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Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1860-02-10
To OCOHsfahleS--Couri Returns anl other
BLA~Ks sold at the ChrDHIcie Office
Fer Sale or Rent.

VINHE Dwelling and Lot on the corner "a
opposite the Lutheran church. ltEzla
not sold by the l>t of March, the property will
be for rent. Inquire on the premises OF
Mus. ELIZABETH BENNAGE.
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DEKSONS v-hfu. "a establish Nrruttrt.r in nvw
ari thriving rtsr where tu-If,~~ T. lcoi src ad-
vcrti-tr.rrist O. IL, ilaluu,lfou Srttl, m-ut.
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PURDY y BACAsEOUSE,

PHTSICIANS AND SURGEONS,
II ESPECTFULLY offer their services 10
IL the citizens of LewIsburg and the sur
rounding country.
ry-Patticular attention paid 10 SURGERY.
Enquire opposite the Lutheran Church, or
AZ the residence of Mrs Backhouse.- Ian $50
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sg-The Legislative Prayer Meeting
at Harrisburg continues to attract a goodly
number ofparticipsnts. Speaker Francis,
Of the Senate, led the frs, day, and Mcssrs.
Austin, Gordon, and others, subsequently,
We have heard the remark made more
than once, that the present is the most re-
spectacle body of Legislators assembled in
Harrisburg during very many years past.
sU- Letter writers state that "sccret
combination exists for the "coutro." of
the Pa State Conv of 22d Feb. We trust
that every Delegate will only be "con
tFolled' by a patriotic desire to nominate
the best men, without regard to any would
be dictator from any quarter
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FOR SALE,

NOR ssE,NE'-iwo FRAMED HOUSES
L ON Sixth Street. Enquire ui
WILLIAM TRICK.
Lewi,hurG. Jan. Q. 1850.
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b~The Board Of Revenue Commission
ers, presided over by Col. SLIrER, State
Treasurer, is now in session at Harrisburg.
They ars appointed by the Judges Of the
several Districts, and are as follows:
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A majority of the Board being Demo-
Gratis, elected h If dozen Officers, all of
their stripe, called for newspapers and the
franking privilege, and assumed as much
dignity as a permaneu. Legislative body.
The business before them is really inpor-
iant---.o equalize the assessment of the
several counties. Among those which are
evidently taxed propor,ionally ;co nigh, is
Union county; and We trust Dir. DAVIS,
of Selinsgrove, will le. nc eiTo-; pass to ci-
feet reduction Of this to the fair and equal
rate Of other counties. Our people pay
their taxes promptly and willingly any,
but do not wish to ray more than their
Just proportion.
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FOR SALE.

$40 scAe!arship If the L" Iron tiiu
: l t0"'m'iciol tOAfge." Address Bo1 lsT,
L,wl>turc p. o. Nav -. 1859.
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Gov. Chase, of ohio, Elected I. 5. senator.

COLUMBUS, Feb. 2.-The Legislature,
to-day, elected Gov. Chase, United States
Senator, in place Of Mr.. Pugh, to take his
seat on the 4th of March, 1861. Mr..
Chase was elected on the first ballot. The
vote stood, for Mr.. Chase, (Rep.) IS !;
Mr.. Pueh Dem. 81; Mr.. Corwin Rep. 5.
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New Hotel in Tiflin6urg.

- THE subscriber would respectfully IN
sa form the Travelling Pubhc everywhere.
rhal he has taken and duei up the premise,
Of George Schoch, IN the centre Of
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- TO lEE-Thc corner house. North
LsaThiri street, occupied hy Dr. Nsl !sri
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MAIN ST. MIFFIINBURG,

where he Is prepared 10 accommodate >tranG-
er> and traveler>-men AMI bea>t>-in the
best manner. wi!h Board and Lodging.
Please give me call.
ApI,'59 CHARLES CHoIIEk.
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PROPERTY y
PE HLIC SAL LIE.

