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Show THE BCHAfiFFER LETTER. On the morning of the 2d met. the following appeared in the Hzeald: We find tbe following as a special telegram Irom Washington in tbe Cuioago Tribune of January 28th: Chief Justico Schaefler of Utah has tiled a cnart! ia tliu interior department against Govornor Emory of that territory t'j tbe efl'ct that tho govornor is on too intimate social rolitiooa with Mormon families, &od that his i'.fluenco is injured on account of Buch relations. DelUK&te Cannon ot Utah says the charges against Governor Emery have no foundation, and h.l.i -i.;-r u inimical tu hi in, makes a frivolous, accusation. The Tribune, editorially commenting comment-ing on the dispatch, says: Friends of the lattor (Governor Emory) deny that there is any ground for the accusation, and their denial would seem to ba borne out by tlio vigorous attack by Governor Emory, in hia last mess&go to the legislature upon the practice ot polygamy, polyg-amy, his recommendation that congress furnish ttie legislation necessary to supply sup-ply tho defects in the present territorial law on tho subject, and hisocergotic policy in referoucu to tho unpunished accomplices; in Iho Mountain Meadows massacre. Schaefier need ask no one to write him down an ass, for be baa effectually effectu-ally performed that clerioal (eat for himself, in more instances than tbe aboTe. Wko appointed his honor to the censorship ot Governor Emery, or designated bim tbe spy of the latter official' conduct? The supreme imprudencefor im-prudencefor it can be characteiized by no other word of tbe chief justice in essaying to diotate as to a gentleman's gentle-man's social conduct ia about the obeekiest assumption that we remember remem-ber to have beard of. In the case of his honor it at least exhibits a mind entirely disproportionate to body. This disproportion in mind and matter mat-ter ia further exhibited in the fact that tbe "charge" we presume bis honor so designates it ia entirely without foundation. On tbe 3d instant, tbe day following the publication of tbe above, the following fol-lowing appeared in the Herald: The extract in yesterday's Herald from the Chicago Tribune, stating that Chief Justice Scbaeffer had preferred pre-ferred charges against Governor Etnery concerning toe latter'a intimacy inti-macy with ilormon families, created a buzz o( excitement in tbe city, and occasioned not a little comment of one kind and another. We are pleased to state that there is no truth whatever in the Tribune's telegram, Judge Scnaefler never having made the trivoloua charges as alleged; but, on the contrary, there ia reason for believing his honor and tbe governor are on tot most friendly terms. It may be doing an injustice, at times, to aewpt aa true the meanness eharged to officials, but bo much of it has proven correct in its fullest sense, that tbe public ought to be excused if occasionally they permit themselves to believe some assertion that is incorrect. in-correct. Tbe Hekald baa ever had the highest respect lor Judge Schaef ier as an honorable man, and has 1 held implicit confidence in his official integrity; hence it was as Burpnsiug and painful to ua as to anyone to see it publicly announced that he was engaged en-gaged in the disreputable and under-haodsd under-haodsd busine&i of trying to bring about the removal of an official by aueb questionable means. Being convinced that the allegations allega-tions against bis honor ate entirely without foundation, it is a positive pleasure to bo state, and we would that, whenever a charge ia made against an official of a similar disgraceful dis-graceful character, we could also be able to truthfully contradict it. Some of our friends suggested that we were somewhat haaty in making the retraction, saying the two i-sues of the paper placed us in a seemingly in consistent and iidiculou3 position. We did not bo consider it, our object in the paper of the SJ being simply to do justice to an injured official and place him in as favorable a light as possible under tho circumstances. We had tbe very best authority for denying that Judge Schaefier wrote the letter in question. In fact, the denial for there were more than one came almost direct from his I honor. He it least knew of therja,'' and we were given to understand in plain language, from one with seeming authority to speak in the matter, that the reasoa the judge did not make the deni.il over his own signature was because bo disliked to get into the newspaperc, ami if be began to contradict assertions in the