The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1847-01-09
PROSPECTUS
OF THE
WESTERN CONTINENT.

n Southern Family Newspaper IF the largest
size. Published eUery Saturday in The Cify
Of Baltimore. by Samuel Smith e. Co. Ed.
tied by w. II. Thompson, auihor Of, Major
Jones' Comtship." =, Chronicles Of Pine.
riiie, Sc, Sc. Terms, Too Dollars in adj
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WE have long regarded it as most humliatrg
w reflection upon the south, that p, oiessedly
neutral family journal has yc, been tanned with.
in her borders. We have tested The iexperim,it
whether such paper could not be supported at the
immediate South, and though not wholly unsuc.
cessful our cxperietce has taught us that the pa
pcrs of this class published in the large Northern
cities possess advantages those Of the country
which, in measure, defy competition But here
the is different Baltimore, standing Us il docs
ON the frontier of the Southern States, is yet near
cnough 10 the great commercial, literary and po-
Utica emporium, to be included in the ne ighbor-
hood of great American cities, and to enjoy all the
advantages, as radiating point, which are pos
sesscd by either Philadelphia, Bosto New, York
paper Issued from Baltimore has all the facilities
for Obtaining the lat, st literary intcllie tncc a
we'll MS the current literature f the day, foreign
aud domestic that arc enjoyed by the jour nails of
as large as cheap and can be better adapted TO lie
,oants and tastes 0 Southern readers than those Nor
thern papers which nov draw so large an. amount
of their patronage from the Southcih public.
Entertaining these views, we have looked with
confidence To the success of the CoNTINENT. Eight
months experience has tended to strengthen that
confidence and now we enter upon its publication
with fiji conviction that all that is necessary to
secure for it circulation equal that Of its North
votion our best abilities TO make tia useful and
entertaining Family Journal. IL is our design to
make the WESTERN CoNTINEST emphatcally a
Southern family paper, that may C read " iih in
terest and profit by every member OF a Southern
family. With this view, shall di aw for lit.
crary department, from the best sources, such at
ter as will Interest and entertain the mind with.
ont offending the taste corrupting the morals OF
our readers
Pains will be taken 10 give the late Intelligence
on all subjects oi interest the general reader TO
The exclusion Of the va amount Of local matte.
such as personal gossip, police reports h a,rical
and other criticisms, which ma up so large por-
ton OF the staple of some OF the popular wccklics
OF the North. In word, though we shall endea.
vor to make our paper interesting to all, our CHIEF
aim shall be to adapt it to the wants and tastes of
the people of the South and South West, upon
whom, aud those of our own city who are dis posed
to sustain such journal, we must mainly depend
for support. RI -r..srf
Relying more upon the Intrinsic merits of Our pa
per, than on anypronises night make in pros.
Pectus, We will close by appea ling the reader Of
the South and w est COR share of that patronage
which they so literally bes,ow upon the overgrown
wecklics Of the North.
TERMs-The Western Continent is printed on a
mammoth sheet OF 80 by al inc hes, on fair type,
and securely mailed to subscribers, al Two IoI
LARS sR ASNUM ADVANCE, Thu CO. copies will
be sent for s or Seven copies for S 10. 80
All letters the business of subscriptions to be
addressed post paid to the editor.
w. II. THOMPSON.
.a sf SAMUEL SMITH.
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