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yahdyis- firoaeingas&o itch of the AdourThnent of the ?I. Tio adial and professional einence 4 6f Profress'r2Webskqer,j.the wdlth and standing of the- late Dr. Parkman, and the mysterious circumstatices connected with * dliappeIrance and presumed murder, rderi 'd of the most interesting and exclitig criminal trials that has ever takop placi lthe United States. The prienqt, John W, Webster, wais Arigihd .befotc the Supreme Judicial Lit srfgawssalusetty. sitting at Boston, 64i onday, the 18th inst. Contrary to pgjt#Jsppctation, a. jury was obtaine withoutdif i&ulty, and J. II. Clifford, Esq., t he attorney-gdneial of the'commonwealth, having.briefly indicated the character of the testimony for the people, the examina tion of th1; witesses for. the prosecution comm~nced. On Mopday, Tuesday, Wednesday, anid bituraday the principal witiesses who testined .'re the officers who searched PrefeesQr Webster's apartments at the College,, and subsequently arrested him; -the medical men who'made the pt mor temr examination of the remains; Ir. Jabez -Patti the coroner who presided at the in 44Yge'; thme chemists who analyzed the blood spote, pc.; Dr. Keep, the dentist who fur. hisiho-Dr. Pafkman with.a set of artifi. cial teoth in;, 6, and repaired them about two weeks before his disappearance; and Ephraim Littlefield, the janitor of the Medical College, who was the first to sus pect the muider had been committed, and to discover what were supposed to be por tions of Dr. Parknman's body. - The testimony of the oflicers atnd the other witnesses, in relation to the search in the College, the appearance of the re mains, and the articles found in the labora tory, was a mere recapitulation of facts already before the public. Some new cir cumstances were, however, elicited, in ro lation to the conduct and bearing of Prof. Webster, at and after his arrest. fis jiiind and body were alike prostrated, and, when he called for water, lie was unable to swallow it. Evidence was adluced to ,how that the lower limabs of the body found, resembled in some peculiarities of their configuration, those of Dr. 1'arkman, but the testimony did not amount to posi live imdentification. It was proved by sev. oral witnesses that Dr. P. was near the college, and on the point of entering it, about two, P. M., on the 23d of Novenmber. after which-hour it has not been stated in evidence he was seen alive. As his pres ence.in the college and interview with Profess& Webster are admitted by the de fence, this portion of the testimony is of lit. tie comparative consequence. By. far the most important witnesses who have yet been placed on tihe stand, are Dr. N. C. Keep, and his assistant, Dr. Lester Noble. They were examined on Thurs day, and their statements produced a strong sensation in court. Dr.' Keep swore point blank that the teeth, found in the ashes of Wcbste~is furnace, at the col. lege, were parts of a set which lie manu fictured for Dr. P. in 1846, and proceed. ed to demonstrate their identity by a cast of the doctor's jaw, and a description of v y remarkable conf ation A ghe teti,,lie had ground S ",on f the riilficitil jdy, in order the lower steas nr the mot h. ud htigfB, had rem' ed some lie pink coloring matter of the false gums, and defaced the beauty of the enamel anj from this, and several other marks, lie de Jtiqp that the teetii MF ie muhoDr. P. is sIn t igID. Nohie, who aided in making the teeth, testlfied to the same eff'ect, and add. ed that lie repaired the teeth abonut a year dfer they vere first inserted, and that he ..reco nisa' thei mark of the gIow-pipe' wntu~ was jnada whaen teang them on thart occasinn. -Dr. Jeffries Wymnan, pro fes#;or of riatiny at Hlarvard Univ ersity, (a ~'o examined QmThursday) testified that orn the pantahoons and slippers found in Dr. Webster's laboratory, lie dletected, by the rdieroscope, spots of llood. The staius on thie stairs, at first supposed to he blood, proved, he said, to be tobacco juice. lDr. 'Vyman also confirmed, in a great mecas u mre, the descript ion given by Dr. Keep of the peculiar shape of Dr. Plarkumin's lower jaw. Ephraim Littlefield, the janitor of the Medical Collego, was examined at great length on Friday. Ji s testimony is of the highest importance, and wias delivered with ehearneandprecision. it is ai complete nartl fthe circ utnstances connected with. the disappearance of Dr. Parkman, thie conduct of Prof. Webster fromt some dlays prior to that event up to the period of his imcarceration, and the facts in relation to the appearance of his rooms and the finding of the body, so far as these mnattere Scamne uinder the observation of tihe witness. SHe stated that lhe was present at an in terview between Parkman and WVebster, in the college, oun the 19th of November, ait which the formner asked, 'Are you ready for tnc to.ighjt?' and the latter replied loud. Jy and quickly lh the negative. D)r. W., on that occasion, either refused to sell something or to mor tgage somet hing to Dr. P. The l atter, on gomng out, raised his hand idc said, 'Honiethinsg most be done to-m~orromw.' This weam the. laat tilme Little. field-saw Dr. P. ini the college. Oni the *follo'wing day, the 20thm, WVebster asked witness if the vault. in the entry had been fixed. [Th'isu vault extended uinder the lah. oratory; and ini that sor-i am of it u nder the privy. which was divided fronm the res;t ly a wall, the remaiins were foiund.