, 1860-11-29
THE BCRcH DIVORCE. CASE
NINTH DAY.
Margaret O"f1ara.a Testimony Contfn-
uet---Enttrste Hurch 1Ic-called.-'Teh-
tinhony OF Win. A. Murfey-DepoYl-
zion ut Joseph Darwin Long.
From our Own lscportcr.]
SAvERv1ILE. Wednesday Nov. 70.

SAvEnv1ILr. Wednesday Nov. %.
MORNING SESSION.
CROSS EXAMINATION OF MARGARET
O'HARA.
Crutser1a,:cation IF Margaret 0'Llara r..
*n,,.td.-1 remember the wedding at Mrs. Ma
thcr's; A1r. a:l;. Mrs. Burch went to tho we'd
ding rculci2bcr Ills speaking Of it, aud OF
his not liking TO have Mrs: Ma.hers girl carEy !;
over sumo silver there in the evening; the day
he WIS speaking Of it was the evening Of the
wedding, don't remember lis being away
East day or Two previous.
saw 3lrs. Burch and Mr.. Stuart walking :
dawn the -Ay.u:lc Que day; think 1t was last
trout Of Mr.. TGcl;cr's, Il little below Mr. War
rcu's house: ] did not carry Mrs Bnrrh's
meals to her When she was in the brown room;
Nora did l remember her sending for sGnlc- !;
thing nort IL chi, the morning she went away; !:
] wa. III the room; Sue sent for some hash;
first biUugl.t, tip; Nura brought up the break
fas tIn. first lisnc, and tue hasl also; ltayc :;
srcn MIR. S;nar1 frequently at the house when
Mr.. Nurel was there; hc always treated hln1
pleasantly: Afr. Farualn and others called IRE :
aucnt1y: Mr.. Farnam often called without
S,rs. Farna,n in the cvcnin: 10 sec'her. Mr..
Magic and Mr.. Rockwell, have very
freuucllily called; Mr. DurTil and others also:
in 1859, when Mr.. Durch spoke to me in the
,xantry about Stuart, think he told me not to
Mrs. Bu.ci I,,y he i good woman yet" he
said "no, that was not SO; that there were
very few prn;tcnts except In the church to
which I bclonycd;" Mr. Burch said he advised
atr. Corning to send Mrs. Burch there; air.
Deckwith sen; for me to come to his house,
that thc could have the privilege Of talking
with me, the same as Mr. Burch tad; said l
would ask Mr. Burch; hc said had not bet
ter: spoke to him again: he said Mrs. Burch
could Us well come to me As 80 10 her;
he said it MAS not best for nc to 60, for they
| to Chicago made up my mind to 70 and see
l,cr: 1t WAS after she saw her children;
| lc wanted me to sec her III Mrs.
| William II. browns parlor, and I re-
fused; le said there WAS partltiun
at the fremont House between thu rooms, and
| ten and hear whit said, aud that would get
into trouble If went; 1was a:ail to set Mrs:
| Burch or her counsel, alter What Ae said;
did SEE her at the fremont House twice; af-
forwards saw her at Mrs. Peck's, and you and
Mr.. Caultcld; did not 60 TO Sse @ her tut tlli the
last week she lad been at Mrs. Peck's :,
it is 1llc third Aouee from Mr.. Eurch's; :;
Mrs. Barch could see from the hack window
into tho back pa'1or Of Mr. Durch's houhe :;
while w.s in Kentucky did not know any
notice ll:d been given to take my testimony :;
/ learned it the morning l returned; the day
or the DIV .'ctorc Mrs. Burch vent away; re-
member Miss Boyd's calling, and went to
/ answer the door bell, aud Tie door WAS locked
aud the c!lsiu was up; Mr.. Burch told me moi
10 let any ao.cs or letters 20 to Mrs. burch
unl.ss lie :aw them first; l am h'-
50 ever siucc Nrs. Eurcl. went away
/ rcnlbcr the Ianlily portrait; it used to ham,:
over the },i.tllu: it is picture OF Mr. and MIS-
I;urch :,u:! Minnie .l i'll The same frame; tlfs,
Burctl's il rubbed sC!; it was done shortly ;'
| 4..i. Il hslF FSt
Of Miss Lizzic's li,uc=.l; had conversation
wi,l Fannie Burch about the time Mrs. Burcl
| went nway.
MISS FANNY BUECE's TESTIMONY.
Mss Funny Eurrh recoliod- -cra'niart' ~ Iii
Beckrth.-l do not rcmcmbcr any curvcFs.
ton will. Margaret TIC evening Mrs. BuTcl
went a,ya-, nor Of spcakin. to her when sh'
; was cry;ny about this unpleasant matter; di
, | not tel Margaret she ought not to cry 50. 10
1T. Burrh Lad forgiven her similar ollenc
many ycars nso:
EIaH.ir.e.i III .Nr Tan Armnn.-1 Lad mere
, heard Of any slch offence before.
MARGARET O'IiARA's TESTIMONY.
Nies -Nsrgs'rt O'j}ara 'eca'led.-l rcneis
ber Of Mis- Fannie Burch speaking to me O
, the night Mrs. Eurch went away, and ":
: complaining l'cca,lec thought il wrong thu
.l.c should :,r scnt away in tic night; she sai
t:,at Mr.. Bureh had forgiven her = s;ma:a
offence three ytIrs aE"; t' naIn n ~ ~, 10,
ty-tlat Mrs. Durch was u guilty woman all
lie wt,ltld ri bill against her right away
Mr. Armstrong, bookkccler i'll Mr.. Birch
bank, went lt,;uc with her the night she lc1t.
