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m W W UP "THE PUBLIC GOOD SHOULD EVER BE PKEFEiintD TO PRIVATE ADVANTAGE Volume 6. Lincolnton, North Carolina, SaturdayJMorning. July 20, 1850. Number 16 nv Tr.r.MS. Two doliars poi annum, payable ; in tdvarjcc ; f2 50 if payment be delayed 3 ' months. A discount to clubs of 3 or more, j Advertisements will be conspicuously inser- I eO, et fl pel square (14 lirjesjfor the lirst.and 25 cents lor each fcul6eo,uent insertion. Human Frailty. Weak and irresolute man ; The purpose of to iiay, Woven wfilj pains into his plan, To :norrov rends away. The bow well bent and smart :he spring, Vice teem? already slain : But passion rudlv p---- '-o' " Ax.d tt revives ag iiu. Some foe to bis upright intent l'inds out his weaker pari ; inn? enags Ins nsent, But Pleasure ir.s his heart. 'Tis here the folly of the wise Through all bis bis art we view ; And while his lip the charge denies, His conscience owns it true. Bound on a voyage of awful length." Ar.J dangers little known, A J-tratiger lo superior strength, Man vainly trusts bis ovn. Cut o3r9 alone can ne'er prevail To reach the distant coast : The breath of leaven must swell sail Or all the toil is lost. (he ! Old Griimblctnu. Old GrunMeton wa3 a terrible Turk, As I've beard people say, And be swore in an hour he'd do more work Than his wife would do in a day ; 4Wi' ael my Vart.' 6ays the good old dame. I'm agreeab'e any how ! So tLec shall bide at homo to day, And I'll godrive the plough. But thee must feed the brindle tw, And the lectin pesi h' sty. And thee must milk the tiny cow, Or Tiney, he'll gi dry ; And tbee must mind lie l ank o' yarn As I 6pun yesterday ; And tbee must watch the speckled ben, Or her'll go 'ay astray ; And thee must see to the dairy pnna. Or the crame'H be spoilt therein. And thee must mind to turn the iria.'t That's dryiu' io tie lulu.' T'fce cJd "oaan took her whip in her band, And trudged to drive the plough ; The old man took the milking pail, And tackled unto the cow ; I3it Tiney winced, and Tiney bauncbed, And Tiney cooked her nose, And Tiney kicked the pail down. And the milk ran over his hose, And 'tis'Oli, Tiny !' an J Wo, Tiney !' And 'Dr3t th' cow, bide still ! If I rnilks 6ich a maggoty runt ng-iin, Twill be sore agin my will.' And he forget the bank o' yam, And the puppy dog stole it away; And he forgot the speckled ben, And so her laid as it ay ; He went to feed the hungry pe?.g, A grunting in the sty. He run hi9 nose agin a post. And smost knocked out his eye A fine joke, my bead's broke A plague on the peags and sly ! If they get? no vittles till l)oinsdty, They'll never be sorved by I !' lie left the crame to stand in the churn, ,ind iurnin fiseif about, l.ar' massay haw ! there stool the sow, A sltishin' in her snout ! He stooped to pick a ewingein' stick, To gie the old sow her hire Her run between bis legs in 3 fright, 2nd drowned un into the mire, 'Ob drat tbee for a plaguey sow, el surpriziu' sow bi6t thee Thy snout 11 does more harm in an hour Than I can mend in die!' Ia coomed th' old woman wrin":,Dfr her ,Uil'ue, 3nd ihus in haste her spoke 1 j , The fore hos lays on his back in the pond, ,2ad the plough ar.d the stilts be broke be broke .'2nd His 'Oh Dobbin ! my poor Dobbin !' ..2nd what an c!d fool was I, If I wears ihe breeches for arr'n'ngain, I wishes ffs I mav d:e !' PltlNTED AND rmLIIIKIi W EEKI.V TIIOMAS J. ECCLES. Old fclrumSIetor) s wore by the saa and moon A1 ael the greeo haves on the tree, If his wife wouid but take to her gear a?en Her should nevei be caddled by he 7ud 'tis 'Oh say no more to ue I pray. For I hates to be called a fool Tl . 1 . 1 . . .... . I ouiousu to niL'ht.an.l out a trunks n? it I o - o ?rid I'll gieihee lave to rule!' Confession of Profesor Vcb ster. Bosrox, July 12. 