Year: 1867

County" Now we happen to have 1t In our
power, if the editor will hive us a chance to
do it, to prove that these assertions are untrue,
and we are not sure that we cannot prove II
whether he will give us chance or not. Al
all events we are willing to deposit fifty dollars
to the credit Of the new Methodist Church in
Millville, Of which he is member, If he VIII
show that he has received pay from all his sub
scribers in advance, and we will 60 SO far as
to pay the money if we cannot show that his
assertion in this matter is false. We will pay
it over if he proves that including oil his new
subscribers he has paid in advance list Of
over eight hundred, altogether. Indeed. in
the opinion of those competent to Judge, he
has not paying list Of five hundred, and in
view of these facts, instead of being the best
advertising medium in the county, the Rspu5h-
can is, from want of patronage, certainly the
very poorest.


He refers to our agreement made by several
publishers, not to send the paper to any one
for less than two dollars year in adDance, and
asserts that we have "peddled ours through
the county at $l25" This is like the rest of
his assertions. We have repeatedly refused
one dollar and seventy-fve cents for the Pioneer,
and what is somewhat amusing in this connec-
ton, we possess the proof that he himself has
violated the very agreement which he charges
upon us, while of the new subscribers, az
preaching to nearly one hundred, received fop
| the Pioneer in the last few weeks, not ore has
received it for less than the regular price, and
if any one employed by us has offered the Pho
neer for less than two dollars, we will thank
the editor Of the Republican to publish the fact
at once, when we promise to investigate the
matter. His production also states that ''we
received public reprimand from the Bishop
| at the late session of the conference for inter-
meddling with its business" What this has
to do with the case in point, it is difficult to
see, but still i. is proper to notice it SO far as
| to say that we did transact some official bust
ness at the Conference with the presiding
Bishop, who treated us with marked respect
appointing an hour in which he gave us his
entire time and favorable consideration, and
that when some persons attempted to interpret


a few remarks made by that finished gentle
man, upon another subject, into a condemna-


tion of the business, which, in connexion with
prominent members of the church, it was our
privilege to present before him, they were met


with most explicit denial from the Bishop


himself of any such intention whatever. We


do not suppose that the word of Bishop will
pass for much with the talented editor of the


Republican,, but nevertheless, we have the
proof of what We say, and only notice this


matter to illumiue the petty spite which seems,


like some cases Of ancient record to have
entered into the brain of the Trapping Ed
itor''


We must apologize to our subscribers for SO
long a notice of so small a matter, but as the


object of the 'sTrapper' was evidently notori-


ETY., we have concluded to give him the benefit


of an advertisement in the Pioneer, SO that the


public may become aware of the fact that there


Is really such paper as the Malvale Rspu6Ii-


can, and such man as the "Trapper of Mill


ville."