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VOL. XIII NO. 112.
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1870.
DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS.
PIBST EDITION
Til E E2TVI OF IT
BIrs. RXcFarland's Statement
Her Model First Husband.
How lie Treated Her.
Specimens of Incompatibility.
llcr Relations to Richardson.
Etc.. Et, Etc., Etc., Etc.
THE ESD OF IT.
fllm.nicFnrlund Rlohaidnon's Manifesto Vomt
( holm Kxtrnct. Showing Her Itelntlons to
Both Ilnubnmln.
According to the announcement made in the
morning papers, the Tribune of to-day comes to
us loaded down with an eight-column state
ment, under oath, bj Mrs. Abble McFarland
Ricbardson, Betting forth the secrets of her
married life, and her relations to Mr. Richard
eon. The most we can do with this interminable
document ie to giro a few choice extracts, hur
riedly selected:
Obirrt ol Her Statement.
Not fer any attempt at my own vindication do I
write this explanation. But for the sake of the noble
men and women who have stood by me through all
revilinRS, olten without any explanation from me,
and always in the full faith that I was most cruelly
wronged ; for their sakes, and for his who lost his
life in my behalf, I wish to tell the whole story of
my life. When 1 was once advised to do so and hesi
tated, a good woman said to me, "Do not be afraid
to tell your story once to all the world. Tell it once
exactly as yon would tell it to your Maker, and then
keep silence forever after."
Her IHarrlaire to McFarland.
I married Daniel McFarland in 1S57. I was a girl
of nineteen, born In Massachusetts and educated la
New England schools. I had been a teacher, and
was Just beginning to write a little for the press.
Daniel McFarland was an Irishman, of thirty-seven
or thirty-eight, who had received a partial aourse at
Dartmouth College, and had, seven years before I
Knew mm, Deen aumittea to tne Massachusetts bar.
When 1 married him, he represented himself to be
a memrer of the bar In Madison, Wisconsin, with a
nourishing law practice, brilliant political prospects,
and possessed of property to the amount of $20,000
to $:i0,040. He also professed to be a man of tem
perate habits, of the purest morals, and, previous to
my marriage, appeared neither intemperate, nor
brutal, nor profane.
Beginning to Pawn Things Early.
We came to New York In February, 1665. I was
taken ill on the way with a violent cold and fever,
and we were detained In Rochester ten days. On
leaving Rochester he had to leave his watch and
chain in pawn with the hotel-keeper for our board
bill. In New York city he kept me three or four
weeks, and then taking all the jewelry I had to the
pawnbroker's, to pay the board bill, he sent me
home to Biy father's In New Hampshire. I simply
tell these things to give some idea of how they must
have airected a young girl fresh frqm a comfortable
New England country home, to whom a pawn
broker's shop was almost an unheard-of institution,
and not to convey the Idea that it was his poverty
which shocked or estranged me.
Specimens oi Incompatibility.
In Julv of 1869 I returned again to Mr. McFar
land. 1 remained with him this time about three
months. My neart was sorely bruised by the death
of my baby, and I was less able to bear up under
the brutalKy and violence of Mr. McKarland's tem
per. I will not enter Into the details of his treat
ment of me during these three months; but it wu-i
so bad that I went back to my father's in October,
1W.9, and remained almost a year, till August,
I860. At this time. In October, 1859, when I
returned home, If I bad had courage to have
told my mother and father of my troubled
life, I should probably never have returned
to this man. but 1 could not speak. It was so hard
a thing to tell. My ideas of a wife's duty were most
conservative. I believed she should suffer almost
onto death rather than resist the laws of marriage.
I had a conscience sensitive to any appeals against
itself, and I tried hard to love my husband and con
vince myself I was in the wrong. Besides, I was
expecting in a few months the birth of another
child. No one shall say I mean this narrative as an
appeal to sympathy, but those who believe in my
truth must see ray case was hard, and realize some
what the suffering I end ured.
How McFarland Supported Ills Wife. ,
In April, 18S, my second child, Percy, was born.
While at home during these ten months Mr. McFar
land had represented to me that be was doing ex
ceedingly well in business, and had made large
trades lor real estate to the amount of many thou.
Band dollars. One of these pieces of property was la
Greenwich St., and was mortgaged to Trinity Church
for 110,000, and afterwards sold to recover judgment
against him for lio.&ao. The other property was la
tast Fourteenth street, near the rlver.a block of tene
ment houses, which I am Inclined to believe were
mortgaged pretty nearly np to their whole value.
At aifevents I lived at my father's during this year,
which be described as the "year of his prosperity,"
and did not share In It. Part of this time, for the
first and ouly time lu my married life. I paid a very
small sum for my board, whicfe was all I ever paid
In my long and repeated visits to my father's house.
I mention this because Mr. McFarland claims to
save supported me while at my home. Two of my
children were born at home, and the expenses came
principally on my father, although at the birth of
my youngest child I paid my physician's bill myself
with the results of a public reading which I gave for
that purpose.
jHefarland Grows Ill-Tempered, and Gives
liU Wile JesitoDo la .Elocution.
Vr. McFarland never did any work while In Madi
son, or earned any money. I lived with extreme
economy, and he had fosu or iaoo left when he
reached Madison, which, with the addition of (200
or 1300 more which be received from the sale of a
tract of land which be owned somewhere, bought
the luruliure for our little house and supported as
for the lourteen months we lived there. At the ex
piration of this time Mr. McFarland began to grow
more and more morose aud ill-tempered, and told
me finally be was getting out of money and
bad no way- of getting any. He endeavored to get a
public oilice of some kind In Madison, but was not
tuppoited even by those on whom he counted as his
frieuus. I had attracted some attention in private
circles by my reading, and bad given a public read
ing for the benefit of a soldiers' hospital, on this
Mr. McFarland proposed to me that he should take
me to New York aud have me fitted for the stage In
the profession of an actress. lie also announced
that be should himself adopt the profession of an
actor In case my success became assured. He bad
been at some time a teacher of elocution In a mili
tary school In Maryland, aud be began training me
In Ue reading of stage parts.
