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MORNING NEWS. BY JOHN 91. COOPER. W. T. THOMPSON, EDITOR TtRMi: DAILY PAPER $4 00 | tri-weekly $2 00 All Now Advertisements appear in both pnpers. Tr^al of Professor J. W# Webster. M > Ills CONVICTION AND SENTENCE. Mr. dHffhrd closed bis argument at 5 min utes before 5 o'clock, and Chief Justice Shaw remarked to the priioltcr that if he had any thing to say to the jmy before he charged them upon the features of thu case, ho had liberty to say it. Professor Webster’s Address. Tiio prisoner nr.<se and addressed the jury. He commenced in rather a confused manner without addies.lng, directly either bench or jury, and said l * ‘•I have desired to enter into an explanation of the complicated het-work of circumstances which by Injr peculiar position, the Government has thrown around me, and which in nine cases but of tun, uro completely distorted, and pro bably nine-tenths of widen could be satisfacto rily explained. All the points of the testimo ny nave 1 been placed i.i the hands of my counsel, by whom my innocuneo could huvo been firmly <’ -established. Anting entirely under their direction, I have seeled my lips during my confinement, trusting tnyselt entirely to them—they have not deem ed it necessary, in their superior wisdom, ip bring forward the evidence which was to exon erate me from a variety s»f these acts. Tim Government have brought whatever consumate ingenuity could suggest against me, and I hope it will nut have an undue influence upon the ju- ry. I will not allude to many of the charges. There is one which touches me, and that is ihe letter which lias been produced, stating thut I had, after the disuppen mice of Dr. P., purchas ed a q luntity of oxalic ucid to remove the stains • 1 blood, and it instantly occurred to me that this parcel might be savod and produced when r necessary. For several days Mrs. W. had requested me to purchase some acid for domestic use, and-my wife hod repeotedly laughed ut mo be cause 1 lmd not purchased it, I had borne it in mind that afternoon, and had gone into Thay er’s storw under the ltevere Hum?, mrtdo tho purchase, waited till the Cambridge Hourly came along, and then jumped into tho omnibus with th* bundle. 1 went home und gavo the bundle to my wife, mid when afterward, I hoard so-much said about the bundle, it flashed on my mind in c moment that tliis must,tic it. It was to this bundle, and not .to any document that I referred in the direction of my wjfo. * As regards the nuturo of cojiper—in the usu al lectures preceeditl£ my arrest, I had occasion to use the inflnenco of eiiemicul agents in pro ducing changes of various subjects—among others, upon go so a. I prepared a large quantity ©f oxalic ucid gas,agallon )ur whs filled with gas in order to produce the elmngosfroin dark col or to orange, and also in air, on great heat be ing applied to tho jar. The gas was drawn through water. As to the nitrate of cup per spilt on tho stairs arid floor of the luhora- torv, it whs spilt accidentally from a quantity, mui'by me, in my lectures between the day of -Dr. P.’s disappearance and my own arrest. So I might go on in explaining a variety of circum stances which have been distort Oil. My counsel ltuve depressed me to keep calm—my very calmness has been made to 1 bear against me ; but my trust has .been in my God and iny own innocence. In regard to mon ey I must say a word. The money which I paid Dr. P. on the afternoon of Friday, No vember 23rd, I had saved up from t.mo to time and kept it in a trunk in my house in Cam bridge, but, unfortunately no one ever saw me lake it gut,; therefore, 1 can only give my word that such is the fact. Several years ago I had s'udenls, who were in the haldt ot being in my laboratory, and who injured my apparatus ; therefore, I prepared every thing for my own use in my lectures with my own hands—and that is tho reason why I excluded.persons from my laboratory. As regards my whereabouts from the hour of Dr. P’s disappearance, I huvo put into my counsel's hands satisfactory information, which will account for every day l had spent during that week, lor every duy arid every hour. 1 never was absent from homo. As to being seen by Mr. Sanderson, I was at home every eve ning. One thing that lias been omitted by my counsel was that on the Fridav on w hic h ihe al leged murder was said to have been committed, 1 had purchased llumbolt’s new work,‘Cos mos.’ and while waiting for an omnibus, step ped into Brigham’s to tuke a mutton chop, and on coming out to take the omnibus hud forgot- ton my bonk, but uftor my arrest, iomembered the place where I had left it, and mentioned it to my counsel-—They had sent to Mr. Brigh am’s, und the book hud been found. He then took his seat, but in a moment rose and said— I will sny one word more; I