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[r'TuB too Rlobmond Enquirer, Joan 4.)
imholbnoi or to uoimorww.
The habitual insolence of the abalitioniste m
Washington. imposes upon the Representatives of
?ha South the necessity either of shameful submio
?tan to insult and obloquy, or of some appropriate
and adequate redress or their grievances. To ret
to bate in kind would be abhorrent to all the
manly instincts ol Southern gentlemen, and would
besides soon convert Congress into a brothel or a
bear garden, where the antagonism of opposing par
ties would be reduced to a contest of IRthy vrtupera
tion. The abolitionist recognizes no responsibility
an the Held of honor for words of wanton or dehbe
rale denunciation. What recourse, tfcen, has the
Southern gentleman? If he has not been abused in
his own person, his State and his country have been
traduced, and all the finer feelings of his heart
trampled upon by a beast of an abolitionist. To en
dure such indignities would imply an absence of
?f that sensibility to insult and of that fearless im
ee of resentment which constitute the chivalry of
Southern character. The obligation to avenge
any personal affront or libel upon his State is as
keenly felt by the Southern gentleman as the duty of
repelling the assaolt of a public enemy. This pride
?f personal inviolability, and this perfect readi
ness to confront death in vindication of his honor,
Impart to the character of the Southern gentleman
the dignity and delicacy of sentiment which distin
guish It from the habitual dispositions of any other
community. With passions inflamed and pride hu
miliated by an Intolerable insult, bv what mode of
redress can he satisfy his wounded sensibility, ex
cept by the infliction of personal chastisement on
his adversary 1
There may be some persons who contest the neces
sity of such violence of resentment on the part of
(Southern representatives, on the ground of want of
adequate provocation. This objeotion implies an
alter ignorance of the habitnal tone and temper of
abolition speakers. The vile and ferocious passions
of their vulgar constituency find full utterance on
the floor of Congress. If anybody wants an illustra
tion of the characteristic sentiment and speech of
the abolitionists, let bim turn to another column of
this paper, and read the proeeedingsof a recent
anti-siaxerv convention in Boston. When George
Washington is spit upon, and denounced as a scoun
drel, it is not wonderful that Southern men are stig
mat'sed with the most opprobrious epithets in the
vocabulary of abuse.
A circumstance is disclosed in the proceedings of
this convention, which still further justifies Colonel
Brooks in his castigUiou of Ha inner. It appears
from a letter to Thtodore Parker, that Sumner
vauDt ngly proclaimed a premeditated purpose to pro
nounce the most severe philippic ever heard in Con
Sess. For such deliberate malice in abase no pun
iment could be excessive.
But the funniest part of this affair is Wilson's pre
tended regret that he was not present to repel the
assault npon Bummer. How very lustily this cock
?rows upon his own dunghill. At Washington, in
presence of the persons with whom he is eager to
Eapple, he is as harmless as any other non-co m
.laiat In Massachusests he is all ablaze with in
dignation, and thirsts for blood with the appetite of
a hungry tigress. He even boasts of having made
a belligerent demonstration in front of Mr. Keitt's
foem ! What pitiful poltroonery!
[Plum th- Bams taper, June 0.]
TBS SCMNER AS8ACLT?EVKKBTT AN ACTOR IN THX
FARCE.
The papers of the North have perpetrated such
shameless mendacity in their narration of the cir
?onstantes of the Bnmner chastisement, that the
public will he not a little surprised by the develope
mente of the evidence before the Committee of the
Boose. In another column we insert the testimony
of the most respectable persons who witnessed the
aflhir.
By the concurrent statements of these gentle
men, it is incontestibly proved that Bnmner was
duly warned of the hostile porpove of Mr. Brsoks,
and that he had risen from his seat before he was
stricken a single blow. It appears, besides, that he
did not receive more than a dozen blows in oil, and
that as soon as he fell Mr. Brooks ceased the casti
gation. Neither is there any dispute among the
witnesses us to the conduct of Sumner. He offered
sot the least demonstration of fight, bat only at
tempted to ward off the blows. It is not denied by
As friends that he uttered piteous cries of distress,
instead of exhibiting some effort, no matter bow
feeble, to resent the outrage upon his person
Mr. Brooks' coolness and courage, as attested by
all the witnesses, present the most striking contrast
to cowardice of the craven-hearted wretch from Mas
sachusetts. Throughout the affair his conduct was
aba racterized by equal spirit and delicacy of senti
ment.
The testimony of Sumner's physician confirms the
popular suspicion that the fellow is feigning an ill
ness which he does not ri ally suffer. It is manifest
that his hurt is not at all serious, and that he might
have resumed his seat in the Senate tbe next day if
ha bad not been utterly prostrated and unmanned by
fright. Yet the New York Tribune of Wednesday
gravely speaks of Sumner'9 being beaten to death in
the Senate ehamber.
There is no circumstance of this affair which so
mortifies and humiliates respectable people as the
conduct of Edward Everett. What sacrilege to as
sociate the sufferings of Sumner with the memory of
Washington!?to preface a eulogy on the Father of
hiB Country with a whining cry of sympathy with an
in famous traitor! It is just like Edward Everett.
has flfl ficerity, and no power of resistance to
the frenzy of the niiment fl?? hatred of Sumner is
Notorious; jet he pretends to weep over the misfor
tunes and to partake ttie iudlgna'.ion of the beaten
kbolitioni.-t. And to think that all this hypocrisy is
attached as an exordium to a eulogy on the char
acter of George Washingtos! The tongue that can
?tter a wuil over the prostrate body of an inlamous
abolitionist, is not worthy to name the name of
Ceorge Washington- Mr. Everett should accept the
?fferof tbe professional rhetorician, and henceforth
have his polished periods declaimed by a substitute.
He is unfit tospeax in the name of the ladies of Vir
ginia, and we trust the managers of the Mount Ver
non enterprise will dispense with his services. Eve
rett a mourner at Sumner's fictitious funeral ! In
the end the most pompous plausibilities will be
?tripped of their disguise, and exposed to the con
tempt and ridicule of the world.
[F.oin tbe she* p??er, June 9.]
SCJMNER SYMPATHIZERS.
It is idle to talk of union, or peace, or trnee with
FunrmeTor Sumner's friends. Catiline was purity it
sell compared to the Massachusetts Senator, and his
friends are no better than he. They are all (we mean
tbe leading and conspicuous ones) avowed and active
traitors. The sending the Congressional committee
to Kansas was done with the treasonable purpose of
aiding the rebellion in that Territory. The black re
publicans in Congress are at open war with govein
ment. and, like their allies, the Garrisonian aboli
tionists, equally at war with religion, female vir
tue, private property, and distinction of race. They
all deserve the halter, and it is vain and idle to in
dulge titt exi?eetation that there can be union or
peace with such men. Sumner and Sumner s
friends must be punished and silenced. Govern
ment. which cannot suppress such '-rimes as theirs,
has failed of its purpose. Eithersuch wretches
must be hung or put in the penitentiary, or the
South should prepare at once to qnit tiie Uion.
We would not jeopard the religion and morality of
the South to save a union that had failed for every
useful imrpoee. Iiet ns tell the North at once, ij
you cannot suppress the treasonable action, and
ail. nee the foul, licentious and infidel propagandism
of inch men as Stephen I?earle Andrews. Wendell
Phillips, Beerher, Garrison, Sumner and their ne
gro aafl female associates, let us part in peace. W e
would like to modesty, tetnafe virtue, common
morality and religion iistependc-nt or government. I
The experiment at the South to leave these matters |
to tbe regulation of public opinion, works admira
bly. We are the most moral, religious, contented j
and law abiding people on earth, and arc daily be- i
coining more sa.
The reverse of uU this is, for the time, at least, i
true at the N'ottli. It you cannot expel the black ,
republicans from power, puni-ih them and silence
them for th<- future, you are incapable of relf-gevrvn- j
Built. You diould adopt a military desre*"m. Wei
adhere to our republican institutions. i our sjrmpa
th v lor Sumner lias shaken our confident in .y our j
capacity for self government more than all your past
history, full of evil portents as that has been. He ?
h.td inet avowed bis complicity in designs far m o '
diabolical than those of Catiline or Cethegus, nay, j
transcending in iniquity all that the genius of a i
Milton inui attributed to his fallen angels. We are !
not surprised that he should be hailed as hero and i
saint, for his pr-.posed war on everything sirred
and divine hy that Pandemonium where tbe blas
phenr os Garrison, and Pirker, aud Andrews, wrtu j
their runaway negroes aud masculine w'tmrji con
? legate, he belongs to that crew himself. He is a
proper saint for a free love saloon, or an infidel
reinvention. Itut nnless there tie enough of patriot
ism, religion and morality at the North to express
general detestation of his crimes and congratula
tions at his merited castigatioD, we had better part
comjiany. No evil that cud tiefaJ th** South wwiM
Is -o great as association with Sumner and Sum
ner * sympath zers.