In Juue, isfil, he Bold ail our little furniture In
Madison, and brought me East, first going to my
father's, In New Hampshire, to leave my little
Percy, so that I could devote all my time to the
stage, lie made no secret of this to my p treats,
who did not approve of tais step on bis part, but did
not interoose. on the couservative Puritan around
that even the parents have mi right to Interfere la
the ail airs of huaiaud aud wife.
Oa the Move.
From the time be got bis place In the Enrolment
Gmce In 1H6H until the fall of 1SU, Mr. McFarland
sent me home three times, aad moved me to tight
different boarding-houses. If, for one moment, t
was peaceful in the possession of a shelter, his habits
or his dissatisfied temper drove htm to change. At
but, tn the fall of 1H64, Mr. Sinclair offered us, rent
free, hla unoccupied farm house on the Hudson
river, and we moved there fer the winter of ISM.
During this year my youngest boy Danny had been
born oa one ot my Visiu to mv father's bouse. I
stayed at Lroton. in Mr. Sinclair's sous. 1 stayed
at (Jroton, in Mr. BlueUlr's house, all winter, aud,
curing the summer, in a small tenement, which wo
reUrd there, and waut 1 furnished very cheaply
toutr lerrowe(i lJ JMfjuriaal jrw uj
MeFarlond Eoo'arable for a While.
Here Mr. McFartand's conduct was more endura
ble, for be was away nearly all day, and the qnlet
and pleasantness of the country when he came
there I fancied had a good effect em him. In the
summer of '66, however, he lost bis place nnder
Government, and seemed to make no further
attempt to do anything.
lie Indulges la Profanity.
lie Informed me one day that he was ont or a
place, and bad no money. Then I told hint I sup
posed I should have to give public readings again.
As usual, when I made such suggestions, he swore
at me in his terrible way, but made no other answer.
I went on and made my arrangements to give dra
matic readings; gave several before leaving Croton,
and then, with some of the money I bad raised, I
went to my father's, who had now moved to Massa
chusetts, and from his bouse went away to give
several other readings in New England, leaving the
children with mother.
lie Ntrlkea Ills Wife In the Faro.
One mornirg during this winter which I am now
describing, after Mr. McFarland had been out nearly
all night In a drunken orgle and had risen from bed
in one of bis worst tempers, I approached him as he
stood by the mirror finishing his toilet and began to
tay something soothing to prevent the outburst of
111 temper which I leared was soon coming. He
turned around and struck me a blow across my face
which made me reel backward. Although he had
often pinched and bit me in some of his fits of drunk
enness, he had never before struck me so cruel and
cold-blooded a blow. I felt as I shall never forget.
1 think an American woman does not easily forgive
a blow like that. At all events, I remember I said
to him without raising my voice, "I shall never be
able to forgive you such an outrage," and I think I
never could forgive it. From that time I took an
entirely different course with him when in one of
these f uries. I had shed a great many tears nnder
bis cruelty, had tried to reason with him, had tried
entreaties and persuasions. After this, whenever
he was In one of his paroxysms as be himself
called them I never moved or spoke, but, keep
ing perlectly self-controlled as far as I could, I sat
quiet, always keeping my eye on him, because I
always fancied as long as I looked steadily at him
be would not do me any mortal violence.
He Gets In a Hananlnary Mood.
And I believe now as I believed then, that my life
bas been saved by this silence and self-controL He
has sometimes approached me with bis hands ex
tended, the fingers bent like claws, as if he were
about to clutch my throat, and cried, "How I should
like like to strangle you." Or "Your life is bound
some time to end in tragedy." Or "Your blood will
be on your own head," and has, as I think, been re
strained because I simply looked at him without say
ing a word.
in these furies lie would often seize and break
anything which was at band lamps, glasses, mir
rors, and sometimes the heavier furniture of the
room. Often be would rise from bed In these un
controllable attacks of passion, tearing away all the
bed clothing, tearing in shreds his own nlght
clotblng, throwing anything ho could find whieh
was breakable, crashing about the nnllghted room,
till it has seemed to me as If there could be no
Pandemonium worse than that in which I lived.
And all this he would do without explanation or
even a pretext fer complaint against me, and when
I knew no more what excited bis frenzy than a babe
unborn.
lie Gets "Beastly" Drunk but Promises to
Iteform.
On the 20th of December I bad an engagement to
read at fcalem, Mass., before the Lyceum Lecture
Course. My mother had written ns that If I would
bring one of the children she would tako htm and
take care of him for an lndeflulte period, because
she feared 1 had too much to do with the
two children and all ray other duties. So I con
cluded to take the youngest child Danny to my own
borne on this journey to Kalem. I played at the
theatre the night before starting for Massachusetts,
and was obliged to sit up nearly all night to get my
self and child ready.
Abont 1 o'clock In the night McFarland came
home In a state of beastly intoxication. He Was
past talking then, but towards daylight, whtie I was
fettlng ready to take tbe morning train for Boston,
roused him, and told bim I had been Intending to
take Danny home, but now I thought I would take
both the children and leave them with mother till I
could do Bomethlug better, and come back aud
separate myself from htm entirely ; that I could not
possibly work as I was doing and bear bis habits
any longer. On this he professed great penitence,
begged me to try him once more; said he would
do better if I would give bim this one trial, etc. etc.
1 did not believe him, but I hardly knew what to
do, and I finally went on" with Danny to my
mother's.
Mrs. McFarland-Klchardaon'o First Oatponr-
In urn to "Lu."
In a ' letter dated Jan. 8, 1S8T, Mrs. McFarland
Rlchaidson wrote as follows to Mrs. Calhoun:
"You know, ray darling, when I was married I
bad not much experience of life, or Judgment of
character. When Mr. McFarland asked me to
marry bim, I said 'yes,' without proper delibera
tion. 1 was not In love with any one else ; everybody
got married, I thought, and I never questioned
whether I was sufficiently in love or not I thought
I was, and did not reason. After I was married,
and began to knew Mr. McFarland, I found him
radical to the extreme In all bis ideas. He seemed
to have many heartfelt schemes of philanthropy
and lovely traits of character.
