Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-08-06

appointment Q contract was made
with the Mayor and Council BY the
proprietor Of the HERALD for the
printing and publication Of all city
business necessary to be printed
or published. The contract be
tween the city and the proprie
tor OF the HERALD is now on
file in the Mayors oHlSe Of this
city. Last Friday night there
was q special meeting Of the
Mayor and Aldermen at which It
was ordered that a committee
should be appointed to arrange fOl
the printing Of the new Charter.
The committee appointed were
Messrs. Kuhn and Muller. Until
the contract between the HERALD
and the city was revoked no work
Of this character could be done else.
where than in the HERALD Office.
Therefore, all that the Special Com
mittee could do, was to direct the
publisher Of the HERALD as to how
the Charter was to be printed.
But was such the case? A spe-
cial meeting Of the Mayor and AL
dermen, was called for at 8 o'clock,
Friday night by written notices
from Mr.. Short, at 4 o'clock Of the
same evening. Previous to which
hour, In obedience to the instruc-
tions from the sO.called Mayor OF
the City, he had taken the Charter
to the Times and Republican office,
and made 0 contract for its pub
licatlon, and then he came 10
the Office of the HERALD, the
; official journal, and represented
that there would be no meeting oi
the Mayor and Aldermen that
| night-showlng a cool and premed'
itated treachery between himself
l and the Mayor (so.Called) to violate
a law of the city. There was
{ meeting of the Mayor and Aldermen
Q that night, and committee wa
appointed, as We have stated, tC
l arrange for the Printing Of thu
, Charter. OF course it could bC
printed nowhere else except in thu
HERALD Office; but, by order of thu
Mayor, it was STOLEN by Jos. w
Short, City Clerk, and taken to thu
Times and Republican, where /
will doubtless be published. TIL
e duty of this Special Committee t,
/ whom was entrusted this duty, j
Y to swear out a search warrant an,
! seize the Charter of the City,
h found in the Times aud Republica
a office, cause to be arrested as
, THIEF, Mr.. Joseph W. Short, an,
), J. G. Webber, as accessory to tn
theft. So far as the HERALD is con
c cerned, It is Indifferent. 1t wi
= simply present an account again'
the city for the printing
l the Charter, aud any Court in h
If country will award a judgment
e. its favor. While the HERALD wa
70 entitled under its contract 10 3
@ work in its line as much as th
{. Street Contractor or any other cit
y contractor or officer, the Mayo
. aud City Clerk who had STOLEl
the Charter from the committee I
" whom IL was entrusted did not Civ
IL to the HERALD the poor priVileg
l. of saying for what sum 1t woulu
r do the work but in plain violation
il of the order of the Mayor and Cit,
n Council, these two unauthorizeu
q THIEVES of property not OH
. Clally Ia their hands contracted TO
:. its publication with an outsid
party.
= We have not space in this articl
to refer to either Of these creature
y in detail, and will, therefore, leav
c the lesser animal (the City Clerk
;. for q subsequent review, and wi
c examine the greater criminal, J. {
It WeDber. Aside from the fact tha
!, he aided and abetted IN the theft Q
q the City Charter, aud that he is illC
gally Mayor of the city, we charg
q that he is a GAMBLER in III
Il highest sense Of the term; that b
a is partner in a faro bank on Wast
d ington street that he has time an
y again received his share of the ille
gal and dishonest proceeds Of thi
} establishment. II any doubt thi
! as the Circuit Court is In session
le we request that the Foreman Of th
10 Grand Jury call at the HERALD o.
fee for testimony and 1t shall b
y 7. furnished amply.
w This is the character Of men +
70 whom is entrusted the distribute
,s Of one million dollars Of bouds prC
d vlded for in the City Charter.
4 Who will 60 on his bOnd1
y WE are informed that last Frids
y evening a. An OK team drawing