have felt very much distro*“d by the production of those anonymous letters; more so than by anything t' at has occurred during the trial. I call my God to witness, that if it were the last hour of my life, I would sny that I -never wrote those letters. Since the trial commenced, n letter has been received from this very‘‘Civis’’ by one of my counsel. If this person has any spark of hum anity, I call upon him to come forward—a no tice to this effect has been put in tho papers. Prof. W. having said this, sut down. A deep impression was mado upon the jury, ihe Court and the spectators, by the solemn earnestness exhibited by the prisoner in his re marks. Charge to the Jnry. Chief Justice Bhavv then rose to deliver his charge to the jury, remarking that ho had thought proper lo continue the proceedings, as fir as to deliver his charge in the case to them, because lid) nature of the principle developed itrthy proceedings were such as would not re quire him to occupy their attention a mnch lun ger timd. Gentlemen.—I rise with the deepest sense ‘ of the responsibility which presses upon this tribunal. You have been so long engaged in lids important ea*o that I cannot detain you ' much longer in suspense. I shall not, at this late period, keep you long confined in consider ing the fact* which have been so fully laid ba ' fore you, and it is mainly a question of 'facts I shall rattier dwell upon a few jd.rinjprinclpres ’ it is thp nature ol our iuv.s, under w hich bur live* are secured to distribute to the several orgptja of^g'.veruiTient each its several depart ment of duties, and each li responsible for his ! dv»n. W© life aft b'?ro to make tfiV laws, but to execute them. This indictment churges the prisoner at tho bar with murder. Murder is the highest species of homicide. Homicide is a genornl term, including several degrees; some of which ure justifiable, such as these commit ted in justifiable war, or by the officers, of jus tice, with propet Win runts; but I need not dwell on them. The statute law only, provides that wilful murder shall bo punished by death; but. that is not the only law in force nraungat us. We have the common luw. Tho common law was received by our ancestors froth England, hut is ronlly as much in force among us ns any other, and may be onllcd the common low ol Massa chusetts. The Chief Justice read from a mem orandum on the nature of malice. In murder, to eseapo the imputation of ma lice, tho prisoner must prove the provocation, the accident, or any other circumstance which goes to preclude the malic”—otherwise it is argued from tho act itself. No provocation of words, hoWever opprobrious, will mitieute the motive for a mortal blow.or one intended to produce death, so as to make it manslaughter where there is an intention to kill. If there is sufficient provocation it is manslaughter, but words are not a sufficient provocation. Malice is implied from any deliberate, cruel act against another, however sudden. When there is a blow of a doudly or dangerous weapon, with intent to do some great bodily harm, and death ensues, malice is presumed. If a man, provoked by X blow, with a feeling of resentment returns it, and kills his aggressor it is not excusuble; but it is less crime than murderf it is manslaughter, withlieutof blood. We see no evidence in this case of any provo cation pr hont of blood. There were angry foldings, but they do not, amount lo a provocation or ii heat of blood sufficient to render the crime manslaughter. In this case a charge war made against an individual of having, in some way or other, produced death. No one saw it dune. The ev idence is altogether circumstantial, yet it. may be sufficient to produce a reasonable conviction. Crimes are secret. Thero is a necessity of circumstantial evi dence, otherwise wo could nqt. protect our selves from crime. Each sort of evidence has advantages. ’There is no common stundurd of comparison. We may often arrive at as sure a conviction by circumstantial ns by pos itive evidence. The inference from tho facts should ho a natural or a necessary nmy, and each fact should bo proved by itself. Snpposq in the present case the teeth are found to he those made for Dr. l’arknian before his death ; that fact is itself sufficient to establish the conclu sion that the remains arc his, if no other facts are found repugnant to this. Tiie allegation is that ho entered the Medical College about two o’clock, and never came out of it alive. Search was made during- the week. The next Friday human remains were found under the Medical College The place was taken possession of by the police. Inves tigations were mad , nnd tho remains were de clared to he those of Dr. Packman- Is this proved 1 It is proved that he disappeared from his homo on Friday afternoon, and did opt come back to dinner, u«d