1850. At the meeting of the Council this morning, the case of Prof. Webster was teferred to a Committee. Before the committee, at 12 o'clock, appeared tbn - spiritual adviser of the condemned, with a petiiiun for a commu'alion of pumsh- mcnt, together with the following con I feaiun that he killed Dr Parkman. I THE CONFESSION On Friday, the 20ih November, 1 sent ! the note to Dr Parkman, which it ap pears, was carried by me boy, Maxwell, i 1 handed 11 10 Littlefieid unsealed. It whs to ak Dr. Parkman to call at my rooms, on Friday th 23d, alter my lec ture. He bad threated me with a suit; to put an officer in my house, and to drive me from rny professorship, if 1 did not pay him. The purport of my note was simply the conference. 1 did not tell him, in it, what 1 could do, or what 1 had to say about the payment. I did not hear Irom hirn on that day nor the next, (Wednesday) but 1 found un Thursday that be had been abroad ;ti prirsuil of me without finding me. t imagii.cd ho had forgotten the. ap pointment or else did not intend to wait for it. 1 feared he would come in upon me at my lecture hour, or while 1 was prepanug my experiments for it; there fore I called at his house on that niorn i"g. (Friday) between eight and nine o'clock, to remind him of my wish to see htm ut the College at half past one my lecture closing a'. 1. 1 did not stop to talk Willi him, tor I expected the conversation would be a long one, and I bad my Jeciuieio prepare for, for it was riece-ary tr me to have ray time, 11: J, also, to k p ti iiiind trt-e (rum Other eXCilui; niit 'eip. Ut farlvilidw Hieed i call on inn as 1 proposed. He came, iccordmgty, between half-past jiie and two o'clock, entering at the lecture-room door. I was engaged in removing some glasses Irom my lectute room table into ihe room in the rear, called the upper laboratory. He came ! rapidiy down the 6teps,ar.d followed me i into the laboratory. He immediately addresse d me with great energ) "Are i ou ready for me, sir ? Have you got j t tie money?" ! 1 replied, "No, Dr. Parkman," and 1 j was then beginning to slate my condi j Hon, and my appeal to him, but he would not listen to me, and interrupted me 1 with much vehemence. He called me a scoundrel and a liar, and went on j heaping on me the mosi bitter taunts t and opprobrious cpithce. While he I vs9 epeakmg, h. drew a handful of j papers from bis pocket, and look from i among them rny two no;e9, and aUo an old leuer irom Ur. tlossack, written raany years ago, congratulating him on Ins buccess in getting me appointed Prolessor of Chemisirv. " You et-e." he j said, "I got you into your office, and now ! 1 will get you oui of it,5' He put baek j into his pocket all the papers except the ; leuer and the notes. 1 cannot tell no I lng the torrent of threats and invectives j continued, and I cannot recall to mem : ury but a small portion of what he said; ; ut first, 1 k pt interposing trying to ; pucity him, en that 1 might obtain the ! object for which 1 sought the interview but 1 could not ttop him, and soon my I own temper was up ; I thing, and fell nothing bt forgot every but lUe stin of his words. I was excited to the highest degree of passion, and while he was speaking I and gesticulating in the most violent and J menacing manner, thrusting the letter 1 and his list tnio my face, in my fury I se zed whatever thing was handiest, (u I was a stick of wood) and dealt him an j instantaneous blow with all the lorce ; that passion could give it. 1 did not j know, or th:nk or care, where i should j hit htm, nor how hard, nor what the j effect would bs. It was on the side of j his head.nnd there was nothing to break the force of the blow. He lei I instantly I upon the pavement. There was no se I cond blow : he did not move. 1 sIood- ed do vn over him, and be seemed vo be j lifeless. Blood flowed from hi mouth, and 1 rot a sponge and wiped it awiv' i I got some ammonia aud applied it j ' "ose. "ui wi;nout eit-.-ct. I'erhaps 1 . . spent in minutes in attempts to resusci tate him, bui 1 found he was absolutely dead. In my horror and consternation, I ran instinctively to the doors and bol ted them, the doors of the lecture room j and of the laboratory he!ov. A"nJ then j what ivaa I to do? It never" crcurred j to go out and declare what had bm done, land obtain assistance. 