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MORNING NEWS. JOHN H.COOPJEK, T.. THfO tK <*»&&,. E DITOR TERMS f DAILY EATER $4’ 00 | TRI-WEEKLY $2 00 Alt New Advertisements appear in both papers. Dr. Webster's Trial for the Murder of Dr. Parknsaa. —THIRD, DAT. Thursday March21. A. M. The clerk proceeded to call the witnesses, and when the court was fully organized, testi mony for the government resumed. Dr. V. T. Jackson called and sworn.—l am a chemist by profession ;• I was one of the persons called to oxamine the Medical Oollego shortly after tho discovery of the remains. Went on Saturday P. M., December 1st, 1849. I went with Dr. Martin Gay, and met Dr. Wins low Lewis there; Dr. Lewis made the prelim inary arrangements for the examination ; the chemical examination was undertaken by Dr. Gay and myself; the remains were handed over to the surgeons ; I undertook a chemical analysis of the slugs found in tho furnace, and also of pieces of the skin andi flesh found. The manner in which the parM were- separated would seem to indicate that the person who did accomplish the separation was some what acquainted with anatomy ; the flesh was cut Up boldly towards the ribs, and cartileges were divided ih a skilful manner; found by examin ation that the portions of the remains in the ce* chest had been treated with a slimy solu tion of caustic potash. • There were some peculiarities, 1 think, in the figure of tho Dr. The Dr. was broad and flat in the pelvis. [Here t'no report made by Dr. Jackson to the Coroner’s Jury, was read to the Court by Mr. Bemis, junior counsel for tho Government.] I dissected the bloodvessels, from the thighs found in the College, and they and their contents wero analysed by Dr. Crons- fay, a very skilful chemist, who is in my em ploy. The result of analysis showed 1 that the arteries and veins had not boon injected with any of the solutions used in the intended bodies for dissection. The best thing to dissolve a human body is eaustic potash; the quantity required would be hboat half the weight of the body; the time requsite to consume a body,bones and all, would ha about two hours. Nitric acid would be the naxt thing to caustic potash to dissolve a body in; the requisite quantity would he equal to the weight of the body to be destroyed. Report from Dr. Jackson to Dt. Winslow Lewis jr. Dear8irt—I present below an account of our examination of the furnace contents, list of articles found in the laboratory furnace, cin ders delivered to us by the Jury of the Cor oner's Inquest at the Massachusetts Medical College in Boston, Dec. 1st, 1849. These articles were sorted on Sunday by Drs. Wyman, Ainsworth, and myself. Bone's found in the cinders from the furnace'—right oscalsis, right astragalus, tibia, and fibula pha- lurges. probably of the middle or ring finger; coronid, proof of lower jaw; numerous frag ments of a skull, a human tooth that had a hole in it, as if once filled by dental operation; three blocks of artificial mineral teeth were found in the finders, without the gold plate; a pearl shirbbutton was found in the ashes, and par tial!/ calcined; numerous little cup shaped pieces of copper, similar to some seen in one •■wjpi' laboratory drawer*, ‘were also found ; many pieces of gloss, miked with the slugs and pieces of metals, were found in and among the elnders. These various articles were all care fully examined, and such as needed chemical analysis were subsequently taken by Dr. Gay and myself, and examined; the lumps of mfital most abundant in the furnace cinders, were tea chest lead and an alloy of till and lead in near ly equal proportions, the tin predominating in the pieces analyzed; the cinders being pound ed and washed, disclosed some small globules of gold and an alloy of silver and • gold; the amount of gold found was small, 30 grains; the amount of aijver was small. After our examination of the human body committed to you, I made some chemical examinations the surface which had been discolored on the chest and one thigh, and found they had been imbued with a solution of potash; this J determined by chemical analysis, finding pot' ash and a little sea salt; there was an evident corrosion of tho surface ol the skin by the action probably of the potash aided by heat; I found potash in the skin of both the thigh and thorax and in the muscles, at each end of the discolored thorax, the alkali being very strong, ly marked ; the daik color of the skin which hod been acted upon by potash was probably in part colored by the tan, thepotash aiding in this coloring; I found no alkali in the interior of the thigh, nor