Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1858-10-02
PROSPECTUS
OF THE
DAILY PROGRESS

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COMMERCIAL BUSINESS NEWSPAPER TO BE PUBLISHED
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 to commence
isss the publication of bAilY JOURNAL in your town.
TIE DAILY PROGRESS will be devoted exclusively to
your interest and the interest Of the citizens of the State
Will you sustain ME in tbs important and indispensable
enterprise coneGca prosperity? undertake
it, and pledge to yon III advance what poor abilities
and all the and energy requisite give you
independent useful and interesting paPer but without
nothing, and must fail shall rely then upon your gener
aid and with strong arm to assist me can and
one Of the fixtures q the place dear to all
unnecessary point out to you the necessity Of
ohe ia IN this and the for
the trade of the West Your interest now demands it.
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 now
knocking with her rich productions for admttance The
natural and inevitable consequences of are
in Commercial and general importance and i'm
prove in its religious moral and social character continu
ally must decline I Now is for you to say Whether
trade You certainly cannot expect to maintain your
ground unless you well prepared as your nsghbos
when thrown upon their resources often develope
prosperity far in advance of those which rely upon advan
titious natural advantages There is reason why
Newbern should not again crowd her wharves with the
products of foreign countries which, in times gone by
There is why schools should not rise up
you, and colleges flourish in your midst But your expe
ence intelligence tells you that you cannot stand
still and witness these things You connot should not
rely the Journals of other towns to advertise your
goodsto inform the people Of the West that you car
vantage than any other Market because you to
them transport goods and produce with greater
upon the Journals Of other towns point urge
advantages possessed Newbern and
are properly and energetically advocated. - =.
All the worldly interest have now is or soon will BE-
sink or swim But in the publication Of this journal
while shall all honorable means to gain your appro
editor shall endeavor do justice to neighbors and
at all times and under all look to the COM
mon welfare of the Good Old North State. ~, -
4 that will see the necessity for s
IN s Ha1er icrd
and having been engaged for many years Of
nna make s VIII aSd
which citizens Of Newbern may point with some
degree satisfaction # ncessant toll b be one Of the S se
SS viii be printed with new
| on a new press, and will be of respectable size
Gentlemen into whose hands copy of this prospectus
may fall, friendly to the enterprise win please procure all
proprietor by the goth Of August at which time
the rst number Of ihe paper win be issued s
of Newbern will take especial interest in procuring sub
scrber The subscription money will not be demanded or
ns tWo sSs the
of failure is removed The editor feels confident OF being
to ene
acquainted with the citizens he appeals to those
erested and especially to those who do know him. to
Daily Paper, One Year, in Gdpance, &6 90
Daily Paper. Six Months. .. 800
Apvsa11sEsEs1s will be inserted on reasonable terms.
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