New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-05-04


Rsccrer you show that the les
q, that confinement that you refer TO were All piu ny
the grandparents will permit you 10 prove mem l., ro
New yo,I saw that she returned 10 your mouse III ~,
ar almost after the birth of the first child A. YES
Sir in 80 the lst day OF April and renamed H1
bymy husband; did not see him pay them ,,,r,,,
q You know Of nothing being done by MI Mcf" iia"u'
O. Now, when did she return to your family again A.
The October following and remained until the next
August iss0 the next child was born the 10th OF April
o. Residing in your family Yes, Sir; Mr.. Mcfarland
o. How often was he there A. Several times during
the Summer. o.-, ,o,,.
was born A. Yes, Sir on the 10th OF April 1850
Q Whe attended Mrs Mcfarland A. We -, hired r, A.. a
gust, 1850, and went To New York. - .,,, ~,
O. When did she return again. a. The ioho"ihs DC
@ How long did she then remain in your family A.
Some five weeks cannot state exactly the tline
O. Then where did she go A. think to Wisconsin, Di'
o That brings Ms To the Winter OF 1860 and ssldm Mr.
Mcfarland ten you where he goingi A. lie sau 10
Madison, Wisconsin; that in March, ls6l, or ,bnv
ceived letter from them in Philadelphia "Heio '"'
8. How long did they remain in Madisoni A Til
year from the next june when they came from
long did they remain thsre a. I lie Tf ny a% %nS
sometime about the Isl of July and she went III 'i' anu
Q. How long he left in your carer a. oh'H 'n0
O. Now during that visit. while they were home IRON ron
Madison do recoec having any ,L Hect of
her going on the STAGE 4. do.
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near the front door one night, and she said Mother
am going to take lessons Of Mr. Vandenho for The pur
~ 80 on The Stage YOU will break down for this
j have been reading Mrs Mowatt's Life, and think,
from what have read there that i is too hard and VIII
break you down" he approved Of the plan.
@ He answered your objections A. He said 1t was
O. How long after did they leavei A.. He left very
soon, and she left after him they came to this city NJ
vandenhoGl A. had letters from them that she was
When did yonr return again to your house
A. 1t the next June, think and she remained until
o. When was Danny borni A. That was not the time;
she remained in August and her child was taken SICK
with the whOOpng and she wrote to him to come.
O. the child was then suffering from whoopingcoughf
Q. Did you see his reply to herl A. Yes, Sir. Job
Judge Davis to show what answer he wrote
Q. Was there reply senti Collected tol A. There
now in existence that know Of
To whom was the reply addressed Ire se to- A. His WIFE,
Judge Days1I offer to prove that Shen that letter
this city, That this mother wrote to the husband that
the chhd was in such condition from the whoopng-
his Wife that # did not ON he
would turn her fathers house down over her head And
here and that it almost Immediately ordered out Of
TIE city by the physician, and sent back
Q. Mrs. Mcfarland came with the child after receiving
Q. How long was she Comet A. She might have been
O. You went to the depot yourself bring her homes
A. Yes, Sir; our home was about TWO miles from the
q What was the condition of the childi A. Very sick
q Now, how long did she remain at that timel a.
Until the last of November.
O. In what season was 1t that Danny" was bcrna A.
@. Where Was he borns At our home.
q. How long did she remain at that seasoni A. She
came in May my husband came with her aud brought
the oldest boy with him.
O. How long did she remani A. Until july
o. That was 1851 A, Yes, Sir.
6 Then She left and went wherei 4. To New-York.
O. You know the fact that they resided heref a re-
O. When did she next come to your housei A. In the
she came there October 1865 with the children and
stad until November, and then returned to Newfork
q. When was she next at your housof a. Then she
o. And how long did she remain at that time' A.
She came April and stayed into June she went from
there, having the children with her. 10 shelbourle, H.
the White Mountains, as It is called where she spent
o. VIXEN did she next come to your house A. Then
wemoved into Boston, and she came about the last Of
4 on that OCCASION Mr. Mcfarland wa. there with
heri A. lie there that the last of September
O. DO you reeOllect while they were there at mat Time
of their receiving letters from Mrs Calhoun "A; enc
q. Was that letter read in your presence eadt
q. Do you recollect any remarks he madef lOlgeced
Mr. Davis-The letter which Mrs. Calhoun wrote to
Mrs. Mcfarland commencing "Hurrah, my darnc, we
propose TO show received there, and read to Mr.
Mcfarland, and approved by him, and explanations
asked by the prisoner in the presence OF this Witness
. was That letter read by Mr. Mcfarland in your pres
Q. You were all present together A. Yes Sir; We
in the parlor she handed me letter, and said IL
O. In the of reading that letter did he make
marks about itY A. He did
O. What did he sayl A. lie said what does that moan
abiding to pOetical quotations She said is quotation
O. And the letter which he had in his hand, can you
telwhether that is il by looking at it A. No, Sir it
O. When he came TO the passage, 81 should die of that
rose in aromatic pan,' he asked an explanation A.
O. That brought it down to 1861 A. Yes, Sir
q In the Fail Of 1866 do You recolect OF the largest
child being brought there AZ / do. ,.....,..
O. How did IL happen a. She wrote me letter that
O. Did YOU write for him A. did; he was brought on
Mr. GrahamNThey are now trying to prove correspond
ence between Mrs sage and daugh ter, is that
Recorder Tackett-It is excluded.
O. Have you any knowledge Of her giving reading at
Salem A. have; she went there and gave reading
O. Now the child Danny was left at that time aud re-
manned at your house A. 1t did; he remained until
after the separations she went to West Ansbury during
the summer Of o. and remained there about three
O. Now TO go back to the time you came here to take
caro- Of her during the sickness Of her first chddO you
drinking I A. Only once, and that was one night he
cane in and out into the kitchen, and he vOInted
all the kitchen OOr, and II snet very strongly OF
liquor; that in the year 1853 or $50.
Now s Teipr M He came there
in the summer before he went to Keeping house in Brook
lyn in carriage, and heard great row at the door
With the cOachnan because he had charged him to nuch
i went out and tried to stop IT,.
O. Now was what his condition at that time A. He did
moi show ii much except IN his conduct the man TOOK
his bag and coat, and my husband had to pay the b
-a1m, much of The seven Years lad he lived in
your family? A. About three or four.
q About half of his life A did notkeep any account
Q. During the whole OF the time that Mr.. McFarland's
wife and children and himself lived in your FAMILY was
there any compensation made, so far as you know
A. He sent ne 80 once; have no knowledge Vi MS ever
o. DO YOU know his handwrngi A. do.
q that letter in his handwT1gt A. II u.s. slr 1.-TWO