MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY JOURNAL. 
A Model California Enterprise. 
We heard not long since of an enterprise in the 
way of making wealth in the Modern El Do¬ 
rado that may be of great practical utility, and 
one in which we fear but too many even now 
wish they had embarked. A very worthy and ex¬ 
emplary father, in the “land of steady habits,” 
had two sons, whom he had spared no expense to 
ROCHESTER, SEPTEMBER 5, 1850. educate and prepare for active business. Being 
- possessed of a competence of this world’s goods, 
liOcal Agents> the sons had never been accustomed to manual 
. ,, . , labor, and were little fitted to judge correctly and 
James Van Horn, Ovid; also general agent for , , /r j„ r ii 
South Jury District of Seneca county. less so to suffer the privations and fatigues of gold 
S. E. Norton, Phelps, Ontario county. digging. 
E. Hopkins, Lyons, Wayne county. The fever raged very hard in that locality, and 
B. Farr and H. Goodrich, Albion. , , , .• i . j r 
Samuel Heston, Batavia. hundreds were ticketed for Chagres. The father 
R. B. Warren, Alabama, Genesee county. was surprised one afternoon by the appearance of 
Theodore Dickinson, Newark, Wayne county. elder son, who requested permission to go to 
Silsby & Keeler, Seneca Falls. , „ tt- • >. • 
A. R. Frisbie, Clyde, Wayne county. the “ diggings.” His companions were going, 
Wm. Richey & O. A. Graves, Watertown, Jeff. co. and ambitious to possess wealth, he besought the 
John Harris, Sheldrake, Seneca county. privilege of bearing them company. The father 
Archibald Stone, Hinmanville, Oswego county. , . . , j j j n . 
E. W. Fairchild, East Bloomfield, Ontario count}'. reasoned, remonstrated, and persuaded all to no 
G. N. Sherwood, Camillus, Onondaga county. purpose. The fatigues and privations were duly 
set forth. The improbability of the success of 
J. W. Reed, Lockport, Niagara county. , , , , , ■ •, 
J. M. Trowbridge, Pekin, “ “ o"® unaccustomed to labor, was vividly portrayed, 
JohnB. Lowell, Yates, Orleans county. but the son had set his face for gold, and gold he 
H. S. Frisbie Holley’ “ “ must have. 
L. A. Morse, Knowlesville, “ • " , .. • , j •, u 
M. Scott, Arcadia, Wayne county. ** How much can bo obtained daily when you 
H. C. White, Mohawk, Herkimer county. arrive at the diggings?” inquired the perplexed 
D. Bunnell, ‘^outh Livonia, Livingston county. father. “ Ten to twenty dollars,” was the reply. 
E. C. Bliss, Westfield, Chautauque county. ^ , ■ ■ • i • i ' i 
J. I. Eacker Sheridan “ “ “ But this is precarious; it may be obtained, and 
J. C. Sherman, New Ilaltimore, Greene county. may not. Have you calculated all the chances ?” 
L. D. Branch, Trumansburg, Tompkins county. .. j if others go and succeed, there is no 
W. K. Wyckoff, Lodi, Seneca Co. , t i ^ • 
O. B. Scott, Woodvillc, Jefferson Co. reason why I may not do so, as it is my determi- 
B. F. Adams, Bridgeport, Mad. Co. nation to leave no means untried.”" 
n^ixr ■„ , r . “ My son,” said the anxious parent, “ allow me 
[O^ We will send an extra copy to any person •’ ’ . . i 
who remits payment for .a club of fVom six to ten to make a proposition. Get all your implements 
subscribers, apd continues to act as agent. 
ready — shovel, pick, sieve, rocker, and all else 
vou need, and wLen completed report yourself to 
Back numbers from April, containing all of Prof, you need, and wLen completed report yourself 
Johnston’s Lectures, can yet be supplied. alacrity. “ Now if y 
■M- a ^ J.X -xx xx- X Will go into the garden and dig, wash the soil and 
More Strength.—Success of the New-Yorker. 
