The New York herald., 1850-04-09

the guilt Of PROFESSOR websSsr And wish b. se dis
tinctiy understood, that de noe vouch fer all the
but do assert that the main fact that s,ms enc vI
nv s5e~ on net did d;sosvs~ WeSstsr ~ yss.tis.
dsse.,Sed y true Time wiz show It 70 be So. Mesa-
wnhe ress assured that am ON the right tran, and
possibly you may receive, before many days some
really startling disclosure in advance usual Of all
your contemporaries l shall send you nothing bat
fact worthy Of notice, that webste~ has never
yet fully denied that he committed the murder Pee
pie complain OF his counEei-but they would not Ind
fault II they were acquainted With tho difculties
der which his counsel sbored. Webster under the
their private interview webster would admit nothing
and deny little The counsel know not whore 10 make
strong point in the defence and trusted 10 luck In
the eross-cxaminaton Of some government witness
tho trial progressed When tho few facts which Webster
did deny TO his counsel were testified 10 By witnesscs
and the counsel thought they had Q chance TO gain
point, they invariably found ON questioning tho Wit
nesses closer that they had burned their fingers
And % 80 the whole testimony Progrcssed and when !.
themselves where they had begun. have ID on good
authority, that as the trial was drawing - close,
trusting that means might be taken 10 have merely
verdict Of manslaughter rendered But Webster with
his speech before the Court however no did make
infrrential admissions. Raising his hand towards
heaven he denied the authorship Of some anonymous
letters; but did he deny the great crime Of murder
with which he charged! No, he did mott He
could not call God to witness his innocence Of that
Ii will be reeolccted, TINT at the oonc usion Of his
remarks he spoke of letter received by bis counsel
from Civs" and called upon the author Of that lot
ter, I" II he was in court and had spark Of hu-
maDity,n 10 forward and clear his skirts Of tho
dreadful crime Why did not the counsel put this
letter into the case If 10 would tend to create doubt
Of Webster's guilt! II because their
pcions OF its authorship would not suffer them TO let
1t stand tho ordeal Of government investigation
will merely state two facts in this connection
Before the trial had commenced, Webstor received
from the ailer at his request quite lot Of stationery
amongst which was bundle Of envelopes. Before de
livery the jalor, for best known TO himself
ran pin or needle through the whole bunch. The
envelope Of the Cvis letter, received BY Websters
counsel: had tho identical perforstion made by tho
jailor's pin The letter eamc from Cambridge and IL
n known who dropped it into tho post Office; but deli
cacy (Which some Of the papers deny hsVe) forbid
me mentioning who that person was. 80 much for one
anonymous letter.
People the South seem to have no true knowledge
Of Websterss private character and habits and look
merely to his nominal high position In society. The
community have been led to think that he occupied
an important and prominent position among the Pro
feesors OF Harvard College; that q man Of science,
he second only to Liebg; and that his character
Was as unsullcd As that of Sparks, or Everett-
IL was not So Hon Abbott Lawrence had o very poor
opinion OF ebsters attsnments, and when he found
ed the Scientific School insisted that Webster should
have connection with that branch Of tho College
hnow Of an old and distinguished ply scian who
travelled with Webster in Europe when both
young. breach Of friendship has existed since
their return The OF IL that while In kdin-
burg Webster was guilty Of the seduction and deser-
ton Of fair, and otherwise innocent girl, under cir
cumstanccs evincng total disregard for all honesty
and moral principle. The public Of New ork may yet
arrive at the conclusion that their sympathy u mis-
placed, fur regards Webster himself AZ for his
family, they certainly deserve the fullest measure Of
human kindness. But how few think Of that aged
and wretched woman her hair white with the SHOWS
century has been suddenly stricken from the walks Of
life by the hand Of a murderer. How few think Of
that daughter suffering bed Of sickness, waiting
for u father to return with words OF kindness: