Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1847-01-27

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printed are throughout entirely new
has been cast, indeed, expressly Tor
publication; and while ATS size nerrn;,.
TO conGense a great amount of ,oag
matter into our columns, il is vet ren,s
ably distinct and Iegible. In all rba,
CARDS typographical execution. and !.
the quantity, variety, and general cha.
ter Of lis contents, the present sheq, Nv
be taken as an erGct model of the VIII
numbers which we undertake hersafs.
furnish 10 our subscribers.
In thus giving TO our friends a specn..
Of our work, we avoid the necessity ~ Z
detailed description OF lis character w0S I
would, at best perhaps, be but vague a,i
unsatisfactory, and which might seem !.
SAVIOR of an extravaganza in promise ana
announcement altogether unsuied to on,
habits aud our taste. We resolved loDrs.
sent TO our subscribers a weekly newspa.
per, altogether unequaled in comprehen.
'siveness, variety, and value, by any olhs,
similar publication which has vet been is.
sued at the seat of government. We Shall.
avail ourselves 10 the utmost of all ,be
advantages afforded by our position here
to make the WEEKLY Union, as polit,
cal journal, more valuable and interesting
than a weekly sheet published anywhere
else can be made. Arrangements have
already been concluded, which will, we
are assured, enable us at once to carr,
these views fully into effect.
The EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Of the
WEEKLY UNION will embrace all the Doll.
iical discussions which appear ia the Co.
lumns OF the DAILY Union. la these.
we shall spare no effort to furnish ON
readers full analysis of the leading p,
litical topics of the day. 1t is believed
that our daily sheet; giving as il does more
than ten columns of new matter every
day, presents greater amount of origt
nal comment on the course Of public af
fairs, than can be found in any other news
paper 10 the country. We enjoy some
peculiar facilities for the acquisition Of
early and important political intelligence;
and the aid upon which we are authorized
to.rely in this department of our Journal
leads us TO speak with well. warranted
confidence of its future efficiency. 1t !;
not necessary we trust, Tor US to declare
that in future, as heretofore, we shall Ia
Dor earnestly to promote The harmony of
the democratic party of the country, to
uphold its great principles and measures.
and 10 sustain cordially the present adm.
histration in carrying those principles and
measures into etiectr
The ErupOedn correspondence Jf the
Weekly Uuion will be found, we are well
TO be of high interest and value.
We have already secured the regular ser.
vices of the able and accomplished foreign
a selection from whose
etters by the last arrival from England we
give in our present number. In the future
numbers of the Weekly Union, his com.
10 Us will appear unabridged.
10 addition TO tins, arrangements are al
,eady IN progress 10 secure 10 US the aid,
q this department, Of another gentlemen
lpon whom we can rely for early and au.
henilc intelligence of what is passing in
he political and literary circles OF London
md Paris. The Importance of this de.
1artment 10 any newspaper, aiming at
,omprehensiyeness and compleness of
character, is now generally acknowledg.
ed; and regarding full and intelligent
foreign correspondence as specially ap-
in Journal published at the fed.
eral metropolis, and intended for nation.
al circulation. we have, in that respect, Sc
cured ample and adequate aid.
In that conneXion also, we refer 10 The
regular Commercial and general Cores
pondence which we have established in
New York and Baltimore. Each number
OF the Weekly Union viii contain a CON.
mefciaI letter from New York, containing
a summary of commercial inlelipence
similar IN character TO that exhibited in
The commercial letter which we publish in
tie present number. The gentleman who
furnishes Us these communications has al
ready fully established bis reputation
the country as writer fem.
nent authority upon this important class
OF topics. II is our purpose TO establish
other correspondence IN different parts oil
our country, which shall give, as our let
tiers from New York and Baltimore now
give, al. the earliest moment, Interesting
items of news and intelligence from the
different sections Of the Uniled States.
While the Weekly Union will be Of
course, mianly devoted 10 politics and sta.
tIctlcs, it will yet be our object TO lairo'
duce more complete and interesting Mis-
Department than we have here
toiore attempted, 10 w"rd, we mean to
exclude from our columns no topic which
a newspaper Of elevated character may
properly touch. We intend The Weekly
Union, as we have said, tor national CIR
culation. The unlooked-lor success which