_ separate any hard substance you maj find, taith- 
Desirous of rendering it still more acceptable to lully and industriously, I will board and clothe 
the public, we have just completed an arrange- yo'J* every day’s labor so perlorrned give 
ment which will enhance the usefulness and pop- Y®® eighteen dollars at night. If you succeed 
ularity of the Rural New-Yorker, by adding to well in this, and are pleased, we will settle the go- 
the interest, variety and originality of its contents, I® 1^® diggings hereafter.” 
Mr. H. C. White, of Herkimer county, will here- '^^*® ®®® consented, and, commenced the next 
after act as one of the Corresponding Editors of morning. After laboring in the hot sun about 
this paper — in place of Mr. Peter.s, whose er.» three hours —the first three hours hard labor he 
gagements have prevented him from contributing ever performed—the father was surprised 
to its pages for several months past. 
with his presence in the parlor. “ How do you 
— We take great pleasure in making this an- succeed?” “ Father, with your permission I wil^ 
nouncement, and feel confident that Mr. W.’s nu- return to my studies, for it is certain I can never 
merous friends throughout the State will congratu- gold.” 
late us and the public upon so valuable an accession *® t>e hoped the lesson may not be lost. 
to the editorial strength of the paper. Mr. White Mohatek, 1850. h. c. w. 
is an ardent friend of improvement — a man of „ 7 rni. n , /• .i 
, , ... , , , Rochester Academies. —The fall term of the 
experience and close observation — and, though „ , ^ . t ... . j ».r 
. . J .. J Rochester Collegiate Institute commenced on Mon- 
unassummg, is a ready writer, and possesses a , . i . j . 
, , Z e- TT- • day, the 2d mst. We understand the term opens 
nappy faculty of imparting information. Hisbusi- \ , ,, . rxx, tx , rx 
^ . x . , - under most favorable auspices. Ihe remale De- 
nese engagements are such as to occupy much of 
his time in traveling through Uie best farming dis- ^he charge of Miss Rogers, has 
tricts of the State, thus affording him an exeknt an unusually large number of pupils. 
, , J. 1 . The fall term of the Rochester Female Academy, 
t/\ rknaarv,. nTin ixxlrtx xxnin nt rrxaitixrc rxtxr- ^ 
opportunity to observe and take note of matters per- , . , t-, 
M r • J , 1 . ■ L L - L under the supenntendence of Miss Doolittle, al- 
taining to the farming and other important inter- , ,, , , 
, , T u -111 so commenced on Monday last, 
ests of the country'. In this manner he will be „ , , A • 
,, J , ,u I LI , J , The Seward Female Semin 
enabled to gather many valuable facts, and statis- u i • 
The Seward Female Seminary’, opens to-day. 
tics «t mud. interest. We think the re.de« of PeP”!" ‘h* 
the Nnw-YoRKER may safely antieipnte both of Miss Tkacv. who ,s ass,sled by competent m- 
, X Car 1 - A-L A- Btruetors in the several departments. Forparticu- 
pleasure and profit from his contributions. , - 
lars relative to this institution, soe advertisement 
In this connection we may be permitted to speak . , . , 
,,, , , , TAT -.T in owr last number, 
of the success and prospects of the New-Yorker___ 
—a subject to which wo have not even alluded for To Corresponde.nts. —Wo have recently re- 
some months. Of its reception by the public we ceived several communications on the subject of 
have heretofore reported favorably,—and of the Free Schools and the Free School Law. They 
patronage thus far accorded to the work we can “ speak to the question,” pro and con, and as we 
tiTily say that our expectations have been greatly have invited free discussion, shall receive as early 
exceeded. Indeed, considering the brief period of publication as our limited Educational Department 
its existence, we are more than surprised at the nu- will permit. “Plowman” is on file for insertion 
merous evidences of approval and earnest good next week; and we shall endeavor to make room 
will—the flattering commendation and substantial for “J. C. P.” of Williamsville, and “Wheat- 
encouragement daily received in behalf of the en- land” in the succeeding number—thus giving 
terprise. It is true we commehced the paper with them in the regular order of their reception. 