'He bad beautfful theories, and he believed he
acted on them, when be did not, and was often
cruelly unjust to me and my motives. He was madly
Jealous of me from the first a Jealousy which
seemed to me to have its root In a radical want of
confidence In woman's virtue. A bachelor experi
ence had made bim believe women were not always
chaste, I think ; but to me, who was chaste as ice
and pure as snow, If ever woman was chaste, these
tilings were horrible outrages. They struck the
first blow at the tenderness I felt for him, which
might have ripened into a real aUection, I have no
doubt.
Patriot; AwayF.ded Tools.
In the evening, before going to the theatre, I se
creted his razors, his pocket-knife, my scissors, and
all articles I considered dangerous as I frequently
did on such occasions and left him. When 1 came
home be was still raging. He frequently had made
threats of committing suicide, often going out of
doors with that avowed purpose. On this occasion,
abont midnight, he bade me an unusually solemn
"eternal farewell," and told me that this time ho
was certainly going ont to destroy himself. He had
done this so many times that I said nothing, and
made no effort to detain bim.
Tbe Final Separation.
At the door he hesitated, and asked If I bad
nothing to say "in this last parting." I said, "I can
only say that I am hopelessly sorry for you." He
went out, and In a lew minutes returned, as I knew
he would, cooled and sobered by the cold night air.
and then, it being nearly morning, as mildly and
firmly as I possibly could, I began to talk with bim.
1 told bim decidedly that I should leave him forever;
that 1 had borne with patience for many years great
outrages from bim; that he had made my life
miserable, and bad often ' put me In great
dread of my life; that I could not endure It any
longer; that by his outrageous conduct for
the two days past, and bv the lamruaara
be bad nsed when he found me at Mr. Richardson's
door, be had added the last drop to ray cup of en
durance, and I should go away from him at once.
On this he grovelled at my feet in the most abject
penitence. He wept and sobbed, and begged me to
forgive him. He confessed that he had wronged
me, that no woman would have borue with him as I
bad done, and about daylight went to sleep ex
hausted. The next morning I did not allude to my
purpose, but after seeing bim leave the bouse for
Mr. McElrath's oitlee I went to Mr. Sinclair's snd
placed myself under the protection of bis roof, and
never afterwards saw Mr. MaKarlaud except ones
or tw Ice in the presence of others.
Mr. Klrhardaoa'o Relations to Mro. MeFarland
Mrs. McFarland-Rlchardson then devotes three
columns to Mr. Richardson's acquaintance with her,
and bis relations to her case, the chief points of
which have been developed in the testimony sub.
milted during the trial of McFarland. When she
epoko in Klchardson's presence of ber troubles, j jst
previous to ber separation from ber husband, she
states that "Kichardson said very little. I remem
ber he said, 'This is a matter in which I cannot ad
vise you, but whatever you make up your mind to
do, I shall be glad to help you in.' "
Alter the separation she thus narrates a partlag
Interview with Klohardson :
"While 1 spoke, he said, 'How do you feel about
facing the world with two babies?' I answered, -ft
looks hard for a woman, but then, I am sure 1 can
get on better wltho it that man than with hint.' At
this Mr. Richardson, still holding lay hand, whieh I
bad given him to say 'good-bye.' stooped down,
and, speaking in a lower tons so that be could not
be beard through the door opening into the parlor
where tbe others were sitting, said these words, 'I
wish yon to remember, my child, that any responsi
bility you choose to give me In auy possible future I
shall be very glad to take.' I think those were his
exact words. And with this be went away wtthsut
a single word being spoken by sltbsr of as."
Couoernlng the famous Intercepted letter from
Richardson to ber she says: I never saw the letter
or knew of tts contents till It appeared In print. The
letter was a mixture of Jest and of sentiment, whiita
tny one who knew ilr. Richardson would readily
Ebderatood. 1 shall o g u to explain it point Ij
point, but the allusion to bis love for me being the
"growth of years" was simply a sentimental ex
pression, a In point of fact I had known bim only
a few months, and had been acquainted with bim
no more than four months.
luciunusoy.
What He Thonaht of MeFarland, the "Mad.
mn"-APnuement by Illm Made Pnblle for
tbe Flret Time.
The New York Tribune of this morning, In addi
tion to the lengthy statement of Mrs. McFarland
Rlchardson, the main portions of which are given
elsewhere, pabllshes also a letter written by Albert
D. Richardson to Junius Henri Browne in Decem
ber, 18T, bnt which, according to an affidavit by Mr.
Browne, was not opened by him antll after Richard
son's death, by instructions of the latter. Its con
tent are now for tas first time made public. The
most Important portions of this document read as
follows:
FoRmiaM, N. Y., Sunday Night, Dec. 1, 196T My
Dear Junius: On the last nine pages of my "House
hold Expense Hook" In ray desk here, you will find
a clear statement of my business affairs.
Should tbe madman who baa once attempted my
life aad who Just now shows some symptom! of
renewing his attempt succeed in killing me, as he
lias threatened so vehemently to scores or people,
will you please set forth clearly a few of the facts
for the sake of the lady they Involve (you know how
bard, how self-sacrificing, and bow pure her life bas
been) and of my own children, whom I wish to hav
know all about them, that they may see, in maturer
years, that my conduct in this matter has at least
left them nothing to blush for. borne of these car
dinal facts are:
First. That he has inherited a taint of madness la
bis blood, bis grandfather (maternal) having died a
maniac, and oae of bis brothers having been for
years notorious for his absolate madness whea
undsr the influence of liquor, and having so abused
his wife at each times that she will carry the scars
to ber dying day. la am liquor fits his family have
been obliged to keep hun shut up like aay other
madman.
fcecond. That before Daniel McFarland had been
married to his wife two years, he had, In a fit of
passion, struck ber so violently In tbe face that she
carried the marks for days, and that again and
again. In bis mad fits, he had terrified her with
threats of violence to himself and her by the display
of revolvers, knives, etc. etc
Third. That from pride and delicacy she had
shielded bim as far as possible, bad kept his infirmi
ties secret In the vain hope that he might reform, had
worked hard and uncomplainingly for the support of
her children and of him; that finally she had ex
plained lully to two of her friends, abont the 1st of
January last, the terrible lire that was killing her,
and asked their counsel ; that the letter to oae of
them In which she did this Is still in existence to be
seen by any one who has a right to inquire into tne
matter, and that it bears on Its face such evidence
of truth and candor and moderation that nobody
with any knowledge or character can fail to be Im
pressed with Its judicial exactness.