[From the Washington Sentinel. .fan* 7.J
WHAT XRB THE FACTS?
In a fqiewh delivered hy Mr. Sumner in open Se
nate, be took occasion in no less than one hundred
and nine'y passages of his speech, to give utterance
to offensive and insulting language which were each
and all violations of tbe "freedom of debate, asex
ls.umtod hy John (Julnry Adams, as understood by
Webster, by Calhoun, by Everett, by Fillmore, by
Winthrop. by Hamilton, Jelferson, and by all par
liamentarians, . . .?
That the speech was intended as personal and of
fci sive, that Mr. S< mner was a long time, and care
ml. in preiiaring it. to give to it the extremest bitter
ne-s of personal olisnce, that he. in advance, gloated
ver the irritation it must inevitably occasion, Is
CVfllHMiGtivu. *w k-M WS OtfltT 6 Viyk'fivc,
he addressed a latter to that mtittahl Gabriel, the
??Rev, neodore Parker," In which he stated that he
had prepared such a philippic as had never been at
tertta in the Senate. And truly he was as good as
hi* word. And we will add, such a one as we hope
never again be ottered in Congress or any
e, bj
where else, by anyonejwving pret.naion to respec
tability.
1b not the vanity of Mr. Somner transparent in
this matter ? His blind vanity in seeking the ap
proval and commendation of Theodore Parker, and
similar lunatics, renders him oblivious of the out
rage he is about to perpetrate on the Senate, on the
State which sent him, and on the country, by exhi
biting to the world a Senator arrogating to himself
the supremacy of scholarship in that body, as a
common libeller and slanderer. He himself calls it
a " philippic"?that is, a speech against one man,
against Senator Butler, as being, like Philip, false
and traitorous to the republic. Mr. Sumner, in his
letter, does not pride himself upon the discussion of
Seat constitutional questions, nor any question af
:ting the interests of the nation, or of Massachn
-etts, nor indeed of any measure whatever. It was
a " philippic," and nothing but a " philippic." The
Kansas question was a mere vehicle by which to
bring this long and dearly nursed " philippic" be
fore the Senate and the country. He mereiy need
other measures as strings to his bow, with which to
discharge his one hundred and ninety arrows.
Tbe whole speech, by his own avowal, was a pie:e
of pare malevolent vanity, laboriously concocted,
not for the good ot tbe nation, not to oomm?jid the
respect of good men at home, but as an offering to
Theodore Parker, the high priest of avowed disun
ion? the denunciator of the constitution, the exciter
of civil and of servile war?to obtain the admiration
of tbis man and of his compeers.
Mr. Sumner would never have addressed such a
letter to WebBter, Everett, Choate, Appleton, Eliot,
or Winthrop, expecting by such means to win their
high approval and admiration. He knew his man.
The speech was for consumption by Theodore Par
ker?ft id omne genus.
We ask, in all soberness, of Mr. Lord, if such a
speech, with all these disgusting concomitants, when
actually Selivered in the Senate, with all its arrows
envenomed with the worst personalities, could fail
to excite some of the irritation which it now ap
pears it was Mr. Sumner's especial purpose to pro
voke. The arrows did wound the self respect of the
parties attacked. There is no other alternative, be
cause tbey look forward to the indulgence by others
in similar outrages, and to their immunity in so
doing.
Seme -at the North propose that tor the roture
the question for a Northern candidate shall be:?
Can jou fight? Will >ou fight? This, of course,
looks to a repetition of the offence, and a resistance
to tbe consequent punishment.
One paper, the Courier and Enquuser, of New
York, proposes to send Tom Hyer as a fit delegate.
He doubtless would be a fit representative for the re
doubtable editor of that paper, "Whose slanderous
colon ns have not left him two good legs to stand
upon "
We have his idea how to remedy such occur
rences as that between Brooks and Sumner. It
never occurred to his simple mind, that by sending
Webstera, Everetts, Cnoates, Woods, Fillmores,
Havens, and snch men, that the dignity of Congress
wonld be preserved, the "freedom of debate" remain
unviolated, and argument and fact assnme the
place of personal slanders and affronts. No, the
more appropriate character for his representative
wonld be a Tom Hyer, who wonld first use the lan
guage of insult of a Somner and then add the vio
lence of personal assault.
We submit, however, to the Lords, and other re
sectable men of the North, if this transaction
should not be stripped of all the false issues made,
and judged upon its naked merits ?
This being done, can any do aught but give un
qualified condemnation of Mr. Sumner ?
[Frcm tbs L-uisvUle Journal, June A]
TBJC summer and brooks affair.
We regret to see that a very great portion of the
pret-s in both sections is pandering to violent sec
tional prejudices, and, by the moet incendiarypubli
cations in regard to tbe Sumner and Brooks affair, is
endeavoring to excite to a still greater degree of
fury the mad fanaticism that is driving the Unisn
into imminent danger of speedy dissolution.
Tbe free soil press of the North and the Sag-Nicht
newspapers in the Sooth seem determined to make
heroes and champions of Sumner and Brooks in
their respective sections. It has been stated by many
Northern newspapers that the whole Southern pre-s,
without exception, endorses and commends the out
rageous c nduct of Brooks. This is not the case.
A majority of the conservative American papers,
and some few of the more respectable democratic
papers in the South, severely censure the conduct of
Brooks, and at the[same time condemn the violent in
vectives of Sumner's speech.
[From tbe Vieksburg Whig?American ]
That the assault on the Senator from Massachu
setts may involve a question of Senatorial privilege,
we can readily understand, and in that view it is no
at ail difficult to perceive that the Senate may con
ceive it due. not less to the protection of its mem
hers than the assertion of its own dignity, to take
some action in the premises. For any man to go
into the Senate and make a* assault upon one of it <
nu mbers is assuredly a gross breach of privilege, a -
well as an encroachment upon the personal rights o
every Senator. It is an outrage which should be
punished with severity and promptitude, as wed fo
tbe infliction of punishment upon the particular of
fender as to prevent a repetition of the offence in
fatal e.
[?'mm th? rharlo*.t<"viT? (7?.) A4v>eat??American.]
Mr. Brooks should have resented an insult to his
uncle elsewhere than in the oapitol of the country,
and in a manner that wonld have afforded Mr. Surn
IK-r some chance of fair play- To assault most vio
lently with a cane a man whilst seated at his desk
engaged in writing, and who has not had time to
place himself face to face with his opponent, does
not consist with our ideas of that chivalrous bearing
and fair play which brave men woald resort to in the
vindication of their honor. * * * *
We feel '.hat, unless driven to it by the taunt and
insults of the North, the South with general accord
will condemn the manner and place of tlio attack
made by Mr. Brooks upon Charles Sumner. For the
dignity of the federal Union, and lest the act may
reflect npon the people of the South, we are indeed
mortified that a scene so unusual and couducted so
reprebensibly should have been gotten up by a Rep
resentative "in Congress from a Southern State. We
do, therefore, deem it our duty to express our con
demnation of the manner and place in which Mr.
Brooks has sought to resent a personal affront.
[Fiom the Mobi'e A<lv rtieer?American.J
Of course it would not be just to judge of the affuir
by the imperfect account received; but, if the tele
graph speaks correctly, it will be very difficult in
deed to find auyapology, mnch less any justification.
:or ihe deed. It is a r-hock to every man's sense of
nglit and propriety to think of the Senate chamber
being deliberately invaded for such a purpose, and a
Senator in his seat subjected to such ignominious
and hostile treatment, and we sincerely hope the re
ports may prove to have been much exaggerated if
not wholly unfounded.
[from the St. 1/ontn Intelligencer?American.]
We have never noted a more general and deep
feeling of disapprobation than is expressed by our
exchanges from all sections of the country in regard
fc the cowardly and brutal attack made upon Sena
tor Sumner in the United Spates Senate by .Mr.
Brooks, of South Carolina. We care not what the
offence was?the act was cowardly and brutal, and
the offender should be punished; and we hope the
Senate and House will have the independence and
honesty to punish him.
