Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-06-25

PnovoKrxc: . read IN ed.ior.a Puff in a neigh.
boring prn, III f,vor of 'celehr'l,i Performer,
who has decamprd, leaving your c1uG tor advertIs
ing and printing h':!., GHpad- fatrsdurg nj
RUNNING .CCOUNiS
WE VIII venture To as ,er, ,nat there is NJ
class OF b, community so liable 10 b. spunred
and cheated the printers 1t nrwspaoe's / y
say noihing ofIhe nnlus, and rn'po'- sys EN- /
borrowing, there ewats slmo,' inn'met" bir
IN viii h t,ey are made 10 suffer. that are IN
known TO their honestc u stomrrs and 20 IA iu1-
Iic generally And ,trhaps it w"ul BE Impro-
per to divdlse this important, secret Of tn II bus
iness-it might injure their crtdii vii" he
banks! W. NAV safely s'a C, however, that Tnn-
ming accounts are as numerous in their books as
in those OF any other Of the mrc hanical PROBES
sions. The tailor. who is all the world over
considered "su6eyer." & whose 'hffie bills are
100 ofen treated with marked indlffcrencc,'s
no, in reality gr alter sufft rer in this way 'hsn
the publ her IF newspaper For Instance
we oe occasionally say once fortnight ihe year
lhrough-receiye polite Irtrer from post
| master in a distant town, s'aiing that III Ga
zelle directed to Mr.. A. or Mr. B lies dead in
his Office; and the reason given is that the g'n-
:eman "has left town." or in other words, run
off, We turn to his account, and fed that il has
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formation of this kind is aiwavs aces p'a'le, as
il bIes US to close running account WITH kpa-
wish subscriber. We will mention al otter case
In sending bills into the country, our collector
| has now and ,htn the good fortune TO find "a'
home" snbsc iber, who is ndehtei I" US for
five or six years. subscrip ion, but who, instead
Of cashing he face of the bill, sweLrs mos
stoutly ,ha, he has no, received The paper NOR
than half The lime--and consequently fxprcts a
deduction Of twenty Eve or thirty per cent
This is no douot all righ; il Is all insult that
we son.,limes pnekr' without grun bling,
thougn not always. Bu' the most impmdenf
gentlemen with whom the printers Of newspa-
ers come in contact. are perf 'rnrrs OF merit &
of no merit, singers GOOD and Indifferent, skill
| full musicians, rqueS,rians, rope danrers, ballet
masters, tumbicrs, ard Others OF like charac-
ter, who will open an account with you for adj
veriising printing, &C and hnally close II oy
running 1U. rHI, appears To- nr very iashionS-
Bile pssl,mt among the gentlemen of The stage
and the halter, who have running accounts all
err the country, but we world no. he understood
10 say hat there are not honorable .x,epi n,
to the rule we have laid down Nor would We
Cast undsstrved reflection upon respectable
and honest individuals connected with he stage
for The knavery Of their professional associates
-unprinciplrd fellows, who would disgrace any
calling, however humole It night be in The es-
timaiiun # the public. We have b-e, impos.
ed upon By these age ard ring performers and
the Ike Of them, until patience has ceased to be
,irue; md we have no doubI that aim IS, rv-
cry publisher Of a newspaper in The United
States his Eel, the Influence # tb.ir spopging
prnpen,iies. Why Is IT, We would ask. that
individuals connected with The stage and The
ring are for the musl par' more dishonest than
hose Of other protest., rs? Why is i. they
think less OF running from city 10 city, leaving
'he'r lie BITS unpaid, and cheating every person
wIh VIII m they haze dealings? We can ac-
cont Tor u o"ly on The presumption hat they
are pr"hig,,e race Of beings ard waste that
!" IL sips'i III winch should BE- appropriated 10
re discharge Of their homes debts 4! is i'm
possible, VT think, hat they care rogues by ma
u.s." tnough some Of our nrighbou IS enter ain
a differ mt opinion. Boston Gazette.