Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-01-30

w.u.h ESe gn proposals for Stationery. t2s II
s %.;;.., s ! ss.. rrin..as Notices, e
A. o. P. Nicholson n o.
Tsll.ih Hope Proposal. for Indian goods.
The Star received ss7 40, for what the
Union received S2S IL; and STA for what the
Intsllteencer received S53 so. We give the
above as mere samples, mere illustrations"
Although our gentle, talented, and truthful
neighbor goes to the Blue Book for the table
he publishes above, he cannot refrain from his
constitutional habit of telling any thing but
the truth in the manner in which he presents
it to his readers. Thus, he commenced his
quotation at the most convenient point to help
him out in his lie-for such it was, a deliber-
ate, palpable, and evidently intentional lie.
The item from which he extracts, "a. o. P.
Nicholson, s2S H." follows one as follows
81. S. Holland, attorney, $50 3D." If he
knows enough to find his way between his
Office and his dwelling, he knew we'll that
these two payments together-S67 M-made
the aggregate of the sum paid for advertising
the Proposals for Stationery" above re-
ferred to, in the Unson-Mr. Holland being
the attorney to collect moneys due the estate
of the late Gen. Armstrong, and portion of
the payment for that advertisement in the
linton being due to Gen. Armstrong; estate,
and the balance only to Major Nicholson.
Apropos Of our charges for advertising,
which our talented, truthful, and ingenious
neighbor intimates should be squared with
those of the Union and Mtelligencsr. Most
conductors of daily papers Of inconsiderable
circulation, like the Organ, are impressed
with the notion that daily papers like the
Star, Of large circulation, should square
their charges by their own. We propose to
open his eyes to the secrets of the advertising
business, by telling him that the reason why
he cannot compete with us at any rate of
charges to which he may fall, is because the
people have cut their eye teeth. They know
that it is much more economical to pay for the
insertion in the Star of an advertisement,
twice what they would be required to pay for
its insertion in the Organ; as every one reads
the former, while the few who read the Organ
are for the most part customers whom prudent
business men avoid. We frequently turn off
applicants for space in our advertising col.
umns, who offer US perhaps twice the rates,
they tell US, at which the Organ is ambi-
tious Of publishing for them, in vain
Our talented, truthful and ingenious neigh
Dor, has been elected to publish the advertise.
ments of the Corporation Of Washington. We
have RETAINED from commenting on the shame
full waste of the money of our fellow-citizens,
through this act of our Know Nothing NUM-
cipal authorities, only on account Of the me-
chanics and laborers employed by that con.
Germ; as without that help, We feared thew
might be cheated out of their honestly earned
wages, at this most unpropitious of all seasons
for laboring men to be tricked after that
fashion. To give our talented, truthful, and
ingenious neighbor just idea of the charac-
ter of the swindle upon the taxpayers of
Washington, in employing it to do the Corpo
ration advertising, We make the following
offer, viz to print the advertisement of the
Corporation tax sales soon to appear in its
columns, at one-half the rate per thousand
ems, which it charges, according to its own
showing to the Councils per thousand of bona
hde daily circulation within the Corporation
limits; and. if it chooses, without those limits,
also; and then to pay its proprietor one thou
sand dollars, if our bill for the service over.
runs our charges for advertising to our fellow.
citizens at large!
This is another fair offer, deliberately made.
We will pay over the thousand dollars in ad.
vance, the moment our truthful neighbor gives
US satisfactory security fer the payment of our
bill after the service may have been rendered.
The truth is, men of sense, Of all parties,
engaged in business, avoid the O,san's ad.
vertlsing columns as they would poison They
know that its touch ought to be death to their
private interests; because the world will take
them for fools for dealing after that fashion
with people whose sense of right and wrong is
cut upon the style of that of the broken down
claim sgents-doctors who cannot be safely in.
trusted with the life of q sick dog-preachers
who having run to seed in the pulpit, have
taken to politics in the hope OF thus getting
change of shirts-and cleaned out faro dealers
who, together, under the pretense of being
better Americans than their neighbors, man.
aged by means Of the Organ, some months
ago, to achieve temporary and wholly unde-
served Importance in this community 4
We owe the Stars readers an apology for
obtruding upon them our own private affairs
but our truthful, talented, and ingenious
neishbor, forgetting the wholesome lessons we
had occasion to give him months ago, has
again undertaken tho exceedingly proftless
job, as he then found it to be, of publishing
false statements concerning US; and we intend
once more to make him behave himself to-
wards us like q respectable man.
Genuine Amerieanism.-It will be recol.
lected by thousands of the Stars readers that
some months ago We took occasion to call pub.
lie attention to the very successful application
of corrugated iron by Mr.. Francis, the now