Independent Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1844-11-13
THE NEW MIRROR
Of Literature and tie Fine Arts.
G. p. NORRIS AND N. P. WILLIS
DITORS


(good enough TO prosper) we have editlo
ii as the lsraelies built the walls oI Jeru
salem-with the best hand otherwise EN-
ployed. The beginnings of all enlerprIs
es are difficull-morr especially begin
nngs without cap la -and The attention
of one editor has been 'crnpied with the
management Of the machinery now in
regular operation, while The other ill the
concern should be prosperous, was com
PEELED to labor diligently Tor oiher publica.
items. One by one, Ito change the figure
these hindering barnacles have been
washed off our keel by going more "a
pidly ahead, and with the beginning OF
the third volume, BOTH EDITORS will be
EXTREMELY AND EXCLUSIVELY DEVOTED
TO THE MIRROR, --equal TO setting s,udding
sails allow and a-lott with the wind dead
alt, full and steady. OF course she will
now 90 along "rith a bone ig her mouth"
as they say of craft with the foam on
her cut-water.
We live in the middle of this somewhat
inhabited island of Manhattan, end see
most that is worth seeing, and hear most
that is worth hearing. Alter the news
papers have had their pick of The news,
we have trick OF making a spicy hash
OF the remainder, (gleaning a.many choice
hit by the way, which had been overlooked
or Sighted and we undertake, hereby, to
keep the Mirror up to the times. Every
body reads newspapers and gets the out.
lines of the worlds going round--bul we
shall do Just what the newspapers have
left undone--fill up the outIne--lelI you
"some more" las the children say)-put
in the lights and shadows OF the picture
done by newspapers in the rough. 1t
what we have tried 10 do in our "Lelers
TO the National Intelligencer," and as our
brother editors seem 10 think we have
succeeded, we will, las we discontinued
that correspondence in April,) in rather a
more ddshing and lighter rein, resume
these metropolitan sketches in the Mirror. |
A secret for your ear dear reader--6y |
selling the plate of each number TO, hall
'rhM it is north, yOm get the reading for
Nothing! Each plate is worth a shilling
to put in an nlbum-and the whole Mir.
:or costs but sixpence! So it is in fact,
for nothing that you get sixteen pages of
he literature that we can procure for you,
including descriptions of the things OF
he town that are seldom described and
'eSr worth describing. OF course we can
'nly afford this BY very small profits on
cry large circulation, and ten thousand
ubscribers are but the turn of the tide.
The next ten thousand Unto which we are
ow feeling our way,) will be the first
move of the rising tide that overruns into
ur pockets.
We keep an eye in the back of our /,
cad to see if any body is likely TO over 6
AXE us (and 10 try their trick before they c
ONE along-side) and we keep look out
n both sides Orom the SALEM balconies of
ur imaginaIion) for any stray breeze Of
ovelty Tor which 1t is possible to trim
all. And to show you our hand little
we have begged Qike Eolus,) a breeze
r two which we shall reserve awhile tor +
ompetition. If nothing overhaul us we t
hall try our speed by and by, with sky
crapers and all--jus, to amuse The read
r, and show our regard tor his respecta.
lie sixpence.
Our plates, by the way, we undertake
} say, shall be, from this date, of twice
ne excellence (at least) Of those hereto.
ore given. Experience and enquiry,
with a little more money! make more
ifference in this branch of our business
han OF most others.
NORA BENE--Subscribe in all cases.
if you wish to serve us--do youY "a
ETTER TO OURSELVES. The Postnasters
'il forward free of expense.
P. s. AS TO our EXTRAS, they are, to
no Booksellers, what the ''manna" must
ave been to the Jew Bakers. You don't
eed coaxing to help yourselves to any
hing so cheap and so heavenly. Take
What has fallen, and be sure that more
oaves, crisp and satisfying, are baking in
he clouds. /
TERMS-Three Dollars per annum,
n Advance.
The first number of the new year will
e issued on the 9th day of April next -
The work is sent by mail to all parts of
he country. Address postage free)
MORRIS, WILLIS, & co,
Editors and Proprietors.
No. 4, Ann Street.