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MORNING NEWS. BY JOHN N. cooper; t. thomps-om,. eeiTern DAILY PAPER TERMSr $4 00 | TRI-WEEKLY $2 00 All Now Advertisements appear in both papers. TRIAL OP PROP. JNO. W. WEIISTEIl, On the charge of the Murder of Dr. Osorgs Parlunpi at the Medical Otllege, Bos ton, No*. 23. [Made up from the reports in the Boston Journal, Transcript and Traveller.] FOURTH DAY. , Our telegraphic despatch of yesterday closed while Ephraim Littlefield, the janitor of the college, was on the stand, at a point where he waa testifying that he heard some one coining down the back stairs. He went on to say :— It was Dr, Webster. Ho had a candle stick in his hand and a candle burning. He always used candles', I never knew him to use a Iamp v He blow the handle out; placed the stick da the settee, and went out of the east passage way, what 1 call my door. I did not see Dr. Wooster Again that night. I went out to a party, and got home about 10, P. M. When I came home 1 wont to my kitchen, took off my outside coat, took a lamp to go and fasten the building' up. The first door I went to was Dr. Webster’s laboratory stuirs door. I found that fast I then stat tod to go into the dissecting room, that extends on the Southwest part of tho buil ding. J.fWent to put out tho lights in tlm dis secting room, ns the students disspeted some times ns into 10 P. M. I enw no lights and no one there. I shut tho door to come out, und bolted the dissecting room door lending out.— I fodrill the door from ihe store room bolted as beforo^ I soon went to bed. I bad never found the doors locked before—not ut night— nil tho f.imo I have boon nt the college. Qn Saturduy I hud only one furnuco firo to make. There were only two lectures ftom 9 to 11 A. M. I made tho firo in the furnace that warms Dr. Wure’s room. I then went to the dissecting room to make the fires there. I fdbnd the door unbolted. This was about 7 A. M.—it might hitvo been earlier or later. No one had had access to the room. I thought that when I found the dour of the dissecting room unfhstened that I hod locked some stu dents in tho night before, and I thought no more of it nt the time. No one had the key to-the outside front door except Mr. Leigh, the librarian, that 1 knew of; Mr. Lnigh has been thero two years. No ono that I know of except Mr. Leigh, could gain access to the building after I had locked up ht night. I tried to got into Dr. Webster's back room on Saturday morning; did unlock his lecture loom door nnd got in. I wont to a door lead ing from Dr. Webster's lecmre room to his back privnto laboratory. I never had any key to that door ; it was always locked during Summer, and np one Imd access to it during winter. Soon after Dr. Wobstcr came to the College. He caino into my entrance, the oast door. I think that he had a small bundle under his arm. He went up the same stairs that he carte down the night hetore. I followed him up into his room, he unlocking the door, He then took his -keys and unlocked the door leading from his lecluro room to his private room. After he unlocked his door the first thing he said to me was “Mr.' Littlefield, tnuke up a tire in ihe stove." I made the fire. I asked him if he wanted unything else done—he said he did not. I then started to go down the stairs that leads into the laboratory. He slopped me and told mo to go the other way. I turned round and weut out the same way I wont in. I don’t recollect of going to his back room or labora tory again that day. I saw Dr Webster again that fore-noon before 11 o’clock. I met him that he was the unknown man that was to meet Dr. Parkman, ulludcd to in tho notice ol tho Transcript. I ..underwood him to say that he had been to see Dr. Francis Parkman. He then went away, saying nothing more. When Dr. Webster talks with me he ho ds his head up usually. When he was then talk ing he held his huad down and appeared to he confused—a great deal agituted. I neveranw him so before—that is, look in the way he < 11 , for my attention wus attracted. I saw his uce, and I thought ho looked pale. [Tho counsel for the Government proposed to usk the witness if from tho unusual manner o Dr. Webster, he did not tako occasion to speak of it. To this counsel foi defence objected, aud the nueslion was passed over.] I noticed agitation in ids manners, he looked pale. I cannot say which way he went; to tho best of my recollection he went toward Own- bridge street. He did not go to the College. On Monday IJcould nut get into Dr. W. s room to make up his fires; I tried twice. Ttie first