in the flesh of tho back beneath Si the skin; I observed that the hair on the left side of the thorax had been singed by fire; noticed that the skin was corroded by potash, and wa» quite tender near the opening in the skin opposite the first and seventh ribs, that the edges of those openings, appeared to have been corroded by that alkali; I dissected portions of the femoral arteries and flesh of both thighs and the artery and vein of the leg, to asccrtuin whether the body had been injected with the fluids used for preserving-bodies in the disscc ting room. These I gave into the hands of Dr. H^Iartin Gay, for analysis, and he has caused an Hnpx&mination of one .of these piecies to be made HFip my laboratory, by Mr. Richard Cronsley, who found no traces of zinc or arsenic, sub stances used in the preservation of bodies in the dissecting room. The spots on the wall, floor and furniture shown us by tho jury and police, were submitted to the examination of Dr. .Jeffreys Wyman, as were“also the spots on a pair of pants and slippers, submitted to our inspection, and his results will probably be rep4fced to you by that gentleman. The re sults to which I have arrived,are, that portions of* human adult skeleton were found in the cinders and coals, and submitted to my exami nation. That tea-chest lead had been thrown into the fire—that the gold found may have been derived from the set of mineral teeth found in the fire, that the silver was in small quantities, that the skin, and part of the thorax and body you examined, hud been subjected to the action of potash, and an nttempt had been made to burn the thorax in the fire, but had not been persevered in. These are all the conclusion we are authorized to draw from the premises herein set forth, and from the exami nations submitted to the Chemical department of your Committee. C. T. Jackson DtvC* T- Jacksoa’s testimony continued.— "stash is best, because It can be used in any ~ vessel made, of metal, such as Iron a body, should be boiled during the operation, which would be greatly expedited by the ap plication of heat. Nitric acid would require peculiar'kinds of vessels to consume the desk in. I saw several bottles in the closet ofJ’rof. W.’s Laboratory, some of which contnined Nitric, and soino Muriatic acid. There was not, I think, more than 10 lbs. of Nitric acid in all the bottles thorn. Ol.the walls, and on the stair-case, leading from the tower to tho upper Laboratory, wero drops or splashes of a greenish liquid, which, by the employment of test papers, I discovered lobe Nitrate of cop- pcr. The splashes looked as though made separ ately upon each stair, and notes the conse quence of a quantity of liquid accidental y spi ed from above. In the ashes of the furnace were found some punched pieces o copper which had apparently been subjected to the action of nitric acid, to produce nitrate of cop per. 1 call them punched pieces because they resembled the pieces that are struck out from the bottom of u callenuer with a punch by the manufacturer. These punched pieces found in the furnace were of precisely the same sue and form as those found in a drawer in I rof. Web ster's laboratory, only they are somewhat thin ner in consequence probably of the action of the acid upon them. From tho slugs taken from tho furnace there were separated in all. 173-65 grains of gold. [Here the singularly formed knife was exhibited.] I have peen that knife in Prof. W.’s laboratory. Saw it there before Parkman’s disappearance. When I saw the knife at the laboratory after the disappearance of Dr. P., there wns a small quantity of oil and whiting on it as though it had been recent ly cleaned- There is a small portion of oiland whiting on the blade now, similar to that 1 observed on it at the laboratory on Saturday, Dec. 18, 1849. Think the cover of furnace was sufficiently tight to keep the odor of any burning substance from getting into the room- Cross examined.—The drops on the wall and stair case were nitrate of copper; am cer tain of it. Knowing Dr. P. to bo missing, I should have no reason to believe that those were his remains found in the Medical College. There was nothing that indicated that the parts had been boiled in potash. 1 found caustic aotaah on both ends and sides of the thorax, jut none in the interior of it. A body dissolved nitric acid, would bccomo liquid; a thick yellow liquid; flesh would dissolve in nitric acid quicker than bones. The bottles seen by me in the laboratory were nearly full at the time; was there on Saturday and Sunday. The splashes of nitrate of copper on the walls, coold not have been made a great while when I first saw them. The color would have been different if they had been there longer, for their color has changed much since that time. To the Court.