Independent Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1843-07-15


residence and where my family was, in
consequence of the failure Of the previous
Review at Charleston, and the be.iet that
4 more permanent and extensive patronage
could be secured for such work III the
Valley Of the Mississippi. The price OF
ten dollars for the work was very high. l
always so regarded it, tut ii was suggested
as a suitable price by gentlemen connect
ed with the newspaper press in New Or
leans, on the ground that the expense Of
printing in that city was al least double
what it was at the North, and 1t was there
fore adopted, and at the Subdivisions
far as could leArn-was generally acqu-
esced in as a suitable price. Even in
Charleston, where five dolllrs is the uti-
matum of such works, $50 subscribers
were found among our best citizens, who
we're wiling to pay ten dollars. rather than
thai the project should lail and a Southern
Rev .ew should not be established. AT
Richmund (Va.) and at Washington
among the Sou,hern members of Congress
similar feeling prevailed, and respect
able list, con.idering the times and the
price, was Obtained. am satisfied that
tho issue Of the trO first numbers which
were printed in New Orleans (and not one
number Us you stacy could net have cost
me fraction short Of $1,000, best es an
outlay of nearly $4,000 for printing es'
tab ishment. Inow pay, in Charleston, a
trilc over $4,000 for the annual expense
Of issuing the four numbers.
Up)n the publication of the first number
of the Review in New Orleans, as the con-
dtions Of the work were payment m ad-
rance, and as | had incurred large eXpen-
ses in getting up the work, | sent out
agents to collect in the subscriptions, bat
such was the state Of the currency at The
South. West, at that time that upon a large
portion Of the money collected losses were
sustained OF 30, 40, 0u, an" even upon Inc
Municipality notes OF - per cent. had
not money enoughfo carry on the work,
and came to Charleston, where the cnrren-
cy was good, and from tho collections
here, made remittances to my partner at
New Orleans, who remained there and is
sued the mex; number. His letters how
ever convinced me that it would be i'm
nossib,e 10 sustain the work in New Or
leans. A large numl or Of the subscribers
at tae SOUTHWEST hive not paid their sub
scri.tions and heavy losses were sustained
ON the money collected, while the expcn
ses of the publication there were very
heavy. In order to save the work, there
fore, from utter Prostration, resolved t'
remove ITS publication 10 SCUM Oaro'iha
wheIe the currency was sound and the ex
pensea so much less; TO make vigorous
effort to extend its circulation in this ne gh
, borhood, and to reduce the terms of thu
work, for The second gear, to five ins'eat
of ten dollars, as an indGcement to indl
vlIuals to subscribe, and continue thei
subscr ton. allowing new subscribers, 1
the expiration Of nine months from tn
commencement OF the work to come in an
take the back numbers at five dollars
simply on the ground that the numbers
. periodical that had teen 50 long issue
had neither the freshness nor the lnlcre'
Of new publication, and were therefor
less valuable.
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