Independent Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1844-07-20
THE Eyy MIRROR
Of Lhsratsre and Me Fine Arts
G. p MORRIS AND N. p. WILLIS
EDITORS.

Good as the Mirror has hitherto been
(good enough to prosper) We have edited
il as the Israeliles built the walls of Jeri-
salem with the best hand otherwise en-
ployed. The beginnings Of all enterpris-
es are difficull-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 CON-
PEELED to labor diligently for other publica-
tons. One by one, Ito change the tigure.)
these hindering barnacles have been
washed of our keel by going more ra-
pidly ahead, and with the beginning of
the third volume, BOTH EDITORS will be
EXTREMELY AND EXCLUSIVELY DEVOTED
TO THE MfRRoR,--equal TO setting studding
sails allow and a-lott with the wind dead
aft, full and steady. OF course she will
now 90 along "lih bone an her mouth"
las they say Of 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 a spicy hash
of the remainder, (gleaning a-many choice
hit by the way, which had been overlooked
or slighted,) and we undertake, hereby, TO
keep the Mirror up TO the tines. Every
body reads newspapers and gets the out
lines of the worlds going round--but we
shall do just what the newspapers have
left undone--fll up the outline--tell you
"some more" Gas the children say)-put
in the lights and shadows Of the picture
done by newspapers in the rough. II IS
what we have tried to do in our "Letters
10 the National Intelligencer," and as our
brother editors seem TO think we have
succeeded, we will, (as we discontinued
that correspondence in April,) in rather a
more dashing and lighter rein, resume
these metropolitan sketches in the Mirror.
A secret for your ear dear reader--by
selling the plate of each number fo' half
rhat ii is north, you get the reading for
nothing! Each plate is worth shilling
10 put in an album-and the whole Mir
ror costs but sixpence! So it is in fact,
for nothing that you get sixteen pages Of
the literature that we can procure for you,
including descriptions of the things Of
the town that are seldom described and
best worth describing. OF course we can
only atf,rd this by very small profits on
very large circulation, and ten thousand
subscribers are but the turn of the tide.
The next ten thousand Unto which we are
now feeling our way,) will be the first
move of the rising tide that overruns into
our pockets.
We keep an eye in the back Of our
head TO see if any body is likely 10 over
lake us land 10 try their trick before they
come along.sde) and we keep look out
on both sides (irom the salient balconies OF
our imagination) for any stray breeze of
novelty for which it is possible to trim
sail. And to show you our hand little
I'VE have begged Qike Eolus,) breeze
or two which we shall reserve awhile for
competition If nothing overhaul us we
shall try our speed by and by, with sky
scrapers and ADJUST TO amuse the read
or, and show our regard tor his respecta-
bic siypence.
Our plates, by the way, we undertake
to say, shall be, from this date, of twice
the excellence (at least) of those hereto
fore given. Experience and enquiry,
with little more money! make more
difference in this branch of our business
than OF most others.
Nora BENE--Subscribe in all cases,
(if YOU wish to serve us--do youO BY
LETTER TO OURSELVES. The Postmasters
will forward free of expense.
P. S. AS to our EXTRAS, they are, to
the Booksellers, what the "manna" must
have been to the Jew Bakers. You don't
need coaxing TO help yourselves TO any
thing so cheap and SO heavenly. Take
what has fallen, and be sure that more
loavcs, crisp and satisfying, are baking in
the clouds.
TERMS-Three Dollars per amman,
in Gdrdnce.
The first number of the new year will
be issued on the 9th day of April next
The work is sent by mail to all parts of
the country. Address postage free)
MORRIS, WILLIS, 81 co,
Editors and Projectors.