True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1837-04-29

od' gay bling Ne nceive 10 be injurious to u,a,,
and 70 DO productive OF no good wh,lev.r. OMiny
to tue mama that exists anon! US for its ORA ii e,
"sare IN favor OF It's being licenced an taxeI as
II 1HrIous Il society. But there is IN ex-
PFess Jaw against the pursuit, we deem il the duty
oi every good man 10 assist in driving il from our
Y borders. Nor we see any connection what
ever between the rational amusemcnts above
named and this vice. Neither leads 10 the other.
AS to temperance, and the preaching aud talk
aonnt 1t, we are opposed to it the ground of $
manifest opposition to human nature In all ages.
man has sought The means of undue excitement.
and, go long as time shall last, he will continue to
seek it, This is general rule. The tetnpera nee
| societies cannot alter it, do as they NAV.
We have always maintained the above opinions,
| acted on them, and that too openly, and in the
fnce OF the world. The charge of inconsistency
from print like that Of the Ledger, is too silly to
re'ute. Our conrse is well known to be straigh,-
forward. 1flhe Ledger. accounts were bala nc ed,
perhaps ne would find himself in the predcame Il,
Of the Eastern King.
MIS- Morley is Jasi on the eve Of leaving us. and
we are glad to see that she has been persuaded 10
give ''farewell'--tl,at she may leave behind her
the sweet remem brances of her sweet voice A
frll, fair house will be sure to bid her God s,eed.
/. and honor the tongue that can discourse such
eoquen, music. Go then, say
The f1unchback Tonight Miss Charlotte Bar.
mes as Juia,-'he pretty and Maynard julia. She
looks and plays the character, we are told most
nmtably. Who will not go to witness her deli
cate impersonation Of this heroine of true love,
The Picayune says that the community hare be.
gun to find out that her columns are decidedly the
best vehicle in town for advertiser en,s,-tha, ev-
cry body will see them, because every BODY rends
Ter pretty little sheet While our sister is thus ri
king headwav with The public,-whilc she issues
her thousands every mornng,-and while hun
dfeds are beating their heads find the few grains
of wit that lie scattered over her tiny pages, we
cannot help advsrting 10 own dear selves -
The Picky will excuse US. She has fellow feel
ing on this important topic
The American is unquest"nably the very best
paper In town for advertising. 1t is more extern
sive!y read than any other journal in the city
Enemies are sure TO get peep at its columns, for
they expect to find something saucy, if not witty
Friends read it, because they like our Independent,
curse. With this recomm ndation, every body
adver'ises IN our columns already; thus showing
superior judgment on SO important subject
Our circulation is not SO great as many other pa
pers, but we have one advantage, and that is that
one copy is sure 10 be read by FIVE persons every
morning Al this rate, we estimate tina, our cir
cu'a:ion is fully equal to $500 papers Can Miss
Picky beat tha,1 Again, our list is swelling very
rapidly "prards. We shall not stop till it gets to
5000. Meantime wish every success to our
laxative little sister, and only hope tina, she NAV
survive the summer through, and open the fall
campaign with $4,000 subscribers.