Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-01-28

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would he accommo lated BY a change of
the publication TO THURSDAY, ". shall,
hereafter publish The Western Virginia
Times and Gaz tie on that day,
THURSDAY.
Subscribers Ia town will hereafter re,
ccive their paper. on Thursday afternoon
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III We DO not per L that there i,
any very important suggestion in The com
munication tia, We publish to>dav rela
ing 10 the city, though II is ali true. The
i'ct II the exist. G evil is already
known, and the genera call upon the pub
lie IS not calculated TO ar use TO general
action; but there j., as We think, way
IN which the end uay be accomplished
in answer to the remarks of some n i
vidual thrown out in another place, we
now take occasion 10 say that we have
seen other places, and we are daily in the
M OF prurinI ovar The details of public
business In her places -Wc have al. o
been resilient Of this city abou, ten years,
las long as m"si Of those that write.) and
iro n our Situation have been compelled To
be familiar wi h all The public business Of
lie place, and we can safely say his, with
out lear of successful contradiction, that.
though our public men and men OF
wealth have their faults as well as Others,
we know OF no place which has suffer
ed les rom mal-admnis' ration of is gen.
erai affairs. Let us look at tho civil gov
ernncnt OF the city. II is in debt less
Than most cities in proportion TO the I'm.
provenicnts nude, nui ils credit has been
ever AZ the highest poini; yet it has wafer
works through the whole city, n vast ex>
tent OF paving, an excellent wharf, and
has undergone nearly all the grading
needed IN IT'S present limits. Oar council
may often have done green thing in a
smaii way, and often left uudone things
That they ought 10 have done; but that ls
human; and in grave things they have al
most invariably been prudent and wise.
Our other public officers have discharged
their dntl as became the n, and credIia.
by. We have never had dcfacaiions
erher IN Important duties or money.
Oar banks, too, have doubtless had their
fan'ts as wei as o hers; but ihers is way
IL proving the pudding. They have new
or been hard, churlish, or gripping with
their customers. During the who'e Of the
long suspension they were more liberal
than our neishbors in the reception OF cur
rency for dues, and one Of them proudly
stood with The shining light of a specie
paying instituion, where almost all others
throoSho q The country failed. Il stood
erect in a long, dark and Il omy period,
with all IT'S losses, and ye, was never gri-
ping. hard creditor or an ungenerous
dealer. That The other institution has been
we'll managed 'iet facts show 10 candid
world" The stock four years ago, CT Id
have been bought for but little NOE than
u mp'ety OF is original value, AMI 1t now
commands in market dollar for dollar. IL |
was liberal receiving the propositions of
It's distressed debtors, and we do n II know
oi ITS ever having pressed its claims more
than private individuals These facts
show that there has been financial skill, |
full as great rs ordinary in those insliu
lions. IL rs true that they have Of en- been |
complained Of by individuals for this |
thing, that and The other. But so have |
Te, and yet we have always done the |
best We c. Md, and so have they am the
grea' gene al RS Il shows.t. Neither do |
we believe that they have re used 10 loan |
money when they bel eyed it would be |
promptly paid, when they thought it was
worth the interest tv the borrower, and !
when they had it 10 spare on his terms. |
We admit that they have donIlless CON
miited errors, (lhcy hre human, j bu those |
errors were not fragrant as, the result
shows.
Our properly holders have often heen
condemned IN n b,dy for the course that
they have pursued, in giving to their prop,
cry nominal value, higher than l. |
could prop rly command 81 no, exercising |
sufiicien liberaliiy when persons from a.
broad WIRE disposed TO purchase That
ticre have errors been committed by many
Of them. 10 that way is true; but with
hers It has not been so, and again, when
men own property they have the right 10
keep IT or, is ,ose Of il as Hey Ct o ,se
They can give il 10 u tenant or purtb ser
at price OF keep il themselves at another;
yet in ih thing we do not believe the evil
here is worse than in most other places.
We"i,i. at an early day throw out q
suggestion or lwJ ,hN may be worth. at
fen.ioD-
a friend who is siayinrHt f. sTGR's ex