The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-04-23

We find in the Southern Sentinel (afterward
changed to the Opelousas JOURNALD of Novenl
Der 3, 1866, OF which the present editor of TIN
JoURNAL was cO-publisher and cO-prOprietor-
at the time the sale of estate of Littell was pub
lished in the COUTieF,-the following paragraph
occupying q very prominent position in thu
editorial columns of that paper:
"PARTICULAR NOTICE.-We will publish al
Successlonal Advertisements at as low a rate
per square as any other paper in the State
We ask oar friends to remember this"
Itshould be borne in mind that the COurtcy'
rates at that time were Is cts. per square-tht
square of both papers being the same.
We ind In the same issue of that paper, among
other successional advertisements, the sale O.
the estate of Antoine Emile MOutOn, %Occupyin
A squares french and english, which was pub
lished five times; Now the uns0phisticated
reader might suppose that this advertisement
cost the estate of Mouton about $45, accOrdiua
10 the estimate Of the cost of LittelPs
sale il published in that paper.
But here are the facts of the case:
The advertisement of the sale of Littell, oc.
eupying 43 squares in the Courier, was published
NINE times and cost 500 rs.
The advertisement of the sale of Mout0n, oc.
cnpying a squares in the Sentinel, was publish.
nth. Z
We discover, on examining the bound
files of the Sentinel of 1856, that the sale
of estate of A. L. Mouton was inserted
on September Goth, October 9th, 18th,
10th, 9th and November Sd, 1866, to be
made on November 9th now if we know
how to count at all, this makes sig in
sertions, instead of five as asserted in
capital letters by the Courier. So there
is something wrong with the figures
again. The" particular Notice. quoted
by the Courier first appeared in the
Sentinel on October Goth, 1866, four weeks
after the sale was inserted. 1t was
hardly intended therefore by Mr.. Comp
ton to be retroactive and apply to past
transactions. When the partnership of
Compton g. Jackson was formed in
January, 1856, it was expressly stipula-
ted that Mr.. Compton was to have ex-
elusive editorial control and be business
manager. When this particular No
tice" appeared in the paper, jackson
was no longer, q partner, though Mr..
Compton retained his name in the paper
for reasons best known to himself. Mr..
Compton before this had rented Jack
sons half interest in the materials, and
payment was afterwards made in ac-
counts. The published rates of the pa
per all the time were 81 per square for
first insertion and 80 cents per square
for each subsequent insertion-a square
being eight lines or less.n Mr.. Comp
ton and the employees Of the office said
these rates had been agreed upon by Mr..
Compton and Mr.. Sandoz in a caucus
held by them in the Sentinel office. We
are thus particular because, il it is
I" mean !" to judge the Courier by it's own
record, it can not be the contrary to
hold this paper responsible for the acts
of the Sentinel, when its advertising
rates were fixed by the editors Of the
Coarierand Sentinel in a meeting held for
that purpose and still more are W. par
ticular because, as the Courier thought
80 highly of the editor of the Sentinel,
who helped it fix these rates, that it af-
forwards paid him d hundred dollars
month to suspend his own paper and
become editor of the Courier, it ought
to shoulder the SentinerS record itself.
lie there was any intimacy and friend
ship between the editor of the Sentinel
and thefamily Of A. E. Mouton deceased,
that caused the sale to be given to him,
at his regular advertising rates as pub
lisled at the time, that was a private
matter that concerned themselves and
the Particular NoticB' was not inser-
ted until four weeks tie sale was
arst published--it therefore had moth
ing TO DO with the sale being put in that
paper.
Speaking Of this sale of the estate of
Monton, the Courier adds: We defy
The JOURNAL to c~ontrovert a single
We have shown that ii was
published six times instead of Ave
is oneitem controverted. The files
show that the Particular Notice. was
lot published until four weeks after the
,ale was inserted. The rates Of the
PAPER were 81 per square for first in
and so cents for each subsequent
me. a squares, first insertion, $A;
.ach subsequent insertion $22, FIVE times
ITO; for the six times 1854. The ac-
nal charge ed the Courier itself states
Tas $1S9-vhich is just fifty cents a
quare for each insertion, S2s less than
rates. This is Mr.. Compton's i
fair; but as hei Is dead and in his grave, !
10 make the statement for him. h