Fourth. That all thi was beor 1 had anything but
the vii ' al acquaintance icith her.
Fifi ii. i ;iat finally, late in February last. In one of
his frenzied fits, while I chanced to be rooming in
the fca.iie house with them, I heard enough of his
violence to give me the gravest apprehensions of
tragedy.
Sixth. That Ehe then separated from him ;sent for her
father, and in his presence and that or other friends
bad an interview with him ; began to recount what
she bad undergone: that he would hot hear her go
Into details which be knew so humiliating to bim ;
that she told him in presence or these witnesses it
was ber inflexible determination never to live with
bim again; that In tbe same presence he acquiesced
in the separation, and voluntarily said that he con
sented for tbe present that tbe custody of the chil
dren should be with her father.
Seventh. That in spite of all his asseverations that
her story only a few weeks before they did separate
he had himself proposed that they should separate;
that be wished to go and talk the matter over with a
gentleman whom both knew (Mr. O.), and she kept
him rrom going because he was In liquor.
Eighth. That she now bos In her possession a lat
ter or his written to her six years berore I knew
either party, In which, over his own signature and
in bis own hand, be fully admits his violence to her,
and corroborates In general every word of her own
statements about 11.
(1 have been thus minute, beeanse he has asserted
so frequently that thero had been no trouble be
tween them, save tbe usual "tiffs," as he phrases it,
between husband and wife; and that, all asser
tions to the contrary, are the result of a "plot or
conspiracy between ber, two or three or ber lady
friends, and myself, to take ber from htm and de
stroy bis domestic peace! !)"
Ninth, lhat after this final separation last Febru
ary, after she bad applied to ber lawyer, Mr. Runkle,
to take the necessary steps for a divorce, she was
so situated that I was thrown much with ber,
that I knew ber character and worth thoroughly,
that my sympathies for ber suffering and helpless
nensln facing the world wli h t wo children tosuppoi t.
which bad existed all the while, developed into a
warmer feeling that I loved ber that It became an
understood thing between ns that when she was
legally free she should become my wife. Before the
separation no such thought bad ever entered my
heart, and she had never ottered one word to me
which the most loyal wife might not speak to aay
gentleman whom she knew and respected.
Tenth. That some weeks after the separation, be
Intercepted a letter from me to her, which showed
htm that when she should be legally free 1 hoped to
marry ber a letter couched In the terms usually
employed by a man towards tbe lady who Is to be
bis wife
I Mr. Rlsbardson at this point goes Into the details
or tbe first shooting at him by McFarland, aud the
trouble about the custody or the latter a children,
with which the pnblic is already familiar. Tho let
ter thsa concludes as follows:
So tbe matter stands. What new thing has set
him again on the war-path I know not. You will re
member that on tbe first occasion, apprehending
violence from bim I decided not to arm myself be
cause I did not want tbe blood of any man, and par
ticularly of this most wretched man, on my hands.
I have the same feeling still In degree. It would
be too horrible ror the poor children who are hers
and bear his name too horrible ror hrr too horrible
for my children. So, U he attacks me again, I shall
mean to run very great risk rather than do deadly
barm to bim. Indeed, I hardly know which would
be the worst under any circumstances to kill bim
or have him kill me. leould have taken his lire be
fore with bis own weapon with the most perfect
ase, but I have always been glad that I did uot.
What the upshot will he Heaven only knows. You
and I have faced death and seen tbe sweet sleep,
the precious, perfect rett It brings, too often, to hold
it in asy special terror. It la harder to feel that one
leaves behind those who lean upon aud love him;
but then the Divine Benignity cares for all Its help
less little children.
Mv dear friend, so loyal, so stesdfast, so patient
with my faults through all these crowded years, may
the best blesblags of life be yours! If I go before, I
know there Is no need of commending to your ten
derest friendship' the sweet and gentle soul whose
love bas blessed me, and whom unwittingly I have
brougut to bitter grief Instead of helping, as I 4ia4
hoped, her hard aud grievous life. The Father keep,
and shield, and bless herb My own darling children,
too twice orphaned in their tender years already
know yen as their friend, aud I know what friend
ship taeaa glth yon. (jood by till we meet again.
! A. D. R.
Richardson's Fort o no A Placement by hlo
Brother and Administrator.
Boston, May . So many misstatements have
been made abont my late brother, Albert D. Klchard
son's estate, that 1 deem It necessary, under the cir
cumstances, to ssy that bis entire estate is not worth,
at the highest value, more than than fis.ooo to
f 6,000, and that hla widow, Mrs. Abby 8. Kichard
son, baa refused any part of the property except
that required to rear aud educate bis orphan chil
dren. The following is a copy of the memoranda
which have been alluded to by tbe counsel for the
defense as the will of my late brother (he died intes
tate), made at tho Astor House before my sister-in-law's
arrival.
Cuiklkb A. Riciurdson, Administrator,
A. D. Rlehardaea'aMonieraada of a Will.
Dictated to Mr Nicholaon on th. aibt after he was shot.
1. I owe D. Nicholson $200.
t. Mr. I'Anson will understand about my house.
I have paid bim 160 Interest w.tUin the last few
days.
a. ; want my Tribune snhrea, if possible kept for
my children.
