The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-11-16

polntment 10 the utmost Of their power,
The ruthless assault that is made
upon Dir. Lunsford 10 wholly unpro-
voked and without any just hCatIon OF
excuse. lie ls q worthy, upright and
estimAble clifton, venerable for bis
years and his exemplary department,
anu u ID, to say the least Of Il, In very
PAD taste for young gentlemen like
Mr.. Hubbard and Mr., CraCraIt 10 Rssail
MN so grossly without any iuslliICR.
tlon or excuse.
This assumption OF superiority on
the part OF young gentlemen lust
engaging In Professional pursuits.
Will challenge comment Of no yerv
Ilattering kind. People will call 10
mind the Couplot OF Burns about young
men who
Confuse their brains WI college clRR,OI,
Who gang III stlrks and come out RsseN.'
'stlrks,' we believe, Is Scotch for bull
calves or young steers.
What do counsel mean by saying
that Mr.. LunsiOrd's disbursements
were larger than his receipts? Do they
mean to contradict the reports OF both
Mr.. Ferrel and Mr.. Lunsf0rd ? Do they
deny that Mr.. Ferrel received upwards
OF $500 In cash, left by Mr.. Lunsford,
when no took the roAd7 Fsrrel ad .
mits II In his testimony. Do they
mean TO deny that no left stone and
other material on hand as he testified
Ferrcl does not deny II. Tho fact Ia
incontrovertlblo that Mr.. Lunsford
kept the foHd IN better condition than
j now 10, with IN expenditure Of some
81 600 or 81 200 n year, besides salary TO
himself and gate keepers.
Mr.. Ferrel with u capital OF upwards
OF 81 900 TO start on, with tolls much
larger In the aggregate than the tolls
received by Mr.. LunsfOrl, with the
proceeds Of the sale OF toll cato house
amounting as well as we now recollect
to upwards OF $500, with the use OF a
yoke OF oxen and wagon belonging
10 tho road, runs the road ashore, and
ID compelled to ask for an Increase OF
tolls.
The explanation of this is found In
the fact that Mr.. LunsiOrd did not pay
SS6S a year for feeding yoke OF cattle,
that he did not hire boys 10 work for
him on his farm and building his house
nj SIC per month, and hire them 10 the
road at 81 80 per day, that he did not
tako sub contracts from the contractors
for hauling stone, and Use the team be.
longing TO the road to haul them With,
That he did not discourage competition
In bidding on contracts, all OF which
MIR. Ferret did; and that Mr.. Lunsford
had the bids opened by dIslnterested
cltiZens, while Mr.. F6rrel opened them
himself In secret. Tho allegation that
Mr.. LuusfOrd had sub. contracts with
bis contractors, Is based solely on the
fac. that his son William hauled a few
loads oil stone for Mr.. MISUNDERSTANDING
by the day.
MIR. FerT0l's assertion that he fur
nished an amount OF feed for the horses
and oxen equal 10 the amount furnish
ed by the State, IL not only dlsprOvUd
by the oxtrNvagRnt amount which
would have been furnished, but whom
he Is asked from whom he purchased
the grain and hay which he purchased
on his own account, he Ia only abl0 TO
name ono or two persons, though he In
acquainted with NIL tho farmers In the
neighborhoOd.
Mr. LunsfOrd required his stone.
breakers TO I'LL their guRgR, while Mr..
Ferrel does not, aud really no far us
the evidence shows since hU has been u
sub contractor for hauling d.ps not
measure them At all, but ghessea ut tho
amount.
These considerations will abundantly
account for the difference between Mr..
Lunsford's administration and Mr..
Ferrel's.
That tho charges OF negligence and
Incompetence ure proved We have
no doubt. II the Board can In charity
10 MIR. Ferrel acqulC hun OF dishonesty,
and find him guilty Of negligence
or Incompetence let II be no, wo
certainly haYe no desire TO lnllct
any unnecessary Injury upon him by u
formal verdict OF guilty Of fraud and
collision. Bnt we do not by this in
tend 10 be understood as entertaining
any doubt on the subject ourselves.
Notwithstanding all that has been
said Rhont DR.. StOrer aud Mr.. MAX.
well and others, having instituted this
proceeding from mAllcs or the hope Of
personal advancement, we submit with
perfect confidence, that there Ii not a
particle OF evidence 10 support any
such allegation.
This proceeding Ia Instituted by and
on behalf ui the community Interested
in the preservation uf tho road, for no
other purpose aud with no other mo-
tive but TO save II from threatened de-
struction. And they have no desire To
do Mr.. Farrcl any more Injury than IL
necessary to accomplish that object,
Tho names Of DR.. StOrer and Mr..
Maxwell were used In the proceedings,
not because they had or felt any more
interest In tho su hject than a hundred
0thorI, Bat II wHs necessary Ihnt some.
body's name should be used, and these
names were selected because they were
gentlemen OF position and character,
and were proper representatives OF the
community who desired Mr.. Ferrel's
removal. Auy two OF lIty others that
might ba named might have been se
lectCd with equal propriety.
Tho allegation OF Mir. FOrrel's coun.
sel that there had been q personal quar-.
rel between DR.. SIorer and Mr.. Ferrel
II wholly unsupported by thOevldence,
DR.. Storer distinctly stated that there
was no III feeling between Hun and Mr.,
Ferret, aud that although there had
been controversy bet Wecn them about
Mr.. Ferreps municipal taxes, It had
thHt they were still on friendly terms.
| hlo wan NuG ASllGu Wy NlEs ceIEBl Auu
there IL no fact in the case which justi>
tles the charge. II MIR. Ferret Insists
that everybody who wants him re
moved LaH had persOnNl difficulties
with him, bis condition must be rather
an unCom Portable one In the Communi.
~ In which he lives.
But as they have been driven 10 the
necessity of mourning the expense and
trouble OF instltutIng and carrying on
this proceeding, and have been met by
these denunciatlons and iiuput1tIons,
We are not willing TO have Them en-.
dOrsed by an acquiLtal Of Mr.. Ferret,
and then suffering him to rosIgn and
retire gracefully from the position. AS
our reputation has by the course pur-
sued by Mr.. Ferrel and his counsel be-
como involved In this proceeding, we
ask such judgment Nh tho evidence
demands.
We have no appeal for mercy, and
cannot condescend to whine aud beg TO
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