The independent. (Harrisonburg, La.) 1853-18??, 1858-04-07
LITERARY PUBLICATIONS
Prospectus for 1858.
THE SATURDAY EVENING POST.
Established August 4, 1871. Ell
The Paper that meyer Suspends-A FaR'ity Pape'
= f' deroted to Literdttre and the -Nens.

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 r old and
irmly-established 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 times" through bank inha-
tons and bank contractions, thru ugh pros
porous seasons ard through panics, the
! Pest has been regularly issued every week
and forwarded to its thousands of subscri-
bers. rs proprietors therefore point to
The past as an unfaiiing index Of tie future.
And they feel that in asking # the reading
public q continuance of the I atroAage
heretofore 20 literally bestowed npon the
Post, they are asking 10 more than it will
be both 10 the interest and pleasure Of the
public to grant.
Among the contributors TO the Post we
may mention the following gifted writers !:
William Hewitt, Alice Cary, T. s. Ar
thur, Grace Greenw God, Anna Blackwell,
Augustine Duganne, Mrs. n. A. Dennison,
Emma Alice Browne, the author OF 'sA:l
Extra-Judicial Statement" the author OF
"Zillah, the Child Medium" &c.
We design commencing in the first paper
paper of January, an original Noyeiet, by
rs. Arthur.
| Mr.. Ar,hur's productions arc 50 widely
known that we need hardly say that the
tone of the present Noyeiet will be entirely
consistent with the moral and instructive
character which we have always striyon to
impress upon the Post. Readers who wish
to pe,use the fash stories which abound in
the land-pernicious in their tendency and
effects-can find them, we regret to sa;, at
every corner. But the Post will still main
tain its ehigh character as a paper which
the most scrupuous parent may allow free
~ to enter the family circle and which
will purify and instruct, instead Of demon
alizng and corrupting the youthful mind.
Especially will its conductors avoid, in the
publication of the weekly news, all those
long and disgusting reports-unfortunately
now so common-of Vile Criminal Cases
believing, as they do, that the practice OF
publishing the details of such Ioathsome
cases, and of criminal cases trials resulting
therefrom, is fruitful cause Of the recent
alarming 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, a leading tea-
ture of the Post. The Stories, Essays, AZ
ricultural and Scientific Facts, &c, &c,
obtained in this way for the readers OF the
Post ARE among the most instructive as well
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
thing for all the members of the family
Novelets, Essays, Stories, Engravings, Ag-
r.cul;ural 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 prlce.
1t is cheaper than any other paper Of
equal merit.
| 1t viii be certain to come when paid fol-.
TERMS cash il advanced
Single copy, one year, s.
| 4 copies
| " land one to getter up Of the clGb) 10
! Il g Is
| 70 /" Z" 20
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
we'd, is only 26 cents year.
Sample Numbers sent Gratis to any one
when required.
Address, always postpaid
DEACON & PETERSON,