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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1870-05-06, Page 6r ft NEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE. THE MCFARLAND TRIAL.—WILL THERE BE A FENIAN RAID 7—THE AMERICAN PRESS ON RED -RIVER AFFAIRS.—GOSSIP' ABOUT THE NEW YORK PAPERS. NEW Yoiu i April 22, 1870. The McFarland trial adjourned Thursday until next Monday, on account of the ill- ness of the presiding judge. Your Ameri- can exchanges and the telegraph will _ have kept you informed during the progress of the trial; so I need not go into details' re- specting it, but will merely makea few gen- eral remarks. It has excited greater inter- est, perhaps, than any other trial which has. taken place in the New York Courts since that of Mrs. Cunningham for the murder of Dr. Burdell, some -fourteen years ago. This is due more to the high standing and charac- ter of the persons involved, one way or oth- er, in the tragedy, than to the trial itself. The defence, which is not -yet closed, has en- deavored to show, first, temporary , insanity on the part of McFarland ; second, a conspi- racy of Richardson's friends, to take McFar- land's wife from him, and third, that Rich- ardson would probably have recovered but for the excitement he underwent in the " theatrical marriage" which followed .the shooting. The third 'branch of the defence, was ruled inaclmissable by the judge, and consequently had to be abandoned. It would have placed on the witness stand the minis-• ters who were present at the marriage, Rev. Mr. Frothingham, Rev. Mr. Beecher, and Rev.i.Mr. Field, but these gentlemen will not now be called upon. This has been a . source of gre t regret to a certain portion of the community, who were . felicitating themselves on the "roasting" which the clerical gentlemen would receive at; the hands of the counsel for the defence. Many witnesses were examined to prove insanity, who testified to McFarland's incoherency of speech, manner, &C., occasioned by, his do- mestic troubles ; it was also shown that sone of his relatives had been insane. Let- ters were read from a Mrs. Callon), a writer for the Tribune, and from Mrs. Sinclair, wife of the publisher of the .Tribune, to Mrs. McFarland, advising her to leave her husband-; and from Richardson to Mrs. Mo - Farland, . but they afforded no evidence pf a conspiracy between the parties. The case so far has been very ably conduc- ted for the defence. Mr. John Graham, the leading counsel, hassucceeded in keep- ing the prisoner and the murder in the background, and it wot.ld almost appear from reading the reports of the trial, that Richardson, Mrs. McFarland and the " Tri- bune free -love ring," as thely are called, were the defendants, instead of the prisoner at the bar. There is little doubt that the i verdict will be one of acquittal, and McFar- land will go forth justified, or at least unre- buked, as Sickles and Cole and so many oth- ers have done before him. Tho popular feeling is very strong in his favor, and now- adays we try by popular feeling --rather than by jury. Mrs. MacFarland or Richardson, which- ever it may be, -the cause of all the trouble, is now residing in Richardson's house, at Wood- _ side, N.J., with-Richardson's three children, of whom she is legal guardian, and one of her own. ` It is only fair to say that the de- fence failed to prove any criminal relations between her and the murdered man, either before or after her separation from her hus- band, and. that those who knew her best claimher to be a most estimable and amia- ble lady. It is possible that next week she may be called as a witness in the trial. The idea of a Fenian raid is ridiculed by almost every one.' There is a Fenian Con- gress in session here now, and last week there was another and different one in Chi- cago. These Congresses are the most absurd affairs. They deliberateond debate, and is- sue proctamations.asif they had fleets and ar- miesat their beck—as ifthey hard the revenue of the British empire at their disposal, but all they accomplish is to appoint committees, adopt resolutions,give forth threatenings and quarrel among themselves. They profess to keep their .affairs profoundly secret, and every reporter who cares to make inquiry knows all about Ahem. The New York Congress is General O'Neill's Congress. -Gen. O'Neill is a personage whose military repu- tation rests 011 the remarkable battle of Lime -ridge, ofwhich heis called the "hero.' The Chicago Congress, which claims to be the legitimate one, denounced O'Neil heart- ily, as a plotter of disunion' and a self-seek- er, but; appointed a