I knew of his being in the College my wife told mew Dr. Samuel'Parkman had been thero, and had goneupto see Dr. Webster. I asked her how he got in, since the doors werq all kept locked. She said she tried Ao labor atory stairs door and found it unlocked. I went, up bv this door. I went into the back room and saw’Dr. Samiiel Parkman and Dr. Webster talking together. I can’t say wheth er thero was a firo or not in the stove. Dr. Webster was in the lecture room ; Dr. Sam uel Parkman near by, in tho door. The par ties were talking about Dr. George Parkman. I heard some convci sation about some money; heard Dr. Webster say that Dr. George Park- man was very angry. I did not -top more than half a minute. I went down stairs and soon tho front door bell rang. I did not see Dr. Samuel Parkman when lie went out. I went to the frontdoor and it was a gentleman who had specks on, and he asked for Dr. Webster. The gentleman I did not know, though I have since ascertained it was Mr. Parkman Blake. I told him Dr. Webster was in. He said ho wanted to see him.—I asked him his name, so that I could carry it to Dr. W'ebster. down the laboratory stairs. I went forward und they all followed. Dr. Webster caino there. I think it wns Mr. Clapp went to tho water closet door. The door has a large square of glass over it. The glass is painted or white washed, about two-thirds of it.—In looking over tho top of the square, Mr. Clapp asked what place is this T Dr. Webster, being with in three feet. I said that is Dr. Webster’s pri vate closet—no uno has‘access there but him self. I thought that Wobster withdrew the uttontiuu of tho officers from that place. He went and unbolted tho door lending from the * I then discovered that two barrels of pine took ihe key to unlock Dr. Webster’s door. I found it unlocked, but bolted on tho inside. I told him that I could not get in that way, but would go round the other way by tho labora tory stairs i wont up stairs; I told Dr. Webster Mr. Blake wanted to see him. He did not answer at first; seemed hesitating, finally said you may let him in. Dr. Wohsterwas standing by his lec ture table; I went up and unbolted the door and let Mr. Blake in. Idon’t know what the conversation was, or Jiow long Mr. Blake stnid I went out. It might have been 104 o,clock. About Hi I went up to his laboratory up stairs, by the laboratory stairs doorand found the door fastened—the door which I had un fastened twice. I went up to do any work that Dr. Webster might desire. Dr. Webster did not lecture on that dny. Near 12 o’clock I saw Mr. Kingsley and Mr. Starkweather, and they begged, me to come down. I went down and spoke to Mr. Kings, ley, who said, “Mr. L.. we want to look round this College, we can’t trace Dr. P. anywhere hut here.” I told M». K. I would show him anywhere about the building where I could get in myself. While talking, saw Dr. Holmes on front steps, and I beckoned him to us. Dr. Holmes said, you don’t want us to haul all our subjects out of chests ? No, said Kingsley, we want to look up in the attics, nnd see if Dr. Parkman has not stowed himself away Dr. Holmes told mo to show him all around I think Mr. Kingsley spoke of going to Dr Webster’s rotun. I found tho lecture door bolted on the inside. I tapped pretty loudly throe dr four times. In a few minutes Dr. Wobster came dnd unbolted the door, opened it a little way, and just put his head out. I told him what the officers' business was; that they had come there to look for Dr. Park in tiie lower entry coming into tho college, the same entry that he went out the night before He baita bundle tinder his arm done up iu a newspaper I gave him $15 in gold half eagles for Mr Ridgeway’s ticket. Mr. Ridgeway paid me $83 for the course. I gave the balance to Mr Peitey. I don’t know of any thing else par- I ticular. Saturday is my sweeping day. Prof. Wobster same in through the east shed—what 1 call my door. I could not get into his door anymore than I could on Friday, to do work. I did not sweep out his room oftoncr than once in five or six weeks. I tried the doora several times during Saturday. 1 heard some one walking in the lower laboratory. I can’t suy that I saw Dr. Webster again on Saturday. I heard walking and some moving in tho lower laboratory, but I could not tell what was doing. I heard the water running ull the time from his sink. The water had not been in tho habit of running constantly. I did not see Dr. Webster in the collego all day Sunday, but the doors were fast all the tinfo. About sunset Sunday night 1 wns standing in North Grove street, abreast of Fruit street, tulk- '" ing with Mr. Calhoun. We were talking a- bout Dr. Parkman—hpw mysteriously hodisnp peared. 