Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1847-08-26
PROSPECTUS
AMERICAN MAT.
PARK BENJAMIN. rrrro,
"Asaur PER oRBrM.,

shE subscribers propose 10 npbg..
- the hrst Saturday of next June nj "
succeeding Saturdays, Weekly nsv 80 ga
II will be printed on large sbee, ~ ssPspe a
pages, with new and handsome =, = elssG
style or the English journals. T m u ne
not be too small for convenien, desnto." wa
ing, nor too large for preseryat;on read
! The AMERIcAs Natl will re.sn,,.
leading features, the celehra,ed ~, 70 is
Messenger, published a, Paris. and sngnans
cuia'ed over tne civilized world. 1t viii eon-
tam the best articles OF the leading news INA.
pers OF the world, chosen with view - "a ~
interest inspired BY their subjects IN his Soa nc
try. twill exhibit the great topics Of The d.
as they are treated by the great minds Of Il,
age. VIC
The AMERICAN MAIL viii resemble the Nsr
World, formerly conducted BY the EdIor !.
its best points. II will give the mos, brpi,u,
/ literary productions, home and foreign !,
will minister 10 the mos. refined and cul,;va
ted tastes OF the community. In criticism !,
will be bold, just and ndependent,--exal,ins
true merit and waging war upon King Him.
bug. II will contain no line unfit for The sys
OF modesty, at the same time il will not X
conducted for the delectation of boardin,'
school misses, and for youths, whose ehss
have not tarried in Jericho. Ii will be news
paper for well-iniormed men and sensible wa.
men, and it will be as unlike as possible toA
fashionable Monthly Magazine.
The AMERICAN Man. will, as its name
hints, be thoroughly American. 1t will &
'made up" as merchants say, for the Amer.
lean market. Soon will there be .7mericm
Mai Steamers, voyaging daily to This pou,
bringing 10 US the Intellectual as well as The
Commercial treasures of the world And
these shall be poured into the American Mai
from the American mails with unsparng
prodigality. 1t shall be a treasure filed viii
the spolls of frequent argosies.
The AMERICAN Man shall be, IN larre
degree, devoted to the great and universal u
terests OF Commerce. Ii shall contain juds
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,
ly 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.
fectly successful. There is no vanity in say.
ing this; it's stated simply as an evidence Of
present success.
The AMERICAN MAIL is undertaken, he.
cause just such newspaper as il will be, Is
greatly needed in New York Ii is moslh
after new plan. 1t SHALL succeed, Capis,
experience, industry, indomiiab,e perseyeI
ance shall push il forwardto great success
II shall surpass in circulation even the New
World, (Which had at one time, t,oaty-fre
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 to
render the American Mail, the most valuable
and interesting Of weekly newspapers. Uhile
it shall never boast any superiority, it will be
ever emulous 10 excel all contemporaries
PARK BENJAMIN, Editor
ROSS WILKINSON, Publisher.
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May 27, lS47.