The independent. (Harrisonburg, La.) 1853-18??, 1858-02-24
4LITERARY PUBLICATIONS.
Prospectus for 1853.
THE SATURDAY EVENING POST.
Established August 4, 1921.
The Paper that neper. Suspends-4 Family Pape'
devoted to Literature and the News.

In these times of Bank suspensions and
Mercantile suspensions. the proprietors Of
the Saturday Evening Post call the atten
ton of the reading public to the old and
frmly-establi.hed weekly paper, as paper
| that never suspends. For over SO years
the Post has been published; and in all
that period-through "good times" and
through "bad mes" through bank inla-
tions and bank contractions, thr' ugh pros
porous seasons and through panics, the
Post has been regularly issued every week
and forwarded to its thousands Of subscri-
bers. Its proprietors therefore point to
the past as an unfailinc index Of the future
And they feel that in asking If the reading
public continuance of the ! atronage
heretofore o literally bestowed upon the
Post, they are asking no more than it will
be both to the interest AMI pleasure of the
publ C to grant.
Arong the contributors to the Post, we
may mention the following gifted writers :
William Hewitt, Alice Cary, T. S. Ar
thur, Grace Greenwood, Anna Blackwell,
Augustine Duganne, Mrs. NJ. A. Dennison,
Emma Alice Browne, the author of AN
Extra-Ju.lical Statement" the author Of
"Zllah. the Child Medium" &c.
We design commencing in the first paper
paper Of January, an original Novelet, by
I. S. Arthur.
Mr.. Arlhur's productions are so widely
known that we need hardly say that the
tone of the present Novelet will be entirely
consistent with the moral and instructive
character which we have always st,iven to
imp ess upon the Post. Readers who wish
to pe,use the flash stories which abound in
the land--perncious in their tendency and
eflects--can find them, we regret to say, at
eve corner. But the Post will still main
tain its high character as'a paper which
the most scrupulous parent may allow free
ly to enter the family circle; and which
will purify and instruct, instead of demon
alizing and corrupting the youthful mind.
Especially will its conductors avoid, in the
publication of the weekly news, all those
long and disgusting rcports-unfortunately
now so common-of Vile Criminal Cases
believing, as they do, that the practice of
publishing the details Of such loathsome
cases, and of criminal cases trials resulting
therefrom is fruitful cause of the recent
increase of vice and crime in the
community. Like begets like, and what
the mind feeds upon that will it grow to
resemble.
Choice Selections of all kinds, from the
best foreign and domestic sources. shall
continue to be, as heretofore, leading fea-
ture of the Post. The Stories, Essays, Ag-
ricultural and Scientific Facts, &c, DC,
obtained in this way for the readers Of the
Post, ARE among the most instructive as we'll
as interesting portion Of its contents.
The Very Cream of the Periodical Lit
erature of the British Isles is thus given to
our readers. The Post, weekly, has some
hing for all the members of the family
N ovelets, Essays, Stories, Engravings, Ag
ricutural Articles, the News, Sketches,
Poetry, Anecdotes, Riddles, the Wholesale
and Retail Markets, Bank Note List, &c.
Finally, we may mention three good
reasons why the reading public should
give the preference to the Post:
1t is superior to any other paper of the
same rrI2e.
1t is cheaper than any other paper of
equa! merit.
1t will be certain to come when paid fol.
TERMS (Cash in adyance)
Single copy, one year, 50
copies 5
(and one to getter up of the club) 10
10 I" I" Is
20 90
The postage on the Post to any part of
the United States, paid quarterly or yearly
in advance, at the office where it is recei-
red, is only 90 cents year.
Sample Numbers sent Gratis to any one,
when required.
Address, always postpaid
DEACON Il PETERSON,
1872 South Third Street, Philadel p hia.