Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-05-31
LFor the Spirit of Jeferson.l
Judge Chapline.

Foi the SPIRIT oil Jefferson.I
Judge Chapline.
E'2itors of tie Spirit When ertremcs
are associated for common purpose, startling
events may reasonably be expected. That
your correspondent, H." should have be-
come iu dnythiMg the coadjutor of Edmund
Chambers, will naturally cause surprise. and
the enquiry will as naturally arise for what
purpose such an association has been formed
They bo:h avow that they have engaged in a
labor of love aud patriotism, and not to SUBJ
serve any Interior purpose. Mr.. Chambers
has been snubbed in his aspirations for Office
by his party friends, aud IL" processes to
bear no ''malice' towards Judge Chapline,
and eulogizes Edmund Chambers and his pa
triotc efforts to serve his country, by pre-
ferrng charges aguinst an upright, able and
impartial Judge Now mark how plain
tale shall put them down, and place the im>
peachers and the impeaoFed iu the proper
light before the public, so far as any reference
has been made to the official conduct of Judge
Chapliue. With the action of the Board of
Registration we have nothing to do, and
nothing to say; the people have rendered
their verdict III thar case. But we know that
much injustice has been done TO Judge Chap.
line by Edmund Chambers and his coadjutor,
"L., we hope and believe without any such
design, because we know them to be just and
honorable men, who would inflct no injury
on any one, or do any act Of injustice knows
ing it to be so.
We reiterate the assertion made in a for
mer communication, that j udge Chapline re-
ceived no information from any member OF
the Grand Jury that it was engaged in ian in
vcatigatiou Of the acts OF The Board of Reg
istration, nor an in,matinn of that fact from
any quarter. If this proposition be estab-
liShed, the entire superSlructure OF charges
thus preferred against hiu, falls to the ground,
and honorable men, like Edmund Chambers
aud your correspondent "I," will award to
him even handed justice, by retraction as
publicly made as have been the charges
Their entire reliance. that Judge ChapiDe
was informed Of the fact, is based on the ar
ticle marked A. which, it is said, cmauaed
from Mr. Joseph WeIshans, foreman Of the
Grand Jury. What does Mr.. Welshans say
in ex PLANTATION of exhibit \. He afirms that
he did not mean to impute any wrong, nor
even impropriety to Judge Chapline by any
thing contained therein, and that he does not
know that Judge Chaplne heard him make
the statement contained in the concluding
paragraph The published statement of
Messrs. Holmes, Spangier and SponseIer is
restricted to the evidence taken before the
Grand Jury. Mr.. 3. f. Harrison. member
of the Grand Jury, states that Judge Chap
line asked the Grand Jury if they had any
further business before them, aud on their
response i'll the ncgdtire he discharged then,
as he was bound to do.
The acting Deputy Sheriff states that twice
before the Grand Jury was discharged, he
was requested by them to report to the Court
that they had finished their business, and de-
sired to be discharged. These are incoutro-
vertable facts, which suit recently instituted
will develop on its trial. With the actings,
and doings of the Board of Registration
Judge ChapIine has nothing to do. lie
studiousy kept aloof from the place where
present during the whole period, aud he dis
done all others in his circuit, to investigate
the acts of the Board of Registration, and to
indict then if they violated or overstepped
the law in any particular. We have scruti-
nized the official conduct of Judge Chaplne
closely since he was elected to the Bench. and
we but reiterate the universal testimony of
the bar, suitors in Court and Of every spec
tator, that in ali things he has been sternly
impartial, and that his official career has been
free from every faint or suspicion of parti-
zanship The public verdict will be, and now
is, that his escutcheon as Judge is without
spot or blemish. and that he is free Of the
charge which has been preferred against him,
and that the evidence, when rendered in Court,
will acQut him beyond all controversy.
"ONE WHO KNOWS"
P.S. Since the foregoing was written, Mr.
Ehud Turner, a member, states that the
Grand Jury, t'cjce before their discharge, sent
the Deputy Sheriff to Judge Chapline to in
form him that their business was finished
and Getore their discharge, Judge Chapline
distinctly asked the Graud Jury whether any
business was before it, and large number of
the Grand Jurors, himself among the number,
announced to the Judge 'they had no further
business before them -
PNEUMATIC ExPREss.-It takes seventeen
seconds to send written message through a
pneumatic tube from London to point four
hundred miles distant. This beats steam,
and is not behind electricity. Bags of heavy
mail matter are sent three miles in two sec>
onds.
GOLD.-The pond neonle of Greensv;IIa