Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-04-11
A CARD.

A CARD.
Tho undersigned have reiraneJ. whilst they
scould d. with proprieiy, AMI in Justice to them
selves, from making any public exp '-iion If the
causs which induced them b, discontinue for the
present, the receipt Of regular Geographic dis
patches. They had no desire to make mn issue
with the Lynchbarg and Abingdon Telegraph
Company; preferring. aftcf repe,icl conferences
with tho President Of that Company to obtain the
concession which they though, .rir Of fairness
and liberality would have d eafcl-fo appeal d.
recily to the meeting OF Stackhelias to bc held
on the 22d inst. Learning. huwce~Y thai mi.ap-
prehensions exist in the nt1uiity and that
statements to their detrimeD have been made
AMI further, that the President # the Company
has declared that the ia 10 hope ui securing the
concession they scck-'hcrebs indicating his fixed
and unal,erable purpose 10 erper granting 'he
accommodation ,hey ask. the tuI Uses ui sell vim
dicason require that they ST. u'd submit lhc I'll
lowing statement to n jus, aad discriminating
public
Prior to the establishment Of the DAILY Repub.
iicdn. the Virg'nton had been in receipt OF ,csu-
lar tele graphic dispatches n, tie fi,wins rates,
. word, for the first forty Words On all messages
under one hundred and twenty words. For two
hundred words two dollars for three hundred
words two dollars and half; aud for four hun
dred words, three dollars When dispatches ex-
ceeded four hundred words. Es crcess orer that
number was rated at quarter Of n cent per word.
This low rate has been no real advantage how.
ever as messages never reached that number of
words.
When the Republican joined the Tirsnan and
received the dispatches which sent hy the
news agent in the service Of The Inter- the under
signed were perfectly wiling 10 pay the then ex.
listing rates, and divide between themselves, MS is
customary with the Associated Press everywhere.
the expense thus incurred. As the message 10
longed Of right to the Urginian, the undersigned
believed that it was perfectly Legitimate and
proper for them to use it Jointly: and no addi-
tional labor or erpense was imposed upon the Tel
eg~ph Company by this arrangement. they could
not conccfo the right Of the latter to douLie tho
rate. as they did by charging each of tho under
signed what had been paid by n single establish
ment-thus denying them right always conceded
to any number Of individuals who may combine
for the purpose of securing telcgraphc n,clli-
gence. In spirit Of liberality, however, the un-
dersigned waited on the President Of the Compa.
n.y. and suggested an abatement Of SO per cent
upon the double rates, which would have yielded
the Company 81 per cent more than they had
ever received before.
This petition was also denied And whit is tho
ground upon which the President of this Company
attempts to justify himself, in private corversa,
ton, for refusing to grant the request Of the
Lynchburg Press, which (if VIC are correctly in
formed respecting the cost Of this line to Rich
mond.) has been paying for the last six mouths,
more than per cent upon the cost Of the whole
line' 1t is that they work cheaper than any
other line To this point, therefore, the under
signed direct inquiry and comparison. For mes
sage Of one hundred and nineteen words over the
Washington and New Orleans Telegraph lin.
to the Richmond Press, the prime cost under
tho late tariff. 10 81 20; which. divided am ,ngsl
the three newspapers, would he II cents Err ca h.
The same dispatch from Richmond to Lynchburg.
Ia less distance than from Washington to Rich
mnd.) costs 81 SO cents to the Tirgia,aa or Rep
publican, and 50 ls in the aggregate. A message
CD"ehet"k Vi oho huhdftu Hbi TWEEN BIN NoTus,
over the frst named line TO The Richmond Press,
would aggregate 81 80. making to each newspa-
per A cents, whilst over own line from Rich.
mond to Lynchburs, it would aggregate 81 SO.
and cost each paper the sum of 81 CO.,
Oss dollar and tUeuty-sir cents to our pa.
pers with their limited circulation, against
totyjorr cents to the Metropotsl journals
with their immense local advertising patronage
and subscription Is this generous' Is it fair
The undersigned submit this proposition t,
their readers and patrons relying upon thci
magnanimity to sustain them in the position The,
have taken; but, whatever mny be the consequcn
COS 10 thsmselves, they cannot consent quietly t.
endure . Discrimination which, they think, illil
srai and unjust. A large majority of their rsad
err have no interest in this question: as the coun
try edition Of their publications rs we'll as thei
Dailiss ging east have to be sent out without tn
--latest sdvicss BY telegraph; and it is therefor
ehis6y for the benefit Ut tn ir city subscriber
that sAey incur this expense. the sum total o
which. Shsa Ill the items are enumerated. is lit
IL. II any = # Of $500 per annum to each.
Nsvertheless. whenever the Company will sig
aify Asir willingness to make fair and equita
De arsanesnsat ths undersigned will cheerful,
nAl4gD regular tdeUapbic publications.
CHAS. ". BUTTON,
GLASS 3 HAKDWICKE.