The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-04-23
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
A W0man's Views or the Mcfarland
Case.
[cor. OF the Cincinnati Chronicle.l

[Cor. OF the Cincinnati Chroniele.1
..h NEW YoRK, April Is.
MRS. CALHOUN.
TO. day being Good Friday, the
court engaged in trying the McFar-
land case are taking a respite. So far,
Mrs Calhoun has been the heroine
Of the hour. Even the interest here
tofore shown in the poor, weak vic
tim Of her own faults, frailties
and passions, and the machinations
Of others, has paled before that
manifested in the writer of those well
written, insinuatipg. hattering epistles
which have been submitted to the
jury A smart handsome, tricky,
specious, man@uvring woman, with
an eye single to her own interests, and
having considerable oplonlb, j. this
Mrs. Calhoun. who in her letters to
her protege has so artfully mixed the
poison with the sweets of the draughts
offered that its deadlipess was not
perceived by the cloyed appetite Of the
weaker woman, or if perceived there
was nostrength to resist.
MR.. RICHARDSON. +. ..s .fss p.
Mrs. Calhoun and Mr.. Richardson
were both on the Tribune staff
Richardson could be Of service 20
Mrs. Calhoun. He was her ''panacea
for all her woes her right hand
and she used him as such. He was
thirty.seven years Of age, man of
COED person, fine manners, insinuat-
ing when he choose to be, had much
ability, considerable reputation, aud
was q fwidower. He was in a, great
measure concentrated and self sus-
tanned, and strong in his own esti-
nation. t-4'' -.
He wrote we'll, and this, with Mrs
Mcfarland. was bis effective weapon.
He wrote to sher, aud every woman
knows what a powerful weapon well
written, honeyed letter is. Words
pass away and are forgotten; letter
Is carried about, read and re read,
and dwelt upon-eyery tender expires
sion has a triple value. No woman,
with any inclination fora man, could
read that intercepted letter and not
be moved BY it, gratifying as il was
to both love and vanity. f
MRS. MCFARLAND.
Mrs. Mcfarland was bandsome
factory girl. OF course she was vain;
most handsome women are.s of
course she liked admiration. McFar-
land loved her; educated her; made
her what she was. She was ofa weak
character, gnd he was not strong
had not the dare devil characteristics
ofRichardson. which most women,a and
particularly women of her calihre, adj
mire. lie succumbed too easily, wept
when he should have stormed yield
ed to circumstances when he should
hane enforced his authority aud
Gained her respect by determination.
10 a certain extent he had educated
her. She had not drank deep. only
tasted, and the tasting proved danger
ous indeed. Thrown with the peculia~
ne,1ple with. whom Mr.. Richardson
was associated, lost her balance en-
tirelv. her home lost its charm for
her: she no longer enjoyed the society
of her children as she should; her
husbands love was tame, and palled
upon her. He'loved her too much,
and she knew it-algays a dangerous
knowledge for a woman. She became
restless, wanted excitement, and her
friends. Mrs. Calhoun and Richard
son, offered it in the way of a theat-
rical engagement. Her elocution
was fne. her face full of soul" She
could but succeed, and so-and So
step by step she trod the broad way.
al the time upheld and sustained by
those who preach universal love and
virtue: all the time daZzled By the
idea that she was about to enter the
sacred precints of literature. to move
in the elite circles of this great city.
MR.. M'FARLAND.
Sir. Mcfarland is a man Of fifty, a
domestic man, with no very brilliant
qualities; self made man, who had
educated himself by his abilities, and
at one tine won wealth; a man who
cared little for the excitements of
society. and was content with his
home, wife and children. An indul-
gent husband and fond father, his
love for them appears to have been
his most vulnerable point; here he
wna weak. When his wife became
dissatisfied and went out of an even
ing, despite his disapproval, he staid
at home with his children, when he
should have accompanied her III she
would go. or have compelled her TO
remain. Then, after he had permitted
Himself to be deceived, when things
came to q climax, he wept and
implored and complained, aud she
list all respect Tor nfus having long
since parted with any respect she had
for herself She had injured him,
and. human nature like, despised him
for having been injured and deceived
and contrasted his bearing with thai
az the man who never let public
opinion bully him bit, and neve
meant to- His home broken up. hi
love outraged, sick, deserted, poor
the man did what he is now beinj
tried for; and while he lay 10 hi
prison, she who might even then hav'
redeemed herself. put the finishing
stroke to the tragedy by going through
the marriage ceremony with him VIII
had caused all this woe. having pre-
viously obtained a divorce, which tn
better sense of society considers n
divorce at all.
FROM WHAT THIS PROCEEDED.
That all this is the outgrowth o
what in common parlance is callei
Free Love, will not be denied. Tha
The rcstlessness and disinclination o
women of the present day for hom