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V AUGUSTA MARKET.
Office of the Rkybblic, )
F July 9, 1850. (
COTTON.—Thursday, the 4th of July,
being always observed as a holiday, no business
was done. Yesterday the demand was mode
rate, and th* business of the day was limited.
The following are the prices at which sales
are generally made: Middlings, 11$; Good
Middling, 12 ; Middling Fair 12£a 12* cents.
FREIGHTS.—The shipments of Cotton
are moderate, and are about equally divided be
tween Savannah and Charleston.
Richmond Academy. The
Board of Trustees, of the Academy of Rich
mond County, having changed the organization
ot this Institution, will proceed to the election of
the following officers, on Friday, the 12th inst.,
for one year from the Ist day of October next.
I. A Rector and Classical Teacher, with a sal
sl4oo, and apartments in the Academy
I. A Teacher of Mathematics and Natural
Sciences; salary SI,OOO, with apartments, or
SI2OO without.
■3. A Teacher for the First English Depart
■ent, with a salary similar to the last mentioned.
4. A Teacher for the Second English Depart
ement, with a salary of S6OO, and one apartment.
The salaries will be paid quarterly in advance.
For further particulars apply to
L. A. DUGAS, President.
a ENDLESS CHAIN PUMP.
■C HE" SUBSCRIBERS having purchased of <
Mr. Isaac Bloomingdale his entire interest
Chain Pumps, respectfully announce to the i 1
that they are now prepared to 1
up the Endless Cham Pumps at
r»~* ajytellWlltian. at
Clpsville, at Camden,
Sd Ca., or JlfflccTMcCreight, at Winnsboro,
So. Ca. W. B. McCREIGHT A CO.
” jy9 _______________
BEHN 81. FOSTER,
FACTORS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Bay-at., Savattnali, Geo.
r. H. BEHN, | JOHN FOSTER.
jy y tf
Georgia, burke county—where
as, John S. Roberts, administrator on the
estate of Thomas S. Burke, late of said county,
deceased, applies for Letters Dismissory;
—These are therefore to cite and admonish all
and singular the kindred and creditors of said de
ceased, to be and appear before tho Honorable
the Justices o' the Inferior Court, when sitting
as a Court of Ordinary, on the sacond Monday
in January next, and shew cause, il any they
have, why said letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand at office in Waynesboro.
EDWARD GARLICK, Dep. Clerk.
July 9, 1850.
Georgia, burke county, wheieas
Drury Corker, administrator on the estate
•of Alexander Lewis, lato of said county, deceas
ed, applies for Leiters Dismissory:
These are therefore to cite and admonish all
and singular the kindred and creditors of said de
ceased, to be and appear before the Honorable
thejuatices of the Inferior Court, when sitting
’ w*a Court of Ordinary, on the second Monday in
January next, and shew cause, If any they have,
why said letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand at office in Waynesboro.
EDWARD GARLICK, Dep Clerk.
July 9, 1850.
Z.A EORGIA, BURKE COUNTY:—Where-
ll T- Stephens, Executor on the
Bfjfe of Mariah Mobley, late of said county, de-
applies for Letters Dismissory :
are therefore to cite and admonish, all
singular, the kindred and creditors of said de-
to bo ami appear before the Honorable the
of the Inferior Court, when sitting as a
of Ordinary, on tile second .Monday in .ian-
next, and show cause, if any they have,
said letters should not he grant ed.
under my hand al office in Waynesboro.
W EDWARD GARLICK, Dep. Clerk.
Muly 9, 1850.
EORGIA?BURKE COUN 1Y Where-
B. JoneK adminislramr on <l,O
| ceased, Applies for Letters Dismissory :
These are therefore to cite and admonish, all
aud singular the kindred and creditors of said de
ceased, to bo aud appear before the Honorable
~*'<he Justices of the Inferior Court, when sitting as
a Court of Ordinary, on the second Monday in
January next, to show cause, if any they have,
why said letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand at office in Waynesboro.
EDWARD GARLICK, Dep. Clerk.
July 9. 1850
Georgia, burke county?—
as, A alcom D. Jones, administrator on the
estate of James M. Jones, late of said county, de
ceased, applies for Letters Dismissory :
These are therefore to cite and admonish, all
and singular, the kindred and creditors of said de
ceased, to lie and appear before the Honorable the
Justices of the Inferior < ourt, w hen sitting as a
Court of Ordinary, on the second Monday in Jan
uary next, and show cause, if any they have, why
said letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand at office in Waynesboro.
*■sEDW ARD GARLICK, Dep Clerk.
Georgia, burke county?— wil7re _ -
as, Matthew Hutchens, administrator de
bonis non on the estate of Jesse Coleman, late of
said county, deceased, applies for Letters Dismis
sory:
These are therefore to cite and admonish, all
and singular, the kindred and creditors of said de
ceased, to be aud appear before the Honorable
the Justices ot the Inferior Court, when sitting as
a Court of Ordinary, on the second Monday in
January next, and show cause, if any they have,
why said letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand at office in Waynesboro-
EDWARD GARLICK, Dep. Clerk.
July 9,1850,
Georgia, county .—Where-
- Acjuleii, administrator on the
IJuuiel J. and Richard H. Evans, both
late of said county, deceased, applies for Lettere
DisiuisSory :
These are therefore to eito and admonish, all
and singular, the kindred and creditors of said de
ceased’s, to be and appear before the Honorable
the Justices of the Inferior Court, when sitting as
a Court of Ordinary, on the second Monday in
January next, aud shew cause, if any they have,
| why said letters should not be granted.
V Given under my hand at ollies in Waynesboro.
EDWARD GARLICK, Dep. Cletk.
I Jq| y 9 - 1850 -
MONTHS after date application will
be made to the Honorable Justices of the In
-1 ferierCourt oi Burke county*, when silling for
1 Ordinary purposes, for leave to sell a negro bov,
| Al en, belonging to the estate of Henry Godbee,
- I deoeasedT SIMEON S. GODBEE, Adm’r.
July 9, 1850.
tIOUR MONTHS alter date application will
■ be made to the Inferior Court ot Burke coun
ty, when sitting for Ordinary purposes, for leave
to sell two tracts of land in said county, on the
line of the Augusta aud Waynesboro’ Railroad,
belonging to Surah J Jones, a minor.
J- W. CARSWELL, Guardian.
. July 9,1850.
SALE.—The snbscrilier offers for sale
.1 his PLAN TAT/ON in Columbia county,
lying on the waters of Cane Creek, thirty miles
above Augusta, on the direct road from Augusta
to W ashiiigten iu Wilkes county containing eight
hundred and seventy-five acres, tiie cleared land
being in a high state of cultivation, enclosed with
good fencing; the wood land is of the firs quality
of oak and hickory, with a roomy and comforta
ble dwelling house, and all outhouses that are ne
cessary ; also, twenty or twenty-five likely NE
GROES, among which are good wagoners, car
riage drivers, cooks, irouers, washers aud semp*
stresses, and also the stock of mules, horses, cows,
hogs, wagons, plantation and blacksmith tools,
corn, fodder and oats. The terms will be made
easy, no money wanting down ; their n tes must
be made secure. Any person desirous of purcha
sing the above property will apply to the subscri
ber on the premises.
. jy9-w2m JAMES M. DORSEY.
I AND FOR SALE—The subscriber oilers
-M-d for sale his PLANTATION on Beach
Creek. Floyd county, consisting of 480 acres
alwut 100of which are cleared, the remainder iu
the woods A distance of six miles from Rome,
on the chief market road to Alabama, together
with other advantages, renders it a desirable situ
ation for a house ot entertainment.