a firm determination to conquer all difficulties and 
• While we are so highly favored on the sub- 
‘ the Graham” 
achieve, by merit alone, success —but did not an- ject of Education, we hope our -Agricultural and 
ticipate such ajwelcomo and return so speedily.— Horticultural friends, will not “forget to remem- 
Colifident that judicious and earnest efibrts would her” that we shall always be happy to hear from 
eventually receive due appreciation, we were will- them—that we solicit information and invite dis- 
iiig to expend the necessary pecuniary means, and cussion on any topic appropriate to the pages of 
devote untiring labor to the work—to “cast our the New-Yorker. 
bread upon the waters” and wait patiently for a ---- 
proper reward. Our faith was strong, and of our Graham’s Maga'/.ine. Since “the Graham” 
works, which have been sincere and constant, the Willis used to call him, has again taken charge 
reader can best judge. The unmistakable tokens ®^ Magazine it bids fair to become the best in 
which reach us by every mail, prove that many ^^® c®untry. The contents, from the pens of the 
have already awarded a favorable verdict, and we ^®®^ writers of the age, are of a more solid charac- 
invite others to examine the paper, in the hope that ^®ri I^® embellishments are really such and 
they will do likewise. worthy of the name. Geo. R. Graham, Editor 
„ , , 1 , A Y and Proprietor, Philadelphia, Pa.,—!|3 per annum, 
— For the generous patronage already bestowed c cx 
, ir A 1 A /• 1 1 with a splendid premium plate, or S® for 2 copies, 
upon the New-Yorker, we tender grateful ack- . , , , , 
^ with a plate to each subscriber. b. 
nowledgements: coming so. early and Ireely, and ___ 
much of it unexpectedly, it has not only strength- Premiums. —We invite attention to our Premium 
ened our faith in mankind, but stimulated our Lj^t, on next page. There has been but little ex- 
hands and hearts to greater exertions. We shaU ertion made by competitors, thus far—and though 
endeavor to make the paper worthy of the large jfie time is short, new candidates may yet win the 
share of confidence and support it is receiving— prizes, which are certainly worth contending for. 
and we beg'its friends to remember that everj’ ad- - --- --—- 
ditional subscriber will aid us in fulfilling this Universitv of Rochester. —We have re- 
nromise. And now that the New-Yorker is ceived information from Rochester, that the sub¬ 
prizes, which are certainly worth contending for. 
ditional subscriber will aid us in fulfilling this Universitv of Rochester. —We have re¬ 
promise. And now that the New-Yorker is ceived information from Rochester, that the sub- 
p,,cod„p.na c„„,pa„kve^ pe™a„e„.basi..Ave 
respectfully ask each and attof its readers who can Next week we hope to lay before our readers 
consistently do so to lend a portion of influence in a full statement of tlie state and prospects of this 
its behalf. Jicw institution. In the meantime we trust that 
-the churches, in obedience to whose expressed 
A Request. —We send this number of the Ru- opinion the enterprise was started, will generously 
RAL New-Yorker to many well known friends of contribute the sums yet necessary for the elidow- 
, A 1 -L • Ai u ment. — N. Y. Recorder. 
improvement who are not subscribers, m the hope • 
that Its appearance and contents will meet their friends of this Institution was addressed, on Thurs- 
approval and enlist their co-operation in aid of the (j^y evening, by Prof. Raymond, Judg;e Harris, 
enterprise. Those who thus receive it, are respect- Rev. Mr. Freeman. The claims of the institution 
fuUy requested to lend a portion of their influence the importance of its liberal endowment, were 
.0 Ihe paper t. noCice and .upper.. The "Sr 
number is not so complete, in some respects, as ----- 
many preceding ones, )'et it may be considered a Nor Bad. —The following is a good hit. We 
fairspeeiraen of the work, and as such we present clip it from the Southern Press : 
it for examination, Subscriptions may com- ^ “ We do not see that IHr. Clay, in his Northern j 
. 1 . tour, IS kissing as heretofore the crowds of women 
mence at any time, and orders for single copies or flock to see him. We suppose he is sick of 
clubs will receive immediate attention. omni-bussing.” 