1 si iw nothing j but the alternative ol a succe-fjful m re- mem anu concealment m '.u utny m the one hand, and of infamy dermic tion wi the otticr. The first ihit:g 1 di,ft as soon a 1 c-uid do anytnm, wa? to draw Ihz body m'o the prvato room adjoining, where I took off the clothes 3oJ began putting them ime; the fire, which wau burning in the upper labora tat y. They wpre all c-'iui?t?il there that afternoon, with p?rs, pocket book, and whatever they contamii. I tlid noi examine ue pocKtts, r.ox remove ti, aim iiiicw 1 ,i t e.it , to Cambridge. My next mote tvas to get the bodv in the sink, .which stands in the stnu'l private room ; by setting the body partially erect against the cor ner, and by getting up into the sink my. self, I succeeded in drawing it up theie. It was entirely dismembered. It tvbs quickly done, as a work of terrible and desperate necessity. When the body had been disposed of, I cleared away all traced of what had been done. 1 think the stick with which the fatal blow had been struck proved lo be a piece of the stump of a large grape vine say two inches 111 diameter, aud two feet long. It was one of seve ral pieces which I carried in from Cam bridge long before, for the purpose ot showing ihe effect of certain cuemical fluids in coloring wood, by ben-absoi-bed into the pores. 1 took up tt two notes cither from the table or Hi4 floor, 1 think the table close by where Dr. P. had fallen. 1 seized an old metalhc pen lying on the table, dashed it acro.-s ihe face and through the signature?, and put them in my pocket. 1 never saw th sledge hammer spoken of by Lutlefield; never knew of it existence, m least 1 have no recollection of it. 1 left the college to go home as late as 6 o'clock. I collected myself a9 well as 1 couid.lhai 1 might meet mv family and others with composure. On Saturday evening, 1 read ihe notice in the Vranacrtpt" respecting his disappearance. 1 was then deeply impressed with h-4j;',sauy oi immediately taking soma grou: as to ihe character of rny interview with Dr. Parkman, for I saw that i: must be come known that I had had such an in terview, as I had appointed it first by an unsealed note on Tuesday, and on Fri day bad myself called at his house m open day, aud ratified the arrangement, aud had there been seen, aud bad pro bably been overheard by ihe jaan ser vant, and 1 knew not by how iosry per sons. Dr. P. might have beerheea en tering my rooms, or how manV persons he ir.tgnt have told by the way where he was goingthe interview would hi all probability be known, and I must be known, and i must be ready to explain it- The question exercised riw much, but on Sunday my course ws, taken. 1 would go into Boston and be tho first to declare myself the person, fis yet un known, with Dr. P. had madtl the ap. pointment. I would take ti e ground that 1 had invited him lo the Jallego to pay him money, and that i h iJ paiu it. Accordingly, I fixed upon the sum by taking the small note aod adding inter est, which it appears 1 cast er Dneously. My single thought was concealment and safety ; everything else vas inci dental to that. 1 was in no 31 ite to con sider my ulterior pecuniary interest Money, though 1 needed it so much, was of no account with toe tn that con dition of mind. Prof. V. thengoe3 on td argue at length that thebungltng nanner m which he managed about borrowing money, depositing checks, &c.: clearly show ihat he had no mientioa of murdering Dr. Parkman. He retired the pelvis and limbs from the well on Sunday and packed them in tho tea-chest. Denies any knowledge of the keys. The ni tric acid was not used to remove epots of blood, but was dropped by accident ; and gives many other de.adifor which we have not room. After Dr. Webster had suted most ol the facts recorded above on ihe 23d'May, thia question, with all ihe earnestness, solemnity, and authority ot tone trut Dr. Putnam was master of, waj ad dressed htm : "Dr. Webster, in all prcbtbthty your days are numbered ; you cannot, you tla're not speak falsely to me now; you must not die with a lie in your mouth ; so prove to yourself that your repent- tn 1 pitp tell tne the truth btlore God, did anco lor &n u 1 -cm '' t . t. A. . I I it never occur to you, ueioir wicueceusc of Dr. Parkman, that his e'eath, if you could bring it to pasi, '"Jiild bo of great advautageto you, or at iJsi that per sonal injury to bun iuigl possibly bo the result of vour conference- with him? As a d-ing nn. 1 .charge yu to m ser m6 truly and exactly, or eko be silent had you not such a thought ?" "No never," sud he with energy nnaieeung, "a 1 u- una ss ua i my witness, never ! 