A blacksmith or cabinet shop could be made
profitable. All produce finds a ready sale at
home The location is healthy, and the water
from j large luneamne spring unsurpassed. Any
ot making a purchase can obtain far-
Iheißutormation by addressing the undersigned at
Orwd. Ga., or Wm. James. Esq., who now re
•idiiouthe place, will take pleasure in showing
it td^. fell.
sblagL (HUNTING
CONFESSION OF
PROFESSOR WERSTER.
Boston, July’ 2.
At the meeting of the Council this morning
the case of Professor Webter was referred to
I a Committee. Before the committee, at 12
o’clock, appeared the Rev. Dr. Putnam, the
spiritual adviser of the condemned, with a
petition for a commutation of punishment,
together with a confession that he killed Dr.
Parkman.
The Rev’d gentleman prefaced the state
ment by a few remarks, relative to the man
ner in which the confession was made to him.
He stated that he had no previous acquain
tance with Professor Webster before being
called to act in the capacity of his spiritual
adviser. In the first few weeks of his visits,
he sought no acknowledgement of the pris
oner. At length, on the 23d of May, he vis
ited him in iiis cell, and demanded of him
for his own well being, that he should tell the
truth in regard to the matter, and he acceded
to the request by making a statement, which
was now submitted for the consideration of
the Council. It was as follows :
Tuesday, 20th November, I s'nt the note to
Dr. Parkman which it appears was carried
by the boy Maxwell; I handed it to Littlefield
unsealed; it was to ask Dr. Parkman to call
at my room on Friday the 23d, after my Lec
ture; he bad become of late very importunate
for his pay; he had threatened we with a suit,
to put au officer into my house and to drive me
from my Professorship if I did not pay him.
The purport of my note was simply to ask the
conference. I did not tell him in it what I
could do, or what I had to say about payment.
I wished to gain for those few days a release
from his solicitations, to which I was liable '
every day, on occasions and in a manner very
disagieeable and alarming, and also to avert
for so long a time, at least, the fulfilment of
recent threats of severe measures. I did n t
expect to be able to pay him when Friday
should arrive; my purpose was, fffijr
accede to the proposed interview to state to
him mv embarrassments and utter inability
to pay him at present; to apologise for those
things in my conduct which had offended him,
to throw myself upon his mercy, to beg for
further time and indulgence for the sake of my
family if not for myself, and to make as good
promises to him as 1 could have any hope of
keeping.
I did not hear from him on that day, nor
the next, (Wednesday) but I found on 1 hurs
day that he had been abroad in pursuit of me,
without finding me. I imagined he had for
gotten the appointment, or else did not mean
to wail for it. I feared he would come in
upon me at my lecture room, or while I was
preparing my experiments for it; therefore I
called at his house on that morning (Friday) 1
between 8 and 9, to remind him of my wish i
to see him at the College, at half past 1, my 1
lecture room closing at 1. I did not stop to i
talk with him, for I expected the conversation <
would be a long one, and I had my lecture to j
prepare, for it waa necessary for me to have «
my time, and also to keep my mind free from I
other exciting matters. Dr. Parkman agreed
to call on me as I proposed—he came accor
dingly between half-past 1 and 2 o’clock, en
tering at the lecture room door; I was engaged
in removing some glasses from my lecture
room table into the room in the rear, called the
upper laboratory; he came rapidly down the
steps and followed me into the laboratory. He
immediately addressed me with great energy :
“ Are you ready for me, sir; have you got
the money ? ” 1 replied : “No, Dr. Parkman,’’
and was then beginning to state my condition
and my appeal to him, but he would not listen
to me, and interrupted me with much vehe
mence. He called me scoundrel and liar, and
went on heaping on me the most bitter taunts
and opprobrious epithets. While he was
speaking he drew a bundle of papers from his
pocket, and took from among them my two
notes and alio an old letter from Dr. Hossack,
written many years ago, and congratulating
Irm on his success in getting me appointed
Professor oi chemistry. “You see he said,
“1 got you into your oftce, and now I wil
get you out of it.” He put hack into his
pocket all the papers except the letter and the
notes; I cannot tell how long the torrent of
threats and invectives continued, and I can
not recall to memory but a small portion of
what he sai l. At first I kept interposing,
tillrii". ; fv, If-I.ii T miffbt obt.ii*thcJ.
object for which 1 sougn’t tnCTnteJvTew, tut
1 could not ston him and soon my own temper
was up. I forgot every thing and felt nothing
but the sting of his words; I was excited to
the highest degree of passion, and while he was
speaking and gesticulating in the most violent
and menacing tn inner, thrusting the settee
and his fist into tny face, in my fury I siezed
whatever thing was heaviest (it was a stick
of wood,) and dealt him an instantaneous
blow with all the force that passion could give
it. I ditl not know, or think, oi care where
I should hit him, nor how hard, nor what the
effect would be; it was on the ride of Iris head,
and there was nothing to break the force of
the blow ; he fell instantly upon the pavement;
there was no second blow; he did not move ;
I stooped down over him and he seemed to be
lifeless, blood flowed from his mouth, and I
got g sponge and wiped it away.
I got some .Ammonia and applied it to his
nose, but without effect, perhaps I spent ten
minutes in attempting to resuscitate him, but
I found he was absolutely dead. In my
horror and consternation I ran instinctively
to the doors and bolted them, the doors of the
lecture room and the laboratory below. And
then what was Ito do? It never occurred to
me to go out and declare what had been done
and obtain assistance. 1 saw nothing but the
alternative of a successful movement and
concealment of the body on the one hand, and
the infamy of destruction on the other. The
first tiring I did, as soon as J could do any
thing was to draw Ihe body into the private
room adjoining—then I took off the clothes
and began putting them into the fire, which
was burning in the upper laboratory; they
were all consumed there that afternoon, with
papers, pocket-book and wbateyer they con
tained. I did not examine the pockets, nor
remove anything except the watch. I saw
that or the chain of it hanging out. I took
it and threw it over the bridge as I went to
Cambridge.
My next move was to get the body into the
sink, which stands in the small private room,
by setting the body partially erect against the
corner, and by getting up into the sink my
self. I succeeded in drawing it np there; it
was entirely dismembered—it was quickly
done, as a work ot terrible and desperate tie
eessity—the only instrument was the ktuf
found by the officers in the tea-chest, which I
kept for culling corks. 1 made no use oi the
Turkish ktrile as it was called at the tr al—
that had long been kept on my parlor mantle
piece in < ambridge as a curious ornament.
My daughters frequently cleaned it. I had
lately brought it into Boston to get the silver
sbenth repaired. While dismembering the
body a stream of Cochituate water was run
ning through the sink, carrying off the blood
in a pipe that passed down through the lower
laboratory; there must have been a leak in the
pipe, for the ceiling below was stained imme
diately around it. There was a fire burning i
in the furnace of the lower laboratory. Lit- !
tiefield was mistaken in thinking there I
had never been a tire there; he had proba
bly never kindled one, but I had done it
myself several times; I had done it that day
for the purpose of making oxygen gas
The head and viscera were put into that
furnace that day, and the fuel hoaped on. I
did not examine at night to see to what de
gree they were consumed, some of the extrem
ities were put in there I believe on that day.
The pelvis and some of the limbs, perhaps,
were put under the lid of the lecture room ta
ble, in what is called the well, a deep sink
lined with lead; a stream of Cochituate was
turned into it, and kept tuning through it all
Friday night. The thorax was put into a
similar well in tho lower laboratory, which I
filled with water, aud threw in a quantitv of
po'ash which I found there. The disposition
of the remains was not changed till after the
visit of the officers on Monday. When the
body had been thus disposed of, I cleared
away all traces of what had been done. I
think the stick with which the fatal blow had
been struck, proved to be a piece of a stump
of a large grape vine, say 2 inches in diame
ter and 3 feet long; it was one of several pie- I
ces, which I had carried in from Cambridge
long before, for the purpose of showing the ef
fect ot ceitain chemical fluids in colouring !
wood by being absorbed into the pores. The
grape vine being a very porous wood, was well i
adapted to this purpose. Another longer
stick had been used, as intended, and exhibited
to the students ; this one had not been used.