[From the Bui tin ore Patriot?Old T.lse Wh>v]
Unhappily, tinder the auspices of the present, ad- I
ministration, the domination of th^ democratic party I
and the reckless renewal of that slavery agitation to
whicli they stood pledged to put an end, " both in
and out of Congress," a war of sections has been
provoked, whi h has led to bloodshed in Kansas and
to a scene of violence in the Senate chamber. But
' the course pursued by Mr. Sumner, and the gross
personalties with which his speech was interlarded,
guv--just cause of offence, the assault upon him by
Mr. Brooks, a member of the lower House, is stiil
more deserving of the severest animadversion. When
Mr. Sumner so far forgot his character as a gentle
men and his position as a Senator as to exchange
invective for argument, it was obligatory on the pre
ding officer to compel him to confine his remarks
strictly within the line of legitimate discussion; and
the wide range which the debate was suffered to take
must be admitted to have been partly owing to this
dereliction. The conduct of Mr. Brooks cannot be
justified. By inflicting chastisement upm a Senator
for words spoken in debate, he has exasperated th.i
evil he voluntarily undertook to correct, and has
raised himself to the bad eminence of being the first
man who has proceeded to the extreme of actual
blows within a hull which has hitherto l>een sacred,
if not from demonstrations of violence, yet frora
positive collisions. An affray so disgraceful and dis
reputable to the parties concerned, l?oth in its excit
ing cause and in the result which has grown <mL of
it, demands that it should lie taken up and dealMnth
in such a manner as will vindicate the outraged dig
nity of the Senate, and preclude the repetition of a
similar offence.
[From the Baltimore American?A werl.-an ]
Opinion is unanimous against the South Carolina
member for making the Henate|chamber the theatre
of so ruffianly an outrage. The entire community
look upon the occurrence as an outrage of so heinous
a character as to require of the House of Represen
tatives, for the preservation of its dignity, th?- prompt
expulsion from that body of Mr. Brooks, of Souto
Carolina. Nothing short of this will satisfy the na
tion.
(Frtm the B?itimo-e 3uo?Neutral.]
It is seldom, perhaps, that a more general feeling
of disapprobation has been felt and expressed in re
gard to a circumstance of the kind, than is called
forth on all hands by the outrage and dose "ration
toow*iueU v'j tii',' lion. ill. Brooks, vf ,-jouth Carol*
na, in his vMent ii?nt anon Senaflfr-BotHier, in
the Benate^chamber, on Thursday last.
[Kron ihe HopfctovrUJs Patrtew-Ataerlgta.)
And bask come to this, thst on the aiwal^Vhere the |
intellects of Webster, Calhoun, Clay and Randolph
once grappled for the mastery with the strength of
giants, a crew of pugilists are henceforth to exhibit
their bull dog ferocity ? Instead of being ravished
the eloquence of Marshall, Choate and Everett,
with \
most we h^ild who is the most scientific boxer, or
who ham^wnis pistols and bowie knife with the
greatest dexterity ? If so, then "farewell, a long
laiewell to all the greatness" which we need to dream
was the destiny of our republic. A people who tole
rate such outrages cannot long be free; they do not
deserve to be free; they are ignorant of the first
principles and essentials of freedom. Like represen
tatives like people, and if ruffianism be the charac
ter of the first, much more may we expect it in the
latter. The constituents of Herbert and Brooks
should bid them resign without delay; the House
that they have disgraced should promptly expel
them.
[From ihs Memphis Bulletin?Old Mae Whig.)
Sumner, although a low, grovelling, wicked dema
gogue, whose character Btinks in the nostrils of ail
national men, North as well as South, is, by this out
rageous and indecent indulgence of passion by a
Southern representative, lifted up into the respecta
bility of general sympathy. He nas been made, not
by his own acts, but by the foolish rage of a South
ern man, a martyr in the popular mind to freedom
of speech in the Senate. His assailant, by this head
long folly, bus deepened and strengthened the belief
created by demagogues in the Northern mind, that
the South relies upon blackguard bully ism more than
upon reason and argument, and has thereby swelled
the ranks of the black republican party thousands
upon thousands. It was an outrage upon the dignity
snd decorum of the Senate chamber, for which there
can be no excuse or justification. It was a departure
from the just self respect which Southern gen'lemen
are in the habit of maintaining, that no general good
conduct can atone for. As a Southern man, speak
ing, as we believe, the sentiments of Southern men,
we repudiate and condemn this assault as whollv in
excusable upon any grounds whatever, aad as an of
fence against oursystem of government which would
not be too severely punished by the expulsion of its
perpetrator.
[From the Balt'mor* C ipper?Amerkvac.]
If be (Sumner) gave offence to certain members
of the Senate or or the House, in his speech, it was
only in the track of others who had indulged in like
personality. The assault upon him by Mr. Brooks
was wanton and unjustifiable, and was certainly nol
anticipated, as he was unprepared for any defence.
If it shall ever become the established right of any
member of either house of Coogress to resort to the
bludgeon for words spoken in the course of debate,
the liberties of the people of this country will be in
& fair way to be destroyed. None bat bullies and
blackguards will become our representatives; and
measures will be carried, not by the force of reason
or justice, but by force of arms. Mr. Benton once
predicted that in a certain event Senators would be
compelled to legislate with pistols in their belts;
and if tbe assault upon Mr. Snmner receive not the
marked repiobatlon of both houses of Congress, we
may soon expeet to see the revolver and bowie
knife form portions of the equipments of our na
tional legislators. National dignity demands that a
severe rebuke should be administered in the present
instance, as in all similar cases which may occur.
Precedent should not be permitted to justify out
rage, otherwise our country will become a disgrace
to civilization.
[Ircm the Atlsaata (Ga.) Exsmiaer.)
No assault of Sumner, none that he is capable of
making on Judge Butler, can warrant his chastise
ment by Mr. Brooks as it was inflicted. For one we
regret the occurrence. As much as we despise the
man that sits where Daniel Webster once did, we
had rather see him punished by the opinion which
the public entertain of him than with the cane of
any Southern man.
Theatrical, Mnalcal, 4(c.
u Theatre?Mme. PoniBi, an estab
lished favorite with the New York public, presents
ber claims for a benefit this evening. The fair
beneficiary is to essay the character of Peg WoflHng
^.i?th?. popular plav of "Masks and Faces/' a
part m which she will have ample scope for the dis
play of her acknowledged histrionic talent. She
likewise personates Sir Edward Ardent, in the
comedietta of '? A Morning Call"?Mrs. T. S. Nirns
enacting the part of Mrs. Chillington. Mr. T. S.
Nuns also appears for this occasion as Christopher
btrap, in the farce called the " Pleasant Neighbor."
hv iiBLi? 8 Ga?de>|?The new pantomime written
by M. Jerome Ravel, called ?' Pongo, the Intelligent
18 ?De ? ? e m08t biasing pieces from the
prolific pen of that popular author. It is a complete
compound of fun aad sentimeut?at one moment
the audience are convulsed with merriment at the
whimsicalities displayed by Pongo, and the next
ftortrnea If11* .piously pondering over his mis
fortrnes. Marzetti has made a great hit in his new
part, and the piece will unquestionably have a
lengthy run. The Ravels. M ile Robert and the bal
let corps also appear in " Les Willis," and young
Hepgler and suite perform on the tightrope to-night.
Bowery Theatre.?Miss Susan Denin and Mr.
|Jit_i iiD?r aPP^r to have most aggreeably sur
prised the frequenters of this house by their supe
rior delineation of the leading characters in the ex
citing drama called "Camille." They are seconded
by the principal talent of the company, who seem to
have taken nnnsnal pains to render their varions
parts m unexceptionable style. "Camille" is to be
repeated this evening, and as Miss Denin and Mr
Arnold are only engaged for a limited period, those'
who desire to see them in this drama should not
defer so doing. Another great drama, "Jane Eyre," I
is also to be performed to-night.
rWtLM0AC^8 TnEATRE.-TULsestablishment is to 1
clo.e this evening with the benefit of Mr. J. W. i
Lester, the stage manager, and deservedly one of
the greatest favorites among the young actors of
the day. Mr. Wallack has consented to appear on
"rLr?08v^rea8Vv]am Hrock- comedy of !
Charles XJI. The entertainments close with the -
excellent come.lv called "Tit for Tat," in which 1
Mr. Lester plays his original character of Frederick I
rhcrnhy. The casts embrace the entire talent of I
the company, and, rain or 6hine, the house will be
crowded. The box book was full two days ago:
consequently those who desire seats must get into
the parqueite as early as possible.