1 heard of it pretty late on Saturday afternoon. MrKingalytqld me of the disappearance of Dr. Parkman. While we were talking, I looked up ^ Fruit alreet^and saw Dr. Webster coming; I U said to Mr"' Calhoun, there comes one of our W professors now. As soon as Dr. Webster saw ^ me he came right up to me, Tho first words Dr Webster said to me were, “Mr. Littlefield, did you see Dr. Parkman the latter purt of last week. 1” I told him I had. He asked me t what time I saw him. I said last Friday a- bout lj P. M. He asked, where did you see him ? I replied about this spot. He asked which way he was going! I told him ho was coming right townrd the college He asked where were you when you saw him 1 1 told him I was standing in the front entry look ing out of the front door. He had his cane iu his hand, und struak it down upon the ground and said, that it wns the very time I paid him $183 and some odd cents. I toialiim that I did not see Dr. Purkman go into the lecture room or out of it, ns [ went und laid down on the settee in Dr. Ware’s room The lowest door is never opened except to throw out ashes or dirt. Ho' said he counted the money down to Dr. Parkman on his lecture room table—said Dr, Parkman grabbed the money np without counting it, and ran up as fast as he could, two steps at a time, the steps upon which the seats are elevated in the lecture room. . - . . He said Dr. P. tojd him he would go out to Osmbirdge and discharge the mortgage. D.\ W. sold, “I suppose he did; but I will go over to tha Register's office and see.” This was the first.I.knew that Dr. Parkman was missing. I road it in the TtanscnjH. Dr. : "fpi’jbjjtsrtr tnJd he came over to see about it, and if the laboratory, where lights were on each side. Tho window was fastened, hut I got in. Tile first phtcc I wont was to the small turance, in v»hicli the bones were found. Thero did Hot appear to-be much fire there.—Tho finance wns covered up with a soupstone cover, and tho cover und furnace all covered with minerals.— There was a large iron cylinder Iking on the top of the range. I then went to tho door loading to the place where his furnace was, and saw that the witter in a hogshead that was kept full, wns about two-thirds out. There wns another hogshead with a gasome 3BWB Marshal shortly ciune, anil I tclil him what iiT: found; he told me to run to the College, and he „„ ,1 follow un directly; I Went to the College, an,; urri, ! there just before the rest of them; 1 l’uuud Mr T, holme et my house; he told mo that he ho’a c 11 ' down to tits cellar; the City Murshal came In ah ' 10 minutea afterward; did not hear the City u', Ut shal’s testimony; the hole was near the north com of the Wall; we could stand dp straight ueur the w ! , r the ground slanted from tho hole of the water " ' down to the seawall. r cl0t « jury, olid the nature of the ground plan waa iUust ted.) : J is another room.” When they got out, they wanted to search tho vault. I said there was nothing but what I put myself.—That no one had any access to it hut myself. It had a stout lock oh it. I kept the key. That was the vault where they throw all the remains of the dissection. The open ing is about two feet square. The vault is about 12 feet square ; they said they had brought a lantern down to look into They lowered the lantern down, and ap peared to he satisfied there was nothing there but what belonged there; they went ull over the building ; they went into the cellar, on the same level with my rooms. They asked me if there was any way to get under the building? 1 told them thero was, aud led them to the trap door leading under the building. We gotsoine lights—one from my kitchen, nnd I believe the officers had their lanterns. Mr. Rice, Mr. Clapp, Mr. Fuller and I went down under the building. They did not any of them go far, except Mr. Fuller and myself, who crawled on our hands and knees to the backside of tho building. There was nothing to be seen .there but the dirt. I pointed to the wuil under Prof. Web ster’s laboratory, and told him that was the only place that hud not been searched. The only way to get to it wus to take up the floor, or dig through tho wall. We came out and made no farther search under there. They seurched my room and left. About 4 P. M. that same day 1 was in tho front cellar when Dr. Webster came, to the College. The cellar is under the front steps. I heard him open the door and go in. I came out into the entry between the front