I put it into the fire. 1 took up the two notes
either from the tabie or the floor—l think the '
table, close by where Dr. P. had farien. I '
seized an old metalic pen lying on the table. '
desheu it across the face, anj through the a:-*- ,
natures, and put them in my pocket. Ido not
know why I did this rather than put them in the
fire, for 1 had not considered for a moment
what effect either mode of disposing of them
would have on the mortgage, or my indebted
ness to Dr. P., and the other persons interest
ed, and I had not yet given a single thought to
the question as 10 what account I should give
of the objects or result of my interview with
Dr. P. I never saw the sledge hammer, spo
ken of by Littlefield—never knew of its exist
ence, at least I have no recollection of it. I
left the College to go home, a- late as 6 o’clock
-I collected myself as well as I could, that I
might meet my family and others with compo
sure.
On Saturday I visited my rooms at the col
lege but made no change in the disposition of
the remains, and laid no plan as to my future
course. Oil Saturday evening I read the no
tice in the “Transcript” respecting the disap
pearance. I was then deeply impressed with
the necessity of immediately taking some
ground as to the character of my interview
with Parkman, fori saw that it must become
known that I had had such an interview, as
I had appointed it first by an unsealed note
on Tuesday, andon Friday had myself call
ed at his house in open day and ratified the
arrangement and had there been seen,—and
had probably been overheard by the man ser
vant, and I knew not by how many persons
Dr. P. might have been seen entering my
rooms, or how many persons he might have
told by the w.iy where he was going,—the
interview would in all probability be known,
and I must be ready to explain it. The
question exercised me much, but on Sunday
my course was taken. I would go into Bos
ton and be the first to declare myself the per
son, as yet unknown, with whom Dr. P.
had m de the appoin'ment. I would take the
ground that I had invited him to the College
to pay him money, and that I had paid it.
Accordingly 1 fixed upon the sum by takintr
ttb«—staalL-aete and addtnjr interest. wMrS I
it appear* lease erroneously. If I had tflOUgnt •
of this course earlier, I should not have de
posited Pettee’s check for S9O in the Charles
River Bank on Saturday, but should have sup
pressed it as going so far to make up the sum
which I was to have professed to have paid
the day before, and which Pettee knew I had
by me at the hour of interview. It had not oc
curred to me that I should ever show the
notes cancelled in proof of it, or I should have
destroyed the large note, and left it to be in
ferred that it was gone with the missing man,
and 1 should only have kept the small one,
which was all that I could pretend to have
paid. My single thought was concealment
and safety. Every thing else was incidental
jo that. I was in no state to consider my ul
terior pecuniary interest. Money, though I
needed it so much, was of no account with me
in that condition of mind. If I had desired i
and premeditated homicide o’ Dr. Parkman I
in order to get possession of the notes and
cancel my debt, I not only should not have de
posited Pettee’s check the next day, but 1
should have made some show of getting and
having the money the morning before.— I
should have drawn my money from the bank,
and taken occasion to mention to the Cashier
that I had a sum to make upon that dav for
Dr. P., and the same to Henchman when I
borrowed the $lO. I should have mentioned
that I was so much short of a large sum that
I was to pay Parkman. I borrowed the mo
ney of Henchman as mere pocket money for
that day. If I had intended the homicide of
Dr. P., I should not have made the appoint
ment with him twice, and each time in so open a
manner that other persona would certainly
know of it, and I should not have invited him
to my rooms at an hour when the College
would be full of students and otheis, and an
hour when I was most likely to receive calls
from others, for that was the hour, just after
the lecture, at which persons having busi
ness with me or in my rooms were directed to
call.
I loosed into my rooms on Sunday after
noon, but did nothing. After the first visit
of the officers, I took the pelvis and some of the
limbs from the upper well and threw them 1
into the vault under the privy. I took the I
thorax from the well below and packed it in 1
the tea chest as found. My own impression 1
has been tnat this was not done till after the '
second visit of the officers, which was on ' I
Tuesday, but Kingslqy’s testimony shows 11
•Lai, ui'tst ha ve .been dsß'AroniiPr
foration of the tliorax had seen inade by the
knife. At the time of removing the viscera
on Wednesday, I put on'-indlings and made
a fire in the furnace below, having first poked
down the ashes. Some of the limbs, I cannot
remember which or how many, were consum
ed at that time. This was the last I had to
do with the remains. The tin box was de
signed to receive the thorax, though I had not
concluded where I should finally put the box.
I’he fish-hooks tied up as grapples were to be
used for drawing up the parts in the vaults
whenever I should determine how to dispose
of them, and get strains enough. I had a
confused double object in ordering the box,
and making the grapples.
I had before, intended to get such things
to send to Fayal; the box to hold the plants and
other articles which I wished to protect from
the salt water and the sea air, and the hooks
to be used there in obtaining corrallines
plants from the sea. It wns this previously
intended use of them that suggested and mix
ed ppjyith the idea of the other application.
1 doubt even now to »bi.ch use they should
have been applied. I had not used the hooks
at the time of the discovery. The tan put
into the tea chest was taken from a barrel
of it that had been in thaJLaboratory for some
time. Th> bag of tan brought in on Mon
day was not used, nor intended to be used; it
belonged to a quantity obtained by me a long
time ago, for experiments in tanning, and
was sent in by the family to get it out of the
way. Its being sent in just at that time was
accidental. J jpas not aware thai I had put
the knife in the chest. The stick found jn
the. saucer of ink, was for making coarse dia
grams on cloth ; the bunch of filed keys had
been used long ago by me in Front-street,
and thrown carelessly into a drawer; I never
examined them, and do not know whether
they would fit any of the locks in the College
or not.
If there were other keys fitting doors with
which I had nothing to do, I supposed they
must have been all duplicates, or keys of for
mer locks, left there by the mechanics or jailor.
I know nothing about them, and should never
be likely to notice them amongst themultitude
of articles large and small, of all kinds, col
I it-c-luil iu mv rooms, 'j’he Janitor had fur
; nished me with a key to tWTß—ectlllg I mutt
I for the admission of medical friends visiting
j the College, but I had never used it. The ni
l trie acid on the stairs was not used to remove
I spots of blood, it was dropped by accident,
j When the officers called for me on Friday, the
30th, 1 was in doubt whether 1 was under ar
rest, or whether a more strict search of my
rooms was to be had, the latter hypothesis be- I
ing hardly less appalling than'the former.
When I found that we went over Cragies 1
Bridge, I thought the arrest most probable ;'i
when 1 found that the carriage was stopping at
1 l he jail, I was sure of my fate; before leaving
the carriage, I took a dose of stychnine from
my pocket and swallowed it; I had prepared it
in the shape of a pill, before I left my labora- 1
tory on the 23d ; I thought I could not bear to
survive detection; I thought it was a large
dose; the state of my nervous system proba
bly defeated its action, partially; the effects of
the poison were terrific bej ond description, it
was in operation at the College, and before 1
went there, but most severely afterwards. I
wrote but one of the anonymous letters pro
duced at the trial—the one mailed at East
Cambridge. The little bundle referred to in
the letter, detain ’d by the jailor, contained on
ly a bottle of cinic acid for domestic use. I
purchased a quantity of oxalic acid, which it
was presumed was to be used in removing
blood stains. I wish the parcel to be kept un
touched, that it may be shown, if there should
be occasion, what it really was that I had pur
chased. I have drawn up in separate papers
an explanation of the use I intended to make
of the blood sent for on Tuesday, the 22d, and
of the conversation with Littlefield about the
dissecting vault. I think that Pettee, in his
testimony at the t.-ial, put too strongly my
words about having settled with Dr. P. What
ever I did say of the kind was in the hope I en
tertained that 1 should be able to pacify Dr. P.
and make some arrangement with him, and
was sent in order to quiet Pettee, who was be
coming restive under the solicitation of Dr.
