Red Wing sentinel., 1860-12-19
THE BURClI CASE.

The arguments in the Burch case closed
at noon on Monday. Mr. Van Arman. for
the defence made closing speech of nine
hours duration. The Judges instructions
were then read, and the Jury retired. A.
ter an hours absence, they brought in a
verdict for defendant, denying the applica-
ticn of Mr.. Burch for divorce. The
Times says Of the reception Of the verdict in
Chicago:
The news flew from mouth to mouth:
passed along, with the magic speed of rumor
through every street and every alley of the
city. Bontires blazed, rockets streamed
and hzZed and sputtered through the dark
winter night. The many colo1ed lights fell
htfully upon the magnificent blocks of the
great banker, and told fearfully Of the fate
OF the doomed husband. Men congratulated
each other, and boys summed their young
faces IN the gleam Of the bonfires. There
was general sense Of relief and ioy.
The Chicago Democrat moralizes on tho
verdict
But there are important lessons to bc de.
rived from this case.
First. No wife should tell stories against
her own chastity without being able to
prove them in Court.
Second. No husband should rely upon
his own wife's confessions, however voluntary
for q bill Of divorce.
The verdict in this case has made Mr..
Stuart the hero Of the hour in our CITY.
lhe moment the verdict was known, the
ladies' were all inquiring for him. Hus-
bands contributed for rockets and wives
too, when husbands were absent. Several
snow white boquets were sent to him, and
several persons illuminated their windows
in honor Of him. II the election should
come Of to- morrow, David could be elected
to any Office that he might want. :asta
Not so with Carlisle Boyd. Not q
boquet will he get from the ladies not q
rocket will 60 up in his behalf. And even
that solitary candle, that he swore wa.
once set in the window, is extinguishel /
What contrast between him and Stuart
A lady knows, that even though she con.
fesses upon herself, David's oath will exon.
crate her before any jury in the world She
may sign all the papers in the world, &C.
knowledging her guilt with him, but his
oath before jury, will make her spotlcss a.
Caesars wife. Not so with Boyd. They
fear he will tell oil the women will let hin
do, and criminate them as far as he car
without eliminating himself Alas poo,
Boyd! You can never handle anothe,
woman in Chicago.
" Herschel V. johnson, in lette,
from Georgia, to August Belmont, Of New
York, after reviewing sectional differences
says
I regard the preservation Of the Union al
second only to the rights and interests il
was intended to secure. Hence I would
exhaust every means Of redress within the
Union before resorting to disruption of it.
ties would appeal to the conservatism
ofthe country, North and South, and allow
it ample time, to rally, to concentrate, to
organize and speak through the ballot box;
and if could give it direction, it should
assert and affirm the principle Of non Inter.
vention by Congress with the subject o
slavery in the Territories or in the District
Of Columbia, and sweep from the statute
books Of the several non-slaveholding States
that have passed them, every vestige Of an
act which in any wise initiates against the
rendition Of fugitive slaves. This is my
platform. It would I think, save the
Union. do not know whether it can b<
adopted, nor whether the Republicans will
recede from their ruinous principles and
policy. fear that the South will not allow
time for the issue to be fully considered
and decided by the people Of the North
But l should have strong hope Of the PREF
Idom:nence o: the conservatism of the Nortf
it the South would wait for its action.