never cume back; this is established. Has it bean proved lljat ho was seen any where after tho hour he is said to havo enter ed the college ? As to the testimony of Mrs. [latch. Mr. Thompson, Mr. Wentworth, Mr. Cleland.Mrs. Rhoades and her dn ugh ter, and Mrs. Grenough, I need not comment particu larly. It is to he compared wiih the proof on the other side. When such n great event hap pens, tho wholo comunity is thrown into n com mittee of inquisition, und t. lurgo number of lines of inquiry are instituted ; a grout munv persons are found who have seen the object of the search. It became knowu on Saturday evening that Dr. Packman,» man known to almost every body, had disappeared. Tho whole communi ty were put upon their recollections, and would it. he strange if >i great many had seen him, and yet have been mistaken 1 It they hud not been mistaken, would not-pllters bo found, when all were intent, who would testifiy that they Bmv him also? This negative evidence, it is true, is not conclusive in it-elf but it goes to destroy the positive,evidence, for we can hardly con ceive that if there had been no mistake in those who saw him ns to his identity or the time, a great many others would not also have seen him, and would not have recollected it the next day. If Dr. Parkmun went to the College at the invitation of Dr. Webster, and was thciukdl- adby him, all question, of implied malieo is put out of the question, for it was done by ex press malice. Dr. Webster admits that Dr. Pnrkman came there, and, us ho says, he paid him money. It is in evidence that Webster atuid there that afternoon, nml left thereabout 6 o’clock. In so much as Dr. Parkmnu lias neverbeen seen since that nfternnon, if ilshould appear that the remains found in the appurt- menls of Dr. Webster were identified as his body the alibi is of no consequence. In a recent case in Richmond a man was stabbed wiih a knife; a man was arrested who had a knife in his possession tho day before ; the handle of the knife was found brokon oil' near the deceased. It was sworn to be that which belonged to the prisoner tho day before ; and, on a poet mortem examination, a blade wus found which by the scratched edges of the broken steel, tallied with that of the handle. This circumstance wus allowed a great weight. When a circumstance of this kind is establish ed, then tho ubsooce of unv testimony to t he contrary—the proof of concurrent circum stances—iias a strong tendency to strengthen the conclusion. When a party has attempted to suppress proofs, the circumstance acts to prove a con sciousness of guilt.—When we apply these principles to a case, certain rules are to ho np- plied. First the circ.ums’ances upon which the conclusion depends are to be fully proved ; second, all must connect together; no one must be inconsistent with an act of this nature or alibi. An alild meuns elsewhere, if a mao is charged with being in one place nnd he can prove himself in another at the time, then be must escape. This is u mode of defence which easily suggests itself and may bo secured by a little Contrivance. Third, the circumstances must not only limit the guilt of the party, hut they m iet bo such as to exclude every other reasonable hypothesis. They must exclude nil reasonable doubt. Whht is a reasonable doubt ? It must be more than n probability.—The facts must be such os to implicate the defendant also. We must now, gentlemen, apply these prin ciple* to. the present case. The indictment charges J. W-Webster with the murder of Dr. George Parkman, op the 23rd of November last. Tho indictm»nt has been referred to by the defence, and wo have taken t|w mattpr ih- toconsideration. It if the rule r.« law that the j mean* and manner of the crime shall be set I forth, to that the prisoner , tuny prepare for Id* defence ; yet if death is produced in some new mode, the’lnw will not let the criminal escape. It has general rules which provide for new ca fes. The last, counts sets forth that the pris oner assaulted and killed George l’urkmnn, in some manner or by some weapons Unknown to the jury. The cimrl me of. the opinion that, this is n count. Dr. l’arknian mnv have been assaulted with chloroform or ether, which stupified nnd mode him insensible and then death would have been caused by the wenponsunkuown to thp ju ry, and the jury were only hound lit set forth all they knew* What is necessary to be prov ed ? First, it is necessary to prove the corpus delicti, or tho killing so ns to exclude suicide ur accident. Dr. Parkman was in good'health, as appears by Mr.' Shaw, that morning. We come now to the teeth. These nro the princi pal signs of identification. T hat ihe other parts of tho body did not differ in any materi al respect f'om Pnrkman’s, proves little in it self, hut becomes verv important, if it is made out that tlic