Parkman.
After Dr. Webster had recorded most of the
facts recorded above on the 23d May, this
question, with all the earnestness, solemnity,
and authority of tone, that Dr. Putnam was
master of, addressed him—Dr. Webster, in all
probability your days are numbered, you can
not, you dare not speak falsely to me now—
you must die with a lie iu your ~m'outh—so
prove to yourself that your repentance for the
sins of your past life is sincere—tell me the
truth then, a confidence to be kept secret dur
ing your life time, and as much longer as my
regard for the happiness of your family shall
seem to me to require, and the interest of truth
and justice permit. Search to the bottom ol
your heart for the history of your motive, and
tell me, before God, did’st never occur to you,
before the decease of Dr. Parkman, that his
death, if you could bring it to pass, would be of
great advantage to you, or at least that person
al injury to him might possibly be the result ot
your expected conference with him. Asa dy
ing man, I charge you to answer me truly and
exactly, or else be silent—had you not such a
thought ?” “ No, never!” said he, with ener
gy and feeling. “As I live, and as God is my
witness, never! I was no more capable of
such a thought, than one of my innocent child
ren. Ineverhadthe remotest idea of injuring
Dr. P. until the moment the blow was struck.
Dr. Parkman was extremely severe and sharp,
the most provoking of men, and I am irritable
and passionate—a quick handed and brisk vio
lence of temper has been a besetting sin of my
life. I was an only child—much indulged
and have never acquired the control over my
passions which I ought to have acquired early,
and the consequence is all this.” But you
notified Dr. Parkman to meet you at a certain
hour, and told him you would pay him, when
you knew you had not the means ? “ No,” he
said, “ I did not tell him I would pay him, and
there is no evidence that I told him so, except
my own words, spoken after his disappearance,
and after stating that I had paid him. Those
words wereofthe miserable tissue of falsehood
to which I was committed from the moment I
had began to conceal the homicide. I never
had a thought of injuring Dr. Parkman.” This
was accompanied by the statement in which
Professor Webster attempts to explain, as to
his seeing Littlefield sending for blood, and of
enquiring about gasses from the vault.
After reading the statement, Dr. Putnam L
| «*-• ««» ice» It UvlaiH I IJCOOj BUy*
•ng that it was made whei the writ ol error
was still pending—also that Professor Web
ster’s estate was worth several thousand dol
lars, and that he wa. not in such a strait as to
commit such a crime deliberately. The pre
vious petition from Professor Webster, pro
testing his innocence, and praying for abso'ute
pardon, he said, was got up by his family,
wbo were unwavering in their belief of his in
nocence, until his confession was communica
ted to them about a week since. He conclud
ed in asserting his belief that the confession
was true. Members of the Council have re
tained a copy of the petitien previously pre
sented, and withdrawn by the advice of Dr.
Putnam, which will, probably, be published.
It asserts his innocence, and ilalso asserts that
Littlefield, or some other person, placed the
remains in his room to compass his ruin.
Southern Convention.
Remarks of the Hon. Beverly Tucker,
of Virginia.
CONCLUDED.
Mr. President, I hope I have said enough to
satisfy thinking men, that those frightful con
sequences of disunion at the thought of which
the heart trembles and the cheek turns pale will
not follow disunion, should the North be mad
enough to drive us to that extremity. If I
have succeeded in this I have accomplished all
I wished. I have not spoken with a view to
make men desire disunion. I have aimed at
no more than to keep them from being fright
ened out of their senses at the bare thought of
it. I wish only to bring them to hear reason,
and having done this, I expect them to see at a
glance that tne true way to preserve the union is
to let the people of the north see that we all un
derstand our true position, and all see the mat
ter in this light. Let them see that even those
among us (if there be any such) who
would surrender every right, sooner than ex
pose|themselves to the horrors of war, are sen
sible that there is no danger of war, and no
reason why they should submit to insult, out
rage and wrong, lesta worse thing befall them.
Let the North understand sir that such are the
views and tetjjper of the South, and the spirit
of encroachment will stand rebuked, and the
Statesmen of the North will at once and with
anxious earnestness acknowledge our rights,
and in good faith address themselves to thoke
who speak for us, not to cajole and bribe them to
betrny us, but to ascertain what will actually
and permanently satisfy us. By such nujuik
course is adopted, the Union is safe. This
course of proceeding must begin with us. It
must begin here, and now. That is our busi
ness here sir. To save the Union, and to
save it by showing the people of the North that
by persevering in their wanton, unjust and
mad career they will destroy it. If it perishes
the act will be theirs—not ours.
Mr. President, I ha\e worn out lhe patience
of the Convention, exhausted my strength and
wasted rpy feeble voice without saying the
tenth part of what I had to say. | have pome
here with my mind charged to bursting with
thoughts that vainly struggle for utterance.
To “unpack my heart with words,” and give
voice to all I would wish to say—l would as
soon attempt to drain lake Erie through a
goose-quill.
I would speak of the magnificent future,
and gloriqus destiny of a Southern Confedera
cy. I would speafc of the various and bound
less resourcesofa country embracing tho no
ble Chesapeake and its waters, extending
thence to the Gulf, and from the Atlantic to
the Bravo, comprehending an assortment of all
l tb i n £ s peedful for agriculture, manufactures,
and commerce. I wquld poipj. to the region
of Iron Coal and water power stretching from
this spot to the eastern foot of the Allegbanies
sloping down in the east to the tide waters of
the Aflantic, in the west to the rich plains that
border the Mississippi, while James River, Po
tomac and Ohio stretch forth their arms to en
circle the whole in their embrace, and bind to
together the three great interests of civilization
with a cord twisted by the hand of Nature; in a
Union like that of the sexes; a Union of con
genial not conflicting interest. No Mezentian
marriage of the living with the dead; no com
pact between power and weakness, simplicity
and ctaft, g nerosityand selfishness! No Com
promise'. in which, as in bargains with the
Devil, one party signs his name in his own
blood, which all'the waters of Lethe will not
wash out, while the other uses a chemical com
pound of the newest Yankee invention, winch
disappears as soon as it is dry.
I would sneak of the destiny and destina-
i tion of the negro race—! would recite the di
vine decree which mitigated the curse of Ca-
I naan, by ordaining that in the tents of Shem he
j should Japhet as his servant, and in
■f-Tlißi ■■huj Ifcj; civilization and Christianity i
j purge away first offence, and qualify him- I
self to be rei’nred to his Maker’s iavor. These
words, so long without any intelligible mean
j ing, have found their interpretation and fulfil
| ment here. They indicate the task to be per
formed, and designate us to perform it. Wo
; to us, if, seeking raiher the praise of man than
| the honor that cotneth from God, we shrink
from it. us rather be thankful that he has
made choice of us, unworthy as we are, to be
j his instruments in this great work. What
have all the missionaries on earth, since the |
days of the Apostles, done for the spread of:
the Gospel among the Heathen, compared to i
i what has been effected on behalf of the negro !
race in this great school of domestic slavery ? 1 ■
1 he success of the teacher has not been eve- i
ry where the same, because all were not equal
ly competent and equally faithful. The
I' renchman who but taught his pupil to sing
and to dance, and to practice his old abomina
tions in a new way, was flogged with his own
birch and arred out. The Englishman, in
his serene self complacency, contemplating
his own imaginary superiority over all others,
set up at last for being wiser than God him
self, broke up his school and dismissed his pu- ’
pits. So far we have stood manfully to our |
post. e have not indeed studied as we
ought ah the duties of our Position; but we
are fi ding them, and the improvement of the I
negro, physical, moral and intellectual, is our;
witness that we have not b en altogether un
faithful. In this connection, sir, I would not !
speak of our interest in the matter. The de I
tree which appointed our task, appointed our
wages, and unless God be false, then let us
assure ourselves that so long as we perform
the one, we shall receive the other. I have
no fears for the result while we are true to
ourselves and to Him. The institution of sla
very is of his appointment, and it will endure
until it shall have accomplished that to which
it was appointed. Sir, I went on Sunday last ’
to the Episcopal Church, and there, in the j
psalm for’the day, I heard the voice of God.
and he put a new song nto my mouth, a song
of deliverance and triumph:
“ Thou art my king. O God .' Send help un- ■
to Jacob.