and back cellar, and heard Dr. Webster go down and nbolt the door lending from the laboratory in to my cellar. As soon as he unbolted the door went into the kitchen. In a half a minute his bell rung. I said to my wife, I guess Dr. Webster has got his door open, and I can get in. I went up into his back room. He stood at the side of a table, and appeared to be reading a paper which he hefd in his hands—a newspaper, 1 mean. He asked me if I knew where Mr. Foster kept neur the Howard Athenaeum. I asked him if it was the provision deuler. He snid it wus, and I replied I knew hijn. He then usked mo if I had bought my thanksgiving turkey. I told him I had-not; that I had talked about going out and spending thanksgiving, and did not know as I should buy one. lie then handed me an order, saying, take thnt and get a nice turkey, as I am in the habit of giving away two or three, and I may want you to do some odd jobs for me. I thanked him, und told him if I could do anything for him I should be glad to do it. He gave tpnother order to Mr. Foster to send him some sweet potatoes. I curried both or ders down to.Mr. Foster, anti picked out the turkey, such a one as I wanted, eight or nine pounds. I came home and staid round until 64 o’clock; p. m. It was the first time that Dr. Websterever gave me anything. I was com- do not think any solid substances could have float 1 into the vault; there is cement piled up all rm „r the tide flows into the closet every day ■ the v!'1 which the ott'al from the dissecting roum is thro was tight until about two years since, aud f 0 r y kindlings," one Vf which" was nearly full ami tho I space of time the tide flowed in and out; but there f, .1111. ......... j not sufficient snaco tar anv thimr sol H _ *'* other full on Friday, were now about two thirds gone out of each barrel. As I Went up stnirs I observed spots which I had never seen be fore ; they did not look like water. I tasted them mid they tasted like acid. As I got into | foul found tho bones in the funiace; officer tS his back private room I found ihe same kind of | holme was lejtjn charge of the College until after the spots there. I went down and got out as I ‘ ^ ’ not sufficient space lur any thing solid to float out 1 was in the vault with Mr. Trenholme when we hee-i the steps overhead; I have since found out thut t) noise was made by my wife and children nirnfo from the ccllnr overheud; Marshal Tukey run t get his revolver; wo then went up to the I went in, by the window. I told my wile about these things. I noticed thut the Cocbituato water was running all the week. I noticed this, as Dr. Webster had previ ously said that, lie did not wish the water 11m, ns it spattered his floor, besides the nois an noyed him. I never knew the water to be kept running before this time, except to draw wa ter - I did not see Dr. Webster again that day, nor on Thanksgiving day. On Thursday he asked me to got grape vines and box out of ihe cellar. There was a bunch arrest of Prof! W.; some time ufterwurd oflicer Sou came to my door, and Bidd they had Prof \\ot there, and that he was very faint; opened theiw and let them in; Prof. W. came in between two me seemed to support him entirely. Webster s«id e, “ Littlefield, they have arrested me aud taken me away from my family without allowing me to good-bye." lie was much agitated, and I thought h« trembled some. We went to the lecture room m | to the laboratory; the doors were looked, and w« usked Professor W. for the keys; he said they h a j taken him away so suddenly that he did’nt have time to get his keys; the officers broke down the door - we got in the lower laboratory through the cellar door the way I always did; Prof. W. had left tlmtoma! when we got into his private room, we asked"w& <niu ui.a out 01 mo . a ....... I file key ot the little room was; he (W.) made tin. of grape vipps, -an empty box, ami a bag of tan enme answer that he did before; the officers asked which had lain nt the cellar door since Monday. I cannot say that the tan was there nil the week ; but the rest were. They were left Mon- dny. The grupe vines were done up like fag gots. The box was a wooden box about a foot and a half square. The hag of tan I saw there Monday. How long it continued there I can not tell. There was nothing in the box. I attempted to put the things into Dr. Webster’s room sev eral times, but could not. I was mistaken when I stated before the Coroner’s jury, that I got the order on Mr. Foster, for the turkey, on Teusday—tho day was Wednesday. Thanksgiving day I went down to Mr. Hop kins’s wharf and got a piece of lime lor Dr' Webster, which he asked me for on Tuesday ; he wanted a lump as large as my head. It is nothing unusual for him to have it. I have procured it for him every winter. At 2 o’clock P. M. the court adjourned. .cers asked where the water closet key was; Webster said to me, “You know Where the key is.” I told him tint I did not; then he snid, “There it hangs oa the flhplvns room j„g out 0 f th 0 en try to go to the Suffolk Lodge of Odd Fellows. I braid some one coming L don’t recollect that ho made any nnsw at all.