The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-05-28
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.

THE UNDERSIGNED HAVING BEEN
i appointed committee, by tue Grafton Zap;
fist Church, to superintend the Concert ana
voting for n Gold Watch, held for the benefit OF
said Church on the evening of the 2sth April
last deem II duty they owe 10 themselves TO
repel publicly, the false and siandeTous charges
which have been put III circulation: And IN
order to do this they proceed To place before the
public brief synopsis oil the proceedings dhuer
the full conviction that a scTutinHiDg inveSti.
cation will exOnerate them from all censurc, and
stipmatize as they deserve, those through
whsse instrurnentaity the money collected from
the public was diverted from its designated
course 1.-THE treasury of our church, and not
applied as the donors designated The follow.
infr is A copy of printed cards forwarded by our
COMMITTEES TO the candidates for distribution
The G grafton Baptist Church, to pay the Church
debt will award, through its committee, on the
evening of 2Sth April, lsG9, Ladys Gold
Watch. worth Sl25.UO, to the candidate who
shall procure for the benefit Of said Church the
most votes at p cents each, or the largest sum
of money in the aggregate. Competitors, W. II.
Harrison, Robert French. DR.. A. II. Thayer.
The Candidates had these cards posted at the
head of subscription papers and circulated along
the railroad from Wheeling TO Cumberland, and
from here to Parkersburg Their friends were
actively employed, and reported 10 Us frequent.
" that large sums were being contributed for
soth Harrison and French. No objection or
complaint or inquiry had reached the ears of
the committee, uulu u lc" ulNH pTtNlOus 10 luc
Concert when they received letter from Mr..
K. L. Devries requesting TO be informed of the
programme of the award of the watch, and said
he was acting in the interest of friend. He
was informed it should be conducted fairly, &C
cordng to the arrangement announced, unless
they preferred some other. M0ssrS. Harrison
and French were invited to be present or if
they could not attend, to designate friends to
represent them.
We received no other official communication
from any of the parties, previous to the evening
of the 2Sth: nor did they even make knewn to
MS their unexpected and abrupt withdrawal A
telegram was received here late in the afternoon
of the 2sth by Mr.. w Z. Porter, announcing
the withdrawal OF Harrison, and also that Mr.
Harrison would pass here that night on his way
TO Baltimore. Members of our committee called
on him at the Grafton House to obtain informa-
tion relative to their seton. All the informa-
tisn he would impart was, that the committee
at Wheeling had meeting on Monday night,
and resolved to withhold the money collected,
assigning as the cause that We were engaged
Ito use his own languageI in dirty work here,
and they would do likewise. He also said that
the committee had received a largs sum Of
money and had on hand, when he left, four hun.
dred dollars which he desired to bring on, but
they would not consent. We have requested
of Mr. Devries and Mr.. Weisgebber, who we
are informed represent II. and f., the names OF
the malicious tattlers who communicated TO
them the falseheods upon which Ii is said their
action was predieated They have not com.
plied, but Mr.. Devries stated to member OF
our committee In conversation that he and his
clerks had received for French, in money and
subscriptions three thousand votes, but it was
mot forthcoming because they had heard that
the members of our Church had combined by
taxing each member $500 sin favor Of DIR.
Thayer and would vote for him bogus checks,
&C. &C, all Of which were base fabnsations.
DIR. Thayer is not a member Of eur Church.
= nirpn afRd ETlhSLrfnrfOn
lists among his friends and received much
larger pledges in favor Of Harrison than he did
for Thayer.
We have not only been tradueed but greatly
injured, financially, by the above named parties,
acting, seemingly, in good faith, until II was toe
late 10 fill their places with others, who would
gladly have served US, and who, we now believe,
would have exhibited more of the character
stICS of gentlemen. We do net pretend 10
know what disposition has been made of the
money contributed, indirectly, for the benedt
OF our Church, bat invite attention TO local
editorial which appeared in the Wheeling IHteE
H's'eeT Of the 5th inst, emily six days after the
close Of our Concert. as follows:
SSte lively contest is going on am ong the
fSt!road hands who are voting q watch 70 the
y.eVerSst man on the road. The contest is be-
tween Robert French and W. II. Harrison.
Votes 10 the amount of $500 90 have alresd V
! beyu given
! also knew Of parties whose money went
- ",'IthG' which has not been returned but
49,. TO I.' Aho" IN whose pocket il now is; and
-. NY ."St {A4t ageauemAn stated here publicly
Iu"' ne hAd collected money for French which
I Vas YET IN MS own pocket be nor rernerDlariDg
an the persons from whom il had been rec.ivsi
IA e sums Were withheld on the night of tLe
Wheeling. - uhe parties In
We Zee. a Consciousness Of bav;-- -.
throughout ~ good faith and houor,Si, "a
only make TINS statement il vtndicatiay az. ,LI
members OF CharSh, against the foul aspcrsSn |.
y. B.-SO soon as the diSpa ich frorT, W.
was received by Mr.. Porter he returD,s Is.-I :
10 Nj Harrison that things we've All riS,'. ISeply
and another by Arthur SInsel, 1nsuLsr 80 ,.
committee pledging his word that II anv ~. 90
dicial reports had reached them, they ,Eeri ~
WM MALLOSEE
ARTHUR SINSEI
L. MALLONRE
I. BEVERLTS
FRANCIS VI. SNYDER
GEO. Z. SMITH
GRAFTsN May 2ith, ls6s. my2s-lt
wheeling IRtslligeneer will copy once al,
send bin to REGISTER stiee fer payment