} lI)r. W. also made particular iijmiries as to its po sition, anid how amy one coublh get. into i; from below. IHe said lie wanited to go some gas ontof it for an expeorimleni, and inqiredh if at light could be got. inito it. Xtessl told hmim no; that *the foul ar would put it out, as it had done a few dlay. befor e, when lhe (witness) attenmptedl to let dlow'n a lamp or candle. lie had emiployed witness5 to got somec blood, which Dr. W. wanted for his lectairn. Theo blood could not be procured, at which he expressed re grct. On Friday, Nov. 23d, witnes~s saw Dr. .,Webster Approaching the college, about i * dluarter before two o'clock P. M. Later, thmo sne afternoon, he went to Dr. Web ster'a'laboratory for the purpose of can mng it, as usual, but founid all the doors loading into it locked or holted in the imside, and heard Prof. Weobster wvalking in~the room. Witness testifiedl, that froi that tone to the finding of the remains, Prof.,Webster's laboratory wvas keptilock. ed whien he was out, and bolted when lie waa in, except un one instance, when lie (witness) had access to it to make a fire in tho furnace. T1hme wall was at one time very hot, as if the furnmace was being used. A large quacntity of pine kiundlinags, which werq in Webhster's room, woro used imime ajiftly after Tarkmanm's disappearance. Witness mentionied twvo or three conversa tno with W'ebster on the subject of Dr ,.' abseppe-., in one of which thme fornim acknowled od that the latter had been in Y(Vboglt half past one, P. M., on the ~j~id $stated that ho had paid hin 603O, rof. Webster (witness thought) wagcoftsed and eimbarrassed whetn mak. V in PA' nt' f e one 4-)ate a-- womli ingff seen to put a bIndli q, encovered with- , a Wh bkt da t tm urde 'OD p3J Iittle6ld also gave a mIute a cent ofit.is breaking th1ough ba wyall, amdof the position, &c., df the - mains, describing very particularly the ap. pearance of Webster when he arrived at the college in custody. No one was pres ent, it seems, when Littlefield broke the wall and first saw the huinan fragments.-- I One very important circumstance was dg veloped in his testimony. He stated that a sledge hammer which usually stood in the laboratory was seen by *liin; on the morning of the 2d of November, behind i the door opening from Dr. W.'s private room into the laboratory, and that, fronI that ttne, he chad never seen the instru ment, all search for it havin proved vain. The examination in chief of Littletield concluded on Friday night. The subjoined testimony, given by Little. field and his wife yesterday, does tiottetid to brighten Professor Webster's prospects I of acquittal. IL is said that ssno peculiar facts, fully establishing the identity of the remains, and which were embodied in Mrs. Parkman's evidence before the coroner's jury, will be brought forward by the gov. I ernment. It would of course be very pain. ful to Mrs. Parkman to be pliaed on the stand, but no scruples of delicacy shonld prevent the production of her evidence, if t necessary to the ends of justice. The excitement in Boston is represent. I ed to be intense, and it is added that as the v chain of circumstanccs tending to criminate I Professor Webster is gradually developed, r the current of public opmion sets strongly against hint. 'he suspicions which at firsi I rested on Littlefield are said to be clearing c away, and few now believe that he knew a anytiin more about the inurder than ap- I pears from his own statemeits. Mrs. Lit. tlelield's testimony confirms that of her husband. There was a story current in lioston yesterday that Webster was s s confidepst of acquittal that lie had made ar- j ra ments for leaving for Europe itimmeidi atelv after the termination of the trial.- t Nothing has transpired so far to jnetify such confidence. What the counsel for a the prisoner imav have in reserve cannot be i knowin, for they have given no hint of the line of delence they mean to adopt. It has I been intimated that aii alibi will b proved, t blit this may be nere rumor. There are A 20 or :10 witiesses yet to be examined. It 1 is qlnstionable whether the trial will be : finnshed this week. 0 0 SATURDAY'S PROCEEDING8. At the opening of the court yesterday morning, the room was filled with the usu. al v at concourse of spectators, anxious to hear the cross examination of Mr. Little field, which was conducted principally by Mr. Hohier. L1TTLEF&rJ.lJ's Cnoss-ExA3|INAT1ON.-- t went into the laboratoryon Wednesdsy night, because I was afraid the building ' w as on fire; when I got in, there did not .4' -ar to be any fire in the furnace; in go. ; -airs, I fe*t the heat with my hand L1 as high as my head. The dis. e :I r min was on the same level with r~ery; the furnace was hot, and r V th erucibles and minerals; I iianot t1oUV;ch :ything, because Dr. V. had C told n1e nA to toucnTianything left oitAthi a table unless he left it to bhe wasliQJ; he had a table where he left things ~ to be v Lahed. I thoight it suspicious; I inspec- v ted the privy, btit had no key to it; I did not try whether my key would fit it; I made no attempt a .. _a I seen as tote water lii the hiogsheads to my wife, rigiflaoflhad comimunicated it to nobody btit my wvife and Dr. Hfanneford; lie next I told it. to was Th'loimson, who, worked for rnme; it was when ontiuig homne f rom a pariy on Wedlnesday nighit; I lookred into the hogshead, thinking Dr. P. imight have been pumt in there; don't know whether I thought of looiking in the fur. nace. TJhumrsday, I told Mrs. lI[aren, whio went to get some tools for ime. Friday, I told Drs. Ilidgelow, Jackson, and Olliceer Trenhohmn after I caine up troim workimi' upolin thme wall oni Friday; caime home WVed nesiday night at ten or half past. Suniday aftterinoon, went to the toll house on C'raige's lBridge; conversed with the tollimani atout the story that. D r. Parkmn had been seent going over to Camnbrid ge; did nott tell