—We proceeded through his room, down into tho bnck room in the rear of the lecture room, and down into the lower laboratory. Mr. Kingsley and Mp. Starkweather looked around a few minutes. I then unbolted the door leading to my cellar, and went out, the others follow ing me. I never heard the Doc tor say anything. I can’t say whether he foi led us down stairs or not—don’t recollect. I showed them all over tho building, nnd then they went off; he went into tho attics. I don’t roco.lect whether they went into my apartments that day or not, I don’t recoiled of going into his apartments again. Heard down the hack stairs. 1 don’t think it was so late as (>4- It was Dr. Webster with a candle burning as before. He blew it out and laid it upon tho settee. Ho went out with me, nnd went through Bridge street. I asked him if he -wanted, any more fires that week us the lectures closed that day. He said no, I shall not want any more fires this week. Just before we got. to Cambridge street, says he, “Mr. Littlefield, nre you going down town?” Says I, yes sir; lam g'ing down to the lodge. Says he, “You nre n free ma son, arn’t ye ?’’ i told him yes, or part of one. We then parted; he went toward the bridge and I up Cambridge street: There was nothing more that night.—Tho door of the luborutory was bolted after I came buck from Mr. Fos- AFTERNOON SESSION. [By Telegraph.] The Court came in at twenty minutes before four o’clock. Ephraim Littlefield recalled—On thanksgiving day I put the box of grape vines, and bag of tan in the cel lar, in the afternoon; I made the attempt to put them in the Professor’s room on thnt day, in the afternoon; about three o’clock I began to work at the wall, under the vault: I wanted to satisfy myself as to there being anything under the vault, for 1 could not go out of the college, without somebody saying to me that Dr. P. was in the Medical College—that he would be found there if he was ever found anywhere; all the rest of the building lind been searched except that part of it; that, I knew hnd not been searched, because I had the key of it; I went down the front scuttle, lifted up the trap door, went to the back side of the wall, where of ficer Fuller and myself hnd been the Tuesday before, and began to work; 1 had there a hammer and mor ticing chisel: I worked some time—got^out two courses of brick—but as I ■ could not do more with those tools, I gave up the work, about 4 P. M.; that night I went to the Thanksgiving Ball of the Shnk- speare Division of the Sons of Temperance at Co- cnitunte Hall; next morning I got up about nine o’ clock, tuid, as I sat at breakfast, Dr. W. ciune into the kitchen and took up a paper and appeared to be read ing it He said, “Is there any more news?” I said there was none. Heeuidthat he had been in Mr. Hench man’s apothecary shop, and that Mr. H. had mid him thnt a woman had seen a lnrge bundle put Into a cab; she remembered the number of the cab, and the cab wus found, and discovered to be all covered with blood; I replied that there were so many stories n- bout Dr. P. that we could not tell what to believe; Prof. W. then went up stnirs; some time after this I was overseeing the arrangement of some busts which I lind employed some men to bring for Dr. Warren’s Dr.’Webster there in the afternoon. 1 tried Wednesday morning Dr. Webster came to the College pretty early. I saw him when he came in. He went up the back stuirs into the ihe doors and could not get in. I don’t know at what time Dr. Webster went out of town. Tuesday morning being the day for Dr. Web ster to lecture, I tried all his doors Ip build his fires, but could get no farther than his lecture room. I should think it wus us late as 9J or 10 A - M. I unlocked his lecture room door and went in. I found Dr. Webster there. He had u kind of smoking cap on, and a pair of over hauls. He appeared to be busy about his table pre paring tor his lecture. At 12 o’clock I passed round his table to go into his back ropm, and found a fire in his stove. Dr. Webster came into