The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-04-20
A NEW VOLUME.
THE NEW MIRROR
LITERATURE AND THE FINE ARTS.
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EDITED BY c.. p. MoRRIs AND N. p. WILLIS.
Each numb,r contains a beautiful steel engraving
~ GOD as the Mirror has hitherto been (gbod
VI enough to ptospe) we have edited i, as the Is
raeie. built the walls Of Jerusalem-wth the best
hand otherwise employed. The beginnngs OF all en-
terprises dfhcul,-more especially beginnings
without caIita-an the attention Of editor has
been occupied with the Management, Of the machinery
in regular operation while the other, ill the
cern should he prosperous, was compelled TO labor
diligently for other publications. One by one Ito
change the fgure) these hndeing barnacles have
been washed OF our keel by going more rapidly ahead,
and, with the beginning OF the third volume, BoTu
EDITORS will be ENTIRELY and EXCLUSIVELY devoted
to the MrRRoR,-equal to setting sudding sails allow
and aoft with the wind dead aft full and steady
OF course she will now 90 along ruth bone IN her
h''-as they say Of crafl with the foam on her
cut-water.
We i've in the middle of this someu ha, inhabited
iland IT Manhattan and most that Is worth see
ing, and hear most that is worth hearing. After the
newspapers have bad their pick of the news we have
a trek Of making spicy hash OF the reminder,
(geanng many choice biz, by the way, which had
been overlooked sghted) and We undertake, here
bv TO keep the readers Of the Mirror up 10 the fines.
Every body reads newspapers and gets The outline Il o. c
worlds going round-bu, we shall do just what the
newspapers leave undone-fll up the outne-tell
YOU "some more" las the children say) put in the
lights and shadows Of the picture done by newspa-
per- in the rough Il is what we have tried TO do in
our Letters 10 the National lnielligencer" and as
our bro her editors TO think have succeeded
We will (ss we discontinue that correspondence in
April in rathsr dashng and lighter ren resume
these metropolitan sketches IN the Mirror.
secret FOR your ear, dear reader by 'eiting the
plate Of each number for haT whai IS porih YOU get
.he reading for nothing Each plate worth shIl-
ling, to Iut IN slbum-and the whole Mirror costs
but sixpencel so 1t IS in fact for nothing that you
get sxteea pages Of the best literature that can
procure for YOU including the things about town that
are ssldomost described and best worth describing -
OF course can only afford this by very small pro-
fit on very large circulation, and ten thousand
subscribers are but the turn Of the tide The next
ten thousand Unto which now feeling our
wsy) will be the first move Of the rising tide that
oyerruns into our pc kets.
We Keep eye in the back Of our head TO see il any
body is likely TO overtake land to try their trick
before they come along side y and We keep look oi
on both side, (from the salient balconies OF our ina
gnator) for any stray breezes OF novelty for which
II poss BILE to trim sail. And--,o show you our
hand little we have bagged, (like Eolus,) breeze
or two which we shall reserve awhile for competi.
ton. II nothing overhaul US shall try our speed
by and by with sky-scrapers and adjust to amuse
the reader and show regard for his respectable
sxpence.
Our plates by the way, we undertake TO say, shall
be- from this date, Of twce the excellence lat least
Of those'heretolors1givee Experience and inquiry
(wilh little more money make more difference
in the lettering of this branch Of business thar
OF most Others
Nora BEsE Subscribe, in all cases, If you wish
to serve us--do your By LITTER TO OURSELVES. Th'
Postmaster will forward IT free Of expense.
p S.--As to our ErrRAs, they are, to booksellers
what the " mama must have been to the Jew ba
kers You don't need coaxing to help yourselves e
anything cheap and heavenly. Take what has fall
en- and be sure that more loaves, crisp and satsiyng
are baking in the clouds
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| ADVANCE.
The first number Of the new year will be issued o.
the sixth day of April next The work is sent b
mail to all parts OF the country. Address (postsg
free) MORRIS, WILLIS 4 Co
Editors and Proprietors, No. 4, Ann street
! march 26-d.