Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1858-09-15
PROSPECTUS
OF THE
DAILY PROG r f. SIS.
COMMERCIAL BUSINESS NEWSPAPER TO BE PUBLISHED
THE Town OF NEwBERN.

COMMERCIAL BUSINESS NEWSPAPER TO BE PUBLISHED
IN THE Town OF NEwBERN.
An Appeal to the Citizens of Newbern.
4 THE REQUEST Of many of your business men
"A have made the necessary arrangements to commence
bewe the 10th of August and the lst of September,
The DAILY PROGRESS will be devoted exclusively to
your interest and to the interest of the citizens of the State
enterprise your commercial prosperity? can undertake
it, and pledge to you, in advance what abilities
independent useful and interesting paper but without
your cordial cooperation and support can accomplish
nothing, and must fail shall rely then upon your
aid and with your strong arm to assist me and
w carry the enterprise through to success and make it
of the permanent, fixtures Of the place dear ALL
Daily journal enable you compete successfully with
other commercial towns in this and the adjoining States for
the trade of the West. Your interest demands
The people of Wilmington. Charleston Norfolk, Peters
burg and Richmond commune with the interior through
their daily papers Will you longer suffer them to possess
this important advantage your The West has
been brought by raroad very doors and there
Knocking with her rich productions for admance. The
natural and Inevitable consequences of prcrastnation
already being felt No toGn stand still either
advance in commercial and general Importance, and i'm
lv or it must decline Now it is for you to say whether
You will rise or fall in the great contest for the Western
trade You certainly cannot expect to maintain your
ground unless You well prepared your neghbors
Experience proves that towns sometimes, like Individuals
when thrown upon their resources often devcOpe
ii1i"ls natural advantages There is reason why
Newben should not again crowd her wharves with the
products
would be given in exchange for the products Of the West
There is why schools should rise up among
y"u aud colleges flourish in your midst But your expe
rience intelligence tells you that you cannot stand
still and these things You conuo you should
rely upon The Journals Of other to advertise your
gmds-tO inform the people of the West that you can,
hat you A. trade with them equal if better I'D
vantage than other market because you to
Them transport goods and produce with greater
fc, and less expense than others You rely
upon . J. mails Of other towns point and urge the
advantages by Ncwbern for Factories and schos
f,Ichn t.nhy thor
All the worldly interest have is will be,
identified with your community and with you intend to
sink SWIM But in the publication Of this Journal
while shall all honorable means to gain appro
editor shall endeavr to do justice to neighbos, and
at all times and under all c,rcumstances look 10 the COM
S Now to- re o pspe Of S.Wb this enterprise
persuaded hat will the necessity for powerful e
with Having practical knowledge of the printing
business and been engaged for many years Of my
can make paper that will meet your wants and one to
which you, citizens Of Newbern may point with some
gree Of satsfac If incessant toll be of the eie
ments of am determined to do my part, and
confidently expect you you tod, to d" yoTrs
a press, and will be of respectable size
Gentlemen into whose hands copy of this prospectus
may fall friendly to the enterprise will please procure all
the responsible they and return the to the
proprietor by the Goth Of August at which time
thereafter the first number of the will be issued
Now 1t is expected that every business man in the town
of Newben will take especial interest in procuring sub
scrbers The subscription will not be demanded or
expected until the paper is successfully under way Let
Newberu raise hundred subscribers and the possibility
of failure removed. The editor feels confident Of being
able very respectable circulation in the Western
Counties by his exertiohs. But being personally
acquainted with of the citizens he appeals to those in
terested and especially those who do know him. to
ert themselves
TERMS:
.Dailv Paper One Year, in aduancs S6 90
Daily Paper. Six Months 800
ApvERrsEMENrs will be inserted on reasonable terms
Merchants, Mechanics Manufacturers and others
arc respectfully requested hand in their advertisements
by the 18th of August that they appear in the first
number of the paper - ~ r. 3
In connection with the above would announce that C.
G. Davenport late editor Of the Express" newspaper
formerly published in Newbern has arranged with
fulfil certain specified advertising and subscription
where he had received advance payments-whch
far specified, promise to fulfil. = s''' :. =
. J. L. PENNINGTON. Sc.
Newbern, N. c., July Is, 1853. ri So
JOB WORK.-Havng arranged the Office and procured
the services Of god workmen al orders for Job Printing
be attended to. Work executed promptly and in
good STYLE and cheap the be done esewbee
Orders solicited. = - t'-9 80 ~. -
Office Pollock ST. near the ost Office in the building
where the Express was formerly published. =
SOUVENIRS OF TRAVEL, BY MADAME OC-
- TAVIA WALTON LEYEKT,
~ -s',.. W. P0MEROY. -
Raleigh, Dec. "a. - -. y.n l,525 lis
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