The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1852-12-11

We have been cheated ont Of a number
OF bi;ls the las. two or three years, by the
uamosiny Of debtors-gcnerally persons stop
ping few days or weeks in the city, and
getting Job Work done, or advertising, then
leaving between two days. Those who vic
timize printers, are sure to cheat hotel
keepers, washerwcmen and boot-blacks.-I
Indeed, many who cheat all those persons
so indispensable to their comfort, pay the
printer Tor fear Of getting an advertisement
inserted in their behalf, for which they had
rot contracted, ard with which they would
gratefully dispense. Now, we are getting
tired of this swinding, and intend hence
forth, beginning this day, to expose every
suct RASCAL, so that he may be ''headed -
hysprinters in other places. II we can't get
our bill out of him any other way, we will
take it out Of his moraror immoral skin, by
course of mental cowhiding.
We begin the game with Dir. j. CAR
RoTHEKs. gentlemanly appearing man, TALL
and good-looking, who, with his wife, cImc
70 this city few months ago, and intro
duced himself as q gentleman OF capital,
abundantly able TO purchase all the produce
he could buy on speculation. He patronized
friend Drew, of the Pavilion, rented Mr..
Shshsiin's s,ors-housc, corner Water and
Locust streets, got cards printed, ordered
bills of lading, advertised, &C., and, as after
taJ
Business, as " Storage, Forwarding, CONF
mission and Receiving Merchant The
"wind up'' was, his leaving on the Belle Key
last "Wednesday evening, bound for the
"Sunny South" Which we hope will prove
too hot for him. OF course he left his
printing bill and divers otker bills Tn paid.
With us, he added insult to injury, by coming
in the day before his departure, very anx-
ious to have his bills of lading struck off
Immediately, and wanting to know the exact
price of them, his cards and advertising, as,
to use his own language, he was particular
about those small matters" Moreover, he
had the impuaence to claim old acquaintance
with us, whei we were publishing the Cairo
Delta, and when he, according to his We
racious statement, was captain, at different
q times, of several large steamers. Well, we
acere acquainted with a good many rascals
about those days, but we plead ignorance of
Mr.. Carrothers till he came to this city, and
we,.how cut even that acquaintance.
We hope other communities will be warned
of him by this notice. We give it to him
freely and without charge, and hold ourseli
individually, edtorialIy, particularly and gen.
egally responsible, to him and his friends, e
the present generation and to posterity, FOL
the article, the truth of its stateme nts, an,
all succeeding consequences, except new
bills made in other places by ~. Csrrothers
Storage, Forwarding, Commission and Re
ceiving Merchant"
Since writing the above we have beer
informed that Carrothers swndled the Glib
son House, at Cincinnati, of a considerable
sum, and afterwards went to Madison, wher
he lived about six months. He left that cit,
"betweer two days." leaving considerable
number of interested victims. We suppos
he viii land at some city below US, Paduca
or Memphis, for instance, and continue hi
operations. if so, we warn our cotempO
raries there, he owes printer up this way
They can take the hint, and also take hi
patronage, if they see fit.