The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-02-26
lorespondence Ol tho InlellIgeneet.

OF Ohio--." Poor Yorick" Once
More.
Correspondence Of tho IntelligenCGr.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, Feb. 90.
The bill to appropriate ten thousand
dollars TO the branch Normal School at
Fairmont, on condition that the county
subscribe and pay into the treasury the
sum of five thousand dollars, has become
law. The appropriation Is intended 10
be used TO erect front building.
The investigation into the affairs Of the
Public Printer still continues. u hardly
think the impeaChers can sustain them.
selves on the charges presented, which
are That he has been charging ct job
rates for printing, House and Senate
bills, when, by the Code, he Is only enti.
tied to chOrge book rates. l think that
they are wrong In this, and that he Is en-.
titled 10 charge at Job rates for chprlnt.
ing. l understand, however, that the
House Committee on the Judiciary, hay.
ing the matter under consideration, have
decided to go into full investigation bf
the charges made for public printing.
How far this decision may affect the dc.
PENDANT, cannot ut present deterline.
A curious thing happened In the Con.
ventiOn few days ago. In making up
the apportionment Of representation for
the House of Delegates, II was found that
giving Harrison County two members,
Lewis one, and Barbour one, there was d
sufficient overplus to entitle the three
counties 10 another delegate. Mr.. Wilson
moved that they be constituted delegate
district for that purpose, which would
give Harrison county an additional dele.
gate about halt the time. Yet Basel op.
posed the motion. Will the gentleman
from Harrison rise to explain" his mo.
tive for thus acting against his constitu'
ency.
MIR. George Davenport, Of your city,
complains that, whilst the correspondents
of the various papers, in referring to his
lice and Davis resolution" have given
him q national notoriety, they have done
him great deal Of damage. He claims
that 1t was intended as sarcasm, and by
Offering 1t he meant to show the Exon.
federates that the Union Democrats were
unalterably opposed to the manner in
which they were running the Conven.
ton" But alas 1.-THE best laid plans Of
men and mice aft gang aglee," and what
George intended as "goak" has been
used US another instance OF the Ku-kluX
sentiment of the Southern States, and will
doubtless constitute one of the chief
topics Of discussion in the next Presi-
dental campaign. Now, George, socially,
is a good fellow, of fair intellectual ability,
yet | greatly fear he has habit Of
carrying his Jokes too far.
see that "Yorkit," in q letter to the
Register Of the 10Th inst, pitches promis.
cu0usly into "Yours Truly" and glories
in his natural element billingsgate-of
which he has an abundant supply. Now
l believe George means well enough, and
doubtless would use nice, gentlemanly
language, but his front teeth are so decay
ed and bad, that his words come out in a
filthy, vulgar strain, in spite Of his good
intentions. he says he "never denied
having been Committee Clerk OF the
House in 1861" No one ever charged
him with that. II my memory serves me,
twas in 1865 or 1867, he so served.
He says US TO. his escapade from his
duties last winter, that Col. Frey owed
him $500, and that he proposed to him
to serve his time out, &c. / only speak,
as did before, from information, but
heard the story in quite different way.
My informant said that "Yorkit" not only
engaged Col. F., and went off without
paying him, as he promised TO do, but
Otced Col F. some money besides, How
| nUnr I SpoOly o0ly, from hoo rco1y ov,6 will
not say, like George, that "Yorkit" lies,
but simply intimate that If he would stick
q little closer 10 the truth he, would stand
better chance in the next world than he
does now.
lie says his present position was ten.
dered to him voluntarily by both candl.
dates for clerk, and that I, to draw it
mildly, made misstatement in saying
he promised his influence to both. Ihad
the information, officially, as 'twerc, and
believe It to be so. George, Pm very much
AFRAID that concentrates potash" enters
too much into your daily food.
IT'S said that when a men gets mad
and commences to call hard names, It's
pretty sure sign that somebody has zen
telling the truth about him. make no
application.
And now, as "Yorlck" and myself have
had our fun at each other, would have
no one think, that because l have been
hitting George some pretty hard knocks,
that he is other than gentleman, or that
l entertain for him other than the most
friendly feeling. "You know how it is
yourself" Messrs, Editors. II correspon-
dents have no one else TO pitch into. Ssh s:
will Gsi.e .~SL.' Ytll.r. deorge Is q first
class clerk Indeed don't see how the
House could have gotten along without