Evansville Daily Journal, Volume 3, Number 357, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 10 July 1850 — Page 2

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EDITOR ANr .DE RS, PROPRIETOR. BVANSVILLE; .SB.1Y PIOKMSC, JttY 10. It won't do. The Republican in alluding editorially, and with not very commendable good humor, to the letter which appeared in the Journal signed II. W. L., does marked and wilful injustice to an old subscriber, merely because he saw fit, as a good citizen and mcral ma:, to withdraw hU name from the subscription list cf the Republican and accompany hi? action by a little sound advice. It intiinütes or charges directly there was colluBion between Mr. Lauer, who was the author of the letter, and ourself. We w ill not suppose the editors of the Republican bo ignorant of the character of Air. L. or ol our - own, as to say that when they made this charge they did so honestly. Not so. On the contrary they knew perfectly well Mr. L. vas.acting r.s he did, in handing them the letter, without our knowledge. He came to our office and gave us a letter, which he said was a copy of one he had handed to the editors ol the Republican, and of which they had taken no notice. We told him notice should be taken of it in both papers, and it has been done. He said he had subscribed for the Republican and paid six months in advance that he was liberal in politics, and wished to read both sides-butthat he would nut icau uur nave lit jus iiuuäu biicu a bueei. as the Republican had descendedto be within the last few weeks, and although but a tshort period of his subscription hai.,Lciwi taken out, he would freely present the:blishers with the balance, if they would direct their paper to him no more. This was the first information we had of the letter, which certainly was a bitter pill for tlnse "gentlemen to swallow, and calculated to spoil even the best temper. Now who i3 Mr. Lauer this man who for honestly expressing his opinion of such editors as these and openly to their faces, has been ridiculed, abused, and called a '-lickspittle," !:soft," and charged with a disgru.eelul conspiracy? Who is this man we ask. lhat for doing as we have said, should be thus submitted to the abuse of two young . men who have nnt yet established characters lor themselves in the community? He is a German Minister, of respectable standing, an upright, straight forward man, who represents large class of Germans in this vicinity. And this man has been ridicaled because he cannot "plainly articulate," and cannot write the English language with that ease and grace which mark some writers, but wh'ich in no manner distinguish these critICS. Becanse he is a German by birth, his pronunciation is to be ridiculed. Thus the Germans may expect when they presume to admonish or advise the Republican men, that if they do not speak in exchisivejy refined English, they will be made subjects of riJicule because they do not "plainly articulate." This sounds peculiarly rich after their attacks pn a certain candidate fur being linked with a Native American clique. Hereafter when a subscriber leaves the Republican, and chooses to inform the publishers of the fact, he must expect abuse and defamation. All the abuse that -could be thrown out, however, against such men as Air. L , from the Republican source, will only injure the editors themselves; at least thus Tar, it has injured themselves alone. We reply to the Republican's article only to place Mr. L. correctly before the publicHe had the honesty to speak his mind, and the boldness to sign his name to that whioh he wrote. For this, he, a respectable German citizen, and a good man, is publicly ridiculed and defamed. 'Tis tiue he hit them hard, and he spoke as no doubt many subscribers of the Republican, if it have many, think. Truth hurts always more than falsity, when both are disagreeable at all. For instance, some truths we have stated relative to cur respected cotemporarics of the Republican, strike much harder and sharper, than .all the falsities it can hatch against us. As to us wishing a clear field for the Jour-na-l. we never have had yet in Evansville any difficulty in keeping a clear field, and when we do, we shall follow the Republican's advice, and "pull up stakes. " The opposition editors thus far have pretty much saved us .the task of writing them down. They do it for" themselves most effectually. The Re- , 'publican is not the slightest opposition to us in business, and it is much better for us that it should remain than to sink, for in such case it might fall into the hands of those who better know how to render it an opposition. U- A Word of Advice. The attention ofour city authorities should be turned to a perfect cleansing ol every ..thing in the city, calculated by its impurity to affect the atmosphere. Complaint has been made us, that feveral allies are in a bad, fikhy condition. This should be remedied immediately, as that which at other times might only be disagreeable to those living in the vicinity, may during this hot weather, prove a ripe source of disease and death. While the Cholerais all around us, weshould be warned individually and as a corporation, to use every precaution in the preservation of health privately to guard against excesses of eating or drinking, exposure, and . other inciting causes, and publicly to remove every thing calculated to produce miasm. The history of the Cholera everywhere, proves that it rage3 most in those places where the atmosphere is rendered impure by filth or by the crowded condition of the pecfple. This fact lias much advice in it.

