The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-07-22
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PROSPECTUS OF A NEW SERIES OF
1.-The Southern Quarterly Review.
CoMMKNoxp con THE 1sr OF APRiL, 1850, BIT
WALxra & RrcHARps, Preprissors & Publishers.
TERMS-$5.00 per anndm, payable in adj
The publishers Of the SOUTHERN QuARrERLY
REVIEW bee leave 10 entreat the attention of the
public to thai Work, to return thanks for the IN
variable indulgence which has smiled upon its
progress hitherto, and TO express the hope that
this countenanee win not be Withdrawn, now that
the publication, passing from the hands of the
former publisher into their own, makes, as il
were, fresh start in the pursuit of a well known
PROCESS. They cannot allow themselves to doubt,
that--with all their former contributors, with the
addition Of many new ones not less valuable and
Distinguished the conduct still Of Mr.. W.
GILMORE SIMMs, its sole Editor during the past
year--and with the assurance which the subscri-
bers now beg leave 10 give, that the work will be
henceforward issued in a style very superior TO
that OF the past, on better paper, with fine new
type, and with regard to neatness and finish,
which will leave it second to none IN the country
they will continue TO receive that patronage which
thsir own endeavor and the claims Of such an or
gan seem reasonably to demand. aA t4
The writers for the REVIEW include the greater
number Of the best and abest names of the
country. They represent the highest literary
talent of the South, and reflect truly, with a ma
tive earnestness force, and fidelity, the real pol
icy and the peculiar institutions of our section.
We entreat the people of. the South, who feel
the importance Of such periodical as the Review,
to excuse its deficiencies, and generously lend
themselves to its assistance. With their counte-
nance and concurrence, IL can become the estab-
ished organ OF domestic opinion--the champion
of our rights and character abroad-the guide and
counsel to intellectual progress and proper taste
at home--the arena in which the better minds of
the country may always distinguish themselves,
and find the proper provocation to execution and
performance---the wholesome authority to which
we may always turn for the correction and re-
strain Of crude and undigested speculation. These
are all objects of the last necessity to civilized
people, who have anything to gain by enterprise,
or any thing to lose by remssness and indifer-
ence. Once more, we ask from the patrons of the
Review, indulgence for the past, and such sym
pathy and support for the future, due to the
vital interests which it faithfully serves, and the
character, which il seeks to establish. b3A
AZ All communications should be addressed
WALKER 81 RICHARDS,
aoai Publishers Southern Quarterly Repie,c,
THE THIRD ANNUAL VOLUME
ii vsfa3ta OF THE ai9t4a-
SOUTHERN LITERARY GAZETTE,
Was commenced on Saturday, the 4th of May,
1850, under its original name-instead of Richards
Weekly Gazette--as more significant of its peculiar
character, it being the only weekly organ Of Ltera
ture in the entire South! 1t Is
Greatly Enlarged and Improved,
Containing weekly Thirty-two Columns Of
matter. 1t is, moreover, in an
Entirely .Neio Dress
"from head to foot and upon beautiful wnrre
paper, that in mechanical excellence, it is not
surpassed by any paper whatever in the United
States 1t continues under the same Editorial
direction as heretofore, and no pains or expense
will be spared to make it
a Choice Family Newspaper,
" as cheap as the cheapest, and as good as the
best'' Utterly discarding the notion that a
Southern journal cannot compete with the North
ern weeklies, in cheapness and interest,
The Southern Literary Gazette
rivals the best of them in all the characteristics of
truly valuable Preside Journal. It's aim is the
diffusion of cultivated and refined taste throughout
the communicated it embraces in its ample
folds species Of intelligence that tend to
this result
Original Contributions,
from many Of the ablest writers in the South,
chiefly occupy its columns, but not to the exclu-
sion Of choice miscellany, selected from the best
American and European sources. a
The tone Of the "Gazette" is independent rrr
criticism and in the discussion Of every legitimate
topic, but 1t lis strictly a9.a Y
Neutral in Politics and Religion
It's columns are occasionally embellished with
Southern Portraits and Landscapes,
engraved expressly for the work, and accompa-
MED by biographical and typographical sketches
rs General Information
is copious, but carefully condensed from the
leading journals of all parts OF the world.
Notwithstanding the great increase in the size
and attractions ofhe paper, it is still published at
b. T1po Dollars Per .4nnum, in .Qdrance
it will be furnished to persons becoming respon-
sible for the whole number Of copies, and having
them sent TO one address on the following terms
Three copies, IS
Five copies, .rs .a 8
Ten copies, Is
Fifteen copies, a,. 90
Twenty copies, 25
Fifty copies, GO
I@ All orders must be accompanied with the
money, and addressed, post pal, to
WALKER d RICHARDS.
Charleston, S. G., ., Is