Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1874-11-17

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CIRCUIT COURr-The Jefferson Circuit
Court resumed its session on Monday of las.
week. aud continued until Saturday. when an
adjournment was ordered until to day, tues
day,) at o'clock, P. VI
No jury cases tried during the week. ,he
jury being discharged on Wednesday, and
the principal time of thfCourt vas occupied
in ehancery business
During the week Judge Ho.e .irlIv-teI his
opinion on the motion for the releas of Capt
Geo. W. Chambers from confinement in the
county jail the term of his imprisonment hav
fns expired some days ago. The decisiuu of
his Honor was, that the prisoner having failed
to pay the 6ue imposed in his sentence he had.
under the law, no Jurisdiction in the matter
According to this decision, therefore, Capt
Chambers remains in prison for six months in
default of payment of his fine, unless sooner
released by the Governor.
: The Court, on Saturday. gave its opinion
in the hdbeds corpus case of H. d Rust Us
Mrs Mary E vanvacter, deciding the father
Mr.. Rust as entitled to the custody of his
child "a little girl eight years of age. until
the present time retained by Mrs. Vanvacter.
its grandmother. to whom it was entrusted
when an infant. After the delivery of its
opinion by the Court, application was made by
Mrs. Vanvacter's counsel for suspension of
the order of the Court. which his Honor tok
under consideration and will decide upon to-
day-the child meanwhile remaining with it's
grandmother. This case, as in all other sim
liar trials on writ of habeas corpus. has at
tracted considerable interest, and no little
sympathy for all parties. Whilst the decision
of Judge Hoge, giving the child to its father,
its natural guardian, and a most worthy gen.
tlemsn, meets with the hearty approval of the
commu nifty at large, yet this does not pr. vent
a strong feeling of commiseratinn for the old
lady who, in the decline of life, is compelled
to surrender the little one around whnu the
strongest affections of her nature lave been
conferred. and she has therefore. much SYN.
patty in her present trial All, however, We
trust is for the best and in ,e e:.,! -rl E,r,.,
beneficial to all most immediatc!Y n,.,rn.d
FArnER KAIx's LECTURE The an
nouncement that the Rev Father J. J Kahn.
of ,Harper's Ferry, would deliver lecture
explanatory of the doctrines of the Roman
Catholic Church. as was reasonably antici
Pated, drew large assembly of eager lis
eeners TO Washington Hall" on Tuesday
evening last. The speaker, after opening his
discourse with beautiful comment on that
greatest of all virtues, christian charity, pro-
ceeded in clear and mastery insurer to
eiucidate to his hearers what he termed to be
the leading aud most often assaulted doctrines
of tho Catholic Church. The manner and
delivery of the speaker through his dis
course was admirable, and whether it ma
terially changed the views of any presen, or
not, it was at least an able effort in defence of
his church and its doctrines, and fully sus-
tained the previous reputation of Father Ksin
as an ecclesiastical orator Of no mean magui>
tude.
ACCIDENT AND NARROW ESCAPE Henry