The Confession of Pror. AVe bster, of tue Murder of lr. Parkiuau. Boston, July 2. At the meeting of the Council, this morning, the case of Professor Webster was referred to 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 ol punishment, together with a confession that he killed Dr. Parkman.

The Reverend gentleman prefaced the statement by a few remarks relative to the manner in which the confession was made to him. He slated that he had no previous acquaintanceship with Proicssor Webster, before bein" C?.I'ed to act in the capacity of his spiritual adviser. In the rst few weeks of his visits, he sought no acknowledgment, ol the prisoner. At length, on the 23d of May he visited him in his 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 miking a statement, which was rwnv submitted for the consideration of the Council. It was in Eutstunce as follows : THE CONFESSION. On Tuesday, 20th November, I sent the note to Dr. Parkman. which, it appears, was carried by the ooy Maxwell. I handed it to Litllefield, unsealed. It was to ask Dr. Parkman to call at my rooms on Friday, the 23d, alter my lecture. . He had become of late, very importunate for his pa'. He had threatened mc with a suit, to put an officer in my house, and to drive me from my professorship, if I did net 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 the payment. I wished to train, for those few days, a re!Ie,;1,se from solicitations, to which I was li uuiu every tiuy, on occiisiuua. tiuu m u man ner very disagreeable and alarming, and al so to avert for so long a time, at least, the fulfillment of recent threats of severe measures. I did not expect to be a able to pay him when Friday should arrive. My purpose was, if he should accede to the proposed interview, to state to him my 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 indu'gence, lor the sake o my family, if not for myself, and to make as good promises to him as I could have any hope of keeping. I did not hear from him on that ddy nor the next (Wednesday), but I found on Thursday he had been abroad in pursuit of me, without finding me. I im agined he had forgotten the appointment or else did i;ot mean to wait for it. 1 feared lit wculd come in upon me at my lecture hour or while I was preparing my experiments for it; therefore, I culled at his house on thai morning (Friday), between S and 9 o'clock, to remind him ot" my wish to see him at the college, at half past 1, my lecture closing at 1. I did not stop to talk with him. lor 1 expected the conversation would be a long 'one, and I had my lecture to prepare lor. for it was necessary for me to have my time, and, also, to keep my mind free from other exciting matters. Dr. ParRman agreed to call on mc as I proposed. He came, according!)', bt iween half-past 1 and 2 o'clock, entering at the. lecture room door. I w"s engaged in removing some glasses frim my lecture room table into the room in the rear, called the upper laboratory. lie came rapidly down the step, and followed me into the laboratory. He immediately addressed me with great energy l; Arc you ready for me, sir ? Have yon got the money ? " I replied, 'no. Dr. Parkman," and I was then begin ning to state my condition ami my appeal to lo him but he would not listen to mo, and interrupted me with much vehemence. He called me a scoundrel and liar, and went on heaping on nie the mont bitter taunts and opprobrious epithets. While he was speaking, he drew a handful of papers from his ror-k-et, ami took frot.i among them my two notes, and also an old letter from Dr. Hossack, written many years ago, congratulating him on his success in getting me appointed professor of chemistry. You sec. " said he " 1 got you into your office, and now I will get you out of it." He put buck into his pocket all the papers except the letter ami the notes. I cannot tell how long the. torrent of threats and invectives continued, and I cannot recall to memory fiuta small portion of what he said; at first, I kept interposing, trying to pacify him. so that I might obtain tlr object for which I sought the interview, but 1 could not stop him, and soon my own temper was up; I forgot everything 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 manner, thrusting the letter and his list into my f.ice, in my fury I seized whatever was handiest, it was a stick of wood, and dealt him an instantaneous blow with all the force that passion could give it. I did not know or third; or car?, where I should hit him nor how hard nor what the effect would be. It was on the fddj of his head, and thee was noth ing to wreaä tne lorce ol tne blow. He leh 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 llowed from his mouth, and I got a sponge and wiped it away. I got some ammonia and applied it to Iiis nose, but withoutellect. Perhaps I spent ten minutes in attempts to resuscitate him, but I found he was absolutely dead. In my horror and consternation. I ran it.stiiictively to the do us and bolted them, the doors of the lecture room and of the laboratory below. And then, what was 1 to do? It never occurred to me to go out and declare what had been done, ami obtain assistance. I saw Nothing but the alternative of a successful movement and concealment of the body on the one hand, and of infamy and destruction on the other. The first thing 1 did. as soon as I could do anything, was to draw the body into the private room adjoining-, where I took off the clothes, and began putting diem in the fire, which was burning in the upper laboratory. They were all consumed there that afternoon, with papers, pocket-book, and whatever they contained. 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 myself, I succeeded in drawing it up there. It was entirely dismembered. . It was quickly done, as a work ol" terrible and desperate neccessity. The only instrument was the knife found by the officers, in th tea-chest, which I kept lor cutting corks. I made no use of the Turkish .knife, as it was called at the trial. That had