any. bodly then that I saw O r. Parkman conie ini or go out ot the colleue; did not then sav that. I saw IDr. Webster pay Parkman mo~ ney; dlid not sa so~ in presence of Mr. ;reen; did not. knmow a personii by that mnme then. . )ircct examination resumed-Another haid-bill shiown witnmess, and lie was askced :who lie saw on Moiiday. lie said he never esaw a the plaicardl at aill; have iiever made any gelaimn for the reward. I have s-l that 'l lhave never had any, and never shiould, andl ;never have had any intentioti of getting thme reward. I had the minutes dowvn of hay. ,mg received the turkev on WVednesdlav; iiy wife told mec when I told her .what'I ,had said to the coroner's jury, "You have mnade a mistake, it was on Tuiesday you got she turkey.'' I wvent t'' Foster's and found wilm his hook that it was so; I wvent to the *oronier and had the mtistake correcteid; went to the coroner once to correct the mistake; and once to sign the deposition; I first noticed thme cnts or hacks im the sjnk wheire thu hatchet wasw foiamd on the Natur da~y after the ar est of IDr. WVebster; cannot liy ai .1urymi an--Dlid you' go 'over the l.ast 'a amridge biridge before or after you saw ' IDr. Weblster tom Sundlay night! Witnes--dtwas after. hly a .1uiryiian-lhgd yo'u ever k nw ice mn iho siink ! W itiiess -N.; the wvat em runs out b r'nghi the botut'ii; thme wino'w leoks inut. the c'al fhm; there was tfound mi D r. Webd ter's labhorat' ry a key of thle nipper fron t do'or, andl of thle lower iion't door. ( ~)~Crs-xaminaOtion41 resilmeid--- I was ex. uninin g when I f'mu die hacks in the .sok; D r. Webster bad ice mi er ery winter, whlich I bireak upl for him in thle sinkl; I do'tt k now but t hat the bac ks igh~t ha~ve beeni done that wvay; the other p'rofessors imighit have hard keys; iDr. Channiing order. cd mel on1ce' to get severa I keys iimdu ae r goimg up mnto thei laboiratory; don'it know whether they were disturbed amng the ,rofes'sors. Atndrew A. lPoster.-- am a proavisioni lealer in Court street; I remembher suplhy mg a turkey to Al r. i tt lefield on Tluesdiy Nov. 22, at thei onlor of Dr. WVebster; it wa~s about. 4 o'ulerk in the' afteriioon; did not keep, thet order; .t was destroyed; there was another order him laght by hmitm for sweet potatles u 1. i wgs i.'ait to Cambrid te by toe explreo, tums as a transcripit of mny bok, made(1 by ime. tomte to aicerta in fruem my books the date, andl I told Imium; 1 do( not remember that lie had made another statement before the cor.. Carolnne M. Littiue'd-1 am tihe wife of thme .Janitor of the college; I know Dr. Park. man by sight; I think it wias .Saturday, I am not sure t hat It was nit till Sunday', that i heard of Dr. Parknium'y disappear. anco. Clifllbrd.--Did you on Sun'lhv night cau at and rned, .aying that he had set D. We r, and 5eyeved nemuch as tha fas sa a g the. that Dr. Webstei e . I said, "For mer. y'gak at in Y0y11 thiuktoI. . m tion that thingain orilink o if 66,411 Mr I lould get hold of t, it would make trquble for you." I don't <now that I noticed before that there had aeon anything unusual in the way. Dr.Web. iter kept his rom, but after he nentined t, Sunday evenng, I remembered how h jept.the .abortory door locked, which I iever new before. . When Ihe lectures be. ran, first week in Noveinber, Dr. Webster isked mne if I could not use. vaer from his aboratory, for his water was not good or Iccount of the pipe; he did not like to leave t running, because it spattered his floor; [ used water from there after that; Friday ifternoon, the little girl going for water, -an back and said the door was locked; I iaid that cannot be, for that door is always )pen. I round it fastened in the mrning yhen I wanted to get water; I could ge vater from our cellar, but as Dr. Webster lad, requested me to get water from the aboratory, I thought I would; it was lock. ,d most of the time the next week. Mon. layniorning, Dr. Samuel Parkman cane nd asked to see Dr. Webster, and where to should find him; I told him I would show iru the door, but did not know as he could ret in; I went to our cellardoor and it open. d, and lie went up soon after that. I went o the door for water and it was fastened. 'he same day, soon after, the expreas Irought in a bundle of grape vines, a box, md a bag, and laid them down; he did so iefore; at other times, he would get into the oom by a key hanging there, if the Doctor vas out'i don't know whether the key was here th-it tiny or not. On Thursday, I ask. d Mr. Littlefield to put the grape vines Id the box, which were in my wi, inito Vrof. Webster's roon. HeI' tried th'e dor nd said he could not get in. Question. Did you see Mr. L. niak ng any attempts to get into Dr. Web ter's roon prviousto Vednesday! [Ob. acted to. 'ho Conrt decided "that the nestion must be to sone fact bearing on lie case.] Question-Did you so Mr. Littlefleld n1 wednesday lying otn the floor and look ig tinder Dr. \V.'s door! Witess-I saw him on the floor; I saw im looking at the keyhole; I do not know hat my husband built any fire that week, donday, wedncsday, and Friday; I saw )r. V. pass through the lower entry on Wed. wornin; lie cane quito early, as early as ight o,clock; lie passed through the entry n Wednesday to pass up the front stairs; it Friday morning Dr. W. came into the itchen and took up a paper: he asked Mr. ,ttieleld if lie hal heard anything about )r. P1arkinan: he said a woman had seen a irge bundle pit into a cab, and the cab ad been found afterwards all blood; I knew tat 31r. Littlefield sent Mrs. Ilarlow for an xe on Thursday, and went to borrow some ols of Mr. Fuller, but I Raw only the axe rhich Mrs. I larlow brought; M1r. Littlefield aid that