—A few minutes of the joint action of potash and fire, would be all-the time requisite to soften tho flesh of the thorax and thigh to the degree that it was softened when first found. I took a piece of the Norway Pine on which were the spots supposed to be blood, "rom tho stair-case, which I now produce, and mbjected them to the action of nitrate of cop per, but did "not ascertain by that process whether the spots were caused by blood or not Dr. Nathan C. Keep, Dentist, called.— lam Dentist, and was acquainted with Dr. George Parkman; there was shown me sometime since a block of mineral teeth; I recognized them, to be the teeth made by me for Dr. P. in 1846; there was a great peculiarity, in Dr. P.’i jaw, and the peculiar structure of it left an im pression on my mind; when I made the teeth for Dr. P. he was in a great hurry for them he said that ho was going to speak at the open ing of the Medical College; I went to work in the usual manner to take an impression of each jaw; this was done by putting soft wax into the mouth, and pressing with, a piece of metal upon it until it becomes chilled; this is then taken out and a liquid plaster is carefully pour ed into the mould thus made, and the form cor responds exactly with the jaw on which the mould is made. Here the plaster cast of Dr. Parkman’s jaw, was exhibited and explained by Dr. Keep; there were apparent fac similes of four natural and tljree stumps of teeth. There is a greut resemblance between tho piece of jtiw found in the furnace of the labo ratory and the mould taken by me of Dr. P’s. jaw in 1846. I had just time to finish the blocks of tceih before the ct emonies; I ground «ff the lower edge of them near the gum in order to make the jaws fit better; this operation destroyed the pink color made to im itate the gum. I was in NeW York at the time of Dr. P’s disappearance and received a letter stating that bis artificial teeth had been found in the furnace of Prof. W’s laboratory. I soon afterwards returned to Boston, and the teeth were brought to me, and I at once recog nized them as the teeth which 1 had made for Dr. P., and with which I had taken so much pains. Here the voic* of Dr. Keep was frequent ly interrupted by sobs, and he was finally oblig ed to wait for some time, until his emotions would allow him to proceed. great euro, eliciting a variety explanations from the witness, os he proceeded. „ Dr. Keep's Testimony resumed.—I was sat- sfied that tho right upper tocth which were put into my hands by Dr. Lewis, were Dr. P's. There could be no mistake about them ; Dr. Noble assisted me in their manufactevo; tho other parts of the artificial teeth were some what damaged by the action of the fire. At this point, the Attorney General request ed Dr. Keep to stand immediately before the jury, and explain to them the points of rttsem- elunce between the mould and the blocks of teeth found in the laboratory furnace. The bench ulso examined the blocks of teeth und the mould with minute attention, under the explanations of Dr. Keep.- The interior of tho jaw bone found in the furnace was calcined. To a Juror.—The next time I saw Dr. P,, hich was the day before bis disappearance, saw the teeth in bis ntouth, while conversing. Question by the Attorney Oene.ral.— Do you know any tiling concerning tho appearance of the teeth that would indicate that the teeth were in the mouth of tho head while in the fire? Answer.—Such is the nature of tho mineral teeth tlmt while in a persons mouth, they ab sorb a minute quantity of water in the poors of tho ntineraljtnatter, and if these teeth hud been thrown directly into the fire while wet, they would have been fractured into a great many pieces- The teeth which were found in the fur nace, indicate that they were slowly subjected to the action of tile fire, and not instantly. If the teeth had been thrown into the fire without a mnffler, and dry, they would have cracked. Don't know whether lean state the events which I remember in connection with tho man ufactures of the teeth in order,but I do re member that the teeth were made by me be fore I went to Europe ; Dr. P.’s name is on the plaster cast of the jaws ; I put it on there at the time the juws and teeth were manufactured. Direct resumed.—I said belorethe Coronet’s jury that there wus part of a natural tooth ud- [tering tooneuf the blocks of mineral teeth that were thrown into the fire, enclosed in the head Dr. Lester Noble, called.