DY an alias order of the Orphans Court Of
ID Union county, will be sold at Public Out
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Tuesday. I1th Of February,
MANSION HCuSE

next, the large and comnOIIOus lw0-5t
brick
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lRDERS for Books or Goods of any kind
" promptly attended TO at the
POST OFFICE
, 1860-12-14

mai Ac - Fesnonslblc lot all The publicity Civ.
en- to this affair. At the same time they say
that when this confession had been cxtorted lie
undertook to ret secretly . bill OF divorce up
on 1t through the courts Of Chicago. Thus,
at ono moment, they charge him with UNDER
taking to carry this matter through secretly;
the next. they charge upon him having given
It publicity. Now let us sec what the facts Of
the case are. If Mr. Burch has proceeded I'M
properly, and too hastily, 10 procure divorce,
would that be defence in this case? Ifawo-
man is guilty Of adultery. one man NAV pro-
coed in one way and another In another; one
man is passionate, hasty, and violent; aud an-
other IL cool. Mr.. Durch may be one or the
other. No two men ever ACT exactIy alike,
One man, II he has a thing 10 do, will proceed
TO do It on the impulse OF the ftst thought of
the first moment. another acts deliberately.
am perfectly willing to submit Mr. BurchSs
conduct 10 you, not that It has anything at all
to do with the issue, 1t is quite imnaterial
whether he proceeded in month. In 4 week,
or day, or an hour. The question h not
what Nj. Burch did, but what this woman did,
Nevertheless, / am perfectly willing to explain
the whole Of Mr.. Durch's conduct in the mat
Ter, and, a. It has been dragged In, must ex.
plain 1t. Mrs. Burch WAS In this State They
tell you that Nr. Corning knew that reunion
| could not take place between these parties
They tell you that there was no expectation OF
any such thing in the future. They tell you
that negotiation took place to the end that a
| bill Of divorce might be obtained privately.
Now must let you know the facts, part OF
| which appear upon record, and the other part
not of record, but which, nevertheless, are
| true, as is well known on all sides. She waa
herein tLis State. II she LEFT 1t without = suit
being commenced, there was but one way In
| which 1t could be commenced, and that was by
advertising In the public newspapers the pen.
dency Of the suit. Tint would fniallibly make
the whole thing public Ar. Burch, instead o1
allowing her to leave the city and then adrer
Using the suit, thus making 1t public, served q
subpoena upon her before ahe left, and then
Immediately wrote to Mr.. Corning and Mr.
Pruyn, explaining just how matters then stood
And yon will ind In the letter 10 As. Pruyn q
full statement that ho has commenced aud Il
proceeding with suit for divorce thus civ
Ing Nr. Coming an opportunity to unite will
! him or to defend her, Just as ho chose. Wha1
foliowcd1 They blame us that We did not &C
cept some propositions they made to nvoii
| publicity and allow the divorce to pass With
out public notioe. Now the counsel for Ii,
defence here did not tell you what his propo
ejtion was he would blush to do It, ! VII
tel you what It was. and really 1t was the onl,
one that could be made, ifany WIS to be made
II was that Mr. Burch should 60 into the Stat
OF indiana, or loEa,. or some other State, an'
, 1860-12-14

