Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1871-07-15
For The Register.

! SeQuent n0tOrlety lnal al lnJuLItiOH
has been obtained by that factious body
formerly styled "the Charlestown Board
of Supervisors" Whose assumed func-
tons were summarily extinguiShed by
an order of Judge Of the Court Of Ap-
peals,) against the legal Board at the
County seat.
1t is fact undeniable that the In
junction was obtained from man who
styles himself Judge of the 2nd Judi
cial Circuit" secretly and clandestinely,
without any notice, OF intimatiOn of an
application, whose credulity has been
signally imposed upon. 1t is a fact in
controvertible, that the Bill does not
contain a single statement, upon which a
Judge not wholly incompetent would
make the order.
1t is a fact equally incontestible that
the Injunction Bill does not contain a
single material averment which is not
dispr0ufd (to use no harSher term by
the facts, and by record evidence, as we
will show beyond all controversy. The
allegation is made in the Bill that anna
iority of the Board, Messrs Staley,
Roderick and Turner refused to re
cognize the new appointees, Osbourn
and Cross, not on the ground OF any OBJ
lection to their qualifications, but only
because of the Illegally Of their APP
pointments." There was a large audi
ence present at the argument OF the cas-
es of Osbourn and Cross before the
Board, all Of whom will bear testimony
that the argument was founded alone on
their want Of qualification for the Off
ces, under the Constitution and laws
of the State. This is a notorious fact in
antagonism to the statement in the
| Bill.
The next leading statement is that
John -. Staley is not legal member
OF the Board.
John h. Ray, the member elect re-
! signed his seat after his certificate Of
election was awarded by the Board,
which resignation in writing was pre-
scented by Mr.. J. II. Uaines, the select
ed swearer to the Bill, and his resigna-
ton was unanimously accepted by a
| FIJI Board composed Of Haines, Rams
burg, Roderick and Turner, whereupon
under the provisions Of Sec. 5 Of Chap
ter 5, page Ga Of the Code which reads
thus "Where there is a vacancy in
| the office OF Supervisor, the same shall
be filed by appointment Of the Board
for the uneypircd term" On the 18th
day of February, 1871, present, Supervi-
sors Turner, Roderick, IIainos, and
Ransburg, Ca full Board) the following
! is the record supervisor Haines pre-
scented to the Board the resignation Of
John r. Ray, and upon motion it Is
unanimously ordered that John ID. Sta
lev be elected to fill the vacancy as Su-
pcrvisor Of Shepherd Township, until
another be elected or appointed =" And
at meeting Of the Board on the 18th
Of the same month the following resolu-
ton was proposed:
ION motion, John d. Staley was
unanimously elected President Of the
Board" Mr.. Roderick the President
having resigned that position.
The Bill affirms that there were only
two members Of the Board present when
! Mr.. John ID. Staley was elected Super
visor, and The record shoWS that The
Boqrd ,cas full and that he ,ras unani-
mousiy elected, trery member being
present.
Why these statements are made, pal
pably contradicted by the record, we
leave to the public to judge. owe fur
nish the text and discerning public
will supply the commentary.
The answer to the bill will emphati-
cally deny, and the record will trium-
phantly sustain the answer. There Is
embodied in the bill a vast amount Of
imputation on personal character Of
which an account before Judicial
tribunal will have to be rendered and
the afiant to the bill has placed himself
in no very enviable attitude before the
next Grand Jury.
Not even the honored dead is spared
by this sweeping and reckless Bill 1t
is said that the Hyena satiates it unnat-
ural appetite by dragging the body of
the dead from its resting place. So
this bill guts its ftrocious appetite by
proving on the dead. 1t is not content
with its fierce assaults on the living, but
has drawn Judge Chapline from his
grave, and charges that he, the Senator,
conspired and combined with the Rep
resentatives from the County,
David Billmver and Edmund Cham