teeth were liis. It is a serious inquiry, whether by the corres pondence of the teeth to the mould, the iden tity can bo made out. Wo must roly only on the evidence of those who havo made this sub ject iheir study. Dr. Keep indent,ified those teeth 'without hositaiion, pronounced them Dr. Parknmn’s, and he bus explained to you the reasons which confirm him in that opinion. You have also heard tho testimony of Di. Noble to the same effect. Dr. Morton is of opinion that the characteristics of tooth are not such as to enable a dentist to identjlV his Wurk, under such circumstances, with cerluinty. Throe other eminent dentists have boon culled, who are of a different opinion,and confirm Dr. Keep. This evidence is, undoubtedly, to bo receiv ed with euro. It is of the same nature of that which is applied to fossil remains.and by means of which a singln hone is made to Iona to tho discovery of an entire animal of an extinct spe cies. You must be judges ofit in this case. It those are tho teeth of Dr. l’arkmnn, and if, as was stated to you, by Dr. Keep, their condition proves that they were put into the furnace in tho head, und of the whole body no purts is dissimilar to Dr. Purktnnn’s, and if the sup- usition of suicide or nccidentul death arc ex cluded, tho corpus delicti is established. 1 shall pass over the testimony of Littlefield. It bus been somewhat culled in question. But whether much or little weight be given to it does not materially effect this case. It may he emarked, that as far us it due* uffeet tin* case, it is confirmed by other witnesses, particular the officers of the police. From about Sunday or Monday pretty secret watch was kept of Ihe Medical College till Friday. Nothing im portant could be transacted there without the knowledge of tho police, ot Littlefield or Webster. To some of these parties the exis tence und condition of these remains found partly under the privy, in the tea chest, hnd partly in the furnace must have been knowu. You will judge from the evidence by whom. We do not think much weight can attach to the conduct of the defendant after his arrest- We have no experience here to guide us. We do not know how we should act in such u case, or how he ought to have acted. To come to the main proof of the case, there are two theories in regard to it. The Government tubes the one, which supposes that Professor Webster invited Dr. Parkman to the Medical college, and there slow him, in order to get possession of two notes which he owed to Dr. Parkman, and that ho gut posses sion of them. Dr. .Pnrkman hod loaned to Professor Webster $400 hi 1841. In 1846 several parties contributed to tmoi her loan, to relieve him, to the amount of two thousand four hundred and thirty dollars ; to this Dr. P. contributed five hundred, and the three hundred ilnd thirty-two dollars on the old note ; an I Other parties the balance. Dr. Pnrkman held the large notes and mort gage on personal propeity, for its security, for the benefit of himself und other parties, and ulso the old note, which was to be given up whenever his share was paid. It appears that the defendant was in pusession of both notes, and the government contends that he never paid either; that ho invited Dr.Pnik- mun to bis lecture room and slew him, to get possession of these notes. If this he proved it is express malice. The other theory is thnt of the defence, that being together, the one lo pay nnd he other to receive money, they quart-relied, and.Dr. Web ster killed Dr. Parkman in sudden bent, and then cuncenled him to avoid detection. If this be proved, it inay be manslaughter. If Dr. Webster did. entice Dr. Parkman to the Modi- cnl Collgo to get possession of the not. s, we can seo no difference between it und murder. i The Government, to strengthen its theory, brings proof that the accused could not have had money to pay either of the notes ; and he has never pretended that he had money to take up the large one of them. One very signifi cant fact, is, that the $90 which was thut rant- ningpaid to him by Mr. l’ette—achccknnthe Freeman’s Bank—was not a part of tho mo ney paid, but was on that nftornooon or the next day, deposited in tho Charles River Bank to his credit. He ulso told Mr. Pette thnt tnormng'tliat he hud settled with Dr. Pnrkman, although Dr. P- hud not yet called on him. * You mur.r judge how fur these circumstances go to prove intention to get hold cf (he notes as a motive of the homicide; and if that was the motive, it is a very strong ease of murder by express malice, if, in the hypothesis of the defence, the concealment ol the remains was maid by another hand, it was of no interest to Dr. Webster, and his reluctance toward the search is to he accounted for, as well os the fact that he did not himself r.mke tho discovery which lay directly in his way. Any conceal