“ Through thee will be overthrown our eu»~,
em.es, and, in thy name will we tread tiy-n
under who rise up against us.
“ For I will not trust in my bow : it is r.otj
my sword that shall help me.
' “But now thou art afar off, and puttest us
; to confusion.
I “Thou makest us to turn our backs upon
, our enemies, so that they that hate us spoil our
i. goods.
But although all this become upon us, yet
dA we not forget thee.
Up Lord ! Why steepest thou ? Arise
and help us for thy mercy’s sake.
“ The Lord of hosts is on our side : The
God of Jacob is our refuge.”
I am far from imagining, sir, that the benev
olent purposes of tfie Creator in favor of the
African race, are limited to the small number
that have been brought over to us, or that the
slave trade will be continued until all Africa
is dispeopled. No, sir. Civilization and
Christianity must be sent to those who cannot
be brought to them. But how ?It has pleas
ed the Almighty to envelope that Continent
with a pestilential atmosphere, which a white
man cannot breathe and live. The peculiar
conformation of the negro race fits him alon ■
for it,and it is by him that this work must be
done. The Colonization Society is a feeble,
premature and abortive attempt at this. The
negio has as yet learned but half the lesson
necessary to qualify him fur this task. But
let a place be found nearer home, where a col
ony of free blacks may be established under a
proajticial government, protected, regulated,
and controlled by a Southern confederacy,
open to all who will go to it, and from its prox
imity accessible to ail. How long would it
be sir, before, exercising in a limited degree
the functions of self government, they would
■earn that other lesson which is necessary to
qualify them, not only fur personal but politi
cal freedom ? Growing and flourishing under
the paternal care of their former masters, we
might expect nothing but good offices from
them, ibieh a colony would be no runaway’s
harbor,a time would come, (and it will
none of us will live to see,
1 L ui coiup.uie HiMcpeuueuce,
r settle Colonibs of their
Jhe coasts of Africa. But where
■ is this place near home ? Sir, the folly and
> madness of France have prepared it. It is
■ Hayti; and were a Southern confederacy once
• formed, five years would not elapse before a
cession would be obtained, there, or somewhere
, on the Southern shores of the gulpb, of terri
tory sufficient fur such a Culony.
I beg pardon, sir, for these speculations.
This s subject on which it is so much the
custom for these to talk most who think least,
that a man who has made it the study of his
whole life is under some necessity of apologiz
ing far the expression of bis thoughts.
But all this is mere speculation, and nothing
but insane folly on the part of Northern men,
can make it mure than speculation. It rests
with them at any moment to quiet all this agi
tation and restore tranquility, at least, though
not. harmony. Abused confidence and insult
ed friendship can never be restored. But
equality between the States can be restored,
and the rights of all parties being equally re.
spected, and the interests of all parties equal
ly cared for, a regard for these interests, the
recollections of the past, and the indisposition
of mailkind to the sundering of old ties, and
breaking up the established order of things,
may even now preserve the Union. But de
pend upon it, that this is not h. be eff cted by
any of those cheating compromises which
“ keep the word of promise to the ear, and
break it to the hope.” We have had enough
of these things, and the “ false juggling fiend”
who has so often arrayed himself in the garb
of au angel of light to pahn them on us, can
deceive us no mote. We now know him in
his disguise, and will haye no more of his
compromises. “ Othello’s occupation’s gone.”
He may tamper will, our representatives in Con
gress, and with the letter writing loafers who
hang about the Treasury to negotiate Galphin
claims and fraudulent contracts, but their day i
too is gone as well as his. This battle is not '
to be fought at Washington. We have cbang- |
our tactics, sir. We are tired of being tramp- ■
led down by the elephants and cavalry, who |
push themselves into the front of the array, .
and at the first prick of the lance, or at the
first fire, turn back and break through the in- ,
fantry, and throw every thing into confusion, t
dismay and rout. Henceforth, sir, Ave fight t
with the infantry in front, and shall not leave t
it to gpm whose valor all oozes otitauheirfin-
1 cida tbr us what we are to do. We are sick
of compromises, and as to this thing they call
| a compromise what is it 1 What was the mat-
I ter in dispute ? What was the claim set up by
I the Yankees t Nothing more nor less than to
exclude us from all the terutory conquered by
Southern arms, and purchased with Southern
money (for we pay all the taxes) from Mexico.
Well, sir, does th’s compromise propose to let
us in to equal participation with the North ?
No such thing. Not a foot of all our con
quests isopen to us; but then we are gravely
told that if we will give some ten or fifteen
millions more to bribe Texas to give up a por
tion of h. r territory equal td three large Slates,
vhich, belonging to her, is now a- tually open
to us, they will perhaps not exclude us from
that. Smitten on one cheek, we are to turn
the other! And this is compromise ! Is any
thing conceded to u ? No. Is any demand
of the other party withdrawn ? No. The
proposed cornpromise urges new demands; and
they who pretend to speak for us, say that the
best thing we can do is to admit them.
But it seems sir, that Mr. Clay insists that,
altho’ we cannot understand it, this is a com
promise, and, in proof of it, tells us, that its
advocates in tbp committee, that famous ma
jori?Vof eight, had great difficulty in agreeing
among themselves on its terms. I have little
doubt of it sir, for I can well believe that
these gentlemen were as careful of their ewn
individual interests in the matter, as they were
indifferent to ours. I have heard of such
cases in other countries. They happen every
day in Spain.
A band of robbers when they set on a travel
ler always compromise with him somewhat in
this way. He is told that if he will lie on his
face, put Iris hands behind him, and submit
to be rifled and stript, they will ask no more
ofhiai. 1 don’t know whether they call this
a compromise. But if they did sir, the captain
of the gang might explain'hbw, as plausibly as
Captain Clay himself. “ Compromise' ” says
he : “ certainly we had to compromise. Some I
t-f !!“ tvish-d only to take the fellow’s money
and leave him his clothes. Others were for i
putting him to death ; and tye compromised I
on the middle ground, of taking both money |
and clothes, and sparing his life. And then ;
when we were dividing the spoil—good God I !
ai *d content myself I
of taking the whole to !
mysejfc This last, 1 suspect, sir was the
gram difficulty with the committee. Air. ;
AVebstc.'- and General Cass doubtless thought ,
tnat they hid as good a right as Mr. Clay’to |
frame the bill so as to make political capital
for themselves respectively. Mr. Foote proba
bly would have been glad to have it a little
more acceptable to the people of Mississippi. It
may be douiricd whether Mr. Ciav was inclined
to admtjt these pretensions.
Is not Mr. Clay -‘the great pacifica
tor ? Did he not give peace to the com -
try in JB2O, and 1833, and is he not the
sole inventor and manufacturer of the famous
patent fresh salt to be sprinkled on the tails of
Southern Gulls and Boobies? Was it not
enough for Webster and Cass to be admitted
| to the honor of co-operating with him ? And
as to Mr. Foote, it ought to satisfy his ambition
j to be allowed to take the little of the little
i Pacificator. So be it, sir, worthily has he
won it, and long may he wear it. lam afraid
| indeed it may cost him dear. tells us
: of an eagle, that stooping from his lofty cliffs
pounced on a lamb, and bore it away; at the
■ sight of which the ambition of-a crow was so
i roused that he tried to do the like, and light
ing on the back of an old ram, tangled°h.s j
feet in the wool, and got his neck twisted by ’
the Shepherd. So we have all seen how
; the strong talons and sweeping wing of Mr.
