The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1845-01-11
PROSPECTUS OF THE
WEEKLY pIcrlE cRrscrr.r CITY

''HNht III IL CRESCENT CITY
! AZ ubhc Journalists, ever anxious Is eater
WA lor NE public taste, and crafty oar sub
scribers. we have determined to emma rlr IL I'm =,
new undertaking, feeling confident that ~ no
Vehy and merit will, at least, be caIcuiete1 Ia
pn"sH'--Ahhongh the additional expenqg
"hen It entails upon us is large. still we f,,e
c""noeht that an American Community viii
ourase an enterprise, the great object If
"Hoh Is not only to render the daily occur
rPhces winch we chronicle more distinct de.
mate ana amusing, by illustrating them, but
; aiSo 10 encourage and foster the art of wooa
cu'ung: us wen ms Its accessory, designing. We
nave been induced to attempt this undertaking
RON witnessing the immense success which has
iniioWe1 tee experiment IN England, and con-
Sciaus that oar fellow citizens are nuualiy as
ready to encourages the fine arts as any neon 10
on the globe, we thus boldly put forth our
c'aim to their attention and patronage. We
| are aWere That attempts have been made in
several OF me lorthera cities, to establish Pcfo.
| RAJ Newspapers, which have proved unsucees..
iul, owing, we feel confident, to he fact. that
their tons were generally copies from
either old periodicals or foreign papers. which
heing indiferently executed, and possessing no
fea' inter- 81 to the periodical reader, did not
meet with anticipated success These errors we
pledge ourselves to avoid No illustration shall
1t
'oca interest, and shall be executed by the beet
~ that can be procured in the United G
9'"tes Every branch of the mechanical de- '
thie''' "iil De entrusted to persons well oual
'H'" ~ execute IL IN a superior MANNER while
10 ehor' sfalI De wanting the part eff the pro- a
'fietors to secure talented Editors =
"ewiil, IN "the Weekly Pictorial Crescent ~
i'., aVoid politics, and confne ourselves to
Clustering tht daily occurrences which meet our
o10'' as wen DIS 'feat Oh such sub jccts as may
e calculated to please and amuse a refined fro
ubllc-it will be our constant rpdeavor and m
INDY to adapt our journal to family reading Nj
M to give it such IA tone and character as vii pr
Fhder II both useful and ornamental f. the con in
re- table ~ '"0 'oH 49,
'of Illustrations shall, we trust, bear cornnar
on WIN any to be found in contemporary pc
"oihais, be they American or forei.c asre ers
ffoS ne SUBJECTS we shall seeAt for ilIustrp art
on' we can on'y say there is no city in the al
hl'ea states which can furnish as MANY rs us.
=" or'efns. Whera can a more solemn or
'autilnl subject file found than the celebration
= ) Saiuts, OF where a more picturesque or Il
ned scene team our Mardi Gras, give
f"r the convenience Of our lady road. re wa NOR
MI eldeavor to furnish our columns with II zine
'tTatlon. of the latest fashions. and. in oba, hav
'pects, oxert ourselves to CRAFTY nat retaeJ we
'te Tor which they are sojustly Distinguished our
the lords of the creation in general. md to @
'se IN commercial life in particular, we don
h.ge ourselves, constantly to furnish them is IL
n an amusing information, the latest news. can
! 'u'l and correct state ,ent of com,aer Rem
affairs. To all those grave politicians
o MAJ. honor sheet by rerusal, we cannnt y
Hl information on their favorite tonic. bnt ;, "
can assure them, that if they find nothing .ne
,datory OF their creed in our columns. thes fece
y hnd nothing agHinstit. In ihort, to both am. Amp
'aoa, parties we are with you-.for the mac mac
IS may observe tlat Home Entkrorise, i lhas'
watchwoTd, while cur Democratic brethren poeu
see zee mat we neither seek nor want protec.
!, out press I, rward on the $50 Aheadr prin.
q. Pii"' =,
IS our intention to publish the first number local
'r .rlcforiap' early in the month of Nouem man,
~ Is 10 De qnarto form: trembling in sizo Time
c'oral 1iines," and "illustrated News - hand
as % per annum, payable in advance. orr f
WANTON a. 60.