Laura Keene's Varieties?Miss Keenc will 1
gratify her numerous patrons this evening with her
universally admired delineation of the character of 1
the renowned Peg Woffington, as so strikingly de
pitted in the comedy denominated "Masks ami I
r aces. Among others who will perform in the
piece are Misses Reignolds and Walters, Mrs. Car- i
renter. Messrs. Jurdan, Ixive.iay, Johnston and
Wemyss, all artists of established reputation in their
various lines of business. The play will be followed
by the laughable fane styled the "Married Rake."
i he \ arieties being one of the best ventilated and
handsomest theatres in the country, the foregoing
attractions cannot fail to fill it.
Broadway \ arieties.?Go when you will it is
generally found somewhat difficult to find a spare
seat in this snug little theatre, and, what is better,
the audiences, mostly composed of ladies and chil
dren, always express the highest gratification with
the entertainments aflorded by those wonderful
miniature artists, the Wood and Marsh juvenile
comedians. Little Mary, Louise, Carrie and others,
particularly that petite specimen of humanity, Mas
ter George, whose humor is irresistible, invariably
gain warm, and at times overwhelming applause.
? x? ii,rey Perform two of their best pfeoe*?
The Tocdlts and " Pillicoddy."
Empire Hall?As was anticipated. M. 'Keller's
new tahleaus have taken artists and connoisseurs by
complete surprise?both the RlWfcal and miscel
laneous pictures are highly euloirfsed by those uraofig
the most intelligent nnd refined of our city. The
pantomimic tableau of" Cain and Abel "is consider
ed, beyond all comparison, the greatest thing of the
description ever achieved. Mme. Lovaray and Herr
Stoepcl afford pleasant music between the tableaus.
Wool's Minstrels tender a great variety of songs
and dances, and the successful farce called " The
Mischievous Monkey," for the edification of their
friends tonight.
Mme. LaGranqe?The friends of this la.ly will
doubtless bear in rnind that she is to give her fare
well concert at Nibl'os Saloon this evening. Mr.
Gottschalk, the distinguished pianist, and other
emixent artists assist.
Academy Hall?Messrs. Conway, Rrevoit Tv
ni>0,tillJ'. flames Allen and Mathews,
Misses Telbin ami Charles, and various, other per
formers, have voltmteered for the benefit of Mr /(J
Booth, which is to take place this evening. The
sclertmns consist of Hhakspere's r.iay of the " Mer
chant of Venice," the farce calkd " The Irish Lion ''
and a whimsical sketch styled '? Miles's Son " As
most of the artists have tonnmerahle friends the
beoefictay may conlideotfy rely on having a iariro
audience. * B
WiT4[>.R Hill.?TWs is the last week of the ex
hibition of the great-historical diorama of the "Bat
tle of Itunker Mill and Conflagration of Charles
town, at Buckley's Hall, Chinese Buildings
Dcsseldore Gallery ?The merits of the exten
sive collection of pictures in this gallery are too
well known by our citizens generally to require com
ment-strangers. however, are notified that they can
spend a couple of hours most agreeably at in7 Broad
^ovcekt?Rlgnor Amodio has issued a splendid
bill for a coisnert at Niblo's Saloon next Friday. H?
is to be ass if ted by a number of the finest artists on
the occasion.
The London Timr* of May 19 says: "Lucroaia
Borgia" was presented on Saturday in a style of
' xcellenee that left nothing to criticise, and raised
'he enthusiasm of a crowded house. Mario and
ilonconi entirely recovered, and Grisi, who, never
ill-disposed. was better disposed than ever, give' an
to the performance which constituted it the
most brilliant of the season. Mario has seldom dis
played wore energy 11$ Bgejncd dgter
mined to atom for the diaappoiatment of which he
,u. *he involuntary came on the evening of hie
rentrtt, and succeeded triumphantly.
TBI FJAHB WILL <181,
Bwmwgwte'e Co art.
Bsfore A. W. Bradford, Ksq.
CONTINPATJON 0? MR. FOLflOM'S TRSTIMONy.
JntAe Matter of tk* WiU or (At La* ILnry J \truk
? * O^O", being farther examined by Mr. O'Cjoor
?aid:-!. continuation of what ooeorrwd at the Inter
view mentiontd by me yerterday, I would state that
n^*!LJ^,r4ri-h fc?Un*d to to mo Mr. Pariah
I*r. Del* fie Id sild, uSu?ab. I im bo mai ,
Mr. Fotoom ahould not hi aCttJd '^h.^ .Tim
go tn." or word* to that 'sffeeri atoT
speaking of Mr. Pariah's totomion to giZThw tM Umon
square property,.be .aid, "Mr. PariMt alwws told Z
ihat he intended to give do the Wall street and 1'nk^
square properties1 then said to MralSruh
asm him the plain question as to hie desire to rive ron
those two properties;" one then, on a prouZie from
tj 410 *?T oUWr 3B8>tl?n en business?ehe
?eying to me, "If yon will ask no oth.r^T,
?!*? hnsiness, yon can be eomtttod;" and I re
plying | 1 would not," or words to that effee', she ad
mitted me into toe room: I do not distinctly reojtlect 1
what room it was, bnt I tkink It was a roo? aeJototo* I
Vr"!5? ??"dolr mt# wWch ' bad first been iotroduoed I
and I think it was on the main or principal story, but an!
10 Mr* P*^h *??t im^ibo XZ
wltn me, and no other person: she took * .*;??? An ? '
^Kkiwri"\w*# WM iitUa$ up in^ohslr; she
took his right hand in hers and said, "My dear, Mr Pot
som has ceded to tee yon;? he immediately turned to
to. left LZ! S^aWS, if; ft?1 ?LK
ro to.* i'? ! ,*** otthe brad; I put the same question
to hlin in relation to the Wall street property; he shook
^^?4"b!0/?i.Mr"u P*'i,h ??oarkJdT"*ou do Sot
pot the questions in the right wiT,n or words to tiBt
tffeot j I immsdintely altereo me woras of the uae^tioas
bj saying, ? In eese of your death, do yeu eish to give this
P'*p,.rt) ?o jour wife." or to "M e. Parlahr"?I for set
"rj^WO d' 1 wa < be made a nod of tne
wTuVZEi ^ *at i" relation to the
jWoam tb? ??" motion of his
had, previously to this, turlni this
interview, been Heme conversation between Mrs. Parish
sad myself as to the Barclay street and Chambers street
prooertlee; I then snggeetei to her to ask him in raia
i.cn ihrreto; she saio to Mr. Parish, "Did you nitto
ycur will give mo the Barclay street property!'" be made
a nrgative movement cf the bead; she asked the Mm*
question in rotation to the Chamber, ."m ????
ZS'Tu *am" n'^Uv? BOvJneSj
be*d lolJowed; she then vsrisd the form of tae
question ; ihe exact manner 1 do not rosoliect*
and hie reply was an afiirmatiro non of the head
i ".j .m'*?lf th*n ro?? from the to
triyiew, and I stid to Mrs. Paiisb, in words as nsar as i
wtZTZZ^f*' ^?**W,r Part#(1 t? be of uosonn/
7?d' **"? ?1 trannaotiog bosinees;" I saonld
j"*I? j there, to make it a direct and straight
forward iar rati vs. that from hie contradictory answers
1 thought ho oonid not understand questions' or if thev
?,Vn^"BtO0Vl h. was to??R g^Lfl'
root answers, and thereby incapable as above to transect
bosinees: I then made a motion to leave, and went to
Zm p t^* trnak [or 'be purpose of taking it np, when
!^ not noeossary to Uke it t0
? , w? ?ball want it again soon;" sue said, "I will
put it In onr safb, where nwill ba as sa'e win too
If5 vBI best of my memorj waf
? ebarge of the trunk so long and during
bis lUnoss, and from the fact of the will and all thesrf
denees of hfs property being in that trunk, I did not wish
it'i^s fakAfV 80 0Ut ?r mj lMknda or ?on,r?1. uotil
it was taken from me by some process of law or tin i
"/ Mr* P,fUh's soundness or mind,'or until
!t 4 J 1 f.rtm "? ,or or entirely, or words to
tba. effect; I then took th# trunk, brought it back to the
Phoenix Bank, and said to Mr.' Ogd^ the Whier to
01 Mr- nieston, the president^ I
Z , "* J*4* 'P0'1' of 'bs' trunk, and did not
Z.'^. I S ^ 006 bnt ?JNir; Mr. Ogden said
to me. in snbstanoe, aid I think to toeee exaotwo?li "I
In^Jni! ^?m Joa la beposit for safe keeping
l*f? ?!at'th? ii V1 '* If one bat youwolf;" I toon
lefl it At the'back; a few d%j? afterwurda I letrned op
beard that Mrs. Parish had produced a wilL or aonv of &
Will, and ,hat . oodioil had been adJ?d*to H?S Mr
Mrtim'-'o^h* ie^hb?r Mi0D B<lwe %n* Wb11 "trcHt pro
Slnk ti? .i5l. Sep ember' **1*8 st the Pnwnix
Benk, I beard from cne of the clerks that Mrs Pariah
bad obtained the trunk; I to,me^telyZaitei on Mr
Ogden, toe csshier, who confirmed the toot; I said tc Mr
il^fr rh thought he had done wrong to giving it up"
afjsr thepromise he had made to me; bis repiy was m!
acnowledgment that perbaps he had, but he remark ad
"What could I dof" or "Hov cculdl' actV' M^Parito
ParUh ,with.Mr- ??f*'-eld, aid told mo that Mr.
