Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1847-08-05
PROSPECTUS
Of rBg
AMERICAN MAIL.
PARK BENJAMIN. EDITOR.
"UIique per orBsm. .

WHE subscribers propose to publish, on
IL the first Saturday of next June, and on
succeeding Saturdays, Weekly newspaper.
II viii be printed cn large sheet Of eight
pages, with new and handsome types, in the
style Of the English Journals. THUS il will
not be too small for convenient desultory read
ing, nor TOO large for preservation.
\ The AMERICAN Mail will resemble, in its
leading features, the celebrated Gsiignanis
Messenger, published al Paris, and freely cir
culated over the civilized world 1t viii con-
tain the best articles Of the leading newspa
pers of the world, chosen with view to the
interest inspired BY their subjects in this coun-
as they are treated BY the great minds of the
age.
The American Mail win resemble the New
World, formerly conducted by the Editor in
its best points. 1t VIII give the most brilliant
literary productions, home and foreign. 1t
will minister 10 the mos, refined and cultiva
ted tastes Of the community. In criticism, il
will be bold, just and independent, --exaltng
true merit and wagiDg war upon King Hum
bug. II will contain no line unfit for the eye
OF modesty, at the same time il viii not be
conducted for the delectation of boarding
school misses, and for youths, whose chins
have not iarred in Jericho. twill be news
paper for well-nformed men and sensible wo-
men, and 1t will be as unlike as possible TO
fashionable Monthly Magazine.
The AMERICAN Mail will, as its name
hin;s, be thoroughly American. II will be
"made up" as merchants say, for the Amer |
lean market. Soon viii there be .7mericar,
Mail Steamers, voyaging daily to this port, /
bringing 10 US the Intellectual as well as the |
Commercial treasures of the world And
these shall be poured into The American Mail I
from the American mails with unsparing
prodigaty. II shall bea treasure filled with I
the spoils Of frequent argosies.
The AMERICAN Mail shall be, In large
degree, devoted 10 the great and universal in
terests of Commerce. Ii shall contain Judi I
cious reviews and fair accounts Of the mar
keis 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 that
he eomprehends 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; il is stated simply as an evidence of |
present success.
THE AMERICAN MAIL is undertaken, be-
cause just such newspaper as it will be, is
greatly needed in New York. 1t is mostly
after a new plan. 1t SHALL succeed. Capital,
experience, industry, ndomitable persever.
ance shall push ii forward to great success
II shall surpass in circulation even the New
World, (Which had at one time, t,cenlu-fire
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. Whhe
II shall never boast any superiority, il will be
ever emulous to excel all contemporaries
PARK BENJAMIN, Editor.
ROSS WILKINSON, Publisher
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dollars for ten subscriptions payable in adj
vance These terms will never be varied
from.
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luested TO subscribe at an early day. Sub
scrptions and advertisements received at the
Publication Office, 10 Nassau street, New
York.
May 81, ls47.