ment of evidence going to implicate him, to which u party under suspicion reports, must go, us fur ns it goes at all, against hitn. The accused has mentioned that the package to which he referred in his letter to his daughter was one of nitric acid, and not those notes which Irnvo been brought ns evidence to prove the intention of the homicide. If so, ns ihr as thut goes, it goes to obliterate tile effect of at tempted concealment of evidence. Bill it does not at all affect lh” case of "thebearing of these notes when found, or the anjmus or intention of the net. The circumstances of the twine used, and many others, which it is needless to mention, go to show that whosoever did any partin the concealment of these remains, did the whole. As to tho annoymous letters, von must judge of their bearing, if proved. But wo must re- mnrk tlint we consider the proof of them ex ceedingly slight. Character may be of cause? quence in a minor case, as of larceny i' 1 but when a prisoner is charged with*it crime Btvnt- trocinns. nil sink to the same le*el, and we, must rest on the proof of "the facts S yet in such a cg'se the prisoner has a right to put in his char acter, *nd the *»stimm;yj» competent evidence. Many other things press upon my mind, but lite time reminds me i ought to close. You have been selected by lot, mostly concerned in the active business of life, so as to secqre tho greatest impartiality. Take sufficient time to deliberate upon your verdict. Use your good judgment and sound conscience, *nd we are assured the veidiet will he a true otte. The Verdict. At twenty minutes helot u 11 o’clock there was a move meat at tho, door of ihe Su premo Court Room, und presently a number of gentlemen cumo in, und among them tho counsel for the prisoner, Charles Summer, CJhas. T. Jackson, Judge Bigelow, N. J. Bow- ditch, und u number of members of tho Bar, Policemen mid Clergymen. The gallbiies be ing crowded to excess. In ubout five minutes after Prof. Webster cartio in, in eburgp of a constuble and took his seat in the dock. His appeurance was un changed, except thnt serious dejectedness was apparent in the contraction of the muscles about tho mouth. Tho Court came in in five minutes after. Tho clerk of the Court, Mr Willard, then said, addressing the Jury, “Mr. Byron, foreman havo you agreed upon your verdict ?" Mr. Byron, foreman of thejury, bowed ascent. The Clerk —John W. Webster, hold up your right hand ” The prisoner rose, and looked steadily nnd in tently upon the foremen of the jury. The clerk—Mr. “foreman, look upon the prisoner ; prisoner, look upon the jury.” Professor Webster still maintained his in tense look upon the foreman of the jnry. Tho Clerk continued, “What do you say Mr. fore man—is the prisonei ot the bar Guilty or not Guilty?” “GUILTY !” was the solemn re sponse. The hand of the prisoner, which had hither to been held erect, foil to the bar in front of him with a deadly sound, as if be had lest all muscular action, and his head dropped upon his bivast. He soon sat down, his limbs seem, ing to give evidence of failing. Ho put his hands up to his face, and was observed to rub his eyes. He then closed his eyelids and bowed his head down towards the court. Mr. Bryan tho foreman of the jury, at the pome time held his hand up before his eyes, ns if overcome by tho painful duty 1 e hod performed. An un broken silence ensued, in which the court, the jury nnd spectators seemed to bo absorbed in their own reflections. The appearance of the prisoner at this time was painful to contemplate ; his eyes were closed nnd a deep sigh denoted the load of in expressible anguish on his soul, and the crush ing blow that had fallen upon him. Chief Justice Shaw broke the silence and suspense by dismissing the jury in a voice trou bling with emotion, and requested their attend ance on the Court at 9 o’clock on Monday morning. Mr. Mbrrick, the prisoner’s counsel, then went into the prisoner's dock, and spoke a few words in hi# ear, and soon afterthe order was given by the court that the prisoner should he remanded ; which was done, after the gallery had been cleared by the officers. The whole proceedings did not occupy more than twelve minutes, nrd was a scene never to he forgotten by those « ho were present. The verdict was received by tho crowd out side with not a few expressions of regret. Af ter rite spectators had been dispersed from the court, house, the prisoner was removed by the officers to tho Leverett street jail, to awuit his sentence. Monday, April 1. At 5 minutes past 9 o’clock the prisoner was broughtinto the courtroom by officer Jones. His aopeurnnee indicated much mental suffering, but he attempted to appear calm. The Attorney General moved that the sen tence nf the law he now pronounced upon the prisoner. His language was feeling arid pa