Parish wanted his trunk to see about his taxes "
Mhlnw" Ul?MI M 1 Po?db.'y remembe'r?
thatimh LS?.'0rrratheF th* a?'0eyl Informed
tim, that I should to a tow days want tbe trunk for buai
" m ?n(1 should look to him for it; ho said
Weil, when yon want it 1 will tend for it or will .*?^
v> orc!er J)r on 21st ol September I'caUed at the
w an t* too ^rnn k* f hi"' "^t?W ^ ^ 'fmtl should
4iJw th.* S 'be next day, at 12 o'cioe*; he said, to
w?? ' ? would send for it; the next day I calleci at
11 ?>?', was told by Mr. Ogden ?a?thj
trunk was returned < n the same day it was taken am ?
!i?n??V,s1 ?f uttob*'r fo'icwiig I went to Mrs. Pari, h's
>n ?r? ?Bt^ *? A rfcia?et from me to be al
lowed to see Mr. Parish, or words to thst effect, aha in
termed me that he, Mr. 'Pariah? had hadVaZZj?
??We!f' *ni WM thBn s?l??P from
toto- ri? tiL" admlniated tor that at
J*0"- ?b.? tb,n ??bed me what my motives were
n wiidng to eee him cn my former riait* I tDld
Lrtt^u:.Ct,tbatth:Vr' or ? ksnerol character, tolt
parttenlsrly to see if there had been any improvement la
b'Vr1?r iii : ,8h? th*n a"b#d me who sent me, and
1 acUdi 1101(1 her 'bat no one sent
me and that I aetel under the adviee of no one, that my
iUi !.!r^BOt8tapI? tbAt 1 dld "ot 'be 'advice of
??y one, I bad merely to Uke eare of the property in
b?tw8*' "r ,bonld ecn!iaD? to <Jo so uninflueicsd
rfaMT J one; itWM about this time
1 ?*ptess?(l to Mrs. Parish a desire tnat she would
Uke this property out of my hands by ao order of the
on??ii at^a U>^"' 8b lk"1 *U 'blngs were going
,4t ,h? cffl?*i 'xeept that he could not collect the
interest on some stocks without a special power of attor
bey, she remarked in words, ' Oh, that is of no oonse
quencs; she then inquired in referenoe to these stocks
if they were all in bis trunk; I told her taey were she
atkeo me If I had the key of thst tmnk with ms- I' told
her no; she atked me where I kepi it; I told her to my
p''TV? 4aWer "m cffl.ce: she fBid- "M I should ask
you for it, would you have any objeotiom in giving !
it np to ne? I told her I should have sum an
objection, and told her in effect, the exact words
that t5er? 7*" ? ?re?t de*' of P'op^rty
to that trunk, documents and so forth, which were nego
tiable witoont anv one endorsement and I felt tba; I
oonid not give it np, for snould any of that property be
m'sting I should be looked to for it; I think she then
made this remark, " Well, it is very hard ihst a man
e iITe^ ?rn ' ?? Bkid her> " Whenever I am sa
tisfitd Mr. Parish is of sound mind, I shall have do obj'o
i^.u,8 'Dg np 10 h'T1''" ??inK 1?is interview, and
brieve subseqnent to the foregoing events?I think it
was tmmedtouly afterwaids?Mrs. Parish said, "Ia-n
?orry thereto so much eontention about his property be
tnre the man n dead;" I replied that I had never heard
?;7 7 ,* contention, ard dld not know of My. ghe
rt , 'is' T,?8' kno*> for Ja"?e Sherman told me
that he told you all about it;" to reply I said, "Judge
-herman neyer told me so, and I never knew
of any contenUon." To any inquiry from me at
* tIln^.1 woul<1 be .llowed to see Mr.
v ' Zj4*v 84' " Al 10 th*' vou must Uke your
chance with others, for so long as he remains in his
prestnt p sltlon, no one can see him." Tnese I believe
-o fc? E?BrlT ber sxaet words; I then left; shortly after
**{??? 1 tL'?b ?? the ninth or October. I went up
to Mr. Paiisb a bon,e in company with Mr. Dauiel I'ar
ish; we were admitted to the library on the right of the
entrance; Mr. Daniel Parish sent up his name and mine,
^ T? ifr' Hen,7 ,,,irl!,h Ianswer came
tb"?r' ,r7nIel p,rtah coul^ come up; he then sent
Z--|J? ? 7 8 mes,*D??r 'hat he wished me to come
*"h, hl?. ?r go np with htm; the answer earns bock
tbat only Mr. Daniel Parish eouid oome up; Mr. Daniel
ItoHsh wentnp stairs and I remained in the library; soon
&J?r; P"Li^ ''arWh c,m8 d0"n and we retired'from
Mr Z!,Tw'h'; Dv( Wfnr ^ays afterwards I went to
Mr. Benry I arlnL a honre with Mr. ShermtOa and to a
iAnaeAt from Mr. 8J?erman to th? warrant in attendant
Jt <e Jt Parish, the servant said, "Mrs.
Parish ? orders are ftat Mr. Sherman cannot be alma
ww; end to the same request sent up by me
f?rvant brought back the answer that Mr Parl-cb
was then asleep, and no one could be admitte.i
to see him ? we then left ; I think It was or,
i '?ll,?en'b of Novtmber I went to the Phri
lIx lank, took ihe will from the trunk, brought it <o
our olhce, put it in an envelope, wtbte upon the en- I
velope Doposited by George W. Kols im. in theKultoo
Hsnx 13th November, 18l9 " these I think to he tbe
words ondorsed upon tbe envelope; having sealed il 1
Uok it to tbe Pultoo Bank, hanoed it to Mr lens the
ossliier, told him I wisoed to leave it there as a depoeit
for safe keeping, and asked him if he would reoeivs it- he
at sen ted to reviving it, and said, " I wUl guaraitee its
safety against al: dangers but from fire," or words to
that effect; the 5th of January, 1850. Mr. Delafield, or the
firm of II. & W. Delafied, came Into our office anJ
n,(Hired for Mr. Kernochan; Mr. Kernochan not lieirur
in, he told ms that Mr. and Mrs. Parish were at the door
in their carriage, and 1 had betterfgo down and see them
?or words to that eff.ct; I went to the carriage at the
door, and saw Mr and Mrs. Parish, alter talking or
speeking o Mr. Parish cm ordinary aobjeoU, now not re
membered, Mrs. Parish said to ms, "Mr. Parish warns
or is very anxious, ' or words to that effect, " to get a
paper from the office;" this question was put by Mrs.
Parinh, evidently to its plain tbe caane of certain imve
meats of Mr. Parish, which I could not understand- she
said, as near as I can remember, " Is there not a Mil of
Mr. (the muse not now recollected, or perhaps not given
by her,) in his, Mr. Parish's desk?" I informed
r*,4 v. ,?T of no HUcb P*P??; "bs then remarked.
? It is his will he wants, and jou had better ask him "
or words to that effect; I then said to Mr. Parish "Mr
I Parish, do you want your will!" he made a negative
movement of the head and certain gestures of the bind
| I then repeated tffie question in very muoh the same
words, twies; his reply In both cases was a slight nod of
the head, an affirmative nod; Mrs. Parish then remarked
I ' W ell. I am glad you understand him at last and'
7?u will please bring it ap," or "you will brim/It
np to the honse;" I said to her, " I am not so positive or
sure on that p.ont; I will take counsel with ray legal ad
vlser and be governed aceording'y," or words of similar
Import, she abruptly closed the carriage window, and or
dere-t the wacbman to drive on; I called upon Mr I'ranris
Griffin tbat alternoon, laid the oase be ore him, and asked
his advioe; acting upon his adviee, and also the advloe or
Mr hernoeban I took the will from the bank, and on the
following day, f think, It was asked Mr. Kernochan to go
np with me. and see to the delivery of the will; we went
K,f,,D'7U!n "'l '? Mr. Parish's house,
were adoiited Into toe Iihrtry; there were present Mr
Hd Mr*. Henry Pariah, Mr. Niltld, Mr. Kernechaa and
?)Nlf; Mr. Ktrnoeban nt upon the right ride of the
grate or flrepleoe: moo after I had taken my Mat near
him, oa hie left head, I said to Mr. Henry Pariah, '? Mr.
