Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-03-13
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FROM st. JOHN, N B.
By the schr. Nancy we resolved y I.
John papers to the 18th ult. The only
article worthy Of notice is the following,
en- tho subject of the proceedings Of The
merchants Of Halifax, relative to opening
the trade with the United States.
We are pleased to learn that the mer
chants of Halifax have taken the state
of Nova Scotia into serious consideration,
and that the Report furnished by the
Committee appointed. for that purpose,
is replete with commercial information.
1t suggests the propriety Of imme-
diately representing to the British 20
vernment the injurious effects OF the O.
pening of the West India Islands to the
vessels of the United States, and solicit
ting the imposition of protecting Duties
in favor of the various articles from the
North American Colonies to these Is
lands. We understand that memori-
al to the same effect has been forwarded
to Parliament by the Chamber Of Com
MERGE of this City.
TYPES ARE STUBBORN THINGS! Z
The truth of this saying we have had
frequent opportunity totest, and we look
| upon this stubbormness az no slight con
sideration in the long and gloomy list of
troubles with which Editors and Print
ers are surrounded and encompassed.
They are expected tofurnish all the inter-
esting intelligence the day. The mer
chant looks for his prices current. his
ship news, and if some do not happen to
find what they wish, then the printer has
been neglectful. The lawyer and di
| vino look for legal and religious intelli-
gence, and folding the paper, exclaim,
'twhat in the world can induce the Edl-
ter to devote SO much Of his journal to
commercial items ?' The agriculturiss
wishes to benefit by recent improves
ments, and being anxious to see every
thing on the subject, is surprized to find
string Of dull ship news in the place OF
interesting articles on husbandry! The
mechanic wants a particular account Of
every new Invention, and asks, chow caA
the Editsr fill his whole paper with mat
lers relating to medicine, surgery. vel
low fever, and the small pox, instead of
| encouraging useful inventions ?" I'M
mediately after cemes the physician, and
laments that more time and space 10 not
devoted to the publication of medical es
says! The merchant who sends an I'D
vertisement, wishes it always to appear
in the inner form, and thinks some para
graphs ought to give way for tbs pur-
pose;-thus are the printers eternally
doing wrong. Ifthsy put reading mat
/ ter" outside, in consequences Of having
no more room inside, it is thought not
| worth reading, because had it been. cit
would not have been crammed in dark
corner ofthe paper."> Orifevsn this re
Election is not made, it is ten chances to
one if it is not thought that it was mere
| ly done to 'iil up.' Other readers
want anecdotes, and dreadful accounts of
| dreadful murders; they want more infor-
nation on the subject Of the Bloody war
between the Greeks and Turks; and they
complain that We fiilup our sheet with
anintsresting local matters, instead Of
furnishing more Foreign Intelligence "
Some readers want an account of al the
deaths, both here and every where; aud
the ladies are not pleased unless we in
sert moro marriages. for they are sure
" more interesting than daily report
of Corn, Flour, Tobacco, and Auction
Sales, and Exchange Transactions!
Then comes body ofwriters and essay
lists, with quires ofpapsr filled with their
lucru bations: they are astonished when
told that the press Of foreign matter will
delay the insertion; for, says one, how
unimportant is that, compared with mig
essay! All these things, and thousand
more conspire to psrpls1 the printer
it is in vain for him to say "types are
stubborn things" and that he cannot
compress the mass of fifty columns into
twelve It'll, oil in vain-sfor how easily
could you have inserted this by leaving
out that ?"-If the Editor writes longes
says heruns the risk of being called YER
bose, long.windsd, and tiresome; if he
writes little, he is considered lazy; and
If he writes nothing at all, it is in chart
ty conceded that he is not able to do it
Finally comes the "unkindest cut of
a. - after M font ond,,ranca of ths,e