Dr. Webster knew more of the fair than he pretended to; that was after Or. Webster was gone. [objected to by ohier.] On Frida', about 3 o'clock, ie rent to work on e wall; when he had eon at work about half an hour I thought. saw.Dr. W. coming; I had a hammer, and ras to strikei fottr times if I saw Dr. WV. unDig; when I saw Messrs. Trenholin tid Starkweather coming, I thought one r thtn was Dr. V., and gave the alarm; lien Mr. Littlefield cine up I was talking 'ith the otllicers; Dr. W."afterwards came it, went through the entry, and took up te grape vines- ie went into thelectore somandcame the laoggattt oedtobefore . ppearance; did not see Dr. WC. go o' t w~as when hIr. Littletiel was talking wh e.aj therers; whetn Dr. Wi. was gone Mr. Little. ejd-4N-darDtandl was gone about ten linntes; I neverEe'Tpre saw hint look as e did wheni lie caine ba;h-ad Prisoner's counsel objected. Clitrord said the appearance anid excla tation of Littletiel on that occasioni were tets. 'lThe goverttnent htad shown that the' etnains were Dr. P.'s, and that they muttt~ are beeni there with the kitowledge of )r. W. or Littlefield 'rThe apipearanlce of ..ittlefield and his words were itaterial facta judge whether lie ha:d known the re tains were thter.e. The couirt rutledl that he imnneratnd appearance onthy wats to be sked. Vttnese--W'hen hie r- - e a verv much ailfeted, so mtuy .t he bur. t Ito tears; he did noL go -way; lhe ould now; lie then locked ...e door andl vent to Dr. Bligelow; M r. Trenhohadn camne n, and went d ownt and stayed about five nintes' lI hnsid it was no mistake. WVitntess was checked frotn giving what Ce said.] I suv tto bed clothtes brought thtere ty ant express tanan; I was about the buill hutg with may children while the ollicera vere there; I went after water ini the ha torta try, while t hey were there. Cross-examinted--We wet into the Ia - 'oratory becaunse the tratpdoor was in thec :ellar, antd they had gonte down to get the eumins; I don't know whe it was I coin. ected the maistake about the turkey; I thitnk twas before the coroner's jury. I do ntot mnow what he said before the coronter,s John Maxwell, a biny--Lives mi Fruit ;treet Place; knew IDr. Littlefieb'l; knew )r. Parkmant; took a tiote up to aDr. P. fromt ir. Lsitletield and left it in his ho.iae; it asa thec fore, part of the week thatr Dr. It, vas timaing!.; I delivered the ntt're intou the r.'owtn hands. John llathiawayu .irn-Am.Xi enlgagmed ati lie Maisaichit.ett s lio.pitalI; he'ep the med emei as the ;apthecairy; Mr. I .ittlefrield nyp. atlied to met lior mmite blood' thle Tlhu trsdm, 'lire Tlhianksgivintg fo r Dr. W. : I fiosd mh Ilay becauts" t here was buit on 'le ucturt meo tt week: I attentdeda all the lectuares 'The ( ouirt here adljouirned unttil Monaday 't 9 e, elock. C'orr'jaianulemnce if the Courier. Mr. Tlhomai.'s Butler Kitng,s Repiort ont th,' resoutrces of California gives great saitistac tua'n toa thle A dimstra tiont, aind will he reeddyl souight for by the pubihlic, niot on k at the tutited States, but wherever lm tihe lo:vte of novehv~ and the thirst for gohl imay exist. Itnahadition to thte patrt intar which I gave, yesterday, I may state that the lIeport will occupy someothing~ hk. ''ght cohauutts of ouar city papters. It give. mitnutte rrinrationu as to thir agrricutltutra cap-icities of the coutry. 'PTe wild 'atm of the region grows spo~ntaneously, aml yield forty tbushiels of grain to the acre Th'le pastures are eintensive andi~ richt, atme eattle anid sheep raising miay lie carried ti a vast extent. E'nterprisea; are already ot foot for raising cattle and( wool growingj l'rotii Mexico, a vast numbiner of shteep ari to be itrodhuce. I lerotofore, cattle were worth but thire' oir four doll ars a htead, aind the ir hides wer< t he chtief nrticle of export from t 'alia: ntia Now,. thme cattle bring a high price for tha comtiunption of an iniluix oif populatmion, a' tat whtom lire bent ont pursuita other thai agriculturo and growing cattle. 'Thle acttu alI population itt to Eta'e is now a htundre' and twenty thtonsand, and the imnmhzratio, from aill parts-of the world, will, withini vtar from ihn first of May next add, a mom,, ttir n . o tiefd r.VA valud four as ~ r* iu the e of six'0lionis, 44d twii liono in ot articles.?J'he supplies of libec ?1tIAt utmiuo 6'cmome'roiti the Atlantic V ports long as the Ilbor required for cut. f ting I nber in California sball cost over i seven dollars a thousand. a Sor idea may be formed of the value f of the old region from vie~ing its extent, d as it cin be traded on the map. Mr. King descrilei it as rising from the river Sacra- e mento,as a base Jine, by an inclined )lane, til. it leaches, at the foot of the hills, an t elevatin of four thousand feet above that river. This region is about five hundred a Mhiles in length, from North to South, and o averagng fifty miles in breadth, froin West it to East This is one continnoos region of n fluartzrock, rich in gold-very little of it, if worktd with proper skill, capable of yiel ding les than three dollars of geld to a pound of the rock. From the valley cast of the fills, and between themi and the Sier. ma Novda, a number of little rivers run througi the hills and westword to the Sa crameito; and, iii their beds, gold is found. in dustand lumps, which have been wash. ed, by the rains and streams, fiom the quartx massms which the rivers traverse. s Mr. Kng personally examined twelve of these :iver, anud found their borders and beds a4 very rich; and, from trials made of a the quirtz, it is believnd that the whole region aboums in gold. The whole of this region, with the exception of one small tract, ii -public property, and is