Pariah, 1 hare brought op your will?do yon want
it?" 1 think hi* reply waa a alight aero tire, or
of m Indefinite charaoter I oould not teU whether
It ?h affirmative or negative; I repeated the quee
tion, and be made an affirmative motion of the head;
he took the will from my bead, and I think either pat tt
on bia aeat beeide him or *oth; I think he waa eittinK upon
a ho fa, or ha kept it In hta hand upon hi* lap; I am not
positive which, and. to the beat of my recollection, Mrs.
Parish oame forward, took the will, and laid it on the
mantelpleee; eoon afterward* Mr. Pariah apparently
missed the object, the will, and made motion* or (reaturea,
which apparently signified a dean* for It?tor something;
Mrs. Parish, I believe, returned to the mantel pie >e, and
handed him the will; during this interview Mr. Pariah
made certain motions with his hand toward* me, indicat
ing, if it indioated anything, that h* wanted some con
versation with mo; he kept this ap some Ume, kept ap
th?M motions, bat we failed to aseertein what be wanted;
Mrs. Parish observed. In worde amounting to tnis, "He
want* to speak to you, cr address yon aboat some matter
o> your own, or about your being paid for your eerviees;"
I said to Mrs. Parish, '-I feel that Is a vary delicate sub
ject for me to speak on at present;" 'in reply, she
raid, "Oh, you bad better waive all delicacy upon that
aubjict, all delicacy in the matter, and try to find
oat what he wants," or words to that cffMt; the same
recommendation waa made by Mr. Kernoohan and others
in toe room; the word* I shall now om may not be
literally those need In my questions to him:?'Mr.
Parish, do yon wish to pay me for soy services ?" he made
an affirmative motion of the head; I than said, " Shall I
same amounts?" atiU the aam* affirmative motion; I
said, "One thousand dollar*;" he nod ted; '? fifteen hun
dred;" he nodded; "two thousand;" hi* motions in re
ply to that wore indefinite; I then said, " Mr. Pailab. do
yon wish mo to continue to transact yonr business?" or
words to bat effeet; he made a motion or motion* with
bia hands, ( believe, towards Mr. Keraoohan and mjsslf;
I alM asked him If he wished a balaaoe which stood
sua net me upon hie book* eaneelled; about this time I
said to Mrs. Parish, either Immediately or within a short
time ?' You believe and say that Mr. Pariah is of sound
mind," or woids lo tha'. effect; ho* said, '? Yee;" I then
said to her, " Yon tee he can use his left hand treely,"
which is as near the words used br me es I can possibly re
member; I said to her, "Such being 'he ease, if you should
pat block letters before him, he would certainly be
able to make himself understood, or hi* wishes under
stood," or words o' similar import; la reply Mrs. Parish
used thee* words, "What Impudence in Mr. Filsom to
propose any sueb thii g:" not long after wards Mr. Faiish
appearing fatigued, we left the room, Mr. Kerooooan and
myseif Mr. Delafield accompanying a* into the had; Mr.
Kwrnochan, I believe It was, who suggested that perhaps
Mr. Parish wanted hie balanoe sheet; I mink I requested
Mr. Delafield to say to Mr. Parish, tkat I would make oat
the bain nee sheet, and bring It up; we then left: I then
nade cat his balance sheet, and on Monday, the Mventh
of J snuary, 1 think it waa, I had the baianoe sheet
completed, went up to Mr. Parish's house to deliver
it to him. snd found that be, with Mrs. Parish, had
gone ont riding: I immediately returned to our office,
and there hund assembled Mr. end Mrs. Heory Parish,
Mr. Daniel Pariah, Mr. Kerncohan and Mr. Delafield.
1 banded the balance iheet to Mr. Heary Parish; tne
ccnversation then turned upon the matter of the will,
snl the was somewhat excited or angry, apparently,
when speaklrg of it; I remarked to the effect that I bad
no doubt Mr. Parish was satisfied with what I had dine,
or words of the tame effect; the then said exactly these
words, I think, " If Mr. Parish oould speak, he would
very soon let you know whether he was satisfied or nit;"
I replied, " If he should ever come to his mind, you may
thank your stars if you oan render as clear an acciunt
as 1 can," or words to that effect; these are almost the
pteslse words I used; she then retorted angrily, and Mr.
Parish turned abruptly towards her, with a menac
lug gesture of the head, and I may say struck her upon
the shoulder and piloted towards the carriage; she said
' Well, If he speaks to me that way, I must answer him,"
or words to that effect; I must now rest in the narrative
snd await the question to be put to me. Q. At the in
terview at Union square, when after the interrogatories
to Mr. Parish, about his giving the Union square proper
ty, and his having given In his will the Barclay and
Chambers street property, yon spoke about his incapa
city or unsoundness of mind to Mrs. Parish, where was
Mr. Parish, or how near to you was ha? A. He was very
near to us Indeed, for he had just risen, and I think Mrs.
Parish waa still sitting at his side; I made the remark to
close the Interview there. Q. If he had his hearing, waa
the tone such that he could have heard it? A. I think
so; I had no desire to say It under my usual tone, or in
such a manner that he oould not hear it; I felt so posi
tive in my being rightfn my conclusions, that I had no
fear of its affectisg him, of the speech affecting nim. Q.
Did he make any indication thereupon ? A. He did not.
Q. At the time you uiderstood the trunk had been
taken away from the Phoenix Bank, where was
tbe key of the trunk? A. The key waa in my
possession. Q. Have yon ever parted with that
key ? A. I do not recollect ot ever parting with it.
Q. At tbe time yon spoke to Mtb. Parish about her belief
and statement that Mr. Parish was of sound mind, and
when yon suggested the use cf block letters, was Mr.
H*try tytrish present? A. He was. Immediately beside
me. Q. Did he give any lndicatisn of any emotion on his
pert of any kind, to yonr remarks on that bead, or to those
or Mrs. Parish? A. To the best of my memory he did aot.
Do you kaow what became ut the oox ma-ksd H. A D.
Parish, containing securities or papers belonging to both
blotter* ? A. 1 do not know what eventually became of
t. Q. Where waa It kept ? A. At the Phoeatx Bank.
Q. How waa tbe key of it kept and disposed of? A It
was generally kept in a small prlva e drawer in tbe store,
tbe same drawer where the key of Henry Parish's trunk
was kspt. Q. Had you any, and what access to and use ot
tbe trunk marked "H. A D. Parish," and the key tbersol?
A. I had; if at any time in the absence of the Messrs.
Parish anything was wanted from it, whethsr they were
absent or pieesnt at any time I always considered myself
at liberty to go to It. Q. Was that trunk marked '?&. A
D. Parish" ever, and when, and by whom, aad to what
place, removed from the Pbcenix Bank? A. I know that
it was removed, and to tbe house <ft Henry Parish after
bis iliness, but I don't know the time, and I do not know
who took it there. Q. About how long after the a'tack
did snob removal take placey A. I shonid say some three
or four months. Q. Do yon know whether at that time
ttere were In that trunk any securities which were the
separate properties of Daniel Parish? A. I know tkat
there were. Q. State such ot them as occur to you at
tc is moment, and any steps that were taken, to
your rccollec'lon, to get them back? A. I think
there were some Alabama bonds, Tennessee bonds,
and Cincinnati 5 per cent bonds, I think, snd some
others, I think; about the latter part of April, 18S0, I
think, at tbe request of Mr. Daniel Parish, 1 wrote a note
to Mr. Henry Palish, requesting him to send down the
Alabama bonds, and the Tennessee bonds belonging to
brth Henry and Daniel Parish, that he might collest the
interest which was then falling due, or that 11 they did
not wish to send the whole to send Daniel Parish's; and I
think I described the amount of the bonds, and the pro
portion belonging to Mr. Daniel Parish, which wss 97,000
of the Alabama bonds, and I think 916,000 ef the Tennes
see. Q. Do you remember any results of that letter ? A.
