The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-05-12

| IMPUDENCE OF NORTHERN PUBLISHERS.
We have received a Circular from the
Office of the National Police Gazette, in
which we are modestly requested to pub
| fish puff of that most villIanOus paper,
which would occupy about fifteen lines in
the Observer, in consideration of which it
is proposed to give us one line in that paper
under the head of ''the best advertising
papers ill the country" However such a
rascally concern may be disposed to pro-
claim the Observer as among The best ad-
vertising papers in the country, without
knowing whetheritis or not, we are notdis-
posed to put the name of that bad paper in
our columns in any other light than of re-
probation. From hasty glance at copy
of it, which accompanied the Circular, it
seems to US that no one but very great
scoundrel, who wanted to become a muir
derer, or something else as bad, would give
the National Police Gazette houseroom,
even if sent gratuitously. Yet we are
modestly asked TO advertise it, and what is
worse, if possible, to have our paper ad
vertised in it.
Whilst on the subject, we would thank
some of our Editorial brethren in North
Carolina if they will inform us what likeli-
hood there is of getting paid for a New
type what "One Dollar Will Buy :" One
| of these specimens of New York patronage
was sent to US, and we informed the adver-
tiser, as we do all such, that the kind of a
''dollar' required some forty other better
dollars to back it before it could get into
the Observer for one year. Since that
time we have heard nothing from Sand
| ford & Co., 1873 Front street, New York"
And we would be most agreeably surprised
to learn that any of our brother editors
ever hear from him after finishing their
years advertising.
| A number of papers iii this State were
lately bit by long advertisement of The
Nation" one of those trashy Northern pa
pars that Southern papers take so much
pains to circulate in preference to their
own. We warned them that they would be
cheated-and they were.
| 1t seems to us either that North Carolina
papers are great favorites with advertisers
, who never pay, or that papers in other
| States do as We do, throw such advertise
ments in the fire for we seldom see such
things in the papers of other States.-Fdy-
eheuilte Observer.
! Our rule is to publish none of these north
ern advertisements unless payment is made
10 advance, or the amount guarantied-and
we refuse some when payment is offered in
advance. All emanations from V. B. Pal
mer's newspaper agency, together with the
prospectuses of trashy northern publica-
tons, we commit to the flames without the
slightest consideration. We hope our
North Carolina Editors who are in the Labit
of putting and publishing those northern
concerns will see the improperly of such a
course and discontinue it. If editors want
something to fill up their columns with.
! would it not be better to publish the pros
pectus of some North Carolina paper, and
when they have puffs to spare, bestow them
on their otcn merchants.
PHILADELPHIA, May 6.-ln the election
yesterday, the Democrats largely increased
their vote. The select council is composed
of 81 Democrats and three Opposition. In
| the Common Council the Democrats will
have largely increased majority.
Il We understand that the rain on Sun
dav caused d considerable freshet, and
damaged the corn and wheat crop in this
County to a great +extent.-Rathertord
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