Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1847-06-03
PROSPECTUS
or THE
AMERICAN MAIL.
ParL Ecnjamin, Editor.


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TUE subscribers propose 10 publish, on
Il The Erst Saturday OF mex, June, and on
succeeding Saturdays, Weekly newspaper.
II will BE- printed on large shee, Of eIgh,
pages, with new and handsome types, in the
style OF the English journals Thus il will
not be too smali for convenient aesultory read
ing, nor 100 large for preservation.
The AMERICAN MAIL will resemble. in its
leading features. the celebrated Gaiignanas
Messenger. published at Paris, and freely cir
culaied over the civilized world II will con-
tain the best articles OF the leading newspa.
pers OF the world, chosen with view 10 the
interest inspired by their subjects in this coun-
Try. j. wal exhi..I ,he great topics OF the day,
as they are treated by the great minds Of the
age.
| THEAMERIeAs Man will resemble the New
! World, formerly conducted by the Editor in
It's best points. II will give the most brilliant
literary productions, home and foreign. |;
will minister 10 the mos. refined and cultiva
ted tastes OF the community. In criticism, II
will be bold, jus, and ndepenaent--exa.,iag
true merit anu wagng war upon KING Hum
! bug. Ii will contain no line unG; for the eye
OF Glodesty, al the same time 1t will not be
conducted Tor the delectation of boarding
school misses, aud for youths, whose ehins
have not tarried in Jericho twill be news.
/ paper for wel-iniormed men and sensible wo-
men, and it will be as unlike as possible TO a
fashionable Monthly Magazine.
The AMERICAN Mail will. as its name
hints, be thoroughly American. 1t will be
''made up as merchants say, for the Amer
| lean market. Soon will there be american
Mad Steamers, voyaging daily TO this port,
bringing 10 us the Intellectual as well as the
Commercial treasures Of the world. And
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from the American mails with unsparlng
prodigaliiy. II shall be treasure filled with
the spoils of frequent argosies.
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degree, devoted TO the great and universal IN
terests Of Commerce. II shall contain JUDI
cious reviews and fair accounts of the mar
kets of the world.
The Editor brings 10 his task the fruits OF
twelve years of experience. He has faithful
~ studied the public taste, and believes that
he comprehends the public's wants. The
| journals, with which he was formerly con
nected, were, while under his direction per
Iectly successful. There is no vanity in say
ing this; it's stated Simply as an evidence oi
present success.
! The AMERICAN Mail is undertaken, be-
cause jus, such newspaper as it will te. is
greatly needed in New York. /, is mostly
after new plan. Ii SHALL succeed. Capital.
experience, industry, indomitable persever-
ance shall push i, forward TO great success
II shall surpass in circulation even the New
| Word, (Which had at one time, f,centy-fir
thousand subscribers because it shall be bet
ter and more worthy OF such circulation.
| The subscribers enter upSH this enterprise,
determined to spare no pains and expense 10
render the American Mail, the most valuable
and interesting Of weekly newspapers. While
ii shall never boast any superiority, il will be
ever emulous 10 excel all contemporaries.
PARK BENJAMIN, Editor.
ROSS WILKINSON, Publisher.
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