, 1860-12-08
THE. BURcH DIVORCE CASE:
ARCuMESIs OF THE COUNSEL CONTINUED:
Conclusion Of Mr. Hoyne for Complainant.
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fncc&. A00tncF night ne GLIB. GuH 11eel6 utin
at tie door. They meet privately till caution
suggests that he goes, and he then goes out
and walks in again, and she meets him as if
she had not seen him before. Again he calls;
attempts to take improper liberties with Fan.
ME Burch. Sue laughs and encourages it.
Fannie Burch retiree indignant, and aSain they
as Ses se s s psss pss
In company with her husband She returns
and says she can't help the men admiring her;
that she respected but did not love her Aus. !
band that q woman could love but once:
TINT y vas well for him that Yan hsn'el'ss! 3 en
some one calls and is refused, and
his :hzt and shawl are removed from t
the yestthule that they may escape obst1-
yation Her most intimate friends ARE denied
that she may be alone with him Stuart had
seen alt this testimony in the papers. lie de-
mics what he knows can't be proven ana *
fawycr he .uconfesses and avoids:o They put
witnesses on the stand to testify to his truth
and yecacity; they dare not ask them as to Lis
reputation for destroying families; this man
demon, who has 4 tiendish delight In
breaking up homes. Re can't find enough
matcrtaf in The ranks OF pollution, but must
invade the charmed circle Of dpmcstic life aud
drag Its inmates to its own leyc- .~
Take these circumstances without any con.
fessiol,, and what Impression can they leave
on the mind Of any one. The testlu.ony OF
Boyl shows her. disposition; think, with
had trifcd with, rcpudiatcd the love she prof.:
fcrcd him, md that Boyd Wis used to excite .
icnluuey and lure lin, back- And this matter:
with Boyd leads to the discovery Of the whole.
Those few days Of revelation were days ofnE-
+ony with Mr.. Burch.. twill notdo for the coun~
sclto cslticise bis every action Men my talk
asaphiio$oph may counter Is philosophers,
but in the time OF affliction you will find thry
act like men. During the midst Of this, she
rrucws her intimacy with Stuart, ana makes
an appointment with him Oh Friday, deem
ing the storm ove5 and the Boyd matter dis
come and see her tllat night, when the rest
should be att Fasnam's. party. A. to Mi:
Burcl,'s telling the servants, why, he supposed
his relation TO Stuart was business, and not
a social one, and knowing Stuart, tells the ser
want to refuse him to the ladies'. Confess!
Valentine To them all she tells that most
dreadful, most awful. most pittful story@ -Tha
stcns by which she was brought down, Us slia
retails them, should excite our sympathy fir
this fallen woman. The wilcs Of tisttery,
tie eatisfyins Of her lore for admiration.
The proof to her that her husband did, mt
love her, the personal destinations Of the
man. MI these combined to bring to dis
grace q woman not too strong: Think Of her
irtters. You cun conceive other giving up
her hearts blood Of her taking poison, before
the heart Of the woman would confess her pwn
stiuct, But If she had, wonld Dot she, as so'a
"a she rot ont OF that door, de1ouncc the sian:
d.rcr Of her honor. But she goes home. to
her friends. and writes four LETTERS rcatiirminy
| In every poInt the nature Of her crime, so that
| nnnc cap understand Talk Of her. iucam}e-
tency, mental incapaeity, terrible distraction:
| Why, they take her journey Of three hundred
l NJ -. fha unrf Nnn1av hack 1ndiD the AafrlI.
| route on Tuestlay, to effect q reconciliation.
| Asccrtnining nnother charge a:zalnst her wn:!t:
| at thc Falls: :sha-S1nprehehds It fnlly, md
| yTrites 10 Mrs, Thomas Burch,: and the letter
shows she knew fully What sue was wrltlns.
| Sic reasous, she argues, she! araws concl'l-
| sIops, she details the steps leading to her own
| ruin. ns = warning to her neiccs. The letter fu
| Mrs, Farnam reveals the same consciousness.
