Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-09-21
TUESDAY. sEPTEMBlR 81, 1919.

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approved, there is no telling how lar !!
NAV ne initiated the document alluded
70 in The conclusion. will readily be tar
n,sbsd on the shortest notice.
Subscribsr.--Hard times, Mr.. Printer y.
Won have a small bill against me, and
sball attend to it when money is little
more plenty. | hope business will lie bet
fer before long.
P-in.er.-I hope so too-oet IN the
mean time my expenses are to be met: not
only the calls Of the office are to be regard
81. but the business of eating and drinking
must be attended to, and this you know
requires cash in hand. :.
Sub.-A little delay can't make much
Sifereuce-and you will no doubt get mo-
ney enough from others to answer all your
purposes,
Pria.-The course you mean to pursue
will perhaps be followed by Others ana
what il proper for one will not be denied
10 be equally so for another. itne'ther &C.
cords with my inclination or views 10 De
pressipg-but the fact is, | have nothing TO
DEPEND on but my exertions; these are 10
defray my expenditures, and my expendl-
,ures YOU know must necessarily DE proVi-
ded for daily.
Sub.-As Tor your expenses, hope you
receive enough regularly 10 pay Tor them;
and waiting for what is above that wall be
10 disadvantage.
Prin.-l should with pleasure wait any
period that might be required for any sum
due ma, did moi urgent necessity preclude
the indulgence OF my wishes in this res
pect. purchased, you know, press, types,
paper, &c. to commence business with, and
some of these | was Obliged to procure on
credit, aud they must now be paid ior.-
Ny journeymen are SO addicted to Old ha-
bits. that in defiance of any renonstrances
they will continue the practice OF eating
and drinking, and those who board Them
must be paid weekly. | am too little known
at the bank to obtain discount, ana II
were not, am not sure that 1t would not
be prudent to obtain one, for could only
repay il out Of my earnings, and If these
could not BIZ realized even to meet ordinary
expenses, they would not enable me to pay
borrowed money and interest into the bar
gain. You who handle hundreds ano thou
sands Of dollars, perhaps daily, Ind, no
doubt, though they may quickly pass from
hand 70 hand, that enough sticks by you IN
their passage to answer your particular
calls; hut my earnings are moderate-h
these are not got. am without support I;
nv wcrknen must be discharged. and my
establishment destroyed. was IN hopes,
when BEGAN business, that by unceasing
Industry | should not only be able to pay
for nv materials, hat that within the hrst
.;x months labor should be able 10 buy
new cnal-hul he fact is, ain obliged to
brush IN he old one, and must make II
las. while longer; hut though can DO
without coat, | cannot put off the busi-
ness of eating, and the butchers and bakers
do not seem To change their prices IN con-
sequence OF hard times, and they require
prompt payment. aad II | can make no
collections their demands cannot be dis.
charged, ant my supply OF raiio"s' oil
course, ceases.
Su6.-The force OF your remarks ieei
the n,stice of your claim acknowledge
its both my wish and intention TO pay
vour demand-no doubt you feel the pres
sure Of tue times as well as myself, and tins,
instead of being an argument tor delay on
NV part, should rather be the cause oil more
in such cases as yours-fof II
l can make out by OBTAINING such sma'i
claim, can make out without II. 1ere
is the money for the amount OF the suDscrip'
ton in advance, you will be good enough
to give me a receipt, and accept my best
wishes Tor your success.
Prin.-The receipt shall furnish with
pleasure, and were all my customers to So
licit similar article, | can assure you IL
would be no small stimulous 10 exertion,
aud would greatly smeetep the labor 1t was
Intended to reward
Washington, September 10.
The Corporation OF this city have Tor