New-York tribune., 1870-05-10

tna' we o' sncd uame Tor your country ongagemcnt."
TLen she tells her, tnnt VIII @ @ se en
iy I'M 81 hope you can read this crooked scrawl
Ever aud always my beloved Yours iuliyi =; tu; , nu
her iscs Hurrah my darlingl all my wheels are turn
ing the right way and lne word moves, Mr. niS s..nr
letter AT length Booth was with him, and he rcad 10
that divine who feois ntoroste Ia you i1h d s
savs. NV dear, this II such good omen youth, alu
hope and beauty poor Miss Flight used to say @ nI
there is no sure moral IN I'M 'es St Won 40 % much but if
il does not it will be only because you VIII De heIc'
where can tell % you a1 tG ~r baey@ asr ALL and
when you succeed shall feicitae myself E as none none
other We have i here from the rst dea o, he N sn %
u aitnmpt has been made to bully the counsel in this
dfnss one of the mo Il inpudent and audacious have
ever known have said nothing In reference 10 ths
The counsel for this defense have taken other stand
than they in claiming that Mrs Calhoun was cniuS
they would not been guilty of perjury to the unior
tnte man they represent Ihave read to you the con.
nection Of Mrs Calhoun with this matter but it is for
yon TO say why She particular in some OF These
letters to pres a. ppon tqs r,Is f..S oi '
As soon as she gets upon the stage who do we nhd
going for heri Richardson Is the man hat goes, Mcfar
land does not co. he seen there Richardson is
the man who goes at the back door, Yet all thlS he
so confident is Mrs Mcfarland Of the goodness OF her
husband and OF his kndness-so much shame docs sue
feel that She tells Mrs Burdock that she has husband
who good and kind but that there was great ais
parity in their years II Mrs. Burdock Is to be believed
In January or December 1866 or 1867, was not tins man
duiiful husband to that woman on her own showing
from Mrs sinclars letters. As lawyer stand here,
and bound under oath to read these thg II y % NO
TN / could scarcely stand it. MY health has become
affected, but ask no higher dean an U o rnrn
harness However much my proessona 81, pre,rrt M ht
may find fault in there Is no lawyer at TINS par pt
will tell you stick to my client as close as ms SW Sill
letter OF the 2Ist February in which she says; My
dearest read y1nF letter for to yn e 'Ss M den
what are you going to dol whatever course you decide
upon OF course your friends your & tra nS w deci
sion 1t seems that one great effort Is only ques-
on of time and the sooner it is made the better Tor you
Just see how cruel this is: Do not for one moment
longer entertain that morbid idea that you responsi
BILE for the life of one who Is sure TO break YOU
pletey, and ruin perhaps your children they continue
TO S s s S nc % do Win Then H she y% 20
suggest thing and that is to get Percy away rom
eves in him, aud The longer he remains with him the
more intenScd viii this feeling become, ana, OF coSe'
the longer 1t will take to erase It,"
When she wrote that sentence, ask what cause mad
she to write the nhuman words to this erring woman
All she testified 10 against this man was that she foua
her in house she thought scarcely safe To enter ana
that she had been instrumental IN getting up an enter
tinmcut for her benefit. What consideration, ! AK
your Honor in that knowledge to induce the pennnS OF
sentence that would do disgrace to sayaget i%t no
considerations OF sex cauSr us t0 mlncc any tfui I
me- what did she know that Justified her in writing ths
inhuman language to tbs wicked woman ~ o.,,,.
Now, let me ask yOur attention 10 what MIS- ,alhouh
knew when she wrote the letter OF the I'D OF February
to which shall presently refer what dld she know
n
1t upon, could never have been written, enc hii,H
nothing against this man except that in January, 6,,
manuscript, Mcfarland came in under the influence OF
liquor and insisted that Mrs. Calhoun was readings n
in his house at all To other fact did she testify con-
cernng this 1t is true he did object 60 ner eeihg III
liz house, aud well has she reyengcd herself for It,
l. there another fact in this that caused mat
woman to hate this man: He did object TO Mrs. oai-
houns being there with his wife. II he was poor-grant
that he poor, what consideration that for the
letter to which shall presently call your atentlcnf
INtI IaEE us men
does she specify other instance or brutality against
this man. but that he nsuted her because he found her
in the society his wife Go this evidence and let
my learned adversary do ii and call from It'll you please
TO call tNoanother flower to make up the bouquet OF
this prosecution, If he can. -
What did Mrs Calhoun not know when she wrote this
letter OF the 2sd Of February which shall presently
call your aentioni she did not know what Mrs Mason
aud Mr. suarr TO- as to the indecent conduct OF Ar
Richardson and Mrs. Mcfarland she tells you tha ana
it 10 her credit 10 say IT, she never heard OF tat nt
this triaiyng TO understand that If she had known
OF the adultery that bad been going on, aS to the crcu,
stances under which Richardson entered that house. ana
the Illicit intimacy that there existed she would not
she read this intercepted letter until after
ih' he edhents 5 Of at letter uni ' the time she IToe
this letter Of the 22d Of February Now you VIII per
ccye how this prosecution felt themselves pnched by
this part Of the hand-cart full of manuscript
was brought in here about this time and IL much
TO lift II and exhibit it, He wanted to prove that this
letter Of the 22d Of February had been influenced by
written Mrs. Mcfarland to Mrs Calhoun OF
her wrongs that Mrs. Calhoun could fall easy upon
the ground, that if she had written strongly, in
been deceived aud deluded by the statements OF Mrs
Mcfarland The Court very properly excluded that in in
which have referred: " You can extend the hand OF
humanity 70 eThfr hsohn tb or % fba D es So ,r corre
ruling, and would be upheld by every lawyer In the
Now this letter reads thus:
MY DNNG CHmp: What can say TO comfort hee NJ heart
My darling Percy | should take thee and
keep home don't Mr. C. would let me
M precious You make decision 1t is PROCLAMATION for You
All he had done was 10 insult Mrs Calhoun by objecting
presence with his wife, but had he right TO
his conduct that he did MT want her there, and
she OF it that she left the All that this
been show that he did MT wish her 10 be in the
pany OF his Wife IL is enough for TO show that as
sociates of his wife.
she then goes ON TO say: proclamation you
stay with that You shall not! No woman ought
10 put her womanhood TO open shame as you have been
January, 1866. - II is most cruel, most deyh. You
cannot work you cannot advance. You can make Ger
stay" Then she goes on to say
M, darling you will leave him scahes the wol s gen.
viii JUSTLY yOuan4 you shake OF the shle and With ire
@ So9 to strive ss'a .ash odds think 70" u could "a
free that 5oa can improve YOUR salary viii be Increased It is won
der ia, have besn able do anything with disabilities
OBJ % him d1rlingl See what that isoh do
She has been upon the stand. Her mouth has been
open She has been asked to tell against Daniel McFar
land all she knew and ask where is the heart that does
shudder and reco with horror at the reading Of THIS
letteri
FRIDAY EVENING.
nv We have received Rhar.ons letter Tho
Iuat his victory that the thing he did
those who would be gratiGc in knowing the fact
eit him. DO Mt, beech Here all the
Don't beeeeh Of return DO ut let weakness ofmercy
possss
What is 1t that makes angelic 1t Is the ten
derness Of her heart 1t Is the readiness with which her
oye suuses and drops the tear o pity and sympathy at
human suffering. Here she exercises from her own
bosom that celestial element of w0nans character and
asks this wrcched erring woman also to eXpe it from
the limits of her own breast.
"Don't let any weakness of mercy possess yon. Don't