Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1840-10-10


WHEN we h'st purchased the Old ani well
known establishment of tie
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sS H'csS Hos',
we sta ell that the paicr circulated so widely n.
mong the steady reading portion of The Unit, a
States, that we eqtcred Upon our labors with full
contid nc, of the future. Our success has since
been beyo ond our most sanpuinc ex expcctation as our
weekly receipts overba,ance those of apy coen,po
,ary appr Our let has continued TO swell up,
with uncxampcd rapidty, and we have the conf
drnce, tha, at the present rate OF increase we sh
he enabled ~ few months tn boast of more than
$4,000 subscribers! When we commenced our
lab RS, W. announced distinctly. that the tone of the
paper should be decidedly moral, and that nothing
should be adm tied into our columns which the
| most f,sidious father could asapprove Of and de-
term ned that as an approved Family Paper, it
should not contain paragraph, with he spirit of
familiar and therefore, with this view, announ.
ccd that no thcarical notices should appear in our
Columns AID that should be opposed 10 the tres
as hing calculated to injure the healthy action of
an honcs' mind,-as creative of exhibitions demo-
raliziug in tendency, and fearfuIs pernicicus in
fact There were not wanting blusierers who
made great parade of opposition. AMI Cru,kcrs,
who predicted our speedy downfall hut we threw
our elves the sober, rational and experienced
port. and we have been nohly sustained
We thought and expressed the opinion, that
however Careless many might lie upon this subject
thar few, even il they did not entirely dsappruve
If such entertainments, cared about having the
gross details forever paraded before the eyes of
their children and the sickening and nauseatng
cllocy ,f all kinds of characters made m;Iiar 10
! their minds.
| We determined also ,b,t while the paper con.
tnued under our control it should b. str ctly ncu.
trail in p,,itics and that as news and ,i,crury our
nsls,s y G had no,hpg 10 do with the m ,,,er this
| det,rmi alton has been strictly and ripidly adhered
to- and while we shall continue ,o give our re,drr.
such publc document ps NAV he deemed of inte-
rest to ali. and such a is,oIy of the progress of
uoitc,l events n are strictly IN kcepine with our
du,y snd the character of the paper we shall stu.
| diously and horouphly avoid any contamination Of
| pariiz N poli,ics
The paper is now printed in new and beau,i-
ful type-has received the praise Of many editors of
taste as the handsomest family sheet in tn. Union.
Our Efforts have hccn directed TO the combining
| of beauty and simplicity with utility aud taste.
The Post is printed on stout vb,e paper. rem
deripr il nea, and dr. ,ble for filing,
In nd ition 10 these efforts toward perfection in
the mechanical department, snd exterior OF our pa
DER. no labor. and no cost been spared in The de-
velopement of intellectual strength. The presep,
variety Of Interesting tales, original from foreign
| ard domestic magazines, together with the valus-
Bile coutribu ions of our own circle of literary
friends viii, continue TO give interest to the paper
while everything importan, and worthy Of note that
oapppns in the Old World or the New shall he
collected and colaied for the taste of OUT rea-
d.rs
The Ladies' Department shall always be choice
and s.ltct, and shall receive strict attenton while
such things as may Interest our juvenil" readers,
| and that important and large class If our readers,
the Famer will not be overlooked. In order to
gratfy, as much as possible the audlb'e desne OF
Our country readers portion of onr attention vii!
tc devoted to the collection and diffusion oI such
News, Memoranda, Tables, Facts, Hints, ". as
may seem important to agrcultuFs,s, and the pop
uhtion resident without the confines of our great
cities The state OF the markeis and the fluclua.
ous in the Prce-, will be regularly and what is OF
more moment, correctly given.
We have ever been opposed to the constant
blusier and parade made by some editors, abou,