subject to N the didmosition of Congress. The Presi dent iVl irecomnmeid Mr. King's plan of granti perinits and leases, instead of sel ling land. Of 1 nufatutres at tihe Sout. To F an Huni, . di r the .ierrchant's .1taga:inr, etc. DaIar 8sut-l have just rea(l the articles of Mr. .iregg, in your lDecember and Jan uary nMnbers, in which he very trsily says that "tl.e remuneration which capital re. f ceivee, when invested in mnanufacturing, is t not a cliterion from which to judge of the profits derived by the country at large." lie tien notices the fact, that New En- i land ha'agrown rich, not merely the stock- fi holders,ibut the whole people, in conse. le quence of her spirit and l' iver-.f imachi- y nery. lut great asth-results hC G1m to NewEngland, they are not to be com pared with those now being produced at i the South. I The liNver class of New England popula. , tion are posgessed of energy, inventive ge mnius, and go-ahead industry, with intellects h brightened by a plain education; while the a same class heae are as inert as Indolence p and povety and total wantof education for II ages ca nake a people; and the change . wrought tipon such a population, by trans posing them from their iserablo log-cab- 8 ins n the pine-woods, and equally misera- fi ble food and raimnent, tothe state of civiliza tion that they meet with in such a beauti ful manufacturing village as Graniteville, t mnuist be'ecen to be appreciated. It is no fi wonder thtat Mr. Gregg estimates the benro-- in fits to the body politic so highly. The whole treet around Graniteville, three years agowa ,wild barren waste, and the greater ortion of the operatives almo.-t i aborigimK-living a sort of vegetable life, Wf littl rpfat-to themselves or others Pres ange.:, The magic vaid of the mr . . re aved over the rocky.bed o thest ' r16ii . -i had spetit its Idle k0 force:- wit that valley. and up arose the Ih ce of the spindle andtow, und : had never bofore been sheltered by ii domi. h cite worthy the name of a comfortablo e house. Anid, certes, never biefore had they la the opportunity of ollerinmg up thanks to tCod every Sabhbath dlay ini auch a church as eitltyoj hose now pointing their spir'-. d an GranitevillatohreTiis-ii4tigh. lint thatajs not all. Hlere thechldren maust attend school, and if any one is d'~ pousedl to make a brute of himself over the whiskey cup, he must go to some oth~er r place, for neither in store nor tavern in that g village has that curse of the earth ever dntered, or can ever enter until owners chanige. The reason why thec goods from this e tablishment have entered so suiccessfully ~ into competition with those of the Northerii mills, can be easily undlerstood by thoswe ( who have travelled much in thme cotton. growitng region, as I have done. The hiandlinrg or cotton is one continued scer~ ..f waste from the time the first bolls cpenit until the hales reach the New England cot ton-miill, and there the picture is reversed, e for every item, even the dirt that accumui lated on the bales, serves to mnanure thli soil. In the field much of the cotton is tun-M picked until amd-winter, and much of it blowna out, and other parts~ stained and in jured. At the gin-house the waste is stilli going on, and miost comnmonly is put tip ini bagging that is more like a net than lik' cloth3: and, after being tumibled about in thme. mutd. and exposed to the rain, is perhaps hauled a hundred miles, through muddy roads, andu then tumbled out upomn the groundi' to rest awhile before it inskes a steamboat passage, still exposed to rain and. dirt and smoke, and then ptut on sihore, as I have often seen at New Orleans, ini mud a and water (I inches deep, to stand, perhaps , iweek. 11y this time the sacking is ha!f turn ofly but, notwithmstandling that, wvhen le samplehr conmes roun d, if there is a w hole sp'ot left, lie wdll cut a mnost. un.ii merciful Igash into it and extract a few o onis fromzi each hale, alt houigh theire miav -,e a hundred al ke. Anod whlv I The sani. des are his peninisites, and,'therefore, thme [irgest possible qluantity that can be gouged -ouit without ha ving it cal led stealing, i' moust to his pirodit. The pract ice is a shrunm tul onie, and inot oily a direct tax upon the planters for thle amountt ta ken, but at leaveh the balance om the hale open to injury. A' d1I the cottomn yards, andl depots, aim wharves, the bag~s are tumbiihl about in the dirt, and the grounil is white with cotton traimpled under foot and wansteid. liut waste and inry dhoes not cease here; for I have seen it turinbilledI ablout in the samie way ini the sitreets of New York. -You will inow see the advantage of the cottoln manulactuirers who' are located whecre thme stap'le grows. At Augusta, Geonrgia, the cottomn ciii beo taken into the moil I right from the planter's boat that birouight it dowii the Navannah II ivor, and t hroughI thle canal of nine miiies that brings lie power to drive the spindles. Ail the cotton that I saw at Graniteville nd Vaucltuse. another iiill upon thmesame( t~reaim, wvas in grxxl sound sacks, and free rom idirt and stain. and oif course, wvill make better cloth aind less waste. .Nearly all the South Carolina cotton is -put upl in goodl bans, andl if it wtas only die. cettly handile id anm'not thievishly samipledl, at would reach the manufacturer in better onadition thani the New Orleans cotton of iii he ime qutality. The miani'ufacture of cotton is exteniding' Iall over the Southern States, and if thmere, were a few more such men as William -(iregg to build tup in wvilderness places a - o mnor" such villages as G'raniteville, it wouhld -t a great b lessing to thmo.lowyj rilasser neoplo, for it woul eIe-tte