Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1840-09-12
Saturday Evening Post.

we ed that the pa. er circulated so widely n.
mong the strady, reading portion of Inc United
States, that we e4tered upon our lib rs with juIl
conld 1ncs of the future. Our success has since
been hey opd our most sanguine expectation, As our
weekly rcc,ips overhalance those of any co,cn,po.
tary aper. Our 1T has coutinued 10 swell M,
with unesamplcd rnpidity, and we have the conf
nee, that at the present rate OF increas, we n n
bc en- 'bled ~ few months t. boast of more than
$4,000 subscribers! When we commenced onr
lab rs W announced distinctly that The tore of thc
paper should be decided moral, aud thlt n ihin
shou be adm ted into our columns. which the
most irsilious father c uld aisappruve Of AID de-
term ned that as an approved Family p per Il
should not contain parag graph, with he spirt of
which parent would not wish T. have daughter
familiar, and We therefore, w tn this view. nnnoun
ced that theatrical not crs should apne,t ia ,ur
c lumns, a'd that we should be p nsed 10 the I IS
Is thing calculated To injure the he thy action of
an honest mnd,--ds creative of exhibitions demo.
faliliug in tendency, and lcarluiiy pernIcious in
fact There were not wanting blussrtrs. WIN
made great parade of opposition. and Croakcrs
who predicted our speedy d,wufa l. but we ,hr, "
ourseives ucon the ,ober ratio al and exp rieaced
potion of the people OF TIE United State. for SUI,
port, aud we have been nOhIy sus'aneI
We thought aud expressed The opinion. tba,
however cireIess man, might he upon this ,uhiecr.
tha few, even At L ey did not enii civ di,appr,y.
of such entertainments, cared out having ,h,.
gross details forever pa AIDED l., fore the ewes of
their children. and the sickcung and nluseaiinr
enloay If all kinds of Characters made familiar a.
| their minds.
We determined also that while the paper con.
tnucd under our c"ntr,l l. 1t should be- ,tr ct, neu.
trail IN pnlitcS and hat as news and erary iour
mails sis We had nuh ng to do with The IN Iter this
detrrmi alton has b en strictly aud rlgi Iy adhered
| a T. IN noya 4
| such public ducument may hc deemed of inte.
| rest TO ALL and such i>Iory of the progress, al
political events, a. are strictly m keeping with our
duty, and the character Of the paper re shall stu.
| iii ,usy and thoroughly avoid any contamination OF
pariz II politics.
! The paper Is now printed in a new and beauii-
fu type,-has received the praise of many editors OF
taste rs the hlndsomest amlN sheet IA IN Union
| Our efforts have hern directed To the comb ming
of beauty aud smplc ty with utility and taste.
The Post is printed stout " lie paper, rem
dering il neat and duribe foi fling.
la edition to h So ,for's toward perfec, on in
| the mechanical department. md exterior of our pa.
! per, ~ labor, aud no cast been spared m the de.
velopemenr of intellectual strength. Tn. present
ley OF Intere, ing tales, ofigjna-- from forer
aud d1mes'i mag izines, togrther with the " lua
bic coutr buttons of cur own circle of literary
friends will continue TO give interest To he p,Der
noppsn, in the Od World or the New. shall he
collected and cJate1 for the taste of our rea.
ders.
The Ladies Department shall always be choice
and select AMI shall receive street attention. white
such things as may Interest our iuvenil, readers
and that important and large class If our readers
the Famcr will not b. overlooked Ia order "a
gr lily, as much possible the lludible dese o
our country reade :, parton of our attention will
be dev ltrd To collrcu II and diffusion OF SUI Il
News, Memoranda, Tables, Fac 5, Hints, g.. as
may sccm important t. agreuliurisls and The D ID
ul4tlon resident without The conline, of our erea,
cities The state Of the markets and the lueua.
uous in the Prce', Will be regularly and what is OF
mo moment, ciuecily g.sen.
We have ever been oPposel to the constant
blus 81 and parade msde by som, editors, about
the excellence OF thIr nPrIs, aud have resoiv ed
that he >a,u'd Evening Post, shall be conduct.
| ed, as To speak idr i'.elf.
| Our re .dcIs will always Il in its columns the
earliest aud mcst authentic information as well a.
the most choice aud entertaining literary matter
We hTve totally discarded the sy stem OF filling The
Paper wi bquack advertisements, but pr.fer giving