Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1839-10-15

VOLUME r4e SEVENTEENTH.
ATO volume Of the NEw-YoRK MfRhoR was
IN ever begun under such favourable ausP'-
cee AZ the present. For The last rev months
,orr unl.,criptlon-lisi. has increased with ra-
,,,,i;,, ai,o.lefber l,nc<ampled in the history Of
nv. 9,,;o.icsi orr friends are more nurner-
o',s. our rc~oarces more ample, and our exer-
,;on. ~ ,-,lider the Mirror one Of the most in
,ors-,ag and valuable repositories Of literature
80 The fine arts, shall be as ltlfagging as
ever.
Our old correspondents will continue ofur-
nsh original papers on a great variety Of sub
Iects interesting TO the general reader; and
new writers have been engaged for special
purposes. AZ home wo have list of nearly
TWO hundred contributors, embracing most OF
the talent and genius of America, and we have
estaDhshed a permanent correspondence a.
broad Dir. Cox will.write from London--A[r.
Far from Berlie--and an American gentle
man, who holds A high rank in. the estimation
oflns countrymen as graceful aud easy wri-
ter, will furnish US with occasional sketches
from Paris.
In the course ofthe volume, fifty pieces 81
popular MUSIC viii be published-selected. by
Messrs. BERKELEY, Horn, RUSSELL, KNIGHT,
etc.
two issued with the present number,) win be
given, engraved by DANFoRTH PARKER, etc.
from original designs and portraits by WEIR
lNMAN, CHAPMAN etc.
A number OF CURIOUS ETcHINGs on woor
will also be published in the present volume
engraved by ADAMS, ANDERSON, JOHNSTON
etc. from original designs
While we shall never forget that the New
shall not, on that account, exclude interesting
extracts from English iournals;of merit-ant
shall also continue our translatiOns from tho
French, German and other European lancua
ges.
Nothing shall be left undone to render THU
work, IN its literary character, its engravings
Its music and its typography, equal, If not su
perlor, to any periodical Of the day.
"a number of literary novelties, curious histo
rical legends, American "reminiscences, ant
Indian traditions, are already in preparation
Indeed, every subject within the range oflltera-
ture or the fine arts is embraced in its plan
and It has received the commentator Of. the
press throughout the United States and Great
Britain. as refined and elegant repository O
the bellies lettres.
In catering for the general taste, we shall
never omit to set aside a due proportion o.
space for the especial amusement and edifica.
tion Of the ladies' of America, in.tlIesunshine Of
whose favour the Mirror has so long fourished
as a fayorite Journal
We presume that the reader will freely ad-
INST, that work embracing an immense .varie-
tyofchoice matter, most Of it expressly written
for ITS columns containing SUPERIOR engra-
wings on steel, with copious selections of ex-
quisite music, beautifully printed-altogether
forming an IMMENSE VOLUME Of four hundred
and sixteen imperial quarto pages-is, at the
tritjng subscription of FIVE dollars per annun,
afforded at a price unsurpassed in cheapness by
any periodical ever published in any country.
In issuing this first number of new vol
ume, we feel confident that while we continue
to merit, we shall continue to receive the liber-
al support, which we take this occasion TO ac-
knowledge; and we commence new volume
with renewed spirit, and a steady determine
ton to render the Mirror all that its most ar
dent friends could wish.