The native American. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1840, 1839-11-23
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"THE WEEKLY NIs1TER.' We called the at
tention of our readers to this little sheet a few
weeks ago, as one worthy of their liberal sup
port We are sorry to see, that its conductors
are forced to call again upon our communityfo for
aid: Parents particularly should patronise it,
But, as the objects Of the paper may not be gen
orally understood, we give the following extracts
from their last number, to make known their
wants, their determination, and to show the kind
Of matter with which their sheet is mostly filled.
We hope our citizens will give to it such support
as its objects and the enterprise Of its conductors
merit. I'LL. r: ~. 81 .~
The q WEEKLY VIsrrER,'' is small sheet
published in Washington City, D. C., and de-.
voted to the interests of the Washington Lyceum,
a Society Of youths. The objects of this sheet
are, LIST, To spread knowledge by the publica-
ton ; and, secondly, to establish Library in
connexon with the Lyceum, which shall also
be opened to the perusal Of others by paying a
small sum. The terms are, for regular snbscri-
bers, 81 % per year; five copies for 5000. If
sufficient encouragement be met with, the next
volume will be materially enlarged. Persons
bers and remit five dollar bill, free of postage,)
directed to Box 81, City Postoffice, will, Of
course, be entitled to a copy gratis. Editors ia
vorable to our cause, will oblige US by inserting
the substance Of the above two or three times.
AN AppEAL.-Youth is the time for storing
the mind with knowledge. The members of the
Washington Lyceum believing the truth Of this
assertion are endeavoring to establish an insttll
ton wholly for the good Of youth, and wholly
for the purpose of spreading knowledge among
youth. Who will not aid such an enterprise p.
One which is undertaken by those whose youth
full days are fast passing away; and one which
if encouraged, will result in good: In the pub
LEGATION of this paper, in which we propose to
give reading suitable to ALL we. expect to realize
that support which will enable us to establish a
Library-alr advantage " ich should be enjoyed
by every Lyeeum, AS yet, we have barely met
with s.pport Are there not enough of liberal
persons in this Metropolis tomaintain this paper?
We think there is. We respectfully Gallon the
citizens for assistance. Many have said II will
take the Visiter' if it continues to be publish
ed.' Fhs is a poor plan if all said SO we
would have no subscribers. However, we assure
alt, that we DiH continue the paper for gear at
anu rate, and we will continue to try to make
every number more and more interesting and
valuable. AS this is literary paper, we will
expect much from our friends, who have been
made agents abroad. From some we have al
ready heard good news. We trust all will be
urgent for the promotion of our cause, for it is
certainly one in which all are deeply interested,
We owe great thanks to those who have helped
us SO much in this District, as well as to many
others, but we wish more help. AS yet, we
have enough and that scarcely TO pay expenses
Our object is to raise Library, Ii there be no
profits how can this be done Those who in
tend helping MS must observe that we need pre-
sent help. This is the last time we wish to oc-
cupy the space in our paper in an appeal; there
fore, we hope we may not have occasion SO to
do again NJ H.. -.
. UNIoS LITERARY AND DEBATING SocIETY.-
at the last meeting of this Society there was, as
we ex pected, a crowded house and goodspeaking.
Some of the most powerful arguments that we
have ever heard from those who occupied the
floor, were delivered on this occason; the Eng
fish language was almost exhausted to supply the
proper words to express the ideas Of the first
gentleman. and indeed, lie did not depend par
ticularly on any language for words, but seemed
to be perfectly familiar with whichever, Ian.
gauge Ire choose to use. He is a rare man. Mr..
W., who followed him, was also very eloquent.
We were delighted with both. To give an idea
Of the meeting, we need only cay, that it was