committee of three to attend -the New Yolk Convention and ' in- vite it to join with them "in raising means to enable the F. B. to make a military move- ment on a basis which, shall be determined by a council of military men." The New York Congress has been principally occupi- ed, so far, in deciding whether or not to. ad- mit this Committee. All - this quarreling and admitted lack of funds don't look much like an irumediate raid, but it is almost to lie hoped a raid will be made. It is, per- haps, as well that the matter should be set- tles, once for all, and havedone with it. Some of the Fenians are said to favor the sending a body of men secretly • to Red River to assist Riel, if he should come in contact with Colonel Wolsey's -forces next summer. There is a good deal more danger to Canada in this direction than in a present invasion, Quite a change has occurred lately in the tone of the American press,- towards the Red River insurgents. At first there. was hearty: -sympathy. ' Riel was considered a patriot and a hero, something of the Robert Brace or Washington type. But since a Iittle more light has been thrown on Red River affairs, and especially since the mur- der of poor Scott, the feeling has entirely changed, and Riel is denoun,.-ed as •.a scow- ard and a murderer. The Boston Adverti- THE HURON 'EXPOSITOR, ser suggests that as the. Winnepeggers have not been recognized by . the United States as belligerents, and are not likely to be, the Government should allow the Canadian troops to, pass-through American territory in order to reach them, but this is objected to by other papers, on the ground of the un- popularity it would cause the members of Government. The Tammany Democrats propose to start a new morning paper the 1st of May. It is to be called the Tammany, after the Society and will be the organ of what is known in New York politics as "the Ring." This will be in opposition to the World, which has declared war on the Ring. Another new paper is spoken of, to he called theAge, which is to be of the same class as the Sun, and.. rival it. JohnSwinton or John. Rus- sel Young will, it is said, be the the editor in chief. j The Sun has now the largest circulation of any paper in the city. It claims to print over -100,000 copies per day, ' which is a circulation never before attained by, a New • York paper. The Sun was bought about two years ago by a company with Mr. C A. Dana at its -head. It had then only a small. circulation, chiefly among workingmen, who took it because of its low price. Mr. Dana employed new editors,procured a new pub- lishing office, and new printing material-- in aterial—in short, made the affair substantially a new paper, only retaining the old name. It is a small sheet just half the size of the large dailies and sells for two cents. Thespeci- ality of the Sues is news condensing and gossip extending. Thus it will announce the fall of an empire or the destruction of a city, in a two line paragraph, but devotes columns to a personal renoounter between two ward politicians, or the details of a fash- ionable -wedding. Its editorials are sharp and spicy,. and intensely personal. It claims to give all the news the larger papers do in less space, and a good: deal besides they don't give. It is extremely sensational, never losing the opportunity of maaing a furore. It fairly reveled in the McFarland -Richard- son tragedy. Altogether, it is a paper which the people—the great unwashed—de- light in, and which is just suited to their capacities. Associated with Mr. Dana in its management are a Mr. Cummings, who has made quite a reputation of late as an " interviewer," and Oliver Dyer, the man who wrote about John Allen, " The Wick- edest Marlin New York." The Star, Democrat, Globe, and half a do- zen other small, cheap papers, are imitators of the Sune The most successful of these is the Star, published by Josefth Howard, Jr., who will be remembered as the man- who perpetrated the celebrated proclamation for- gery in war times. The larger papers, such as the Tribune, Times, Herald, &c., are generally doing well a-ncl retain the bulk of the advertising, though, ag may well be imagined, they are not a little jealouiof the growing populari- ty of the smaller and cheaper sheets. The Times, under the management of Mr. Geo. Sheppard, who was formerly connected with the Canadian Press, is doing, and looking well, and seems to have recovered the pres- tige and the public support cordially ex- tended to it in times past. J.H.H. [The above letter was received in time for our last issue, but was unavoidably crowded cut.