Encouragement—• Still Advancing! 
) Manv letters recently received talk so encour- 
■ end contain such substantial enclosures 
I to sustain their assertions, that the most incorrigi- 
' ble heretic could not doubt the sincerity of those 
from whom the “documents ” emanate. For ex- 
’ ample, a friend in Jefferson county — Mr. O. B. 
I Scott, an active introducer of all useful periodicals 
r in his section—thus writes:— 
, “ I want to offer you a word of congratulation 
1 on the success of the R. N. Y., for the truth is, 
1 when I first undertook to procure subscribers, I had 
1 but very little faith and commenced faintly, think¬ 
ing you would not be able to make so interesting a 
1 paper as the first numbers, more than two or three 
■ months at the outside, and I dare not at first re- 
' comiAend it very strongly. But I am disappoint- 
1 ed if ever I was in my life. I have done far be¬ 
yond anything I anticipated, and obtained a good 
many subscribers without half trj'ing. I like the pa¬ 
per extremely well myself, and do not hesitate to 
say, now, that there is no paper equal to it in the 
United States.” 
' A Post-master in Livingston says :—“ The 
New-Yorker is well liked here. The farmers, 
I especially, arc all praising it. You will ere long 
have a very large list of subscribers in this town.” 
A P. M. in the western part of this county 
writes :—“ Your paper continues to receive ap¬ 
proval. The subscribers are all anxious to get it 
the moment itarrives, which proves that they think 
of and read it. In most cases where I have form- 
I ed clubs for papers, tlie subscribers were soon 
‘sick of their bargain;’ hut it is not so with those 
who take the Neio-Yorher, for they seem to like it 
better and better. Success to you .and the Rural, 
and may the shadow of neither ever grow less.” 
Another P. M. residing in Orleans county, who 
has already obtained over forty subscribes, says he 
is “ bound to increase the number to one hundred 
on the commencement of the next volume,” and 
thinks he may possibly double that figure. 
— These letters are from places where ten to 
fifty copies of the Neto-Yorker are taken—whore 
people have had an opportunity to judge of the pa¬ 
per from a constant perusal. We might give ex¬ 
tracts from a score of similar letters now before us, 
but the above must suffice. 
P. S. Since the above was written we have re¬ 
ceived a very interesting letter from our friend 
Van Horn, P. M. at Ovid, with another list of 
names—making his list number over two hundred 
regular subscribers! We can bear such treatment, 
and shall go on with the New- Yorker I 
The World’s Ikdustrv. —The committee ap¬ 
pointed by Gov. Fish to superintend the selection 
of articles for exhibition at the Fair in London 
next year, have held a meeting in Albasy and 
adopted a circular to be sent out to the citizens of 
this State. A meeting of the committee will be 
held on (be Fair Grounds in Albany, on Frida} 
next, when they will examine such articles as 
may be upon the grounds designed for exhibition 
in London. On the J,7th of October, another 
meeting will be held 351 Broadway, N. York, 
during the Institute Fair- All articles designed 
I for exhibition must be presented to the committee 
previous to the first Tuesday of December next. 
A collection of minerals will be selected from the 
State Cabinet, for the purpose of representing the 
geological and mineralogical character of the state. 
