Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-02-05


GRAND AFFAIR. There will be given
at the German Theatre. on the llth inst. %
10 the usual custom. grsnd masquerade and
fancy drsss ball 1t 10 intended that It shsll
be . grand affair.
No TsLEGRAPm kEPoRTs his MoRN-
Mo.-THx RxAsoN-Ws have this morning a
dish Of rather interesting particulars 10 Icy be
fore our readers in lieu OF tslegraphic dispatch
o. Some few weeks since " entered into =
contract with the telegraph company Tor re-
ports for stated period Of time. which has
not expired yet. One Of the conditions Of the
contract was that the reports Of % entire week
should BE- paid for OH the succeeding Monday.
Yesterday st an early hour the bill was pre-
ssntsd Obylths operator. (aot - usual. for BY
agresment with the operator, Mr.. briggs. the
bills we're 10 be presented on Tuesday instead
Of Monday and Mr.. Richardson informed him
that M. West, who attended to that depart
ment Of the business. Was not in, aud that he
would cell him when he ca@s.is. end that he
(West) would 20 " the Office and pay the bill
To this Mr.. Briggs made no objection. and
thinking Of no intsnt Of perpetrating . mean
trick. Mr. Il did not tell Mr.. W. that the bin
had been presented until il was past twelve
o'clock. After Mr. r. told him (W J he went
and paid the bill. and took the usual receipt
A short time afterwards we were informed By
the operator that Mr.. Sweet had cut of our
reports. on the ground that the contract had
been Sroxsn ty ~ by The montnl6t!msnt Of
its a,pxiations That inasmuch % We had
not paid the till on presentation in the morn
ing ths contract had become null aud yoid eves
though ii Wos paid in tie afternoon. and before
tsco o'clock
And this is Ar. Ssset. iSDset 10 the General
Superintendent Of tho line, and oil viii admit
that Of the most sseet scented specimens of hu-
Dsa cattle. he 10 the sVsst- -sst. and the most
entitled to wear the leather medal. First he
sstempts 20 charge she press Of this city more
than any othss pres % We lins-giving us
only day dispatches at that. Then he makes Two
papers here pay $50 for full Presidential cleo
tion returns. which he usgscts to ssnd in full
WHICH pTOOoOty uO OsOu = 0OUu w oOu' Wuou
he % agreed Then after we refused to take
his dispatches he comes here and sntsrs into .
writtsn agreement that We shall have them
without further annoyance for a oer-
sends word to US telling us that We shoU not
print extras. though there was no such stpuls-
tion In the contract and nov, after having
plaV Ved the knsve 10 such an extent, commences
playing the foo! in obedience to HE leading in.
stinct. When he found out that we g.. not
choose to obey his mandate concerning tAe
srtras. when he saw that We didn't knuckis
down to his Sreetnes in tho "extrs" matter, he
endeavorea 70 find some flew or make sons
flaw in the contract, that he might further in
dicate his asstutene ess to the public The steps
taken were. he telegraphsi TO Mr. Briggs to
know II the press here lived up to their con
tract. Briggs told him the contract was lived
up to. Sweet then asked Briggs when the
bile we're paid. Briggs told him they were
paid on Tuesday morning-snd that he had
made an agreement with 10 to that effect
Sweet then wanted to know who preesn ed thu
billie At the newspaper offices. Briggs told
him that the messenger boy did it. Swse,
then told Briggs that he wanted him to rrs
sent the bile in person-to present them th,
first thing on Ao~day morning instead Of Tues
day-tc say nothing 10 the publishers abou
this change in the arrangement from zxssda,
to Monday morning. and II il should so happer
that the publishers we're not prepared to d,
up on the moment, to walk off Quistl,
and cay nothing about the eoneequencss-fo
he--S~eA wanted to have payment dslaye,
until after tsslse O'clock. % that lAs cosss &C
might b. v;tiatedl That is the method th
fellow. Sseet. took to get our contraet-as h
says. broken. We Immediately tslsgraphe,
him. stating the facts about the non-pav men
in the morning that the bill vas pai
during bank hours IN the sftsrnoos. H
didn't care for that-ths contract had bee
broken and that was al he wanted, then.
This 10 . plain. unvarnished tale concerpin
the non.sppesrancs Of dispatches this morning
Our readers can judge for themselves Of tn
sets which have conepired to thus disappoin
them and us
Of course vs decline entering into any nsv
contract with 'he Company-not cousiderin
the old one broken by any manner Of means
Not until We are fully and morally certain q
the on-existencs Of our present contract, shal
W apply for new one. We must here cor
fess-though unwillingly-that language |
inadequate to express our supreme contsmp
for that fellow, Sseet. On ordinary occasion q,
we can find words and expressions enough j
the English language to convey our meanin,
but THE is degree beyond our limit. Ord
nary msanness ve could esuterise, but when
psrson gets % loU that it we're base As.t.ry I
call him liar. . thisf.a = scoundrel or COW srd
then W ask to be counted out - dslioeato
Of mental and moral des'itutios.
P.S.-Since writing the above W. hsve q,
ranged our future policy With regard to di,
patches. We shall withhold our issus unit
the Gazette has gone to preas in the morning
aad then sosdsoss from its report all that |
really Important. aud BY putting on our iu
Sores-by working II The after part issssad q
The fore Psst ot The night. vs esa 10y the sam
bsfsss or readers bstje f.v uomsn.s ],
~ than tosossly, asd shs - IL sssson To- o.
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