Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1848-03-02
THE
u UNION III A G A II n E,

OF LITERATURE AND ART,
EDITED BY
MRS C. M. KIRKLAND,
.qthor of".4 .Neac Homc,'' Forrest Life" etc.
AND FILLED WITH
Contributions from the most eminent ssriters
of the country.
The Second Volume commences with the January
Number, lS4S.
At the conclusion of the first halfyear Of the
Union Magazine, the Publisher feels impelled TO
make some acknowledgment Of his sense OF the Ia
vorablc reception accorded to it by the public. Its
success has certainly been unprecedented; and
while it NAV be pardonable to ascrbe this in part to
the merits of the work. it must not be denied that
public goodwill and kindness have been abundant
ly demonstrated. The press i'll all parts of the
country, has g ven its voice literally ana heartily
in favor of the new asplrant.
To flag after tnis would be dshonorabie indeed.
1t is the hope of the publisher that the courage and
enterprise which belong to success will be found "a
Their to have stimulated than slackened bis exer-
tons If there be talent Of suitable kind in the
country, he is determined to make 1t available to
the Union Magazine in the various departments
He will continue to give superior engravings in
Mezzotint, Line and Wood by II. S. Sadd, Thomas
Doney, NJ. Osborne, Robert Hinshelwood, W. S.
Barnard, B. T. Childs ?. Loonis &C., from origi-
nal designs by T. II. AIatteson, who has the sole
direction of all the designs for the Efgravings
=. ~ continue GO Oe ufiuer
the exclusive control Of the Editor, Mrs. G. Nj.
Kirkland assisted by a corps of contributors who
either established fayores of the reading public
or worthy to become so. Such as Mrs. H. Maria
Child, l.. II. Sigourney, Frances S. Osgood, E. c.
Embury, E. F. Ellet, C. H. Butler, c. M. Stark
Jane c. Campbell, Miss c. Nj. Sedgwick, Hannah
F. Gould, Augusta Browne, Louise o. Hunter
Martha Russell, Elizabeth Emmett, Elizabeth T.
Herbert; VIM. c. Bryant Fitz Greene Halleck, N.
F. Willis, c. F. Hoffman, T. S. Arthur, II. w.
Herbert, Fl. T. Tuckernan: John Brougham, F. G.
Woodwork, Charles Lan,nan, w. A. Jones, J. H.
Mancur, John W. Bryant Orville Dewey, W. Gill
moro Simnls, Redwood Fisher, VIM. GLAND Bourne,
Caleb Lyon.
The paper will be the same quality now used
The Fashions will be coIorcd by I. ?. Spearing.
There will be two pages of original Music in each
number.
In the course Of as many months will be given
fac-smes Of the characters used in writing fourteen
different languages, with a short translation into
English similar to the Chinese and Persian Odes in
the November and December numbers of the Maya
zine, by Caleb Lyon, U. S. Consul to Shanghai,
China. which to the curious and intelligent will be
worth at least years subscription to the Magazine.
And every exerton will be made, which literary a.
bilty ingenuity of Artists, and adequate capital can
do, to make the Union Magazine worthy OF the
place already generously granted it in the public
esteem.
The Union Magazine will be published regularly
on the first of each month.
Dealers in Periodicals throughout the United
States and the Canadas, who wish to become agents
for the Union Magazine. will please apply to the
publisher Immediately. All Post Masters are de-
sired to act agents for 1.-THE usual discount will
be made to them. Aspecmen number will be sent
to any one wishing to see it, on application to the
publisher, post paid.