“ Confidence.” —The Journal of Commerce 
gives an account of a precious piece of rascality 
by a young man who made the acquaintance of 
an elderly lady at the time of the blowing up of 
the America on Lake Erie, and took advantage 
of the confidence inspired by his good conduct in 
a time of danger to secure the address of the old 
laey’s son, who was doing business in New York* 
which was given with a request that he should 
notify him of his mother’s safety. According to 
promise, the young man called upon the son in 
New York, and representing that he had assisted 
hft aged%iend by the loan of money, paying her 
fare, &c., procured the payment of a handsome 
bill. The old lady had in the meantime reached 
Utica, and her son ascertained by a telegraphic 
correspondence, that he had been the victim of a 
sharp swindler, who had decamped with his booty 
out of reach. 
The Wright Monument. —The monument in 
memory of Silai Wright, erected at Weybridge, 
Vermont, the scene of his boyhood and youth.was 
completed on the 27th of August. The occasion 
diew together ^several thousand people, and the 
ceremonies were participated in by Ex-President 
Van Buren, Gen. Wool, Gov. Slade, and other 
distinguished persons. The monument is erected 
upon a high piece of ground, and the entire struc¬ 
ture is 38 feet in height. The widow of Mr. 
Wright was present, in deep mourning. 
Mail Robber at Large. —The Cleveland 
Heiald the 29ih ult. states that there is scarcely 
the least doubt of the guilt of Gen. Hinton, who 
was recently arrested upon a charge of robbing 
the mails, and the probability is that he has been 
engaged for a series of years in depredations upon 
the mails. A reward of $500 is offered for his 
arrest. He is about 55 years of age, and has an 
interesting family residing at Delaware. 
[TT’ A perron representing himself as a Baptist 
clergyman, presented his credentials lately, which 
were probably forged, to the citi'zens of Hard¬ 
wick, Vt., and after spending a few weeks at the 
houses of several of the inhabitants, married a 
respectable young lady of that village. In a few 
days he decamped and has not since been heard of. 
O’ We understand that property has been re¬ 
recovered of burglars in Toronto which is suppos¬ 
ed to have been stolen in this city. A despatch 
to that effect was received on Saturday. The 
valuable gold watch of Mr. Lion is said to have 
been recovered and is retained by the officers foi 
identification. 
Execution of Prof. Webster. 
In addition to the particulars received by tele¬ 
graph, we select from Boston papers some inci¬ 
dents connected with the execution of Dr. Web¬ 
ster; 
As early as 5^, Mr. Lather Dunbar, with a 
posse of some six or eight men, began the work 
of erecting the scaffold. It was located between 
the two prisons, near the centre of the yard. It 
was the same instrument upon which Washing¬ 
ton Goode, the colored man, was executed in May 
1849. It was then new and consists of a platform 
of aoout fifteen feet square, raised a little higher 
than one’s head, and a single beam over it as 
much higher. In the center of the platform was 
a trap door, surrounded with a raised joist frame. 
A rope was run through two holes in the beam 
and fastened on the post. The noose was sus¬ 
pended over the trap, which was so adjusted that 
the executioner might let it fall by simply placing 
his foot upon a spring fixed in the floor imme¬ 
diately in front of the victim. At 7| o’clock the 
machine of death was fully completed and in that 
direction the deathly notes of preparation ceased. 
At 9 o’clock, the last religious services were 
commenced by Dr. Putnam, consisting of a fer¬ 
vent prayer. He invoked the presence of the 
spirit of the grace of God for him, so soon to die; 
he prayed that the prisoner’s repentance might bo 
accepted, and that he might be prepared to meet 
his doom 
He prayed for the prisoner’s family; that the 
consolations of God’s presence and grace might 
be theirs; that when their time of death should 
have come they might meet the prisoner in Hea¬ 
ven, where there would be no severing of the ties 
of affection. Also, for the family of the murder¬ 
ed man. 