tho back room, I asked him if he wanted a fire in his furn&ce ; he said no—the things connected with my lecture will not stand much heat. I then left his room and went out into the front entry. A short time after, I was stand ing in the East shed. I saw Mr. Clapp, Mr. Fuller, Mr. Kingsley and Mr. Rico, coming. Mr. Clapp said they were going to search over every foot of land in the neighborhood. If we senrch the College first, the people round here will not object to our searching their houses. I told him 1 would show him any place in the College where I had access. As we went to the shed door we met Dr. J. Bigelow, and I told him what the officers hud come for. They all went into my parlor and talked. Dr. Bigelow told me to show them ull over the building. Ono of the officers -aid, let us go into Dr. Webster’s apartments. I led them to the 'nboratory stnirs door, and found it fastened--Ira!ted upon the inside. I told them that do ->'«» fast, and thnt we should have to try another way. I went up stairs to Dr. Webster’s lecture room door. I found it unlocked, but bolted on the inside. I rapped as loud as I could w ith my knuckles; not hear ing an answer, I rapped again. In a minute Mr. Webster unbelted the door, and I told him what the officer-,- /.ere there for. I don’t rec ollect hetMan*. mm say anything as we passed in ; ull of us went down into his back room. j think it wns Mr. Clapp that went to the door of his little room, to which I have had no access. Dr. Webster said there is where 1 keep my valuable and dangetous articles. We did not go into th“ little room—we nil passed front entry Pretty soon I heard him move tilings m ound in his laboratory. I went to his laboratory door Icadingfrom the store-room, and tried lo hear what was going on, and to look, through tho key hole, but the ketcli Was over it on the inside. As I whs th'ere near the door I saw my wife. I took my knife and undertook to cut a hole in the door; I thought. Dr. Web ster heard me and I stopped. It was nt this lime I saw my wife, and 1 went into the kitch en. I then returned to the store room, laid down on tho floor, with ihe left side of my face to the floor, so that I could look under the door. 1 heard a coal hud move on the bricks in the direction of the water closet. 1 saw him come along with a coal hod. I saw him up as high us his knees ; he went along toward the furn ace where the bones were found. Bark char coal. Cannel and Sydney coal were laid in a closet when the lectures began. Anthracite coal was in a binn npar the furnace. When he went near the furnace he was out of my sight, but I could hear him move tilings— but what he wns doing 1 could not tell. I laid 11 bout five minutes, got up nnd went out with my wife about 9 A. M. and did not return until 1 P. M. About 3 P. M. I was passing through the dissecting room entry. When I canra by the staircase leading to .the demonstrator’s room I found heat on the walls near where Mr. Web ster’s laboratory is. I was in close contact with tho wall. I put my hand on tho wall, and found it so hot thut I could hardly bear my hand on it. I knew it proceeded from a furnace where I never made a fire, nnd nevor knew a fire. I was afraid the building would take fire. I went back to the front store room, unlocked the door, and went in out of the dissecting room entry. I found the door leading into Dr. Web ster’s laboratory was bolted on the inside but' unlocked. I went to the laboratory stairs door, lead ing from my cellar, anti found that fast. I went up stuirs. uidnoked his lecture room, and went in for the purpose of going down that way. I found the door to the buck room locked. I went down stairs to look out of iry cellar win dow to see if, I could discover tire proceeding from tlu» rear of the building. I climbed on the wall 10 the double window 1 told Dr. B. all about Prof. YV. keeping his doors lock ed. [This lust was ruled out as incompetent] I went into the demonstration room, nnd there I found Dr. J. S. Jackson alone; I told him I wns digging through the wuil; he got up and came towards me; said he, “Littlefield, I feel dreadfully about this matter, nnd dq you go through that wuil before you sleep;” he asked me what I should do if 1 found anything there; I told liim 1 should go to Dr. Holmes; he said, “don’t you go there, but go to old Dr. Bigelow, in Summer street, nnd then come nnd tell me; write your nume on iny slate, nnd I shall understand it;” I did so. I then went to Leonard Fuller, and asked linn to lend me a crow-bar. He asked me what 1 wanted to do with it. 1 told him