long been kept on my parlor mantlepiece in ! Cambridge as a curious ornament. My ' daughters frequently eleanee it; hence the ; marks of oil and whitinir found on it. I had i lately brought it into Boston to -et the silver I sheath reDaired

tTi, :t j: 1 ; i i.. i r. -cn.-i.:. - : .i i. oi iuciuiuaie water was running iiuuuii; the sink, carrying off the blood ink, carrying ofl the blood 111 a pipe , that passed down through the lower labrato ry. There must have been a Ieaii in the pipe, for the ceiling below was stained immediately around it. There was a fire burning in the furnace of the lower laboratory. Liulefield was mistaken in thinking there had never been a fire there. He had probably never kindled one, but I had done it myself sev eral times. I had done it that day fur the purpose of making oxygen gas. The head 2I?I viscera were nut into that day. and tne Hiel neaped on. 1 uul not ex amine at night lo see to what degree they were consumed. Some of the extremities were putin there, I believe, on that day; the pelvis, and some of the limbs perhaps, were .. m i . k i; I f I, l,-t n t-i kl ' . . il i .i il i ii i; in what is called the weil a deep sink, lined .uii . with lead; a stream ot Cocintuate was turn-; . . ... . , ii : ej imo t. a in kci l i uimui unuuiiii il ui i ndav mo-it: the thorax was nut into a i. , 1 .... .li :.. .1,,. i i. i-iin.. i inpi7 Ti : .k f , i ' ' ii . . f. hi ed with water, and threw m a quantity ot potash, w iich I found there. This dispo? of the remains was not changed tin after visit of the officers on Monday. When tlu ill.

