| Show TO THE DESERET NEWS 8 M Z i tiie e house went into a committee com mUtee on the khetar th etar tariff lit lir bill and resumed the consideration of that paragraph taxing and childrens dress goods which on motion Schenck of was amended by inserting slik silk not bf being ing a component material thereof of chief value the succeeding paragraph relating to clothing wearing apparel of every description and balmoral and other skirts was similarly amended the paragraph taxing carpets was reached when brooks moved to strikeout strike out thelara the paragraph he had read from the clerks desk dese sk an editorial from the chicago tribune which he said bald had inore lnore more influence with public opinion than forty members of Con cod congress grebs greas brooks declared that the paragraph voted millions into the hands of ora ofa very avery a few in the middle and new england states myers opposed the amendment and stated that there were in his bis district seventy five people engaged in carpet manufacturing on the policy of free trade the worlds special says schenck explained that the paragraph simply re enacted the present law except regards brussels carpets which would be brought drought down from forty courto four to twenty eight cents and tho the cheaper kinds of twenty five to twelve cents brooks amendment was wk rejected the par paragraph pass pabs passed ed without any amend ment exee except 1 to insert brussels carpe carpet at twenty pe eight ight cents per yard an aud and d forty nive five per cent advance 11 several other paragraphs passed without amendment the committee rose having gone through over three pages of the bill GENERAL NEW york burt the representative cf the english erie stockholders has filed a petition requesting the removal of fisk and Goul dand asking for an injunction to restrain them from issuing more stock also for the appointment of a receiver to wind up the affairs of the company NASHVILLE 9 on sunday six groes went into the house of james tames simpson limpson hawkins county seized a young white man in his employ and gave him six hundred lashes charging him with bewitching them NEW yobu YORK spencer counsel for the defence in speaking his speech took the ground that mcfarland vas was insane long before killing richardson being driven mad by continued wrongs and impoverished by a legal fight for the possession of his children and maddened by the publication of richard bichard sons card announcing his bis intention to marry his wife not satisfied with her ruin he must advertise his victim the counsel followed the whole history of the case minutely to the deathbed death bed iii arriage marriage of richardson and mrs mra me severely on the conduct of the participants participant A in that ceremony particularly that of frothingham the officiating clergyman and he closed with an eloquent appeal to the jury for the acquittal of the prisoner A number of witnesses for the defense were called but the examination elicited but little interest one witness spoke in reference to the death of a cousin of the prisoner in an insane hospital with the view of proving a hereditary tendency to insanity E W sinclair brother to samuel and formerly connected with the tribune spoke of his having delivered to mcfarland a letter received at the tribune office which he did not notice was addressed to mrs mcfarland this was the intercepted letter and was from richardson to the prisoners wife dated march ath 1867 after mcfarland and his wife had separated the letter which was very long was couched in be most affectionate language and begged pegged egged her not to be disturbed about ler her family as families would always respect accomplished facts he once out dut outraged raged his who were the strictest kind of puritans a great deal deai more than she ever could hers but time had made all right he referred to his expected return home and said what judge ment hall hali you fear fean wrong the circumstances make it right and unnoticeable aud and I 1 will not stay away for forty thousand mr grundys grandys Grun run ran dys s further ar I 1 have not been waltin waiting for you darling all these the iong long years to wear hair cloth and serve seven years no I 1 want you everyday every day my arpa arm seem to stretch out towards yoland I 1 neverseen never seek my pillow without wanti wanting 11 9 to he hold hoid id you to my heart for a good goodnight night kiss hiss and blessing and the few months mouths before you can ol 01 0 only be mine will be long enough at best no grass grasa shall grow under my feet but I 1 bever never let public opinion bully me a bit and I 1 never mean to do so sunbeam I 1 shall come whenever I 1 can and stay a as s long as business will permit good night my lovedy this will you not there is no signature but the envelope is is postmarked hartford michigan ath and directed to mrs A S mcfarland care of samuel sinclair tribune office new york york city and contains on the back ehe the the conw monogram ram A D B R 11 after reading the letter the couri court adjourned till monday the interest of the public in the mcfarland case deepens as the case progresses gr esses today to day the courtroom court room was filled with attentive spectators mr spencer rose and opened the case for the defense he said he was about to tell the jury and the world the story of one of humble birth struggling through life and of a libertine and child robber who had been sent to eternity b by t the e aven avenging aging bullet of a father alfather and yh husband husban u s he then severely criticized criticised the district attorney for call cali calling ID g to his sinthe most able counsel of the country his action in doing so showed the absolute weakness of the case he told the jury to beware lest they sent into eternity before his time a man who in a moment of irrepressible passion killed the destroyer of his home and happiness the paper upon which mcfarland wrote when standing at his desk would prove that the prisoner prison ernas was then in an insane condition the counsel then alluded to the case of cole and huntington and contended that men apparently parent ly sane in a moment of great excitement were liable to yield to an uncontrollable impulse for which they were not responsible at the time richardson was shot by mcfarland he mcfarland was not responsible