FALSE RUMORS. SC.
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Evening News very justly complains Of !
.'cenain correspondent Of Baltimore paper
who, "not having the fear Of falsehood. bu
the fear OF being late in his news before him,
sent per Telegraph the alarming intelligence
that the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal had been
considerably damaged, and that the goods oi
our Georgetown merchants had been greatly
injured by the food in the Potomac last Tues
day.o snow let me assure you," continues
the same correspondent, "now let me assure
YOU that this statement is entirely fabulous ;
not one word Of truth in the whole intelligence
per telegraph! The canal was not in any
part injured; and the only loss that was expert
enced here by any Of our merchants was, that
in oneestabishmenta a bag Of got wet. No
er Serious loss washeard Of yet these gentry TO
inform hesitated not the country per Telegraph,
that the Georgetown merchants were greatlyin-
jured by the terrible freshet of Tuesday the 9th
inst. And, further, when these individuals thus
forward false intelligence, they seldom have
the principle TO correct the matter, but leave il
for time to bring the truth to light. see, also,
that they represent Alexandra as having suf
fered considerably; and this is no more true
than their statement in regard TO our place
The only loss known there was that a wood
craft was sunk at the lower wharf Awful intel
ligence TO send per Telegraph! Better, much
better, would il be if these gentry would attend
TO their own business, and let Intelligence"
alone They would then make fewer mis-
takes or if they would write only what is
true, they would save others the trouble of cor
recting ihem." a6lso, -


Speaking Of this same false report the Cum
berland Civilian after stating that s'the Canal
has sustained no damage whatever and the
trade will continue as usual, !" remarks that
"such wholesale and untounded statements of
damage are calculated to do injury to the bus
iness Of the Canal, and therefore should be
guarded against" ...r. .N


H, But what care. the editors Of paper which
advocates ''this, that and the other'-any
thing for POPULAR EFFECT, whether the news
hurt or help Canal Company2 So theil
paper gets the widest circulation what is the
nddes 20 thorn rpho,l,or !. be by gyvd VI bad
means. We have long been sick of such news
papers, and would rather send out our paper
with its columns blank than filed, or tainted
with deception. a .1s..


1t is our own opinion that the Baltimore
Sun, though deserving Of praise for some things
merits high censure on this subject. Many
rumors published in that widely circulated
journal have been we believe, the cause of
great mischief! 1t is much better not to pub
lish at all, than to give to the world, state
ments only GUESSED to be true, with an effort
to make them appear plausible. aaf


Our readers win recollect that some time
ago, our late fellow citizen Burche was repor-
ted dead, three days before his decease; and
the rumored treachery Of Ampudia, few days
since, was without the least conformation
whatever, though an effort was made by the
Sun 10 give it the semblance OF an actual oc-
cuIrence.a s3 a. Hsg ilta aa3 h..