4. Of my Kansas lands, tbe three Marshall coantv
tracts stand in my name. So does the tract near
Topeko, now the Shawnee county track, formerly
called Jackson county. The Miami county tract
stands an undivided three-rourtbs in my name and
an undivided one-fourth In Junius s. My Sprisg Hill
lots stand an undivided one-half in my name
and tho other undivided half la Junius a. Of all
this Kansas oro .rty, Janlus should have the pro
ceeds of one. 1 think, of the Marshall county quarter
sections. That would be a fair settlement between
us. All the rest should be sold for the benefit or my
children. Tba ueo on &oiie ut tbeia have buca
paid for leer,
KOT GUILTY !
Fnd of the McFarland Trial Hcones la Conrt
npoa the Keaderlnaor the Verdict.
From tbe New Yoik Sun't report or the concluding
scenes of the great trial we take the following pas
sages: wiiTmo for Tits vkkdict.
As soon as the Jury bad retired those favored por
tions of the audience which were within tho bar and
the ladles' slrcle broke Into groups and engaged la
animated conversation and diverse speculations as
to the minds of the jurors and tho probabilities of
their verdict.
"The last point which Graham got In. Just as the
jury were going ont, will carry the verdict," said a
gray-beaded lawyer.
"Yes," said another distinguished criminal law
yer, "that was a telling point. If it was an accident.
It was a happy one for the prisoner. But I suspect
It was all planned by John, so as to get the last shot
at the Jury."
A rOINT FREIGHTED WITH LIFI OK PEITTL
The reader will remember that the point referred
to was the additional "charge" which Mr. Oraham
requested tbe Conrt to give the Jury, which was In
these words:
"I have bfoa requested te ct-arire you that, if the prison
er committed tbe act in a moment of frenisy, he cannot
lie cunrtcted of reorder in tbe tint degree. I not only
chai ae tnat proposition, but if hit viinl mw i lhat condi
tion hi mn( bt tonvirUd qf any offen."
Mr. Graham sent for the volume containing that
point, and read it from the book to the Court and
jury. Judge Hackett said, with emphasis: "That
has my entire approoation." Ana so tne jury had
retired with that point and the Judge's emphatic
endorsement or it ringing In their ears.
As time passed, and tho jury didn't come in,
doubts as te tho result began to pervade the room.
"Dear me !" said an oid lady, looking at her watch
for the th time, "they've been out thirty-live
minutes. I could make up my mind a dozen times
In less time than that."
"Down rrom the benches, there 1 Stand backl
Give tbe jury room!" cried the officers.
THE JURY ARE C0MINQ.
Ob.ral tbe jary are coming!" exclaimed little
rercy, biding bis lace upon his father's knees.
In the midst or the excitement the private or
Judge's door was thrown open, and tne foreman of
the jury was seen standing on the threshold, with
his eleven fellow-jurors grouped behind b Ira. At a
signal rrom Captain McCloskey they filed slowly in,
aud, amid a silence as of death, passed to their
seats. A moment later, Judge Hackett came In
and took his seat npon the bench.
CALLING TBI ROLL.
As Mr. Vandcrpool called the rool, ad the Jurors
successively answered "here," the spectators
strained their cars as If to catch, If possible, some
prophecy of tbe verdict from the tones of the jurors'
voices. But their "heres" were not prophetic ; they
were low and nntndlcatlve, and no one could base a
guess upon them. And now came the critical
moment.
The Clerk Gentlemen of tbe jury, have you
agreed upon your verdict? (A deathlike silence.)
The Foreman We have. (Profound sensation,
and tbe sound of women sobbing.)
The Clerk Jurors, look upon the prisoner I Frls
oner, look upon the jurors !
The jurors all turned and looked npon the priso
ner, aud the prisoner, with hagsard, ghastly coun
tenance, and sorrowful, appealing eyes, gazed at the
twel e men who, for the purposes or that occasion,
held bis destiny in their bands, and were about to
make it known.
Tbe Clerk How say you, gentlemen; do yon
find the prisoner at the bar guilty or not guilty?
As the clerk was arking this question
A VIVID FLASH OF LIUHTNINO
streamed Into the room, followed by a thunder
crash which overwhelmed human utterance, and
which rolled mutterlngly off down the horizon.
The Clerk (repeating the question) How say you,
gentlemen ; do you find tbe prisoner at the bar guilty
or not guilty?
The Foreman
"KOT GUILTY !"
Spontaneously there arose from the assembly
such a shout of applause aad prolonged cheering as
probably never before filled the hall or the General
Sessions, and a scene or indescribable rejoiclug and
congratulation followed, which the Recorder aud
officers of the court made no attempt to tranquiltze,
as all felt that it would have been utterly impossible
to check the wild enthusiasm of the people. The
friends or Mr. McFarland crowded around him,
shaking hands with bim, and praying heaven for
blessings oa bis head.
During all this, and himself being the central ob
ject of the joyous turmoil, the man apparently least
moved and most calm of all, although with a hap
pier conntenance than be has Worn berore since the
trial began, was the prisoner, Daniel McFarland.
Hut such scenes canuot last forever. The feel
ings or the audience having had free vent, silence
was at last restored, and the ordinary routine was
resumed.
THE DISCHARGE OF THE PRISONER.
The Clerk Gentlemen of the jury, hearken to your
verdict as it stands recorded. You find the prisoner
not guilty ; so sav you all ?
The jurors ail bowed assent.
The Clerk You are discharged from further at
tendance. Mr. Gerry May It please the Court. I move the
discharge of my client.
The court The prisoner is discharged. Adjourn
the Court.
Tbe erier adjourned the Court; tbe sceae of con
gratulation which, though less noisy, had hardly
been interrupted, was reuewed with original fervor;
the jurors received an ovation from tbe audience,
and crowded aronnd Mr. McFarland to shake bands
and bid bim good-oy ; and tho exeltement was kept
up until Mr. McFarland, ao longer a prisoner, left
the court-room with his relatives, amid the cheers
of the multitude, and the McFarland trial passed
Into history. . . .......
MeFarland at Home -lie Threatens the
"Tribune" with a Ubel bait.
From the If. Y. Wwld of this morning.
McFarland Is now living with his brother on
Twenty-ninth street, between Eighth and Ninth
avenues. On arriving there be ate a hearty supper,
after which be went out with bis brother, Dr. McFar
land. He was, for him, cool and calm enough, and,
were It not for bis extreme nervousness, would
never bo suspected of being tne man who at 5
o'clock huDg between life and death.
