Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-06-24
OUR SENTIMENT.

Some time back-perohance two or three
weeks ago, we received letter. nrequesting us as
publishers of a certain newspaper, 10 insert
within our columns, Story-smutilated catch
penny tale. entitled, "The hland Princess"
The New York Ledger offers to pay for this at
the rate of ythree cents per dine the whole
would probably amount to ten dollars This
story concludes with the following interesting
puff of that interesting paper ::
"The above is all OF this beautiful and highly
interesting story that will be published in our
columns. We give this as sample. The con-
tinuation of it can be found only in the New
York Ledger, the great family weekly paper,
for which the most popular jim the courf-
try contribute, and which ca1i be found at all
stores throughout the city andfcountry, where
papers are sold: Remember ask for the New
York Ledger of May, 30, and nit you will get
the continuation of the story from. where it
leaves of here. If you cannos, get q copy at
any news'ofice, the publisher: of the Ledger
will mail you copy on the receipt OF live cents.
Fanny Fern writes only TOR 1.-The It New York
Ledger; Sylvanus Cobb, Jr writes only for it."
This same tale, we presume, has been sent to
many of our Southern cotemporaries and they
have given publicity to it for the trifng sum Of
some ten or twelve dollars. Now gentlemen,
we contend that you are. taking the bread out
of your own mouths. These huge mammoth
Eastern weekies, depend upon Southern and
Western circulation for support. This very
same mutilated tale of " an Island Princess"
will get thousands OF "moon sick misses" and
g. .muslached youag gents" together with some
clever people to subscribe. Can't you respect
yourselves? Why will you NOT aid in spread
Ing the fame and circulation ofyour own papers
of your own home papers, than thus suicidal
ly work for papers, foreign, corrupting1 sinking
in the nostris, and in the very highest degree
ahtagonistic to our institutienss - . -
Gentlemen of the Southernpress, we are sur
prised at YOU We admit the right you have of
doing as you please in this respect but is it not
inconsistent, ruinous to yourselves, thus to be
aiding and abetting the circulation Of journals
whose only support is based upon the patronage
of humbugged citizens. =, !,
IT. gentlemen, you would adYiseS your South:
ern readers to- patronize home papers, then
might you see mammoth Southern sheets, ably
conducted, issued forth to'the Rublic at t'large,
but as long as matters stand IS they do, we
must be tributary to the NORTH -" -
We hope such Of our Southern brethren will
see their position and never submit again to be.
made tools Of AS for our part we are poor,
like money and all that sort ofsrthing-,-yes we
do, but Pentingall, & Co., :withihe New York
Ledger and the Island e e tie e
DcVil.--RiSing Sun.
We coincide with friend SLIDER and his
sentiment" in the above article. The same
unfinished story with the same fulsome puff of:
the New York Ledger was sent to us to- publish,
but it didnot meet with our appreciation, and
consequently was laid under the table, from the
fact that we did not consider it worthy of
more prominct position.-ED ADV, r. '''..'