The Spectators. —The gallows was surround¬ 
ed by some 150 persons, including several sher¬ 
iffs and deputies from abroad and a large police 
force. But few members of the bar or of the 
medical profession were present. The windows 
of the surrounding houses, with the exception 
named, were crowded by persons of both sexes 
and all ages. The tops of the adjacent buildings, 
the sheds, out houses, and every available point 
of view were occupied. The rear windows of 
the houses on Lowell street, the houses on Lev- 
erett and Wall streets, all had their eager throngs 
of spectators. Probably they numbered about a 
thousand. Theie was some slight disturbance in 
the crowd at one time, and the reading of the 
death warrant was interrupted by shouts and the 
crowdings of these solicitous to see the appalling 
spectacle. 
Last Scene of All. —At 25 minutes past 9, 
Sheriff Eveleth, and his deputies, Messrs. Co¬ 
burn, Freeman and Rugg, mounted the steps of 
the scaffold, in the jail yard, followed by the 
prisoner, supported by Dr. Putnam, and by jailer 
Andrews and Mr. Holmes, a turnkey. 
The prisoner took his stand upon the trap door, 
or drop, and immediately under the rope which 
depended from the top of the gallows frame. He 
was dressed in a black frock coat, buttoned up in 
front, black pants and shoes, without any neck¬ 
cloth, and only a portion of the shirt bosom visi¬ 
ble. He immediately entered into conversation 
with his spiritual adviser, which be continued as 
long as practicable and with apparent calmness 
and composure. » 
Deputy Sheriff Coburn called the attention ol 
the witnesses, &c., to the reading of the Execu¬ 
tive death warrant, which was next done in an 
audible manner by the Sheriff—who, with his 
officers and the assembly, generally with uncov¬ 
ered heads during the reading, with the exception 
of the prisoner. 
The prisoner was then seated, while Mr. An¬ 
drews proceeded to confine hie elbows by a strap, 
which slso passed around the body and tied the 
hands crosswise in front. Another strap was 
bound around the legs, just above the knees. 
After the prisoner had again risen upon his 
feet.the rope was drawn down and adjusted around 
hie neck by Deputy Sheriff Rugg. The knot 
was placed a little behind the right ear; and the 
rope being by accident drawn too closely, the cul¬ 
prit’s countenance became flushed and his eyes 
filled with tears, when the noose was instantly 
slackened. 
The black cap was drawn over the head by 
Messrs. Rugg and Holmes; thus shutting out 
forever from the prisoner’s mortal vision the 
beautiful sunlight and blue sky of this fair sum¬ 
mer day. 
The flushed appearance of the prisoner’s face 
continued as the cap was descending; and, to the 
last moment, he turned his eyes sideways upon 
Dr. Putnam, who stood at the left, leaning upon 
the railing, and much affected. 
Sheriff Eveleth announced, that in the name 
of the Commonwealth he should now proceed to 
carry into effect the sentence of the law, and im¬ 
mediately placing his foot upon the drop, the 
prisoner fell some seven feet and a half; and his 
mortal career was at an end. This took place at 
25 minutes before 10 o’clock. 
The body swayed slightly to and fro; and, in a 
few seconds after the fall, there was a spasmodic 
drawing of the logs, once or twice. Beyond this 
there was no observable struggle; nor was there 
any subsequent agitation or quivering of the body. 
After hanging thirty minuies the body was ex¬ 
amined by Dr. Henry G. Clark, City Physician, 
and by Dr. Charles H. Stedman, of the Lunatic 
Hospital, South Boston; and they informed the 
Sheriff that life was extinct. 
The Sheriff then announced the fact to the as¬ 
sembly, and after thanking the witnesses for their 
prompt attendance, he dismissed them from fur¬ 
ther service. 
The body was taken in charge by Mr. John 
Peak, undertaker, placed in a black coffin, and 
conveyed to the cell recently occupied by the 
prisoner. 
Professor Webster left no special communica¬ 
tion for the public; nor did he retract to the last 
any statement made in his confession to Mr. Put¬ 
nam. 
