Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1843-12-09

rlc,' and also that Of the "United States
weekly newspapers, the immense sub
scnption list Of which concerns they have
united with tho heavy list Of the .SATUR@
DAY T0Sr, family newspaper of %
years standing, and now issue the three
in one Under the title Of 1.-THE United
States Sdtdrddy Post and Chronicle"
The present number will commence THE
'rWENTY-FOURTH VOLUME, and
with the superior facilities now possessed
by the propretors, they can afford to pub
lish larger, handsomer, and better paper
for the money than can be had elsewhere.
The editorial department will be under
the control of several gentlemen Of high
literary standing and ability, and win be
conducted with degree of vgor and
spirit that must render the paper one OF
the very best ever issued in the country.
the great size of the sheet will enable the
proprictors to give greater variety OF
original and selected matter than can be
found in contemporary sheets. The Mat
ter will in many respects be of a different
quality. The design OF the proprictors
being, to make a
Il First Rate Family Newspaper
in every particular, calculated to meet the
wishes Of the people from one end of the
Union to the other, the following are the
points to with they invite attention, as en-
bracing the character of the sheet.
~ A IN
1t is a sheet of the largest Chassis
: printed on fair, clear type, with fine white
5 paper, and contains more reading matter
than any weekly published. ..
POPULAR TALES.
: 1t is devoted TO the highest grade of
| light Literature, each number contains
( three or four chaste Original and Selected
: TALES; which, while they shall inter-
est the young, shall at the same time
point a moral. Ii also contains much
good, and never any bad POETRY. A
copious compound Of well-told Anecdotes,
Rich llumor, Pointed Wit, Just Satire,
and sentiments the most touching. 1t
contains also, the greatest variety of ORR
ginal Tales, Sea Sketches, Poetry, Songs,
Charades, besides the latest and best &c.
!, lections from the American and English
Magazines, and all other fountains of
choice Original Literature. l,s5t hos-,
In fine, the Post, upon which The con-
cern is founded, has been conceded every
where to be the very first newspaper in
The country in the quality and qlGmtitt of
:. its Original Tales, Ess0ys, Poetry md
other Maller.l.yi5,..l sl liiv lanmab
Here follows a list of names Of about
fifty eminent writers, who are regular con-
tributors 10 the paper, which we have not
room to insert. Eomh 3la nmy9E
Original Stories appear in every num-
Der ofthe paper, with original articles on
all subjects. '
'PUBLIC LECTURES. ssi
A portion of its columns viii be devoted
during the Lecture Season, to SCiEN-
TIFlC LECTURES carefully. reported
at lenglh--a feature possessed BY no 9TH
/, er weekly paper-by one ,ofthe best Re
p0rterS IN ulMe United States. Hence,
subscribers remote can have all the advant-
age Of these highly popular discourses
, with but little cost. The great size of
| the paper also enables us to give all i'm
portant Congressional Proceedings at
length, and all reports and other publ;
documents in full, together with occa-
sional Congressional Speeches i'll full.
a. The FARMERS.
1t is intended TO make the paper one of
great interest to the Farmer, BY giving the
Reports of the different Agricultural AS
sociations; the new Inventions; late ex-
periments in tilling, and able papers from
every source entitled to confidence; so
that the Agricultural portion Of the com
mumty viii find in its columns, without
entrenching upon other matter, all that is
desirable to know, without the expense OF
a seperate journal.
AS A NEWSPAPER. iai
As weekly newspaper, it is believed
that the "1HE UNITED S7.4I,ES
SATURDAY. POST" is not equalled
by any weekly Literary paper now exist
ing. 1t contains a full and well digested
account Of every matter ofnews up to the
hour of printing. This is great beside
ratum to those who take only single
weekly paper, and which means less eX-
tensive than those connected with the es-
tablishment cannot accomplish. The
number Of persons employed, and the
stoam-power engaged in the publication Of
this paper, altogether surpasses that Of
pny other of similar character
In Short, the UNITED STATES
SATURDAY POST is considered in all