—I was an assis tant of Dr., Keep from the 12th Oct, 1838, until the last of July, 1818; I am now prosecuting my studies in Baltimore ; 1 remember making mineral teeth for Dr. Parkman in 1846 ; wrote Dr. P.’s name on tho model; the inscription on the model is “Dr. Parkman, Oct., 1846.” I recognized the teeth the moment I saw them, as those made by me for D. 1\, as well from the general configuration as fiom several pe culiarities which I remembered. Noticed al so the defacement given them by Dr. Keep in grinding down tho edges. Am positive these are the teeth made for Dr. P.; have as good reason to believe these teeth were made by me, as I have to believe any’fact which I know; remember that they were to huve been done by the day that the Medical College wns open ed ; remember the circumstances ot the open ing. Governor Everett delivered the speech ; I was present and watched to «ee if Dr. P. would speak in order to discover how the teeth would work ; he did not speak as I inferred he would, when he was complimented by Gov. Everett for his generosity ; I understood that Dr. P. had given the land on which the Medi cal College stood to Howard College. Heretho Court adjourned to 3 o’clock. That was FOURTH DAY. [Here the City bells rung for fire, and it Boston, Fridat, March 22. The galleries of the Court room were [open ed to the public at about 20 minutes bef*e 9 o’clock this morning, and were instantly filled, nlmost to suffocation, by an excited mulitude. At five minutes before 9 o’cleck thejury enter ed. The prisoner entered at ten minutes past 9 o’clock and was shortly after follower! by the Court. The names of the jury were next call ed and proceedings commenced. Littlefield's testimony, very important— Startling disclosures. Ephraim Littlefield called—my connection with the midicalCollege is that of janitor; I have charge of the whole building; make fires in tho rooms, and have been janitor 7 years. Since last October had charge of the College in Mason street. Have known Professor W. since I first acted as janitor; knew Dr. P.; was present at an interview between Dr. P. and l’ruf. W. on Monday, the 19th of November, towards evening. We were in bis (W.’s) pri vate room, I stood near the stove stirring some water with salt. There were three candles burning at the time. The Prof, was reading a chemical book, as I supposed, while I was stirring the water. I did not hear any foot steps, but on lookingtip suddenly 1 saw Dr. P. in the room. I observed that Prof, W. was surprised to see him so suddenly. Dr P. said, as I thought, “Prof. W., are you ready to meet this to-night.’’ The Dr. afterward said something about Dr. Webtser’s having sold something to some per son which he (Webster) had before sold to him (Farkman). Prof. W. said “I do not remem ber that it is so. I had forgotten it,” Dr, P. showed W. some papers, and then went to ward tho door, and raisirg b'.s hand, said “Prof. Webster, something must be accomplished to ed the gas lie would let me know. the last I ever beard of it. On Thursday Prof. W. said he wanted me to get him soma blood for his lectures. Took a glass vial, holding about a quart, from one-of the shelves, and asked httn if that would do to get it in ; he replied, “ves, get it hill il you can, from the Massachusetts hospital.” I saw a student who intended in the apothecary’s shop in tho hospital, and told him tlmt there was a glass jar, Dr. W. wanted some blood in it. He replied, “1 think likely wo shall bleed some one to-morrow morning and I’ll save the blood.” On Friday morning 1 went over to the hospital and saw the student. Said he hadn’t bled any body and so could not get any blood. 1 went to Prof. W.’s room about half past 11 o’clock, and told him I could not get any blood. He said he was sorry. Don’t recol lect that anything farther wus said about it. Do not recollect, any farther interview on that day. In tho morning (Friday) after I had made the fire in hts back room, 1 took a brush and swept the floor > threw tho dirt into the (ire; went to put the brush behind the door of the laboratory, and there I saw a sledge ham mer. Had seen the hammer in tho lower rooms, but never up tltoru before. The handle v as about two feet long and of white oak. Should think that it would weigh six or seven pound To the Court.—The sledge was about os largo round in the face of it as an ordinary or- range cut in two.—Never suw the sledge any where but in the lower room before. I took it down stairs to the laboratory and set it up against the large vault where he makes gases. —Here the plan of tho laboratory was exhibit ed, and the position of the vault shown to the Court and jury.