The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-11-17
PROSPECTUS
OF THE
WESTERN CONTINENT.

II Southern Family Newspaper Of The largest
size. Published erery Saturday in The City
Of Baltimore, By Samuel Smith & Co. Ed
tied by W. Il. Thompson, author @' Major
jones Co"rtship." :. Chronicles Of Pine,
UiHe, Sc, Sc. Terms, Too Dollars IN adj
rance
WE have long regarded it as a most humiliating
w reflection upon the south, that no professcdly
neutral family journal has yet been sustained with
in her borders. We have tested the experiment
whether such a paper could not be supported at the
Immediate South, and though not wholly unsuc.
cessful. our experience has taught us that the pa
pers of this class published in the large Northern
cities, possess advantages over those of the country,
which, in a measure, defy competition. But here
the case is different. Baltimore, standing as it does
on the frontier of the Southern States, is yet near
enough to the great commercial, literary and pO-
htlcal emporium, to be included in the ~ncighbor.
hood of great American cities, and to enjoy all the
advantages, as a radlating point, which are pos
sessed by either PhiladclEhia, Boston or New York.
A paper Issued from Baltimore has all the facilities
for obtaining the latest literary intelli gence, as
well as the current literature of the day, foreign
and domestic, that arc enjoyed by the journals Of
the Northern cities. The WESTERN CoNTINENr is
as large, as cheap, and can be better adapted to The
toants and tastes of Southern readers, than those Nor
thcrn papers which now draw so large an amount
OF their patronage from the Southern public.
Entertaining thesc views, VIC have looked with
confidence to the success of the CONTINENT. Eight
months experience has tended to strengthen that
confidence and now we enter upon it's publication
with a hrm conviction that all that is necessary to
secure for it a circulation equal TO that OF its North
ern cotemporaries, is a faithful and energetic de-
votion OF our best abilities to make 1T a useful and
entertaining Family Journal. 1t is our design to
make the WESTERN CoNTISENr emphatically a
Souhrn family. paper, that may be read with in
ttcrest and profit by every member of a Southern
amily. With this view, we shall draw for our lit.
crary department, from the best sources, such mat
ter as viii interest and entertain The mind, with.
out oilcuding the taste or corrupting the morals OF
our readers.
Pains will be taken TO give the latest intelligence
on all subjects OF interest to- the general reader, to
the exclusion nj tho at rOtt At lncol aflp.
such as personal gossip, police reports, theatrical
and other criticisms, which make up so large n por'
ton OF the staple of some OF the popular weekliCs
OF the North. In a word, though we shall endes,,
vor TO make our paper interesting to all, our chief
a,in shall he to adapt it to the wants and tastes oil
the people OF the South and South est, upon
whom, aud those OF our own city who are disposed
to sustain such a journal, we must mainly depend
for support.
Relying more upon the intrinsic merits of our pa.
per, than on any promises we might make in a pros,
Pectus, We will close by appealing to the reade'so Of
the South and West for a share of that patronage
which they 50 literally besiow upon The overgrown
weeklics Of The North.
TERMs-Thc Western Continent is printed on a
mammoth sheet of 80 by ID n cbes, on fair type,
and securely mailed to subscribers, at Two Dot.
LARS Fer ANNUM In ADVANCE. Three copies will
lie sent Tor 80, or Seven copies for SO.
All letters on tic business of subscriptions TO be
W.T.. THOMPSON.
SAMUEL SMITH.
BaIimOre, august, 1s46-oct6
SRiCES THE subscriber has Just
- received a lot of FRESH SPICES. such as
Mace White Mustard Seed
ojngcr " White Black 20 do
Allspice Long Pcpner
Cloves Black do
Cinnamon Garlic, &c, &c,
suitable for Picking, to which he invites Inc at,en.
ton OF the public generally. H.. BUFF,
Aug ID Corner of High and Midi lc sts.
SHlRT STUDS.-Among our stock of Fancy
Goods Gentlcmcu will find some beautiful Pearl
able. w, n uohcE e. 70
Sep "
WISH it to be distinctly understood that give
= tte highest price in cash or trade for Old Cop
PER, Brass, Pewter and Lead.
DANIEL s. CHERRY,
Aug % Under the Old Dominion Office.
HHEESE.-A few boxes new CHEESE. for sale
~ low to close sales by JOSIAH WILLS,
Sep 10 Commerce street.
THARCOAL.-Pcisons in wan, of Charcoal
~ for preserving, can be supplicd al a moderate
price by DANIEL S. CHERRY,
Sep 10 Under the Old Dominion Office.
PLUE AND BLACK INK-.A larqc sup.
~ ply just received and for sale low bv
Sep 10 w. II II. HODGES & co.
DICHMOND SUPERFINEFLOUR.-1O
~ bbls landing, for sale by
Sep IS JOSIAH Wills.
CHEESE.-tO boxes and 10 casks prime Gosh
en- CHEESE, receiving and for sale by
octS J. Wills.
DORT WINE.-I5 ar casks, landing. for 50
Il ~ (SeP l5) JOSIAH Will i