Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1848-02-15

EDKVED BY JOHN IN4fAN GL:ROBT. A. WEST.
Il Repository Of the choicest .ameriean LitcrG-
tuTe, ehtireiy original. and of lae most costly
National Embellishments.
The Columbian NJ ,gazine enters upon new
year with prospects increasingly bright and prom
Using. 1t has attained proud position in the
estimation. Its success, i'll spite OF formidable RI
| valry and OppOstion,and wi:hout the aid ofIarge
promises and specious appeals, has demonstrated
that the AMERICAN peo lie rightly appreciated the
| principles adopted at the coirimencement of the
| enterprise aud continued to the present time
| that OF PERFORMING rather than pronaisine The
press universally, and with gsnersus Kindness.
which the Proprietor gratefully acknowledgements
borne testimony to the superiority Of its letera
| ture, and the profison and elegance of its en-
i belishments; while its immense and constantly
/ increasing circulation shows that the press has
but uttered the GraTsentirnent, and afford such
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| necessary 10 speak Of Inc future.
| till the fri nds OF the Columbian Magazine
have a rient to know how far their liberal patron
age has stimulated the Publisher TO yet further
| exertions. The best information OIL this subject
will be obtained from the successive numbers Of
the present and future volumes Still the Pub
fisher would say-deliberately, and with a FIJI
Consciousness Of the extent of the promisc-The
Columbian shall heneeforth be the best n,aeasine
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arrangements are already made, snch as only an
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| enlarged experience in the conduct of the enter
| prise and ample capital could secure.
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| series of ENGRAvINGs superior to any thing vet
provided by any magazine publisher i'm America.
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done. At whatever cost, ths Columbian shall
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I With the present number, the Publisher. ar The
repeated solicitations ofsubscribers, give an extra
engraving, "W ashington's reception on the bridge
| at Trerton, in 1859 " Those who were sbsc-i-
bers TO the Magazine when the plate Originally
appeared, will see that il is much improved, hay-
ing been placed in the HANDS Of AN eminent artist
for that purpose. The engraving was univer-
| sal iayorite, and oral large editions Of the
number in which it Appeared were rapidly sold
| Since then we have added several thousand IN
our list of subscribers in all parts Of the Union.
all OF whom, we have reason to believe will he
graiied by the reissue Of the picture iii its pres.
ent improved form.
Ii cannot be necessary IN say much of the
| conduct of the literary department. oil the Column
bian. The gentlemen who have So long aud sat-
isfactotly discharged that duty, continue their
efficient services, and the Publisher is happy 10
| announce TINT they have made engagements with
several OF the most distinguished writers in this
country, whose regu lar contributions will enrich
Ihe Magazine ;while,a heretofore the merit OF an
article, quite as much as the fame Of it's writer,
will be the passport TO ITS pages. Elevated sen-
| tment and pure morality will distinguish all lit
| erat.ue of the Columbian Magazine. The Pub
Usher ehumeIates,witn honest and grateful pride
the following conIriburors: 49,
Mira l. Ii Sig journey; Mrs C w Kirkland, Mrs
Ann Stephens, Mrs Maria Child, Mrs F 5 Us
coed, MRS E G. Emoury, Mr.. Mary ilewett,
Mrs E r See, Mrs E o Smith, Ms A c How:
Att, Mrs EHps, Mis- NJ ST Leon Loud, Mas Iarfias
Hall, Mrs e II Butler; Mrs Anna Saltus, Ms G.
Louise NJ Mills Mrs LYDIA Jane PieIsnn, Mrs NJ
g Sleeper, Mrs Sar"h jenkins, Mrs Susan &
b Thompson, Miss Ann Slomun, Miss Kate
Sutherland, Miss Mary NJ Chase. Miss Kate Cros
well, Miss E d Woodnridge, Miss Grace Geen-
wood, Mss F.ances ID Edgeworth; Miss Martha
Russell, Miss Fanny Forester, Miss Catharine
VI Sedgvick, Miss Hannah F Could, Miss Mary
L Lawson, Miss NJ Quincy, Miss Isabel Joce-
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Noble, + + + Author Of ''summsr frolicxing,:'
Miss Emily Ames, Miss Blackwell, Miss Anna
Mdet N, Miss Fanny Freellrd. Miss Sarah II
Jenckes, Nj K Pauldine, WIN C Bryant, Fitz
Green HaIeck, E A Poe, John Neal, IL w Her.
bert, II Hastings Weld, Park Benjamin, 7 SAr-
thur, II II ruckermo1, L f Holman, Il Fay,
G w Kendall, H Grarlan, Fl s SchooIcraft,
WIN Cox, F Ole, ! d Patterson, r L Wade,
+ ) Gould. Seba Smith, T. Mcleod, Rev l. G.
Woodwork, J Broughton, Rev N Danforth, w
Wallace, OQuiII, Rev + G Haris,B Ormon1
w Eames, Z NJ Mclaughlin, II Mancur,
Albert Street, Henry Hisrt,T D Read, Rich
ard White.
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which the Columbian will hereafter be printed.
is manufactured expressly f,r the purpose, by one
Of the largest an; mOst highly esteemed makers in
the Union. md the typography will be Of pro-
poftiOnate neainess aud elegance.
The publisher respectfully solicils from authors
arr Sts,subscrtoeTs &agen,s, q continuance ofthe
confidence hitherto awarded the Magazine. AS
All earnest o. the liueraliiy with which Ne in
tends 20 conduct that department. of the work, he
has prepared at large outlay, n
Magnificent FuH-length Portrait of Washineton,
price tUo dollars,
in stpple and mezzotinI, which will he presented
gratis. 40 evsry yearly subscriber to the Colum-
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OF such superior merit, aud the subject is of such
profound and abiding interest, that he cannot
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er, and largely swell the list Of his Subscriber
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eral terms Of publication; being understood that
the subscription in cash:
For So, che Magaz re & engraving w ashington
5 90, two copies " with each.
Z" 10 GG, f.e q" ="
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Persons desiring specimens, win be supplied
ON application to the Publisher.
Editors who may copy this Prospectus entire,
in their papers and send copy marked with ink
addressed TO Inc. PubIisheo shall be furnished
with the Magazine Cor me year
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