—Huvo never seen the sledge since. At about two o’clock 1 wns standing in tho front entry, looking out of the front door, thought, when I testified before the coroner’s jury, that it was about half-past 1 o’clock, but I think now I wns mistaken. I saw Dr. F coming down Grove street very fast. Ho was about opposite Fruit street. I laid down on the settee nearest the furnace, or register, and the door, waiting for Dr. Holmes’s lecture to finish: did not hettr any one go intj or como out. o-f Prof. W’s rooms. Laid on tho settee until a few minutes before two o’clock, and then went up stairs. Always wait at the door of the lec ture room until the lecture is out. I went down stairs and shut the front door just after Dr. Holmes went out. Afterward went down stairs, cleaned out the furnaces atld left the materials for building the next morn ing’s fire; then went up stairs into Prof. W.’s back room and cleaned out the stove.— I then went to the medical lecture room and cleaned out the furnaces there. [Here the wooden model was exhibited, and Lit tlefield pointed out the position of the set tee on which he had laid.] I then went down to Prof. W.’s laboratory, to clean up there.— Went to the door of the laboratory under the privy stair way, leading to the private room. This was the door under the laboratory stair case. Found that the doors were bolted on the inside. I then went round to the other door of the laboratory on the same floor, and found that locked or bolted. [Here the mod el was again brought into requisition.] Tho’t siv^Ersy^aiB Wedncmlny Morglng, March ay, is 3o LARGEST CIRCULATION! ~~ Mr* The Hajlv Morning News bus now a *. er err* CiaeufATioN than either of tlic other s,If' papers, and consequently is the best ADvxeZ,., 1 ' consequently is the must advert, MKDICM We state this fact in justice to mJLi) 0 and tor the benefit of the advertising public Tc * i3 S ™ t P*»ge for our rates of adverdsinir 5-3 Advertisements should be handed in !?» early hour, to insure their appearance in the paper oi the next morAlng. 13 Single copies of the I>aiiy Moknino^T' may be had at J. M. Coopers Book store, atj a Cubbedge’s Book- store, Congress-st,, nnd at the lice of publication, M 7 Bny-st. |y Price two cent 13“ See first page. *3 In order to give our reuders the deep ly interesting testimony in the Webster case we have given a large portion of our space il day to its publication. We shall continue J give the trial as it progresses. Daguerreotypes.—We refer our reader* to tho advertisement of W. V. Prentic* j„ another column. Those who desjre <o p roj cure good pictures/ at moderate rates, should give him a call. 13“ I’omarede’s Panorama of theMissisj. ippi opens to-day, at Oglethorpe Hall. This is one of tho most populur Panoramas now e*. hibiting in the country. S3 The Tremont House, Boston, took fi f g in the South wing on Thursday. The fire pro- duced great consternation among the boarders —several ladies fainted, &c. The damage to the properly is estimated at from $20,000 to $30,000, S3 We learn, says the Mobile Tribune, that twenty-seven bodies have been found of thost who wero lost in tho steamboat Orleans fit. John. It is supposed that there are still twelve or mdro to be recovered. being announced that the Tremont House was on fire, the Court granted an intermission to allow the Attorney General, who boarded at the Iremont House, to save his papers which wero deposited there; at 29 minutes past 12 o clock, the Court entered ; the jury were re-summoned and the proceedings resumed.] There were various conjectures afloat in tho Court room, as to the origin of the fire. Some persons attributing it to some incendiary, so as to interrupt the course of the trial. There ap peared to be some mystery about the occur rence taking place as it did, in the noon day, and at such a period of the trial. The confu sion created by this sudden itTtctruption, hud the effect to embarrass tho proceedings not a little. While the great body of the spectators were out of Court during this interval, Dr. W. hold a conversation with Dr. Jackson, from the dock, in which he expressed his fears lest the testimony of the latter might have been misun derstood. Dr. Jackson stated to Dr. W. and his counsel, that if he feared any such misun derstanding, he would be ready again to testify on any point upon which his testimony might have been misunderstood on the part of the de fence. The conversation was interrupted by the en trance of the Judges and the Jury, when the Court resumed its sitting. Dr. Keep resumed his place upon the stand. In testifying