their e, d n "!W Ddre ightha u p n tgulig d w~ri~ leaving one ent, ei ht mills, edsixity ve.hundredth ; baleing, eighty-five-hun redths of a mild; sundries, five mills and ixty-three-hundredthn; total cost of labor, mur cents, eight mills, and sixty-one hun redths. The week ending. December 8, hoiva a cost of four cents, eight millse Ant ighty.one.hundredths. These two weeks are about the highest ieat I noticed among many, and-will ehrw ou that the company are not losing money, t least, and I fear that is more than soeni f those at the North can say dur ig the present high price of the raw nterial. I am, most respectfull-, &c. SOLON RQ)DINSON. CnIAnrr.s-row, S. C., February 15, 150. THE SUMTE BANNER. Sumterville, So. Ca. WEDNESDAT, APRIL 3, 1860. EICHA RD M. DYSON, Editor. IT" All buyiness connected with the" BDA. ra will recive the attenilon ofthe Editor at is ufece, in the rear of the Court ionse. j-.Vr' Me-ssrs. A. WHIT & Co., are gents for the Banner in Statervillo. Cotton. CRn.a.ESToN.-Prlice fromn 10 top i1 3.4. iVs-r eavu..a.-Price. from 9 to. 10 1.2 etl. Jolaa CaldVell Calluoaa. Although the advices for some time pa.t om ValiIngtonm have tended to excite the ravest apprehlensions. we yet fiid it difficult realize the sad truth, that Mr. Cainors as indeed gone fron amongst us-gon;e -ou tihe public stage, upon which he lis so mug and so nobly struiggled-goic forever 9iiimI4Ye )fJAJkuga44 -j 11 ta TM n ountry. Tie loss of sneh, a itan at any tme W(1nh4 lbhe the leatv1ut-iest Calaiity to the 1tud; bitt at such a juinctur as thi.s, who cin stimate it ? Shrall we speak of himk as a ait I lli.s whole lif, has coifessedly been ti illustration of the highest inoril princi los. Shall we speak of himk as a States ni 7 The world has paid hin honinge. hall wn speak of himn a a Patriot I lie ildoin tad ho loved his country, Int thei 1:its of the tree beinr tesimnony Of iLs na ire. Iis unrivalled doence of the Consti ition of his Country fit all triala and all iznrd.+-his untiring eil.brts to inaiitain it i its integrity-his unwavering uttachament it to the list mtoment of his life-the en re dedication of the splendid abilities, with bich Providence blwsd him, i a eyery ntion which he filled, to the best interests that Country. proclim beyond Ittestiet ut hao adored ite-not inded blindip.1ut lit When ih'ing.-bis life-service wan'. t n h err afier the einilted sino'dard, w cle to rer aet before him. Freemen every wheru :morerd himt-his light burnt ot ini Freoct en's se'rvice, anid his tonguo gre w munie :,fece of that, whici-&qaattef M~g ocatans l bfLti -lie sleep~s foarever. .Ilis ative State will imourn for him--the .Armo Ut j'Cple will mourn for htiam-the vota ' ruedoaamtnevely plime will miournt >r hiat, the'ir noblesmt chtmmpgg. 1-i' We take occasion to re'mind thm eeple of Claremont that a public meetinag ill be held in the Court House on Mont ay the 8th inst, being the' firt day of ouart, for the purpose of appoinitinig Dole ates to meet in Camden the 1st., Monday fMay. there to select, in conjunction with ac D~elegate's fronm othier parts of the Con. ressional Dist rict, two Representativer the Nashville Convention. The day ;a fixed ott the 8'hm, inst., for the conve icnce of the people. It is ho~ped that the ublic will take an interest in the matter tud turn out on that occausioun. WVe call the attention of the citizens of :larendon also to the notice of their Repre enaives, appointing a day for the samd urpose. Tlae Review. The cold rain of Saturday the 30th Mardi nterfered seriously with the performance of heo day. The Regiment formed in front of he Court I louse, where an inspection of tirms took plaice, it was thmen mtarchted out >n the field, whiere after passinag ini review, was dismaissed. TIhue SitmterJi Bra da 'nlivenedl them ccenmsion rand 'as raw na tihe dast was, the imany carria ges in line attested the aterest of' the ladies, and their readline~.s o sharoa the fate of their husbands aind broth 'rs in all seasons. Their presence is better hait music anid ite lig~ht from their eye: no~re gonial titan the rays of the Stim. Thel loutminandel.r-in-Chiet wats ntt ini attendance, awing as we u nderstooid, to indiisposition. A~t Siminitg Pens on the TIhtursday pre seding, the dayv, though un ipromaisinig, waaa ietter. Oni bth Ocenstins the turn out wm ntrong and by both Riegimients wore thc wolutionis so porformued as to reficet credita. aly upona bo~th officers atnd privates. WVhen wer thoe signal is given, they will fly to meei het tido ot battle. EHj" Our thanks to the lion. Mr. WVoon. asnia tor valurable dlocuttmnts. T'hae Siouth~ern Quiarte'rly Reniew is nou ni the hanmds of MeIssrs. RI acit Ann.'s & W ar.x. R. These enterprising publishers lmve Ia, ore~d and done much in their way for thie improvement nda pleasure of the public.. Theii editorial epartrment conititnues itt the iharge- of Gri.mInE Sr~mijs, lag. It deserves mdui we trust it will receive the inlcreatsini oitronage of the pulic. T 'he .Southlern iiterary Messengr.---Tlh. Niarch No. of this admirable monithly sus ains well its former standing. It Is too wvel known to require our commnendaution. Wi nan only bespeak for it the continued favo: rder akliw eedige Mr. Editor: As ito time approaches.for electing delegates from this County to tlre Congressional Convention soon to assemble in Canulen, who in turn tire to elect two Delegates tp'the Natioval Co'nynti J' peJr nit me:through tie colmims of the. "Ban. ner" to call the attention of the ci:izens of Cirem-rit to Capt. 1". SUMTER, Dr. Jot E. Dr.sINS, S~AL. SMAvnrv, EAJ., and Col. Wui..u NETTJ.ES, US cmninenatly Woll qualified to met in consulttioi and delibuer ation the very able Dlegntes appointed in the other Districts to hold thi.