■ Clay, bore away old Republican Kentucky
■ into the high latitudes of Federalism; but it
I requires no great foresight to decide how Mr.
: Foote will fare in his attempt upon the tough
■ old Ram of Mississippi. He may not care
much about that, sir, for it is probably settled
, that, in the next Presidential ass race (horse
race no longer sir,) he is to ride behind Mr.
i Clay as candidate for the Vice Presidency.
, What light Southern man is to ride en croupe
\ behind Mr. Webster; what Northern man
with Southern principles, or what Southern
man with Northern principles, behind Gen.
Cass, I do not care to enquire. One thing
I dr. know sir. Only one of the three can he
President, but let who will be elected, all the
five understrappers of that committee will be !
provided for. \\ i,a’ then does Mr. Foote care 1
for Mississippi ? About as much as she will i
I henceforth care for him.
ißu' General Taylor’s plan? Sir, don’t:
■lk to me about Gen. Taylor. “Whatpor-i
Ba-have we in David? ‘Neither have we 1
inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your
tents oh Israel! New see to thine own house
David.” General Taylor will be pretty sure
to see to that, and to his Sugar plantation too.
Whatever else he neglec s, be will spare no
pains to prevent any thing which may lead to
the independence of Cuba, to her admission
into this Union, and to the loss of two cents
and a half in the pound, in the price of his
sugar which he must submit to, whenever
the sugar of the West Indies is admitted f ee
of duly. To a man like him, considerations
of this sort, are of mure importance than all
the rights and all the wrongs of all the world
beside.
But all that I have said, all the vast inter
ests involved in this controversy are to be
disregarded, and stern realities are to be dis
sipated into thin air, by the potent spell of the
magic word “ Union.” Sir, there is no South
ern man, whose heart has not felt the power
ol that spell. In the South attachment to
the Union is matter of sentiment. In the
North it is 1 n aflair of palculation. The con
juror, who uses the word to blind the minds
and palsy the limbs of others, feels nothing
of its power over himself. Had Union been to
th 1 North what it has been to us, the North
would have dissolved it fifty years ago. What
has it been to us? Sir, it is the old story of
the Giant and the Dwarf; a partnership in
which one gets all the profit, the other nothing
but dry blows. Who stormed the walls of
Monterey ? Who scaled the heights of Cher
ubusco ? Whose blood enriches the field of
Buena Vista ? South Carolina, Georgia, Ten
nessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas and
Texas, are here to answer— “ Ours.” and
the prize won by suclt sacrifice; for whom
is that ? For those who “ kissed my Lady
Peace at home,” and blessed themselves that
they were not man slayers and cut throats.
Judas sold his master’s blood, but could not
keep the wages of his crime. These men
svjll-. a hed no btoadj not. they. But the price
refuse that. Whvgwe .
say, “jtre
no strife among us.” Whydt^go
on with the words of Abraham ? “Go you
I to the right, and we will go to the left, or go
you to the left and we will go to the right 1 ”
Why ? Because of the Bible, as of the con
stitution, they read just as much as suits
them, no more. Do we still remonstrate ?
They become stern. “ Are we not stronger
than you ? Have we not our foot upon your
neck. Attenipt to withdraw it, and we will
trample you into the earth.” In three vic
torious fights the Giant gained for himself a
castellated palace, broad fertile lands, and a
beautiful wife; the Dwarf lost an eye, an
arm, and a leg. “ Come my little hero,” says
the Giant, let us repose on our laurels; you
can sit and turn the spit at my kitchen fire,
you will find a warm bed in the ashes,
and you shall have a sop out of the dripping
pan.” “That is hardly a fair division,” says
the Dwarf. “It is the best you can gel,' 1 says
the Giant coolly. “ You’d better take it.”
“ No,” says the Dwarf. “ I will rather drag
my mangled carcase elsewhere, and sooner
depend upon the charity of strangers than
on your justice.” “ Turn the spit, you maim
ed urchin,” is the reply ; “ if you give your
self any airs I will throw vou behind the fire ”
The story is not exactly in point, sir. In our
case it is the Giant that has been maimed and
crippled, and the D.varf, taking advantage of
his helpless condition, has cheated him of the
purchase of his prowess and his blood.
No people ever existed more ready tosacri
fice to friendship or generosity than Virginia.
It is the character of individuals and of the
State. She will divide her bre d with the
hungry; she will give her garment to comfort
the naked. She w’ill strip herself to the shirt;
but when you claim that too, the instinct of
sei -respectful modesty is called up and sup
plies the place of a more sordid feeling. She
says no, to that Sir. It has been said of her
“that there is no more than the thickness of a
bit of linen, between her and a down
This may be true, sir, but wo to him,'with pro
fane hand, who ventures to touch that last safe
guard of her stainless honor.
But who are we, a mere ham ful of deputies
who presume to speak for Virginia? Sir, we
do not speak for her. She has sent us here
to confer with you, and to speak to her and to
the world. r VVe speak not for her; but we
speak of everenre
what of that?
“If we are marked to die, we are enough
To do our country Joss, but if to live,
The fewer men the greater share of honour.”
As for me, Sir, I speak only *ur myself, and
shrink from no responsibility. Were it ten
fold more it would be only the more welcome.
I wish r one to divide it with me.
“I would not lose so great honour
As one mau more methinks would share from
me,
For the best hope I have.”
I have no fear sir, that Virginia will disclaim
me. I know the dull ass will back upon the
spurr.and throw and kick his rider. I know
ti e dog that has no stomach for the fight, will
bite the hand that tarrs hitn on. But Virginia
is no dull Ass. Virginia is no coward curj’and
however reluctant to strike for sordid interests
she will never disavow those who pledge her
Honour for tho defence of Hpnpqr. I thank
Gofl that ha Iri-s spared me to this day. Equal
ity or Independence is the watchword of Vir
ginia. One of these she will have, and if I
can be at all instrumental to such an achive
ment, I shall not have lived in vain.
But if the heart of Virginia is dead within
her; if that Spirit, which has been to pie the
breath of life, is fled; if fountain oif just
principles and eleyated sentiments, from which
as from the milk of childhood, my heart and
mind have drawn their nutriment, is dried up—
there is notbim left for me, sir, but to lay my
head on ■he cold bosom of my venerated and
lamented mother, and to die there.
©a.
Tuesday Morning, July 9, is.so.
EF “ Scriver.” in our next.
(LFSeveral editorials and communications
are deferred for want of room >o day.
In thit part of the Speech of Judge
Tucker, published on the ogtsfoe of our Week
ly, anfl in the Tri-VVeekly of the 4th instant,
the reader will please make the fi llowing cor
rections . First column, 54th line from top,
for “u ngenerous,” read“mgbiiudUS;" in the ur-.
coadjmlunuL. 33rd line from top, for “It is,”
read “Is it;” same column, 94ih line, for
“ means,” read “ mean ;” same colqmn, 110th
line, for “ strike to,” read •«tq strike.”
In the portion of the speech published on
the 2d page of the Weekly, and in the Tri-
Weekly of the 6th, the following mistakes oc
cur: First column, 97th line from top, for
‘‘arm,’read “arms;” same column, 106th
line, for “ equals,” read “ equal.”
EFSee Mr Paris’s advertisement, for sale of
a tract of land situated in six miles of Rome,
Georgia. Also that of Mr. Dorsey in Colum
bia t o.
The Steamer Haiicock.
r This Steam Packet has suspended its trips
to Savannah for two weeks, in order to re
i paint, &c.
Southern Right* meetings.
THE BALL IN MOTION.
