The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-12-17


dreadful affair. The CoFoners Jury is engaged in
an investigation, but with closed doors. The
Press, in the mean time, furnishes some interesting
facts and speculations:
The Traveller We understand tbatin addition tn r
Dexter b. r. CARTS and T. D. Seier have bif5elired as
counsel for Prof Webre Important discoveries have been
MT C ya Attorney has sflss 70 tis city and
wee and te Ooto decision s To The private examination
Of wilne teioe ihe Jury Of nq1st sitting the
The services al the funeral as might be suRpO uBdeI the
sLeHaanee ssee st1ety p,I5ais n9e bgt ls masi9e
has been deposited IN private tomb ~ Ole city that Oc
The following The record attbe Deah Office died Nov.
ION N Boo @ Of Same M slaS n sSs15 VIZ a 81
death, lblankl place Of inemeni, % Trinity Church Gem
fhe evening edition of the Mail says =
Owing information obtained il ia said by.ohe peisoa
employed the sail OvereaEnE conversation htteef Prof
Webser aEd III counsel Officers Capp ADD Hopkins were
boHse d liie Proitssog al. Z ansbJiee..
Brs WelsterTeeeived them politely and intepoed OBJ
iecoI 70 the search. on Opening Prof VS. desk, they
Discovered, beneath qaniity Of other papers, lie Identical
~ ne Friaqg that DT. ParadH last seen to enter
ne Hsdoql Clege SO TAR as hs finding Of dis note
cOmObOraes what Prot
II regard 70 taking 20 bot further search produced evt
Also, another note payable 10 Dr. ParkMgH, for e. 400,
dated ~ 1877 and beeeRiag He a. 1891 The note was
the note was dated but the fact that for die above
running five year apd payable m 2 wa Yesterday deoy
ton. The back Of this last naH contained numerous
cover lie face oil IL we have pot been are 10 learn Anobef
statement thai The was fully lqhdasd BY te endorse
demand which Dr. ParkmEn eId against the accused on lie
day he mysteEioudy Disappeared
THE Two NoTEs The TrqRsGriPs in speaking IF the
note for ae l8i3, was past due, cancelled, and filed
away L bad no enoFsenlea and had 20 all appearance
Wb regard 70 he second note due ia 1851, which was
mortgage on pr WebsteTs mneTaogcal cabinet, which
gentlemen who presented Ii 20 Harvard Coese HE iar
presumption andbeilei IS, that the note was prepaid on the
with regard 10 the fag6ts said 10 have been len at tie
Medical College by tle Cambridge man, they were
for agaly Of The ashes II hardly probable that with
trimmings would been procured ior tie puros Of fuel
Fhe Mail adds: " We have heard sill another version Of
such responsible source that the large note (Which BY The
way covered the small one, oaorabg takea up By Pro
lesor Webster Y ailya9ee Of e date As stated 60 the Tran
SCRIPT that we must believe The statement until we see tie
| figures thai prove Otherwise
IFrOm the Boston Railway Times, Dec ~
We have Tel5dne from expressing any opinion the
guilt innocence Of Pr Webster but while ~ avegass q
innnest should be privaie i closed ami hoassnd ii1oTs
flying about that pTiudicia to the prisoner We do NOT
some bearing upon he matter On ie dSy III lie ALLEGED
murder DR. Webster ctqred the class and members Of i
there any Observable change during subsequent lecture o.
the evening OF the murder he IN company Of his irend
ilon1 70 TO- playing WHIST and evidently enjoying hlnse
and with every appearance Of sereiy and quiet His friends
ciabily Of temperament, 4 would have been impossible
ny for him to have done if he guilty Of the grea
A very singular fact has been ascertane with regard to t
Il has been found thai le spots have been GRse wit yer
million re placed the spots ami the blood spots them
time dead il will be believed that Dr. Webster has bee
amusing himself by colong these spots with vemihon red
action Of acids and Other eadeang agents, he would hay
allowed those spots 10 reIn his they eeTtanl
| wonld have been " heneyeF the room was opened.
Win TesaFd 20 the de9L beng constantly oskei tis we
ssys % eysy aPaiisnt in 4 q e nsf has before sai
irIlicnfa any Ssll N dis rssiiaf aa aSni IL nv "a
lous q aotoa9g VITA tssa! % a iiAe gie
thinking public. But these keys might have been abstract
against d. Webster in Dr. We5ter room 1.-THE anii6r i
te keys Of this and The other rooms in his p6sdu
ing though five feet wall to get al The OF The
under the closet, Is very easily seen though.
| More EyIDERCE.-Ve learn that Ne Cobb, who kee
the house Of l Clark and Porter, IN Pleasant street SAYS
saw Dr. Pakman On the COmniOn at hall past O'Clock
Cobb Is willing testify the above under oath This
nent doc not lfamonize with the general belief that Dr.
| never seen 10 come out.-BostoE Herald.
DL Parkman lasleit, il understood a fortune Of son
s III ~ na le ,,1ely discovery q US b2ay "
might have been kept in abeyanee, probably ioT years
The Chronotype, while disclaming any person.
interest in the defence of DR.. Webster, reasons
follows on the improbabliiies Of some OF the ac
imputed to him
Had undertaken that Che defence we should hat
uwe strongly some points 10 which Ony made pas
ing aluson For example, should have shown tie absu
dy OIL upposg that thorough chemist, like DR. Welste
could have made suc piece Of work destroying
body when he had cOptru of the of decOmpOng
muscle, bone and tooth OF u, pass of lis ut
mate principles, and give q back ina few hours to sir
soil, Just Il was before the born The work speal
the workman. II burglary has been committed and tl
breach ln the house shows that half The labor making
expended awkwaUiy and neelesy, then kRou Twas
done by carpenter Chemistry especially analy
chemistry, the chemistry Of decomposition Dr. Webster
trade. Acting chemically he e as a good workman
with whatever reputation To bOtch and bumdeT like
uorant savage would be OF his power The fear and o
rofO e0nelOus guilt might PM Il ont Of bis power act al all
bal 1t did not II he acted deliberately and perseveny h
could not possibly in altogether unWOrk manlke
chemical manner. Now tatlOb oil destroy the body Of III
Pafkman surprising il his body done in cl,en
zeal laboratory well provided with nitric and other pOwerfI
aCis and sufficient utensils done chemist would
it. The utter neglect of the best of chemical tsru
ton, which stood about there, IS proof strong holy
that the door Of that fatal deed did not understand the
| them. In other words he was NOT DR.. Webster
-S0s-
y The SPEAKERsHIP.-The latest intelligence n
oeived is, that Monday last the democrats staTte
a new candidate in the person of VIM. J. Brow
OF Indiana, who received 100 votes to 1O1 for VIII
throp-total 229 votes 1l5 necessary for a ehoic
The following speculatiOns, dated on the 7lh, al
from " Observer" the correspondent from Wasl
ing of the Philadelphia Ledger
The vote for Speaker to-day shows a falling o
on Cobb and an apparentgain Oftyvo for Winthrop
, but properly considered Mr.. Cobbis as strong {
! ever, and Mr.. Winthrop not yet commanding Il
{ whole strength of the party, doubt whether M
Ell GObb's STRENGTH is more than los in the Hons