Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1855-07-04

the few leisure mraients allotted me. But
these Or ans have been driven from the little
world vi, 81 ihay ence IN ,,le bright and joy
ons vi h thtir nre.sney---t.td III their room
the mimi has tosi,;n: 10 ,iwiil upon but that
sia.e piece of Ind an paiios,p sy--..white
man is mighey uiisarii,.a
Kindly social relations lad ilso grown mp
between the editor and the readers Of the pa
per. felt myself, by my proxy, a welcome
visitor at their firesities, xhe,her in town or
country--ani as We inierchanged opinions,
cracked our jokes and laughed together, Jas
occasion called. mingled our gricfs, and "shed
the sympathysing tear" friendship and
Intimacy had feen contracted which had
hoped would last for many years-and TO be
thus unceremnneously severed, and that too
without givin. me time to give or receive n
single adieu, was not less painful than hui
initiating. had hoI cd that we should oc.
cupy our old and cordial relations for many
years to come--but fate which have not
been able to control comT els the separation
and, invoking the best blessings of Provi-
dence upon all, take my leave Of this
branch of the subject.
1t is with a still more heavy heart that
now speak to those most seriously interested
in resuits-the old creditors Of the establ sh-
mcnt. Every thing that duty and honor could
prompt, or which was in the range of possi-
Lility to accomplish, has at all times been
done and undertaken for the benefit Of these
early fricnds Of the paper. Up to the time
lha. the Office passed into the hands Of the
"Telegraph Printing Company" ali credit
on hand was always cheerfully paid, and
hat I, 70 an,
promptly every demand. But impossible
tics finally became fixed facts --and then Il
transfer, to new hands, became inevitable
and in this transfer, which was in fact forced
sale, reference was had, in the formation oil
the new company, to the supposed persona
good feelings of the new propretors towart
the establishment, and the undersigned wcn
into ssvoluntary servitude' at what nigh,
be called nominal wages, for the sole pur'
pose land with the hope, SO far as his labor
would assist, of putting the Office In posi-
ton to pay everybody. | shall not furthe,
characterize the management which has de.
feated every hope and expectation in which
had lged-the RESULTS before the wor,t
and that result is sufficient. The Office wa:
making money at the time of it's first trans
fer, but not making it fast enough to meat
the large liabilities which had been incurred
in establishing thence the sale. When i
passed into tho hands of the 'sTelegrapt
Printing Company it was worth in ma.eri.
ais and patronage, at least $1,000 sun
largely sufficient to pay all its then debts
indeed, had it been out of debt, not s6 900
nor even $4,000 would have been an induce
ment to part with it, as it was fairly estab'
llshed, and its patronage constantly increas.
ing. 1t never would have been worth les.
than $5 900, even with debts hanging over it.
but for the der recitation which followed it!
advertisement for sale, and the utter ruir
which cnsued upon the stopping of the paper
Tor the patronage continued about the samt
despite all untoward circumstances. There
fore without designing to inpungn in any
manner the motives Of the Actuary (for
greatly respect his strict integrity of charac
ter) think have q right to complain of tha
fatulty of judgment which has brought losses
upon all concerned-which has terminated
the existence Of n journal thar was accepta
BILE to the public, and certainly no discred
to the city-and which leaves inc to wonder
whether have been dreaming for year anG
a half past, or whether have otherwise
thrown away that much of my time.
That have been bitterly disappointed, il
were useless to deny. Bat bear with mt
at all times the proud consciousness of hav'
ing done my duty faithfully to patrons, cred
itors, and friends. Five long years Of labor
and something besides, have been lost to mt
forever. During all this period have lived O
life of triple labor-of the body, of the mind
and of the hear, ,and now as Iapproach the de
scending scale of time find myself cut of
from my most cherished hopes, and deprived
of a resource which ! had long labored to
make the means Of an honest livelihood. Sc
long rs was receiving cent from any
quarter, was willing to devote it to credit.
ors of the Office even to the EXTREMIST denia
of myself and family, and all who know mt
know this to have been the fact,-but, all re-
sources being cut of, trust only for the pres.
ent, all | can say is WATT WILL PAY YOU
And first ,f all shall l attend to the de.
mands of those whose generous torbearance
has at all times formed On oasis in the
desert of my troubles. @l@
To my brethern of the press all over the
State, | beg leave on parting to tender ass,,-
rances of high respect, and wish them all a
q prosperous and happy life.
JAMES NJ. MORGAN. a1a
Late Editor "Telegraph."