Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-10-20
"whero are the Au,horitles ;"

AK the whVrsabauts OF the irishman,s sea The
"authoriIieS are about sin spots Sometimes plot
ting afar on to get up unconstitutional proclaml.
ttOus. or q remove from the command OF the army
the only man that can save the Uni n: sometimes
.tbHbbing round" where they are not sent for,
tighten with the glare OF their incendary torch those
that prefer less violent methods OF illumination;
| metimes helping to turn Republican voters Into
democratic es by throwing rotten eggs aud spout
ing rottener arguments. or sometimes sh wing one
per cent, from the public, by way Of of making the
| dear people pay for waiting months to get few
shuplRsters Thnsit Is not easy n say where the
"AuthoriIies' are ut any given moment, though it
may safely be predicted that they will always be
IpeTe they fad materials TO feather their nests
aud look with single eye to the interest Of Num.
Der One."- RHeetiEg IFsEs Of Saturday.
We copy the foregoing for the purpose
of saying that it is the meanest aud falsest
thing that ever appeared in any paper ex-
cept the Wheeling Press 1t is but a natu-
raj consequence, however, that the sheet
which has been engaged for the last six
months in slandering the United States
authorities, should sooner or later turn the
venom of It's batteries on the authorities
of our own State government here, for
they are both acting in harmony for the
Accomplishment of one purpose. At the
same time it should be remembered that
the very type with which this sheet now
prints these falseboods were bought with
money procured by playing on the mists-
ken sympathy of tue men it now bellies
and that this huge OK which is now goring
everybody could never have grown to be
a respectable bull calf but for the patron
age of the State authorities it has now
turned its horns against. Aud it should
be further remembered thatthe sheet which
INDUCES in this indiscriminate abuse aud
falsehood is still the recipient of the
patronage of our State government as
public printer.
The alluston to Gov. Peirpoint in the AL
tooua Convention as Hplotting atar off to
get up unconstitutional prcolamations, or
to remove from the command of the army
the only man that can save tho Union" is
utterly false and no one knows it better
than the editor who penned it. If be can
find nothing better to do than retail the
ISLANDERS of the New York Herald he had
better sell out to the devil at snee, and not
keep him as silent partner any longer.
The allusiOn to the Governor, Auditor and
Treasurer as 'bobbiug around where
they are not sent for, to enlighten with the
glare of their incendiary torch those that
prefer less violent methods of illumiua-
tion,' is worthy of its authorship, and mer-
its, as its author does, the ineffable scoru
and contempt of every decent mau. There
is no estimating the amount of good done
by the addresses of these officers to the
people Ia various parts of the State last
aud if it were not for few such
men to counterfeit the traitorous misrepre-
of the tories of which the Press
is the mouthpiece, our people here in the
Northwest, and the peace and good order
that favor US, would all go to the dogs, or
what is worse, to the embraces of John
Letoher and JEFF. Davis, in a very short
space of time.
The iusinuatiou about .'shaving one per
cent from the public is but the repetition
of afslsebood started on the streets Friday,
that Collector Hornbrook was charging
one per cent on postal currency dispensed
by him. This is explained by a card from
S. P. Hildrsth in our issue of Saturday
morning. The facts in the case are sim.
ply that Mr.. HornbroOk procured, at con.
siderable expense for express charges,
large amount of postal currency from
Washington for distribution, which expense
be paid out of his own pocket. Several of
his friends made The suggestion that those
getting change should give tribe, accord
ing to the amount got, to help defray this
expense and several gentlemen Voluntarily
did 50, but Mr.. HOrpbrook asked no man
tSt . cen. more than the face of the cur
rency called for. e !,
The. whole aud sole aim 81 .hia .hs.,