The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-12-05
NEW SERIES OF "THE WEEKLY
Union

This first number of the NEW SERIES of the
WEEKLY Union is intended as specimen of
that publication IN the new and improved form
which I'VE have determined 10 adopt Our read
ers will perceive that the size of this sheet is
greatly enlarged and the paper is of excellent
quality, and of form suitable for binding and
preservation; and that the type with which it is
printed is throughout entirely new. II has been
cast, Indeed. expressly for this publication and
while IFS size permits us TO condense a great
amount of reading matter into our columns, il is
yet remarkably distinct and Icgble. In all that
regards typogra phical execution. and as To The
quantity, variety. and general character of lis
contents, the present sheet may be taken as an
ecdct model Of the weekly numbers which we
undertake hereafter 10 furnish To our subscribers
In thus giving to- our friends specimen of our
work, we avoid the necessity of detailed de-
scTptIon of lis character, which would al best
! perhaps, be hut vague and unsatisfactory and
which might seem 10 SAVIOR Of an extravaganza in
promise and announcement, altogether unsnited TO
our habits and our taste. We are resolved TO pre
sent TO our subscribers weekly newspaper. alto
geihor uneqnalled in comprehensiveness, variety,
and vaine, by any other similar publication which
has yet been issued at the Seat of Government
We shall avail ourselves To the utmost of all the
advantages afforded by our position here, 10 Ike
lie WEEKLY UNION, as a politica jonrna mure
valuable and interesting than weekly sheet pub
|
Arrangements have already been concluded, " hich
viii, we are assured, enable US at once to carry
these views fully into effect
Inc EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Of the WEEK
LY UNION will embrace all the political discus
Sums which appear in The editorial columns of the
| DAILY UNION. In these, we shall spare no eff.
| fort To furnish TO our readers foil and th0ronoh
analysis of the leading pnIiIica topics Of the day
IL Is believed that our daily sheet, giving as IL
does more than Ten columns Of new matter every
day, presents greater amount Of original com.
ment on The course Of public affairs. than can be
found IN any other newspaper in the country
| We enjoy some peculiar facilities fur the ac0usi-
ton OF early and important political intelligence !;
and the aid upon which are authorized to rely
| IN lhis department Of our Journal leads us O
speak with well warranted confidence Of its future
efficiency. II is not necessary, we trust. for us
To declare, That IN future, as heretofore, we shall
! labor earnestly To promote the harmony Of The
democratic party Of The country to uphold its great
principles and measures, and to sustain cordially
the present administration in carrying those prin-
clples and measures into effect
/ ne European correspondence Of the WEEK
LIZ UNION will be found, We are well assured, to
be Of high interest and value. We have already
secured the regular services Of the able and ac-
c0mplIshed foreign correspondent. n selection from
whose letters by the last arrival from England
we give IN our present number In the future
numbers ct the WEEKLY UNoN, his commun
cations TO us will appear unabridged. IN addition
to this. arrangements are already in progress to
secure to us the aid, in this department, Of anoih.
er gentlemen upon whom we can rely for early
| and Authentic intelligence Of what is passing in
the political and literary circles Of London and
Paris. The importance Of this department to
any newspaper, aiming at comprehensyeness and
completeness Of character, is now generally ac
knowledged and regarding full and intelligent
foreign correspondence as specially appropriate in
journal published at the federal metropolis. and