Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-01-22


innate scauaintanee with the writer. and the
f,rce Of the statements fhensciYes, re are very
fsyO.ably disposed 10 his yieg- of the matter:
Tsr sse Iss.gar-ner-
THE TIMES. & CITY AFFAIRS
In boxing owe. the columns of the Daily
Times Of the 2oth and slst inst, notice tbzt
its editor i being considerably exercised,
ai,out the financial condition Of TIE city, and the
general actions Of The City Council Of 1856
Vow It appears TO the writer, that while the ed
itor Of the Times conceiveS it TO be his duty to
write, and talk, and '..fnsS7 about these ques-
tons. he should recoIlect that 1t Is the duty
OF az eIito-s to adhere strictly to the truth,
which conceive he has not done IN the two
papers mentioned above. probably from being
uafarni,i.r with our city Affairs, or from bad
eouns-l:ng, bat has taken particular Pains to
raiS-<tate the action of Council in the one,
and to mizlead his readers in the other, as l
shah presently show. Such things cone with
bad grace from the best of quarters, and are
eecsFcclr to be tolerated from stranyer-one
entirely unknown TO 80 out Of every 30 Of Ger
inhabitants, and scarcely five months a resident
of cur city. / cannot think much credit viii
be attached to statements eunanAting fsom that
Quarter. when directed against many Of cur
Oldest and b.sr citizens. An viii see that IT re-
on;res a considerable amount Of inpudence TO
make them. II is not necessary for me to enter
into the defense Of the characters of such men
as 4 Jacob. D. c. List, j. II Mathews, John
Knote, E H. FItzhugh, A. j. PanneH, Isaac
Cots. and the other honorable gentlemen COM
a.. a. n -,
Times has attempted to blaeken- They are
knoan and appreciated in this community, aud
Nfu be remembered with kindly thoughts, At a
time hereafter when the recOIlections Of their
irnpuguer shah have passed away
was present IN the Council Chamber on the
night Of the 18th inst, and my recollection is
ds.zayt, that the action OF Council! a regards
HE notification Of the annual financial state
ment. was not IS represented By the Times Of
the 10Th inst No motion vas made to publish
in the three daily papers Of the city, by Mr.
C!aytor, nor by any other gentleman Ike NC
tisa was to publish ose time in the papers there
tofsre selected by Council to do their printing,
and to print 500 copies in pamphlet form; which
motion was seconded Nr- Claylor then Inoyed
that the statement be published in the Times
which question vas not seconded Ar- knote
very mildly suggested that shat courtesy had
not been extended to Us Ube other city papers,
last year. The first motion then put
and carried. The action Of Council was right.
The Council of 1853 done all their printing at
one Office, At a cost Of about .foHT times the
amount the Council Of 1856 got theirs done at
t,ro Offices. If the Council Of 80 winked al
the gougins game entered into to sustain the
sinking fortunes of the Times Office, the COun-
ell of sc had the right to say, NO, sirs, you
had your share last year. We take our print
ing where NE can get It done the cheapest, and
to our satisfaction" If the esiitor of the Times
will look at his file of the 14th inst he win see
that his article of the Goth rather far
fetched.
As to the figuring of the Times, Nir. Editor,
dill you oversee any thing 50 riiicniousf shall
make but few remarks upon this head, as bat few
are needed The Council of 1856, As IS shounby
the statements of the city published January
ls5s-57, reduced the burden of taxation about
,s9l, 900 while, at the same time, they reiuved
the CITY debt So, 963.6T And this too, with
debt in trGaissu of from 50 TO So, GtJa hanging
oyrr them, when they took 1t upon themselves
20 administer the city government The pres.
emit Council did receive about $iJ, 600 from a.
seSsmeuts Of former years. but it viii be recol-
lected that they have paid out fzeat double fiGt
sum OF ds6is CONTRACTED by the Cornell or 1850
And the mere fact Of the COuaclIo 50, having
eollecsabie debts upon the hoOss Of the city to
the amount of $t5, 900, at once shows their in
efficiency to administer the city government
economically and energetieally, for they were
y,sying compound interest, or in Other words,
1orgOsiay money 81 pIy iaeersst, o. taisasla3at
Of TIE Cifys iade5tefnep, instead of making
collections and Iiquidating the principal. The
Council Of 1855 vas more reckless and extrava-
CANT than any that ever preceded it. and if re-
stored to POEeT, VIII 50 manage the Affairs Of
The cts, or rather 50 continue tbeirextravagant
schemes OF 1855, as to entirely ruin our credit
abroad, destroy our trade, and OpPrsss our
people at home; and bring down upon Us all, the
infa,ny Of being residents Of 4 city unable 70
pay its honest debts, making rs notorious As
corporation Of regulators y
BESroxlsx-The New York Times. in speak
ing of Col Benton's appearance in delivering
his lecture, remarks that 1t is pleasant thing
-. ,,.1tl.yDsD T,erfertiy satisfied With him