for his action either in the eyes of the government or by the law of man the counsel then reviewed the whole history of the prisoner alluding to all the incidents connected with his marriage and wedded life and spoke of richardsons Richard sons entrance on the scene and his intercourse with mrs mcfarland claiming that in the defens ehe would be able to prove satisfactorily that ther there ewas was an adulterous connection betwixt mrs mcfarland and richardson he stigmatized mrs calhoun as a conspirator orthe or the procuress who commenced the work rendering mrs mcfarland dissatisfied with her husband he referred also to the intercepted letter from richardson to mrs mcfarland in which richardson ridicules mcfarland and tells telis this woman he often in the night t thought of her and lunged to clasp his d arling darling in his hia arms was not this enough asked the tho counsel to mp make ke a husband with the heart of a man in his bis bosom mad the counsel had a wife he ho loved and whom he believed believe ct to be as ag pure as an an geland if he found a huoh a letter from any man to her ho he would meet that man and shoot him I 1 dead applause A correspondent says the british minister lster ister had a long interview with secretary fish on on the alabama claims and the anticipated fenian raid on canada the lat iatter latter texis is said to have engrossed most moat of the conversation the deep interest in the mcfarland case still continues the prisoner still preserves the same cool complacent demeanor he has maintained throughout the trial there was a novely in in the court today to day in the shape of mrs norton an advocate of womans comans rights who took a place among the reporters to give the proceedings of the trial to tb the revolution at ten the recorder came into court and announced that thet tha trial would be adjourned to a room in the new court house in order that the general sessions session might be proceeded with discontinuing the Freed mens bureau has been favorably reported upon in the senate by the retrenchment committee steps are being taken to afford families with limited means who desire to emigrate to the west to do so free of expense senator cragin from the committee on territories reported with amendments the house bill suppressing pol poi polygamy 3 in utah and moved to make it the special order for monday next but an objection being made the motion was not acted upon CHICAGO the tribunes washington special says the anti polygamy bill as reported yesterday by by the senate territorial committee retains all to which the house in collomb Cul cui lomB motion agreed and half haifa a dozen section sections 8 add added e d officers of the mormon church agrenot are not only prohibited from solemnizing solemn izing marriages but they are made misdemeanors and are punishable by fine and imprisonment such marriages are in violation of the terms of this bill and are declared itic lile incestuous and void and all persons aiding or consenting to them are to be punished for misdemeanor spiritual marriages sealing consecrations see hee rations and all other devices le vices whereby men get the services of women are prohibited and so called spiritual espiritu al wives m may lao iao sue ue to recover e r py payment ment for their labor r the mormon r mon remon bemon adopted at salt lake city about a fortnight ago applicable to this bill and all other anti mormon legislation was today to day presented the feniane arevald are said baid to have left the citrin city in large numbers somme borne say they have gone to attend the chicago con gress gross while others own they are concentrated cent rated on the canadian frontier with a view to another raid arms and ammunition stored in various fenian ar morles armories in this city are said sald to have been removed but nobody seems to they have been taken to SAN FRANCISCO 13 the attorney general of california has rendered an opinion that until the law of the rotate is changed or congress adopts some sonae legislation gi in the matter it is the duty of county clerks to refuse to register negroes he urges them to oby the state laws pending the action of congress there was a heavy and hailstorm hall hail storm at sacramento yest yesterday erda con considerable sid erable damage was done to frutt arutt I 1 trees A house was struck by a lightning 0 o bolt boit which entered the roof and penetrated to the foundation the inmates fortunately were absent rOE eor eran EIGN london the pall pil maio mail Gaz gazzee gazette cee cec eee censures Glad stones shuffling policy on irish matters and predicts tile the defeat of the irish land bill on account of the obscure complexity and ambiguity of its provisions the same paper urges the instant dispatch of a frigate to the fisheries to watch an american war steamer there OTTAWA in addition to the troops troop s already called out and billeted on the frontier brontie r i it t was decided to call out four thousand d men man of the active militia in the tha province of quebec these thee men will hold thell themselves selves in irr readiness and t will probably be concentrated at montreal there is considerable excitement along the frontier in the counties of and quoi if a raid takes place conjectures are that it will win T be at the same point as in 1866 1806 between st armand and elingburg Fre As a masure measure of df precaution the government has called out the mooretown Moore town volunteers a county near sarnia to do duty as mounted infantry along the detroit river below sarnia the scotsman says gladstone has ril rii re calved a letter signed by two tivo hundred members of taft house of commons arg ing ling the adoption of the ballot MONTREAL the ice moved yester day leaving ake river nearly open in 1 front odthe of the efty city the water rose ruse sud denly and fio flo flooded oded commercial street and toe the lower part of Griff griffintown A lathe newark board of trade has haare a communication from the merchants of nashville asking it to coop co op erate crate with them in avoiding congressional Inter interference ferente with tennessee the agitation has caused many firms to suspend 4 orders for su supplies until the question is is settled there was a heavy snow and rain storm in the sierra nevada mountains in the state of nevada last night which caused considerable damage |
