The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-12-25
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Prospectus for the Year 1859.

THE proprietor of the NEW YORK LEDGER
L is g:etifed ut having it in his power to an
noqnce in his Prospectus for the new year-ls59
that All the old popular and eminent writers of
the LEDGER staff have been retained, and new
ones added. Among the latter we are pleased to
mention the name Of the Hon. EDWARD EV-
ERETT, who is to furnish q series ofarticles, to
% continued T during the entire year, under the
For these articles alone we have already paid Mr..
Everett flor the benefit of the Ladies' Mount
vernon Association the sum of TEN THOU
SAND DOLLARS.
LEDGER, We need only state the simple fact.
that its circulation is larger than that of any
other Ten literary papers in the country. Its
great success is owing to the facts that its pro-
prletor secures the best writers in the country,
and spares no expense in getting up the BEST
Family PAPER-a paper Of high moral tone.
The exalted reputation of its contributors, the
practical and invariably pure and healthy char
acter of all its articles, the care which is taken
that not even one offensive word shall appear in
Is and the superiority of is tales and
LEDGERa position that no literary paper has
ever before reached. We feel, and always have
felt. since the LEDGER attained its immense
on us. and have endeavored to discharge that re-
sPonsibility cOnscientiously, feeling confident
that ultimately we should receive the thanks Of
thousands and tens of thousands of families.
As to the future, We are at loss what to say.
We prefer to PERFORM rather than to PROMISE
What we have heretofore done is known to our
readers; they know what the LEDGER has been,
and is now, and must therefrom Judge what it
will be hereafter. WEI only say that among
the regular contributors to the LEDGER are:
G Gd9E = D; PRENTICE, Fanny FERN.
SYLvANUs CoBB. Jr., MRS. SoUTHwoRTH,
EMERSON BENNETT, ALICE CARY,
u. ). ARTHUR. EMMA ALICE BROWNE,
WIN. Ross w ALLAcE, SALLIE M. BRYAN,
GARLoS Y; STUART, MARY STANLEY GIBSON,
Col. W. B. DUNLAP, | AUGUSTA MOORE
and many eminent Lawyers, Clergymen, Profess
sOrs in Colleges, and others, who write for the
LEDGER ANONYMOUSLY; and that our complete
arrangements resuch that the current expenses
OF the LEDGER are now. and will constantly be,
at the rate of over three hundred thousand dollars
per dHnHa.
FACTS like these carry with them moro
weight than any comments that could be made,
and comments will therefore be dispensed with.
AS We have already intimated. we shall leave
Pron'tsfng to those who prefer to expend their
doing what we can to make the LEDGER the
most interesting and instructive FAMILY Pa
THE Ne 0l YORK LEDGER is published
every Saturday, and sold at all the news offices
| in every city and town throughout the country
and is mailed to subscribers at two dollars per
annumi two copies are sent for three dollars
Dollar Fifty cents each (Which is our lowest club
| ratesl, and sending US Twelve Dollars, will be
entitled to one copy free. Terms invariably in
/ ADVANCE.
| III The postage on the LEDGER to any part Of
the United States, paid quarterly or yearly in
advance, at the office where il is received, is onl,
| twenty-six cents q year. Canada subscriber
must each send us twenty-six cents in addition
to the subscription price Of the LEDGER, to pa,
the American postage.
III Subscribers must write their addresses
including the name of the place. County and
State, in which they reside, in o plain hand. 81
| as to avoid mistakes.
III No subscriptions are wanted from cities
largo villages, or other places where news Office
| are permanently established.
III All communications must be addressed
postage paid, to ROBERT BONNER.
Proprietor Of the New York Ledger.
| No. Al Ann street, New York.
n. B. The number of the LEDGER, dated Jan
LIST, 1859, will be good one for subscriptions =
i date from, as in that number the HMOUN1
IVERN0N PAPERS," by the HON. EDWARI
lEVERETT, will be commenced. Mr.. EVERETT
articles will be copyrighted, as to prevent pub
location in any other paper. 1t.