The letter Of DE-. Patterson, to which she took
no cxceptions, shows lcr state of mind. - Ht.
ter 10 which this is arcply, to Know how nuri
| she must have written to call forth:such MI at,
ewer. These letters leave no doubt as to ths
nntnre OF tho sin thc had committed Her usc
|. Of the language Christ used to the adult.
rous woman =. co uhd siu no more" as app!i
cable to her condition, j. conclusive
| =, I haye thus rapidly ekehchgd portion I"
l. the manr circumstances showing their tntima
rv..the ,iaturc or t1lat intimacy, and their Of,
nnrt rtunitjcs for crime: In tue absence ofSl..
nft'e testimony. could yoh hesitate! but :
this man be o traitor to his client, bct1ayce q
his wife, regardless OF a!l mora op,isatlou
and duts. destitute leehsre o. haXd9 ouie Tfiii.In
wonld YOU believe Ills oath here? As VT:
i might the arch destroyer swear he was not III
cucluy Of mankind, and be bcliEved; aud be j
bat another ficnd from hell: nc did not con-
nit this crime from the sudden impulse OF car
gaeat'on baf ts pIo1tea oaS aay ~ e assof
tiGa st ;his :houschold ;the destruction Of !, Il
that is holy and pure: LIS teItlmony WIS III u
/ most artfnl piece o., acting l;escr saw IN N
'1ile." Tie camc mere 70 s~eH, tneIc "as ~ :
Tentative, and he .d1d y e!eaalS an4 ",
Truth depends upon teGtmuae ;na te da ~ p1as xp,
;. and nght AS.pg. aea ~e "'' A'"'' ~ ~.
.Mr BuEeh Is entitled 70 IespGxei1as s, WI ,s T. w
. woman. The counsel opening inls easa appns' M
tertns TO him the most EeFolins ~! near: #!
Why, MI burch sanS unuet ~ ea4s a3.1. !.H ,ss
; | mau under a stroke 9! thu PaHk. y W.
Ike as thoneh star i,aa h,len from rs spne''
It struck VAIN supcn nnd 'ns xet th,s man tnn
me- Inc 1I ~ this stricken man. .,snssc home
do desoIatc, ~ whose offspring arc put in leopard!
and brands him with every Hilc eplthct
which be- can tain ms tSngm b act. ~ I sdri,
ped3fSs Sest eed me- men Chicago holdi~Judge skinn
!; and Judge Dickey. who haxe administered Il Il
ee and haye Iepest III: Iol tE s4a l1Ts rrcr m
this nih h,r ~ with Indignation, and scorl, and co
!. tumely: / hope ihc other gentlemen tn,n
1epat4toa ana
i treat MN Win tl1a. - ttS 1.as5s ~ II
WHICH nc uas Nv. tus, .h,s a. ~ a. n aon, ~
> connsel *1n ~ " ~ =. Wh.tnar hn /.
lie IN tne ue.cnos aoa,;t" y" ~ ~ ,iar or mt dn
!, consp.aos, - t;:Iyos.a ~ fsca n the adnltc
: no, pfose ,,s. VI VT PA''~ ~ =; 80.
; ~ ny. ~ ~A Tc, IL, vnra to say ncatnst the
!, fendant at the ha.- oe.oso, Asnl1 Ai rrs1,h'
t, IL one Of the mosi an1otluoatS 1uu haa. =
+: Of women. 1oene'e 1oat 3snd ~ na' anson,{ n
.. ,yictlm as sne EYE, o. ~. nd tncs,,.
Il pl7t- oehese thM sae ~! !ta INV ~ r.. -
7, but, Oh, N Vnat asony MI ~ ~ ~ t,ae, =
hoe hodr hcfare nst ,his % thnc lad oeeusra b.
: no neaIs 3 St fn"s,;,1. ~ stdn5 I'm here
q, could reach her .een af:.5na,1 ntv %r 10
.Bureh. aud The performance o., o. any yqs ~
need that either sac snoe1a ente' ln'o p''N'
u. a a&aaae "a e'ost@ ls%o-9. II
C. lat the conclusion Of Mr. Gosne's aFgnms
p r1on -1ohnnis r Faarnswnrfh 'fbr6menced his
r. .1 s.s.5ss a,n;;tt: & s.:::..;st =; !
e, Eo"esof LUG No1e"ss, ~ ~.
day, faoay, noon. ne E1n nno "l1ec
u, t but 4 bf1c{ portibh IT the fuq notes Of {
.,oc;,, rcno,+cr. Mr.. .Farnsvortl,.s; Effort
~: 49, t;oh,F ~ -, II Is ,hr m,bv who i h.
# Hr concluded ns fouowt1. .''I.1
Al ,11nN 1n1IN r. pFARNsWORTH.
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ne Whist Aase e.a 30 more ncnugnant TO pnl
IT, policy, 70 the olcta1es OF numant5: WIZ
IN, The moral torture through which Mrs ~
tn' passed, when suspected and hafIassea a "