Evansville Journal, Volume 17, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 15 May 1866 — Page 2

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A Card. Mr. Editor:

Asyoarpipor ia tho only medium through which I can reach the English portion of our community, and as you have publishes J an article of the GivTU'r containing' tho greatest slan de s against mc.yoa will, I confidently Lope, g.vo the following article re futing these slanders an insertion, that the antidote may follow the oieon : (S-gneJ,) P. Gfkoerer. Esply la ti9 Slanders of ihe Courier. V hen rascals are in danger of being kkeated iathe:r alma, they usually UXe refuge in the well known trick of viog innocent parties of the very acts of which they themselves are guilty. Of this class ia a certain Mr. A. S. Kirrolf, who, unfortunately, controla the columns of the Courier. He &&rg3 me and other citizens of Evaoavillo with attempting to break down hia paper, when, at the same time, every one is aware that the revere) ia the truth, and that Kixsolp ia using all the means in his power to Tula the Demokrat. That such is his

, ;' ' intention no sensible man. will doubt,

evea it tliere was nd other proof than l&i notice he published some time ago, that he would commence a Gcrraau department in his paper ; (for the por- - pose, I suppose, of giving his readers ; Mine " krout" every morning.) ' I re gard it useless to furnish more proof m this point and . will therefore proceed to detaU some of the causes wbiob" ' Lave ' led 'tKa Contemptible ecimp to intrigue against me. V ! . . Shirtly after the publication of the " Grvrier was- commenced, ; I had formed - the design ,; '.to.'., assume iha publication of the Demokrat, -sad in order to devote my "whole time and attention to the paper, made the , ' proposition to him to lease him my job - Ece. This was before I had time to ; become . Btifficientlyi acquainted with lum. 1 This proposition J was readily accepted, but some time passed before . .,, lpe.could agree about the terms, and during that time I discovered that it would not do to trust him with my business if I did not want it ruined. Prom that hour da(J his hostility towarda me. - - , At first he attempted to injure me overtly, ia persuading persons to have their printing done elsewhere, as I was too lazy to fill orders. (The camp said repeatedly, I would kill '.myself working:) -Thi3 be did at a lime when be was very friendly to my face. Only when I was informed of 'his doings, and treated him with con- ' V tempt, had he the manliness to come .. out openly in bis enmity towards me, since which time he has spared no . ; pains to injure me in every possible way, and has gone eo far as to take work to another office, the orders for "t which were intended for me, but were, ' by mistake, left at hia office..- Of this ; " ' I was informed by the parties, who omplainCd bitterly that they received ". inferior work at a higher rate. : V.V : Thus he continued until the 10th1 last.,, when he capped the climax of . las meanness by publishing a most infamous libel against . me. .The object t of this libel is evidently to bully the Democratic Press Committee into submission to his will, and to ruin my reputation. Whether or not he will eveceed in bullying the Committee into

' gratifying his wishes, and breaking -' their promise given to me, I know not; ; ::V qx I know that he was greatly jniataken when he supposed that he could injure my reputation, for I am able to ;( ; prove every charge made by him o -s- has falnhpod. ;- , .The slanderer, Kierolp, asserts I afjthad more material of the old Times cffioe,'thaa he himself, under a lease overing it all. Everything I have ia .-my possession I paid for. i A fe w years ago I might have bought printing ma- "'". terial a great deal cheaper from a oer- . tain KiEaOLT at Louisville, who gave "p a job office and sold the material - for a trifle, for reasonB best known to himself. "When the Times suspended, several members of the Committee requested me to tie up the type, remove the ma-t terial, and store it away in the build-, ing I nowHDCCupy. . Only after being lepeatedly requested, I consented to take charge cf .the material, which I etored away, partly in the. room adjoining my job effice, and partly in the

lourth etory. WA11 tte joo lype waa pat on stands in the back room, where it yet remains. When Kierolp re -i'inoved his office he left this type, sev ral stoves, and, in the fourth Btory, an . e!d hand-prew, and other articles. Now, could any one suppose it were po&sible ' that this miserable wretch would charge me with taking hia job ' type? "And yet each is the fact. In famy can go no further. The public ia, perhaps, aware that I

purchased the ''Crescent City Job Office " from William H. Chandler, With thia office I received a large quan ity of all kinds of job type, and have had no need for any other. "The Times job offioe was, with the exception of one or two fonts, almost

