Chapter For Correspondents

As we oí'ten receive coinnnmicatiou?, boíl) in prosenml rhyme, cieesjgneü fbr pub!u'.atienwhicïi nev.Tnppoar n the Sig-iwl, uv have concluded to wri:e a chapier for the special benefit of correspondent.?, the prin ciples upon wliich we decide against pubüshing their producliona. fliis s. bot an act of justice lo the wnters, and must be nnich more agreeable to thetn than a formal and public exhibilion of the reasons which may be alledgcd ao-ainst oach individual nrtic!e. 1. The impropior Itngth of an orticle is of itaelf a sufficient reason for refüsin to pabItsh it. Aa a ffcneral rale, coniratinications i should rarely exceed a column in lenglh. A wri?er who thinks, and expresses his thonghts concisely, con get n greál moi:jvalu;-bie ideas into a single column. BiU it' the subject of discussion e.inbrace meny topics, it is urualiy botter to divide the anide. As tv mere decI.iTüatory, rhctorcal piccc?,lhey &ro nol worlh j a straw for doing gcod. 2. Illegih'dily is apothet good reafon. - How can wc print that which we cannot read? Sometimos all hands in tho office are resolved nto a comnrttee of investigation to guess at he raeaning of a word or a senience. Tius s (oo bad. Writers who are guilly of this offence cannot expect their arücle3 to be regarded with vcrv great favor.S. Grievou3 rcbeilions against Enplidh Grammar, bad spelling, deficiënt pmictuation, and erroneous eapHelizing conslifute senous Eproumte of eompluini. Il is m object for an Editor to rt tise uu nrticle f'or publicaúon,when he could write one equally os good in the lime it tbkes to correct it. The compositor'e rule ia to fbllovp the copy, and the manuscript mjjat be made riglit bofure it goea ii.to hishands. 4. Sutnetimea nrticles are wiseasovalle.- 'fhey arrive tco late to accomplish well the objects for which they are designed. 5. Sotne art idea are inefftctive, They are wel! euough in fhpmselves - (héy containjnpi tliouglisandsentiments - bul tbey are ei tirelv conmwnplacc They ore more repeütions of what every body kn.ows and everj body hns heard or read, Qnd ppople do nol wisii lo hear or read them aguin, and they will not do it, if they can void it. 6. Soinrtitncs we receive anonymous -ptrsonul awicles, etating grievous tbinga aboui particular individuáis, vyhich the coward vvho writes expects us to pnblivsh over onr own sig nature?, while he carerully conceals his own. A part from the impropriefy of ' attaclüng }ri vate character, we wotild nèvcr Cuiisent to be raade the mere instrument of a person who llins forfeitsnll claims tomnnliness. 7. Some articles contnin unj.'.st allegation? ogainrit political opponents, Such we mus! refuse to publiah, or annex a no; ice of ourdissent lo them, which wonld be stiil more (lispleasing to the writer. A Editor imist neilher bearialse fitness agamst others, nor connive at tt :i Iiis correspon.ienty. 8. As'to poeiica! articíes, véry few 'individúala write nny that are worthy of the pré?. Amot g a great number of sensible and wel' informed pefsons, Fcarcely any csn wrUe gootl poetry, whilè all of tlietn can write verses, or rather rhymes. Iirsipitl verses are far more diegusting than a duit articlein prose. 9. Every Editor has or f hould have, in his mind, a plan en which nis paper is to be cnnducted. It' !ie can carry out this plan betler withovt the aidof hiscorrespondents fljañ with it, he wilt fil! hia paper entireiy with editorial and selected arlicles. Bnt f lie be a sen?ible man, he wil! avail liimse'f of t.lie aid of his correspondents jnst so far aá it uül coincide witli the dft-ign and cliaracier of lik pnpei, r.nd nó farther. We are weil aware of the gratiñeation it affbrds lp writeis, especially to sew befii.'Mjers.to find Iheir produclious spread out belore tnóüso'nas of reader?, and so far hs we arë concemed, we shouid be plensed to aceormnodate all uho may send ns thcir favor?. But tve ciíií.k the reasuu& for hot ptibïishing above gien are all gooi] and vaüJ, onil worthy of régv.ro: and shonld tlie anieles of any persons pot appear in tha Sioalj liie aoihors may find the occasion, of it in some of the piecediug renson?.