The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-04-20
JUDGE " IARRIsON;s CASE
Letter from iIfon- Eohn w. Brock
crbroush, OF Virginia.


cnbroush, OF Virginia.
We have already published large
portion Of the testimony collected by
Colonel HoUNsHEL1 in support of the
charges preferred by him against Judge
HARRISON, of the Ninth Circuit HAIR,
RIsoN is an appointee of Governor
FOREMAN, has been sustained and de-
Tended by the radicals in the State Leg
isla ture. and invested with supreme con-
troll over the lives and fortunes Of the
people of FIVE counties in this State.
The testimony heretofore offered has
proved him to be guilty of perjury and
extortion, aud disloyalty to the govern
ment of the United States.
We subjoiu Colonel HOUNSHELLs final
letter, and the testimony Of Hon. JOHN
w. BROCKENBROUGH, of lexington
LEwIsBURG, WEST VIRGINIA.
April ID, 1865.
Editors of the Register.
I transmit yon Judge Broken brough's
letter. propose here to close the testi-
mony against n Harrison, for the pres.
ent In the discharge Of public duty
| | preferred the charges. The Lcgisla-
| ture. in ? spirit Of folly and passion. en-.
! dorscd iuP iuuuceCc of Harrison .Ind pro
! uouuccd the charges malicious SANDERS
! Standardization imposed upon me the
/ unpleasant duty to sustain the charges
| by calling upon the gentlemen whose
| names Offered for the knowledge they
had touching the specifications The
proofs are conclusive The public has
read the evidence and pronounced
verdict of guilty A mass Of testimony
has accumulated since the publication
Of the charges and specifications 1t is
not my purpose to publish it, as 1t pre-
Sents catalogue of crimes which black
ems blSenrSS itself | have done, Tor the
present, all that public duty requires of
me. The private infanTy of the man
does not rise to the importance whic
requires its publicati d. h
| have the honor to be yer, respect
fully, your obedent friend aud humble
servant, - S HOUNsHELL.
JUDGE PRoCKENBROUGH' LETTER
LEXINGTON, VA.
March IS 1866 !
Dear SiI:-lour letter OF the I1th.inst
was received some days since and avail
myself of the earliest moment Of leisure
to reply The subject is very uupleas-
ant one, but / cannot hesitate to reCog-
ni-e your right TO elicit from me the ia,
formation sought in your letter
/ have never yet seen the charges pre-
ferred 10y you to the Wheeling Le-isla
ture against Judge N Harrison, though
they have been published, l understand,
IN many al our newspapers One OF the
specifications, | learn, rs substantially,
that during the late war between the
United States and the Confederate
States, Mr. Harrison made an open
and unreserved profession of sympathy
with, aud devotion to, the cause Of the
South, and you vouch me as witness
to Sustain the specification. You refer
to n resolution of the House of Delegates
of West Virginia, pronouncing your
charges malicious ISLANDERS"
The facts within my knowledge touch
lug the specittcat on in which my lame
is mentioned, are simply as follows: In
the winter of 1861 ., | was in Richmond
in attendance on the Provisional Con
gress of the Z 5 A, of which body
was a member | was a boarder at fbe
Exchange and Ballard House. Some
time during the winter. | think late in
January, or in February 1862, met Mr.
Harrison there | knew nothing OF his
course during the war except what he
volunteered to communicate to me /
had known him many years before the
war commenced, aud knew that he occu.
pied highly respectable position at the
bar of Western Va Mr. Harrison told
me that he had just reached Richmond
from Philadelphia, IN which latter city
he was, at the breaking out of the " ar.
He SAID he had great difficulty in reach
ing Richmond as lie was closely watched:
that he had defended certain persons an
Philadelphia charged with piracy and
had given offence to many persons
there, By the strong sympathy
with the South manifested by his
speech, and that his further residence
there was rendered uncomfortable. &c:
that he had availed himself of tho very
hrst opportunity of getting away from
Philadelphia and coming to Richmond |
he said that h9principal object in com.
ing 10 Richmond was to have an inter. |
VIC" win President Davis, and to com. |
nunicate to him information Of very |
EIeaI Importance, and deeply nfIscfipg |
the interests Of tho Copf.d.ratc State
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