The Portland daily press., 1870-04-18

Mrs. Richardson has not yet entered the
courtroom. She is now living at Woodsde
N. j., with Mr.. Richardson's children and her
own little Danny. She is willing to testify in
the murder case, and the prosecution desire
her to do SO, but the defense may raise the OBJ
lection that she is still Netherlands wife and
cannot testify against him.
McFarland's face, though indicating GER
tain degree of strength of character and tenac-
ity Of purpose, is still forbidding and repusive,
though reduced and refined by months of pris-
on life. His skin is of that peculiar, blanched
complexion produced by liquor, and remaining
long after its use had ceased his eye is uncer-
tain and glittering. his expression changing
of man Of fierce passions and excessive life,
sobered and restrained on compulsion.
President Grant has received a letter from
Mrs. Abraham Lincoln, stating that she is still
in Germany, not in very good health, and very
much in need of assistance. This she sees has
been proposed in the bill pending in the Sen
ate to give her pension, but the delay in act
ing on it she is unable to account for. The
President will probably send the letter to Ell
ther Senate or House Committee. The Sen.
ate Pension Committee, however, have already
agreed to report a bill giving Mrs. Lincoln a
liberal pension.
The time for ratifying the st. Thomas treaty
expired last Wednesday.
Among the corporatOrs of the National
Academy of Science, Literature and Art in
corporated by Congress, are some of the lead
ing men of the country, including John Will
liam Draper of New York; F. G. Stanton,
Columbus Delano, s. P. Chase, w. w. Cor
coran, j. d. Cox, L. A. Gobright, Samuel
Milligan, William Johnston and D. d. Porter
of the District OF Columbia.
John Eldridge, prominent Mormon Of
American Fork, thirty miles below Salt
Lake City, who has two wives, has been proved
to have been guilty of seducing several young
girls, an horrible to say, among the number
are three of his own children, one of whom is
but IL years Of age. His wives, on the discov-
cry of the crime, frantic with grief at the de-
Young, on bis recent visit through the settle
ment. and told him the shocking story. He
sent for Eldridge and confronted him with his
wives and four young girls, three of them as
before mentioned, being his own daughters
The wives were called on to testify, but they
said the children could better give the facts.
The evidence went to show in every instance
that they yielded through fear, and that after
accomplishing his diabolical designs he threat
ened if they spoke of it he would shoot them
dead. Brigham told him to clear out as quick
as he could and never come back to Utah. 1t
has transpired that there were a number of
other children he had ruined in the same way
and that he had also committed an outrage on
an old woman of nearly seventy years of age,
and yet this infamous wretch has been allow
ed to escape unDunished. If he had been a
Gentle he would have been shot dead but as
he was Mormon it was thought best not to
call attention to his crimes by subjecting him
to public trial.
The public schools in Boston were closed
on Good Friday by order of the city.
Miss Emma Willard, formerly of the Troy
Female Seminary and author of several class
books on history, died Friday afternoon, aged