worthless. SuAIiSPEARE gives us his Iago, and Schiller hia Franz Moor, for the purpose of umolding the worst passions which animate the human heart; but this miserable wretch' exceeds them both, and vies with Satan himself for the mastery in lying. He gives a long story about some new lends which he says some of my boys took from his office, and which wera seen in the forms of the Demo krat. If required, I can procure the affidavit of my foreman that no new leads were in my forms. If the leads he forma, why did -he not call my attention to the fact? I could then have ascertained who took them. by finding out who composed that part where they were found. Thia neglect on his part leads me to euppect that he willfully lies about the Uiatll ., J..: . , , ... ..... i One night, some months ago, one of the Courier hoys broke , into tho Demokrat office and took a considerable quantity of leads. Next morning X inforwedthe foreman of tho. Courier office of the fact, and insisted that the leads should be brought back, j He detected the guilty one and returned i the leads. I never aecertainfcd who" the thief was, but I know, that be never was discharged which, ' would have been bis late in ' the Demokrat office. Honest Kierolf, honest Iago, kept Iron in nis employ! Kierolp further says, that half of the teads andplugs vised qn ihe Demkrat are his. I can prove that not a single lead nor slug of the Indiana Stoat Zeitvxg were used on the Tims, and these articles, together with the rules,' etc.; were 'turned over to the Demokrat. ' The quantity of leads of the Staatt Zeitung was so great, that they were never all ueed on ib& Demokrat, and aa: far as slugs are concerned, I am able to show; a bill from the Cincinnati Type Foundry, where slugs are mentioned and paid for.; He then says, " the imposing stones on which the paper is made np," belong to bim. I can show a bill from Helmerich & Co., for , two imposing Btones, amounting to $36 00, and a bill from Uhlhorn & Brinkman for one imposing stone, for $18 00. The forms of the Democrat have never been made up on any other stones. He also charges ine with having about sixty pounds - of nonpareil belonging to his advertising font. I can prove by all my hands that I never had more than a email font of nonpareil, weighing from six to eight pounds, and that I bought of Mr. Ciianbler, and paid for. When I removed the Timet 'office, I received from a member of the Committee an eight-aay cJocJr, with matructioius to deliver it to no one without hU or another member's order., A. member of the Courier, Company demanded "the clock,, fcome two or three months ago, which I refused to deliver, stating my instructionSc , I informed him that I would be very glad to . receive an order to deliver the clock, as that would give me a chance to present a bill to the author of the order for removing the material. The order was never pre sented, and consequently I kept th clock, which I shall hold until, my bill ia. paid, or an order for delivery presented. " ""."" Now, a. few remarks in regard to the press.;'1 During, the last few, weeks this rascal, Kierole, threw so, many obstacles in my way, and used so many tricks against me, that only by the greatest exertions was .1 able ; to keep up the paper. Here I will mention only one of hia mean tricks : Last Wednesday, when my .WVekly paper ought to have been printed, I sent a young man to KlEROLE to ascertain how soon the forms would be struck off..' The answer was, "To-morrow; the man who turns the wheel is" too tired to-day." I offered to turn , the wheel myself, but Mr. Kierolp, refused to .let. me do it.',. The form was printed a ,day later on account of A. S. KiEROLP'a caprioe, and I was put to the trouble of unlocking the forms again In order, to take out the advertisements for the Daily, , ; C How long will the Committee allow this contemptible individual to impose on them? ; ' All I ever asked was the privilege of moving my own forms ami doing my own printing. In order to have no forms pied in the future, I proposed the following: The-Cvurier never prints a single Bheet in the forenoon', and they do not need the 'press

