The Yazoo Democrat. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-02-04
IN. s. SATURDAY. POST.

IN Mis- well established periodical, the name o
which has so long been household wort
, in every part OF the Union, continues its claim
upon the favor OF the reading public. No effor
which industry In the business department, en-
terprise in the arrangements Tor the provision o
) mat ter, and careful consolation OF the progress
OF the public taste can suggest, is omitted L
make the PosT acceptable TO every member Q
a we'll ordered family. Deeming
PURITY OF MORALS,
the great safeguard Of private happiness and
public prosperity the conductors carefully ex.
cude from its columns every thing, however
brillient in
LITERARY. MERIT
which may reasonably be objected to in the
score OF Objectionable tendency. The fields OF
pure literature afford sufficient to makean
ACCEPTABLE FAMILY NEWSPAPER.
Contain ALL TUE ELEMENTS OF ExCELENcE, with
out a single Objectionable line; and it is the
greatest pride OF the UNITED STATES SATURDAY
PosT that no head OF a family need hesitate to
let its columns 90 under the notice of any mem.
Der OF his household. The GENERAL FEATURES
Of the paper include
TALES, ORIGINAL AND SELECTED,
chosen for their lessons of life, illustrations of his
tory, depicture OF manners aud general merit;
and adopted in their variety to the lasts Of both
sexes, and OF all ages. Particular attention
is paid to the Advancement of knowledge erela-
tive to
AMERICAN HISTORY LIFE AND MAN
NERS,
as the past files of the paper will show. Some
of the most popular American Tales aud Novel.
lettes which have ever appeared in the period.
Gals Of this county have originated in the Phila-
delphia Saturday Post And while American
themes are more particular our favorites, the
productions of
FAVORITE EUROPEAN WRITERS
ace -aanyassed, and such articles selected from
time to tme' a'.oa' a-within our scope. Nor is
the hand maid OF stener Observation-Disclosures
torgotten-tor some of the most deligetnI
POETRY, SELECTED AND ORIGINAL, |
which has ever been presented to the attention
of American newspaper readers, has Deen given
through the columns Of the Posi-. The publish
ers appeal with PRIDE TO the
ESTABLISHED REPUTATION
of this paper, and it will be the endeayor oil
those concerned to make it continue what il has
been Tor over twenty years,
THE FAVORIrE FAMILY JOURNAL.
While these characteristics of Literary Maya
zine are presented, the other essentials of the
publication will not be forgotten, and in its in.
ner pages the paper viii present the character
istics of a
PREPARED NEWSPAPER,
Containing all current intelligence OF interest or
Importance, but carefully avoiding such details
of crime as only to familiarise readers with
it, to no possible good purpose.
AGRICULTURAL MATTER
will occupy portion Of the caluruns, and our
Farmer readers vii be treated to such articles as
are continually presenting themselves to the at
tehtlon Of the agriouHuralist in these days Of
improvement. If the
PENS OF ARTF WRITERS
engaged expressly for this journal, and the re-
suits OF long experience in catering for the pub
nc taste can continue the. present prosperity of
The Post (ant more the publishers cam not de-
'ire) its course will stll be onward.
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n the business, assisted by several writers of ac-
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Inch 1t IS at present enjoying.
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