The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-08-07
&" STOP MY PAPER"
From The BIackwood's Magazine.

The American papers are undoubtedly
. powerful INSTRUMENT, and in description
are iue.isIbls. SO long IS they have 10
deal With senaies and statesmen. CON-
meree aod colonies. banks and budgets.
they ere az expert q, they are 10 rubIng
nature with Rsrmfnls not her own, and
cnloring her cheek with vsrmillicn and
indigo. But there seems 10 be one nate
rial which seems 10 set this powerful in-
-.------. ----sl-.-ir ~ ds 6anss and ilIai
10. the purse Of their sUbscrbers. Jons-
Than will give his opinion. his vo,e or his
advice. any thing but his money. One
OF then, which grusus Tor al the rest. ui-
tiers the deepest Lamentations against this
stubborn power Of retention. "Stop my
paper" 10 the sentence Of death, with
which the Yankee customer reialisles on
The dsslers IN politics. PRINCIPLES. and the
prices Of coffee and cotton. We have
a class Of subscribers" save enc of those
papers. "who pr"fess TO | Ike The content.
Of our paper. nll by-snd.by an opinio1
meets Their view with whish they do not
agree. What then do they in their ca
gaci'y! Do they exanine he subject -
gallo or direc, q commuhies,ioa - the ed.
lior. begging 10 dIssen, from his oplniopl
No! they get INTO . passion, and before
the foam has had time 10 cool on their
lips. write a lie ter, commencing with.
'stap my papsr!' II We cay the rents
are exorbr.anIly high, and the, landlords
should be too generous TO take advantage
Of an sccidrn'sl circumstance, round comes
. broad hat. and gold h. AIDED cane, with,
sir, STOP my psper!' Docs an actor re-
ce've BIZ Of advice. the green room 10
too hot 10 hold him. until relieved by the
words. stop my pape'r II We praise an
scior. some angry nssl steals gloom,ly in
with. 's'r. If you please. stop my psperr
We dare MT express hope TO Dsvig ate
The sea with steamboats,. but our paper is
stopped By chip captain; q doc,or near
ly stopped Us The Other day. because a
correspondent, had praised an enemy Of
his college; and We expect feri facias
IN our office presently, on account Of some
thing which we understood some body
has said sgsinsi a lawsuit. in We do not
remember what court. Bot Ill those af-
fairs were ou'done yesterday by The fol-
loving. We were ,iuing IN our elbow
chair. Illuminating on the decided advsn-
tsge Of virtue over vice. Wien withered
little Frenchmap, with COW hide as long
IS himself, and twice as heavy, rushed
into our presence. 'Ssre!' and he stop
ped 10 take bresth. Well SIM Monsieur
he stopped again 10 Iakc breath. "Dl,bie.
monsieutr end he fouri.hed his instru-
ment about his head. .Reslly, nv friend,
said we smiling. for he vas no. 40 objec.
TO be frightened. about, swhen You have
perfectly finished amusing yourself with
that weapon, We shoulj like TO he master
Of our own leisure No sare, | have
come to horse whip you, with .hl. COW
hide! We took pistol from . drawer.
cooked il, and aimed al his head. Par
don ssrs. said the Frenchman; Il will first
give you an explanation, Monsieur. If
you have wri, dis srliclei We looked 4,
over, and acknowledged ourselves the au-
thor. 1t was few lines referring TO The
great improvement in rail roads. and in
timsling ,ba, this mode Of travelling would
one day supersede every other. You
have writ dat 10 your pspieri' Yes sIr.'
wei, den, rare, stop your conlouuded pa