The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-04-06
A NEW VOLUME.
THE NEW MIRROR

LITERATURE AND THE FINE ARTS.
EDITED BY G. p. NORRIS AND n. p. WILLIS.
Each numbr contains beautiful steel engraving
~ GOD the Mirror has hitherto been good
VI enough to prosper) have edited it the l..
realities built the walls Of Jerusalem--with the best
hand otherwise employed. The beginnings of all en-
teIprises are dlfiicut-mora especially beginning,
without carital-and the attention Of one editor has
been occupied with The mapagemen OF the machinery
now in regular operation, while the other, I'LL the con
Germ should be prosperous, was compelled 10 labor
diligently for other publications. One by one (tc
change the fgure) these hindering barnacles have
been washed OF our keel by goa more rapidly ahead
and, with the beginning of the third volume, BoTH
EDITORS will be ENTIRELY aud EXCLUSIVELY devoted
To the MIRRoB,-equal to setting sluddng sails allow
and a-loft with the wind dead aft full and steady
OF course she will now go along rih bone in he'
mou AS they say ola cram with the foam on hci
cut-weer
-land Of Manhattan, and ste most that is worth see
ing, and hear most that is worth h, airing Afler tn,
newspapers have had their pick Of The news, have
trek of making spicy hash OF the re,nainder
CLEANING many choice bit, by the way which had
been overlooked or sghed) and we undertake, here
by to keep the readers Of he Mirror up 10 the times
Everybody reads newspapers and GETS e outline of tie
worlds going round-but we shall do Just what tn,
newspapers leave undune-fl up the outllne-tel
you "some more" (as the children soy)-put in tn,
pers in the rough. Il is what have tried do il
our Letters 10 the National lntegencer," and az
our brother editors seem 10 ihink have succeeded
We will, las we discontinue that correspondence in
April IN rather ddshiny and lighter rein, RESUME
these metropolitan sketches In the Mirror
secret for your ear, dear reader By selling tn
plate Of each number for half ohai IL ioo,, you ge
the reading for nothing Each plate IS worth shIl
ling to put in an album-and the whole Mirror cost
but sixpencel So IT is in fact for nothing that yo'
get sixteen pages of the best literature that car
procure for YOU including the things about town tina
are ssldomost described and best worth describing -
OF course only afford this by very small pro
| fits on very large circulation, aud ten thousand
subscribers are but the turn Of the tide. The mex
ten thousand Unto which we are now feeling on
woy) will be the first move Of the rising tide tina
ovcrruns into our pockets
We keep eye in the back Of head TO see il an,
body is likely to overtake land to try their tricl
before they come along side,) and keep look on
on both sides (from the salient balconies Of INA
ginston) for any stray breezes Of novelty for which
IT is poss bic to trim sail And-to show you on
hand little have bagged, like Eolus,) breez
or two which we shall reserve awhile for competi
ton. II nothing overhaul us, shall try our spec
by and by with sky-scrapers and adjust to anus
the reader, and show our regard for his respectable
sixpence.
! Our plates by the way, undertake to say, shall
be, from this date of twice the excellence (at least
Of those heretofore given. Experience and inquiry
with little more money! make more diferenc
in the lettering of this branch Of business tina
OF most others
Nor, REsr Subscribe, in all cases. (if you wis
to serve us-do your nv LETTER TO OURSELVES. Tn
Postmaster will forward it free of expense,
| p S.-As to our EXTRAS, they are, to booksellers
what the mama" must have been to the Jew bs
kers You don't need coaxiDg to help yourselves {
anything so cheap and heavenly. Take what has fall
en- and be that more loaves, crisp and satisfying
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 (postag
free) MORRIS, WILLIS & co.
Editors and Proprietors, No. 4, Ann street.
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