The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-04-14

THO MFARIIAND TRIAL.
More Of the Calhoun Letters
Spicy Developments.
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The Stage, Theatrical Artists and
the Bohemians.
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Mcfarland In Search OF Lit
tie Danny.
His Agony at the Loss of Wife
and Child.
Interesting Testimony as to His
Sanity or Insanity.

The Calhoun correspondence, which formed me
burden OF the case In the early part OF yesterday,
was listened to with considerable interest by the
large ana intelligent audience that hled the court
ROOM The strong and spicy letters OF the previous
day, laden with the seductive aud persuasive elo-
quence OF a woman's pen not unused to the arts Of
composition, whested the general appetite for the
cepion or further instalment. Tie letters read yes
terday rather disappointed expectation, In not being
as pertinent the question OF Mrs. Calhoun seducinG
Mrs. Mcfarland from true and proper allegiance
10 her husband. The beauty OF diction which
marked the letters, the tender sentiment about
nowering meads, murmuring ryulets and groves
alive with the mInstrelsy or bros were lost sight Of
IN the absence Of anything tangible about the Clan
destne love OF Richardson and Mrs. Mcfarland.
good deal OF what might be deemed irrelevant to
the case was contained in the elters, and the Re.
corder, realizing the fact deemed the further peru
sal OF such nonsense waste OF time, but the prose-
cufion, apprenendlng that no damage could be done
their side by the entire rendering of the correspond
eace, insisted upon going the whole hyena.
GETTING HOMOGENEOUS.
Among the witnesses there has been no deviation
from the one line Of testimony going to prove that
+. Mcfarland was laborng under paIpabe monoma-
MIA. The direct examination and much OF the cross
examination to-day were tedious and trinlng To
ordinary listeners there seemed to be little point in
aSkiHg WituesS over duu over III WHut part Ol
tain he met the prisoner and what time OF the
day or night, and whether his Percy recited
hakspeare's Richard iii. tho Battle of Hohenlin-
den. The prosecution were sleepy and stless and
the defence languid and used ut.
THE FEMALE SPECTATORS.
Twice as many ladies as usual were IN court, all
dressed III the bright colors AID airy fashions Of
spring. Several came wnile Inc proceedings were
under way, and as they happened TO be yelled and
clad In mourning every idle eye was turned upon
them With the curious belief taat OF them must
be the renowned Mrs. Abby Sage Mcfarland. There
was one lady OF fine classic features, wearing deli
cate gold amounted glasses. who was very generally
put down by the newspaper Qatdaencs as tue author
of the lively letters read In the morning. In this
there deuson, none OF the noted female actors
i'll the present drama nave made any appearance
III court far The ladies who attend day after day
are people or elegant leisure, with perhaps Literary
turn OF mind else morbid curiosity In matters
Of social import
THE COUNT JoANNEs.
It was stated IA Gis sohhf rooin This was
mistake. He was present, but SO utterly disguised
In new ana handsome wig and deprived by the
barber OF his eleyesccnt mustache that his
relative would have failed TO recognize him. In vain
the reporters eyes wandered with keen anxiety
the crowded court room to 1nd the familiar figure OF
was being read, referring to Mr. and Mrs. Greeley,
tall form shot up III corner like JACK III the box
and revealed itself as the vertable Count. Anxiety
was at once alayed. The Count was on hand
straight as ever, with magnificent shirt collar,
running like waterfall waste OF scarlet neck.
lie. Never did the Count appear to better advantage
His Cledn-shaven physique, MS massive brow, his
eagle beak, his piercing eye made picture which
arrested universal attention. Lifting his glasses
with courtly gesture to his nose, the Count threw
sweeping glance around the court room, enough to
make the learned laugh and the vulgar stare. The
following circular, whether emanatlng from the
Count or not did not tranpire circulated among the
newspaper scribes:-
George the Count Joannes, will, it expected DO exam.
fed expert upon the question OF insanity. lie
studied the question, and II Is anticipated the
avail Of his practical experiences this head The Count
possesses thorough knowledge of monomana and is
thoroughly its action. The advent 10
the stand viii be one OF the incidents of the trial.
FOR THE DEFENCE.
Fitzhugh Ludlow, whose magazine essays on
opium and hasheesh eating are not unfamiliar with
the reading public made an excellent witness for
the defence His manner and address left little TO
be desired The Catholic publisher, Mr. Sadlier
though not very fluent speaker, talked ike o man
who had sincere and conscientious desire to eX.
plain his convictions Of McFarland's state OF mind
as he observed The exterior symptoms during the
period between 1867 and s69 HIS magnificent Irish
brogue would have delighted the soul OF william
Makepeace ThacKerey. lt was generally supposed
at the close OF the proceedings that the defence
would rest on the testimony already produced and
let the prosecution put In iis rebuting evidence.