American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1851, 1851-08-16
JAMES Q. PICKETT, EDITOR AND puDL1sHrn.


under the sanction Of the Washington National
Monument Society,
JAMES O. PICKETT, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER.
The Monument is intended be literary, agricultural
and miscellaneous paper twill contain selections of the
English publications: interesting scientific articles
emoracng mechanics foreign and domestic news sy-
ta su 81 the Of Congress- and tnn
exception OF party politics, which will be at all times
the sole purpose of aiding in the erection of the noble
column now rising tho banks Of the Potomac, in hon
VINO ycneraes the Of sHINaroN would rejoice to
Son After deducting out OF the subscription
the the sssnnr FUNDS VIII be th, applied with
out reserve to the purpose Indicated Tn ai therefore
Of all who willing to contribute to so pa o
ject, and entirely national, is earnestly i ~
By subscribing to the Monument, valuable JOIN al u.
low price may be obtained while win be doing t;
thing at the same time, towards completing that MAZE
memorial of the Nations gratitude.
The Board of Managers recommend Mr. Pickett, former
ly Fourth Auditor of the Treasury Charge Affairs TO
Peru who proposes to edit and publish the Monument
Journal well qualified to perform the duties OF
toriy the subscribers They their feowcitzens
that this enterprise is not speculation got for ndi
vauaI emolument Mr. Pickett will make the experiment
WIZ receive nothing more anI he asks nothing more
'han very moderate compensaon for his services Not
erection of the ,ment will be- in any event applied
to the support the paper nor the Society in any man
To give the nnbc an idea Of what may be done with the
journal 1t is proposed publish, IL may be stated tnat
list of fifty thousand paying subscribers, az Two ooa
EACH will yield annual net proht OF from MY 10 sixty
thousand dollars :,
The postmasters secretaries Of all organized bones
throughout the Union respectfully requested TO act
as agents obtaining subscriptions thus aiding the great
object of our exertions.
AZ ali editors and publishers, account Of the object
for which the Monument newspaper will be estapnshed
must wish to succeed 1t is hoped that they Will con-
tribute to its success by publishing this prospectus
All moneys will be remtted, and all letters and moneys
addressed TO the general agent OF the monument
Society, Hon. Elisha Whttesey, Washington
OrPIcERs-Millard Fillmore, eroicio PRESIDENT Arch
of washington Second Vice President; Thos Carbery
Third Vice President; j. d. H. Smith, Treasurer; Geo.
Watterston, Secretary.
BOARD OF MANAGERs.-Winfed Scott N. Towson, Thos.
Munroe, w. A. Bradley, p X. Fendall Walter Jones,
Thomas Blagden Peter Force, W. w Seaton, NJ r. Maury,
7. Hartley Crawford BENZ 0gle Tayloe Elisha Whtesey
Isrms-The MONUMENT will be printed double
royal sheethe paper and type being of the best quality
and in quarto FORM containing sixteen large that
Ii may be easily preserved. The price will be two
dollars per payable the receipt Of the second
number. The nature of the enterprise not admitting OF
any credit, none can be given
Societies and clubs will be furnished with the MONUMENT
the following terms: copies for S. copies IS; 10
copies SIS; &c.
Those who disposed to patronse the MONUMENT are
requested to forward their names to the General Agent
without delay. The first number will be published early
In May and the second the second day of August
weekly thereafter time being allowed for the Prospectus
TO be circulated and for the agents make returns As
itseli Their names will be published in the paper
x..~nroN, April %, 1851