Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1839-04-16


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acl,teard and forward at the past and pros
,ective character and course of Their periodt
"a. Within the bfief space q little more
han two years and half the number q cop
IS issued Of the Knicksrb booker has been in-
creased from less than five hundred to more
han four thousand, without other aids than the
merits Of the woEk-acknowl-
edged not more explicitly By tins unpreceden-
ed succe than By upward Of three thousand
highly favorable notices Of the Magazine,
which, at different times, have appeared N the
various journals Of the United States, embra-
cling those Of the inst and most discriminating
n every section Of the Union. OF ma
ny hundreds who desired specimen numbers,
and to whom they have been sent for examina-
ton, previous to subscribing, not one but has
found the work worthy 81 Immediate subscrp-
ton. "A correct inference III regard 70 the IN
terest or quality Of the matter furnished by the
publishers, may be gathered from the forego-
mo facts In relation to the quantity gwen, II
need only be said, that il has always exceeded
the maximum promised, and, IN the numbers
of the last year, by more than four hundred
pages. OF the clearness and beauty of the
fvpopf phical execution and material Of the
KnickefbocseF, and the character d its embel
although not expected by
its readers, nor promised BY Its proprietors
have nevertheless been given-itis not deem.
ed necessary to speak. They win challenge
comparison, it is believed, with any similar pc
riodical, at home or abroad.
It has been observed that the constant aim
of the editors, 10 the management Of the
Knickerbocker, has been to make the work en-
tertaining and agreeable, as wei as solid and
useful. It's perhaps owing to the predomin-
ance Of these first named characteristics, that
il has become SO widely known to the public.
In addition to the several well known and popu-
lar series Of numbers such as the Odds and
Ends of a Penny-a-L Liner" . OllaDodiana.' y
the apalmvFa Letters" 8 An Actors AIIo-
Country Schoolmaster," " Wilson Conworth,' y
Life in Florida" aLoaferiana," The Ecs
lectic," " Passages from the Commonplace
Book Of Septuagenarian," Notes from
journals of Travels IN America, and IN various
Foreign Countries 3. The Fidget Papers, .
&c.-liberal space has beeen devoted to inter-
esting Tales, illustrating American society, the
manners, the times, &C., embracing, besides,
stories of the sea, and of pathos and humOF,
upon great variety of subjects, together
with biographies, legends, and essays, upon
numerous and varied, themes, interspersed
with frequent articles Of poetry, of such de-
scription as to secure for the Magazine, IN this
department gratifying pre-eminence and ee-
lebrity.-But neither the scientific nor the
learned, the solid nor the useful, has been
omitted, or lightly regarded. Original articles
from distinguished writers, (which have attrac-
ted much attention in this country, and seve-
raj of which have been copied and lauded
abroad,) have appeared In recent numbers OF
the work, upon the following subjects:
Past and Present State of American Iitera-
ture South American Antiquities; Inland
Navigation; Geology and Revealed Religion
Insanity and Monomania; Liberty versus Lit
erature and the Fine Arts; Early History o
the Country Connexiono of the Physical Sci
ences Atmospheric Electricity, New Theo
nv of Magnetism, and Molecular Attraction
American Female Character; Pulmonar
Consumption: Pulpit EIoquence The Pros
poets and Duties of the Age; Health of Eu
rope and America; Literary Protection an
Internal Copy Right; Poetry of the Inspire
Writings; Chinese Nations and Languages
Chemistry Laboratory of Nature The Pas
the Present and the Future; Our Country
with Comments on its Parties, Laws, Publ
Schools, and Sketches of American Society
Men, Education, Manners and Scenery; Phi
losophy of the Rosicrucians, Intellectual PhiIc
sophy, Philology, Astronomy, Animal an
Vegetable Physiology, Astrology, Botany
MineralOgy, and Phrenology; Progress
the AGE, and of Modern Liberty Christlanit
in France American Organic Remains
Historical RecoIections, the Nature of Co
NETS: Discussion on ScriptufaI Miracles
Sectional Distinctions of the Union: Peac.
Societies; Periodicity of Diseases Essay
on Music, Fine Writing, &c; togethe
with MANY articles of a kindred de
scriptioD. which it would exceed the limits o
this advertisement to enumerate In detail
To the foregoing particulars, the publishers
would only add, that at no period since the
work passed into their hands, have its Eterar,
capabilities and prospects been so ample AMI
suspicious as at present and that not onll
win the same eyertiOns be continued, whicl
have secured to their subscription list an I'm
exampled increase, but their claims upon tn
public favor win be enhanced by every mean
which increasieg endeayors, enlarged faciIi
ties, and the most liberal expenditure can com
mand.
Back numbers have been reprinted to suppl
volume nine, and five thousand COPIES Of vol
ume ten VIII be printed, to meet the demand
Of new subscribers.
A few brief notices Of the Knickerbockel
from well known journals are subjoined -
+" The progress Of the Knickerbccker !
still onward. Il is conducted with decide,
ability, is copious and varied IN It's content.
and Is printed in superior style At thissea
son we have little space for literary extract,
and cannot, therefore, enable those Of 0ur rea
ders who may not see this Magazine, To indo
Of its merits, otherwise than upon our ass1
rance that they are Of a high order. IN ]
American.
s We have fonnd IN the Knickerbocker 3
much to admire and 50 little to condemn. Tia
we can hardly trust ourselves to speak Of
from first impressions, al We could not do s
without being suspected Of exiIavagant p1ais,
It is not surpassed BY any Of It's contempors
rles at home OF abroad e susfaTls hig
ground IN al the requisites Of Maoazin,
and We are pleased to see that It's merits a.
appreciated abroad as wen as at home. IA
bang Argus
Ihis monthly perindical IS now So we
known that It hardly needs commentator
having established for Itself character anon
the ablast and most entertaining publication
il tho land.-NeO York y0trBgl 81 Con
merce
ehc hnlckefbocker seems % Increase
attractions as it advances Ia ape II exhibil
a montbly variety Of contri buttons ms
% number on ability
The work IS n tho hio,ssf .Iea7se