-i Convention. These gentlemen from their well known and long 'etnblished 6hiltyuiand their cenphi: ty to judge of "men and meaures," I re gardl as one of the bmt selections that could be made from our County, whilst their devo: ion to the interests of the District and of the Country will yield to none. Their Geo graphical position in the District too should hnvo soto weight; Mr. 'MAYAN-r repre uting Stuntervillo and its vicinity, Col. NETTJ.Fs, that portion of o)ur County South west of the Court House, Capt. Suinr1Tzu the Statesburgh, Providence and Spring Ilill section where his interest lics. and Dr. DE.S.r, the Salemus. Such a sWection in suro woul'd satisfy the people from Ker slhnw to the Clarendon line on LYNClI-II CiEK. Salem, Murch 28thi, 1850. To tie Citizemn of Clareuten. The citizens of Clarendon nre requested to meet tt Mir. S.vit. IlAtvix's on Saturtlhv the 20th of April, to select three Delegate-s to represent them in Congres.ioial Ccnveun tion to meet in (onden on the first Moldav Muv next, for thd purpoac of clecing two lDelegnues to the Nashville Convention. J. L.. MANNlIc;, .1. J. 3lN NR , March 2Xth. 1850. JDaguerrcotype. . The nitttion of thC cilizents o1f Suer is ealltld to the foict that Mr. C. 1). Jorypj , intends remaininglhere only until tho end'0 the week, his engagements reqtifing PT; presence in Charleston by the Iflth. It is schloin sich aen oppoortuiy as the one now onfi-red presents itself and advaniage shmtid be immedi;tely:ken of it, especial!y whenl -Mch imhceshents as are olyored by Mr. 11 am superad-I..d We can vonch for tlel accuracy of .1r. B's. pictumes nd feel a. sured that all who have given him a trial will agree with us in pronouncing him:. chef d' enrre in the irofession. We ca, only add, call and look at-his specimIits amt you will be well repaid for your trouble. (Communicazted. Telegraphic Intelligence. REPORTED FOU TIMC CHARLEtI t ngon,Marh . noQX expire'd alt half-p. seven a rJJ T a r - L . men( Ii 4a enga i ing. ie remarked that he wats fast ging. Mr, Venabloeand otheris were in ttendancet at LG ie-lidc innagnediately. Mr Calhoun tablL ,!d.ually, an~d dijed eonundv und comt psedf,~ref~ni"^inAnftif full pos -.Nonaa at his fuenk Iies. lio s.jatt little', unu after lhis speech tfailed, li ' bay thec hand. rTe face ia perfectly lifea-like and Clatrk liills, at the tio I left,1ais ta king a cast from it. TlU.I~ronE, 31archt 29-ta p. an. New York M~arlw-t. March 29. To-day, 2000 bxales Cotton sold, at ptrices which esntablisheda nan entire recoverv fron2 ahe decline whuich followed the reception oil thea Niagarn's advices, and the market cloned| finmnly. Uplandl, quoted at ii 3-1; 31iddlinp Oirleaan 12 1-8, as oautsiade prices. Fz.oui: is unchaangedl. Cons is improving. Rice steady. T'onIacco is aciv-the week's nmeouant to 1100 bhnds. Giovermunent Stocks are drooping. Exett~tNG Fon England 8 1-2. Theu Boston Trial. The testimony in WEBnSTER's defence| closted to-daay. Several of the witanesses tostitied to having soon l'AuKatax on the dnay of the murder, and afler the time of the al ledged murder. Foote and Benton. The difficulhy betwen these Senators re mains mai~djustedl. 1)Ar.TronF., March 31. New York Ma kets. The ale~s of Cotton, yestenlay,-reached :3001) bales, and the market. closed tirmi, at F'riday'sa prices. Thle transactions for thec week amount to 11,000 bales. Ric..-The market lhes been quiet thronghout the week, which closed at prices ruling from 3 1-4 to $3 1-2. Sales only 7001 tuerees. TIhec Corn maarket is irmn; 30( -hnhds. New-Orleatns alolastses sold at 26 und ~27c. Gbovernent Stocks are' firmert Ex. change on England is quoted att 8 1--. lpe Mr. Calhoun's Death. The news of 31r. CAi~.norx's death has reachecd Ilahtimoare, and has produced a mel ancholy sen-atiaon thnrouaghout our cotmhmuni ty amonag aill classes of citizins. RAcTuto::r.,.3M..nna 31. D~r. Websater fou nd ti uit. The Jurxy, in thne trial of Dr. MVjusri.. for the allegedl murdenr of Dr. P'Anx3ta5, a Boston, returned into Court, on Natunho inight, at 11l o'clock, a fter thnree hoturs conl sideration, with a verdict against Wrs~nsm of murd-ter in the drst degree. ie made a SpcChI, ua!d aller the verdict was aunouneda fanined. ie wva- rano~ded to jail to awai his sentence. N Ew-OLANt.as March 20--1 A. Si. Ter1her/ket. Yeterda~y, 4000 bales Cotton sold at steady p)rices. Good Middling quoteda 111.14: Fair 11 7.3 a 12. Extensir-e Fire. A large and dlestrutt~ive tire originate yesterday morning, in the tri-angulat buildings, near the Levee, which resulte in the destruction ouf the Ihnes, a Bakera -and nine other buildinga. The shipping I the vicimity were in amnichi danger, but fot tunately the Ilamnes were preventedl frar .comnmunicatiung to them. The total los is estimated at 90,000 dollars, on whic there is but partial insuarance. N sw-OateAins, Mahrch 30-94A5 P. M. Tlhe Market. Yesterday, there were 4000 hutles Cco ton sold, and to-day, 6000 bales have ben dsvposaed of. The totalsahes-of tho~wee rgach 24,000 bale., and at very full a* *rhe receintasi.r afi zl ranistiv fallinj ton, ha red from t #is pdrt. PR IVATE DT SPA'IyJ. A telegraphic dispatch' from Aitu received at 2 oclock, 20 ?uinute', t urday, states that tie Cottion snaretw p the advance. and that fair quality a uqted at 12 cents. N.1s. WrU4A'sPa1T's of which we gove some notice in ad dedi,*' has just been isategl frwannlb VWr Ntxox, ofrthis city. ti i.very peatln' ted, rnl its literary execution f16 enms. tains the reputationapreviously acquued its author as a port of great merit. are gratified that a fork ao Opke($U e 0, hould have emaiated from our midst We have read several ' hiiv Te'i feansed ie ie hii hhera tn they exhibit--With the p4th. 