7he remits were very negative for some time, as the bonds
were not forthcoming: 1 think the bonds were eventually
sent down to Mr. Daniel Parish, but not for some months
a'ter tbe application: I mean that Daniel's share of the
Alabama and Tennessee bonds oame. (J. Have yon any
recollection of any thing dins with tbe hooks, or other
wise, by Mr. kernocnan, when the carriage was
at the store door in reference to theie bonds? A.
I have a recollection to that effect. Q. State It?
A. I recollect that there appeared to be a doubt with
Mrs. Parish as to whether a part of these bonds belonged
to Daniel Par'ah; and Mr. Kernocban took the book down
to the oarriage in whioh the entries of the division of the
properties of H. and D. Parish were made, and exhiolted
it and explained the entry tojher, and wnioh, I think, In
fluenced the return of the bonds belonging to Mr. Doalel
Parish. Q. Abont what date wss that division made on
the books? A. I think it was early in 184?, or tbe latter
part of 1848; I don't recolleet which; It might hare been
t year or two earlier; 1 forget; perhaps In 1846 or 1848.
U. According to your best rec?4iec?>ion, how much time
elapsed after the occasion when Mr. Kernoehan took
down the books, before Mr. Daniel Pariah's bonds were
returned? A. 1 do not remember; I have no idea. Q.
Up to the lime oi bis attack, what was tbe character
oi the books and accounts kept by Mr. Henry Parish
in respect to minuteness, completeness and accuracy?
A. As I kept them myself, 1 am bound to give them a
good character; I think they were kept minutely, cor
rectly, and every transaction was placed to Its pro
8er aeocutt, all of whi:h was due more to Mr.
lenry Parish's own supervision than ti any eflirt
of mine. Q. Did he keep an expense account? A. He
did. (j. Did he keep an interest acciuat? A. H? did.
Q. Have his acccunts to any, and what extent, been con
tinued or attempted to be continued sub equsntly to bis
attack? and it not, why not? A. They were continued,
1 think, not long after the 1st of January, 1860: the rea
sons for not continuing them longer were, that with the
disappearance of evidences of property I was deprived of
tbe power of continuing the books, as I could not tell
what was paid or what waa not paid. Q. After that die
appearance were you ever furnished with information,
means or materials to euahie you to oon'Inue the books
or accounts ? A. I never was. Q On these ocoaslms
when Mr. snd Mrs. Parish came In the carriage to ths
door, did it ever happen or wai it usual that papers or
documents brought In tbecarrlige had to be left with or
exhibited to you ? A It dill ofiea happen. Q. Stats the
osual manner In which that operation waf conducted ?
A. In tbe carnage most frequeniIf Mr. Parish would sit
on cne seat, and Mrs. Parish on ths othar, especially on
such occasions, when documents or papers were brought
and exhibited to me; if a check was brought for me, or a
hood a pen which 1 was to collect the interest, it was
(Socially placed beside Mr. Parish on the seat upo:
which he eat, or In ? reticule or hag, and Mr. Parish
would frequently or ? , oat always take up the package,
?at would fall to separate or select the required paper;
Mrs. Parish would pick It out, and hand It to me. Q.
< in these carriage visits, was it ever or frequently a md
ter of effort cn i ho part of Mrs. Parish and yourself to find
out anything from Mr. P., or to Hdu out what he wanted '
A. We always made great efforts to find out what Mr.
Parish wanted, bnt never, to the beet of my memory, has
Mr. Patish ever been able to convey his wishes to me to
my satisfaction ; being unable to speak, he could do no
thing hut make motions with his hand, and these motions
were almost always of a similar character on these occa
sions of the carriage meetings, and they were of this
character: on coming before him, be woeld always put
up his hand, raising it with tbe two fore fingers extended,
and the remaining three partially closed, or sometimes
two, shaking it as be raised It, snd then turning It over,
putting the tcps of the fingers downwards, with the
same shaking motion, accompanying it with a sonnd
from his mouth, which the letters a * e woald express
more nearly than any others; these motions of his
would become more violent, as Mrs. Parish, in trying
to express what he meant, failed to do so; the voice
might cease or might be eontlnued In the seme man
nef, as he hecsme more excl'ed, the a s e would
become more emphatic or lend; 1 do rot mean to say that
tbe shaking motion was Involuntary, nor do I say It was
voluniary; I know not; 'he motion was such as I might
make 11 I should say, '-you do not understand rae." q
How did these semes of a motion which you hsre just now
been describing usually terminate? A. He would eventually
tall back, or l*y back, apparently giving it up, apparent
jy perfectly placid, and -ceming to have no further effort
to make. Q. Previously to bis attaik, did you ever know
Mr. Parish to touch his wife, or any other person rudely,
or do any act of that kind? A. 1 never did, and never
would believe him capable of so rude an act, unlessJ bad
WW hi? perform it. Q. Ia wUt degree ?|( he Drier to
j ?**??. 0"nrUoiu and poUte? A. In a ?Fr. ?
T?e. Q Judging by your own knowledge of him. fC!?
your intimacy with hlm.ard your own S
Won, what waa the condition of hU minx
_D.'id'F>*?d!q* *??? '*? time you first saw him, afihu
* Wj?; ?"til, and Ine'uiMng tho la*t tlmoy0a M
fi 0Ugb, "??* "Ml# period hoVu*^
far removed from an Imbecile, a till retain ln?r ?om*
io,n#. Ue?*riog idsas of formtr baainexa
th? "eff"rt? to expreis himself; wltnont
him ^ ^ A*? *9 do- without tho mind to enable
*SZr%??7 ** *f're *?
UlwtJ, but To ^Sriod^id^
monrti. before hi. death wh.n I hi! ?, W?
Q. Do you know wa.ther Henry Pariah's resoondbintV
eTtonT^7 Evolved
cotton, outing Henry'a abae.ee in Knroue ? A In hie
operation! In ootton for H. ft D Pariah, hJZ- tovotoed?
acme of the operation, during Henry'a abaenoe In Fsrwoe
were on joint account of H. ft D. Paii.h: these jointonaraT
2??.i ilS 0T,r ?3?0 ?00, I think; by lbs boX^E
* ? kae on these joint operatiooa was some 122,000-1
?f IF ? t?0,# ?P?f?tloos or that loss to be theraeJoot
of discussion between Henry and Daniel Parish. Q. OU
?ith*? Mtk,"l,r ?'"** ?'?thers complain or find fault
with one another in regard to suoh operations oTJomXy
tid dM^ Q" IHA Da?1*' farUhVat auy ttaeXwr
auwtf tT.HenLy P,krUlh'' ??tea to, EvntitoVl
questr A. I do not remember, but I think it _,?v
A ^ don't h# didb.,Q',?d h* ?ndor* Daniel PhrSh'BS"
ui . remember; I don't remember that Daniel P??
Wm the frtonS? inwS^
between ihe two brothers more or leas than ntnn
u'?ry(f *nd Ur- Kernoehanf A. I think it was
to t we. n'7?"SZf*? ot"V difficulties or disputes
overdid o i ^fothorsf A. I do mwt remember that I
!IFz.i ' -S: fa '?*" 'nterriew with Henry Pariah, whan
Tiur ?nrbi"in ?r
eollect exactly what we did, but I bare no donbtlnrfT
wae the ease. Q What wo the trial w Xeertin Chit
h.wantsd? a. I d -n't rcc.Ueet. Q. In thlt teUiCfoC
T< ?3y ,nMe,l'on made or questloa a-ked iu relation to
hUsirtere. brothers, tbelr children or an, o' eltb.r of
or any exposition of hu property by wiuf A rhere
C or wi I reciter
fF T qne* ,OD or ??*?e,tioo made ah
Cha? ^e%e^"dy0r A ThDy ?tt>W lnUrT,a,r. to aMeriain
*n* wanted? A. There never was that I rn?mu.
ui ^ra?7.:Utlm."8rf0M,0r qn#*,l!>n9 or pat
ILt!?' V VLw * or und#r olroumitanoee In your Jr.
-M-dSfr
8J5" tissir
A?donnAt*k0fhI%rfflc*' Q" Whatoaus-d ih'ete^tton?
myself; I had freoueuU,todTEr?
iur Sft LW you eTF ^Umkoow iST^
f am' in t .ure uS^ ^7^ bnt
/LPsrhap. A toe.? Trn^fL lQc?T^2n?BT
o'f ^ Carri*ge wlth Mn- Parfsh'
that .xdteLnC f ft alw.^Vcu^.T^l Pr5P
at the lnterriewe tot H^ lVrlsS.^th^^^r
to hand which might rery easily bo under* 100^^1,?
