The Arkansas banner., 1846-02-04
PROSPECTUS
IS NATIONAL REGISTER.

NAS IN A 1 JO1N AL nv " in December next the undersigned vii sA. nmence fbe publication of weekly news sl lagr ,tbe town of Washington, to be called the
 aional Register. - nterests of the publishers are directly in. 1A, tba general prosperity of the country; and NSFI hev will labor, in their appropriate sphere
 becoming manner, to disseminate useful .o nee, encourage public virtue, and sustain Oyernment. They have no cause to advance
 not common to every citizen; and the pA Sey have prescribed to themselves will they ]P 5T 3y believe, be approved by every patriot in s"4 ga quarters of the Republic. They rest ,., bjms to public patronage solely upon the sas and snirif in which they shall discharge their - conductors of public journal. . editorial department, politics will not be sof fn as the science of partisan jugglery,. by q at9 sJ the temporary success oi 1acaoh may De t or the peisona advantage of the aspirant " Ill! d but. rather, as a code of principles which ... be observed for the preservation of our free S lions and the maintenance of firm, efficient, HFIPI nefcent government.
 Undersigned begin theircareer wholly untram-
 Allpubhc measures, acts, and proceedings, M rr7 E executive or legislative, under the present far eeding administration, will be careially eX- !GIf dispassionately discussed, and, If approved, J.gE commended: if the contrary, will be as fear S rondemned
 he judiciary, in its importance and dignity, is
 rise inferior to either of the other divisions of rnv fernment. it's upright and independent acton Wn, essentially sustained. ia. undersigned have no animositles to gfatify. Therefore, unreservedly pledge themselves that
 Columns shall not be disgraced by any indui- N in that personal abuse and emblttered vltuper- oesa which have so unfortunately characterised a j eRc of the public press. They desire to make
 sheet a national paper, not only reputable 10
 gives. as men and members of society, but
 3abe to the country.
 REGISTER will be issued in quarto form, and a5l will be larger than any paper at present pub T, in inc Republic. twill admit into its columns Beeky accounts of all the current news, foreign LIN mestic the reports of the proceedings ot Con Slf the decisions of the Supreme Court; the laws, n Ediaely after their passage the official acts oi Executive Government; and large selections
 he past history of the country all
 documents, of general interest, which have d aore emanated from the civil or military author o5a Arrangements have been made to procure binr lar files of Mexican papers, from wlllcn copious
 ations of whatever may be deemed ol value to s4G Texian people, will from time to time, be tur- he form aud size adopted, together with its per
 At location at the seat of government, Wlllrender s4f Register a convenient repository oi valuable
 r, which may be readily preserved, and filed or
 for future reference. ltis intended to accom- i, n each volume with title page and index. ,af, abundant supply of paper and other mateflais I Aen provided, which will secure regular lssaes' U. byiate the necessity of occasional suspensions deemed best for all parties, that the cash sys- ry without qualification, should be adopted. SuD- IF lions therefore, will not be received, nor adyer 1t hents inserted, unless paid for in advance The Il ness stipulations between the publishers Will
 Ire most rigid adherence to this requirement. ,5 nom subscribers in the United States the bills o vy anks. which pass at par in the States m Which are issued will be received The Consuls of
 as are authorized to receive and receipt for sub
 Pions The postage upon papers sent to the
 lied States will be paid by the office, without
 ge to subscribers.
 ', he names of subscribers should be accurately tbs egiby written, and the post office to winch ts rpapers are to be sent particularly speclhed' An s, number of copies will be printed, to supply me scrlbers who may desire to have the paper com
 from its commencement.
 e All communications with the office must be ad- U ksed to w. D. Miller Editor of the National gster Washington, Texas: free of postage" to !. Orleans.
 n Mosaption.-Five dollars per annum; three dol-
 tor six months, and two dollars for three months IfrerhsementS-For each square of 100 words or Her, first insertion, one dollar. For each subSe- I t insertion, fifty cents.
 deduction of fifty per cent. will be made upon Ihy advertisements, with the privilege of renew
 he same quarterly.
 ne mode of estimating advertisements ny the
 aOer of words instead of the number ot lines Tn
 are, IS preferred, as it will enable the advertiser &Fady ascertain in advance the amount to be w. D. MILLER, w. H. CUSHNEY