Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1844-11-20
PROSPECTUS
Saturday Evening Messenger,

Saturday Evening Messenger,
4 a lKeekiy Family Nerspops1,, ...,s,, @s,,=.
Devoted TO Literature. Temperance Morals,
All, Science, Agriculture and General In
telligence; to, be published in the City Of Au-
gusla, Ga. 3. ;i,l list.l7
BY w II. THOMPSON. 5:,S,4. re-.
Entertaining abe belief that a Press, main.
tanning. strictly neutral position in Politics.
aud yet neither so pretending or exclusive in
its devotion 10 Literature as to preclude The
discussion Of the ordinary snbjects Of :practl-
ainterest-would.;if If properly conducted. re-
ceiye the appreciation and cordial support of. n
large portion of the Southern public, The sub.
scriber has determined upont the establishment
of such paper in Augista. under the title of
the Saturday Euening Ncssenge
The present ,ime-when the heated discus
sion ofParty politics is abontto subside, and
the public mind, long snrfeited with the, dis.
cordant clamer OF wrnngling factions, is about
10 cool down, it is to be hoped, to at fleasta
temperate degrees regarded rs faporite chi
sis lorthc introduction OF the cnrrent intelli-
gence ofthe day,in which T. TTUTHmay find its
way to the Family Fireside free fromithe slls.
picion of party. bias. That sucba press would
supply an important desidc1 alum in The litera-
ture Of our section, we have the econcurentjnds-
ments ofmany worthy advisers to altest-.and
that the plan in expedientis abundan,ly estab-
lisheI by the almos, universal success of simi-
lar iouruals in other parts of The country. We
cannot. therefore, permit onrself to doubt but
that one respectable Family Newspaper"
would be amply sustained the South, land we
tr,s, that we do not count too highly upon our
auxiliary resources, or, overrate the advania-
ges Of our own Editorial experience when we
indulge The hope that we viii be able TO- mako
the Messenger worthy that nppellation.
The design ofthe Messenger is to combine
the useful with the enteriainng-to instruct as
well as amuse. With this view its contents
will be carefully compiled and arranged, thro'.
out its various departments, to NEE, the wants
and s1it The tastes Of The various classes Of rea-
ders; and while it shall: pres the feature Of
hln. comprehensive, miscellaneous newspaper,
embracing every thing that can be brought
within the range of the Newsgatherer and the
Lilerateur it will be the constant aim Of the Ed
itor to preserve it in ahgh moral tone that shall
render deritunexceptioaable even to the most fas-
tidous taste.
The 'Meese nper will he identified with soufi.
,,,,ovos,. ,,,J ,ub;la !, ,r;Il bo avor ,,ror,n,
nd Grn, 10 The mn; ,,enanca nr son,beyp insi;.
,n,;ons and southern r;ahts II ,y;lsednonslv alb.
s,,;n from ,he ION coInmo,i ;ndnlpence Of sec.
,;onaI nre,ndice- while twill watch the en-.
croocbme nts of northern fa fanaticism. il will he
without motive either 10 magnify the danger or
d;e ouiso tho ,rnih. j. '-,.:3.;:l s. ,-,.-s;.:
7Sha nian Of the MeVsen cor will embrace te
s,Io,y;pg q den:r,ments- =, u $50
% Ro,nasce ITnderII head ench number will
,,o;,, a. ,cLo;oa o.;,;,,a, ~ oe,ec,ed Tale vb;cb
iii ha rnT the ,yboleson,e ,noral ,rnth
% roroa ro,I,er 10, ,he o,,tbors encces.
rnl daIliance with the passions and sympa,hies
or,ho boar, n, baino, tbe nrovi,,ce of2 modem
fiction TO teach as we'll as entertain. such; s,o-
rios onlvus combine The utile dulei will find cur.
,.s Uy y ,be nanars or The Wessenosrd FsS
W;s.sUonu finder ,l;a head we shall endea.
ror IN ,ive Tho the M esse nger choice
.O.;o.s or anrsasbjs ,n,,,e * wiih occasional
Z s.;",: r 80 slid nd i'm ortan, cI,aroc,cy.
al ',Sss =, p"oa;sos sn DIE ,v; no i,en io
r"eSae i...,s,,,a actha .nIns,o,,os Gov ,ccen.
naHe ai ''.s .,;s.i.shn ssIsc,;na,, fnr L
saD,s w. -. ,nr;,.r, shn,, moral Essays and
De- poa,,s s,cb 40 are caIcn,ated IN engage nat
aoe.s' sui as n,o,nt tbe Mons
mind mil TO devotional thonghts.i a5.''f. ,s'is5sf
. The Political World. This department will
contnin the current Political News Of the day,
accounts of the artinos and doiiigs fifithe Ma.
tionnl and State legislatures o(fical retusnsfof
i'm mnor,ant Elections. movements of prominent
men, and whatever else ofinterestthat may be
given without trenching upon party ground,a
= AoricuLturaL DEPARTMENT The planter will
| find a norton of The Messenger devoted to his
especial interests, in which will be- given sea-
sonabe articles on Agricultural subjects, drawn
from the ,nostreliable sources.s:ii.. :,4!s, rte
ny,,,e sr,,,dor ,l,;o bo n xuil ha founJ