Washington telegraph., 1850-04-17
One thing which has been omitted hv

my counsel is that on Friday, the day on
which the alleged murder it is said was
I'eommitted, I had purchased Hufnb6lt,s
new work Cosmos" and while waiting
for an omnibus I Isteppedinto Brigham s"
to take mutton chop" and ON leaving
there to take the omnibus, forgot nv
book; but after my arrest, remembering
the place where had left it, I mentioned
it to my counsel They sent to "Brig-
hams" and there found the book. (The
prisoner here sat down, bu; in a moment
rose again. will say one word more.
have felt very mucI, distressed by the
production Of these anonymous letters
more so than anything that has occurred
during the trial. cali my God 10 witness
that if it were the last hour of my life,
believe never wrote these letters. Since
the trial has commenced, letter has
been read from this very "Civis" by one
of my counsel. If this person has any
spark of humanity. 1 call upon him to
come forward; notice to this effect has
been put in the city papers"
The prisoner here closed and took his
seat. deep impression was made upon
the jury, court and spectators by the
solemn earnestness exhibited by the pri-
soner in his speech. Chief Justice Shaw
rose TO deliver his charge to the jury. re-
marking 'that he had thought proper to
continue the proceedings as far as to de-
liver his charge TO them, because the
nature of the proceedings were such as
would not require him 10 occupy their
attention much longer. At the close of
the Judges charge, the jury retired at
20 minutes before II o'clock
Boston. April 1.
At the opening of the door Of the court
room this evening, number of gentle
men came in, among them the counsel
for the prisoner, members of the bar,
policemen and clergymen. The gale
ries were crowded to excess. In about
FIVE minutes afterwards, Prof. Webster
entered in charge of constable and took
his seat in the dock.
His appearance was unchanged except
serious detection which was apparent in
the contraction of the muscles about his
mouth. The Court entered five minutes
later.
Clerk of the Court. TO the jury.) "Mr.
Foreman: Have you agreed upon your
verdict?"
MIR. Byron, the forman, bowed essent
Clerk to the prisoner, -"John w.
Webster, hold up your right hand"
The prisoner rose and looked steadily
and intently upon the foreman. Clerk
"Mr. Foreman look upon the prisoner.
Prisoner look upon the Jury"
Prof. Webster still maintained his fixed
and intense gaze upon the foren'an.-
CIerk-"What do you say, Mr.. Foreman.
is the prisoner at the bar guilty, or not
guilty?
"GUILTYn' was the solemn response.
At this word, the hand of the prisoner,
hitherto held erect, fe! with dead sound
as if he had lost all muscular action, and
his head dropped upon his breast, and he
soon sunk into his seat. His limbs SEEM
ed to give evidence of failing. He then
closed his eyelids ard bowed his head
down towards the Court Mr.. Byron.
the foreman of the jury, at the same time
held his hand up before his eyes as if over
come by the painful duty he had perform
ed. An awful and unbroken silence en-
sued, in which the court, jury and specta-
tors seemed TO be absorbed III their own
reflections. The appearance of the pris
oner at this time was painful to contem-
plate. His eyes were closed and deep
sigh denoted the load of inexpressible an
guish OH his soul, aud the effect of the
crushing blow which had fallen upon him.
Chief Justice Shaw broke the awful still
ness and suspense by addressing The jury
in voi.:e filled with emotion. Judge
MerrIck, the prisoners counsel, then ell
tered the prisoners dock and spoke few
words to him Soon afterwards ali order
was given to remand the prisoner to Gus
tody.
Boston. april 2.
1t is understood that The jury, alter 60
ing out Saturday night, a: first, deli3era-
ted in silence for ten minutes. They
then voted the question, whether the re-
mains found were those of DR.. Parkman.
which was unanimously affirmed. A
second question was taken, "whether
Webster murdered Dr.. Parknan.' The
vote Stood yeas II, nay |, Mr. Benjamin
H. Green voting "no. He then stated
his point of doubt; after some discussion
he declared it removed. The family OF
Prof. Webster was not informed OF the
verdict the night Of its rendition The
awful disclosure was made to them Sun
day morning by MIR. Z. Prescott The
scene was most heart-rending. letter
of coincidence was presented Tuesday
afternoon, signed by the heads of all the
principal families OF Cambridge. includ-
ing the Hon. Edward Everett, Jared
Sparks, Prof Newton, Judge Fay. &c
Judge Fay gave it up that his friend Web
ster was guilty. after hearing his own
speech on Saturday. Webster was
brought into court this morning at nine
o'clock to receive the solemn sentence