Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-09-25

us then take him upon his own admissions.
Many Of the men who received this mon
- paid eight per cent- to getit eGchang-
ed for gold. Its well known that this u
about the average discount on Wheeling
paper; sowe will say. that the discount on
This $40, 900 was $500; that instead Of be-
lag wotth $4,000 it was worth but
50, 200. Adopting the statement that
there was no government money in Capt.
| Ieibs hands, and thst he borrowed and
paid out the money for the government on
lis own responsibility; we coGcInle that
| liz val be reimbars,s,i, 81 has been, in tie
IotrowFd sum iSbdiOpqa he viii receive
gold or Treasury notes for paper money
worth 3 per cent, lass than the fAee yalne.
Therefore, he win receive $4,000 for 3d.
200 paid out.
lTlhs is bound to Itc, tho conclusion. il
GAlJti Lefb plohhred tlii $4,000 ntiits
real valne. f-bc took it at its nominal
value, and paid it out at the same, he of
course ZONES out cven-makes nothtag.
loses nothing. But one thing is certain.
There Are $500 made aud LOST somewhere
in the ttausaetion. For, hecor,lihg 70 inn
muta6lc principles, wherever there is n loss
there is also gain, appearances and sPe-
cious Argument to the contrary notWith
standing. We know who lose this $500
no u, tbe question is, who make IL Z There
are but three parties to the transaction.
The first OF chose. the. Government, doesn't
make it, that we know. Tue second, Capt.
Leib, says he don't make IL. for be '.xouid
scorn to do so mean thing" 1t must be,
then. that the third party, from whom the
money was procured, makes it, Tbisp par
~, be. IL remarked, IS not Mt least an Of.
iicial party, md has betrayed no trust, bat
may have possessed tue right in a legiti-
mate way to make the most Of his own.
We repeat, the banker, who. according TO
Capt. Beib, is the man THAT by seIliug his
deprecated paper at par, made the $500,
did nothing more, perhaps, than he had a
right to do ID thelegitimate prosecutionof
his business. But We convict Capt. Leib
on his own showing Of derelieliOn in duty
in allowing himself, the agent Of the Gov
eminent to be overreached in this manner.
To SUPPOSED that Capt. Lcib WAS thus ont
generated by his banker, Is the most char
table view tlu,t can be taken of his case,
and even In this view of the case he is
guilty of serious breach Of trust-fJr he
suffers himself to be the means by which
one purity makes this money while.a hun
.lred others are thereby swindIed out Of
their hard earnings, the government service
injured andths government disgraced.
This ylsNof his SPsc gives Mr.. LeIb the
i,snef. of all that he claims in his Card
We might take another view. 49, =.
ny scanning that card critically, it win
be observed that Capt. Lelb says "tGsre
,sas nor dollar of government money in.
his possessions lie does not say ityeould
notI have been procured. He is sOnteut
With saying i. wasn't there. AT the time
he was milking these temporary arrange
ments aud, generously borrowing money
gu liis @0Wn responsibility" he held a
dram, We arc ersdibly informed on New
York,t that would hayebrOuRht gold when
ever Preseuted, Why it was not present
ed he duss not ;sayi) he DOES not oven Wsp-'
ton its existence at all. There was also
quarter ot halr6 million Of government
gold Id lie Custom House here 10 Wheel
lag, sedt here, we have been told, expressly
10 pay army expenses Had The generous
Captainps.d the same exeruons in this
direction that he did ia borrowing on his
Gown responsibility" be might have nego-
tinted the ;usegof o,few thousand Of this
gold until be could draw on his New York.
dan. f
Captain Leib invites Investigation. We
learn that he will be gratihed in that re-
spsOt shortly weare sorry he hasdetsrmin-
edHOt 70 again defend himself against so
"upjast aud malignant an attack; for 10
that event We fear he must suffer serious
u In the public estimation,
In dismissihg this 6je6t, for We trust
We shall bStIbe dbliEs'l 10 rscatl 70 1t, we
may BAY that 10 pdrJuiag thu course We
have taken ia ,relesiqu to, itfsEEe have had
no private interest 70 subserye nor no per-
sohal sAtaiIg or SPLEEN 10 gtRtify. We
have had nothing 70 lose or gain In the
rattee.a Slthsr du money or favor We
have. simply felt II due 70 the public and
the public service that attention should be
called 70 thls, abuse and. should bare adj
dsd nothing % w6ai We said.S day or two /
ago. had It net SEEMED that Capt LsEb's
card demanded Rireply. ssss \
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