In speaking of Mrs. Calhoun and Mrs. Sinclair, he
rendered it evident that he did not oonslder either a
Roman Vestal or a St. Cecilia; though differing
from most of bis friends during the trial, be la im
bued with the belief that the most active or the
two In the alienation of his wife was not Mrs.
Calhoun, but Mrs. Sinclair. He said: "My wife la
coming out In a long statement in tbe Tribune to
morrow (this) moruiDg. The people in the Tribune
office bad better be careful what they print I will
net be libelled with Impunity. Letters by my wlfs
may bo concocted now to suit the time and the reve
lations of tbe trial let them be careful, I will not be
trifled with." This he repeated several times.
When the writer left him McFarland politely es
corted bim to tbe door, bade him good night, say
lsg, "I will go to bed." After be re-entered the
bouse, bis brother, Dr. McFarland remarked:
"You see he is luuy, and requires watching." Mc
Farland talks sensibly enough till his wife's name
Is mentioned, but the word wife or Abby sets him
oil' at once Into reminisces of h!o love for ber, and
of scenes In which that love was shown.
LEO AX, INTELLIOnriCD.
Prison Cases.
Court of Quarter Sessions Allison, P. J.
Prison cases are stlil before the Court.
Paul Lane was found guilty of stealincr lead
pipe from an unoccupied building at Broad and
Ellsworth streets, having been caught leaving
the premises with a bundle of the pipe under
his arm.
George Keyser was convicted of the larceny
of a set of harness, Valued at 30, from the
Fourth and Eighth Streets Passenger Railway
Company, lie was found in oue of the stall
of tbe company's stable with his hand upon the
harness, as if in the act of taking it down.
John Fitzgerald was convicted of an attempt
to pick pockets. Detectives Miller and Fletcher
testified that on the day of tbe fifteeuth amend
ment celebration they followed the prisoner
about from place to place in the procession,
and finally arrested him as he was putting his
hand Into a woman's pocket.
Mew Yoik Prodaeo Market.
Hew Yore. May 1L Cotton firm; sales loeo bales
middling npland at S3jc., held higher. State and
Western Flour advanced 6io.; btate, tvt5.$&-i5;
Western, 4i5(6; Southern irmer. Wheat advanced
le. ; winter red Western,l-84; white Michigan, io.
Corn quiet; new mixed W'mmru, 1-1&U U. uats
firmer; 6iat, 6S(ti3e. ; Western, Masses. Beef
steady. Fork quiet at f .'9-jfi. Lard firm at ltS-Slo?;?,
ist good to prim swan. Walsty flmratK.
FUVATVCI? fDConnEUCBt
Btxntro TTT.eomrH Ornoil
Wednesday, May 11, 1870. t
To-day money Is freely offered on call at 4f
per cent, on Government collaterals, and at 5
per cent, on miscellaneous securities. Discounts
are, as usual, extremely easy, aad with light
offerings, rates rule irregnlarly and invariably
in favor of borrowers. 0 per cent, is the usnal
figure, and almost any amount can be obtained
at &4 per cent, on choice names without refer
ence to time of maturing. .
Gold is again strong, opening with sales at
115, and advanced several times to llb, but
closing at noon at 115.
Government securities have been stimulated
by reports from Washington relative to the
future purchases on Treasury account. The
demand is quite active, both for home and foreign
account, and our quotations show a substantial
advance on closing sales of yesterday.
The stock market recovered slightly this
morning, and prices were generally higher.
State sixes sold at 104) for the first scries. City
loans were dull; sales of the new sixes at 102;.
Sales of Lehigh gold loan at 03.
Reading Railroad was very lnactive.with saiall
talcs at 51 b. o. Pennsylvania was dull; sales
at 5C(5)66. Camden and Amboy changed
hands at 120120, Little Schuylkill at 43 and
Oil Creek and Allegheny at 42.
Canal shares were nominal. Among the mis
cellaneous the only noticeable sales were in
Manufacturers' Bank at 80) and Chesuut and
Walnut Streets Railway at 44j.
PHILADELPHIA STOCK BXCHANGE BALKS.
Reported by Do Raven A Bro., No. 40 8. Third street
FIRST BOARD.
1400 City 6s, New.l02jtf
10O A A m 68,89 94
11000 do is. 94
flOOO do 93V
13000 Pa 6s l m.ls.ioox
Itiuoo Leh gold L. Is. 93
11300 Pa 6s, l se 104X
4000 W l'enna R bs
lots SO
finos Amer Gold.... 115
lSshManuf Tik.... BOW
100 sh Ch A Wal . b5. 44
120 sb Cam A AmR.120.tf
10 do 120V
20 do 120
SBhPennaR
do....cAp. 58
ftOOBhliltScb R.ls. 43
609 8h Kead....b0. II K
lOBshO CA A R.R. 4'4
J at Cooke A Co. quote Government securities as
follows: U. 8. 68 Of 1881, 1170)117 V S-SOSOr 1863.
112H2Xt do., 1864, 111J41U7J do., 1865, 111
am; do. do., July, ll3?c114y ; do. do., 1867,
114?,114X; do. 1863, 114X11M5 10-409. 1080
108 ; Pacifies, 1121H,'. Oold, 115.
MsfiSBfl. De Raven A brother. No. 40 8. Third
Street, Philadelphia, report the following quotations :
U. 8. 68 Of 1881, 1U($117; ; do., 1862, 112(112;
do. 1864, 111, lll ;;ao. i860, 111(31117,; do. I860,
new, ll3JiH4; da 187, do. Il4vll4,v; do. 1868,
da, 114VH4m; 10-408, 1O8H01O8; D. 8. 80 Tear
6 per cent. Currency, 119(4112; Due Cora p. Int.
Notes, 19; Gold, llNiiB; Bllver, 108llo.
Union Pacific R. R. 1st Mort. Bonds, s,w 965 ; Gen
tral Paclfio R. R., I925935; Union Paclfla Land
Grant Bonds, t76Gu776.