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' ' . j ... i .. 'r..'i i i ilWilv 1111 iltiecsLl num. iiuu think the stick with which the iiuu ui.i.:i i.w... i : 1...I I,.w, ,i, I fat al blow had 1 been struck, proved to be a piece of the stump ofa large grape vine say two inches in ihi. .i. i . i ameier, ana two icei ior.fr. n. was one oi i several pieces which I l.ad carried in from Cambridge long before, for the purpose of showing the effect of certain chemical fluids in color:: str wood, by being absorbed into the pores. The grape-vine, b.-iaj a very porous wood, was well adapted to this purpose. Another longer stick had been used as intended, and exhibited to the students. This one had been used. 1 put it into the fire. 1 took up the two notes either from the table orihe floor. I think the table, close, by where Dr. P. had fallen. I seized an old metallic pen lying on the table, and dashed it across the face and through the signatures, and put them in my pocket. I do not ki.ow why I did this rather than put them in the fire. f;r 1 had not considered for a moment what effect either mode of disposing of them would huve on the mortgage, or my indebted:, ess to Dr. P. and I he other persons interested, anil ha I not. yet given asingle thought .o the tue as to what account 1 should give tit' the object or result of my interview with Dr. Parkman. I never saw the sledge hammer spuken ol by Littlefi-'ld ; never kne.v of its xis'ence. or at least. 1 have no recollection of it. f left the col leg to go home, as late as six o'clock. I collected mvsi If as well as I could. that I might meet my family anu others v jjj, j composure. O.i Saturdiy, I vi.-.ited my rooms; at the college, but ma le no change in the disposition cl'iue remains, !, i l ro plans as to my future course. On Saturday evening, 1 read the notice in the Transcript," resjieeting his disappearance. I was then dieply impressed with the n"cess,ty of immediately taking some ground as to the character of my interview with Dr. Parkman. for 1 saw that it. must become known that I had ha. I such an interview, as I had appointed it first by a:i unsealed i-ote on Tivvd.tv. and on Friil, ly had myselfeaHed at his house in open day, and ratified the arrangement, and had there been seen, and had probably beeif overheard by ihe man servant, and 1 knew not by ho w many persons Dr. P. might have been seen entering my moms, or how many persons lie might have told by 'the way where he was going the interview vvou'd in all probability be known. and I must be ready to explain it. The quesiin:! exeileii me much, but on b'unJ ty mycjnr e was (a!. en. 1 would go into D iston and be the first, to decl ire myself the person, as jet unknown, with whem Dr. P. had 'wade the appointment. I would take the ground that 1 had invited l.im to the c. liege to pay him money, and lhat I had paid it. Accordingly. I fixed upon the sum by taking tiie .nail i.ote and adding interest, which it appears 1 er.st erroneously. If I had thong!. t of tiiis course earlier, I sh ;uld not h ive deposited PcMee's check for in the Charles River Dan!; on Saturday, hut should have-suppressed it, fs going so far to make up the su.n which I was to have professed to have p. 'id the day before, and which Pettea knew 1 had by nr; at the hour of interview ; it had not occurred to nie lhat I should ever show ihe nates cancelled in proof of it, or I should have destroyed the large note, and lei it be iufeired lhat. it was gone with I lie missing in;, n. arid Ishi.H only have kept the small one, w i:i h was'aii that 1 could pretend to have paid. My tingle thought was concealment and safety; everything else was incidental to lhat ; l'wasi.i no state to consider my ulterior pecuniar' interest. Monday, though I needed it so much, was cf no account w-.th me i.i that condition of mind. If 1 had designed and premediiatt-d the homicide ol Dr. P.iri.m.iri, in mder to get possession of the notes and conceal my dent, 1 not only should not deposit d i;eiiec:s eh 1: the next day, but should have- made &.i--show of getting and having the money the morning before. I should have drawn my money from the bank and taken o, cation to mention to the cashier that I head a suia to make up lor Dr. Parkman, and the same, to Henchman, when 1 borrowed the "jh). I should have remarked that I was so much short ofa sum that I was to pay Parkman. I borrowed the money of Henchman us mere pocket money for the day. Ii I had intended uie, aomiciae oi ui . i. i snouiu not nave main the appointment with him twice, and eac! time in so open a manner that otiier person. .1 I. - . 1 . . r T t-i r i ii . wouiu almost certainly know ot should not have invited him to my it ; and I . rooms at an hour when the college would ha full of I siudenis and others, and an hour when I was j most h.iely to receive calls from others, fur; that was the hour, just after the It-cture, at which persons having business with me. or; in my rooms, were always directed to call. ' 1 looked into my rooms ou Sunday afternoon. ! but did nothing' After the first vUit of the ! ollicers, I took the pelvis and some ol the ! limbs bom the upper well and threw them in- ! to the vault under the privy. I took the' thorax from the well below and packed it in the tea-chest, as found. My own imptes.-iuti lias been that this was not done till after j the second visit of the officers, which was on ' Tuesday, but Ivingsley's testimony shows

that it must have been done sooner. The ; strait as to commit such a crime deliberately Perforation of tne thorax had been made by The previous petition from Professor Web the knife, att he time ot removing the viscera. ! ster protesting his innocence and prayio- for On Wednesday, I put on kindlings and mage j absolute pardon, he said, was o-ot nn bv bis a fire in the furnace below, having first poked family, who were unwavering In their belief down the ashes. Some ol the limbs, I cannot in his innocence, until f is confession was cornremember which or how many, were con-; niunieated to them about a week since He sumed at that time. This was the last I had . conclude J in assertin"- his belief that v'c conto do with the remains. The tin box was de- fession was true.

signed to receive the thorax, though I had not concluded where I should finally put the box. The fish-hooks, tied up as grapples, were to be used lor drawing up the parts in the vault, whenever I should determine how to dispose of them, and cret strains enough. I had a

confused double object in ordering the box and making the gra p pies. 1 r ad. beiore. m , , - . ,,, i . -, . , , . . f , t which I wished to protect from the salt wateT and the sea air, and the hoo.;s to be used there in obtaining coralline plants from the sea. It was this previously intended use of them that suggested and mixed itself up with the idea of the other apphcauon. i 1 doubt, even ::ow. to which use hey would j have teen applied ; had not used the hooks at the time ul the discovery. The tan put ; . .. . . . . . . . . I.-!-.-.!