—ED. Ex.] - Ups and Downs of Wall Street. The New York correspondent of the Chicago Journal, writing on the 27th ult., gives the following account of one of the most striking instances of the ups and downs of life in wall street, which came under his personal observation. He says.: A very few years ago, John was a poor, but industrious man occupying the position of gate -keeper at one of the East River ferries. His family resided in a Brooklyn tenement house, and John 'ex- pended no more funds than were strictly -necessary for the maintenance of comfort. It happened that .Commodore Vanderbilt took a fancy to the man. It was one of those strange freaks for which the railway king is famous, viz: taking up men in the lowest walks of life, and placing them in the highway to fortune. John may some- time have opened the gate and stopped the ferry boat for the Commodore's team after €the time was up. Perhaps he (sometimes found and secured a valuable horse for him. Whatever may have been the ' cause, the Commodore was led to " coach" him. He was put into the Harlem pool. After the famous. "corner" in that stock, John found himself worth $1,250,000. From poverty he was lifted in'a moment, as it were, into affluence. An elegant residence, splendid farm on Staten Island, and a valuable stud of horses soon followed. John continued to speculate, and fortune favored him. He entered into the Jerome combination, but here he lost heavily. Still he hacl a very large surplus left. When the rise in gold occurred last September, John "waded in." As the price continued to rapidly advance, he believed, with others, that the conspira- tors would carry it up to two hundred, and he operated accordingly. When upon the eventful Black Friday, the collapse camp, and gold dropped in the twinkling of an eye, as it were, from 162 to 134 John. was "long." Caught with other bulls on the horns of the bears, he reared and tossed about, but all to no purpose. John was a ruined man. The fortune he once possessed was completely swept away from him. He. had mortgaged property right and left, hop- ing to stave off the day of settlement with his creditors. But his last piece of pro- perty is now to be sold under the hammer, and John is where he was, pecuniarily, be- fore the railway king smiled upon him. Grandmother's Spectacles. They had done good work in their days. They were large and round, So that when she saw a thing she saw it. There was a crack across the upper part of the glass; for many a baby _had made thein a plaything, and all the grand -children had at some time tried them on. They had some -times been so dimmed with tears that she had to take them off and wipe them on her apron before she could see through them at all. Her "second sight" had now come and yhe_would often lether glasses slip down, and the* look over the top of there while she read. Grandmother was pleased at this return of her vision.- Getting along so well without them, she often lost her spectacles. Some times they would be for weeks untouched on the shelf in the morocco case, the flap uplifted._ She could now look off upon the hills, which for thirty years she had not been able to see from the piazza. Those were mistaken who thought she had no poetry in her soul. You could see it in the way 'she put her hand under the chin of her primrose or cultured the geranium. Sitting on the' piazza one evening, in her rocking chair, she saw a ladder of.cloud set ;up against the sky, and thought how easy it would be for t spirit to climb it, She saw in the deep glow of the sunset a chariot of fire, and wondered who rode it. She saw a vapor floating thinly away, as though it were a =wing ascending and grandmother muttered in a low tone, A vapor that ap- peareth for a little season, and then vanished away: She saw a hill higher than any she had ever before seen on the horizon, and on the top of it a king's castle. The motion of the rocking chair became slighter and slighter, until it stopped. The spectacles fell out of her lap. A child hearing it, ran to pick them up, and cried " Grandmother, what is the matter 4" She answered not. She never spoke) again. Second sight had come ! 