We insert this morning with the greatest
satisfaction, the proceedings of the large and
1 enthusiastic meetings which have been held in
i Hancock and Upson; also an outline of the
I proceedings in Meriwether, by all of which, re
| solutions of the true Southern stamp were
unanimously adopted. The meeting in Bibb
: county held at Macon on Friday, sth iust., was
attended by several hundred citizens; the call
for the meeting being signed by 216 names
besides other lists which were not returned to
the office of the Southern Tribune, in which
paper we notice the proceedings. Col. Pul
aski S. Holt presided, Judge Colquitt address
ed the meeting in a forcible speech which was
enthusiastically received and the resolutions
are fully up to the mark. We will publish
the proceedings in full in our next.
Judge McDonald’s Letter to the peo
ple of Georgia—We find in the last Ma
rietta Advocate an address to the people of
Georgia by the Hon. C. J. McDonald on the
subject of southern rights. It contains the
right doctrines clearly and forcibly expressed.
We shall soon lay portions, if not all of it, be
fore our readers.
CoufesViou of j»r. Webster.
To the exclusion of much editorial and oth
er matter, we present our readers to day with '
the confession of Dr. John W. Webster, con
victed of the murder of Dr. Parkman, ft will !
be read with avidity by all and will furnish I
food for much aud sober reflection.
Celebration of the Fourth.
The anniversary o ’ our National Independ
ence passed off very quietly in this city, save
the firing of the usual salutes appropriate to
the occasion. The only demonstration of a
celebration was by the Sons of ’Temperance
who marched in procession, accompanied by a
band of music, fr»m their Hall to the City
Hall Park, where they were greeted by a nu
merous audience of ladies and gentleman,
when the Declaration of Independence was
impressively read by Mr. L. LaTaste, and an
Oration delivered by Mr. L. D. Lallerstedt,
which, we learn, was well received, except
that portion in which the Orator very indis
creetly introduced politics, which was very
promptly and properly condemned by a por
tion of the audience.
In the evening, at 8 o’clock, an immense
concourse of people, consisting of ladies, gen
tlemen, youths and children, assembled in ibe
City Hall Park to witness a display of Fire
Works, which had been authorized by an ap
propriation of the City Council for that pur
pose, which was kept up to the great amuse
ment (judging from their noisy demonstra
tions) of the boys till between ten and eleven
o’clock.
This latter event will account to those not
familiar with the fact, for the ‘‘very large and
respectable meeting;” and “the crowding al-
most to suffocation of the large Court Room of
the City Hall, and the filling of the passages
and yard with persons who could not gain an
en.rance,” to the meeting of the friends of the
Nashville Convention, called to ratify the pro
ceedings of that body. Here, where the thing
is well understood, an explanation of the cause
that attracted so many persons to the City
Hall is not needed, although necessary to the
distant reader.
It is a well established principle in ethics
that, the suppression of truth or the sugges
tion of falsehood is equally as criminal as a di
rect falsehood. The latter may be peipetratein,
conve"y a manner* t
Whether those who attempt to BtveT'lT*e‘ l pro-y
portions of that meeting, may be guilty of
either or both those sins against truth, a dis-;’
cerning and intelligent public must determine'
after hearing their report.—Chronicle & Sen
tinel, 6th inst.
We will notice one or two points in the
above precious article of the Chronicle, on the
subject of the 4th, and its incidents. We
cannot imagine who was the reporter for the
Chronicle, from whom it learned, that some
portion of Mr. Lallerstedt’s speech “was very
promptly and properly condemned by a portion
of the audience.”
Nothing was more natural than that tho ora
tor of the day, after referring to the events of
the Revolution, and the great and glorious re
sults which have followed, should have allud
ed to the present disturbed condition of our na
tional affairs. We paid particular attention to
that part of bis speech, and was struck with
its commingled discretion, moderation and firm
ness. He closed a very brief allusion to the
great question of the day, by expressing the
hope, that the sopth would rally upon the Mis
souri compromise line, which, if adopted, would
give peace and harmony to the different sec
tions of the country. The article of the Chro
nicle conveys the impression that these re
marks weiepromptly and PROPERLY rebuk
ed by some manifestation of disapprobation.
That js usually exhibited, under such circum
stances, by hisses, murmurs of displeasure,
scraping the floor with the feet, &c. We
were present and neither heard nor saw any
thing of the kind. On the contrary, the senti
ments referred to were received with loud and
hearty applause. We venture to say that no
one will, over his own signature, dare to make
such a statement on this point, as that which
we find above. It -is utterly untrue as is
known to hundreds who were present. Has
it come to this, that a 4lh of July orator cannot
make a temperate and respectful allusion to
the Missouri compromise, as a measure suited
j upon Georgia soil, without the censure ot the
Chronicle and its veracious reporter! And
has it come to this, that when there is no foun
dation in truth upon which to slaver a phren
zied it, fiction supplies one with its
mud and its s ( nje, The Chronicle would evi
dently have been delighted, had Mr. L. been
severely rebuked for daring to commend the
Missouri compromise asq jijeqsure calculated
to check the aggressions of the north, and give
repose to our much agitated country. What
a triumph it would have been for the Chroni
cle—what a gem with which to adorn the cas-
ket of its other evidences of patriotic devotion
to the south. We hope the Chronicle will
respect truth, enough, to let its readers havf a
little more of its light than is to be found in
the above figment of fancy.
We scarcely consider the remarks about the
effect of the fire works, in making the meeting
large, worthy of notice. As it was, we had a tre
mendous meeting, of democrats and whigs and
it gave many louddemonstrationsofapprobation
of the principles which were developed in its
proceedings. 1 lie out door fire works were very
beautiful, but we had pretty warm hearted
southern fire works within the hall. The
Chronicle will see fire works before it is all
over, that will remind itpf the owl attempting
to look at the sun.
Independent of the fire works, we should
have had a crowded meeting. Hundreds left
the Park as soon as the meeting was over, thus
proving that they were not attracted there by
the fire works, for they were kept up at least
an hour after the meeting had adjourned.
The Chronicle says something of a principle
in ethics, about suppressing truth and suggest
ing falsehood, &c. Why, the reference is so
applicable to the Chronicle, that we can see
the cap on its one on that -aL
fllU InlofmeT who has heipecT" the Chronicle
to get into its ugly scrape. There let the dirty
caps stick, till the wearers become repentant
enough to tread backwards over one word if no
more.
Whether they were “ guilty of either or both
those sins against truth,” we leave to be decid
ed by the “discerning and intelligent audi
ence” who heard Mr. Lallerstedt’s oration, and
that which sustained and cheered so hand
somely the unfurled banner of southern rights
They will mend both their manners and patri
otism, by publishing a more truthful statement
about the one, and acquiring more affection for
the other. We should be pleased to see them
doff those ugly caps.
Judge Sharkey’s Letter.
The letter of this distinguished gentleman,
which we published on Saturday, and wiil be
found in to-day’s weekly, is a complete vindi-
I cation of his consistency on the Southern
question.
We would be gratified if we had room for
! more extended comments upon his views.
Suffice it to say, he is able, firm and true in
the great cause of the South and stands with
unshaken firmness by the Missouri compro
mise line. r
The South in Danger —The citizens of
Pike county who are opposed to Clay’s propo
sition, cognomined compromise, are requested
to meet in Zebulon, on the first Tuesday in
August next, to counteract the impression
sought to be made, by some presses and a few
politicians at the South, that the great mass of
of the people are in favor of this monstrous
cheat. Let there be such a turn-out aa shall
forever put to rest the slander that Pike, noble
Pike, had so far forgotten her selfrespect as
to yield without a struggle, her rights to the
,. P h r ° C mt d m 7 t i le , bl s KKl and ‘reamreofthe
South. The blood of her gallant sons would
cry aloud from the plains of Mexico, were we
peaceably to submit to such an outrage upon
our own rights. 6 r
Many Whigs & Democrats
And editor somewhere down east complains
°f bemg insulted, by a friend presenting him
with a Bank Note Detector! as if an Editor
ever handled Bank notes!
