Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-07-30
Tar CIR PaSr,So-.rAr PRIvu PENETRATE

n, 1nr CIR ~ THE TiNEs & G,zEr1E.-.0r
wednesday morning we published a mild ant
cOutleOus paEagtaph, iRquting whether The audit
inI committee Of Council had examined the las
L,ll Of lie TiAtS 4 Ga.ete fOt thee months
printing, and whether the :nemGetS VI Council
were satisfied that they bad promoted economy ii
he expenditures OF the city by making tie exist
ing conlssct With that paPet To this inQnity la
Times Of Thursday morning replies in an article
marked by rujeneSs, impudtnce and insult townrt
III. editors and pt"PrietorS Of the IHteRigeHesr,-
Uur absence from our post, induced by sickness
uIe,snted US from noticing This reply inraediateI!
,rrr is appearance; We shall now attend 10 II.
The Tunes undertakes 10 explain the accoun
in question and lie existing contract tot Cit!
prntng, and Seeua amazingly anxious that the
e,mbtrsof Council should stand right in The mat
lei. It's explanation Is total PttyersiOn Of fact
and sn tiIort to bud the people 10 the dirty triCE
which was played in Council by The editor Of thai
p,ner, by which tile people who elected III,
mtDlets Of that body foE all economical admins
,nnOn Of HE City Government, have been lite
,lIy roBbeG. Dy asserting thatthe city printing II
I'LL The papers last year amounted 10 sl4OO. ant
nNins veal il cannot amount 10 so much nCcOHl.
IN. 10 the contract with The Tunes, that pape'
,nts TO make 1t appear that the City has saved a
.,,l mole money than il could have savel by any
p,.r9 good contact. THIS is nS fLlSe statement
]: ANY pity tucks;ct evet presented 10 an lntslI'
.s,t people. Il aIsoSiSteS that the "intMgsnesr,
tsearess.of the Ordnance, and only with view
O, .oaSin. capital, OiTere 10 10 the advertising fol
s!O-ggInI 1t utterly bllUd, anI not knowing
alA,Le amount would he, and mi. ndlng, oil
C1Ovg, Il The CONnCiI ataNdoNei lis purpose and
ase, pied bids, 10 find some way Of creeping out. !"
Vlss also as false nuA contemplate as the pet
sgaaLO peDueJN is false, c0NiempiJie sHJ COW.
a,ly. We invite The attention Of HE people 10 q
BAN a1ieneul Of the mode by whCh the PreSeHt
CynIacl Ol The City Printing was obtained:
re puatins having Tot SOME years past been
doar by 40 The poperS, the oggTegote bill WAS q
Very considerable Item; and the Council, with the
avoxel IutplSs Of reducing the expense, resoiV'
ANA! tie printing should be done by contract,
aud IN thai purpol. tbs subject was referred 10 a
ufTii!et. The understanding Of the papers Of
lie civ was, Of cOutSe, that bids would lie lnyi.
I'll, Is IS tie Inyauoble custom in other cities
s-e;s Ne's SIC COMPELLING papefS, the awaEd be-
IaI Dsie SEh reference TO the price, the FeSrecI'
ability and utility Of the respective PopeFS, and
ttds Srf= accordingly submitted by tie pSpeFs oil
t,Rety, the lRtellgencer among the test. We
u 40, '.menJer whethtt the subject was first Ee'
irne! 10 The committee on Ordinances OF mott but
u SD. nagemenI il finally got luto the hands
0.Aat committee, and the editor Of the TimeS Il
G,.s.!s, having been elected by the people Of the
s. xati Inembet Of The Council which wa1 10
f,suShn "ecoHOmitGl administration Of the city
satsrameut," aud being ehairma" gfthGt commit
tn, a!rahsi and reported a special ordnance, not
.sunag Liis, but prOridiHg that the Council should
:, tMHr,iG'Siy iNIS tie election Of printer who
IaalI 10 the printing on as favorable .e'ms as lie
zou,I 10 the same work fOr his "nI0St Jarorsd GUS
i,m,rI," thus tlTecLusIly excluding tue OF her pa
pers, and vliiusly eleclins himself, The otdi.
nance was passed. and o cOuISe he was elected
Of the Pnn!sr who employed him to do his work in
AMI out Of Council elected naturalization he had
lis ropes LAID fGI that purpose. The resuIt is
AnoWa. The Inttligs"e'r proposed to 10 the
printing for SOD pei aRHuM. The bill Of the
Trmo aI:eoly, lor three months, on The terms ex.
tended 10 IL "mJst ilvoIed customers " amounts
N:!)0 11-lnI our realefS who have cypheted
ss flf u the rule Of thee can tell how much il
Ily amount 10 in o yeaf; The Times says Il thinks
1t eaOaot al most amount 10 over $500 mOrsH II
50, the people should thank US for having arrested
the sTlnde ofthe Times, aud stopped the further
totttYof'he p:Ople-Or having saved them from
'oS6tiY 500, and lei them Of Witha robbery
uoloniy!2
TIE lImss says that We Offered 10 doihe print
'hI 'ia ice that would not pay, that we had u'
'sf''t motives IN view, and would have "fOmnd
'oHe way Of ctseping out Of the contract" Now
AeSN' tuaianiee 70 convince snY intelligent mem
IH'' Council, OF any practical printer, and will
WsaIOt opportunity tfjoiug 50, that thepriOt.
'A1Ss proposed to 10 TOT $500 could have been
'""7 " The InieIIgeRCvr, OF any Othet good
lfANNI Oihce. al That rtice, and fair profit have
"sa made on't. lie places OUT bid on par with
Wax Of Tie Y'uup .imeriea whose 'mitej ciTCuIa'
"'"' IKE That Ofihe lnelliyencet, would render il
40 d Medium fN diIuSing the ordinances" Now
a4'' : eooI-vsty cool. The Young America bid
''"i "e'S9O When The editor Of the TimES
N'';'n' hIks about tue Whs'IiHg IHIchigeHeer
As'M respectable, having Oh inferior Cltcula'
'''' TONG infetiot work to the broken down,
" ''''''''e' rotten, trtrgHPktW Times & Ga
-E''s' Wat has loug since been abandoned Wy bu.
''''A Ia:n ai u'sIess-a papet ia which no pet
S.aFs! any especial interest, save few cIazy
'''I'"'nHis, AMI FeH persons whose pock ar.
'''T 'aIts deeply interested in The concetn than
,""se" consistent with theif Personal safety
7"'rHa cool tGtOMtEy Characteristic Of only
"" " knave, ond only worthy Of wooden
.''@eS Peddar "hO has been run Out Of the socie.
"'' moFe respectable YSnkees!
"'0 "crespiug Onl' VI contacts, we have on.
"hy that Tue InteIEencer office has yet 10 DO
""'AE Of the kind. We leave such things to
''a'-'o one, for instance. who would swindIe
.NA!s' in the sale Of . printing otibe, 10 The
, %" sOms $1,000, and when The law was about
'"'sA O"' VAS not only glad TO "creep our Of
~ intact but Ofered The purchaser most any
.,''''aFH! II he would not expose certain inIa'