Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1850-09-06

at 20 minutes before ten o'clock. The bodv
sWayed si:ghtiy to and fro and, in few seconds
alter the iall, there was a spasmodic Jrawinp-un
oi 'he iegs, once or twice. Beyond this there
was no observable struggle nor was there any
1nuf3sequeht agitation or quiVering of the body
after hanging about thirty minutes the body
was was examined by DR.. Henry G.. Clark, CITY
Lhyslcian, and by DR.. Charles H. Stedman, of
the l1unattc Hospital, South Boston and they
informed II, the Sheriff that life was extinct. The
ShefiH then announced the fact to the assembly
ana alter thanking the witnesses for their prompt
attendance, he dismissed them from further SER
wee pine coffin, painted black, was then
Piaced beneath the body. The corpse was
lowered, the rope removed from the neck, the
iid OF the coffin was nailed down. and the BODY
was then removed to the cell which Professor
webster recently occupied, according to the
Professors express desire 1t will remain there
III evening, and then be delivered to the friends
oil The unfortunate criminal
While living, Professor Webster enjoined the
Sherlh not to permit any person to look at his
remains while they were in the Jail | under
stand that late in the evening the body will be
taken to Cambridge, where arrangements viii
be made for the funeral, which will take place
on Sunday next. The body will be deposited in
the family vault, at Mount Auburn, one of the
most beautiful cemeteries in the world Every
thing connected with the funeral was arranged
by Professor Webster himself.
Professor Webster was in the ffty-sixth year
OF his age.
SCENES OUTSIDE THE JAIL.
Crowds began 10 collect in the streets and lanes
adjacent to the Jail, at an early hour, and by
half-past they were thronged with people
drawn thither by intense interest in the tragedy,
and curiosity to witness its enactment if pos
sibie The strong body of police who were
statloned about the 3ail, obliged all pedes trians
on that side OF the street TO keep in motion.
hundreds of people stood upon Leyeret street,
opposite the Jail, with the sun pouring upon
them, gazing at the massy walls of the Jail build
ang, not being able TO obtain the slightest glimpse
of the execution
The roofs of the houses on Lereret street and
the windows were filled with spectators, one Of
whom we saw making use of a ships spy-glass
to view the soene. On Cotton street and in the
little lanes that run from it to the jail yard, was
also large and excited crowd and such was
the eagerness of indiyiduals4o witness the scene
That they had no scruples IN fo-cibly entering
dwellings IN the vicinity for that purpose. We
saw two or three young men ascend to the roof
OF three-story house by spout, at the immi-
nent hazard of life and limb, for this purpose.
At another house, entrance was effected by
number through the cellar door, and it was with
the greatest difficulty that the proprietor, aided
by his friends, could prevent the mob from taking
forcible possession.
From the Boston Transcript 3Ist uIt
The countenance Of Professor Webster in
death was serene and even pleasant in its ex-
preston exhibiting no discoloration or sign of
distortion. The genial, beaming smile, with
which he was wont to encounter friend, seemed
TO have Just passed over it, and left its trace
Soon after the body was cut down, DIR. Put
nam repaired TO Cambridge 10 communicate in
telligence of the execution to the bereaved fam
lily. For some days, through the vague commu-
nIcation OF a friend, they had been anticipating
that each interview with the prisoner might be
the last; although they left the cell and the Jail
on Thursday, not supposing that the execution
would take place the next day AS they en-
tered their carriage, however, they noticed a
hustle about the jail, and the assembling of a
crowd, from which they drew dreadful auguries
of the imminence of the fatal event and when
the visit of DR.. Putnam was announced yester-
day morning, they knew at once that all was
oRer.
We drop the curtain over the scene of domes-
tic anguish that ensued. was not unreleved
by hopes, that the father and husband had deep
Iy rePented of his crime, and that the bitterness
of death was alleyiated by sincere religious pre-
paratIon and prayer to the Most High
DIR. Putnam having inquired of the prisoner
yesterday moFniag before the religious exercises
in the cell, whether there were any points he
would like TO have touched upon in the PRAYER,
Professor Webster replied that there were two,
have introduced: one was, that the hearts of
has feliow-men might be softened towards him, I
after he was gone the other that every conso-
laton from heaven for the suffering he had in
filcted might be vouchsafed to the family and
relatives of the late DR.. Parkman.
HARRIsBURG, Sept. 4.-This morning an alarm !
ing accident happened at the warehouse of Mr. /
Wilmer, at Salungs, four miles below Mount /
nv nTf lp Harr shttrn nd I -
Owing to sheer negligence, the switch at this {
point was turned the wrong way, and the loco /
motive Cambria, which was coming along with
the passenger train, was thrown from the main 4.
track, ran over the terminus of the branch along
the warehouse, and down an embankment The !
engineers saved their lives, but sprained their /
legs considerably, by leaping off the engine. All
OF the passengers escaped miraculously. Had /
not the engine been reversed as soon as it was,
the loss of life would hare been immense
ANOTHER NEW CeUNTERFEIT-A 500 note on /
the West Branch Bank, Williamsport, Pa, has .
made its appearance recently. Il is described
as bearing Suspension Bridge on the left end I
and Neptune and the Sea Nymphs on the right .
Engraved by Rawdon, Wright & Hatch.
THE RECENT SToRM.-The late storm
was unusually severe in Georgia, the Car .
ollnas, and some parts of Virginia, caus-
ing an interruption of intercourse between
various points, and causing great injury to
the crops of cotton, corn and tobacco.
Throughout Georgia it was extremely dis
astrous, and many planters on the finest
and richest lands, lose four-flths of their
crops. In the vicinity Of Milledgeyille,
and also of Newbern, n. c., the crops
were almost entirely destroyed. At the