thetic. Chief Justice Shaw then asked the prisoner if he had anything to say why tho . sentence of tho law should not be pronounced. The pris oner signified that he had uothing to say. The Judge then in nvery feelintt manner preceded to give the sentence of the Invv as follows: The Sentence. “Jonn W. Webster: In meeting you here for the last time, to ptonnunco that so fence which the luw has affixed to this high oft'once of which you stand convicted, it is impo-sible for language to gi/e utterance to the deep con sciousness of responsibility, to the keen sense of sadness and sympathy with which we ap proach this solemnduty. Circumstanci s, which all who hear me w ill duly appreciate, and which it may seem hardly fit to allude to more in detail, render the performannh of this duty on the present occasion unspeakably painful. At all times, nnd under all cin timstqnces a feeling of irndescribable solemnity attaches to the utterance of the stern voice of retribu tive justice, which consigns a fellow being to tin untimely and ignominious death, hut when we consider all the circum-tances of your past life, your vp'rious relations to society, the claims upon you by others, the hopes and expectations you have cherished, with your present condition and the ignominious death which awaits you. we are oppressed w ith grief and anguish, nnd nothing hut a sense of imperative duty imposed on us by the law whose officers and ministers we are, could sustain us in pronouncing such a judgement against the crime of wiffttl murder, of which you stand convicted ; a crime at which humanitv shudders; a crime every where, and under all forms of society, regarded with the deepest abhorrence. Tho law has pronounced its severest penalty in these few and simple but solemn nnd im pressive words “Every person who shall com mit the crime of murder shall suffer the punish ment of death for tho same.” The manifest object of this law is the protec tion and security of human life, the most im portant object of a just and paternal Govern ment. It is made the duty of this Court to de cline this pet ally aguinst any one who shall have been found guil.y in due course of tho ad ministration of justice of huviug violated the law. It is one of the mo*t solemn acts of judi cial power which an earthly tribunal can he called nnon to exercise. It is a high an ex emplary manifestation of the sovereign author ity of tiie law, as well in its stern nnd inflex ible severity, as in its protecting and paternal benignity. It punishes the guilty with severity in order that the right to the enjoyment of life, the most precious of all rights may be more effect'(ally secured. By die record before us it appear* that you have been indicted by the grand jury of this * c, ' no - county, for the crime of muder, alleging thnt on >lie’23d r rif November last, you made an as sault ?>n the person of Dr. George Parkman, and by nfets ot violence deprived him of life with malice aforethought. This ittall gad tv havo Wrt dvr* Within tie apartments of a public institution IrTTu —the Medical College—of which J " cil !. professsor imd instructor, upon the no" 0 " ' Vf '- man of mature age, Well known, and nf'" ' ,f| slvfeconnexions in this community aid efwtor tin that institution. The charge of an offence so aggro,-., t dcr such circumstances,in the midst 0 f ful community,created an instaninneou," of surprise, alarm and terror, and wnsf n 1 by u universal mid intense anxiety t„ ] the results of u judicial prpccedihg tltii charge was true. The duy of trial came. A Court tvs feed to conduct it. A jury-, almost of , S or S ltl choosing, was selected in the mannerT°" 11 ciliated to insuie intelligence and 'I 1 ** Counsel were appointed to assist ■ t,alil l i dycting your defence, and, who | m v e t'" Co "' that leuming, eloquence, and skill could ' plihed in presenting your defence j„ • spec 1 *. 111 ° e >! A very large number of witnesses. fully examined and after a very ln» mp ;^ Car . f i of unprecedented length,conducted as i .V^ 1 ' with patience and fidelity, that j urv V,„ nouneed you guilty. To this verdict u. 1 ' 0- careful revision of the wholejproceedj’,J | ‘ constrained to sny, In behalf of the Court d they can see no just or legal ground of tion. ce p- Guilty ! How much, under all these thrill;, circumstances which cluster around the 5 nnd throng our memorieS in tho retrospect j*’ this single word impart. Tho wilful, vl and malicious destruction of the life 0 f low man in the face of God and tinder the 7 tection of thi‘law. Y r es, of one in llieniid ,'" life, with bright hopes, warm affections, mJi attach nents, strong, extensive and nunierou' friends, making life a blessing to himself at others. : We allude thus to the injury y liu h av „ ■ flirted not for the purpose of awkeningunsiC necessary pang in u heart already lacerated bii. to remind you of tltoi ncomparable wroig d„,7 to the victim of your cruelly. In sheer iu-tic, to him whose voice is now hashed in death nnd whose wrong can only be vindicated bytlj livirg actions of tit” law. If, therefore, you ntay at any moment thin’, your case a hard one, and your punishmeut |,, heavy—if one repining thought arises in V out mind, or one murmuring word seeks uttci-ai.ce from your lips, think, oh think, nf him in- stantly deprived of life by your guilty hand; then, if not lost to all sense of retributive jus tice, if you have tiny compunction* visiting, of conscience, you may be ready to exclaim,in the hitter anguish of trull), “1 have sinned against heaven and my own soul. My iiunish- ment is just. God be merciful to me,a sinner" Gud grant that your example may affurd a solemn warning to all, especially to the youn». May it impress on every mind tiie salutary lo son it is intended to tench, to guard against the indulgence of unhallowed m vindictive pas sions, and to resist temptation lo any end urn- selfish, Hordid and wicked purpose—to listen to the warning of cnnscience nnd yield to the plain dictates of duty ; and while they in stinctively shrink with abhorrence from the first thoughts of assailing the life of another, may they learn to reverence the laws of Gud and of Society, designed to secure protection lo their own. We forbear, for obvious considerations, n-om adding such words of advice as ntuy bo sum' limes thought upproriutu on occasions like thi ll has commouly' been our province, on nru sions like the present, to address thp illiterate the degraded, the outcast, whose early life hit been cast among the vicious—the neglected, the abandoned, who have been blessed wiih no moral or religious culture,who have never writ ed the benefits of cultivated society, neir enjoyed the sweet and ennobling influences of lunr.r. To such a one a word of advice upon su ut- citsion so impressive, may he a word fitly spok en, and turned to good account; but ius case like this, when those circumstances ure oil re moved, no word of ours could be more effica- cious than the suggestions of your own better thoughts, lo which we commend you. Bum we approach this last sail duty of pronnuiieia! sentence, which is indeed the voice of luw uri not our oivn, in giving it utterance we cunni’t do it with a feeling of indifference as afurmri nnd official act. G id forbid that we should be prevented Ir e indulging and expressing those jrreprossiok 1 eelings of inteiest, sympathy and compasiim which arise spontaneously in nurhearts, mi we do most sincerely and cordially deplore tke distressing condition into which crime fc»i brought you; and though we havo no word of present consolation, or one earthly hope to of- i’er you, in this hour nf your affliction, J ft *' devouriy commend you to the mercy "f 0L [ Heuvenly Father, with whom is abundance 111 mercy, and from whom wo may all hope ft pardon nud pence. And now nothing remains hut the #olei™i“ t ty of pronouncing tiie sentence wh’ch the Is® affixes to the rrimo of murder, of which ! l ” stand convicted, which sentence is th.it v™- John \V. Webster, be removed from this pb ' nnd detained in rinse custody in the pri-un tilts county, and he thenco taken ut suchn- ns the Executive Government of this roii'i" 1 ^ wealth may by their warrant uppoint, ^ ^ place of execution, und there he hung by neck until you are dead —And nmy His infinite goodness, have mercy on J liur! Upon hearing the Inst of the ubove wo' < ^ prisoner sunk heavily npon his sei'h nn “ 111 ' ed his head upon tho bar. He wept i" 0 ^ His emotions were extremely violent, ! " 1 . , e sobs could be distinctly beard in any p“ rt ' „ Court room ; hut in a few moments lie 1 , ntoned his usual fortitude und becsiae 11 ca,ni ‘ A large number of those present wer ly affected, even to tears. An awful *' , reigned for u few moments in th e room. the eyes of hundreds were bent upon thppte- 'Iio wjonwi IIUIIUILUO v V I VS -I oner, who now sat upright with fix' d ^ UZ p r „h7h 'he bench. A suppressed whisper went 1 ^ the crowd, in anxiotiA inquiry j^ft prisoner, but silence beii g guinea ^ placed the prisoner, in charge of the'he half past nine the prisoner was 01 _7,,,,iic< r ^ remanded, and was lod from the room l,y0lfc‘ r the?’ 1 Jone*. The main body of the Court house, Vji,, bt'ries, the halls und entries were cn ?^ ru ,|,i,t an anxious concourse of people) » *" L; from the building, anxiously to get* 110, ot the prisoner. I During the delivery of tho sentence . ifr , were remarkably quiet, and retired 1 ^ t h-' pressed with the the awful .solemn j ■’tetitiOtiii.—Toe auuscnoer’^^ijii 22^*announces that be has < basement of the Second Baptist be taught nil the branches of a U“.—, 0 \ sssstisas" i Refebsxoes—-Rev. J T- -ROBES* wrm.