I wnnted to dig a hole in a brick wall, to carry a lead pipe through the hole for water. He then replied, “I guess you do.” I then went to the house and locked all the outside doors, and left the keys on the inside, so that no one, not even Professor Webster, could get in; let down the latch of the front door; then told iny wife to keep watch, and see if any body came, for 1 was going to work at the wall; told her tf she saw Prof. W. come, to give four raps with a hammer on the kitchen lloor, so that I could liear it before she let him in; hut if the other Professors came, to let them in, but not to disturb me; then I got a pair of gloves and went to work at the wall; did not make much progress, and finally came up and went over to Fuller, and asked for a chisel; he gave me just such a one as 1 wanted; 1 went hack to work, and got along, for a short time, very fast, but presently heard four raps above; I ran up, and my wife said, “I saw two gentlemen pass, anu thought one of them was Dr. Webster, but they were ouly Mr. Kingsley and offi cer Starkweather; they ciune to the door and inquir ed for you.” 1 went out, and Mr. Kingsley asked me what pri vate place there was in the College thut had not been searched. I told him, und he said, “Let me go into his (Webster's) room.” 1 replied, those rooms were ull locked up, and we could not get into them. They then Went away ; do not know which way ; I saw officer Trenholme stuuding in the' street, and told him thnt in half un hour or twenty minutes I would give hhn the result of my labors, and 1 then went in to tiie house, and my wife said, “You've just saved your bacon coming up, fqr Dr. W. has just now come iu.” [Objected to by the defence, as incompetent.] 1 didn't go to work again immediately ; didn't see Prof. W. go in, but saw him come out; he came out of the shcu, und spoke to me and Mr. Trenholme; said that an Irishman on the other side of Cambridge bridge, ottered a $ii0 note to pay his toll of one cent; lie said they had kept the note, anu the city marshal lind asked him if he had ottered thnt note; lie (die Irishman) had replied that he could not swear to it; Webster then went off; 1 returned to ray work nt the wall, and using the crowbar, got a hole through in five minutes. . [To the Court]—I hnd got a small hole punched through before I came up ; when my wife knocked there was such a strong draft thnt 1 nearly lost my light, but I shaded it with my hand, and put my heud aud light through at the sumo time, and die draft stopped. The first thing 1 saw was the pelvis of u man, mid the two parts of a leg; the water was run ning down from the sink, and I knew diat was no place for those parts to lie ; I went up stairs and told my wife to go for Dr. Bigelow, and to fasten the cel- 'nr so diat no one could go down; my wife spoke to me first when I came up. Question by Attorney General—What was your condition when j r ou came up out of the cellar ? Objected to by the defence, but was sustairad by the Bench. Answer.—1 wns very much affected ; I locked die cellar door and went down to Dr. Bigelow's; die old f entlemnn's girl came to die door ; I asked for Dr. B.; e was not at home, and Mrs. Bigelow came to the door; 1 told her 1 must find Dr. Bigelow ; she asked, “ whut was the matter with me I” calling me by name; I’ then ran down to young Dr. Bigelow's, Cliaunccy Place, and told him what I hail discovered; we then went together to R. G. Pilaw's, Jr.; the City We took down tho key, hut found it would not fit the door; the door of the little room waa broken op en—i looked for a hatchet which used to be in the room to break the door open; it was a shingling hatchet; I could not find the hatchet at first, and my. ed Prof. W. where it was; he replied, “In the skin-” 1 went down and found it there, returned, broke open the door of the little room ; we next broke open the closet door and then wont into the laboratory, mil while there W asked for water ; I got him a glass mid he took hold of it, but could not drink; he tried to bringittohie mouth, but whenhe raised it, he began to snap at it like a mnd dog; one of the officers told me to let him have the water: 1 gave it to him; the officer took it and gave him some to drink; but it ap peared to choke him very badly. We went to the furnace, uncovered it, and tookout some of the minerals; Mr. Andrews was there at the time, and 1 think Mr. Parker also; Coroner P said, “Let everything be;” after that we went down to the water closet, nnd brought up the remains and put them on the board; Prof. W. waa brought in sad the