, 1860-11-21

did not dream OF tile UI Ills Wilt.
But now he wanted to yet rid Of his wife, M!
it to be done9 He ;,oes tu one Of lis neigh
hors and learns lint he Lad called ut his house
aad been denied admission and also another
circumstance perhaps calculated to excite sut
riciou-Ar. Stuart was in the parlor With Mrs..
burcll, and the servant girl IT, going to the
the parlor what answer shall be made She
sEys :" Not ut home" Tho caller, 3fr. Farnan,
seeing hat and shawl on the rack, hcs1tatc..,
when the girl Gays "Afrs. Burch IL up Stair" !"
which was simply IN" urtruth uttered by tie
girl to enable her to 30 back to her work Nj.
Burch, hearing. this circumstance, gets his
clue and learns his work. The first thing to be
done is 10 ret this confession. The house Is
locked. She is locked III Il strange room. No
ono is allowed to Sec her, and the work Of the
rack commences. Halfdintracted, In agony and
tear, a confession is wrung from her. Ills own
letter explains in measure how 1t Wis done.
I can scarcely repeat the language, 50 i'm.
he wns ;. led by light from heaven" to lie to
his wife. That *sGod worked In and through
him to eject more knowledge than he pos
bessed, in order to circvulyent and plot against
an innocent woman. First, he held out to her
the most solemn assurance that nothing what
ever should be done, II ahc:would write the
confessionn, till her uncle, Mr. Corning c1mc.
This free, voluntary confession OF which so
much boast is made, was in lis own language,
obtained by holding his clinched fist in her
face and commanding her to sign 1t.
This confession relates four instances Of
improper conduct, the hrst on the 18th Of
Oct, 1857. Mr. Burch writes, saying that ut
this time he was East agonizing to savc his
wife from poverty. This he kuw to be fllse.,
Mr.. Deckwitll stated the evidence, giving tho
whereabouts OF the parties and Mr. St1iart 1t
this time, showing it 10 have been impossible
for the confession te have been true
The next time is the 2Stl Of December, 1857,
evening That night a1r. Stuart could not by
possibility have been there, fur that night he
suppcd at the fremont House, remained there
PLAYING poker, and in the evening went to a
servants ball till II O'clock.
The third time, when Mr.. Burch co1npels
Mr.. Burch Is absent at Burlington. 4 singular
statement is 1nnde, that Ar. Stuart called upon
her in thu morning. insisted upon her crip,i-
nality then, aud upon her promise to grant him
|aror that night, he went away. That night lie
camc, but. she locked the door. Mr. Burrh
went to Burlington On the 31st of October,
that fcast-tlAy Of Scotsman, tho eye Of Hal
purity and remained till twelve, accompanied
by n young lady OF her family. Mr. Stuart Was
also Ut the party, and lett ut the same time Il
snch Il promise had been made, would nos he
! have insisted upon its fulfillmcnt- The truth
ia he did not even come home with her.
The fourth and Last time mentioned III this
wonderful confession is on the 29th Of Noycni-
bar.
Where was Mr. Stuart at this time? Mr..
Durcl was ut horne till llalf:past sewn, return
Ing at ten. Mr.. Stuart that night took ! friend
home to supper: After snrrer a game ri
whist followed. Two Young men, stopping at
Nj. Stuart's, called upon Mr. larry, to sec tue
rat M }fftfr
them at home, tho young ladies having gone
to a meeting Of the Historical Society, they
returned and remained with Mr.. stuart.' Eve
r. one Of these acts can be shown to hayo been
impossible.
but though be thought he had accomplish
cd the ruin Of Ills wifi: by the obtaining Of
this confession, thrustins her ont OF doors,
aud aendng her home TO her friends Mt Alba
ny by roundabout way, that she might not
meet the only brother she had on carth, 1t be-
came necessary that be should make ont a
case to sa1isfy. her friends that he had pursued
that honorable and manly COURSE which, be
nov claims.
Knowing perfectly we'll that be had indoEscd
Mr.. Stuart upon every occasion, against the
CIRCUMSTANCES Of her brother, hc sits down
and writes that be had repeatedly warned Ills
wife against Stuart, and did not know that
! they had other than n speaking acquaintance.
Iie writes to every friend she had, In taunting
language, blackeninE her character by what he
knew to be m infamous lie.
What next? NeIt comes in the lawyer, who
| informs him that confessions arc not very
highly regarded In Court, and TINT there must
And thcn hc.r,, The 1o1nnf,ctnr7nn RI cr;,
d.nnr which I'll ,,u,c,r ,,arn RaTns s},n ~,
sI-,,st ,;,,t or hor brnea sc,+ n,r.,,s ~ III.
rnurdohon+ conrsc hcr na1nn ;,,n1m;nnns,y
tom from her. this 81 man T 20 overwhelmed
with agony has deeds drawn up, has her right
! draw, un ly Nr. Mi1ler. md Mr. Lewis. Mr..
