The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-05-14

of attestations of innocence, and imprecations
against himself if he was guilty. The land
lord looked astonished, and being an honest
man, was obliged to believe the soldier. But
just on the point to leave the examination-he
taking hold of the soldiers coat and looking
him in the face, syid: "Now say upon your
honor, that You have not got my spoon, and
will be satisfied" "
''Upon my HONOR said the soldier to him
self, after thinking few minutes: Upon my
honor! Poh! blast youE' he cried pulling the
spoon from his pocket, and giving it to its own
er-"Blast your spoon-take your spoon, and
be ID"
The host started, surprised; and while la
menting that the great principles of religion
and morality should have less weight in the
mind Of an intelligent being than the princi
Piles of. what he conceived to be mere sound,
the soldier swung his knapsack and instantly
marched off.
NEWSPAPER FA1LuREs.-Mr. Kay, poprietor
Of the Atlanta Examiner, has failed for a large
sum of money, and made an ASST gnment for the
benefit of his creditors. His liabilities are esti-
mated to range from $4,000 to $4,000. He
was engaged extensively in the book, job and
newspaper business, also in the drug line, if we
mistake not. He published daily, tri-weekly
and weekly newspaper the daily large size
and filed chiefly with advertisements of books
&C., for sale on his counter. We have often
wondered how he could do it and make money
by the operation. Our doubts have been set
tied He did not make money enough to pay
expenses, and we set it down as one of the in
e
in business, Of the details of which he was per-
sonaly ignorant. Mr.. Kay is not practical
printer and his paper was a mere political or
gan relying upon partisan patronage for sup
port, which was not rendered to a sufficient eX
tent
We also have rumors here that the Savannah
Georgian has been suspended, 1--WE hope tenn
porarily,) because of visit of the sheriff on
account of claims against the former proprietor
of the office, who is said to be behind some
500, 900 or $3o, 600. This is another instance
where the proprietor is not practical printer,
and different result could hardly have been
expected. We have had two other instances
nearer home, which have proven to demon
stration, that partisan presses, conducted and
owned by politicians, whose hands are unused
to the composing rule or the shooting stick, will
never make fortunes for the owners. In fact,
such an investment is generally the poorest
that can be made, for the reason firstly, that
politicians are the worst paymasters on news
paper subscription list and get more gratuitious
work done than any other class; and secondly,
because the nature of the business requires
more constant watchfulness and more minute
care on the part of its superintendent than any
other business to make it profitable. Hence the
scores ofcases in Georgia, within ten years past
which have resulted in bankruptcy or embar
rassment ofnewspaper proprietors, and in break
ing up of offices, started with a grand flourish
of trumpets," and with s'Aattering" prospects
of success! Let all concerned take warning and
profit by the lesson thus nculcated.
Georgia Citizen
The New York Tribune in speaking of a
Mobile firm closing their accounts with Gin
cinnati abolition firm, stated if the southern
merchants generally would close their accounts
with northern merchants, they would confer a
greater favor than by continuing them. No
doubt but such general closing Of accounts
and dissolving mercantile connection would suit
the Tribune TO a I, and be a great favor to black
republcanism. 1t is what the abolition poti-
clans have been after the last ten years. but our
seaboard towns are reaping too rich harvest
from southern trade and commerce to be nhu
enced by such TRADES as fill the columns Of the
Tribune.
The cotton trade is the great trade of Ameri-
ca, and whilst the labor happiness and well
being of millions and millions Of human beings
in both the old and the new world are depend
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lists of the northern States would destroy and
sacrifice all to carry out their vague and false
idea of negro humanity. -t
The large and extensive silk house of Bowen
Il McNamee, after growing rich and fat on the
profits of the southern trade, used the very mo-
ney obtained by shareholders to put into exist
ence a religious y abolition paper which they
spread broadcast over the land to influence and
prejudice the public mind against so-called
southern slavery. One of that firm writes what
are called the money articles for that paper,
and has, within the last year, more than once
falsely stated that our merchants no longer
sought or desired the trade of the south-that
it had had its day, and the frequent failure of
southern merchants made the trade unprofta
bic. Lately the same writer has given, in the
ooiaidho VI viz AHuS Poh"eAu' q Htehiy iSp vi
failures throughout the country, and without
apparently knowing how completely his re-
ports of failures refuted his argument against
southern trade, has published list after list in
which the proposition of mercantile failures
stands one to eightn favor ofthe slave States.
That is to say, that in every one hundred fail
ures twelve are in the south and eighty eight
in the north.
The truth is--and the money writer of the
Independent knows 1.-THE south is rich and
pays its debts. Her merchants buy largely and
literally, and those who deal with them get
rich faster than any other class of merchants in
New York. Had Bowen q McNamee never
had any southern trade, the Independent would
have had no existence, as the very money used
to bring that abolition sheet into existence was
obtained from southern merchants. Had their
business from 1910 to 1850 been confined to
the north, they never would have had any mo-
ney to spare to start a newspaper. r. .a.|
IN. Y. Day Book.
ENGLISH LAVA bookseller of Southamton,
England was lately fined FIVE shilings for sell
limo ! neWspaper on the sabbath The maOis-