Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-01-10
A SYSTEM OF SWINDLING.

a DlDlEM Vt ON lNDLlNU
We received q few days since, from an ADVERT
sing agency in New York, the first chapter OF a
story being printed in the New York Ledger, en-
closed IN a photographic note as follows:
To the Publishers Of Cincinnati Commercial:
PIa le insert the enclosed story, entitled "The
Refugees" as a selected article, in both daily and
weekly papers, IN reading matter and charge cur
New York Agency ten (ueD cents per line You
can insert it on - ms, not later in daily, snd in
FIRST weekly after it is received. You will please
follow c-py precisely. The word advertisement
must not be placed over the story Send memo
randum bill, SO that We may know what to credit
you and charge advertiser; and also send the pa
pers containing story, marked and counted The
whole to 60 in together in one paper. The last
paragraph o. any word OF it. must not be ITALICS
ed or altered
II re We have bold proposition made us We
are told, that if we will consent to swiudle OUT
readers, by printing as selected matter fragment
of trashy story, arranged so to excite the CUriCs
itY of those who read It to The eUd thereof and
give the "last paragraph re'eTed to above, which
is strong puff Of paper for which we have no
respect, without the alteration Of q word we will
be remunerated at the rate Of ten cents per luei-
We beg to inform the advertising agents Of New
York, and other cities that we are at sli times
ready to insert decent advertisements for good
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one thing, and selected MISTER another, aud that we
consider the system they have recently introduced,
Of advertising, under the false pTetense on the face
OF 1t that the matter Is simply selected for the
benefit Of the general reader, hlgrsnt swiDdiug.
The beginning Of the "vsru' seut u, we find 10
scores of our exchanges, given according TO the
specific directions Of the note printed above, which
being Autographed, is evidently used in all cases
where orders are giver the only blank left to f.
I
line is mentioned The story Is one of EMERSON
BENEFITS mysterious and murderous narratives
OF operations IN the bsckwoOds a kind of VroduC-
ton thay under the speclOus ti,s Of yves EN- Lit
eratu-e," has D5tn driven very considerably into
the gIOun ; and tat portion o. it which we are de-
sired to prIur ends II a very awful manner, moth.
ing less terrible Occurring than thag the lad Of
party of white folks f0atng on Q river in q CauCe
at night, when the Indians were hosIis, ''saw tls
head of an Indian come PeePiug ever tic side #
the beat OF course, intense curiosity is excited
in story readers to lssrl whaU happened after tie
Indian 5 head was en- by tie 5ea-d.ul girl thrust
over the edge Of the boat; all &C this thrilling
moment we read on as follows:
The above Is Bll Of this beautiful, anl highly C-
terestug story t1at will he Published 10 our coll
umDs We give this IS & sanFIa. Tie coltu-l.
ton Of it can be found only 10, IL
Ard then follows The direction Tor procuring tie
paper that contains tie continuance Of tee sOory,
and higG-fuug uoIce Of the paper itsef not
word of which those who are briOed to print are az
liberty to change. TIE erroneous demand for the
papers that have advertised extensively in Ibis
way shows the extent and importance Of the swim
de Pep .e'crs of pspers who fill Their columns
with false pre,eUCss instead Of geGun5 ssls.trl
reading matter, should be spotted by their suos.-l
0er; aud we advise every one who fuds the big
head liEes of 6 story pr0trujing themselves among
the Selected matter to read the last paragraph
first and see whether it IS not an advertisement
q ten C2nt-b-.nsr.- Cincinnati Commercial