The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-04-06

ID, Webster came from ihc hifeclioh ul llit
college towards mU, tu took NV IVY the
hnnd aud suid on Friday morning, or mlher
lhe evening previous, l,e saw iu rho Tran
script thnt Dr., furkWnn wAs missing, md ho
enrne n on purpose 60 noiily ihe family that
ha was lhr gentleman who called at Dr parR-
mans house on Friday monlng,nnd appoint
od 10 meet him al hall past one M lle same
afternoon. Ihis was the frat time thni ans
Of llr inmiy kpew Slr0-it Was ihui Ind b~on
an tie dOOE Dr. fnrkainn met lin, Io Huld,
~ the hour appointed -lhul ho pad Inn the
amount ot the note iur ~i-3b1, and lhhi hc
De, WI had kept llfr nntcnnd Dr.. Parkmnn
had said ho would go Ia Eusf Cambridge
aud discharge the mortgage, 1--WE nll know
DR., Purkmnn to be- hn honest man," he said
land ha trusted that lac would do il" He
referred 10 the cnncolling Of Iho mortgage
deed y Ila then snd he should go up aud
see the Rev. Dr. Francis Pnrkman, lie unid
hc went TO church in the morning, nnd thnt
hc had thought to wait unll alur Iilnnof be
iorr hc cnmr IN lie then went into the col
lcge. ! had come up North Grove street To
tho college. could not tell where the DR..
came from, hut presumed ho had come
from, the college, ho came ~ that direction
az all events. Al The time lac talked did
not sec anything particular in his appear
ance. lie held mo all the tifna by the hand,
which net could not say wns unusual, but
never knew HIN 10 donny Thing ofthc kind
before. lie wns very earnest. DIR, Webster
said iome-"l Kept the note; aud trusted
him Or. Pnrknnnl with tho decd to get the
mortgage discharged
CHoss-ENAMiSEp.-D Webster made n
voluntary statement to me. ! hnd made no
mention previously to his doing 20, Of DR..
Phrkmnn. lic did not say TO me that DIR.
pnrkman len the college.
-.Iqd--Rrv: DR. FRANcIs PAWEHAS .TXAM.
iNEp.-I am brother Of tho lato George
Purkmnn, aud have known DIR. Webster lnE
gfent many years. On the Sunday n1cr
The li-ippcnrnucc Of my brother We were IN
great IrrplcNity ard distress. We were
none of ur ~ church. passed the whole
day in my brulhcr's family About I io'clock
IN tia afternoon, M the people were passing
from church, Dr. Webster came TO my house
aud was let into the parlor Immediately nf'
ter entering the room almost without the
customary sAlulniiou, hc said, 81 came TO tell
you snw your brolhCr on Friday afternoon,
aud pnid him some money" | think ! or
Mrs Parkmnn said TO him, "tlen you are the
gentleman who cQllcd OF Georges house NJ
hnlf paA hIs0i on Friday aud made the mp
poiutmcut| lie answered lac was;nnd that
lio should have come 6Glnro; TINT he had seen
the notice on Saturday evening, hut had wait
ed I'LL now thinking the family would he NJ
church. said 10 Dr. Webster ~ am glad to
see you-lsr IL isn rclicf'te rs TO know Mho
called on him;for we were afraid Il twnH somo
one who wished him Ill., aud had led him to
Eo- Cambridge II bad !.vcn 80 reported.
"a. ~ ebsler said, "il was !: aud your brother
ll-s-G-liE lElG-l pllt-t -tliu
Si-3 aud some cents ASKED htm II lie
was certain ae To the hour; for TWO rcSsons
lad cunC 10 nay house and said lLnl lheN lad
seen my brother, who was some distance
from the College ut about one o'clock-uot
80 far, howcycr,as to preclude his being there
at halfpnsl. lie said 1t wus that time loie
O'clock for his lecture was nearly over !
asked hiui if my brother had any papers ~
his hand, aud hrTcplicd lac had one, which
hc dashed his pen through evidently mean-
ing that the net was one Of suddeuncSs nnd
violence. lie spoke Of my brother cunccll.
ing the mortgage, md said that hc expressed d
The words an sec to thni; i'ii srr to HAT, -
mud went ont very rapidly from The room in
the College whore the interview took place.
asked DR.. Webster if he could tell nae
whether my brother actually went To- Cam
bridge lie said iIc did not know, but would
GO himself aud see whether hc had gone or
40. ! followed him to the door, half way TO
nm rrr 7vi1rsr t-tt-tI -i- Intention 81
ing To Cambridge. DIR. Webster took out n
pnpcr While ir. iHik,.t-- Ills mHTurT roufd
a4i- -LlIi nhScrxE 10 lie hnslY. There -seclned
great cRrneS,ncss Of mnuncr--so something ap-
proachng nervousness. He expressed no
SURPRISE nj the disappearance, nor sympathy
in dur grief | should describe II MS n bust
ness visit. | have observed such sudden
ness aud quickuCss of rUnnncr in DIR. Web
stcr before and therefore was not so much
surprised 1T his motions. There was GER
n II
him before, but not so great us to attract my
staiti attention.
SEVENTH pAY's PROCEEDINGS.
45th- SAMUEL PARkmAN I)LAKE ExAMN-
Ep..-l am nephew of the IaTe Br,- Georgc
Parkmnn took n very active part ia search
ing for DIR. Parkmnn, dcvotng all my time
to IL. i cav Dr.. Webster tat the College on
Monday subsequent to his disappearnnce,b
tween the hours Of 10 and 1, and had some
conversation with him. told him called
10 get the particulars of his interview with
Dr. Parkman, rs / understood he had paid
him some money on Friday previous. lie
thcn went on 10 state, TINT Tuesday oi that
week, (he 20thl which WAS his lecture day,
md before il was finished, he called, mud sat
down. rested his elbows on his knees, and
%nited patiently until be had finished his
lecture After il was over. Dr4 Pnrkmnn
came up to the table, nnd in an excited an-
cry tone snid--"Dr., ! want some money
YOU have $500 dollars in yoHr pocket, aud |
want it," DR.. Webster expressed great an
ger when he WINS relating the particulars of
The interview to nc. lie added that lac had
told DIR. p. that ho could not pay him that
dnv. aud that his ticket money WINS not all
collected. DIR. T asked him when he would
pny him, when he said con Friday" when
Dir p, went out. lie also snid that on FRI
dny o3d Nov. in coming into the city. he