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: it ti;ai naa neen m me lanuruiory jor I time. 1 he bag oi tan brought in on Aieilii day was not used nor intended to be used; jit belonged to a quantily obtained by me a i long time ago tor experiments in tanning, land was sent in by the family to get it out of! the way. Its being sent in lust at thai time . . . J , T . . was accidental. 1 was no', aware that I had . .. . . . ,,..,. i tmi .tlm km e in the chest. 1 lie stic;iju ut Its being st ! in the saucer of ink was for making coarse dia- . ... . ,. grains on Ciotn. u.e The bunch of filed keys iiad been used lor.Ta.ro by me in i cuit street, 1 , i -"i . ; , f.,,,-,,,. f never exammeu mem, anu uu hol kiiu.v whether they would fit any -of the locks of . i . Ii .1...... . .1, !. ..... iittins doors with which I had nothing to do. , . . . oil. 1 suppose uiey musi nave oeen an uupiiuaies, or Keys oi lormer ioc,s leu mere, ny mo mechanics or janitor. I know nothing about ' them, and should never be likely to notice them among ihe multitude et articles, large and small, of' ail kinds, collecting m my rooms. The janitor herd furnished me with a key lo the dssecting room for the admission of medical friends visiting the college, but I had never used it. The nitrie acid on the stairs was not used to move spots of blood, but was dropped by accident. When the officers called for me on Friday, the ü'Jth. 1 was in doubt whether I was under arrest, or whether a more strict seaiehof m rooms was to be had, the latter hypothesis b. ing hardly less appalling than the former. When I found that we went over Cragies's bridge, 1 thought the airest most probable. When I found that the carriage was stopping at the jail, 1 was sure ol'iny fate. B; foi e leaving ihe carriage, I took a dose of strychnine f rom my pocket and swallowed it. I had prepared it in the shape ofa pill before I left my laboratory on the 221. I thought I could not bear to survive defection. I thought it was a large dose. The slate ol my nervous system probably de le.aied i's action parlialiy. 1m: tuertsolthe poi.iou were terrible beyond description. It was in operation at the college, and be'ore 1 went there, but most severely af.erwnr,'. I wrote but one of the anonymous letters prouucerl at tlie tria' tn one mniieu iu r.;i.-i Uamtirulge. 1 lie Utile nuuiiio reierreu to in the letter detained by the jailor er utaiued only a bottle of nitric acid, lor domestic use. I had seen it slated in a newspaper that I had purchased a quantity of ex.. lie acid, which it was presumed was to be used in removing blood stains. I wish the parcel to be kept untouched, that it may be slew n, if there should Lie occasion, what it really was that 1 had purchased. I have drawn up, in separate papers, an explanation of the use I intended to make of the hiood sent for on Thursday, the :.'2.l. and cf the conversation with Litileueld ni)ut. the dissecting vault. 1 tniim that PeiU e. in 1 is tt timooy at the trial, put I.. ., 1,, i, 1 1 l;...;.!.. oi.tlt,.,! too st'-eiigiy my wor y V. W I I. O ll.Tl'llb lil 111" DI.I 111.U with Dr. P. Whatever I did say ofthe kind, was in the hope I entertained that I should be able to pacify Dr. P., and make soma ar-rang-ment with him, and was said in order ! piiet Petti o, who wa.? becoming restive under tin" solicit tionsof Dr. Perkutan. Atter Dr. W -nster facts recorded above ipiesiion, wit h nil tin. and an. hority of tone iiad stated l.ioct of ihe on the 23d May. this earnes'i. ess. solemnity, that Dr. Putman was mater oi. was a i sei i.i m : "Dr. Webster, in nil probability your nays are numbered ; you cannot, you dare not speak fills. I ly to me now; yen must not die with a lie iu your mouth ; so prove to yourself that your repentance for the sins of your past life is sincere tell me th truth, then a confidence to he kept sacred during your life-time, pi id as much longer as my regard lor the happiness of your family shall seem to me to require, ai id the interest of truth a id justice to permit. Search to the bottom of your heart for the history of your motives, an i ted me. beiore God. did it never occur to you. K !o the decease oi Ur. l'artnnan. tnat his d i it, if he of great i ou could bring it to pass, would 1 vantage to you. or at lea.-t that A injury to hi.tj IT!! t possibly be the rence with hi;n? iu tt) answer me silent had you result o! your expert.: As a d ring man. 1 el: 1 co:a triiiy n:;l xactly. or else bt not s-ien a tflOUgl.l : ".o. never," said lie, with energy and feeling; '-as I lire, and as God my witness lie vir I 1 was no more capani oi sucii a tnought than one nl my innocent chiluren. I never had tire remotest idea of injuring Dr. p a moment the blow was struck l Dr. P., was extremely severe and sharp the tuest provoking ol nvn and I amiri'tablo and ! passionate. A quick handed and brief violenee ol U mper leas been a besetting sin c! my life. I was an only cl.il I much iadn'.ge ! and I have never ncqirred thf. control over my passions that I ought to have required early, and the consequence is till this." -But you notified Dr. Parkman to meet you at a certain hour, and told I im you would pay him. when you knew von had not II :oncv ;"' 'Xo." he replied. ! I did not tell him I would pay hirn. ami there i: no evidence that 1 told turn so. Except my own word.spo!;en -after his disappearance, anil alter I had 1termineJ to take the rrmiJ that I had nai.l him. those words wereTof t e miserable tissue of falsehoods to which I was committed from the moment I began to conceal thn homicide. 1 never had a thought of u jurhi" Dr. Parki i.is was accompan d by the statcmi nt m wincii l roiessor H etisfr-r attempts to explain as to his seeing Litllefield. semlh.g for blood, and of inquiring about gases from the vault! Ait'-.: reading- the statement, Dr. Putnam proceeded to argue as to its truthfulness, saying lhat it was made when the writ .of error was still pending. Also, that Professor I Webster's estate was worth sevetal thousand linlhirs and lli:u lw n-n.. :.. i.

