Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-05-15

ire due To tha syHten OF email credits. Btit
We n3ad not IL 10 hetg condemned hs ertnais
nal By or COURTS to find it, evil Consequences
They tau eaiiis.nntl. atiisnt ia ths fast, fhaf
BIZ ssfo buyaa for stfiqil an pi4.asoa ere III, is
obliged ~ pay Htul5 thirty pr cent higher
I fof the articles hs eetiHata75 than they might
ba p~ft,rufai iaf fa#il III. II Che cash pfie5 -
raiafd to n latnl with tag credit price, Lbs
reason v, that yplf shop4ksa7sf haH it1afti.
IDENTIFY CREDITED Como oti5 Of sl1o4s rhafaefer
ho knsw but little, and who has finally Rot1s
off, anil left y6ti snd your nsigh5ofs to tn1ka
up III extra t1riees tho Am 1a1s duo for ts nov
eeaf, naw hat etc. Resail merchants ars com.
psllol 10 saiI higher, because IN thar n'iasr-
o,,s credits they find many bid. and for the
bad ouas rod customers sfo indirectly made
accountable, -
BIT on 10 b~asins#a. perhsps, does the cree
dit uyvtrm op,fa'c no epprsssiyelr ~ upon
that Of thu nevispapor publisher. His ~outlaya
arm All cash. His wofktn1r, ~ va have aaid.
mus. not be refused aud paper dsalcrs have
bero,ne too well acquainted with tho prscari-
ntts eitaraetar Of Htiei, establishments to Gre
dit them for pafsr. besides. ths printer
GAINS aorHtVa--ie nnyat can expect ~
gam anything, by giving credit. Hg small
bills, If he ha force to employ d ee}lettef, are
Nil cotls,,tosd III laying said collector for hia
a%eryieoa HnJ the more he credits, and tbs
more credit he gets, tho poorer and more
miserable be becomes.
We are not ieating. friends what We toll
you arc tratha--nleain, serious truths, and
which llnvo a bearing iaf raars important than
presents itself to You Oh frat view. This,
bearing Ia one Of vsst consequence to the M.
ton and will never saaae TO alsd over II n
bslet,ll influence. NATL the pres~ ahall be
supported differently from whit It now IL,
How often do we hear, from lawyers md
dnrtnra. and ediieated nan entialally. from
| men Of rtetget and station, the ~Heveraat etrlets
areB on tho country Press Even the press
of The city. which In al conscience has
mighty little to boast o, takes merit to itnelf
in ridieuliag that Of thu campaign. And why
IL this Think YOU, gentleman, il" would be
40, If the atlaifa Of tho country preas we're
conducted on the eaah ~pyaton3 fsoHta i'll.
ssaaces might b. found, we admit but the
number would be few, and iaatead of the
wrstehsa. drawing things that now Disgrace
tho fair face Of tho American territory, We
should find Journals conducted with an annr-
ey and ability worthy Of tho American people,
Our readers ffriy take whit we say for Cos
pol, when We aaaara them TINT q great MUM
Der Of cur country papers are conducted by
tie most ignorant and ahiftless class Of Jour
noymen printere printers who cannot hold
their own with the better class Of thefr tels
low. craftsmen, and who are consequently glad
to give themselves up 10 the nteaaest Of all
species Of slarnry--that Of working III an nn-
limited credit. aud submitting to the control 81
n clique Of a~elfisi, windy, village pollty. la.,s
No spirltol n4n could submit to sp.1 doni.
Mon anil can you wonder then, nat ypur
country journals ore 40 %tettst. Why, you
would not place your Tipping babies under the
tuition Of such men and yet you promise to
rny them five or six dollars Il year for ~furnirl,-
ing you a certain amount. Of information
weekly! Lat newspaper readers eeass tloir
2roxisss"o pay--let them pay up At tho start,
md our word for It they will soon got men to
control their presses who will furnish them
the full worth Of thor money in return.
We would not wish our readers to infor
from tho paragraph at tho head Of tbs Sam
dean address, that we follow out the uystem
of the ancient Cloths, and ret drunk before
we writing to them; nor 10 our
system precisely that Of the celebrated Mr..
Shandy, on his 9 beds Of justice" but va can
safely say that the subjects introduced III this
:" talk,' have bsen viewed aud reviewed by lis
bcsh when fasting and full Lat. when fasting
Wo have considered tie disadvantages Of CIV
ing credit, and no. being aale to got any our
selves and thep, whom full, we have reflected
how VOL we and all O. ours might fare every
day, how comfortable at home and happy
abroad we should be, il the world could only
be brought to consider the propriety of pay
ing Ms for our work at proper periods. AND
that no indntement for them 10 do 80, in our |,
power to furnish, shall be wanting, we desire
it to be understood hereafter, by all our
that a atrict compliance with the
:" Terms" of the Gazette will be required.
We have taken some poisa TO improve the
paper IN appearat Y, BY procuring new tyre,
and all that our powers can do to improve it
IN o'he. respects shall assuredly hYdone, ?
CORPORATION oE THE I4th.--ye ester
day. The day appointed by tho President
tor concentrating with proper respect the
OF Nm. Ii. HARRISON, was duly
remembered in Baton Rouge. The shops
wera c'osod and all business suspended, and
the solesnnities that mark the passage Of
the honored dead 10 tho en,b,sgerc obscry.
able around us. 49,.
We are panied to remar Scr, that
engagements Of the ~dayfasled t. give
satisfaction this, whether due 10 want
Of reflection, or to feelings Of party, land
one Is 10th to believe the latter had any
l;sinence,) Is much to b, regretted for
there were many who mosirned as sincerely
bis ayowed friends, the loss Of our late
president, and no partiality should have
manifested N selections for c duty SO
Impressive.
Below is the order of procession: :
Chief Marshal. +. ID. NEwcoms. Z,
Aids. ]. AZ. WIKaIr and MORRIS Mose,y.
| The Reverend Clergy.
, Pail Bearers fuearsel Pail Dnarars