, 1869-12-03
the cost Of producing certain manufactures,
without ary reduction in their price 10 those
who have to use them.
ALERT D. RICHARDSON

Mcfarland shot from d point Of ambush in
tho New York Tribune office. on Thursday,
tho a5th Of November, died yesterday
morning Mt tho Astor House, in New York.
The details Of this atrocious assassination
bare nlready been laid In full before our
renders, and. from the nature Of tho wound
and the condition Of the victim from tho
beginning, probably few locked for any
other result than death.
Tic life of Alr. Richardson has been
as eventful as its end is tragic. In
the pursuit Of his profession rs a
journalist he has had many escapes Of
death, literally by food and field, to
le overaken nt last in a place aud in d
manner the least to he anticipated or guard
cd ngninst. As a newspaper correspondent,
he pissed through all Of tho Kansas war,
with the thousand hazards Of that savage
border warfare, taking an active and i1n-
portant part in the subsequent settlement
Of tho Affairs Of the State when that wa.-
fare ceased. When tho Southern rebellion
hrckc ont, he Was al the South, as cozrc-
fnondeut Of the New YORK Tribune, and Gu
cuuntered not only tEe ordinary risks to
which any Northern man was at that timo
exposed there, but the still greater ones
attaching to writer whose business il was
10 observe and expose the purposes Of the
leaders in rebellion, and encounter the rlre
ard u,nancss Of an insurgent populace. lie
escaped with sonie difficulty to the North,
aud from tlat time till Lo vas .nkeu pris-
orer in front Of vicksburg, was one Of the
most iadefatigable, as well as one Of the
ablest, Of the correspondents who kept the
country 30 constantly advised Of every step
in the progress Of the war. 1t was simply
in accordance with this duty that he, with
Nj. Browne. also correspondent Of the
New York Tribune, and MIR. Cu!burn,
correspondent Of the New York World,
look passage ir tug to pass vicksbusg in
the night, that they might join tho forcas
lower down tho river, whera a movement
sy7.s tsTs .t,~? Tlc tug e:c discovered in
''- = f1-. or, rt.sl} ri'Jz lar frsaas
tif lal'er:fa, y. she Wa kEocaed su
l.sce. liz :~1scnt:s..a t+ca:cl i,.iae
skot, Aoated about till they we're near
II drowned, nnd then were picked mp by a
rebel s,cames aad detained rs prisoners.
From VicSsburg they were sent to Rich
inoud, where Richardson and Browne spent
about a year in Castle Thunder and Libby,
suffering, in common with SO many others,
the systematic cruelties inflicted there upon
Northern prisoners, aud defeated and de-
tected in their repeated attempts to escape.
Every possible effort Was madc, and ovory
conceivable influence brought, to effect
leir exchange for some Southern civilians
in custody at the Nor.h, hut without
avail, rs the fact that they were
the correspondents uf the New
York Tribune was tic avowed
reason, On the part Of tho rebels, for mak-
ing their coscs exceptional and holding
them i'll the closest and most rigorous con
fncment. From Richmond, Mt length,
they were removed to Salisbury, North
Carolina, where their treatment was even
wurse than ut Libby. During his i1npris-
eminent Alr. Richardson heard Of the death
If his youngest child and his wife-that Of
the hitter u1.4ncstiunably duo TO her long
anxiety up beiL'f ol her husband, which
Lac 10 vi N nj IN her ~ to leave her inca
,.ls!e Of resisting any serious illness.
Erom Salisbury, however, the two prison
trt, accompanied by three or four others,
II length contrivel to escape. They nude
ilcir way ncr"!s tho States of North Caro-
Ina hnd Tennessee, travelling mostly by
I'eu'' 'afe's entering d human a"e'nng'
1''si'AnE' e1cei" oce'>'o-'''''S ieota il1enaly
ts's;'"s, ho naniAn saec'f' 't"Se1s'ng
n'o'1''t's'a.soaos' o' "aolnE eo1o"sn mountain
s1'o"s, a'-'eu' ,"-c.o'nea. ana always On
1'o'' I'LL III lenGto, aItef Journey OF hear-
!: TWO months 'ney feacoeo tne Union
.anes' a oiSeaso o. 'ne iaags' IRON which
i1e nAo no'' ~nu i'f"oAoty never ~oaia naVe,
secosetea' was tne result 70 Richardson OF
n's 'ons imprisonment. OF e'ga'een mon1ns
t4au ane an1cAu''s u LIE escape
'te1 Ils 1e'afn 10 .ne Nonn, ar. Aicn-
a1oson enpo"eo IL lac F1ela' tue Don-
Geon' ano LIS 1scspe. us 1one ano PUN
fnl experiences Is war correspondent;
.a's was iollo"eu os heyona inc Missls-
s'Ppi. IN ~n'ch ne Went BACK 10 MS
earlier hhnsas NE; anu cignteen months
sso 10 s'A "ne OF tho many, bat tho
oeH' =, nc 1t'ea " oeuelal osant~ eooE
1eti.a' Has'e iot ''' eafein aas'sss' us I'M
t"4 .lut s'a'tes' sna .'s i'lnu's ue'll OF
.ae.n: SUN :" ofie' sAe'eu u toe n1e Oh a.
~ Aieua.uSou' Anu 'as >ia'oAe feSul's. Ae
vas oesaae' "an OF more than Ordinary N
'si'est''A l'''"c' VI 'ne h'e'nes' lnteenty
VI e''Ai"c'ef ol very stfoos anecuons'
anu feu'efAeole sweetness OF temper 1m-
l'u'S''e, 'cs''ess, se,-pos'csse'' inashanl-
noo'' 1s..s'A' alu "'eaol. fe.eeaee' 'ot no
lever olo anything WHICH lie Thought he
hceusu 10 conceal -s..
nsl'e' sscsA1'anu' We presume Will ne
's'ea luz a'a1ae1' lor psooal!5 tnore VIII oe
'u"t "ucn respect Eo'o 10 Tue tsaastions o1
'ne IA" !" -se" 1oFh. we pu1 as'ue, LOT
'ne present, all aucstlon of the previous
te1anens ol tne parties, moi oecaasa "e are
"1thoat opinion, or without ieeling, on that
poan'-ior VIC ha'e hoth' and both are are
:eep ana ssfoae-"u' because lucy a:o STU
tFeh 97est'"nS, to 10 decided by esfdsnco-
l'nt, let that evidence be what It may-lct
It sho" that there wns never my close,
snenoly intimacy between Mr. Richardson
anu Ats. Mel a8land, t1ll alter the latter
Lad been compelled, by ll-srea.mens, 10
leave her husband, nor till after he hid at
te1nrtcd, IN his blind rage. to murder
tlachardson; OF, let it show the reverse OF
THIS, ind that Aichnrdson had nlienated the
'ucct'ons OF Mrs. Mcfarland, which i
Acfas!hEdS graEest charGe,-ln either
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