American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1826-05-12
SOPHOSOLIPH.
From the ". +. Commercial Advertiser.

their business to purchase the morning papers,
and travel from the house of one customer to that
Of another, where he receives penny each for al
lowing him to glance such OF his papers as the
customer may wish. And in this way these Carl
ers obtain good livings. The practice is excusable
in England, where single daily newspaper COSTS
between forty and fifty dollars. But it would he
ridculed here and still it would be much more
honorable than very general actce which obtains
in this country-we mean that OF borrowing news
papers. There is nothing which injuries the pecu
i mary interests OF publishers, or So murh annoys
their customers as this begcary practice. Newspa
pers come very cheap in this country, that they
within The me ans OF every industrious family in
the community And yeti the borrowers 8, when com
pared with the subscribers. will stand as three TO
one. This subject is brought to our mind almost
daily by the complaints OF our subscribers; and his
now been revived by an occurrence last evening"
Stepping ntn the store oil Que of suhsc, bers to
pure base an article one OF his neighho came in
and asked for his paper. Why re piled the sub
scriber, 'your hoy in for it and onk he os
! had opened 1t " But" rejoined the borrower
" Mr.. -, sent for it before I was half through
with it," g" w o said the subscriber, g you can
have it if you will go for it and you do not d
at Mr. IS, probably Mr. - has sol it by this time
The borrower went in pursui, Of the paper. Pray"
We inquired - how many OF your ncghbors Thu,
borrow your paper 20 Four pretty regularly"
was the reply. But you do in Justice to yourself,
and the publisher True-I am sensible of that:
but we must be neighborly you know, and it would
look very mean TO refuse to lend small thing as
newspaper" Now we beg leave to differ with
customers in this respect. OF course there are
exceptions to general rues-bu, newspapers should
never be lent. "Who"- asks the editor of the
Boston Courier, in a sensible article upon this sub
ec)--" who would not laugh at the idea o. one hall
the community borrowing coats hats and shoes
from the other to make a decent appearance on
particular occasions, and at The same time Admi,
that no tailor, halter or shoe maker could ever hope
10 thrive among such people? Yet il is The same in
jury to the interest OF the printer, to make
paper serve half dozen readers, would be 10
the tailor to make five dress coat serve he pur
pose OF many handles. We must coniiIve to
do without the expense OF a newspaper "a me'e
trhe in amount is one OF the poorest and most pitt
fui resolutions that can be imagined but is ten
times worse when backed by such reservation as
this for if ! want to read one can borrow it
What would such people say. if The muniIy gen
orally were to come 10 the determination TO do with
on, the articles which they vend or manufacture o,
without their services in any way We like to
more liberal spirit. All trades, occupations and
professions are mutually dependant another
and we should encourage every shp con rlbutes
his means to advance the welfare of ourselves or
that community"
JJjJO1o
considerable sensation has been excited among the
British residents in Russia by their having been called up
take the following n: "We the undersigned sub
eCts Of his Bri anc Majesty, and Others members Of the
British Church, make oath and upon the Holy Evan
gests, that viii be true, faithful and submissive TO his
Imperial Majesty, the Emeror Nicholas Pauovtch Auto
clat OF all the Russas and to his son, Alexander Nicho
avtch, and the his Imperial Maies,ysI
Thrones who may be appointed and that will guard and
preserve the rights anu privileges be ongng his power
and might, which have been decreed may be decreed
hereafter, the best of uners aning power and
ability and likewise that will endeavor as much a.
possible, forward all that may relate the real service
Of his Imperial Majesty and he Just interests of the En-
pre- within these realms-So help GoD, and his Holy
Word through JESUS CHnIsT LoRD--Amen'
Many of countrymen have, naturally enough object
ed take it, and have made very strong renonstranct
against proceeding which they deemed variance with
their duty their Mona ch-the more So because no
other fore gners had been called upon lake We APP
prehend however, that against The OATH properly uner
Stood there ground of complaint LAWYERS distin-
gnish between natural and local temporary allegiance
the first due from native subjectsthe other due from
an alien long he remains within the Knees dominions
The words within these realms limit the operation of the
oath. Lon Globe
An act passed al the last session of the legis
lature of Massachusetts, which provides, that no
person convicted of any offence before any court of
the commonwealth, shall ever be punished by whip
ping; but that the court, having jurisdiction of the
case, may and shall sentence such convict to fine
to the use of the commonwealth. not exceeding two
hundred dollars, or to Imprisonment tor term not
exceeding SIX months, according to the aggravation
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