* ??na?thing ?r some intormauon: and hit ez6ltam?e*
?lose frequent]j at those interrlews a*
M.tfng In lnterruptirg t&SSt&
rrAfaSSK/arSw
KfyL?. 2l?s
of mind, and therefore the motions and gseturee s^^rf
eonreyed no definite idea to me, to my mlnd. M th^
o'n?lif e*U,a ?tmy uaderstending them or hie wiahee.
*B7 '.collection that you told Mr Ker
nochan or Mr. Daniel Parish that you had taken th'a will
out of to box? A. I have no rejlleoln tTtotJaZ*
UllH.V tl7.m vM. rIe2lle8llon ?C?r "*?on f? your not
leiiiDg tnem Y A. I hays not: I had no reason w nnt
S; T^7 did you t9ke U?e will out ef the
*5d ft in your pocket ? A. Because I wu At,
tensiaed not to give it up nntil I was satisfied tot i?
nld'fwV1 "*1" .lt ^the "?ht and waa satllF
Ct WM doing right In so giving it up. Q. To
whom did you auppose it might be riven nn If i, ?
maln^in tot truT? A. IsuppMMdUmlgbt to
npfo Mr. Pmfoh; from what I was told of Mr Pariah's
condition I did not believe beoould make any uaeoMt
Q. What bad you been told, and by whom ? a. i {,!!?
ttTtotMr^le^ Mr" I -Ot^
uve, tot Mr. Pariah was very low, or words to thater.
fect, and it would not be surprising lt h# ahould die at
"f. Q- Why were ysu determlned tot the
will should not be given up to Mrs. Pariah f A For tho
same reasons tot I Vae deiermin.d it tould not beri^
1 would not have given it up to Mr. iSnteh
5jdd!,,"d ^ k"*w more o' him than I did of bar, and I
thought It would not bo right in me to give it up to anv
^token from me by due proo.se of law whloh
Mre. Parish oould have done I had no doubt, If ahe-eooid
have proved the aoordneaaof Mr. Parish'a mind, and
which in my interviews with hfr I had meretaan oCm
proposed that she should do. Q. Why would aot von
have given it up to Daniel Parish? a. For the vw
* 1 would not have given It up to Mr7
Henry latiehs eister, thinking that he had no right
? ' hQ- dld, 70x1 Uk" " from- your pFak
et and return U to the t rtl, s>
A. Because 1 considered It the safest as well aa the most
proper plaee where I oould put Ji. q. wh, a had
fr' th" trunk betwwn the time you tl&k It
Chi?s a , return#d the trunk- to the bank
which led you to replace it ? A. Nothing but to result
n ?y h^Wtoodiate eonsileration or the subject Q
UMk7Ch.>F> ?r Mrr1cl,ed,f0' the written order for the
h? ?-.l, iaen^on*d h> your direct examination^
it to m. niS ? 0T ?elUfCh?d for it, having hand
'cr ?x*mlo?tlon; lam of opUfon that
twa. not handed back to me. Q. You have stated the#
pillih^AM* 10 F1*1 (lrd"r WM *?m8'hat like Heiry
. h s. did sou at the time believe lt to be Mr Pariah>?
signatnre? A. I did not be.teve it to be bss vol^torT
ftigcature. Q. What do you mean hy that auswar? A^
mean tot hie band, if it ever directed the pen whiefa
n WM controlled by a mind other than hM own.
siimnttir.? "'C*?- ia?ul fr0ln haodwriuag of the
?1.1, A from the handwriting of the signature or
to signature not from the bsdy of the dooSXnt. a
Chto70n"7'?ia That tore was In to signatur? from
which you inferred or judged that it was not a volunta
jy B^Rnaturo ? A. From its distorted admsmbm
from ideas I had of his incapacity for doing sueh things.
weie foZJlTit W*re i6 id'M 'ounded? A. Tnw
weie founded upon my knowledge from general
nmrnTdito nt h eff?c,|, ot P'tolysis, and the
recent date of it. oocarrence with Mr. Parish?
Hem whs wr?r^xs;
from Mr. Henry Pa,ish ? A. I tWnkVhXi I
U ? * ?P^e'fle object; I don't remmn
ber the time; it was to carry out a specific object durimr
some temporary absence, so I think. Q. other than that*
you never held any power of attorney from Mr. Parish.
A. I have not, to the best of my memory. Q. Without
mr e,T ^ quMt,on whether the signature
^*1, ?ffer for the t'nnk you havs men dined,
toe I^UwF Tt. O' involuntary, did you at the
a t el ? .. . Tas m*Je hy Heary Pariah?
A. I do not rocollec. that I formed a ?ery definite
opinion upon tha subject. Q. Dil you show that order
to any person other than Cashier Ogden 1 A. I do not
???*r th* ot my doing so; to the best of my
reco lee-ion, I did not. Q. Wnen Mr. Ogdsn said he
would send np the trunk on that order, what made you
intervene and take it up yourself ? A. Because in
taking It up myself, I was very eertaiu I should bring it
O^hTVI be s*nt 11 np' " n*Ter would hack.
kl?w J??r ??'tatnty that you shonld bring it
I^tfrhK/d 7h.?f vi pA" B*eau,e Ibad no ,d6? ef being.
Hatiehed that Mr. Parish wan ed lt. y. What did jour
certainty, that if Ogdsn sent lt np, It never would come
back, rtow out-of ? A. I-rom an idea tot Mre. Pariah
was determined to get hold of it, in some way
^ Ct'L i did y?u ST?1 that Idea from'
nlJ . ^ or,K,na'*d I" my mind when Mr. Dela
field reinsed to senu a written order for It- I then
thought be did not wish to take the responsibility of her
gettitg it; and the subsequent written order being of a
questionable character in my tr ind, I had the idea that
she was determined to get possession of it. aod wonid, if
to?tS? 1 i the" anything else tot eontrlbutsd
lo the origin or growth of tot Idea? A. Notulog else to
kn?w'l'dKe; ^ 7" U wkol|y y?u' ?wn conclusion
upon the two faots that jon hay# mentioned? A. It was
entirely so; I had wlshec for advice upon the subject
from a party, but had not received it. <J. Had yon ex.
pecten any such advice? A. I had expeoted that I ehonld
.aw '?a<lri?ed with, or that a request for advice
would have been more or less supplied or coir piiod with,
tii ,V??'wbom had J,ou ?*P?otod it? A. From Mr. Dan
i/tVi7 "?'.w .1 y Part^ fr"m whom 1 would have takoo
mlrVZ, , re." .H," How and when was the request
r T d you' expectation arise? A. Toe
precise time I do not je member, but 1 had mentioned
some facts or some occurrences to him in relation to my
operations to this matter, Mr. Parlrh'a matters, and hi
very decidedly Informed me that he had nothing to say.
upon the subject; and be never did give me any advice
WH uVr friction to the affairs or business upon
wh'rh I was engaged for Mr. Parish; and I wai sometimes
much provoked at his not doing so. Mr. Folsom'i ex
amiiiation was still further adjourned.
Russian Winters Professor Von Seidlitz, ot
the University of Dorpat, lately delivered a most
interesting lecture on the subject of the breaking up
of the ice and the close of the navigation in the
principal rivers in the Russian empire, from which
it appears that, though the periods of the first frost
ore subject to such great fluctuations,yet the break
ing tip of the ice in the Dwina-Neva, Bialaja, Dana,
Dnieper, Dniester, Bong and Wolga, Is ascertained
by the experience of 60 years, to vary eniy four
days, happening between the 24th and 27th of July
(old style) every year. 2. As the maximum heat
of the daily temperature rises at the astro
nomical noon, and the maximum of the an
nual temperature is governed by the summer
solstice, so the average |>eriod of the above rivers
remaining free from ice is in proportion to the
maximum of the mean annual temperature. 3. The
difference of the periods of the above rivers remain
ing is in exact proportion to each other respective
ly, as the difference in the mean annual tempera
ture at the respective places of observation. For
every degree (Reaumur) of difference in the mean
tcmpeiature of the year there is a difference of
eighteen dgys in the duration of the open water. 4.
The breaking of the ice in the Neva is subject to an
ellipsoidal cycle of seventy years, the minimum of
which ellipsis occurs in the years 1668, 1738, 1808,
1878, Ac. THic learned professor adds that it is not
impossible that the truth of these observations may
also be applicable to the rivers of other conntries si
milarly blocked up with ice periodically.