New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-12-23
a CARD FROM Mr.. BONNER
ABOUT
A LIVE NEWSPAPER

A LIVE NEWSPAPER
Ih.s.ve cpe man ha. s s9od nsa; Pabsa fip,r
8. .no:he ge: up ase circulation, or 20 employ eH
rent oou b,:o advertise extensively CT :; 90 anything
,.e TIA. Is homes. and fai- DO believe however
tia: any rbh. La. night impo-e upon aud deceive he
public or a;.emp: steal another mans thunder or
TO DO anything el-e ,hai is AID d'honosbe In
word teev, TIA, every tub shoad stand sPon its own
bottom
In Yesterday. Tribune, Boston publication adversed it.
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A LIVE NEWSPAPER"
and 9. AZ evidence oft, va,yss proof that was aie-
,h,. contained contribution BY Hon. EDWARD EN Err
rs ,h. p.per which announced with su,a aoaFi'h OF
.rup PETS found that contained jus, Sen;y,~o lines. by
d,,m; and the Humorous Poem" b. John G. SAKE,
found BE- old a,q aintauces which ra' rit'eH
70, anG published the Ledger eeSs and 70, hios
Trad M SGIe What he con.iGersd a reyy iiberai'rm
Now leave the public Judge fsuch Pnbyes'ion
would appropriately designated by being sdyrted
asa DEAD instead of LIVE rew.paPer BIT this is not
tie frs. tine th. publication hes offended 1t has here
tofore published Of my Copyrighted articles, bu: am rot
daposed haIshy. 1t does not .aad alone in this
matter.
There no paper published United States which
many stories sketches and poems copied by the
receives He cred, proportion The smO1nt of ma,ter
taken from It, This arises probably from the fact that do no:
print the line Written 70, tie Se York Ledger, every
thing which publish originally Thi. Of extracting
from the eovmDs of the Ledger without the customary sk
nowedsnent time annoyed somewhat but st,ery
ha. been amusement; will be b the facts
above stated As well those which follow:
Ho,Yo, Weekly time ego, published article which
,ruei 10 20 being old acquaintance ard turning 70
files we discovered that word for word Of FANNY
Frsvs LEDGER sKErcHEs" which mad teen Published and
eopyh,h,ed by US On being his fact the Mess
Haper promptly made the amenGe honorable
psnston that the article had been copied from English
periodical which seems. had appropriated" the Sketch
and published as original.
short time after this occurrence the Home JosrHd! pab
hed story, credited London paper which story was
written expressly for the Ledger by syvauus Cobb J We
called General Morris. this fact and he mmedi.,e
the same of the Home Journal in which the correction
ton appeared another ledger article published sewse
credited to London paper startled friend the
General Whs, confounded thieves they there"
,.d he they live by plsadshne American literature
Next in turn came Journal Of Conn with Of
Emerson Bennets sraphc Mexican Sketches written
ps,, for the Ledger and which, having probably been pfered
and pub,hed by other paper copied BY the Jour
nal" without credit to either the L.dge, the author
And a.y TIE Home Jouraa Notwithstanding the great
BY conductors to prevent ths recurrence Of
such accidents recently pablhed article Jealousy
credited 10 Dkea, which by Moore
aud rub.hed in the Ledgey of the 18th Of My last: We shall
rot say anything 20 our good ns,ured friend General Morris
.hou, ,h. s.t matter We would no, Willingly drive him
despair.
BIT, after all. do tsa, blame co,eln
porare. Iii. very for editor. search Of
take the very bes, they hnd.