Members of the council have retained a copy of the petition previously presented and withdrawn by the advice of Dr. Putnam, which' will probably be published. It asserts his innocence, and it also asserts that Litflefiehi or some other person placed1 the remains in his room to compass his ruin.

U3 We did not see Saturday's Republican till yesterday, or we should have tatsen ' occasion to inform its Editors before this, that they have not the slightest reason to believe I we shall at any time defend Robinson or his j principles. Certainty oar articles in relation ! to the distinguished candidate hare not been ! so particularly favorable, as to give the Re- ! publican cause to suppose we might soon be laboring in his behalf. We hope not. PlaJtkRoad. Ey notice in another column, ii will bf- perceived that Books are to be opened cn the ICth of this month for snbsciiption of stock to the Ohi River and Princeton Plank Road, at Messrs. Hornbrook & Burtis' store. 113 We learn by a private letter from Cincinnati that on Friday last there were 10S deaths in that city, of which G7 were from Cholera. Are have fallen upon strange times, and not the least strange sight is to see a meek and lowly duaker, in the plain garb, and plain language of William Penn and George Fox, writing of the heauty and holiness of slavery. But this is the age of improvements ! State Sdiitinel. Thus speaks the Sentinel of one of the Editors of the Southern organ at Washington, EI wood Fisher. It is due Elwood, and it isdua the t; Quakers, " to state that he is not a member of tha: society. For the Journal. Rible Xotlce. At its last meeting, the Vanderburgh Co. Bible Society resolved to supply the county with the word of God, so far as there may be destitution. A few days since, the Society secured the services of Mr. Eidtmann, who speaks both English and German, whose business il will be locall on every family in the city and county, having with him a variety ol Bibles and Testaments. Fifmilies destitute of the word of (od, will j be supplied by him at very reduced rates; or, where they are wholly unable to purchase them, will be furnished " without money and without price." He will have with him copies m fancy bindings, for any who may wish to make purchases lor themselves or di nds. Iu order to make tho'rough work in supplying all the families in the county, Mr. E. is directed to call at each house and dispose of the books as persons may be willing to secure diem. This note is published to apprise the public of the nature of his work and to bespeak for him a kindly reception by all those upon w hom he may call. Iu behalf of the Co. Bible Society. WM. II. Mc CA II ER, Secretary. m CANDIDATES. Mr. Sa.n'W.ks : l'li'nc nnnnunce ihe rinme ol F.iHVA KU x KUMfcliSTEK. as a cnndidnH for Ciunty Recorder at die August election. tj vfcJ "''" We are authorized to announce the name of V.'M. F. LEDCKTTEK as an Independent Democrat!': candidate for Ueprescnta'ive of Vaiicerrmry County, at the next August election. Mr .Samikhs: You will please announce the nnine of JArf. LOCKIIART na a candidate for the .State Convention from tlieirYiiutorinl District composed of the counties ol I'us.'.y and Vanderburgh A If. Sandkcs: Flense announce ENOCH R. JA .MÜS an candidate fur re-election to the Sen ate, from this Senatorial District. fjyU We are a ulioried to announce the name of JO?I'.rn If. MESlCICos a candidate for the office of County Commissioner at the next August election, r j y i J S3" We are authorized to announce RODERT V. DL'NHAR as a candidate Tor re-election to the oflion of Treasurer of Vanderburgh Count v, at the ensuing August election. je2'JJ Messrs. Editors You will please announce the mvne of DANIEL WOOLSEY as a candidate for the oihee of County Treasurer at the ensuing August election, and oblige " je27 MANY VOTERS. We are authorized to announceBENJ AM'lV M CLAY as a candidate for the office of C'un!,y Recorder. 'e-25j JKrWe nrc authorized U announce JAMES E. CIA THE, E?rj., as a Candidate to represent Van derburgh County iii the Üune Convention, a t tinnext August election. lje20J Mn. F.LiTor. : You will please announce the nan-ä of SIMEON D. STODDARD as a candidal "r the oltice of County Recorder at the Auaus election. ap2aJ f7"Mu. Sa.ndi.ks: Will please announce JOHN Gf. EGG, iilins " ( )d Honesty " as a candidate foi the office of Recorder of Vanderburgh County and obiiee a majori t of the voters of the County. a,.i2 ÜO" To THE VoTT.F.S of Vaxlekbceuh Cou.ntv.Gf nUeniPi and Fellow-Citizens 1 am a candidate for the office of Recorder of Vanderbe 71 county at the next August election. Mr. A. II. Sanders, Sir, please announce lb above iii your paper, and obhae yours. a;-2 RRACKET MILLS. &jT"Mr Editot: You will please announce n: name S3 a candidate for Couniy Recorder at iht next August eketion. F. V. FAGAN. mhS7 80"A. II. S.NDEts, Esq. You will please anno'ince try name as a candidate for the othce iiecor cr of Vanderburgh cotmtr, at ihe nest At gust eh.'-tion. mheä C. M. GRIFFITH. A. II. i5ANPER.a, Esq., You will please announce DANIEL CliUTE-as a Candidate for tin office o liecorderfor the County of Vanderlmrcli, at the ne.v August l-.le.'tiun. .i, 'i "' i Yours, Reoacftdlv. DANIEL CIXL'TE. StYlr. A. II. Sa.ndeks: You will please an nounce my name as a camluirUe tor re-tiecnon to he oliice of Recorder of V aiidtroitr jh couutv. ' ihe ensuing August tl ction.