IIoyue not yct appcariu@ to have auythfnr tc
| do with The case. A service is necessary. That
| ll.ral service i, made \ no,ycr If attorney. n
cosnoyit i. prepared and every business IT,
tail IL attended 10 by the man overwhelmed
will grief and having dong fills. she Is thrusi
| ant n1 bis house as d Goni t,;n,r Nrs. HurcI,.
rcacSine t Abanv is 80 = that ssc IL ,r
| hidden "a talk. The only thine 6he can do II
to dron int, hrr mofi,cr'. nr11s and cry o,,i
..mothcr mothcr hc Ina made rnc siriia liz
and do not Know what II il. but lie las made
me- sign a lie' A{ter reucared tclerranl dis
,,atcles arc sent to Mr.. Corning 1t EaaaTs
Fails. and Mr.. Corning without having leart
| A wor,l from Mt Durch ia c0nyinred fEn,n hin
own statement Of the uttcrE,lsity Of the whole
| films Dnrinr ali th1s fine Lcr friends ii.r,
not Suffer her 10 talk lest s]1c should becomt
| utterly bcreft Of rensnn. The nne Thought II
| her mind was that Of lcr children At iome
| Half distracted she writes At th. timc II
| Mrs. Farnam: to her cler~ymon. 10 Mrs. Thos
Ymrci, and others T1..sc Ir1}ers laya hcc,
kindly hautlcd in to the comrIaina,lt. I Lay,
asked her ar ia their contents },nr her memo
ry Of iii occurriur In that pcrloI Of dclirium
when she ras stricken i,v thc hloyr. IL ike tn,
mcrnnrr of that which xass.s in a d,.an T,,.s,
letters orc claimcd a5 confcssionE. + agScr
! that nof n sr1lahle in f1,rm snll3es the nnrit,
/ Of her charnctcr - - ~:
1 orft4od -, 80. 4t,4 ~, Y,,~,, o+ o,,,,. ~,
fained one Confession. Int made her sim two
papers nt the same moment. sworn ia at III
i same TING. contrad;ctinp cafh nthcr in thci
| fnc,s w;tl rcfa- r. IT, snsn;c;oua ,.;rc,u,
| stanrca rathercd fnvctter IN ],Iast The ren1,fa
| finn of t},;s wnman f1nr w;tncse is called th
| runrf,an n Wrs RurchN,,.r naturo, ,11,ori,ia,
and protector. IL van hsl;.yt. him: i,r saws ti.u
i Ss1r YorE Sfr s.nart ,vas the,r nnc evcn;ns
unti, y 1ata how anI rrns thora ~ - lie 1 hnE1
s;x evcn;n,,s IN snccs.e;nn IL stsii si.n,r i'm
at this t;,nS 3fr stvort 49,. ~ horne T,iIr
m.d;t.,1 tro,tn,o,t ~ , -,lxs;,.;.n T,r IL
V;rrer ,hn ,r1,d. 49,. e"'}s .so;lr', ar; rcT
oftcn rpmn;ne,l ,r;,i, lin d,r;n.. thc n;~hi
More ,j,an that W. shall show So,. thai Il,
Kurch WAS At hunc NJ. th;s .;,Ir :: ti,at hi
1nan,s +cst;,on,, ;sF,fsa ,,,s ,7,st T., nra1ncn
+ Wr nrrci. E1e,1 hc ,xss u ,,rod,c;n1 od, n lie
rn;"ht m ~ o,,d w. fr-.oa n,s,rr ~ 1l,csc en-.
n;c,o,,s ~ nS.s a,1 sbn,, r,, o7so ~
ami mi nnhniv 1raa,,s ,,sed T., 2nanufnct ~,
thnn, IT,. nj, ti.t,,s. .,,aS slow is that ~;
tnvin, tc,,aer s,,d ntsact;o,,.1a TOY ~ hn.1,,nd cr.r
since i1e ] period W When % he wrote wrote under lis on
.uI ~ s9 e,,s
n;nSaus c;tnns.oeoa ~ @"S 'Aese 'N'
0nc otl,sr +ht3r III, ,,1,5a II 1,v;,, =,
pear in tie s1i,S'nI,.nanf:s eyiicnec that All
Sstma-t a,,n,nn.r;a,l III. III, - na,,.a
ard at In, Ler: and conr.1sed fr.ei1- on1 T.,