'Her vision had grown better and better. What she could not see now was `not worth seeing. Not now through a glass 'darkly ! Grandmother has no more need of spectacles. Ale. ON. Scientific Items. M. Lamy has invented a new form of thermonieter, in which calcium choloride is the sensitive agent. As many as seventy-seven different kinds of rice were shown at the;agricultural Ex- hibition at Jurrudpore, in India. Dr. Wyman has discovered a species of crocodile in Florida. Hitherto the alligator has been the only reptile of this class known to inhabit the United Stateg. Dr. Radzizewski, of Louvain, has dis- covered a new substance of a waxy nature in straw. This wax is a white solid body, insoluble in water and the caustic alkalies;. but easily dissolved in alcohol and in ether The largest brgan in the world will be the organ now building by Willis, for the Hall of Arts and Sciences, South Kensing- ton; it will have one hundred and eleven sounding stops, independent of fourteen couplers—an alasurd multiplication.—.2ful- tiplication Sta darcl. • The cultivation 'of cinchona is greatly ex- tending in our Indian possessions, the Gov.: eminent plantation at. Darjeeling being es- pecially prosperous, where tnree distinct species of the Peruvain bark are cultivated with success, and nearly 1000 acres are under cultivation. The King of Prussia recently visited a needle manufactory in his kingdom, and was shown a number of superfine needles, thou- sands of 'which together did not weigh half an ounce, and marvelled how such munute articles could be pierced with an'eye. The eye -borer asked tor a hair from the King's head. He placed it under the boring - machine, made a hole in it, furnished it with a thread, and then Banded the needle to the King. - It is a curious fact that a feature of vol- canic discharge in South America often con- sists in the ejections of immense numbers of fish, usually of one species, thrown out sometimes in such quantities as to poison the air and spread disease by their exhala- tions. The fish in question belong to the same natural order as the fresh -water cat- fish. It has been taken alive in some of the lakes in the- ° sides of the Andes, at an elevation of eight or ten thousand feet above the sea; and it is supposed that these lakes communicate with reservoirs in the interior, from which the fish are ejected by the vol- cano. Specimens were obtained by Profes- sor Orton, on his late expedition to Ecua- dor, and have been identified as the Cyclo- pium hu?nboiditi of naturalist.h. It is very remarkable, however, that these fish, al- though sometimes thrown out in a half - boiled state, are generally 'uncooked. and' some of them indeed are alive when they reach the surface of the earth. SHELLEY AND HIS SERVANTS.—While the Shelleys occupied a French villa in Italy, the two servants, Giuseppe and Annunzirta, man and wife, had a serious conjugal tem- pest. Hearing the man abusing and ill- treating his wife savagely, Shelley rushed upon him with a pistol, shouting: " 1'11 shoot you ! I'll shoot you !" Giuseppe ran for his life, Shelley in hot pursuit._ In a laurel grove close by the house, the servant succeeded in eluding the master, andgotback first into the villa. The poet, arriving pre- sently, found the married couple sitting moss amicably, together, addressing each ' other es " Caro " and ".Carissima." They denied, when questioned, that they had been quarrelling, or that anything unnatural had occurred. your must have, fancied it all, signor." And Mrs. Shelley mischievously joined them in their mystification, the poet, who had often been misled by delusions, was induced to doubt the evidence of his own senses. SPRIG GOODS. . New Suits, New Dress Goods, Boots & Shoes, ALSO A NICE STOCK OF GROCERIES, AT J. Bonthxon & Son's. Seaforth, April, 14, 1870. 52-tf- HURRAH FOR SPRING AND HURRAH FOR DENT 110 has made provision for all your wants. He is now rceiving a spring stock of STAPLE & FANCY DRY GOODS That baffles description, together with a thorough stock of MILLIN'E'RY_ And the best of (2_4' Fr Fresh Groceries ! In fact, everything that you can need desire. Dont neglect to call at. GEORGE DENT'S. or Third door north of Scott Robertson's Grocery. 0 Seaforth, Jan, 21st. 187J. 111-tf. NOTICE. RATBS ! BATHS • MR..PILL{MAN, HAS pleasure in announcing tb the gentlemen of Seaforth and vicinity, that the BATHS formerly kept by Mr. Lubelski are now ready for use, and he hopes that by keeping everything clean and comfortable to receive a liberal` share of public patronage. TAILORING! MR. PI LLMAN,' WOULD also beg to state that he is carrying on the TAI'LORINC BUSINESS, In all its branches, in the shop formerly occupied as a Barber Shop, and from his long experience in this business, feels confident in saying that parties favouring him with their orders, will have there garments made in a manner which will be second to the work of no other establish- ment in Seaforth. A TRIAL IS RESPECTFULLY SOLICITED. Seaforth, April 14, 1870.. 