Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-07-03
nuR ANNIVERsARY

Inc issue OF this number of the Star closes
Its first year under the auspices of its present
conductors, who took it a seven by mine local
sheet. hardly known even by name to one In
ten of the citizens Of Washington only, an
have already made it not only the most fire.
qusntly and widely -quoted journal in the United
States of America, but have obtained for it a
circulation much greater than that of any
other newspaper in the world, in proportion to
the relative population of the city in which it
is printed. Its reputation for accuracy and
earliest information concerning every thing
of public interest transpiring here, or know
ledge of which necessarily emanates from this
point, is unparalleled; having so soon relieved
the proprie;ors Of distant journals from most
OF the expense Of telegraphing &" Washin gton
news, for which they now consult our csl-
umns. We are proud Of the triumph of
the Star, and have 8 right so to be for its
eminent success has been owing to but two
causes lst. To the kind favor of our fel.
low-citizens of the District of Columbia: and
I'd, to our own energy, industry, and enter
prise, in its conduct. In return for their
favor, we have given to our fellow. citizens
an advertising medium superior to any 9TH
er which the country has ever before en-
j'yed That is, an advertisement inserted
IN the Sf4| is read by thrice or four times as
many persons in Washington, Georgetown,
Alexandria and Baltimore, and in the country
adj 'ceht to these four cities, as would read il
II inserted in all the rest of the newspapers
in he oc
Is fact which mus be appreciated by those
who will for an instant turn over in their own
N nds what they know concerning the rela
tive circulation of the Star and other Papers
within the range of their immediate obserya
tioA. We have created this capital medium.
OF plaklng known their wants, business or in
teatioas, aud furnish it to them at rates much
lower than those charged by any other paper
anywhere Of like extent of circulation. We
have, also, in return for their kind favor, m ade
the Star emphatically the advocate and effec
tive guardian of the rights ard interests Of on,
pa,-cus in their relations to the General Gov
eminent.
We have 10 reason to complain of our friends
indeed, they have done more to render the
Star permanently useful institution, than
e'er before was done by the people at large
"Lbout political distiction, for a newspaper
in a si-ngle year.
Oar career is onward. We shall relax no
en-. ut to improve ali the departments of the
Star, so that lis influence for good NAV in
crease, pan pa,sn with the swift and steady
increase Of the patronage Of our fellow citi-
Tens IN every walk in life. Our job printing
establishment, too, is now fixed on a basis
which enables US to say that We are ready tc
do all descriptions Cs jJb printing-from bust
ness cards up to handsome book work, and the
largest sized posters, as promptly, economi
cally and satisfactorily as such work can be
executed anywhere in the United States.
IN conclusion, We return grateful acknowl-
edgements to all who have extended favors to
as, and promise that by the end of our second
year, We will have demonstrated to our timid
we'll wisheIs, for whose interests as propert,
holders and business men in Washington and
Georgetown We are labOring 50 earnestIy-that
penny paper can not only live in the Distric;
Of Columbia, but, properly managed, can be-
come the most remarkably successful newspa-
per enterprise known to the history of the
press of our country.