Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-12-31
All About 1t.
Last weeks Miltoniam saws !:

The Le,Ui>burg Chronicle has been taken 70
task by the Harrisburg Telegraph, for publish.
ing a little arlIcle In relation TO Mr.MulIin .he
Superintendent OF the Public Ground>, al II ar.
rIsburs. The Chronicle alleges tn al the aclcl lie
copied from the .NihuniGn where II ap-
peAred an editorial. 4 similar article did
appear in the MiltonIan, but the editor of the
Chronicle altered ii TO suit his own views. Ii
/! was copied 1t should have been credited
les-well-now let Us copy all the
three extracts, and see who's who and
who amt In the Miltonian, Sd inst,
appears the following extract, and
editorial comments:
fxcITiNG CoNrGsr.Therr is exciting contest for the
uP,riut-adcary Of the public groundr among III.
in'ToUS APP ntS The present occupant ha, hc!I the
position !uu 10 acquire handsome competency, and it
urged that Others should have chanc. to '.brd' Ii.
Commonwealth slightly. 1t !. evidently prohtabi,
ofcr, and hence the number Of AZ IlIcr ana IL, s
with which 10y as' their claims iiarri. hars rcie
"Mr Mullen, the present Surerintenden,,has
held the once brul eIght YEAR. and has made
Il good officer. He has saved some money
during ms tne,we presume, ana IS now uone
bleeding the Commonwealth. The Common
wealth would doubtless be the looser by elec-
ting new man from among the hungry crew
about Harrisburg. = Miitouian.]
In the Chronicle Of the week after.
an abstract OF the above two articles
appears itemizcd as follows:
"ExcIrISG CoNrEsr.-There is an exciting
contest tor the superintendent of the Public
Grounds at Harrisburg. Mr.. Mullen, the pre-
sent Superintendent, has held the office about
eight years. and has made good officer. The
Commonwealth might he the loser by electing
|,
Harrisburg"
So it appears the telegraph set
the ball in motion the MiItonian
gave it a kick-and then both coolIy
pass it to our credit! All our share
is adding TO the Telegraph's part the
words at Harrisburg" and soitening
Iii lhr@Mii}' Nj, ',~2ctliree words only ont of the
whole article arc ours. The omissions
noway affect the sense.
This may seem a small matter but
when the Telegraph originates the
controversy by talking about bleed
ing the State-overlooks the Milto-
mans broadside upon Harrisburg in
its would doubtless and then seeks
10 cast the whole responsibility upon
the Chronicle, for afterwards copying
a part Of each article in a much less
offensive form...it certainly looks as if .
there was some secret desyn in it. If
that journal wishes TO strike at some
other person through US, ii is wantonly
unjust, for we alone are accountable
for that article, thus obtained. We
know nought Of the exciting contest
the zeal of the numerous applicants
or the bleeding, except from the Tel
egraph itself; and altho' the Senior of
the MIitonian spent three wears as
Senator in Harrisburg, and is perhaps
best qualified TO Judge of the propen-
sites of its hungry crew. yet we are
inclined TO think more than one lust
and fair man could there bc found to
Iii the Office in question.
We ogo" ask the Telegraph to set
rs right before its readers in this mat. (
Ter; and the Miltonian might readily
state how much We altered" what We ,
clipped from its columns.
rea-Congress last week adjourned over
or the Holidays. With such little pay,
nd such "A long session of arduous labor,
hey certainly need some time to recuper-
tie The House passed Pension Bill
or the soldiers of 1872, which-should i.
'ecome law, which is greatly doubted :,
We viii publish in full On Tuesday =