IN the leltcslO MTS. Eir1am, she writes:
'Wcrc you told that that awful man said,
loved another, aud she him: Yes, md again
this last lal, hc said the same thing, and Said
'Eie Is a she devil, never have her in your
house again. then too, he made me think you
all loved her hotter than me-
In another part OF her letter she mentions
hettct than her, IS she Ras told mentions her
name Mary" and also says that she at QUE
time thought "Mr. Z. is right, that my hus-
band docs notloyc me, aud yet Itried to think
that he did not love her. Now know, oh !!
So well, that he never loved her, and yet how I
have siunel against him" In this letter she
mentions the persons by name Now is there
any room for argument at all On these letters
The idea that they were procured by aay fraud
or force; letters written In Albany to her
friends, unknown to All. Burcll, unknown to
any human being that had any interest in hay
Ing them written such IN idea is totally out
Of the question. And either OF these letters is
confession in express terms. Now I ask TO
know uron what cauthiy grounds you can
avoid the effect Of these letters!
But to 70 aGttle further in the same connec-
! ton: How can you escape the testimony OF
Mr.. farnAn nIon This subject. Is there any
pEeteace that ho is false. 1hey asked him,
when. on The stand, and | beg your
1ts<AeAoA w ao0~A AA4A41 LA
you tell Mr.. Corning that you did not
know anything about this cascs' He said
that he did po{ tell h.n 10. but that he did tell
Mr.. Corning that Mrs. 'Bureh had confessed
! this offence to HIN. And for the purpose Of
laying the foundation to impcach Linn, they
| asked him, "Dia you not tell Mr.. Corning
| that she had not confessed to you?" Whai
was his answers No, sir, did not. told
AIr. Corning that Mira Eurch had confessed te
me, md told him what she confessed" Mr.
| Corning was on the stand here. WHY did moi
I they ask him whether Mr. Farnam did tell hin
that he did not know anything about this case
| and that Mrs. Burch had not confessed to him,
They had laid the foundation to fmpeaeh Mr.
Farnam. .Why did they not inpeach him By
S{E. Coming 4 Plainly, because he did nottei
III. Corning so, and Mr. Corning knew II, ant
they knew It;
Now some Of sou know Mr. Farnam. Aui
ask you whether there is anything acains
him on this record: Is there ANYTHING aSaius
him Anywherr: Is he not ons Of the mos
honorable men in this State, one OF the mos
respectable. He tells ypn that this woma,
confessed al to him. The effect Of her comics
sion to him In substance is Just as perfect as
written confession. She told him Of the mean
= BY which ssuart overthrow her chastity. sh
, 1860-12-14

as the counsel can give; aud presume, from
the high opinion lave Of his talents, It Is as
good m explanation rs any one can give, ex-
cept the true one but think he undertakes
your intelligence. What did Stuart, in fact,
do that for! Here WIS Mr.. Stuart, going Into
4 room for the purpose Of being alone with
This lady. He deliberately turned AROUND. pnt
bis head ont Of the door, and looked su5rl-
eiously up and down the hill What was hts
motives What could it have been, except to
be sure that be was safe from intrusIons In
al reasou, must that not be the sole and only
motive that yoT can attribute to his conduct.
And If that WIS his motive, ia 1t not most con-
elusive Of the character Of the transactions in
that room! Perhaps the crime was not then
committed. But IS 1t not conclusive that he
was seekIn. that Interview aud that meetIr.
for the purpose Of indulging In fa;nillarities
with this woman, which he did not With to
have observed. It Is not necessary for me to
insist that the circumstances attending this
interview might not possibly fall short OF
proving nctnal adultery, If they stood alone.
But submit to you that this one transaction.
ifnothing else WIS In the case, this one fact OF
married Lady entering room with q man
who had paid her as mauE attentions as Stuart
had previously done, and that man then thrust
Ing his head out Of the door and looking
around in that manner, then going In and r.
naming an hour and half With closed doors
II say i Is conclusive, beyond all possibility
ticed there which they did not desire any one
to see.
Then on another occasion We find that sue is
there in the house nlouc with Sfr. Stuart At
night That Is the night OF the osd of Dec,
1851. After all Mr.. Stuart's ingenious ex-
cuses, is there any earthly doubt In your minds
what the intercourse between these parties
must have beens There Is no concealment
about the fact. Mr. Farnam was IN intimate
friend Of that family, Stuart and Mrs. Burch
were there alone together In i room with
closed DOORS There Is knock at the door,
and the servant girl, Margaret, while going to
the door TO ansNer it, ASKS Mrs, Burch IL she
will receive visitors. Stuart must have been
on terms Of the deepest intimacy, must have
felt very confident Of his position, very sure
OF the ground he stood on, 70 aasume the re.
sponsi6ility Of telling the servant that nobody
should bs admitted. It shows the highest de-
gree Of confidence In his own position In that
house, It shows that he felt most completely
at home there with her. when he undertook
| to assume the responsibility Of telling theser.
want to admit no one-that they desired TO BE-
alone. And Margaret understood the extent
Of his authority and privileges, for she did hot
| walt for tho directions OF her m1stress-she
bad his wishes; be tells her In effect, "No,
, 1860-12-14


