The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1844-12-07
PROSPECTUS OF THE
WEEKLY pictorial CRESCENT CITY.

WEEKLY PICTJK Vi ChEsCEN |
N SJublic journalists, ever anxious to eater
~ for the public taste, and CRAFTY our SUP.
scribers, we have determined to embark in this
new undertaking, feeling confident that its no
velty and merit will, at least, be calculetcd to
pl.ase.--Although the additional expense
which it entails upon us is large, still we lee'
confident that an American community whi
| encourage an enterprise, the great object oil
which is, not only to render the daily occur
rences which we chronicle more distinct, dc.
finite and amusing, by illustrating them, but
also to encourage and foster the art OF WOOD
cutting as well as its accessory, designing We
have been induced to attempt this undertaking
from witnessing the immense success which has
followed tee experiment in England, and con-
scious that our fellow citizens are nqualy as
ready to encourage the fine arts ne any people
d on the globe, we thus boldly put forth our
claim to their attention and patronage. We
j, are awere that attempts have been made in
several of the northera cities, to establish Picto-
+. rial Newspapers, which have proved unsuceess-
0 full, owing, we feel confident, to .he fact, that
n their illustrations were generally copies from
" either old periodicals or foreign papers, which
e being indifTerently executed, and possessing nc
e real interest to the periodical reader, did not
,r meet with anticipated success. These errors we
r. pledge ourselves to avoid. No illustration shall
u be offered to patrons, excepting 1t possesses
Z local interest," and shall be executed by the best
n engravers that can be procured in the Uhited
States. Every bran.h of the mechanical de-
. partment will be entrusted to persons well quail
, fled to execute it in superior manner, while
no effort shall DC wanting the part efthe pro-
;, prietors to secure talented Editors.
7 We will, in ''the Weekly Pictorial Crescent
81 City, ;" avoid politics, and coDfne ourselves to
registering the daily occurrences which meet our
=, notice, as we'll us treat On such subjects rs may
;" be calculated to please and amuse refined
se public-it will be our constant endeavor and
bt study to adapt our journal to family reading
and to give it such tone and character as will
render It both useful and ornamental to the cen
, tire table.
by Cur illustrations shall, we trust, bear compar
son with any to be found in contemporary pc
riodinals, be they American or forei:c AS re
CARDS he subjects we shall selent for illustre
~ ton, we can only say there is no city in tn
NV United States which can furnish as many
New Orlerns. Whera can a more solemn I
beautiful subject file found than the celebratio
: Of All Saiuts, or where a more picturesque
varied scene team our Mardi Gras'
For the convenience of our lady readf RS, v
T. shall endeavor to furnish our columns with !
Illustrations OF the latest fashions, and, in 9TH
respects, oxert ourselves to crafty that retiat
taste for which they are sojustly distinguish
new To the lords of the creation in general, al
ippi those in commercial life in particular,
pledge ourselves, constantly to furnish the
- with an amusing information, the latest ne"
n and full and correct state aent Of CONNIE
- cial affairs. To all those grave political
who may honor sheet by gerusal.. we cam j,
prom information on their favorite topic, b
I'M we can assure them, that it they find MOTH
- Mandatory of their creed in our columns, tn
shall find nothing against it, In ihort, to b'
a., 4 political parties. we are with ou--tor
. emo wings may observe Il at Home Enterprise
s H.. our watchword while our Democratic breth
~. r's can see that we neither seek nor want prot
IN ton, but press forward the "Go Ahead" p'
the;r apple.
'hei 1t is our intention to publish the first mum
"a, of our "Pictori2l'' early in the month Of Nou
''' Der il is to be quarto form; resembling in
"Pictorial Times" and ''illustrated New
TERMS So per annum, payable in adval
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