to the identity of the teeth already referred to, which he positively swore to, he became much affect ed; he wept bitterly and sobbed audibly, wiping his eyes and face with his handkerchief while flooded with tears. He pointed out with great precision and accuracy, the different teeth and the block . used therefor; which he identified and positively swore to. Tho Chief Justice aud the Bench in general* paid marked atren- I heard them in there walking, and the Cochi- tuate water running. I then went up stairs to the door that leads into tho lecture room in the front entry, pnt the key into the lock to Unlock it. I found that it was unlocked and bolted on the inside. I afterwords wont down stairs into my kitch en and laid down. About 4 o f clock|a lady, who was from Medford and staying nt my house, came into the bed-room and said a gentleman wanted to see me. Went to the door and found that it was Mr. Petty. He had come to fill out (i ticket for a.student named Ridgway, who was going away. Petty staid about 15 minutes. After ho went away I again went to the door of the laboratory; found the doors all fastened as at first. I went then to fix his fire and clear tho loom up. He (Prof. W.) u9ed to leave on his tables the glasses and vessels used in bis lectures, and always requested me to clean them up. At about half post 5 o’clock ns I was in my kitchen, I heard some one com ing down the stairs of the back entry. E3 It has been said that the Hon. R. W Thompson, of Indiana, has declined the ap pointment of Charge to Austria. t3 Mr. Hudson is delighting large au diences, at tho Atheneum, with liis inimitable delineations of Irish character. S3’ The Montreal Pilot says that the ex citement at St. Gregoire on account of the school tax still continues; that though tho burning of the outhouses of the friends of law and order is discontinued, their horses and other farm stock are often maliciously injured. S3* Johnston, convicted of the murder of the aged cot^le in New Jersey, has been sen tenced to be hung on the 30th of April. Health of Mr. Calhoun.—The Charles ton Courier of Monday morning says—wehavo the gratification of announcing that a telegraph ic despatch to a relative, has been received from Mr. Calhoun’s son, who is with his la ther in Wasiugton, dated at 7 o’clock and 25 minutes on Saturday night,which states that he he was great deal better on that day. Nothing later than this having been received, there is every reason to hope that he is per manently on the recovery. morrow.” Dr. P. left the room, and I have Ssmatoa v***el made of metal, such as Iron, tion to tbii part of hi* testimony, which the *>pp<fcr, or tin. Th* potash used in dissolving Chief Justice in particular, took ncte* of with not seen him since. The following day about 1 o’clock, as I was standing outside the Medi cal College, Prof. W. came to the door, and asked if I was busy; if not, bo wanted me to carry a note to Dr. P.; and said if 1 could not he should have to carry it himself. I took the note and give it to my boy, John Baxter. I told him to take the note to Dr. P. as soon as he could. Dr. P. was at the Col lege on the forenoon of the day of the interview in the evening alluded to above. Prof. W. asked me if the vault used to put the remains of subjects for dissection in was repaired, and that the faculty had said something about hav ing a new one made. He asked me how the vault was built under his coal bin, between his laboratory nnd the dissecting room. I told him there was a leuk in the coal bin thaf let the scent all over the building; and that the vuult had been all filled up with dirt. He ask ed how I had got down to it; told him that I had taken up the brick floor, nnd then cut up the wooden floot beneath. He asked me if that was all the vault in the building; nnd if lie could get a light into that vault. Told him no. Ho asked me if I was sure. I replied that I was, for I had already endeavored to get o light into the vault a day or two days before. He suid he wanted to get some of the gas out of it. To the Court—The foul air would put a light out.—Dr. Ainsworth had given me a skel eton to put in the vault, a little while before, to ntascerate. I attempted to put a light down there to find it, but the foul air put out the lamp. He told me he wanted to get some gas out of there to try an experiment. I said to him, “Hew will you get it out afterward ;” said it would be a good time then for the tide whs up and pressing the gas up. He said he had an nparatus to do it with, gud said when he want- From Peru.