Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-10-04

dust Every six months the printer expects
shower: few stroined'' drops only fall.
He opens his mouth 10 catch enough to allay
thirst his wife does the same, and his chill
dren; his editor, (if he is not his OWN his
foreman, IT not too poor to have one) his
pressmen, his clerk, (ifnot his own) lis Jour
neymen; his boys, and carriers and wider
than all, HORRIBLE VIsU his hcter maker.
! The printers devil, or runner, returns with
a few "strained dollars" They have lifted
| up their eyes in torments, but no cup of wa
ter has cooled theixa6ngues.
1t is one oil tlse most distressing scenes IN
the world, yet.such as often occur. And, if
trials and tribuiation, patience and long suf-
fcring under injuries, fit us for better state
hereafter. Old Mic has but few subjects in
| his kingdom who are printers of news papers.
The other day money was wanted for tine pa
per-maker. Bills were sent suit in the neigh
borhood to the amount of S 400. The runner
spent the day &; returned at night with ten
dollars and seUenty.fve cents --The crimes
which we occasion in others must be atoned
for at the last day by ourselves For the prin-
tiers sins Of unavoidable blasphemy how ma
my patrons of newspapers will have to &C
count. Who can behold such scenes and not
feel wrath Who can suffer in such scenes
!" and keep the nat'ral ruby of his cheek, nor
have it blanch'd with cursings I" After long
meditation on the subject we are fully con-
WINGED that panctual payment for papers, if it
cOVcreth not, preventcth So multitude of SINS
How many have been ruined by the want
of payment How many, connected with
hrinting-oGce from the absence of cash to
purchase good clothes that they might go re-
galarly to church, and keep good company,
have forsaken the house of worship, been
shut out from respectable society; have asso-
ciated with the most disreputable, became
perhaps hard drinkers, turned vagabonds
been guilty of theft or Suicide, or have died
in poor-house all which evils would have
been prevented BY hunctuaHfy in payment for
newspapers. The soul sickens at the tho't of
so many evils bro't upon society, which might
have been SO easily prevented. IN
Some ofour patrons, alas for them and for
US too few--let the ,glaripg truth stand in Ca
pitals-TOO FEW-haye reciprocated with
heart-rooted utterance the. pleasures OF pay
ment.
Itblesseth him that pays and that receives
such knowthe bst feelings of existenee--their
bosoms are never rent with the distress Of be-
ing dunned-They anticipate the. claims Of
Justice. They know beforehand and prevent
the possibility of enduring the grating sound
Of shay me that thou Quest" Such know
bow to live; know wherein consists the ge-
nuine enjoEmcnts of human nature.
Sometimes we are asked, "EHas A1-. such a
one huid y2u FIR this ycar's taitfr ?"-What
is our reply? Why we turn it off with laugh;
N = T. ~ Io.,Se
vou k,.ozy he is ABLE, has a Due sense Of JUS
r1cE, a rcgqrd far his HONOR and a regard for
he promotion d Drfus and ftderalism ?" Thus
10 We say, being tender of the reputation OF
our patron, tho perhaps he owes us for hall
dozen years subscription and has put US
,ff with IVcaH shortly and settle my &C
count"--a year afterwards" In tery days
shall 5e IN finds and zyM hsnor your bMp'-
two wears afterwards" Vhy really haUe
forgot so long TO nay FIR The PAPER % Vel
iyeH, the account shall be discharged ayithout
deLay'--two years after that" ete'1saAy dun
mig me-. for money. This is vls treatment--
7 4vas one Of his first su6seriber<-Stot The ta-
her, I'K take il no longer, :uhen haze money
20 share, III hay the account
Just so it is with advertisements" What
ten doilars-t7v0 years ago, for one odOer-
tisemen,"--But it was in thirty or forty times
=" Ibid nos order il So"-You ordered it till
forbid; you stopt it yourself; you knew the
price Of ADVERTISING" 1t is too much-t can't
BE recovered by taqv--IU hay you tsUo DOL
lars"
But what are we about? 1t is a fact, full
we'll known to the parties concerned, that there
is due to the proprietor of this paper, sums
not incoilsilerabIc for several years subscrlp-
sion from some persons; from how many no
mention shall be made, for we are desrous OF
having it believed that our patrons are fune-
tuai haymasters-Many of them dwell at
listance-If dunning letter JuA Of Nfohfe-
ness is sent to them, they are so angry At pay
ing the postage.of the dun, that they think It
quite enough to pay that and the postage OF
The papers without paying for the paper It
self: 6at ne hrin,ers differ in otiHio" tfsm
chem on this subject.
SAVANNAH, September %
Arrived Yesterday shin Mary, J. Plerces