The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-12-16
The --latest Statements and Conn
memfS.
From the n. y. Sun. Dec 3.
DEAD.


1t is not for mortal man to indulge harsh
feelings beside the open grave.
Albert ID. Richardson brearhed his last at
about o'clock yesterday morning. OF no
man could it be more truthfuIly said He
died as the fool dieth." And vet his terrible
OffenSe. and the end it brought upon him. a re
chiefly TO be attributed to the fatal folIies al
the school Of free-love philosophy to which
he belonged, rather than TO any peculiar
viciOusness of character of his O wn. In
deed, we believe that. with the exc option of
his unwarranted interference with Mrs Nc
Farland, he had lived an eXempiar and use
full life. His card, published last March.
showed obliquity of perception as to the
true relations between husband and wife
rather than any determination to do what
he knew or believed to be wrong. And It is
not so much on the deceased victim as on
the heads of his living aiders and abettors
and especially on the cleryym en- who per-
formed and sanctioned the h, mental mimi
merry of Tuesday last, that I he public CEN
sure must now fall.
The moral deductions from this case
probably suggest the mSelVeS roeVerV reader.
Who has been ma de happier by this free
love episode? l. il Richardson himself
stiff and col !, aw aiJing bun ial !? He showed
courage; but Courage in setting at defiance
the laws of God is fooIhardiness. Are his
doubly-orphaned children better off or hap
pier? Is Mrs. McFarland-twice married.
but now forever Observation-Disclosures? If
poor Mcfarland himself had faults, is he
now reformed and sainted-tell US. . We
long-haired sentimental reformers-in his
| lonely cell in the TOmbs? Are his children
more than fatherleSs, happier?
Are any of the actors happier? by tt,eiI
| fruits ye shah know Them"
| When the trial of Mcfarland comes on
/ we presume that one point of Defense will
| be that Richardson's wound might not hay,
/ been mortal but for the ill advised influx O
visitors by whom his room at the A.stol
House was flooded. after he was shot.
| FESTIVITIES AND DEATH.
The banquesT to Mr.. George Butler wa
going on at the Astor dou>e. while, IbOu
seventy-tive feet distant Mr.. Richardso u wa
! dying. He did not regard McFarland's mar
riage relation as sacred, and it would seen
as If others did not regard his own de ath a
| sacred.
Mr.. Richardson left no will He was wortI
| about seventy-five thousand dollars Hi
! interest in the Tribune alone was val ned a
forty thousand dollars.
THE LETTERS TO MRS. M'FARLANED.
From the n. Y. Post, Dec. 3.
| 1t is asserted by responsible pers ons whC
have read the Intercepted letters of 4 ich
| ardson to Mrs. Mcfarland, which are now
IN the hands of Mr.. JOIN Graham. cotInse
For Mcfarland, that Others. besides Fitch
ardson. were in the plot to ALLEVIATE tn af
fections of Mrs. Mcfarland from her. hus
| oand- and break up the family of the letter
1t is asserted that two married wome n. on
OF them occupying a conspicuous soc iai DO
sition, are referred To by name in r ichard
sons own handwriting, as capital intrig
| uers." who are helping him. The content
of these letters will be made public on tn
| trial OF the prisoner.
The New York Mail says, that according
10 the laws OF New York, as il terp reted b.
some, Mrs- McF ariand is bigamist-
Mr.. Richardson leaves two hoys Law
renee. aged thirteen, and Albert. aged tiv
years; also, girl named Maud, ho is tel
years of age.