The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-12-16
PROSE- ECTUs
For publishing Monthly Periodical in Wash
ington, D. c., called
THE NATIONAL RECORDER
OF RELIGIOUS AND LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.
BY l.. ID. JOHNSON.
SUBSCRIBE FOR 1881

TTNHE National Recorder will contain xtren quauo
pages, with single or double cover, for one dollar
year.
Whilst giving due attention the mseeIlaneou, reai
ing u.uHlly round in periodicals of this kind, will be
mainly devOrd 10 the following objects
First give Information OF all that may be done in the
Legislative aRd Executive Departments Of the Gener
Government !atng the interests OF Religion.
In the Legislative Department il will embrace the
spirit Of all that may be done in Congress on this subject
including the services OF Chsplans IN the House AID
Senate with brief sketches of the sermons that may be
delivered eiOTe Congress
In the Executive Department il will embrace all thai
relates 10 The Chaplain servIce Ia the Army Navy,
at Military Posts during Campaigns, III Military and
Naval Schools, III seagong vessels and Receiving ships
IN Navy Yarcs, Hospitals and Sal Ors' and S0lIirrs'
Home Asylums BY the facilities for Obtaining
nation al the Departments in Washington and by
pondence with Chaplains. shall be enabled TO pro-
duce much that il interesting to the public
The second object will he 10 collect Statistical infer
nation, and publish under the head of each State aud
Territory all that relates 10 the general interests Of Re-
giOn This will embrace The number of ofci y-recOg-
missed clergy men employed pastors otherwise, the
number of church edhces and church members together
win the number added annually 10 each distinct church
organization. We shall enter upon such plan of
Tespondence will enable us To reach this information
with more than approximate accuracy together with
many ether facts statistics relating giOus
tiers which never enter into the schedules" of the
United States census.
The third object will he 10 notice all that is end
interesting in Literature and science emitting be-
special attention upon The series Of Lt ctures
ally delivered and the scientific developments mSue
known AT The Smithsonian Institution also the Goa
Survey Office ih National Observatory and OF the Sci
iices OF Literary Conventions aud Teachers Assocaloi
and also of snch books and periodicals intended
TO promote popular education.
IL will he readily that the whole practical value
this work lies in The complete accomplishment eli the
objects proposed To effect this shall need the kindly
operation OF three classes Of men-edIoTs clergy
and he respected heads Of all The Institutions sciuce
and learning in the Umled Sales and each
have a dIsIlnct proposition.
The first number of The Recorder will be dated Jan
uaTy, lr59 but, will contain among other things
important memorial 10 Congress- winch should FIRST
placed ia the hands Ofevery clergyman OF every sect TOR
tins periodical will be- neither sectaTian political
IT'S characterl at earlier date, intend TO the
hTst number 'ary in December next We therefore
ctully propose 10 all ergymen who will send
with their address, one dollar THAI will send them the
Recorder two years, numbers for year,
Stamps.
70 the editors of all periodicals and newspRpersex
cepung those which only political and seculaTSiO
wall give tins Prospectus InseTOn sud send Tie
num0er containing a. we propose 10 advertise the
and Locality OF their paper on our cover through
year For Presidents Principals OF oil Literary lnsI-
buttons who subscribe TO- the Recorder will insert
name and place Of their institution proposed
editors
Address National Recorder, Washington, d. c."
The RELIGIOUS REcORDER-We can freely commend
TO the patronage OF The religious public the paper ai
which The prospectus appears Ia another column The
cdHOr DIR. JOhns1n having been from CONNIE
of them tIe reporter AVID writer Of the weekly SGbbGh
RsUelOS" which nave appeared IN the L1tAgeHceT for
several years past; and both hi character and talents
highly appreciated by the reIg iOus class OF city,
we'll "a by Ourselves.-Ndt IateHigsHeeT. gu