Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-12-07
To the Patrons Of the s'IOWi
Weekly Messenger.''

| The publisher OF the Laos Weekly Nessen-
ger, the organ of the Union party in Iowa,
| is compelled to announce that it has ceased
to exist. Its temporary suspension has
become permanent. Reason, "pecuniary
embarrassment caused by too great num-
Der of delinquent subscribers, together with
huge pile of promises to pay" which were
never Needed. The paper was published to
| the extent of the publishers purse and
''cheek," with the hope that delinquents
would become ashamed and pay their ip-
debtedness but too few felt sorry to the
amount of their subscription. The publ
cation of the Messenger was not stopped for
want Of sufficient patronage but for the want
of what was due Us to carry it on and make
it "6rst class paper,' as the publisher
wished to have it. When it was started it
was intended as q permanent institution,
cut the proprietor having failed to get what
was justly enc him from other sources, out
side of the paper. and having received not
quite one third of his subscriptions in
advance, he kept it up until he had Involved
himself nearly three hundred dollars, and,
thinking that self preservation was the first
law of nature, therefore, stopped at the end
of the campaign.
The subscription list has been placed in
the hands of the publisher Of the Mn -catine
JOURNAL, with whom we have made arrange
mests to supply all those who have paid for
the Messenger in advance with either the
Daily or Weekly JOURNAL for the balance Of
their subscription. To those who may not
desire the Journal instead, the money will
be refunded, with reduction for the time
they have received the Messenger, by their
enclosing this number Of the JOURNAL to the
subscriber, Il: this place, before the next
futlication day Of said paper - 60 that our
books Can be closed up and those of the
JOURNAL Tut in shape Campaign subscri-
bers who are in arrears must bear in III, nd
that they are held responsible for the
mount, and are requested 30 settle for the
same when called upon. The amount IL
small; but 1t will amount to considerable
when it is all gathered in, and will help to
make up our heavy losses. To those OF our
friends who have come forward and paid
their subscription in advance and loaned
their influence to the Messenger, and made
exertions to HAYS it sustained -.hpe trying
to prevent our being "thrown upon the cold
charities of the gorld'-we return our SIN
,ere thanks.
We have heard it intimsted that the Ass-
'enger was got up FIR q swindle. This, we
wish distinctIy understood, lie not the case,
Is it was not our intention to swindle any
me, but to get up q paper that would be
'redlt to the city, and thereby give every
nan the worth Of his money. We leave it
or others to say whether the Messenger was
lot what it purported to be while it VS..
We would again earnestly
'eqaest that those who have paid for their
PAPER would call on ~ and get their honey
u ito equivalent, and not 60 around sayine /,
hat they we're swindled. Notwithstanding .
We have sunk considerable money in this +
we hope to have enough loft to
mako oil square. Respectfully yours, Il
y. @. DUNN, Id