123-tf. NOTICE OF PARTNERSHIP. THE undersigned have this day entered into Partnership as BOOK -SELLERS, _ STATIONERS, NEWS AGENTS, AND DEALERS IN FANCY 0-9033S, Vic_, AT THE EXPRESS OFFICE, Where we trust by attention to the requii#ments of the trade to meet the wants of our customers. W. ELLIOTT, C. ARMSTRONG. Seaforth, April, 4th 1870, 124-3ins. Agents. ! Read.: This WEY will pay agents a salary of 530 per week Y and expenses, or allow a large commission, to sell our new wonderful inventions. Address, M. WAGNER & Co., Marshall, Mich. MAY 6, 1870. NOTE LOST. TOST, on or about the 8th inst, a Note of . Hand, made by John Coates, and in favour of the undersigned, for the amount of $107, and payable three months after date. Said note was also witnessed. by S. G McCaughey. The pub- lic are hereby cautioned against purchasing or ne- • gotiating the above note, as payment has been stopped on the same., THOMAS OILPIN. McKillop, April 14, 1870. 123-4ins. CASH FOR ECCS! THE subscriber begs leave to tendei his thanks to his numerous for their liberal patronage during the last three years, and also to state that he is -still prepared to pay the I - Ugliest Cash Price For any quantity of . mood Fresh Eggs Delivered at his shop, 1Vlairi Street, Seaforth. D. D. WILSON. SEAFORTH, Feb. 28, 1870. 125-tf, Toronto Millinery, AND LATEST AND MOST FASHIONA'BEE DRESS MAKING ESTABLISHMENT IN SE &FORTH. - TISS ERWIN begs tothank the Ladies of Seaforth and vicinity, for their liberal pa- tronage, and to intimate that she is just reveiving a large and well selected stock of MILLINERY GOODS In endless variety, suitable to the season, and at such prices as to defy competition and please the most fastidious. All orders will -receive her usu- al prompt attention—and as regards taste, latest styles, neatness of paterns—she has confidence in saying she cannot be surpassed in the country. New book of Boston and Toronto Foshions re- ceived regularly. Embroidery and braiding stamped. Straw And hair work done with neat- ness. A good supply of LADIES' DRESS CAPS KEPT CONSTANTLY ON HAND. A call is respectfully solicited before purchas- ing elsewhere. Seaforth, April 22nd, 1870. 124 tf. TEETH EXTRACTED WITHOUT PAIN. CCARTWRIGHT, L.D.S., Surgeon Dentist . Extracts teeth without pain by the use of the Nitrous -Oxide Gas. Office,—Over the 'Bea- con' store, Stratford. Attendance in: Seaforth, at Sharp's Hotel, the first Tuesday and Wednes- day of each month ; in Clinton, at the Commerc- ial Hotel, on the following Thursdays and Fridays. Parties requiring new teeth are requested to - call, if at Seaforth and Clinton, on the first days of attendance. Over 54,000 patients have had teeth extracte3 by the use of the Gas, at Dr. Coulton's offices. New York. Stratford, Feb. 11, 1870. 114=tf. FARMERS! C -4r Get your Homemades Cut Out.0 With Economy and Taste AT SUTHERLAND BROIS, TAILORS. G-oderich Street. GOOD PITS i And Workmanship Guaranteed. CHARGES MODERATE. NEXT DOOR TO Lumsden's Drug Store, Seaforth, March 17th, 1870. 82-tf. NOTICE OF REMOVALII TH13 subscribers beg to notify their customers and the -public generally that they have re- moved - To the Store lately occupied by A. Mitchell, Second Door Above W S Robertson's Italian Ware house, Where they will keep constantly on hand a large stock of FRESH FAMILY GROCERIES and BROVISIO.NS, XXX FAMILY FLOUR, and all -kinds of Mill and Cheap Feed. Conntry Produce taken in exchange for Grooe- rles, Provisions, Flour and Feed. - All goods purchased from us will be delivered free of charge in any part of Saaforth, Harpur hey, or Egmondville. Farmers'may exchange wheat, &c.,, for Flour and Feed at our Mill, at the highest value. W. A. SHEARSON & CO Seaforth, Jan. 28th, 1870. 2-1y. y A N-IG.HT'S TLEiEN'i DER. O1' Maryvil A terrible: of last we of Sevier i man of Ur Knoxville amount of, and obtain evening, at in the bore ments, Being rn performed an early he hart's wife., mediately till the h-ou ing to bed. time, then minutes, a' time. Some 'ti, awoke from greatly dish appreheosi:f her agitate found it ,of perilbe silent and ; thought sin' ded ;no goo' was no co Finally, suspense lo` and begged hack side afraid to -considering; changed 1311 `short tine Not so ti° she was, eh from herrn; silence. F, without. -ed before t; pushed ope thily enter they crosse proached t men 'were I' terror, Mrs. his hand o pan ion, wh -across her 'i low hissing as it cut its then the ds and felt as it spnrte her face. OA'ereo.rn scene, must; midst of sil similar fat she thoug move or m. control he wildly beat, terminatio The mur body of Mr be that of to the floor 13.6 doubt ;Bnrkkhard 80m. The lett: appear- t from the be cape. She assassins d made, they mercy. 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