Direct Examination resumed W lbr- ldn ~
mani wcu1 to live with Mr. Burch in Nil,
1857: Mary was a cook and Jane was the chan
u hcnnaid se stayed till January: Ann left u
T. weeks after came; I took hcr place as wal
!. iur maid; became worse IN June IS, vile
I vent Eas1 ] returned on the ith Of Scptcn
!. bcr; Mrs. Hureh went East ~ ~, Mnk -
:. august MIR. Burcl, went with her. On I'll
- eycpin. tlt:,t Mrs. Burch left, Mr. Burch aske
u If Mr. Stuart had given me any money: don
know as he ever stated the Tcaso1
. he thought s!onld havc informed III
: Of 1hc yieits Of Mr.: Stuart: hr aEs'
most always ladies were living with her VIII
= / had Lccl, there, aud if there WIS auythil
~ Yru1,.. s},t.lM have thought that they Wotf
- - have to!d Ter; Mr.. Burch spoke to Mo abo'
;" Mr. Stuart never refused him at li!e %:
il iur Thought !. would not be right w'1eh ,,
=. Stuart ca:nr there often remembered Wflat
Il. had told Lin my reason for not cxclutlli
u h;u we're, though: it would not bc rlGll
4i' thought il was strange le should talk to l.
IT, IT, aboni il in the 1a,t.y.; Wien saw him ca
;,1 inw usc.. to think Of what hc had told II
nna Of the siories lad heard about Stuart
OF Siuol on the lanuis!cr and listened ono da
III never lid It bris,re aud l,o{e never y
Hg | .,...iu: T VA. tery much attached 10 VI
H. ~. Iiurch aud ler family; felt very bad becar
sl,e had !ct: r.G ny sy'fhy, ,a ut 'a;Ied 3at IN
d. it was wrong that she was sent away in I
n;rht: nv sympathy was for her till il" talk
aa with me illc night she went away; then hc cc
vuccJ ue she was unworthy, uid my symI
M | fl,y was fur him; stunned her and lier col
l." srl Ilt;l lie lct1sc! 10 1t me 80 wth thc Gu
oi drcn to sec ller At Nrs Browns Il; then saw {
srs was y Nronrcd nll the time: gave MY statcmt
MI to Hoyne * A1ill.r; thought. perhaps
eh would lave to; did not want to DO i. 10
ny did not w:t 10 bc in the alllr at ;tlt; Nr. n
IT, Ter asked nle 10 tell what had haipe;e!l
ne tween Stuart and myself; don't rccos'ect
hc all Mr. Miller telling Mrs. Burci to keep s
I'VE unL for nc to rely only upon Hvo"n recon-
it, lion: he called Mr.. BurcA's attention, anu
nj burcl told Inc about dates; did not have
10 had ,ncauin. in It that, perhaps, Tic "a"
I'll would put in it; the facts nrc tThc' oVt
de- not mean what you mean; stated Inc tr
cE~ when was sworn before DcNolf, hut !
tty | mt mean Whist you 1ucau: thought
liz. been TOO scrupulous in telling a great nj
a:u little things; / thought they had hccn tai
It'll | from ME bv others. and that never would
'nd thought th.m anything Ill had not peen a., -,
10 all The circumstances arctruc, but dfd
tul, take the ss1ne view OF them as you do: Tsp
ted YESTERDAY Of their goiug into the yraIcry
9th leaves were on 41lo vines; l could see thro
can tie windows; they were in the grapcrF =
A!f' | minutes l stood III Tue NlHuON Sllu Sd" u
de- walking through the Srarcry and IL the
10 den, and then at the south door; was pas.
1od the l.alt, and they were talking and laugh
AUG and lie i,d Ills arm around her Shoulder
hla hcr banda up, aud If 1 said they wcrc In the
Inc OF kissing, did not understand what NE
INC onlv .oi tic idea from his arm being ara
lone her; hare no objection - testify the tn
tue :, !: ,,;,,,I,.ae,nt for me t. come here to t
9d1- against either purity; Nr. uvync told II,
ne! would havc my coming 10 court when I
.d4e fed: Mrs. K,lrch told me she wAs cflnini
vii: fuw1,: did mt SEE her Till after ttlc saw
his clildreu; think sl.e can!e on Saturday. II
7osj- say Lcr 1l,c next week: saw her the next
vine | tloy 81 t{, fremont went there purpoh
red, Nj. Hc:kwltll was there; ! saw her t
heir tlurins hcy first Wait !; knew shc '
!: IL East tlo not know when she c
vcrS a.aiu: s..s then went to Mr.. Pccks:
,osh- could sec into the garden; | may have seer
le~ mt the window, hut not to speak with Hel
oooi' a week before she came here to the trial;
talkcI with Mrs. Burch's counsel; saw
last evening where she Is stopping; Mr.
bury brought Tue here an Monday nigbt.
- first time hr said it was for MIR. Hurel
came TO Mr.. Darcb's house; when foli,
lSIf' out he explained it to nc; saw Mr..
port with at Mr Pecs's, perhaps thrsc times
}Ic to spoke atinst inc ease explained the Hi
n bc- matter myself: A1r. CaulGeld asked INC :,
-e1a. H.. we talked about thai kissing matter:
,ch n .rerc 1,;,urs there; l,c asked mt II had
her i;i,s ,caeA his; told him didn't, .
1clI # ,r,S. TOO; don't remember his +:
anything about Miss Fitncy; think nj
Is the e1:r talked With inc about the Eisst1
t The n,.yer talked with Mrs. Burcl aoout my
, the nonr. .te asked me to see Mr. Bcci
II tile ud + rofi,scd. she said they had told S