Narr a Ladner, BanRers, report this morning
Gold quotations as follows:
10-O0A.M 115 11-20 A. M 115''
10-05 " llOWilHl " 115
10-07 " Hi 11-50 " 115
iu-16 iuji lz-uu n. 110
11-81 " 115 I
Rsw York Money and Mtoolc market.
New Tore, May 11. Stocks strong. Money easy
at 5(6 per cent. Gold, lis. 6-208, 1862, oonpon,
112fc ; da 1864, do., 111; do. 1860 do., ill ;
da do. new, 111; da 1867, U4,: i. 1868, 114;
10-408, 108': Virginia 68, new, 69; Missouri 6a, 93:
Canton Co.. Cumberland preferred, 44; Con
solidated N. T. Central and Hudson River. 100 X :
Krle, 83 ; Reading, 102 Adams Express, 68;
Michigan Central, 124; Michigan Sou thern, 100 ;
Illinois Central. 142V; Cleveland and Pittsburg.
107; Chicago and Rock Island, 125; Pittsburg
ana ton wajue, ;,; western union ueie
graph, 82 j.
Plilladelphla Trade IKeport.
"Wednesday-, May 11 Bark la the absence of
sales we quote No. 1 Quercitron at 827 W ton-
Seeds Cloverseed is scarce and sells in a small
way at f$8-2o; 1 unotny is nominal at $7 and Flax
seed at 82-20(42-25. '
Tbe demand for Flour is moderate from the home
consumers, and prices are well sustained ; 1400 bar
rels were disposed or, Including superfine at 8450
(rf4-75; extras at 85X?-25; Iowa, Wisconsin, an!
Minnesota extra family at 85-256; Pennsylvania
iu. iiu, lijimijo uu; iiiuiaiia nun muo aa 00. at
85-&0(g6'b0; and fancy brands at 8Ws8-50, accord
ing to quality. Rye Flour Is held at 85-20. In Corn
Meal no sales were reported.
There Is a fair feeling in the market for prime
Wheat, which meets with a steady demand, but in
ferior descriptions are not wanted, bales or 900
Dusneis rennsyivania red at fi-40, 400 bushels In
diana at 81 -33. and 4000 bushels Western do. atii -an
Kye is unchanged; sales of 400 bushels Western at
81-03, and Pennsylvania at 81-041-OS. Corn Is
scarce and commands full prices; Biles of 3000
bushels Pennsylvania and Delaware yellow at 8114
tl-16, and Western do. and mixed at 8114. Oats
are in iair aemami, wita sales or Western at 61a
and Pennsylvania at 62a66o. for dark and white.
Whisky is unsettled ; holders ask 8110 for iron
bound psgs.
LITEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
For additional Marine eu see Inside Pages.
(By Telegraph.)
NEW Tore, May 1U Arrived, steamships Ham
monia, from Hamburg, and Minnesota, from Liver
pool. .
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA '. MAY 11
STATS Of THIBMOKETEB AT THE BYE'S IMG TBLXQBAFH
OFFICE.
TA.M 68 1 11 A. M 68 8 P. M 51
CLEARED THIS MORNING.
Steamer Froplre, Hunter, Richmond via Norfolk,
W. P. Clvde A Co.
Steamer E. C. Blddle, McCue, New York, W. P.
Clyde A Co.
St r Mars, Crumley, New York, W. M. Balrd A Ca
8c hr Clara, Mulford, Havanuah, C. Haslam A Co.
Scbr W. W. l'baro, Collins, Diguton.Sinulckson&Co.
8chr W. P. Cox, Newell, Lynn, do.
8cbr Vlcksburg, Hlggins, Newburyport, do.
Kchr J. M. Fltzpatnck, Smith, Fall Klver, do.
8cbr Mary Klley, Klley, Hockport, do.
8chr Alexander, Baker, Mystic, do.
Kchr R. Law, York, Ktnniugton, do.
Barge J. L. Kirkpatrlck, O linen, N. Haven, do.
Tug Hudson, Nicholson, Baltimore, with a tow of
barges, W. P. Clyde A Ca
Tug Chesapeake, Merrlhew, Baltimore, with a tow
of barges, W. P. Clyde A Co.
ARRIVED THIS MOKN1NU.
Steamer Ann KUza. Richards, 24 hours from New
York, with mdse. to w. p. Clyde A Co.
Steamer Anthracite, Green, 24 hours from New
York, with mdse. to W. M Balrd A Co.
bteamt-r S. F. Phelps, Brown. 24 hours rrom New
York, with mdse. to W. M. Balrd A Co.
Steamer J. 8. Sbriver, Webb, 13 hours from Balti
more, with mdse. to A. Groves, Jr.
ltaL bark Pennsylvania, PoutremolL 87 days from
Genoa, with marble and rags to V. A. 8-rtori.
Barkentine Mary McKee, Sharp, 39 days from
Palermo, with fruit and sulphur to Isaac JeanesA.00.
Schr Lizzie Moore, Moore, 19 days from Orlaad,
Me., with ice to Houder A Adams.
8chr John 11. Perry, Kelly, 8 davs from New Bed
ford, with oil to J. B. Hodge.
Schr Thos. Borden, Wrlgutington, from Fall River,
in ballast to captain. ,
Kchr John H. Kirknian, Lelbert, T days from Nor
folk, with lumber to H. Croskey A Co.
bchr Caroline, Tice, l day frjm MillvlJle, with
glass to Whllail, Tatum A Co.
Schr Lookout, Wheelin, from Pawtucket.
Schr Sebastopol, Beuslield, f rr.m Nantlcok river.
Schr Express, Foxwell, from Rappahannock.
Schr J. L. Heverin. Jeiicraou, from Dover.
Schr Mary Kllen, Brittiiigham, 4 davs from New
town, Md.. With lumber to J as. L. Bewley A Co.
Schr D. R. Burton, Hatfield, 8 days from Milton,
Del., with wood to Jai. 1 Bewley A Co.