—The Picayune has Lima dates to the 31st December. By a recent law foreign manufactured im ported prodnets, similar to those produced in Peru, are to p«y a duty of nine-tenths the price for which the domestic article sells. The Comercio argues then that if a person shoitl d want a carriage like one which should cost i Peru $1500, and should have to pay $1350 du ty, the consequence would be that he would have no carriage, and the Government would get no revenue. There had been several disturbances in Are- quipa, between the friends of the rival candi dates for the Presidency. The poinurd was freely used. At Tacua similar scenes were enacted, when Gen. Pezot, alarmed by the state of affairs, as sembled the citizens.and tnok-measures to sup press any attempt against public order. These measures were succesful. The Peruvian Congress has imposed a duty of 90 per cent, on pinnos, because they manu facture better ones in Peru. Rather a singular reason, we should think. , 13“ It is an old saying that “there’s many a slip twixt the cup and the lip.” That theta is occasionally a miscarage twixt the bucket and the pocket, is equally well attested by the fol lowing incident. A California letter says I— A digger who had brought from the mines twenty-five pounds of gold, carried it in a tin pail to the vessel on which he had taken pas sage for home. By some misstep, or other mischanco, most unluckily it slipped from his hand, over the ship’s side, and went to the bot tom, in forty feet of water, leaving the poor dig ger minus his fortune. 13“ A Serious affray occurred at Clarks ville. Tenn., a few days since, between Mr. L. G. Faxon, and Mr. Wm. Marr, in which the former was dangerously wounded by a stnb being inflicted on his left side. Marr was bound over in the sum of $6,000. An Internal Tumor of 30 Pounds.—Died, in Liberty N. Y., at the residenceof her father, (James Gildersleeve, Esq.,) on 3d inst., Mrs. Rachel McGrah. aged about 30 years, after a long and exceedingly painful illness. Accor ding to a request she made, a post mortem ex amination wns held upon iter body, nnd a tumor taken from the neighborhood of tho liver, weigh ing 30 pounds. So much had it filled the chest, that it had broken several ribs from the back. Useful Invention.—The New York Tribune speaks of a new box for railroad car wheel which, it is said, overcomes many of tho disad vantages of those now in general use. It re- quires,we are told, neither oil nor grease, and never heats ; and the friction is so slight that a car furnished with them, and loaded with iron, was easily moved by one man ; while with the common boxes the strength of six men would have been required. Several railroad compa nies are experimenting for the purpose of tho roughly testing the invention. The Nicaragua Difficulty.—The Wash ington Correspondent of the N. Y. Journal of Commerce generally well informed, after men tioning that all the papers relating to the treaty between this Government and Nicaragua are now before the Senate, says; I learn, from an authentic source, that the difficulty witli Great Britain, growing out of the Bruish claim to exclusive jurisdictions in Cos ta Rica nnd tho Mesquite Kingdom, ha3 not been nnd is not likely soon to be settled. Tho British Minister has asserted the right of his Government ta*this jurisdiction, and our fiov- ernment will not admit it. The Ncw-York Tribune, Slivegammon au thority, would have it. that this whole matter was settled long ago. Charge to 1 Sardinia.—We see that Mr* KiNNEY,the able and accomplished editor of the Newark Daily Advertiser is spoken of in con nection with the chargeships to Sardinia. The only objection that can be made to his appoint ment is likely to emanate from the gentleman of the press, who will dislike to spare 60- worthy and talented a cotemporory. We dif fer with Mr. R. in some matters, but wedo 1 not hositato to say, that his appointment would be highly creditable to the administration. 13 Mr. John St. Luke, a talented per former on the violin, was seen to fall on his face in the street, in Brownsville, (Texas,) on the night of the 5th inst. On going to his as sistance, a deep wound was discovered in hu breast, from which he shprtly after died. The stab is supposed to have been inflicted by a w °' man, with whom he was seen in conversation a few minutes before. Difficulty Bruing in Mexico.—Late ac counts from Mexico, state that flagrant out rages have been perpetrated by the Mexican authorities upon American merchants. S-A- Belden & Co., an American firm at Matamo ras, huve been obliged to escape to Brownsville- to avoid imprisonment, after suffering the eon fit-cation and seizure of their property.