The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-03-24

OUR SFEC1AL TEi.EG RAPHlC CORRESPONDENCE
WASHINGTON, March 2S, 1850
Mr. Truman Smith after speaking three mortal hssrg
on Thursday last and Eve to-day, in defence OF the
charge of prescription says be will write out the bs
lance of his remarks. 1t is many day since such
dose Of political clap trap inflicted the Senate
B. F. Brown, of Ohio, who recently tried and &C.
quilted in Detroit, Michigan, the charge of forg
ing the Treasury has been indicted by the Grand
Jury Of the District Of Columbia, the charge.
The mission to Hague lies between Mr. Folsom and
Mr. Barney 1t is uncertain which will be the
full one
The Court of Inquiry, in regart to the capture Of
Alvsrsdo, Is much talked about here. It 10 expected
that something rich will be presented that will astonish.
well amuse the public.
am sorry to inform you that Mr. Calhoun Is sinking
fast His physicians doubt his living the night.
The PaIkmsn Murder-The Prisoner anx
the Witness-The Public Opinion Of B0s.
ton.
OUR SPECIAL BOSTON TEIEaRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE
BosroN, March %, 1850.
Five days of the great Webster trial and mystery
Is greater than The corpus deiict the killing and
the cutting, estsblished by the most remarkable
chain Of In the history Of criminal ju
Tsprudencs. The whole hangs by the teeth, but the
teeth will hold The teeth positively indentnea-
by tangible, MATERIAL forms which cannot lie. Dr.
Parkmsn was destroyed In the Medical College-and
the crime lies between Webster and Littiefsld. These
men both trial. and the obect Of intense nts-
rest Either had the opportunity to do the deed,
which no other man had; and though the Testimony,
thus far, looks dark against Webster an ingenious
lawyer may yet mystify the jury to which did it.
Both these men have shown marvellous assurance in
their Observation-Disclosures looks the innocent, and
Is quite self possessed, could suppose inno-
cent to be- Littlefeld the week OF the Disco
very. after he had stated his suspicious CT Webster
and after, according to his story, he must have
been morally certain that the remsins Of Dr. Park
man In the College, attended ono dancing
school, coton party, and two balls, ct one Of
which he danced in eighteen out of twenty dances,
and returned to scientific palace, reeking In
the blood Of it's founder, at four o'clock In the
morning. This is almost equal to Nero; for Q man,
who bad discovered 30 much, he certainly rather
slack not to discover ore and the ingenious defence
Of the government that he henpecked by his pru-
dent wife to keep s lest he should lose his place 10
rather sendsr 1t quite probable that the prsoners
counsel will make the most Of the point that Little
Geld in the habit Of resorting the Profssors
room, for the purpose Of playing sss1 ssnbng In
small way, and that Webster left his door Locked to
put stop to that fun Litls6ed has not the chsrsc-
ter Of bad lie IL rather tall and gsntse with
head which would dc him credit ss country ply
sicsn. His education has been q little neglected a.
appears from his talk Of exploding gas badders and
kwerns vessels; but his appetite for refined smuss-
ments Is strong enough Hit could BE- proved that
Webster really paid, ar was in condition to pay Dr.,
fsihmAn any considerable sum Of money II would BE-
easy to impute to Litiefeld the murder and conceal
ment Of Psrknsn as to Webster except for one gene.
ia fact that man cunning enough to conceal nur-
der would be too cunning to commit one II Webster
did IT, IL wasiike all such sairs since Gains bunglne
and weak IL Littleheld did IT, his arrangements made
him the Napoleon Of crime II Is hard TO believe such
q hing We shsli have tremendous excitement the
coming week Webster submits with bad grace to
the bracelets which we're not put at nrst; but the
democracy would not allow the exemp tion. The Pro-
f-ssor has bis goods and effects all packed up for re-
trsst acre" the water, but no bids fair now to go
further
Alter all II may be doubted whether Webster 10 not
s comfortable az he has been for many years under
the dunniug OF his distinguished friends.