rest who were about caino in ; I heard somebodv ask Dr. Gay if those were tile remains of a hurnii body, he replied that he thought they were; ProtW. was very much agitated, and perspired a great deal, and I thought 1 saw tears running down his cheeki at the time; officer Spurr, or Baker, waa left in charge at the Medical College after Prof W. went away. 1 have seen the slippers now exhibited nt the Col lege ; there was blood on one of the slippers when I saw them last; never saw tiie saw now exhibited lie- fere the Saturday after tiie discovery of the remains; I have seen the knife exhibited before; Dr. Webster showed it to ine himself, the Monday before the disap pearance of Dr. Parkman; this was tiie bowie knife which was found ; Dr. W. said, when he showed me tiie knife, “Littlefield, see what a knife 1 have got," I looked at it, and he said, “1 got it to cut with.” 1 an swered, “Well I should think it was just whnt you wanted.” The Professor used to wear a pair of blue cotton overalls and an old coat, to work in ; have not aeeu those overalls since his arrest; the lust time 1 saw them waa when he had them on at the time the otf- cers called to search the house on Monday or Tues day ; the Professor used to have a key to the dissect ing room, and those to his own department; don't know wheter he had any others; there was a bunch of skeleton keys found in (jhe back private room. There wus some objections raised by the defence against the introduction of this bunch of keys in evi dence. I know that some towels were found in the vault, one diaper roller, nnd two crash towels were found; there were marks on the towels ; knew the roller, 1 don't remember having seen the others before; don't know whether the roller was marked ; never knew any parts of a human body of any consequence, to be used by Professor Webster. He has sometimes asked me to get him smallpiecea of flesh to try experiments upon; have seen him es- bladders ot ^hs in his lecture room, and them considerable noise; have heard noise in hia lec ture room when he was experimenting with this gat or with tiie galvanic battery. Here the discolored and tom toweli found on the remains were exhibited, nnd the prosecuting officer remarked that the spots were caused by acid, and not blood, as had been supposed. At this period, tiie Government rested the examin ation of Littlefield, and defence commeced their Cross-examination; when hia hour, Chief Juaflce Shaw adjourned the Court until to-morrow, at 9 o'clock, A. M. The Telegraph on Friday afternoon, gives a portion of Littlefield's cross examination by the de fence. It however does not uflfect his testimony oa the direct examination. Boston, March24. The royal mail steamer Niagara reached lift wharf hero yesterday afternoon, and the mailt were immediately dispatched South. Greece.—Letters from Syria to the 9th state that more than one thousnnd vessels had heen seized and confiscated in difierent parts of Greece, and thut in the meantime commerce had suffered seriously. The impression w“ ! ’ that if the blockade continued u month longer, there were but few who would not be reduced- to bankruptcy. IIon. Thos. Butler Kino’s official report"f his visit to California, has at length been M ro ' pleted and placed in the hands of tho Freu - dent, who designs to communicate it to Con gress. His views as to the mineral wealth of California, far surpuss those of Mr. AVrioht, whose general statement has heretofore bom published. Mr King represents that f« rl ! millions have already been taken from the region. Fifty millions will be taken within d' e present year. In 1851 and 1852, overa hun dred millions will, as he represents, be t»h l " from the diluvial soil nnd from the minff’ r0 “ ! quartz mountains. He says that fifteen tho" and foreigners, most of them from Chili) m now engaged in gold hunting, with 9even thou* and Americans. the- EF 3 The St. Louis Republican rel»K» following incident :—“A few days 9 ' nce ’, . store of Messrs. McGhee and Rilley.ntGam took fire during tho absenceofthe owners a per. Mr. RilVey, when he returned and ®P the store, discovered tho fire burning ^ where a keg of powder was deposited, a ^ first effort was to secure the powder r° ^ plosion. In the act of throwing it ' rom m | ( n:. dow, the powder exploded with tre force, throwing down the walls of the Although the powder was in Mr. ‘ i:„ijt in- when it ignited, he escaped with but s o jury.” Edward M’Crady, Esq., was, on elected Solicitor of the Planters 8° * ^ it s’ Bank of South Carolina, in pl»*e 0 MeiivivoF-R, Esq., resigned.