Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1847-06-10
PROSPECTUS
or THE
AMERICAN M ALL.
Park Benjamin, Editor.


THE subscribers propose to publish, on
j the frs; Saturday OF next June, and on
succeeding Saturdays. Weekly newspaper.
II will be printed on large shee; OF eight
pages, with new and handsome types, In the
style OF the English journals. Thus il will
not he loo small for convenient desul,ory read
ing, nor too large for preservation.
TIVE AMERIcAs MAIL will resemble, in its
leading features. the celebrated Galignanis
Messenger, published al Paris. AMI freely cir
culaled over the civilized world. II viii con-
tain the best articles of the leading pewspa-
pers of the word, chosen with view to the
interest inspired by their subjects in this coun-
Try. II viii exhibit the great topics OF the day,
as they are treated BY the great minds Of the
age.
TIE AMERIcAT Man. will resemble the New
! World. formerly conducted by the Editor in
its best points. II viii give the most brilliant
literary productions, home and foreign. II
will minister 10 the mos. refined and cultiva.
ted tastes Of the community. In criticism, i,
viii be bold, just and independent,--exalting
true merit and wagins war upon King Hum
bug. II will contain no line unfit for the eye
of nodes,y, at the same time II will not be
conducted for the delectstion of boarding
school misses. and for youths. whose chins
| have not tarried in Jericho. Ii will be a news
paper for well-iniormed men and sensible wo-
men, and it will be as unlike as possible TO .
fashionable Monthly Magazine.
TIE 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
Mail Steamers, voyaging daily TO This port,
bringing TO us the Intellectual as well as the
Commercial treasures of the world. And
these shall be poured into the American Mail
from the American mails with unsparine
prodigality. 1t shall be a treasure filled with
the spols Of frequent argosies.
The AMERICAN Mar. shall be, IN 4 large
degree, devoted to the great and universal IN
,egests OF Commerce. Ii shall contain judi
cious reviews and fair accounts Of the mar.
kets Of the world.
The Editor brings TO his task the fruits Of
twelve years of experience. He has faithful.
ly studied the public taste, and believes thai
he comprehends the publ!c's wants. The
journals, with which he was formerly con
nected, were. while under his direction per
fectly successful. There is no vanity in say
ing this; il is stated simply as an evidence o.
!
The AMERicAN Mail is undertaken, be
cause just such newspaper as it Will be, Is
greatly needed in New York. Ii is mostly
after new plan. 1t SHALL succeed. Capital
experience, industry, indomitab!e persever
ance shall push it forward TO great success
1t shall surpass in circulation even the New
World, (Which had al one time, ttceaytir'
thousand subscribers because it shall be bet
ter and more worthy of such circulation.
The subscribers enter upon this enterprise
determined TO spare no pains and expense L
render the American Mail. the most valuable
and interesting OF weekly newspapers. Whil'
it shall never boast any superiority, II viii *
ever emulous to excel all contemporaries.
PARK BENJAMIN, Editor.
ROSS WILKINSON, Pub!ss!.ef
TERMS FOR ONE YEAR.--Three dollars fol-
one copy; Five dollars for two subscriptions;
Twelve dollars for five subscriptions; Twenty
dollars for ten subscrip,ions--payable in ad
vance. These terms will never be yarieo
| from.
| No back numbers will be retained. Those
who are DESTROYS of complete flies, are re-
quesied 10 subscribe at an early day. Sub
scriptons and advertisements received at the
Publication Office, ] 10 Nassau-street, New
| York.
May 81, lS47.