He has, however, left a number of letters, ad¬ 
dressed to various parties; and some of them may 
be hereafter communicated for publication. 
The Troy Tragedy. — The Lansingburgh 
Democrat of Thursday, states that Coroner Cas¬ 
well, who has probably given the subject more in¬ 
vestigation than any other person, informs it, that 
he is entirely satisfied that the woman whose throat 
was cut at the St Charles Hotel, Troy, was mur¬ 
dered, and that she had no sort of an idea that she 
was to die at the time of the tragical occurrence re¬ 
ferred to. She was the unwilling victim in the 
hands of her murderer.— Advertiser. 
Steamboat Arrival. —The steamer Eureka, 
Capt. John Swipes, for New York, came into our 
harbor yesterday afternoon in gallant style. She 
is an unique craft carries her single wheel in the 
centre, which prevents the washing of the banks, 
and makes 5 miles an hour on the old canal and 7 
on the Enlargement Her smoke pipe is capable 
of being lowered when passing under bridges.— 
She was an object of interest on the part of our cit¬ 
izens .—Stfracuse Journal, Aug. 15. 
Letter from Dr. Webster to the Rev. Francis 
Farkman, 
Boston, Angust 31,1850. 
The following letter was communicated to the 
Transcript of this evening, by the Rev. Dr. Put¬ 
nam, he having been authorized to make it pub¬ 
lic by the late Prof. Webster : 
Boston, August 6, 1850. 
Rev. Dr. Parkman, Dear Sir : 
I caifnot leave this world in the peace of mind 
for which 1 pray, without addressing you as the 
head of that family which 1 have so deeply injur¬ 
ed and afflicted, to make known to you and them 
the bitter anguish of soul, the sincare contrition 
and penitence! have felt at having been the cause 
of the affliction under which you and they have 
been called to mourn. 
I can offer no excuse for my wicked and fatal 
ebullition of passion, but what you already know: 
nor would I attempt to palliate it. 1 had never, 
until the two or three last interviews with your 
brother, felt towards him anything but gratitude 
for his many acts of kindness and friendship.— 
That 1 should have allowed my feelings, excited 
on this occasion, to have overpowered mo so as to 
involve the life of your brother and my own tem¬ 
poral and eternal welfare, I can, even now, hard¬ 
ly realize. 1 may not from you receive forgive¬ 
ness in this world, yet 1 cannot but hope and be¬ 
lieve you will tliink of me with compassion, and 
remember me in your prayers to Him that will 
not turn away from the liumble and repentant.— 
Had I many lives, with what joy would 1 lay 
them all down could I in the least atone for the 
injury I have done, or alleviate the affliction I 
have caused! but I can now oMy pray for forgive¬ 
ness for myself, and for every consolation and 
blessing upon every member of your family. 
in justice to those dearest to me, I beg to assure 
you, and 1 entreat you to believe me, no one of 
my family had the slightest doubt of my entire 
innocence up to the moment when the contrary 
was communicated to them by Dr. Putnam.— 
That tliey have your sincere pity and and sympa¬ 
thy, I feel assured. There is no family towards 
every member of which I have always felt a grea¬ 
ter degree of respect and regard, than that of 
which yon are the head. From mote than one 
1 have received repeated acts of friendship and 
kindness, for which I have ever been, and am, 
most truly grateful. Towards yourself, in par¬ 
ticular, have not only my own feelings been those 
of the most sincere regard and gratitude, but eve- 
ery individual of my family has felt towards you 
that you were their pastor and friend. Often has 
my wife recalled the interest you took in her, from 
her first becoming your parishioner; and often 
has she spoken with feelings of deep gratitude of 
the influence of your public ministrations, and of 
your private instruction and conversations, and of 
your direction of her inquiries and reading, in what 
related to her religious views. 
These she has often recalled and referred to,as 
having firmly established the religions faith and 
trust which are now such sources of consolation 
to her and to our children. 