Schr D. H. Merrimau, Traoey, 1 day from Indian
river, Del., with grain to Jas. L. JBewley A Co.
Tug Hudson, Nicholson, from Baltimore, with
a tow of barges to W. P. Clyde A Ca
Tug Thos. Jefferson, Allen, from Baltimore, with
a tow of barges to W. P. Clyde A Co.
MEMORANDA- wl ,
Bark Aladdin, Everseu, for Philadelphia, cleared
at Cardiff 26th ult.
Brig Boa Fe, Campos, for Philadelphia, sailed from
Lisbon 8ist ult.
Brig Somerset, McBrlde, hence for Hamburg,
passed Scllly V4th ult. ,
Brig Ilattie K. Wheeler, Bacon, hence, at Cardenas
d Inst. . t
Kchr Walter Scott, McLean, hence, at St. John, N.
is., un lust. ,
Schr David Babcock, Coicord, JJf -uuaueipiua, 1
sailed frum Jtsianxa 8d lnu
THE UNION LEAGUE.
A Grand Celebration.
Arrangements for tho Affair
of This Evening;.
A. Historical tSltetch.
The Origin, Progress, and Labors
of the League Its Work
Daring and Since
the War.
Etc.. I2tc. Etc.. Etc.. Etc.
When the building at present occupied by th
Union League was approaching completion,
arrangements were in progress for taking pos
session of it with great eclat. A committee on
arrangements,with the Hon. Morton HcMichael
at its head, had been laboring for some time,
and had almost finished their preparations whea
the shocking calamity which fell npon the nation
ia the death at the hands of an assassin of
Abraham Lincoln put aa end to the contem
plated celebration, and tks League quietly
entered npon the possession of their new build
ing on the 11th of May, 1865. Five years have
elapsed since then, and this evening, the fifth
anniversary of the first occupation of the build
ing, it is intended to commemorate the event by
a social reunion and reception, for which arrange
ments of the most elaborate character have lonj;
been in progress. The Union League has figured
so conspicuoasly In the history of this city
dnring the eventful years of the past decade,
that tho occasion is an appropriate one for
glancing briefly at Its origin, progress, and
labors.
Anthony Trollope, the celebrated English
novelist, who visited the United States abont
the time of the outbreak of the Rebellion,
placed on record in the boek which vhe soon
after published the statement that in New York
city he found a healthy sentiment of loyalty
pervading the upper and most highly-cultured
circles of society, while in Philadelphia the op
posite was the case. It was the knowledge of
the plausibility of this statement on the part
of some of our leading citizens that gave rise ta
the Union League. Little coteries of highly
cultured men whose sympathies, to put it in the
mildest way, were not at that time enlisted ia
the Union cause with excessive zeal, were in the
habit of seizing npon such foreigners of intelli
gence and distinction as Mr. Trollope, and by
monopolizing their time and attention during
their stay in this city, inspiring them with the
belief that intelligence and loyalty were not to
be found in combination in our midst. To
counteract the dangerous impressions created by
these exponents of lukowarm patriotism, about
a dozen gentlemen of high social standing and
unquestioned loyalty formed, in 18C1, an asso
ciation for social purposes which was at first
known as the Union Club. Prominent among
the originators of this enterprise were the late
Horace Binney, Jr., the Hon. Adolph E. Borie,
afterwards Secretary of the Navy; the Hon,
Morton McMichael, afterwards Mayor of the
city; the late John B. Myers, one of the most
enterprising merchants of Philadelphia; the
Hon. J. I. Clarke Hare, one of the Jndges of the
District Court; George II. Boker, a leading lit
terateur; Charles Gibbons, Esq., recently Dis
trict Attorney; and William D. Lewis, Esq. The
club held weekly meetings at the residences of
the members, and soon attained considerable
prominence in a social and patriotic way, the
applications for membership constantly increas
ing, and its reunions being characterized by
great enthusiasm and harmony.
. The proportions of the club soon rendered i
impossible for sufficient accommodations for
its weekly, meetings to be found in private
residences, and in consequence the spacious
building previously known as the Kuhn man
sion, at No. 1111 Cbesnut street, was secured
for the use of the organisation. As all the
members of the club were in hearty sympathy
with the national cause, it was thought that by
a more thorough organization they could be of
essential service in the struggle for the Union.
With the furtherance of this patriotic object in
view, tbe club, ia the latter part of 1863, resolved
Itself into the Union League, aad thus were laid
the foundations of an institution of which the
country at large, not less than the city of Phila
delphia, has Just cause to be proud. The League
continued to hold its meetings at No. 1118 Cbes
nut street until the sale of the property, for
which it bid $100,090, which amount, however,
fell 110,000 belew the successful bidder at
auction. It then moved to a large building on
the south side of Chesnut street, above Twelfth
and immediately opposite Concert Hall, in
which the meetings were held until the final
removal to the present establishment, which, in
the meantime, was In process of erection.
On the 11th of May, 1865, the League took
possession of the magnificent club-bouse on
Broad street, which it has since ocenpied. The
building was erected by subscriptions to a build
ing fund, amounting to 4120,000, which was
secured to the subscribers by a mortgage of like
amount, when the title was transferred to tbe
League, a sinking-fund for ultimately liqul- .
dating this indebtedness being provided for by
setting apart 3000 per year for that purpose
from the treasury of the League. In addition
to this building fund of fl20,000, over 133,000
were raised by voluntary contributions, and
over f24,0O0 were appropriated by the directors
from the treasury of the League to adapt the
establishment to the use for which it was in
tended, and furnish certain conveniences not
included in the contract with the subscribers to
the building-fund. The total cost of the League
House was therefore $176,387-27, in addition to
which the original furniture of the establish
ment cost 141,43770. Various additions to this
expense have since been made in rendering the
interior of the building attractive, and thou
sands of dollars have been raised by voluntary
contribution fer tbe purchase of elaborate works
of art which have been permanently deposited
in it. The building was erected by Mr. John
trump, wnuse .crvices in mis matter were duly
acknowledged by the presentation to him by
the League of a handsome piece of Bilvr dU'-C