Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1856-11-18
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morning following we were called on for
settlement with james Rallston, merchant,
pomeroy. Settled without difficulty, ex-
changed receipts in good humor. So far,
III right. We were then ordered to "stop
he concern" by which was meant, we
presume, that Mr.. r. wished us to stop
his paper and advertising, which were ac-
cordmgly stopped.
The secret of this sudden stoppage must
be told, and in telling it we shall
''Nothng extcnuate, nor set down aught in malice"
Mr.. Rallston has always heretofore pro-
fessed great friendship for us, which has
been duly appreciated. The only circum-
stance which ever led us to doubt his
friendship was, that whenever he wished
any printing done, he always went to an
other establishment, situated in "Black
Horse Alley" Philadelphia, or some such
place; and invariably paid high price
fora poorjob. This was his own lookout:
not ours; and we kept quiet. The only
way we could reconcile this passion of his
for Black Horse Alley, with his friendship
for us, was by supposing that he thought
every thing brought from the city must, of
necessity, be far superior to a homemade,
country article, whether any body could
discover the difference or not Weremem.
Der that when child, we entertained a
similar opinion. No candy ever tasted
half so sweet as that given us by an old
lady, who invariably reminded us, every
time she donated ii, that it was city casdy,
and it was long time before the illusion
was dispelled. Pope says,
''Men are but children of larger growth,n
and why could not the same passion pos
sess Mr. Rallston still. Although the
delusion in grown person is destructive
of home interests and home labor, still we
could overlook it, under certain circum-
stances.
But, on the 9Th of August great ca
lamity overlook the business men of Pom.
eroy. The business houses within tive
squares of the court house were burned
The court house was partially destroyed
Strenuous efforts were made to induce us
to remove the Telegraph to Middleport
with a view to securing our influence, il
the Legislature as well as with the press
in favor of removing the courthouse tt
that place. A large sum was subscribed
to purchase materials for the office. Thi,
is well known to every body here. Wher
the proposition was made, we told the per
sons making it that Middleport was mucl
more suitable place for the courthouse, g
much more pleasant place of residence
that we liked her people better than thos
of Pomeroy; that we had no interests t,
protect Eere of our own; that no sucl
sympathy had been expressed for us b.
the citizons of Pomeroy as had been b.
those Of Middleport; that no offers of as
sistance had been made here, and proba
! bly, none would be made; yet notwithstan
. ding all this we could not entertain thei
proposition for moment, even if the sun
, offered were ten times as great. Why
Because, Mr.. Rallston and others have los
by fire nearly every thing they possessed
y except their naked lots; and these lots ow
their chief value to their proximity to tn
courthouse. Remove that, and you ren
der these lots comparatively valueless, an
] rob the sufferers of the triAe yet remaining
q We reasoned with them on the subject fc
- an hour or more, to dissuade them fro1
tleir purpose, and left them with the dee
{ laration that if we started the Telegram
8 again, it would be in Pomeroy, 10 prc
: tec5 the Interests of the sufferers. Aftt
=. this consultation, finding us determined
proceed, the coun y-seat question, and th
. Middleport newspaper enterprise were bot
IL dropped. Without asking orrcceiving tn
e assistance of these men, we again estaI
Il lished the Telegraph here, mainly to prc
= tect their interests. We say further, tn,
no sufferer shared SO largely our Synpatl
as Mr.. James Rdlston. But for him, an
u three others we might name, who had a
ie ways been on terms.of friendship with II
81 we should have made no effort to re-estaI
'l lish the paper; but settled our affairs, r
'e signed our Office, and sought another |,
'e cation, leaving the people of Middlepo
t. to pursue their plans. Mr.. Rallston kne
II all this--he had talked with us on the SUI
g ject. He knew, also, something of o,
IA losses and our present pecuniary emba
III easements. He knew that we depende
+ upon our job printing mainly for suppol
re In view of all these circumstances, C;
y any body wonder that we should feel hui
n vexed, mortified, to learn that Mr.. Rail
a. ton was again circulating hondbills print,
Il in Black Horse Alley, Philadelphia? Cou
ar any body expect us 10 be silent under SUI
ne treatment? We could not believe M
OF Rallston would do such thing, and d
re not believe he had when we penned t
n article last week. We therefore mentions
no name, expecting that if lie had,
st would give us his reasons for SO doin
e, which, if satisfactory, would have be
accepted, and the matter amicablv SETTLE