As to mysolf, nothing that has occurred has 
weakened those feelings; and although those I 
leave behind me may not meet yon without the 
keenest anguish, 1 trust you will ezhonorate them 
from any participation in, or knowledge of the 
father’s sin, up to the moment 1 have mentioned; 
and may you remember them in your prayers to 
the ’Father of the fatherless, and widow’s God.'. 
1 beg you, my dear sir, to consider this strictly 
a private letter, and by no means to give it pub¬ 
licity; at the same time, 1 will request you to 
make known to the immediate members of your 
family the state of my feelings, and my contrition. 
That every consolation and blessing ir.ay be 
vouchsafed to yourself and to every member of 
your family, is the heartfelt prayer of 
Yours, J. W. Webstbe. 
The FishMll Murderess. 
. From the Poughkeepsie American. 
Mrs. Secord, the woman who murdered the in¬ 
nocent girl near Fishkill village on Sunday, the 
18th ult was still alive at last accounts and likely 
to recover. From all that wo can learn, she was 
a woman of exceedingly bad temper. Those who 
have known her long, all concur in saying that 
she was one who had an ungovernable will and 
who made all with whom she was associated un¬ 
happy. 
Secord, her present husband, is a man of prop¬ 
erty- The girl murdered was regarded by him as 
an adopted daughter, and was accordingly treat¬ 
ed with no little affection and kindness. Mrs. Se¬ 
cord, a second wife, who had relatives to whom 
she wished to secure her husband's property,could 
not love the girl; and it seems that she long pre¬ 
meditated her murder. Since that dreadful event, 
she has said that if she sould have killed Secord, 
she would have been willing to die. 
The plea of insanity has been already set up 
for this unfortunate woman; and if she lives for 
trial—as she probably will—that plea will be vig¬ 
orously and eloquently presented as a ground for 
her defence. She may be acquitted on that plea. 
Nevertheless, the circumstances, the temper, as 
well as the past history of the woman, will fasten 
on the minds of large numbers the conviction that 
she was guilty of deliberate murder. 
The Outrage at Chilicothe. —A few days 
ago, as we learn from the Scioto Gazette, an at¬ 
tempt was made on a Catholic community of Sis¬ 
ters at Chilitothe by a mob. A public meeting 
of Catholics was held, which was presided over 
by the Rev. Mr. Carroll, Priest of St. Mary’s 
Church, who made the following statement;— 
Pursuant to the invitation of the Catholics of 
Chilicothe, a colony of the Sisters of Notre Dame, 
whose mother establishment is in Cincinnati, had 
been induced to come here, purchase property, 
and open a seminary for the education of children 
and female youth. They had established a free 
school, which is attended by one hundred chil¬ 
dren, and a young ladies’ academy, at which the 
higher branches of female learning and accom¬ 
plishments were taught. 
This latter had been patronized by some of the 
more liberal minded of the Protestant brethren. 
Soon after their arrival, unmistakable demonstra¬ 
tions of a mob-like character were made toward 
them. Their premises had been, in the night 
season, repeatedly assailed with eggs, stones, &,c.; 
these ladies, peaceful, charitable, inoffensive, as 
they are •• devoted to good works,” had been 
driven from room to room, by stones thrown ia at 
their windows, not knowing where to find safety 
in their own house. On Sunday night last, be¬ 
tween the hours of 9 and 10 o’clock, a number of 
boys and youth assembled in the street, opposite 
the building owned by those ladies, and threw 
rotten eggs, &c., against it, with sufficient force 
to break one of the Venilian slats—some entered 
the open windows, and fell against the wails and 
on the floors of the rooms; and so intolerable was 
the stench, that one of the Sisters commenced 
vomiting in a most alarming manner. 
The result of this meeting was, that $50 were 
made up as a reward for the discovery of the per¬ 
petrators of the outrage, to which the City Coun¬ 
cil added as much more, on being officially in- 
formad of the facts. 