office at all times through the winter Of 1857.
lie will not sav that she came as often a. once
week, but he says that she came there great
many times. Now, what was Rhe at his office
for that winter. What buslners lal she with
Burill except In connection with her tidsns
with Stuart! What occasion had she to 20
thcrcy lie SAYS that she wanted to send some
message to hiH wife: and yet It turns out upon
investigation that his house, where bis vile
was, wsas nearer Mrs. Burch's house than his
Office was, and 1t would be r,sier fur her to
carry a message to Burrilrs honse than
to go to his office with it. Aud not only that,
but be can remember but one message that she
ever sent to his wife, aud that w1s short
message Now, all this took place at the very
time when her intimacy WIS closest with
Stuart, when this u.lnltery WAS committed. Is
1t explained why she WIS 50 oftcn running to his
Officer And you will remember that he tays
that at the same time he was visiting her at her
house as often as once \ week, therefore, they
WERE meeting as often ss twice a week all the
while. Now take that in connection with the
fact that Mary Spalding accuscd him OF being
gu-be-tween between Mrs. Burch and Stuart,
which he docs not deny, and, that he admits ut
the same time that the intimacy was srs1, that
| il It had been his wife, be would kill the mau.
Take that evidence, and what do you make OF
Butrel.
Then take what followed a. soon as this suit
WIS commenced. Mr.. Burrill and Mr.. Stuart
at once became almost one. Mr. Burrtu had
| In his breast secret which would either save
Stuart or ruin him, Is Stuart thought And
| you find that while one ofthem ID n.an rcs"
! sessed Of high order OF intelligence, u,7n
| oftaste, aud some genius-l re.er to Stuart-
Barrill Is man Of no sort Of consequence. no
intellectual development, no cultivation: yet
you find this illassor1ed pair always together.
As soon as this suit commences they are con-
! stautlv In each others society. Before that
1 Buzrin had been the tool; after that he became
| the equal aud companion OF Stuart, Such IL
always the effect Of confidIng guilty secret to
man below you: the moment he gets your
secret he becomes your master. B1riu was
Gtuart's master; and how deeply and how tar
be has used his power over him, JON cannot
know. But yeu sec that from the time that
this suit commenced he and Stuart were con-
startly In company; they consorted together;
they rlayed cards together; they played bill.
iards together. He ID there at 6tnart's houae,
or Stunt at his house, all the time. And at
last as this trial approached, Stuart, fearing
the Light and trivial character Of Burrfll, and
that he would develop what he knew.
took him home TO hts house wheso -:he
could keep him ssfesi took him :aud
his hnlly into his house. Do you believe tina.
Stuart taxes boa1uerat Then what has he
, 1860-12-14