mil 19 SAMUEL T. JENKINS. DCT A . If . öaxdeks, Esq. I have been solicited br numerous friends to become a randidnte for the office ot Recorder of Deeds, &c , for this county; and vou will please announce my name as a canddate or that Ofiice. Eeing a Lawyer by profession, 1 think 1 can perforin its duties with satisfaction tc all. Yours, Respectfully, CLEMKNT B. SLMONSON Evanvillp-i-"-"h "" "" ul if

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Boston. July G. The wife and three daughters of Professor H eoster appeared before the council yesterday and pleaded io aid of Hie petition ofthe husband and father for a commutation of' punishment. Mrs. Webs'er said she h&i been unwavering in the belief of her hushar.il 8 innocence until he had made hia coalission. She also stated that it was chiefly through her means and representations that ?he petiton fcr pardon and protestation of innocence was sent in after their withdrawal The council sent for Dr. Futnam. and state j that they, having great doubts' on certain pouus hi mc coniession, Jiad consulted sepa-raiel-y three ern-rrxnt surgeons, and a document had been prepared for hfm to present to Proicssor Webster; but before the docnnient was read the doors were closed. It was however understood that 'toe of the -questions propounded was. whether such a stick as that described iu the' confession would give such a blow as to cause death in ten minutes, and all three considered it would not and the other questions were answered' adverse tn the confession. The opinion is universally expressed that no commutation w ill be granted. , Mobile, July 1, The British steamer arrived here J-cste'r-day with dates from Havana to the 2?ih ultimo. The contoy prisoners were closely confined and the consul is not allowed to communicate wilhihem. Gen Campbell's correspondence with Mr. Clayton has embittered the Spaniards against him, and they have threatened to assassinate him. as beiore reported. The Germantowii is at anchor in the harbor ready to receive him in the event of Ins leaving the city. Havana is under martial law. The Cholera has almost disappeared. A Mr. Doyle, an American merchant at Cardenas, has been imprisoned on some frivilous charge. New York-, July 6, p. m. - The American steamship Pacific, Captain Nye, sailed from this port for Liverpool at noon with over 100 passengers, and $75.000 in specie. Pittsburg, July G, p. m. The river is unchanged, with 3 feet I inches by the metal mark. The weather is hot and ihe city healthy. Cincinnati, Saturday Night, July C. Mr. W. W. Cooper, an old and respectable merrhant, died ofthe cholera tins morning. Also, Airs. Clement, wifo ol the superintendent of the Little Miami Railroad Company. The cholera is undoubtedly on the increase, but there is not much alarm felt. ' The board of health met this afternoon and reported 03 deaths during the last twen-ly-lbur hours, 65 of which wjerc of cholera. The clerk during to-day issued but 38 permiis of which 13 were cholera. The wcath-. er is very warm. iH a itic 1 i:u, On 'he Sih inst., by Rev. Mr. McCarer, Air. Wm. Neweu., ot Olney, III., to Miss