1 wa-.no moruca- r r-rr", , J 1 innocent children. 1 never had the rr- ? rturtl fit kl'i-ri 9 Itinnnhl than nn nl mf'! loutesi mea 01 injuring ur. 1 . until jnt' uotneut the blow wu- tlruck." Handling Molten Ltad and Iron. The Boston Traveller says 'xpermerit similar to those recently made in Prance, hv whifli mnl'fn Iprl nnil irnn ro lin dlej ,mpuny, lrle !ianc3 and arms bemg boldly immersei in the boiling A ortu tous circumt:Hf discovered thai the apparently wonderful results were nothing but the simple effect of what is called tne sheroidal condition of water or moisiure. The theory of ihe tiling is.that when the meial has attained a high degree of hear, n changes the sheroid .1 forms, which prevent the im mediate contact of the iron vnh the skin. The experiments are to bu re peated before ihe Natural History So ciety of Boston soon. If so, they will be duly reported. A Valuable New Wheat. U'e were yesterday snowna few ueads of Wheal, from a tild of twelve acres on tne farm of Mr J. E. Coade. in St. Marv's r.v.n ty, (not far trom Piny Point,) m Mary land, of so remaikahu - jlniy u 10 deserve a special nonce. The gram is a bearded white wheal, wuh large heads and grams, the average height through the whole field being at this time full six feet, of a most vigorous growth.- Besides the product ol t.ns field, 11 is remarkable ttiat the fi'dd ttom which these sulks were taKeu is the only field in the neighborhood in which rust is not visible. The seed ot this Wheat was ootained by distribution irom ihe Patent office, tne description of it being a bearded White W neat, producing tor ty bushels to ihe acre; a produci which, or very nearly whcti, ts expected trom tiie field of Mr. Coade. National In ! telligencer. A Hint to Census Takers. "The Ladies of Baltimore, who are among the fairest of the fair portiou ol creation, protest against tho ngut of the census takct8 to denund their age." So says one of our exchanges. What thrn is to be done in this dilemma? Uncle Sam requires the demand to be rn ide. Gal lantry forbids it. We sug4 si mat gallantry pievail, and mat those &en tlemen, on whom the onerous and deli cate duty has devolved, imagine it favorably of course The amour pro pre of the fairer portion of humanity will not bo ounaged. nor will the niacui nery ot Uncle Sun's Government be materially deranged by such a course ot procedure. There, Ladies. Are you satisfied? A gentleman at dinner in a public house, observing that the fish as not quite so fresh is was desirable, looit one and put it to his muuth and then to his ear. The landlady asked him ihe rea son, when he said, 1 had a brother who was shipwrecked the day betore yesier day, aud i was asking the fih it lie Could give me any intonnauoti ol him, to which he replied, that he knew nom ine of the transaction, not having been a) sea these three iceeks ! A good joke is told of the Bolts Bar bucue in Powhatan. When the guest of the occasion had announced in his usual emphatic manner, with a knowing look at the lair portion of his mdience, ihat he was a candidate for nothing ex cept matrimony, an old gcuilem in in ihe crowd exclaimed, so that all the la dies could hear ; "Ah well, 1 reckon you can be elected lo thai Ii takes only one vote." The Way the Parsons Beg.U is often easier to obtain favors trom ihe pride vhan the chanties of men. A shrewd preacher, after an eloquent cha rity sermon, said to his hearers : "1 am afraid from the sympathy displayed in your countenances, thai you may givtr loo much. I caution you therefore, thai YOU sIlOUlQ ue JUSl ueture yuu a,c rou-:; and wish you 10 onucrstanu, inav wh t'esire no one who cannot pay tin debts to put anything in the p'.Jte," Tne I collection was a reusing or.e. Knew hisCalchitrn.A. little