[communicated.]
According to previous notice, a very large
meeting of the citizens of Hancock county, with
out distinction of party, convened at the Court
House, on Thursday, the 4th inst., to take into
consideration the present portentous condition of
•nr government, and to adopt such resolutions as
would give a full expression of their opinions.
On motion of Col. T M. Turner, A. M. Ber
ry, Esq. was called to the chair, Mr. W. D.
Wynn requested to act as secretary.
1 he chairman having called the meeting to or
der, David W. Lewis, Esq. chairman of a commit
tee previously appointed to sqjypit suitable mat
ter for the consideration of this body, made tho
following Report: *
The committee appointed at a preliminary meet
ing to report to day upon the great national
question which now threatens the peace of the
country, submit the following, to wit:
The people of Hancock county, in primary
meeting assembled, declare the opinion that every
citizen of every state in the Union, has the per
fect right to go with whatever he has of property,
recognised as such by the Constitution of the’
Union, into any of the Territory, the common
property of the Union, and that this piinciple has
been promulged and sustained by southern
statesmen with arguments unanswered and un
answerable.
They further declare, that the attempt which
’ is now made by the larger portion of the people
I of the northern states of this confederacy, in the
1 face of iucontestible truth, and simple justice, to
pervert the power of the federal constitution to
the destruction of rights which it was formed to
protect, and their declaration that in tbe exercise
of that power they look for conscientious guidance
and authority to a higher moral than is to be
found in that sacred instrument, altegether pre
sents a state of things sufficiently threatening,
not only to the existence of the Union itself, but
also to the rights of states and indivicaals, to in
duce every good citizen, who values any right
Jwhateverit be, he enjoys under the constitution,
forward and take a firm and
sU ' a 'cMHMMi|MMj^£uauiuli£s l aßd its in«
deprive the south; with
an equal participation iu the territories oflhe UuZ
ted States, is um onstitulional uud uujnst if effect!
ed, and degrading if submitted '.o.
We further declare, however, that to quiet the
present disastrous agitation, and alone for the
sake ofpreservmg the Union, we would consent
to be excluded from that, portiou of the territory
which lies north of the parallel of thirty“i™ 36)
degrees and thirty (30) minutes north latitude
hut that in making this concession, we at the
same time demand of those to whom we make
it, the guarantie of the uninterrupted enjoyment
01 the territory south of that line.
We further declare, that we are opposed to
any' other adjustment of this controversy than
that abova specified, except it be upon some plan
not yet suggested, founded upon the perfect poh.
tical equality of the sections—that we ought not
to submit to any other adjustment, and that so
far as our co-operation with the D6o p| e o f the
south will effect the object, we will not submit to
any otirer and this declaration is made with the
lull and cheerful determiuatiou to abide by all the
consequences which result from a firm and un
yielding adherence to it.
We further, finally and solemnly declare, here
on a day appropriate to such a declaration, that
we feel that attachment to this our common coun
try, which ia rationally based upon its wonderful
and noble origin—its glorious past history, and its
future full of brilliant promise, but for the gloom
cast over it by this vexiug question, and that a
firm declaration of what our rights are under the
constitution, and the positive determination to
hold to and maintain those rights, at all hazards,
are iuouropinion the surest and most certain means
of preserving the Constitution and the Union,
and at the same time are the best evidences wa
can afford of our devotion to both.
Respectfully submitted.
David \V. Lewis, R. P Sasnett, T. M.
Turner, James Thomas, 11. L. Battle,
W. E. Bird, W. W. Johnston, Wilson.
Bird, E. M. Pendleton, E. G. Barnes,
H. C. Culver.
After a few remarks from the Chairman, and
Col. I. M. Turner, the report and declaration of
the committee were unanimously adopted by tho
meeting.
On motion of Mr. Win. D. Wynn, it was unan
imously _
Resolved,
during the present suasion of Congress—that wa
or >d u ‘"il 1"“ hiS 00l ' rse ’ aKd that we “ ro
irot d to eajl him our representative, reflecting as
he does our feelings as Georgians. 8
On motion of A. J. Lane, Esq, it was
Resolved, That the proceedings of this meet
ing be published in the Milledgeville and Augus
ta papers. “
On motion of Dr. E. M. Pendleton, it was
Resolved, That a copy of tho proceedings o f
tins meeting be furnished the Hon. R«bt Toombs.
On motion the meeting adjourned,
A. M. BERRY, Chairman.
Wm. D. Wynn, Secretary.
[communicated.]
Upson Co., Ga., July 6, 1850.
At a called meeting of the citizens of Upson
county, held at Thomaston, Gen. Thos. Beall
was called to the Chair and Travis A. D.
Weaver was appointed Secretary, when Oba
diah C. Gibson, delegate to the Nashville Con
vention, arose and addressed the meeting at
length in an able and argumentative speech,
in favor of the Resolutions and Address of the’
Nashville Convention, and in opposition to the
Compromise of the Committee of Thirteen of
the Senate; after which, the following Reso
lutions were unanimously adopted :
Ist. Resolved, That the meeting cordially
approve and sustain the Address ami Resolu
tions of the Nashville Convention.
2d. Resolved, That the time for stating the
grievances and humiliation of the Souih in
consequence of Northern aggression and fa
naticism, has passed, and that the South should
unite, as we do now, irrespective of party, de
termined to ask for nothing wrong and to sub
mit to nothing of compromise that disregards
all our right-, and which, with dishonor and
disgrace, destroys the Southern States as
equals in our confederated system of govern
ment.
3d. Resolved, That the bill and rep.- or t of
the Committee of Thirteen is no cor-.ipromiw
iix-iLe 11
4th. Resolved Thafif Congress can
it can establish slavery—that we are
to divide the Territories, leaving all North of
36 30 free all South slave Territory,Kh?
king bands w.th the North over some such
compromise we will never be driven from
it except by force.
, lU st *!• R « b °lved, That we recommend to -the
bird Congressional District of Georgia and
the Governor, the appointment of Co). Zacba
nah Harmon, of Monroe county, to fill the va
cancy in the delegation to the Nashville Con
vention from this District.
6th. Resolved, That when this meetinn ad
journs, it adjourn to the first Saturday in Au
gust next, and that the following gentlemen be
appointed a Committee of Arrangement and
Invitation to said mee ing, to wit- William
Trice, Thomas W. Revere, Samuel C. Tor
bert, James W. Hightower, Antony G. Smith,
J homas B. Greene, James M. Sherid-n, Tra
vis A-D. Weaver, Davis Dawson, William
McKinney, William Williams, John Barkes
dale, Joseph McAlpin, Isaac Dickerson, Jona
than Colquitt, John Castlen, Cary W. Allen
Henry H., Howell, Matthew 11. Sandwich,
Samuel Dickerson, Gen. Devenport Evans
and James Cowles.
On motion, it was
Resolved, I hat the proceedings ofthis meet
ing be published in tne Augusta Republic and
Macon papers.
The meeting then adjourned to the first Sat
urday in August next.
f BEALL, Chairman.
iRAVis A. IJ. Weaver, Secretary.
[communicated.
Greenville, July 4th, 1850.
Messrs. Ediiorsi-On the 2d instant, two
hundred or more of the most respectable and
substantial citizens of Merriwether county,
irrespective of party, assembled in the Court
House at Greenville, and adopted resolutions
approving the proceedings of the Nashville
Convention. In favor of adopting the resolu
tions, eloquent and patriotic speeches were
made by Col. Cochran, a di-tinguished gentle
man of Alabama, Win. T. Fletcher, and Wm.
M. Slaughter, Esqrs., and Dr. H. S. Wimfish.
S receive a nZ
p.y of Fresh bpaiuuh Saffron. 1
June 20 PMILIT A. MOISE,
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