Catuerise Aait Mackey. ot this city. ."Ma all happiness accompany our friends, and their whole life be sugared over with sweets like :hat cake Ihey sent is! , Kvaiixvillc Lodge, So. Ci, A. V. JI. Meets 1st and 3d Monday evenings, in Shanklin's Building, corner of Water and Locust sts. W. Ilubbcll, W. ÄI.; U. T. Cosby, S. W.; W. E. IIollingMvorih, J. W.; T. II. Lyddane, Sect.; J. C. Heberd, Trcas.; R. Tarti idge, S. D.; W. Brown. J. D,; T. Venneinaii. T. notici; - To nil whom it may concern! .Tiik Telegraph Line between Evansville ana Vincciincs having been repeatedly broken by trees being felled upon it cither wilfully or carelessly the Trustees warn all persons that every such ofTcii-.e hcreal'icr will be prosecuted to the uttermost penalty of the law. ; f By order of ihe Trustees. J'el3 lrn lt. T. COSBY, Operator. F. WILLIAMS, Physician am', feurseon. DrUCioxnrSt Sttm abovc MaUfe st dper. jy 10 (im UN V. 1S ,l"lL,y eiven that Books for the subFHn. 'V.'.""."1 flocK ' e Ohio Kiver and) dr r ;.l,ank l,io:,tl lv!!I be kj'.tncd on the lpiU y ot this month, at the store of Hornbrook &, 'rlls. on JUnin giiia. .'.. :li.. j :i. i i .. .. . . . . . ,iimiisii n:..fluu wjij oe kcuc open until the amouat required by law i3 subscribed. JA. LAL'UIILlN.Jr.,. ' JVJ . Secretory-, 1 Kepnb.icnn, Amrciirer and Frijcetio Clarion copyo weeks and charje this office. EXECTTTOR'S NOTICE. LETTERS leatiituciitary having been ßrnntedi on tiie citateoi Geo. Trusler to ihe undeFgirnc(i by the clerk ot tie lVobate Court, all persons hav-. 1 rig claims againtt said estate at 9 requested to present the saire for payment duly autlicaticaied, and tlwe indebted tosaul estate are hereby uotifiad to make paymentto tns 1 he tsiate is Fuppospd to begot, vent GEO.. TiOLEU, Jr., . jycs- Esesutor. OFFICE OFThe National Loan I'nndLifcAosnrance Society of London and New York. Capifttr, 500,000 or $2,400,000 Lernst street, opposite Shcnrnnd ILtttsc. " TI11S Instiiuiion S founded on the mutual end joim stock principle, and presnt9to the insrcl the giiaranteo ot tarir8 capital la lf rt of which. w permanently invKLifd; ".V.:-ii;..A. . Mil amnion to the accumulation of premiums and , possesses wany other advantaces over-any other j company in this country. Ranie :hin- 10 take Miisuratwa upon " Ows" or AnolherV Life, Joint , Lives, ior years, or in nnv ihti- 1 j well tacs-il ami exanuie the advantages preuted by tins bueic-ty. - - JOHN J. CHANDLER'; - JyJ " Aces'., EQUALIZATION. fSTOTICE is hereby given that the Common n ,oun''!l of the city of Evansville w ill aeu. as a Loa id of Kquahzation, at the efiice ofthe City Clerk, on Locust street, oppo.-ite the tr'herwood l0'! ,,ifi PurPfeo,eiii''l'zin!r the assess r'ripnt of Real and I'ersonal property in theeily,on Tuesday, the 16th inst-, and continue in sessiua as much lonuer assanl butinesssh-ill require. , ; Ly ordtr of the Council. JNO. J. CHANDLER. , J93 Ci;y Clerk.

LAST CALL. 1G1VE up my store on ihe first of September and will self srrcat bargains to close out the entire stock. The last chance to cash buyers as I will close up on that day. Jy' V"" J- P. SCHWING.