Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-09-06

Il The estimate IS intenued 10 cover The total lndebt
US Of the fathless and worthless patrons Of the
u, ocss il must be very moderate one, as the
- If Boston publishers !rum such patrons amoun, To
.Sga coo per annum This seems large estimate; yet
= not az ex,ravsgant one Our own experience in the
leads 10 believe that The losses at New lotk
' w. mrs Nv unjust subscribers ard more yla:nous
o,s amount 10 not less than half million OF dollars
W cuun. ar full Que fonrth or their entire incomes :
l systematic delinquency Of large portion of those
assume raronizr them destroys Gil profit or hope
..i, ni!t he majority OF full lu0 firms engaged in
~ ca.,, 81 periodicals. in This city. We doubt tia,
~ If receive he cuonnt OF their unavoidable rxpeu
w. ibnush rnths have ratronaae enoug 10 support
60, adequately it their subscriptions were punctuuly
PAD -, ; ,
,,,nl,cncn, ot the Newspaper business. The system
rx,,rdng credit 10 strangers all over the country, in
nt,e sums OF two 10 twenty dollars, must be abolished
,sstlv rerenchcd and regulated will ruin those
H. No other business attemp pts it, and
,,oru sand IT. Credit IS an excellent thing in its places
) should exist only between parties well known To
.,rh other be based on security To give credit indis
c,nna,e!y is TO offer a premium for roguery. There
s nothing like the existing system Of American
,o,r credits the whole world beside. II would be
so,zctent thing i.,he world honest one, but
As lis. j. is most runous. We speak from long and
bller experience
our hall, a, least, of The subscribers 10 any paper
established The old system habually in arrears
IA sop all these and the remainder as fast their nd
v,cce payment expires would often give mortal offence
nG creale lasting enmity. Unreasonable this would
~ j. cannot be wholly dsregnrded A newspaper to
i've must enjoy The good will Of those who read it
o-m OF oboquy from them nigh, blast It's prospects for
over The who for years has taken and paid for
osr often feels atoned If is stopped when his pay
mxul expires constituting into a personal indgnity that
which is but yielding 10 general neces sy. So, at
anv rate, publishers appear TO believe. II is impossible
10 bring the 10 unite In any measure of insisting in
fsIbly on advance payment. So long as they can
cJnrve TO hve they cannot resist the temptation of
large subscription, though third of il is paid
" haye had oil Ue
fp.mGgce thiS ,ceek thoroughly searching operaon =
Within The course OF the ensuing month shall suspend
lie "Rsn'ssion 81 or paper to a6oM fifteen hundred q
our Subscribers trk0 longest arrears and
month 70 hear from chem before proceeding far.
lher lfany take offence at esorling TO measure
o such urgent necessity 10 US, cannot help It. To
be Just TO our creoit"rs we are constrained to be more
with our debtors Hsncefor,h, ill he al
uwrG 10 fall 10 Tor than fifteen months
sptscption-Yeiy few for longer term than year.
W. feel strong confidence that rational being can
feel nsulted hy step TO which we are impeed solely
b. The strong instinct oil sell preservation. Those who
forward remittance will be gladly rensated our
books, and shall te supplied with back numbers, fdesr
ed, SO long We shall have them An early attention
will alone insure them,
All this is a true bill-We hear The same complaints
from The West. The Hamilton Gozetie, Of East Ten
nessee declares ,hnt something must be done 10
the majority Of publishers in this State from BANKRUPTCY
brought on by low prices era,uous abor and The credit
system. We venture, that there not one third Of
The establishments in The State that pay their debts
without contributions. Of all men in the world Editors
and Publs should be free from the OF Deepen
dencp debts and blue de wis., for il pacates
him for proper discharge Of duty and is the first step
towards siavery-ihe yielding up The noble sentiments
and privileges of freedom be made the tools and
sails Of wealth, sycopbancy and ambition. This is
True bill again How The Press do its duty 10 the
Public, if the Public 90 discharge their duty i,?-
The Of Politics bad enough the fear les, the
Editor should wrong himself and thus lead others into
errors sufficiently haassing without those petty and
Illuminating cares of poverty aud dependence ot embar
yassng duns and incompetent resources, which break
down he spirits of the rnest How the country
expect the Press TO be what ought be long such
blight shall tall upon the head Of lis conference.-the
Raleigh Standard happily hits off The following pIescrip
lion:
"Tfc ,cayto break do,en a press
81 has been Justly said that independent Press
rests hrmer basis for support than OF contrary
character; and il has been supposed difficult to break
down such Press. There is way in which il can he
done however. And how, does The reader think, this
work can be accomplished? BY The telling OF all sorts Of
concerning ii and its editor: No. BY threats: No.
By getting hireng for the special purpose of writing
itdown: No BY the misconduct OF unprincipied poli-
teal PusimaseIs: No. But this is the secret: Let a
large number OF lis subscribers conclude that because
the business good, the Editor is not in want of the lit
lie they severay owe; let lis Friends habually
tdOqlhe fuflment Of rromists and CONTRACTS with
the Editor and the most prosperous establishment IN The
world must come down al last.
Unless you wish TO break us doon then, gentlemen
call upon you 10 come to the rescue. ray up your
arTeaIS-pay
meDt Of your years--"do unto Us as you would wish
others 10 Go you may be compelled TO re-
sort 10 the policy Of the New Yorker.at time when
one OF the most important political struggles which
ever ag!aled this country is about TO be Witnessed
Upon Is issue depends not only the next Presidency,
but what Of far consequence, those great Princ
pies Of Constitutional Law, which have been dear to
Virginia for more than forty years.
Markets in Riehmord-.H ,rord in season.
We repubish with very great pleasure The following
very appropriate article from yesterday Compiler Our
engagements unfortunately such To our hav
ing under eye The interesting facts which it details
But We understand, from source in which we place
great reliance that the invitations which II holds out to
Country Merchants and Customers are strictly correct
We VIII not venture upon The names OF our merchants;
tn understand thai several HOUSES hap already very
large stocks Of goods which still further 10 be in
c'ras'db by the cargoes of four ships, which are now IN
Inc tlTr The stock Of one OF these Houses hills hre
STORES Of store hch is 100 feet deep. Can there be
better time and more favorable circumstances for VI
sg our merchants for adequate supplies, and concen'
Hi'ing business al our own home
Heavy stocks OF Goods here bought low; while those
N s' The Northern cities except Boston compare
n'ey short; there The money markets runoasy light and
II" Southern and Western merchunts-S ouih and West
q 'Egnia-in such bad credit that they Will sell 10
'hFm Tor cash ony-We invite our country merchants
as events to come. and and judge for themselves
u hsy do not like The qualities OF The articles and The
terms, why then they can lock out else where-but We
aia satisfied, from The accounts we have received that
"iaey may go farther and frre worse !"
(FroH yested0y's C0mpiter)
"foREIGs ARRIVALS u here are now IN the river
just arrived from Liverpool, three ships laden with rich
and valuable cagoes for this City ana Petersburg; but
the larger portion for this City. They the Tally no.
1"nick; the Lagoda, Freeman; and The Rhode Island
Rodgers Besides there is The Corinib, which left Ii
vsrpooI on The 25h July, and may be shortly expected
She has also heavy freight for Richmond There are
also iurher sh pmen mis- 10 be made.
These ertyas will supply our wholesale stores win
extensive and varied assnrmens which may be had on
as coed temrs they be gotten any where The
amount Of imporlelons This fall direct 10 Richmond are