The Nevada journal., 1856-04-25
National American Nominations.
FOR PRESIDENT,
Millard Fillmore.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
Andrew j. Done lsOn l.,
OF TENNESSEE.
OF NEW YORK.

bidding the patrons Of the Journal, under
our administration, an affectionatc fare
well; for the Senator has returned 'big
with the fate of Empire" and with
this present writing the mission of the so
cal editor" is fulfilled
We have been connected with the press
just three months and twenty-five days,
neither more nor less. Casting an admi-
ring glance backward over our brief but
brilliant career, We regret to say that We
sec many errors, both Of omission and
commission, that We might have Stunned.
Once in a moment Transportation we con-
ceived brilliant pun, which we totally
forgot to insert until it was too late.
On another occasion we copied aSan Fran
cisco advertisement as an item of news.
We shall never hear the last of it,-and
we hereby give this advice gratis, to any
neophyte editor who has any desire to
hear the last of it,-nepcr copy San
Francisco advertisement as an item ofneDs.
Several times We have injudiciously pulled
clothing stores and other institutions, con-
fdently expecting to be arrayed in gor-
geous apparel free ofexpensc by means of
these delicate little batteries, as we had
been informed was usually the case. 1t
is needless to add, our expectations have
never been realized. We are the victim
of misplaced confidence. We give it as an
astounding fact that the sum total CT sub
stantial favors, which we have received
during the course of our editorial career,
only amounts to one copy of"Phenixiana"
and one jack-knife. In this estimate we
leave out sundry bottles of champagne
and chunks of indigestible cake, the votive
offerings of happy pairs ''the currents of
whose lives have mingled into one" and
also the proffered loan, upon one occasion,
of six revolvers, one sword, o derringer,
two bowie knives and blunderbuss, all
Of which 1.-THE revolvers We mean, not the
cake and wine) we thankfully but firmly
declined. Some wretch, 'lost to love and
truth" has feloniously taken and carried
away our 'Phonixiana." That that un-
principled individual may laugh himself
into an apoplexy over the humors of
"Squibob," is our fervent prayer. We
have had some experiences. We have
received any quantity of good advice, in
the conduct of the Journal, all and SUM-
dry of which we are happy to say we nev-
or followed in the slightest Particular
One very curious aesthetical fact has come
TO our notice, viz: that when the Journal
for any cause has come down on any per.
son, or institution, the particular enemies
of that person or institution always pro-
nouncc that article the very best that has
yet appeared. Several times we have
been patted on the shoulder and kindly
advised to shit 'em again, when in re-
ality, owing to the fact that we seldom
read the Journal, we were in total igno.
rance of who or what we had been hitting.
Once we conducted wordy quarrel with
m editor Of a cotemporary paper, and on
reading the articles for the first time a
month after its termination, ascertained to
our great satisfaction that we had got the
best of it.
One little fight we have had,-a very
small one of the kind and we are happy
to be able to state that it has not proved
particularly fatal. The main object, how
ever, of all editorial ''scrimages" wasj ac-
complished, for the circulation of the
Journal increased six copies in a single
week.
Ii any person should ask us if we like
the business of newspaper-making, our
answer from this time henceforward, would
be, calmly, deliberately, and dispassion-
ately, but emphatically, no We can't
stand the press. To write is well enough,
but write to order is bore. '.The voice
of the people is the voice of God" but the
cry for copy is the voice of the Devil.
we have written some articles for the
Joarnat, good, bad. and Indifferent: other
articles, also good, bad and Indifferent We
have not written at all. Some persons
we doubt not have liked the Journal
To this magnanimous, appreciative, chosen
few, we have only to say, We thank YOU
kindly. Very many persons, we presume
have disliked the Journal To this ssgreat
multitude which no man can number we
have only to say, we thank you kindly,
too,-all the same In the words of the