Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1840-07-09
NEW VOLUME.
TO be Published Weekiu!
I0 Oe EuOttShed WeeKIy!
PROSPECTUS OF THE
AUGUSTA MIRROR.
A Weekty Literary Journal.
By w. II. TRoMPsoN.

Contemplating matera! Improvement Of
the Mirror. OH the commencement Of the en-
sning volume. we have already commenced
making the necessary arrangements for that
purpose, and as we look with confidence to our
friends and patro,is for encouragement, we
have determined 10 give them this early notice
four design.
Though semi.mouthly issue was deemed
to be the mos, expedient in the commence
ment of the publication of the Mirror,-
when the ground which it occupied, -hens ex.
clusveIy devoted to literature, was yet untried.
and when our domestic resources were yet un-
.known-we feel that the time has now arrived
when weekly publication is demanded. En=
terianing this conviction, we have resolved to
issue the ensuing volume weekly, and to make
such improvements in The appearance and plan
Of the work, as will render il still more worthy
the liberal patronage Of the southern public.
Firmly believing that the only means requi:
site to place our domestic literature upon an
equality will, that of any other section Of the
union, is the establishment of a literary mcdi:
um at home. oil sufficient standing and charac:
ter 10 divert it into IFS proper channel-we arc
resol, ed to render HE Mirror eqnalin appear:
auce with anv Of the Northern journals Of the
same kink, and the friends Of southern liter
aiure will unite in giving it the reputation
which southern genius and southern talents
are so elninently capable of fimparing to its pa:
ges. we doubt not that we shall be able to rem
der the work much more acceptable to the south
ern public.
Wilha view ofnccomplishing this design we
shall secure the assistance Of all able adjarct in
the editorial department and shall spare neith-
er pains nor expense to give character and in
terest TO the work.
No material change will be made in the plan
or arrangement of the Mirror, which will still
he devuted to general literature, except the in
PRODUCTION Of a critical department for The re-
view Of new works. which will be in the hands
of a gentleman Of approved taste and mature
judgement. The Mirror will be printed on SUI
peri"r paper with handsome new type, and will
be executed with the srictes' reerad to neatuess
and taste in its typo; raphy Each number will
be enveeped IN neatly printed cover, entitled
"Aagusta Mirror Ncms Sheet" comprising four
closely printed pages. in which will be given
the NEWS OF THE WEEK, foreign and domestic
carefully Compiled from an extensive exchange,
loc ether with all the mater Of interest usually
contained in an ordinary weekly newspaper.
By this arrangement the readers Of the Mir
ror will. besides being supplied with volume
of416 lnrge qnarto pages of choice literature,
receive az much news matter in the course of
the year as Is contained in most Of the nrwspG-
pers of the day. and all for the additional
charge Of only two dollars to our present sup
scrption price.
We sincerely hope the above plan for onr
third volume will meet the appreciation of every
friend of southern literature. We have always
considered the Mirror, embracing rs It does in
its design, the broad repulic oflelters, best adap-
ted to foster our infant literature. More diver
siiicd in the charat Ter Of its contents than The
gravrr and more dgnfed magazine, ranging
as it does from the the tighter to the more elo.
vailed branches of literary composition,
"From gruvct to gay, from lircly.to seuere."
it il certainly best suited to the tastes Of ths
greatest number; and while it affords equally
Wholesome and refreshing draughts for the
welrea mind, italtracts AMI lures the young
to drink of the Parnassian str, am. We have
aimed in The adoption of the contemplated i'm
provements 10 place the Mirror upon an equa,
footing with our northern contemporaries in
regard 10 cLeapuess; and now, all that re ask
is Il liberal share of hat patronage extended to
them by our pleple, and we pledge ourself to
rerder the Mirror equally deserving their sup
por'.
Terms for the third volume, S5 in advance.
ANY person obtaining FIVE subscribers will bo
entitled To the sixth copy.