Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1849-12-19

Downing shall be our Delegate to Con-
gress.'
No sooner said than done; the instruc- |
tons and the Delegate were all carried to
once by a unanimous vote.
So | remain. your old friend.
MAJOR JACK DOWNING.
Boston Murder.-Further Particular.
The Traveller Of the l It'll, saws: We
understand that in addition to +. Dexter,
B. r. Curtis, and E. ID. Schier. Esqrs.,
have been retained as counsel for Prof
Webster. Important discoveries have been
made among the papers of the accused.
MIR. Clifford, Attorney General, arrived
in the city last evening. and. we are told.
fully approves of Mr.. Parker's opinion and
advice, and the Coroner's decision as to
the private examination of Witnesses be-
fore the Jury of Inquest now sitting upon
the supposed body and limbs Of the late
Dr. q. Parkman.
The services at the funeral, as might be
supposed under the circumstances, were
strictly private; none but the immediate
family being present. The coffin which
contains the remains has been depos ited
in a private tomb in the city, so that if &C.
casion should arise, they can be examined
hereafter.
The following is the record of the Death
office: '.Died, Nov. 90, George Parkman,
born in Boston, son of Samuel and Sarah
Parkman; cause of death, blank place
of interment, 80 Trinity Church Cemetery
The evening edition of the Mail SAYS:
Owing to information obtained, it is said,
by some person employed at the Jail over
hearing a conversation between Professor
Webster and his counsel. officers Clapp
and Hopkins were dispatched last even
ing to make a general examination Of the
house Of the Professor at Cambridge.
| Mrs. Webster received them politely
and interposed no objection to the search.
On opening Prof. WIS desk, they discov-
cred beneath quantity Of other papers,
the identical note for $487, which Prof: w
has stated he took up on the Friday that
| DIR. Parkman was last seen to enter the
Medical College. So far as the finding Of
this note is concerned; it only corroborates
what Prof. w. has stated in regard to ia.
king it up; but further search produced
evidence of more startling description:
/ Another note payable to DIR. Parkman, for
SO. 400, dated in IG47, and becoming due
! in 1851! The note was secured by mort
gage. We could not learn the month or
/ day of the month the note was dated. bu,
the fact that note for the above sum. run.
ming five years and payable in 1851, was
yesterday discovered among Prof WIS
papers, is true and beyond question. The
back of the last named note contained
numerous endorsements, but to what
amount, or whether sufficient to cover the
face Of it, we have not been able to learn
Another statement is, that the note was
fully liquidated by the endorsements on
I the back, and that the n ote for S487 was
the only demand which DR.. P. held agains,
the accused on the day he mysteriously
disappeared.
! During last week several checks drawn
by DR.. Webster or the Cambridge Bank,
were produced at the counter Of that in
stitution for payment. but the teller's in
variable answer was, Mr.. Webster has no
money here. nor has he had for some time.
We were shown a check yesterday drawn
in favor Of Mr.. Cummings. blacksmith in
Cambridge street. for 1915, that was re-
fused some ten days since.
The professional and private character
Of DIR. Webster, is thus portrayed by the
editor Of the N. Y. Tribune:
DR.. w. has been Professor Of Chemis.
try in the Harvard University since the
decease Of the late DR.. German. a period
Of over twenty five years. In this capa.
city he is member of the Faculty Of Med
icine in the Harvard Medical School, which
has its location in Boston. He is proba-
bly, not far from fifty years of age. al
though ais manners and appearance are
those Of a much younger man. His rep
utation in his profession is respectable
but not brilliant. He is a man Of varied
accomplishments and of elegant tastes.
As member Of society in Boston and
Cambridge, he has always enjoyed an
unusual popularity. His musical talents
are of high order, and he has done
much to elevate the standard of musical
taste in Boston. His house has been dis
tinguished as the seat Of generous hospi-
tally, where, surrounded by singularly
lovely family. he has appeared to enjoy
the highest delight in the courteous enter
tainment Of q numerous circle of friends.
With mild. kind, and unassuming dis
position. with eminently social feelings
and manners Of uncommon affability, he
probably had not an enemy. His charac-
ter was far from any stain-he y as the last
man in the world who would be thought
capable of committing 4 crime.
There is no doubt that he labored under
one defect, which may have lead him to
commit the dreadful deed Of which he is
accused. Win expensive habits and a