Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-04-26
N. York Spirit of the Times.

ture and the stage. William +. Porter Editor.
Published every Saturday in the city of New
York, and cmbelishcd with very large Imperial
Quarto Engravngs on steel, of distinguished
horses, eminent actors, &c.
The Ninth Volume of this periodical com.
mcnced on the 9th Of March, 1889. It is now
ont Of the largest weekly papers in America,
consisting OF twelve lnl:.ense quarto puges,
instead ofeight as hitherto. The present vol.
ume will bo illustrated By SEVEN SUPERB
ENGRAVINGS, of!the most costly description,
on STEEL PLATES of the largest size; two
the series were published in the first number
Of the volume,-one being Fancy Portrait Of
AUGUSTA, the beautiful and celebrated
danccnse, in the character Of La Sylphide,-
the other Portrait of Mr.. STEVENS famous
BLACK MARIA, celebrated as the best four
Mile mare Of her day at the n ,rth, and tho
coneueror of Trife in the great Twenty Mile
race on Long Island. Portraits Of JOHN AS.
coMpE, Of Ml>Go, and Of Imported MONARCH,
will follow Black Maria, and other subjects,
both Sporting and Theatrical, will be selected
to continue the series, which will thus form
beautiful and interesting GALLERY OF ENGRA.
WINGS. The engravings will be the largest ever
given in an American periodical, those already
published being, one, thirteen inches by htten,
and the other, fourteen by eighteen. They
will be all elaborately and richly finished, and
printed on large fine sheet, to accompany the
paper. Care Will be taken that they are SO
secured for transmission by the mails, that they
may reach their dest mutton without injury, and
be suitable for framing. The body Of the paper
itself will be illustrated by fine WooD EsGRA.
WINGS of Racing and Sporting Cups, Designs
of celebrated Race Courses, aud Etching Of
al, ok ..polp, I ito ~, INDdOn y
OF which the Race Cup annexed is specl.
men.
The ESPRIT OF THE TINES will continue to
be primarily and essentially devoted to the
American and English Turf. Under this
general head will be embraced complete
American Racing Calender for the currcn:
year, and full reports Of the Newmarket, Don.
castor, Epso n, Ascot, Goodwood, LlveEpooi
and Chester Race Meetings in England, and
such others as may be interesting from the
character Of the horses engaged, or other Cir.
cumstances.
A List oftho winning horses Of the preceding
wear will be published, arranged in four Distinct
ITables,-one of Four Mile Winners, one OF
Three, one of Two, and one Of One Mile
Winners. These tables show at glance the
winn-r of every race Of the last year, his Age,
Color, Pedigree and owner, the Prize won, the
Weight carried, the time made, and the Horses
Beaten by m, together with the date and place
of tho race, and a reference to the page OF the
preceding volume where the race was original.
iy published. The first, or table of -Four Mile
Winners, appeared in the 2nd number, and 1t
comprises all the foregoing particulars OF the
Four Mile races ian in America during the
year 1885, These Tables are compiled with
infinite labor. and at great expense; they are
Of constant practical Use, and increase IN value
every year. A List of English Winning Horses
70. the same year will also be published in the
volume. arranged in the English form.
A Table of American Trotting Horses with
the age, Color, Owner, Time made, Weight
carried, Horses Beaten, &c. &C., will be
published in this volume, and in addition there
will be published an abstract Of every Great
Tro'ting Performance in America for several
years back with especial reference to the time
I absaS as aRa ben viii be-
" interest ng as the only complete record OF
American Trotting ever attempted. A Table
of American Stations in the usual form will
also appear in an early number of the volume,
and will be found convenient for breeders as
designating the age, color, pedigree, owner,
place and price of nearly every distinguished
stallion in America.
These are but the leading features Of the
Turf department Of the paper, Of which the
others can only be enumerated in brief. They
comprise n complete record Of all 1mportations
and all Sales of Blood Stock,-Sweepstakes,
Racing and Trotting Matches, and Racing
pointments,-Essays on Breeding and Train
ing,-Pedigrees an Performances of Distin-
quishcd Horses,-with all the current News
and On Dts in Sporting Circles, both at home
and abroad. And to complete the Squirting
Department., eull details, original and selected,
will be given upon all manly pastimes, as Hunt
ing, Shooting, Fishing, Yachting and Boating
Pedestrian and other Athletic and manly Sports.
There is only room thus casually to notice
these subjects. which are favorite themes, and
will ever be entertained at length.
Another part of the design ofthe paper Will
embrace an Agricultural Department, designed
to promote the interest and minister to the
instruction of Breeders Of Fine Cattle, Sheep,
etc.
The next prominent department Is the
Theatrical page, constantly devoted to original
Criticisms of the Drama, and notices OF the New
York Theatres,-Grcen Room Intelligence,
derived from an extensive theatrical correspon.
dence maintained with every city in the Union
and by which the paper is already favorably
known and widely circulated 10 theatrical
circles. The Eng glish Stage, no" so blended
with our own by community Of actors and
Of plays, will receive such notice as to keep the
reader constantly apprised of any new or
amusing incident it may furnish.
Again. selections will be constantly made
from tho periodicals of this country and OF Eng
land, and thus be formed lively and elegant
literary department, occupying several pages
And here the design of the Editor will be to
select such articles only as are witty and light
spirited and interesting, such articles, for exam
pic, as he formerly culed from the Pickwick
Paners, the Yeliow.Plush Correspondence,
Major Gahagan's "reminiscences, and the like.
The English magazines, all Of which Of any
ceIebriety are regularly received, will furnish a
full supply ofsuch matter. 80,
In the last place, an effort will be made to