'or, him plicity nid elegance o' tho' e e and the euney flow of the . versiiecationl. We h their gifted authermy lie ncouredb the favorable consid;A. tiefi extended t4Ig:1 work, to enter more lareiy into the fiek' of authorship, and to 've zo the publW# from time to time, additional proofs ofther genius. We notice, with muih peasti - *O M that she is to be asociated Wift. .W AKER ill tile editorial nan menL rJ Monthly Magazine he is alout toestabIlsh, and doubt not that her high eido*nmenti will contribute minch loIts useftlinesu, suc cess and popularity. Reported fur the Baltimore Simn. 31st. Congress-First iession* WASnINGTON, March 2.5, 1bO. s EN' . hIr. ?eward presented a petiti .t "froh citiren of Albiny, New York, pr ngtha4kJ in any bill which mnay pass as to fuyt'iv slaves, a clause be inserted from ' utoro.. iiomv: "Thou shalt not deliver t r-ant who escapeth to thee, but koeegWL I in thy. teIts," &C. Mr. Webster made an explanation as to the hand bill circulated here, purporting to be an attempt to show that his (M r. Web ster's) views were different in ,1&-8 from what they were in 1. T).e autho, 1e showed, was either ignorant or uncandid. 1r. liale rcmiarked. lhal. lie..considered that there was an inconsistency betwveen Mr. Webster's present and former views, aii therefore, the hororable Senator was conplimieited by the Union. "veral petitions were presented. ir. ouglass,: from.the Committee on Territurir-ported a bill tq establish the Territories o(Utah and New Alexico, -'nd reduce the hoidXaiOf Texas. OMerdd to be printed. - The Senate then plPedd to the C - sideration of the motit-fta refq the, dent's message a the a cc o nyi of the Constiteah of Cali rnis, C.onnniittee on Te'I'rritdirie~e witho ih." tions to report ill for herdi to the Union. N Mr. Hunter said t , like othert who had ireceded him. he u t J ject, diseubb, all the quesuo involved in dispute betwntuJle North.a oth thougl it, .hould. be . ow a4ht the poei sther.. , ud agh~ioa~indw a 11 6u1tiI Ohi in the face, thatO I t - p"S081 what was toW t the di4l, and if no such reu') w y teach migbt prepa f mo. _ therbybe wagoneid conf:d , last they would g..irt altoge; should be a permanent settleriien'j was a party in the country and in'~ who wecrc disposed to interfere with g sti'utions of slave'y in the States '? Inrthe miidst of the kind feelig which tionary strnggica the ordinanc6. 17 7, idopted. ? xt in the groat Missour. stnrxg.. gte th~e contest on the slavery questin comimenced, and has conltin ued ever siunce . At that time the admission of slave Sta~tes was resisted. Mr. Rufus Kmng then took the g-round that slavery was not recognized by the Constitution; that Congress had the p~ower to abolish slavery in forts and dock yards, thereby convert ntn those places, though they might be in Usie heart of the slave States, inito hot-beds of abolition. Hie then gave the listory of the great increase of agitation otn ibis subject by Congress, in admitt ing A bolition~ petitions, which now were received in bo0th houses. Were not these petitions* he asked, more danigesous to the Union thaKo petitions for the dissolution of the Union i Thp .first were reccived and referred; the Iatter were dierided and rejected, as the efliisions of madmen. In the llouse ai resoluti6n-ias at one time nearly pasbed, which provided for the abolition of the slave trade in the l~strict. of Columbia, whbich, if' passed, would have abolished slavery here altogeth er. Another resolution, which received the votes of neatrly all the reprebentrtives of the free States, provided that inghis [District the slave should-have the right to v'ote on the question of his own freedomn. F'rom all this ho deduced that the South had( tiouch to fear from those who for'the fit. ture were to rule the destinies of tl~e na tion. As another evidence that the south had no0 security, in the history of the past, for constitutionial protection, when the North shual have suprenme control of Congress. lie repeated the history of the legislation anid actinn of the free States to defeat the - xecutioni of the pirovision of the Cogatitu tion relative to the recapture of ti'itive. slaves. 11c alluded to the favt that the southern States might he driven to the levying of Taxe~s uponm the ships and manufactures of the Northern States. lie stated the circumstancea .attending the loss of the slave property on board the -Creole. which waus run it one 'of tho :tiritish West India islands, andl became Swholly lost unto the owners; and to the . proceediny. attenxding the crte of the Amni i d, andh the total failure on the part of the Unmted States, to assert and mnainutain the rightis of solave property, all as showing mhat slave property had become 'the tbject df the most unreleting and dotermilued tihostility to the northern States. WVhatrhad4 luchy to expect in the futiire, when the free States shall st and two to one 'in the Nas tional Legislature I i lie maintained the ground of the eq~ahk r ! y of the States, and-that nvetry Statebeing I eqiual as a tnember of the Confederaicy, was eentitled to att equal participation tmh the n common Territory of the Unic*. 1But- If thme powecr be in Congress to'exclude 6py of ax lhe States, how dliroct wans the irtmion :uad eitet of such exclusion. lEvery man h kno'ws that if the Stajes w'eore indepenident nat~hia, and counfcderated for the war, 4h each would have an equal right in the co quests. But being denied thia right becau t hey tvere in theC Uiari, hoW forcibleiv .the fact that if they'\vte nejte f n their righte~would not y'iavdoj. Ito e tt~ta ~ bofthepeople to cad. / oy teU