public prints he wjuld have to kiep it up. 0;hers official gentlemen themselves claiming to Fpaak frm personal knowledge of tbe fuels, were emphatic in their aa&ertiuua thit debaeffsr had written no such letter as charged. The friouda of bis honor even went so fr as to censure, aud charge upou us unusual verdancy and unneceaaary confidence, ia first accepting aa true the telegram from Washington, which they denounced as without foundation. To show that it could not bo otherwite limn false, ire were assured by one who ought to have known that Schaefier himself was not only on friendly and intimate relations with Mormons, but bad recently re-cently accepted an invitation to visit a prominent Mormon at bis residence in the country. With these Btrong assurances, coming as they did, if not immediately :rom hia honor, certainly cer-tainly with hia knowledge, consent,! and we belieyo by hie desire, we were justified in the publication of tbe 3d. So much towards setting the Herald right before the public. Subsequent developments prove that we were grossly deceived, and we believe wilfully and de sigusdly. That his honor whb at the bottom of thia deception, and morally responsible for it, we also believe. While placing implicit confidence con-fidence in the apparently authorized denials of the Chicago Tribune's telegram, tele-gram, we still took measures to obtain a copy of the chief justice's letter to the secretary of the interior, and herewith present it for tbe enlightenment enlighten-ment of hia honor and hia honor's friends who seem not to have known what the letter actually contained: Salt Lake City, 13th Novcmbar, 1877. Hon, Carl Sehurz, Secretary of tht Interior, Dear Sir Yours of tho o'.li instant was received this morning- aud 1 hasten to reply in tho same spirit of conlidence with which yours ii characterized, that I do not know thai, Governor Emery "ii inclined to use his official influence to promote tho interests of the Mormons at thooipocse of the more enlightened sen Inn en t of Utah;" but it is generally known that he is, I think, imprudently imimate with some of the lonuing Mormons Mor-mons horo, and is not very popular with the Gentile portion of the community. Nothing can be truthfully said against the governor's moral character, but he is naturally reticent and non-commun ica-live, ica-live, which may give rise to unfounded suspicions, and has a tendency to render him unpopular. , Personally my relatione with Governor Gover-nor Jfimery fiuce I came horo hare been friandly and agreeable, and 1 have, no fault to find with him. There are two oxtremo elements here the Mormon and the untra anti-Mormon; and a zorerninent olHcial is constantly between these two tires and nubject to their respective criticism and fault Hading Had-ing as 1 myself know from personal experience. ex-perience. A strong, self-reliant, independent, inde-pendent, firm but conservative man would, in my judgment, be an improvement improve-ment in tho governorship of this terri- tory; but an cxlreurst would not. Yours fnfilinLia.lLy. uLC..- iSignsd) M. S CHAUFFER, Chief Just'co Supreme Court, Utah. Tuis ia the Inter, and we now take occasion to not only withdraw the "retraotion," but to repeat with em phaais the language used in the first article. Another deception will hardly be practiced upon us in this connection; and a Becond "denial," to be accepted, will have to come from BOme one in whose word we have confidence. Schaefier piobably thought beoause he had written "in confidence," , his communication would be inviolably inviola-bly held by tbe secretary of the interior, and he could go on in thia community wearing the two faces that he had assumed. He who Btaba in the back is the most detestable of creatures. Judge ShaefTer has professed pro-fessed warm friendship for tbe governor, gov-ernor, and unless we have been mis informed has, Bince the Herald's publication of the 2d instant, put himself out of the way to assuro his excellency that the contents of tbe letter to the secretary had been misstated, mis-stated, as be had written exactly the reverse of what was alleged al-leged in the Washington tele-1 gram. Thia eort of double-dealing and deceit seldom succeeds. We are .specially glad it baa been exposed in this instance, as it clearly shows tbe character of the individual who occupies the position of chief judioial office of Utah territory. Such a man ia unworthy to bold any office, and particularly that which be now occupies. occu-pies. His further detention will be a shame to the federal power that keeps him in the place. i |