The independent. (Harrisonburg, La.) 1853-18??, 1858-05-12
LITERARY PUBLICATIONS
Prospectus for 1858.
THE SATURDAY EVENING POST.
Established August i, 1921.
The Paper hat aerer Susp1ds-A family Paper
deuoted to Literature and the Meas.

In these times of Bank suspensions auG
Mercantile suspensions, the proprietors o.
| the Saturday Evening Post call the atten
ton of the reading public to the old and
tirmly-estab!ished weekly paper, as paper
that never suspends. For over SO years
the Post has been published and in all
that reriod-through good tines and
through "bad mes," through bank inha-
tons and bank cohtractions, thr ugh pros
porous seasons and through panics, the
Post has been regularly issued every week
and forwarded to its thousands of suhscri-
bers. Its proprietors therefore point to
the past as an unfailing index Of the future
| And they feel that in asking If the reading
public a continuance OF the atronage
heretofore 20 literally bestowed upon the
Post. they are asking no more than it will
be both to the interest and pleasure Of the
publ to grant.
Ar;ong the contributors 70 the Post, we
may mention the following gifted writer's !:
William Hewitt, Alice Cary, 7. S. Ar
thur, Grace Greenwood, Anna Blackwell.
Augustine Dugapne. Mrs. NJ. A. Dennison,
Emma Alice Browne, the author of "An
Extra-Jndicial Statement" the author Of
"ZiIsh. the Child Medium" &c.
We design commencing in the first paper
paper Of January, an original Novelet, by
rs. Arthur.
Mr.. Ar.hur's productions are 30 widely
known that we need hardly say that the
tone Of The present Novelet will be entirely
consistent with the moral aud instructive
character which We hav. always s;,ivcu to
imp ess upon the Posi-. Readers who wish
to pe,u>e the flash stories which abound in
the land-pcrn;ciou in their tendency and
etiectS-can find them, we regret to say, al
eve corner. But the Post will still main
tain its high character as a paper which
The most >crupulons parent may allow free
" to enter the family circle ant! which
will purify and instruct, instead Of demon
aIizing and corrupting the youthful mind
Especially will its conductors avoid, in the
publication of the wetkl, news, al those
long and disgusting unfortunately
nov SO common Vile Criminal Cases
believing, as they do, tina. the practice of |
publishing the details Of such loa,hsome .
cases, and OF criminal cases trials resulting
therefrom, is fruitful cause Of the recent
increase Of vice aud crime in the
Like bege,s .ike, and what
the mind feeds upon that will it grow to
resemble.
Choice Selections Of all kinds, from the
best 'orti-n and domestic sources, shall
|
;ure Of the Post. The Stories, Essays, Az
riculfusal and Scientific Facts, &c, Sc,
nbrained in this war for tie readers of The
Post.are among the mos, instructive as we'll
rs interesting portion OF it, contents.
The Very Cream Of the P.rodic. Lit
erature Of the British Isle. is thus given to
our readers The Post. We. xiv, has some
thing for all the members Of the family
Novelets, Essays, Stories, EnS'aving~, Az
Articles, the News, Sketches, q
Poetry, Anecdotes, Riddles, the Wholesale
AID Retail Markets, Bank Note List, 81.
Finally, We may mention three good
reasons why the reaGin. public should
rive the preference to the Post:
It is superior to any other paper Of the
'ailie Hfire.
= 1t i, cheaper than any other paper of /
quail merit
II will be certain to come when paid fol.
TERMS cash in adyance)
single copy, one year, e.
copies
(,nd one to getter up Of the club) 10
% 90
The postage on the Post to any part of
he United States, paid quarterly or yearly
n advance, at the Office where it is r.cei-
ed, is only 26 cents a year. t
Sample Numbers sen, Gratis to any one, !
shen required.
Address, always postpaid c