week: perhaps Friday. think Its was
on Friday. Mr. Corning says, I think,
absent from home or went away from home
Immediately for short time to New York.
At nu events, on the Tuesday of the next week.
having notified Mr.. Burch BY tc cgraph to
mee, him at Suspension Bridge, he and Mrs.
Burch left Albany aud proceeded to Suspen.
miles above the bridge, and returning to the
bridge and there awaiting the arriving Of Mr.
Buzeh- On Tuesday night Mr. Rurch arrived
and they had nu Interview. Before that inter-
view Mr.. Corning had seen the letter Mr.. Burch
wrote to Mr. Fruyn, III which Mr.. Burch had
informed Mr, prnyn Of the misfortune that had
beiallen him, the guilt OF bis wife, and in gene
ral, narratiug to Him all the circumstances, as
well as the means by which be had p1o4ured
her confession. M1. Corning says that In that
interview SIr. Burch had reiterated what he
had written to Mr. Pruyn. And you will rc.
collect what he added as TO the mode of obtain
Ing that confession, that he shook his FIST in
her face. Now Ar. Corning says no
mora of that Ent>ryicw Of which he
! tells you, than have stated. The counsel upon
| the other s{da did not choose to draw out Of
| him anything more Of that interview, II there
was anything more Now i beg your attention
! closely 10 what followed Mr. Corning saws
Falls and there rejoined Mn. Birch; that he
told hex that Mr.. Burch, In addition to the
charge Of adultery that he had before made
against her, also charged her with having con.
nived 1t an attempt to ruin Miss Fannie Bnrct
BY Smart And be says that that was all thnt
he said to her, or she to him On that subject.
| He says be did not exchange One word with
her In reference TO her guilt or innocence, mel
ther before he started from Albany-I beg youl
sttent&on 10 that-neither before Le started
from Albany, neither on his way from ALBANY
to Niagara Falls, nor at his interview with b.,
ut the Falls after the interview with Mr.
Burch, nor on the way back from Niaga..
Falls to Albany-not one word, Everything
thst passed between him and Mrs. Burch dur
Ing al that period, was that he told her tha,
Nj. Burch charged her with conuiyiur at tht
ruin Of Fannie Burch. And I tLink &c add,
that be never had my conversation with Mn
Bu1ch On the subject OF her guilt OF Innocence
until he had got back 10 Albany, afesr that In
terriew with Nj. Burch.
MR- BEcKw11H-I think you uis1epresen
The question, though not Intentionally. H
did not say that he went mp to the Falls witt
MR. YAr AnxAa.-Nor did sayso,
Il Mr.. B1cKwmH-He saJs, ~ I understoo
i him, that he did not 80 up Or return with he'
The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1860-09-20
Funerals IN EEragil.

When person dies in Rio the front
entrance Of the house is closed, the only oc-
casi0n when such 4 thing happens. The
law requires the body to be buried n
twenty-iour hours. If the deceased was
married festoon OF black cloth and gold
Is hung over the street door; for unmar-
ried lilac and black for children, white,
or blue, CT gold Co.fins for the married
are also black, bat for young persons they
are rod, scarlet or blue Few persons are
actually buried in the shallow coffins Of
the country, their principal use being 70
convey the corpse to the cemetery. and
then, Ike the hearse, they are returned
to the undertaken. Fond of dress while
living, the BraziliaHs are buried in their
hest, and. punct,liOus TO the last degree.
they enforce etiquette after death. Chill
dren under ten or eleven are set out as
iriars, nuns, saints, and angels. 4 bovas
St. John has pen in one hand and
book in the other. As st. Joseph, the
pen is replaced by staff crowned with
flowers. OF higher types, Michael the
/ Ar"hangel is a fashionable one Girls
are made to represent madonnas and 9TH
! er popular characters.
Formerly it was the custom in Rio.
and still IS so in the interior, to carry
young corpses upright in procession
/ through the streets, when, but for closed
/ eyes, a stranger could hardly believe the
! figure before him, with painted cheeks,
/ hair blowing in the wind, in silk stockings
and shoes, and his raiment sparkling with
/ jewels, grasping a palm-branch in one
/ hand, and resting the other quite natur-
/ ally on some artificial support, could be a
dead child. Large sums are occasionally
/ expended in dresses and jewels for the
dead. Mourning is long affair, and wild
ows never lay aside their weeds unless
/ they marry; yet clusters of a small pur-
/ pie flower are known as widows tears"
They bloom but once ayear, and soon dry
/ up.
The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1860-09-20
~SA = L {.
lsae aOye-kAECE.

