The Arkansas banner., 1845-08-13

dL 60U IIiEaN LIBRARY MhoSENGhiS.
 1.-THE BEAeKWooD OF AMERICA"
 Ere Doliars Year, m .4duance !. B. MINOR, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR, ASSISTED
 BY AMERIeus SOUTH. 4 N the lst of January next, fls45,1 the South SF ern Literary Messenger commences its tith volume, afFl the patronage of the public is res peetfHY solicited fer it. The present editor has now conducted it for more than year, aud the encouragement he has received leads him to expect a large increase of subscription. As the work has been sustained, underno ordinary disadvantages for so long tine il Is entitled 10 the liberal support ol every friend of Letters. lis reliance for patronage will be upon the interest and justice of the public 1 and its OWL literary merits. EscheWin@ all hum- bugs and eXtfnsic hoHrlshes, 1t will depend for its success upon it's contents and character aloae II is emphatieay Southern work, and appeals expressly 10 the South, whose character and inter- ests, literary and social it aims to uphold and pro mote. In the South, there thousands who can easily afford 1t, and they are particularly urged o come forward and assist in increasing it's eircula- ton.
 The Messenger has now been established more than ten yeas. during which 1t has overcome many and great obstacles; and attained wide circulation and very high character. The efforts of the pres- ent editor will be strenaousy directed, not only to the preservation of lis ancient fame, but also 10 it's constant improvement. In this, the fatteriRg tes- hmonials he has received during the last twelve months, lead him to believe he has already succee- ded.
 The contributors are numerous, embracing pro- essional and amateur writers of the first distinction Great expense is incurred and great pains are ta- ken to secure an abundant supply of interesting and instructive matter.
 Regular Contributors
 Judge B. Tucker c. B. Hayden, Nasus, Author ess of ssthe Vow" sspretension. &c., L. V-, au. thor of 1.-The Prize Tale &c. Virginia.
 It. M. r. Maury, U. s. N. Washington.
 W. Gilmore Siinms, L. L. D. Geo. Frederick Holmes, South Sarona.
 Mrs. Jane II. Worthington Ohio.
 Mrs. Mary E. Hewitt, New York.
 F. B. Hale, Illinois.
 ". ". Andrews, U. S. Consul, Malta.
 II. B. Hirst, Philadelphia.
 Americus South.
 Occasional Contributors.
 Pres. Thomas R. Dew, Prof George Tucker, ] B. D. Author of ss3he Historyof all Adyenturer : &c., Lucien Minor. W. B.. U. S. Charge, Italy ". NJ. B., U. $. Charge, S. A, Virginia.
 Dr. S. II. Dickson, E. D. South Carolina.
 Judge R. M. Charton Georgia.
 A. B. Meek. Alabama,
 l.. J. Cist, Ohio.
 And many others, in the South, and in nearly cv. cry State in the Union: some whose veils we woult gladly remove.
 The contents will be exceedingly varied, embra eng Reviews, Tales, Novels, Poems, Essays, frag, els, Sketches, Biography, History, Popular science l Papers on the Navy, Army, and other Naftohal m terests, Literary Intelligence, Foreign and Bomes tic, and Notices of New Works. Selections of mer- 1t will occasionally be inserted. The leading prn cpe is the promotion of pure Native Literature and devoted National Spirit. With this view the following premiums are offered:
 For the best paper on the present state oi American Letters. the prospect and means $50 0t of their improvement.
 The best Review of the werks of some Native Prose Writer B 0l The best Review of the works of some l Native Poet B 0t The best Original Tale B O The best Original Poem 8 0 Their publication to commence with new vol ume, and the unsuccessful articles to be at the dis 1 posal of the editors
 Many improvements will be introduced with new volume, and the style rendered still more ex celent As aspires to be the Literary Organ.o tn South and West, 1t is expected that they fand th North and East also) will lberally encourage it. as such. Ii congratulates the West on the success of their Naval Depot; work of it's own creation The Messenger contains on an average sIxty-tou pages, number, sixteen pages more than most c the ss3 magazines, and twice as much as som of them; and is published Monthly, al FIVE Dor l LARS, per annum. The polnme one year, con tains 76S Super Royal Octave pagesl at three quar ters of a cent per page. FIVE CofIss for Twent Dollars.
 If the friends of the cause and Agents exert them selves it will soon be visiting every month, at leas Twenty Thousand Stanch Subscribers. I N. B.-Suhseriptions received at once and ca be sent, free ot postage, through the Postnasters
 Richmond preinia Oct. lS44.