fellow was questioned bv his mother, las! Sun- Atnonf? other questions, she asked, "Who was cast ,, ,hn fiprv furnace V With much ! prcmptness he replied, Df. Farkman.' Pgofttscr Licber. ?AVc percrive thst our townsman and frcnd Dr Lieber, has made a very appropriate t.QVripj to the W-ishiniT'on, Monument. rTiiO MfrM,n,n(!M1, tlf the Clipfnriu hit mention ibu fact a hjller Gf Julv 3J' ' Jo. iow: . Jfcf FrMl$9 Lieb(rt of South Caro" j lint, w no 11 now 011 a visit to this city, hat preseuicd tho National .Monument I Society a box ot sand, from the 'uiitb ot Kosciusko, at Cracw. It- was, ho says, brought home by his son, who lately vis.'ed the grave of mis grttt Pclc. He oilers a as "an humble tri bute to the monument n iw erecting m ! honor of Washington." And, in accor dance wuh his tiuggetitoi). tue aud i "" - tua is to cement nmt blocks s rn oy tho Siates where Kokiusko fou'it best.' He rero.nm: lids ih tt earth, ior similar purpose, be brought hittier from the grve of Lataetto, who w, butted it France, enclosed by soil transported Wotu America. 'Ihe Trial of Life Wo hare n friend an excellent husband nd do ting tathej wro came into our ofhco the other day looking rather sleepy. bat is thf matter with you I" wo inquired. "Oh nothing that is to say," ho replied in hesitating voice "babies are some ironble after all, atsrt tnv ?' i f I.,- f - 4Hji not rfi - assent, but could not help asking now7 W ny the fact is," said our friend, "that hide feilovv of ours is pelting f be very knowing, and will be humored now and then so 1 gel up occasionally and walk him to sleep ; but last night, both wile aud sell had to carry mm a! ternaiely, aud " Surely two are not required" "Hear me out. Yoj etr the child wanted itoveiiy, and to I lighted a can dle, and as my wile carried him i'p and down the 100111 1 walked alter her, ma king ait sorts ui queer manoeuvres with th iigtib" "Well, did that pacify him ?' "Why, yes, slier b fashion. It stop pd his cry mgjbut we couaumed a wholo camllo and tho bci ftrlfu ul Hit) night. U .'ore nc iiiil aslcep,:iw cwnscqncncc is 1 Jeel wretchedly stile this morning." Now, old bachelor, laugh it you feci like it, aud lei this be a caution to )0u. One of our correspondents relates his experience about horses looking back witn regret, alter having pissed over a p; ink road, i was out on one the other day ; the driver was pretty much of a wag, and made the following "sell" ol one of my lellow passeugeis: Passengei- " hat is the reasmi yoo go so so siuw over mo plank road, dri ver r Driver "The horses wouldn't go faster it 1 were to whip them all tho time." Pas-enger "Why so?' Driver 1'ney know the plank road is only six miles long, and they tcunt to spin ii out asjlong as thty can ! V nen you see the uorrtd ruaj wo c-mie to at terwards, you'll say they're riht. N hy, sir, 1 can turn them round, aud keep them driving up and down ihe piantt road all the week, ana the would never fee! tired; tt woulJ make them feel to good, A fact, sir, 1 assure you. The woman who carries but one band box, when travelling was seen in ihie place last week, in company with tho nun wfio wears green goggles, aud bor rows his neighbor's pipe. 12x. The Height of Impudence. A goe9 to un';le 13, anda-k him lor thoioau of 5-, and wheti B asks tier when aha wiii repay turn, she telts him to Ceduut 11 when ho makes his will. Recently a gentleman was accosted by a female vagrant, when he replied thai he never give 10 beggars in the eireei. "Ii 1 knew where your honor lived," quieily responded the woman, "I'd be calling at our house, aud then I shouldn't interfere With your arrange meuls 1" -A Little Heathen. Will you please to mend my trow-ers?' said a ftl'le fel low ihe other dav, to a lady friend of . c mof. r .h.hl,pd them cJe aboul hl, a,Ia j . i 'Why in, ynu lutle mischief you I why dnt you gc and ask your mother to do it lor tour Oa, she don't have any time for thit she belongs to a Sewing Society,' and goes to 11 eveiy diy almost, to make clothes for the heathen away off I somewhero ttmnng ths Indians I reels- I on. r
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