Tying her bonnet under her chin
She tied her raven ringlets in,
But not alone in its silken snare
Did she catch her lovely floating hair,
For, tying her bonnet under her chin,
She tied young mans heart within.
They were strolliug together up the hill,
Where the wind comes blowing merry and chill,
And it blew the curls frolicsomc race
All over the happy peach-cOlored face,
TIL, scolding ana laughing, She tied them in,
Under her beautiful, diuP,ed chin.
And it blew a color bright as the bloom
OF The piukeSt fuchsia's tossing plume,
All over the cheeks of the prcttiest girl
That ever imprisoned 4 romping curl,
Or, in tying her bonnet under her chin,
Tied young mans heart within.
Sleeper and sleeper grew the hjil
Nadder, merr;er, chillier still
The western wind blew down, and played
The widest trick with the little maid
As, tying her bonnet under her chin,
She tied young man 5 heart within.
oh, western wind, do YOU think it was fair
To play such tricks with her floating lair?
To gladly, gIecfully do your best
To blow her against Il young mans breast,
Where he As gladly folded her in,
And kissed her mouth and dimplcd chin.
Oh, Enery Vane, you little thought,
An hour age, when you tesought
This country lass to walk with you,
After the sun had dried the dew,
What pcrilous danger you'd be in,
As She tied her bonnet under her chin.
The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1860-09-20

AN ITEM FOR SMoKERs-The Life IL
hstrated contains the following in relation
to the statement that tin foil used for
wrapping tobacco has dangerous qualities:
There is more poison in one package
of tobacco than in the tin foil that sur
rounds a hundred. If anybody doubts it
let them hold a sheet of white paper over
the smoke that curls up from The burning
tobacco, and after pipeful or cigar has
been consumed, scrape the condesed smoke
from the paper, and put very small
amount on the tongue of cat, and they
will see her die of strokes of paralysis, in
fifteen minutes"
The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1860-09-20
CuycGIEs. 9ssrEsTERS. sc.

?.,Irs%u-REv. D. HARBIsoS, Pastor
;...a.l- every Sabbath morning al lOl
a.s. All in Tie eTening At o'clock. Sab
,- s.I5J. al . o clock, A. v. Prayer meet
..sse.g Thursday evening At o'clock.
A@4st Ey.s-oguy Ciurch-REv. J. SHANE,
s,44.- in charge. Rev J, u. SMITH. As
is-..: Preaching every Sabbath, alternately
l. .f o'clock ii the morning, or : n the
.s..1-. sabbath School Al o clock, =. NJ.
74g., ne.,ing every Thursday evening at :
T.+ Fs7cafeHt-REv. Ii. + POWELL,
|?se5.-Pgeachjng every Sabbath morning at
s..ucE. and in the evening st o'clock.
!. an School at l o'clock, j. Vi. Prayer
-..4. on the first Monday evening of each
--.l: aal on every Tuesday, Thursday
Friday evening. excepting the first week
-sl-. lgltl.
..st..t- Nrtbodist-REv. JOHN WILLIAMS.
,.a--pre.lh.n- every Sabbath evening at
al o'clock. Sabbath School at 10 @ o'clOCk.
H. PRAYER meeting every Friday evening
l,5s.5ca. Society every Tuesday evening
s. clock.
j,a,,s5-GEv. WI. LLOYD, Pastcr-Prcach-
Z, very Sabbath morning al ID o clock.
o-,ca.rr Ea9Asts-REv. DAVID JENKINS,
|'anc-Preachiug every Sabbath evening at
3 ioc4.k Sabbath School AT l o clock, p. NJ
Ca.,lc-EEv. VI. !. MITCHELL, Pastor -
s.1c:s every Sabbath morning ct log O clock
q Essger- % clock il the evening.