from ten o clock till one o clock; in

the n'ght, their outside going to press nJcr one o'clock. Now, why can't the Committee give me the use of the press during the forenoon and be tween the hours of ten and one o'clock in the n:ght? In that time I can do all my. Dre3-work. I will will find my own light, my half of the ink, and use my own rollers. If Kierolp refuses his blanket, let us put on the old one, which is as good as the new. The Courier's right' to the use of the press is unquestionably secondary to that of the Demokrafs the Demokrat having" the first promise, as is stated in the Couriers lease. The party who has the press, and thereby has not the inconvenience of movins forms one and a half squares,-shouldl not grumble "at paying the rent. I asked thi3 privilege for one month only, during which time I would get a new press. I should like to see the " sane " printer who can have any ob jection to my proposition. I informed the Committee that I would be fully satisfied if I had the guarantee that my forms should be paid for when pied, or delivered in a safe place. ' ' iMore than the foregoing I never asked; more I do not ask now;: and sq long , 89 the . Committee will hot grant me this, they are not fulfilling their promise! ' i "" Now I should like to know how the existence "of the Couriercd&ld b$ endangered by the arrangement proposed by me? He must be very prejudiced against me, or a fool, who in this cpuIcT see any danger for the Courier. A3 1 am not in the habit of writing in English, and this article being perhaps already too long, I will reserve several things1 for another occasion, and now. pay some attention tol last Sunday's Courier, in which I find the following item:5 ' - ' ' The Republican publisher of the Demo krat had & long article yesterday, in explanation we suppose. He published in Iioman type a note which he had provoked us into w riting, addressed to him, In which we used an improper expression, (which we regret,) on type taken from a font of hour geoU belonging evidently to the game font tve are using." j ., A more' . barefaced liar a more unscrupulous knave I never knew. The letter which Kierolp refers to is not printed on bourgeois type, but small-pica, just two sizes larger than the former. Kierolp is peraps a very poor printer, but I am almost certain he can tell bourgeois 'rom small-pica; if my "devil" I did not kno-v the difference, I would dis charge him immediately. He knew it was small-pica, and therefore told a vrillful lie. There is nota slngle font of bourgeois type in'my office. I From another item I quote: ! "Thk German 'Dkmokeat.' An 'im pression may have been formed that we are inimical in feeling to this paper. iNothlng rould io us greater injustice" in regard to our views than this Impression. With the former Editor of the Demokrat, Mr. Dietz, we were on the most intimate terms of friendship. We have no acquaint ance with his successor, the present Editor, but understand from Intelligent Merman that he ably edits the paper, and I- altoaether acceptable." ', : ; ,,,011, this hypocrite sion may have been lormed. that; we are inimical in feeling to thi paper." i Yes, .Sir, more than this the public j i ii'jw' convinced that you nrrfr i4iniiui- j cal in feeling" toward the Demokrdt, j your assertions to the contrary not- i withstanding. You had an introduc- j tion to the new Editor of the D(.dmffa Dn L.iURN8TEI but you never j noticed him In your paper, nor did j you notice, in a single line even, the j' first issue of the Daily Demokrat. lou did not, because you are the Demokrat' t greatest enemy.' In the same item from which I quote above he says: "Mr. Peter Ufroarer, as we understand rom unquestionable authority, was such a tound ) Democrat when Abraham Lincoln' ran the first time', f fiat he waspne out of only ninety men in Jefferton County who were strong enough in their convictions of right j to vote for the Lincoln and Hamlin elect- ! orsin Kentucky I He polled his vote, we are assured, in a county whre there were then over 200,000 votes, all except the ninety sustaining Douglas, Ereckinrldge or Belli'' . It is amusing how lie does lie this little crazy Know Nothing!, In 1860 I had the pleasure of being a citizen of the beautiful city -of Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana. Theii I did east my vote for Lincoln and, Hamlin, because I thought slavery a great wrong, which should not be ex pended into the Territories. The Re publican platform then decided to let slavery alone where it existed, and I thought this was all the South could ask of us, and therefore she was wholly Vnjustified in commencing a rebellion. During the war I had a great many faults to find with Mr. Lincoln, as! thought the war might have been brought to a speedier close. As soon as the war began, I thought slavery

had to fall, and I do not regret that it ii abolished now. I never was for negro suffrage, and I never will be. As to reconstruction I think it to be the best policy towards the South, to be magnanimous towards a fallen foe, giving them the right to be represented in Congress, provided they send representatives who are not secessionists. For this reason I am an ardent supporter of Andy Johnson, and as. I believe, all the candidates on the Democratic State Ticket are such, my paper, which the little ISnow-Nothing of the Courier styles the "Demokrout" will support the Democratic Stste Ticket. But how is it with Kierolp? Did he n.A vote for Mr. Breckinridge? I vcted once in Kentucky, in 18G3, for Bramlette as Governorand Mallory for Congress. ;These gentlemen wenj the regular Democratic candidates; the Seeesh candidates were WlCKLlFFE and Wolfp. Did not Ai S. Kierolf vote for the latter two? I differ with Mr. Kierolp in politicsthe same Kierolp who is so fond of publishing rebel "Bongs and supporting rebel candidates. So much for my political views.- If they are Republicanism, . make the most of it." , .' , , ; 1 And how in order to show the public what a decent and gentlemanly per

son Mr. Kierolp is.1 1 give a letter which I received from him a few days ago, . .JJere it js, verpagn ' . , , . . Evaksvili-e, Ind, May 8, Tt7. ' Mr. Peter Of roerer : "" " 1 j ' ' K n o w i ng t h at you arc d i rous o f kick I n g ud hell with uk. and disnosed to areommrtdate you; t now notify' you that the only arrangement that can exist between us is the one that has always existed. You! can neltherjjsg ray rollersfcnor my oil, nor my Ink, nor my press blankets, nor my house rent, and If it ia,not satisfactory yori will have to look elsewhere. I am willing- to what is right and not more, and if you attempt anything more you wLI have to kill me first, God damn you ! ...:; -' . Kierolf. Isn't this beautiful? Indeed,' the Democracy of this " district must feel proud of their great, gentlemanly editor, Mr. v1(:,Kierolp1 "J - P. Gfroerer. HARDWARE. IMPORTEKS OF HARDWARE and CUTLERY, AN 35 vnif-i 4&c DPistols. Na 3L I A 77 - - No. 3L, i ..a:;): rIN STREET, KYA.VSVIl.llk, I.VDI.4VA.. i 6 . lilt z 1:5 rlip-Kt :$trec'l SIGN OP THE PADLOCK ! WELLS, KELLOGG & CO. IMPCKTKR8 AND WHOLESALE VEA L.AND . i i - FIRST STREET, (SIGN OF THE BIG PADLOCK.) 7

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