Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1822-06-15
PROSPECTUS
OF THE
Missouri knteAligencer.
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER,

WEEKLY NEWSPAPER,
Printed at franklin, Howard county,
Missouri.
| a PERIOD of nearly three years has elaps.
u ed since this paper first made its appear
ancc. AT the time OF its commencement, the
! country was IN It's infancy; the smoke of the
WigWam was yet lowering in our atmosphere,
and the tomahawk and scaping knife of the
savage, were but just giving room to the axe
and lough of civilization. The .opulation
was inconslderable, and thinIy scattered over
| all extensive tract of country. As vet without
| post routes, the means of communication be.
tween different parts OF the country were pre-.
carous. The attempt to establish Gazette
IN country so new, SO Insulated. when he
| patronage must, for time at least, be neces-
sariiy very limited, and the means of obtaining
il"tcllisence and materials. both difficult and
uncertain, was deemed by all the timld, and by
many 0. the p udcat, hazardous experiment.
1t Is true, that until recently, the exterior garb
ut me paper has been but little calculated to
Command respect, or to win attention. But
"oid things have passed away" and it is the
nope and The determination Of the Editors.
thereafter, to oiier the Community journal,
"nch In external appearance, and Internal
merit, VIII meet the appreciation of.thai COM
munlty on whose support they depend.
Inc local situation of tile Editors, though it
subjects them 10 many Inconvenience in bro.
scouting their labors, yet a9oros them some
advantages, They are in new country, with
sol OF pecullartertiiry, and that fertility per.
vades to an extent, they believe, hitherto I'm.
known, either in the old or new world--and
| the geology, the botany, the mineralogy, the
zooioSy-ln short, the whole natural history of
| this vast and interesting tract, so far as il is
peculiar, remains to be examined. To these
parts 1t IS the resolution of the Editors to call
| the attention OF their correspondents; and
! they are proud to say, young as we are, there
| are not wanting amongst us men whose science
| and spirit OF inquiry wall enable them to afford
ligl' ON those interesting points.
Beng placed nearly in the vicinity of some
| OF the most powerful Of the aboriginal tribes.
the Editors will be able, from time to time to
amusc their readers with statements of their
| respective forces, with remarks on their poll.
cy, and structures on the manners and customs
| OF those secluded and lonely sons OF the forest.
ms paper beng the nearest to the Coun-
en- hiufis and The other military posts on the
MISSOURI, the earliest INTEL gence from them
! mas mere ofore been given through lis columns.
ana from the arrangements made. the Editors
hope TO continue the communication of such
Information AS may be deemed interesting.
1t is perhaps worthy of remark, that the
Missouri ntelligencer, SO far as the Editors
know, IS The most 1cesterm newspaper Printed il,
The sOo'Fd. taking Greenwich as the first mer
dian. This circumstance alone may, perhaps
be sufficient to draw the attention of the citi
zens ofthe east, and to induce them to patro.
ME journal, which aspires to respectable
degree OF distinction in a region so remote.
and will aim at forming a slight counter cur.
"ent in that vast flood of knowledge, which has
ever heretofore been pouring from the Orient
to the dropping west
NATHANIEL PATTEN.
JOHN 7. CLEVELAND.
FRANKLIN Missouri, ret. Is, 1925