Butte record., 1855-11-03

Nc uIu not heed the salary, that was
evident from his style of living at home
and in the city He did not need the
position or reputation it gave him: that
he had enj yed while at the bar and in
Congress, when to be in Congress was
an honor He did not do it from love Of
It: that no one who knew him would sus-
Pect, r,while he was prompt and faith
ful to attend to his duties, he never went
one step farther, and in all his decisions
was exceedingly careful not to waste
time or words, or to travel out Of the re-
cord, as Is tie fashion with our judges
now, who seek arguments in Karnak
and old Thebes to decide real estate
questions in Rockland county.
Why he retained his judgoship, there
fore remained a subject of conjecture;
and perhaps the most reasonable sug-
gestion was that he did so for employ
ment Of mind, and to keep himself from
painful thought. If 50, it was a good
plan. Nothing could more eifectualIy
drive away painful reeollections than
steady devotion to the business of cir
cult judge, provided he could once get
the victory for tie labor over The men,
ories. Ifpainful memory kept him from
business it would be Of no avail, but let
him once forget the past, ia the absorb
irs interest Of Judicial study, and he
nj yht retain he victory.
Such, doubtless, was the truth with
Judge Cameron.
To the case now before him lie had
devoted himself with even unusual dill
eence lie seemed to be absorbed in It
during the sessions of the court, and to
have bent all the energies of his mind to
the points involved. 1t was remarked,
toe, that from day to day, as it pro-
crossed, he had gradually leaned more
and more against the prisoner, as if he
had become convinced Of the propricty
Of a verdict Of guilty even before the ev-
idencc closed This is not an uncom.
mon occurrence. In mpst cases 4 man
must be superhuman to avoid this. 1t
may be said that a judge should conceal
them if he has such feelings. We will
not stop to discuss that now. Charles
Cameron was No man to disguise his
feelings on or off the bench.
The district attorney closed, and tbs
jury rose to listen to the charge Of the
court.
The prsoner was a woman. She was
indicted for the murder Of her child,
young infant, and the case had hung, as
most cases of tn nature DO, on medical
testimony The child was but a month
Old, and was found dead in its bed. The
marks on its body might have indicated
the causes of its death, or might have
been the convulsive graspings of the NOS
ther holding her dead boy to her heart.
The prosecution eontended for the one
view, the defence for the other. The
medical evidence had been equally bal
anced
1t was in proof that the mother lived
alone in house in the outskirts Of the
city That she kept a servant, and had
frequent visits from a gentleman, whose
face the servant had never seen, though
two years had passed. curing which he
was there almost daily. She lived in
plain and respectable style, was seldom
out Of her house, saw no other person
but this one man, and had two children,
of which this child was one, which died
one month after it was born. Her usual
visitor had not been seen ior 4 month
before her arrest.
On the cross examination the servant
showed clearly that she had feeling Of
enmity to the prisoner, growing out Of
some trife, but not uncommon in per
sons Of her nation and position, leading
them, as lawyers see daily illustrations,
to lie, and VERIFY their lies ty oaths, to
obtain revengefor their zeal Or fancied
wrongs.
VIEW it in lis best light, the case was
4 dark one. So al who were in the
courtroom seemed to think. So thought
the prisoners counsel, than whom none
ADLER could be found in the city.
To say the best of the whole case it
vas mysterious one, and none the less
50 that the prisoner had sat IN court from
day to day heavily vailed and no one
Ind seen her face, or knew what locking
! !e-soa Sc was.
Tle Judge received tie testimony full