New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-01-28
VI number d ori cluding al in
teressng letter viii be found On
reference to the inst q y 35:
NJ M At8tt tss
The resce s,t--tI lstseIvese

The Till morning pears iii an entire
new type, the eelehfate establishment Of
Conner d Sons, New York OF COURSE it does not
become Dis 40 descant upon its better appearance
fashion more lonored in the breach than the obser.
and Hhieh IL altogether too common nova
Be may be permit ted to say that if the IN
peases our readers half as much as it
ne shall vastly gIatfed. The materials
been selected with view neatness rather than
and to eleanness and distinetness rather than
phical ornament.
" y meet and proper such an occasion, however
20 asiade ~ our own business and prospects This We
consider due to numbers Of friends whose good Offices
have never it is the first time, and as
shall be bret, We crust TO be pardoned, If pardon
q 10 nesessar 8
Since the Crescent came under the control Of its
present pfopfietoTs, course has been steadily
onward and upward. The last months business has
eye been better than which preceded it, both in
and Advertising patronage and the in
as general rule has been Of that solid and
permanent character which gives assurance Of a
Eifaty not 70 be BY outside pressure.
40 say we are not gratied at such substantial eyi-
dences OF public consideration would be the height of
We are gratified and satisfied both
~ heart and pocket and as the best return we can
ayots heaped upon US, shall strive to na
our paper more valuable, in all its departments,
aiming at a point Of in journalism never
yet reached IN New Orleans This viii be alabor Of
time, and requires money! great deal of money :
hence We must have tine-4but We VIII succeed ii the
long run.
ne remark as to orr circulation. great deal is
SAID 3py some OF our cotempo about the supe-
flo1y OF their circulation over that Of other papers
the city The one contradicts the other in point
ban terms leaving the public in doubt as to which is
correct v It's statement whether either, Of neither,
" both, are 10 he believed w have nothing to do
with the controversy, and do not intend to be drawn
into 1T we only alude to for the purpose of re-
marking that, making no pretensions at all from
our knowledge of orr own business, we would not
exchange our circulation for that of any other paper
IL the city This may sound strange to the uniniti
ated, but is, nevertheless, an andoubted bushes
fact far as we are concerned. We make the state
ment n all certify and truth and from it the pub
lie OF our ideas Of the value Of the Ores
cent 8as an dvertising medium.
Az heretofore, the Crescent will be conducted Of
strictly indepen princpl will reflect the view
Of it's editors, and no one else. We expect to COMM
errors in the fixture we are very conscious we hav
in the past but as all of us are liable to err Dak
y false steps and slip down occasionally, we presume
ne shall be forgiven along with the rest II not le
those who are dissatisfied make the most out Of III
they can. And here we will conclude, wishing on
fEiendsand patrons as full a measure of success al
has been bestowed upon us.
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