Independent Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1844-11-20
THE NEW MIRROR
Of Literature and the Fine Arts.
G. P. NORRIS AND n. p. WILLIS
EDITORS.

Good as the Mirror has hitherto been
(good enough TO prosper) we have edited
II as the lsraeltes built the walls OF Jeru-
salem-with the best hand otherwise en-
ployed. The beginnings of all enterpris-
es are dlficult-more especially begin
nings without capitaI-and the attention
Of one editor has been occupied with the
management Of the machinery now in
regular operation, while the other till the
concern should be prosperous, was com
PEELED to labor diligently tor other pubica.
ITEMS. One by one, Ito change the figure, }
these hndering barnacles have been
washed off our keel by going mere "a
pidIy ahead, and with the beginning OF
the third volume, BOTH EDITORS will he
EXTREMELY AND EXCLUSIVELY DEVOTED
TO THE MIRROR, --equal to setting studding
sails allow and a-loft with the wind dead
ait, full and steady. OF course she will
now go along ",riM a bone an her mouth"
AS they say of 4 craft with the foam on
| her cut.water.
We live in the middle of this somewhat
inhabited island of Manhattan, and see
mos! that is worth seeing, and hear most
that is worth hearing. After the news
papers have had their pick of the news,
we have trick OF making spicy hash
Of the remainder, CLEANING a.many choice
hit by the way, which had been overlooked
or slighted,) and we undertake, hereby, to
keep the Mirror up to the times. Every
body reads newspapers and gets the ont. I
lines Of the worlds going round--but we .
shall do just what the newspapers have F..
left undone--fl up the oulllne--,ell YOU
"some more" las the children say)-put
in the lights and shadows OF the picture
done by newspapers in the rough. Il T.
what we have tried to do in our "Letter,
10 the National InteIigencer," and as our
brother editors seem TO think We have
succeeded, We will, (as we discontinued
hat correspondence i'll APRIL in ratFcr
more dashing and lighter reta, resume
hese metropolitan sketches IN the Mirror.
A secret for your ear dear reader--by
ceiling the plate of each number 10, h4lt.
rhat 1t is worth, you get the readtag for
lothtng! Each plate is worth a smiling
D put in an aIbum-and the whole Mir :
or costs but sixpence! So il Is in fact, ,
or nothing that you get sixteen pages Of
ne literature that we can procure for you,
lcluding descriptions of the things OF -
ne town that are seldom described and
est worth describing. OF course we can
My aft rd this BY very small profits on a
cry large circulation, and ten thousand
lUscrIberS are tut the turn Of the tide.
he next ten thousand Onto which we are
DIV feeling our way,) will be the first s!
owe Of the rising tide that cverruns into q
ar pockets. u a.
We keep an eye in the hack of our a.
Fad to see if any body is likely to over E,
Ike us (and 10 try their trick before they CT
'me along.side) and we keep look out
q both sides (lrom the SALEM balconies of
If imaginalion) for any stray breeze Of
ovelty Tor which it is possible to trim
Ill. And to show you our hand a ltlc
we have begged (ike Eous,) a breeze
r two which we shall reserve awhile for r;
If nothing overhaul US we &c
nall try our speed by and by, with sky y
;rapers and all--just TO amuse the read. :.
r, and show our regard for his respecta.
ls sixpence.
Our plates, by the way, we undertake
} say, shall be, from this date, of twice
he excellence (at leasD of those hereto
IRE given. Experience and enquiry,
with little more money! make more -
ifference in this branch of our business :
nan OF most others.
Nora BENE--Subscribe in all cases.
if you wish to serve us--do youY BY
ETTER TO OURSELVES. The Postmasters =,
Nil forward free Of expense.
p. S. As TO our EXTRAS, they are, to =
ne Booksellers, what the "manna" must
ave been to the Jew Bakers. You don't
eed coaxing to help yourselves TO any
ming so cheap and so heavenly. Take
THAT has fallen, and be sure that more A
oaves, crisp and satisfying, are baking in II
he clouds. a
TERMS-7hres Dollars per aanum, tc
q ddrance. p
The first number of the new year will
e issued on the 9th day of April next -
he work is sent by mail to all parts of
he country. Address postage free)
NORRIS, WILLIS, & co,
Editors and ProprietorS.
No. 4, Ann Street. c
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