The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1844-03-29

EDITED GY C. ?, MORRIS AND y. ?. WILLS
Each 10. evnsa;rs Beautiful Ste.i Eng,ariaeN
~ GOD as the Mirror has hitherto been good
" enough 10 prosper, We have edited 4 as the
Israeltes built the walls OF Jerusaeni-Wth the
best hand otherwise employed The beginnings
of al enterprises are dilhsult-mure especially
beginnings without captal--and She attention o.
one editor has neen occupied with Tie manage.
ment Of the machinery now N regular operation
while the other, I'll; the concern should be pros
porous, was compelled TO labour diligently for
other publications.. One BY one TO change the
iigure) these hindering barnacles have been wash
ed off our keel by going more rapidly ahead, and,
with The beginning Of the third volume, BOTH
EDITORS will be ENTIRELY and EXCLUSIVELY devot-
ed to the M,KFoR,-Cgual 10 setting studdng sails
a low and a.loft with the wind dead ait iui! aud
4 steady. Of course she will now 70 along "ioiM
a bone in hsr mouth "--ts they say Of craft with
the foam her cut-water.
1 we live in the middle Of this somewhat inhab-
| tied island Of Manhattan, and see most that IS
worth seeing, and hear most that is worth hear
ing Alter the newspapers have had their pick
of the news we have trick Of making spicy
hash OF the remainder. cleaning many choice
bit by the way, which had been overlooked or
slightedl and we undertake, hereby, TO keep the
readers OF the Mirror up 10 the times Every body
/ reads newspapers and gets the outline OF the
worlds going round-but haA-de just what
! the newspapers leave pndone-h!l up the outline
tell YOU +" some more" as the children say
I out in the lights and shadows OF the picture done
! by newspapers in the rough It's what we have
tried to do IN our Letters 10 The National Intel
Ngencer," and as uur brother editors seem 10
think that we hcve succeeded, We will, tas we c's
continue that correspondence IN April) IN rather
a more d4shing and lighter pe4s resume these
metropolitan sketches in the Mirror
A secret for your n, dear reader By seiting
TIE Plate Of eGch number for ha tchdt II rs icoffh
ron get tie reading for Rothing Each plate s
I worth shilling, 10 pnt in an album-and the
whole Mirror costs bat sixpence SO 1t Is, IN
fact for nothing that you get sixteen pages OF the
best literature that We can procure for you, IN
Guiding descriptions Of the things about town that
are seldomest described and best worth describ-
inc. OF course we can only afford 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 us
ing tide that overruns into our packets.
We Keep an ele in the back Of our head 70 see ii
any body is likely TO overtake land TO try their
trick before they come along sde,) and we seeP a
look out on both sides from the salient balconies OF
our naginatonl for any stray breezes OF novelty
for which it is possible TO trim SAL. Ano-to
show YOU cur hand lIttle-we nave odggeu'
like Eolus) a breeze or two which we shall re-
serve awhile for competition. If nothing over
haul us, We shall try our speed by and by, with
sky. scrapers and adjust 10 amuse the reader
and show our regard for his respectable sixpence
Our plates by the way, we undertake TO cay,
shall be- from, this date, of twice the excellence al
leas,) of those heretofore given. Experience ana
inquiry, with little more money make more
difference in the lettering Of this branch CT Sui
business than Of most others.
Nora BENE-Subscribe, in all cases, Ut you
wish TO serve us--do you p BY LETTER so OUR,
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6 expense. -,
i 7. S-As to our EXTRAS, they are 10 oooKseI
: lcrs uhat the mama must have been 10 tHe
:. low h,kers. You don't need coaxing~fo heIE
d Yourselves 10 anything SO cheap and heavenly
Take what has fallen, and be sure that not'
:, loayes, crisp ana satisfying, are eaSihg ID 'H'
n clouds.
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The frs, number Of the new year wili % ISSUE
- on The sixth DAY Of April next, The work Is san
r bv mail to ali parts Of the country Addres
IL HN MORRIS, WILLIS s. co.
ErrroRs AND PRoFRIEToRs,
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