Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-08-12

IAe .ioaey'eaa Journal Of Science and .3rt,
w 40 projected IN 1917, aud Commenced in Juiy
80 ieIe' Before ,ha, pe'ad, no origsnaf Journal Of
science had appeared in this excrpt thar Of Dr
bRcSE, which was limited to win
ne eompesion OF the first volume The Ameriesn Jour
nsi has been sustained with little rewa nd under vc
STUDIES sometimes dcouragi nq, until IL has reaehed ia
sixteenth volume Ample usira by ener wings. an
'"se excess OF matter IN every number, beyond what
was sop"iated, have made IL expensive work.
From ITS commencement the prcscnt time IL has co,
10 ioOoo dollars and nearly all that has been
received has been paid for the support of the wot.
Tunes. ' 80" Wv oas~ W.
Hereafter, the expenses will rot fall shor, of az ooo ~
ann; ana should all the copy be paid for they NAV .i
csen to 2,5Co more, the editor alon. IL .snon'
sibc. 'Sp""-
A the writings of ct, have been so LARGELY aud ,
rally contributed tn the pages OF the Jou,al ,b.
may be permitted TO say that there in his hands SUM-
ee"t evidencc 10 show, that has essentially promo,sJ
some OF our best Interests ut home: thai II h.. b..
well received abroad; and that il has bseome IN
some measure Identified with tho progress of the
Science and Arts o, the present day This being the
fact II unreasonable TO ask OF this great and opuen,
nation. that the number OF good (Which ha.
never exceeded six hundred, aud which has been
recently diminished by failure in Engiand,) should
be so far augmented that the editor enabled to rom
maud all the intellectual well as me aid nc
ccssay I" tie perfection aud perreuity Of the work.
By steady perseverance, through the period of eleven
yea,s is "ow asoerainrd that Anne rican Journal
OF Science and Arts be sustained, so as to acquire
respect and confidence in EuIope is Journal ba,
still to obtain an adequate patronage home; patron-
age su0cten 10 place permanently and securely on he
| hiSheH ground
| oNE THOUSAND SUBSCRIBERS ARE NECESSARY tn
give the american Journal entire uIy; TO add i'm
the most desirable degree, its eRicency md To the ,x
celence of its both niaieriel and 10, -,
enai dress Who doubt that. with proper exertons
FIVE HUNDRED ADDITIONAL suBscpIBERs NAV p,,
OBTAINED? -
AS on former occasion. (l327) when similar SIM, =,
saved he Journal from erineon, il is now again re.
pecuiiy suggested, definite MS OF comma ,sp, a.
yo' wh'Th appears so desirable, that all who now
honor the Jouraal with their patronage should m,L ,L
Pe precise EFFORT NJ procuring each one 6
'eroeT aud That such Others, NAV approvr nj ,I. T.
sign, should add their names.
10 All those Ia whom II be acceptable m sot;,e,.
Tory compensation pH be made for tie trouble NJ o5,o
good Sn6Scri6ers y 0o'""'"S
On ihosa who, two years since, rih eqsaI k;nd,,, n
P"e P"H successfully made this effort, might be In
ueiicate 10 press IL again. still is no
mat their iniuoHce would be, rs il then vns e..
tuhl; and II is therefore again inuid in aid Of tho
mons oil t"se tn whom the subject may now for the 6,s,
time, commend itself 49, '
Although the American journal Ias be en bI;sb.d ,,,
hc OF our most ancient aud important - 10,
heUer hod any local feature, has III e:Dou,,d mr. r.
sustained by any local interest. ~
The editor deems no dshonor In co,fc.s ,,, g.,
lemgS are deeply Interested in it's success; and ,bn -
mas oren from the beginning, his ambition, ond hi, mid
l" see the American Journal established, as oe,mauer,
'N'ioNAh work. destined to survive, when he shallbay.
ceased itom his labors. He hopes now TO see /, aourh
WIN new vlgor' and with extended usefulness and homo,
It's and its editor labore
IN tue good cause Of useful knowledge, aud an q
now maize I" all the iemds of American Science and
Nehaps II IS not improper to add) 10 ne personal friend,
~ ne odH0T that the subscription the Anne Iour>
MAI OF science and Arts, may be promptly adeouatei
increased. "a crTr,asf.,,V
Idie College, Juty /, 1929.