti-Bf r
ton municipal- nominations. The two p* rlie!
were about equally divided.