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The Burch Case

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Day
14
Month
December
Year
1860
Copyright
Public Domain
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-Our readers have all henrd of the Burch case, and too m:iny of thein havo rcad the disgust i ng dotni's, as furniahed by the leiding dailieSj vvliich now-n duys, under thejpretcneö ofsupplyitg the demnnd fr news delight in spreiding out the ii.inutest particular! of that' claus of crimes iovolviog the rupturo of sacrud farnily ties and the forsaking of the patb of vii-tue and chast.ty. We have Dever prostitutud our columns to tho gratifieation of the vitiated taste for such kind of ncvvs, and sluill Mot do so in this instance. We are happy to say, howcver, that thu trial ha termioated, and that tbe attsinptof .Burch to orush his wifo hasfuiled, nignaify, di3graofaUy fttiled. On Monduy afternoon, after nn absence of on!y one hour and a half the jury re. turned i verdioh in favor of hln. Bnrch. We reinember in all our reading o! no veidict that has g'ivt-n us more Batiüfaotion. Mra. Burcli is not a woman of strong character, hut a little, affectionate, loving woman, yokud to a beartleas huaband. She raay havo been 'inprudent, but he was tho causo of tha imprudonoe; some may beliove her guilty but theycan hardly avoid Inving the sin at bis door. Ilia treatment of a woman he claimed to ove, his carafulnoss to send her adrift a beggar who had brought him his fortune, his letter to herlViends vilely traducing her and eautioning tbom agüinst receiving her, havo destroyed all sytnpathj with him. The trial rosulteJ in producing no evidenu ngainst her, escept her own confessioa, and it was proved by Burch 's own statements and letters that those were procured by decoption, fraud, and violence Besides, tho defunco diposed of the charge by tho evidence of David Stuart, himself, pustaincd by othcr witnesses successfully proving an alibi in eaoli case charged in tho cnmplaint. - By his own witnesses Mr. Burch proved nothing, and tho csamination of each only turned the tide of sympathy in Mis. Burch's favor. Tho verdict wan recaived with upplauso by the spectators in the little Court room, and with domonstrations of great joy in Chicago. And wo think vo may say that the country generally, upon whose notico tha details have been forcod, aro satisfied with it. JJJ3T Michigan in represented in the House Coimnittee of one f rom each ! State, to whicli was referred 80 much of tho President's mesungo relativo to the State of the Union and the pending secession of the Southern States, by W A. IIoward, and we may therefore predict that tho voice of Michigan in that Oommittee will be for war rather than peace, for difunion rather than Union. IIo wil] act upon tho motto oi "let the Union slide," and commit the State, as far as liis aciion can so against all conecssion. It is to be deplored that Michigan has not a man I in Congreaa to ''throw oil on the ' ü'Publed water;" but so, it ie, and nll hipe ík well nigh vanished if a niajority of the Coinmittee are men of the 1 Howard strípe. t5P A grand Union dornonstration was to be made in Philadelphia yesterdny in accordance with a proclumation issued by tbe Mayor. Philadelphia should ppcak f rom 'Oíd I)deppndenco [latí;" L3T ïho full raiurni irom Cuüior nía show the following vote for Presi4tnt : ; Total vote, 119,597 For Liaooln, 38,70:2 " Douglas, 38.0G0 ' Breckingfdge, 84,041 " Bell, 8,794 And thia is tho Stute the influenco of Senator Gfwiü carn3 over to tbe ! ssco.Ijm ftC li.ikinmv. Tlie couspiratoria soverely rebuked. JgS" A largo au euthusiastic Union meeling was held at Trenton, Now Jfersey, on Tuesduy. Men of all parties pnrtioipflrted'. Cóf. V. C. Alkxandeb presided, and Cotumodor Ktockton was made chairman o{ the cominiiteo on address and rcsolutions. Tho address and reaclutiona adopted aro out apoken for Union; und untler one of tliom, Messrs 11 F. Stockton, M Frico Peter D. Vroom, Jas. Randbíph, IJenj. WllliamiOD, and Y. O. Alexander, iveru appointed a eoinrnission to consult and advise with other Stutes as to the ernorgoncy.

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