Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1858-01-02

ject of a Newspaper, and the timely and throu
elucidntion thereof as the chief end of its Edi,
rails In that spirit, THE TRIBUNE has be
and will be conducted, extending and perfe
ing its oorrospon6erce so fast as the incre,
OF its patronage will justify the expense. sAer
the current attempt to connect the Old with
New Werld by the magnetic wire prove succe,
fui, we shall very soon, at heavy cost to OF
selves and, we trust, q corresponding pdy,n,a
to our readers publish each morning a synop.
of tho preceding days occurrences throusho
Europe, Northern Africa and Western A,
with regular reports of the markets the monet
ry aspects and harvest prospects of hitber X
rope. With good atlas beside him and
daily paper OH his fireside table, the Anetie,
farmer or artisan within days ride of the ci
may then study evening the doings of the ci,i
zed world throughout the day preceding; and
seems hardly possible that any VIII can read. b
especially one who has children to educate. wi
longer deny himself the pleasure and profit
a daily journal. The same is true measurah
Of those who live further inland Though, wins
mails are infrequent, Semi Weekly, or even
Wedkly paper, may seem sufficient
THE TRIBUNE deals whh quest iona Of p.
lilical Economy, Public Policy. Ethics, Matcri.
progress, and whatever may affect the intellect
all Moral, Social and PHYSICAL we'll being
mankind, dosmatic Theology alone accepted
It's leading idea is the honerng of honest, ussC
Work in whatever sphere or capacity, and I
consequent elevation ef the LnbaIing Glars
knowledge, virtue and general esteem. II snt
bessarily hosiile to Slavery under all its aspect
to Intemperance in whatever form or deere
with its accessories, 10 War save in the tlelerc
Of Country and Liberty against actual invasion
and to every form of Gambling. Desiring to SC
Production extended and encouraged, while vii
Speculation and useless Traffic are curtailed,
favors the policy Of sustaining and diversifyin
Home Industry by discriminating Tariff
policy which tends to increase the price Of Grs
10 the farmer Shilc diminishing that Of Brss
to the artisan, by reducing the distance acros
which their respective products are exchange,
and of course, reducing the cost of their transfer
Regarding Fibus,erism in all its phases, an,
every form and device of National eovetousnem
with unqualified adherence as the banc of Re-
publics and IN their triumph the Grave of Eqna
Human Rights, we seek Ivy every means to wo,
and win the attention of our counttymen from
projects of aggrandzement abroad to en- erpri,p.
OF deyclopement and benefpence at home. fore
most among which we rank Railroad throust
the heart of our territory TO connect the waters
of the Atlantic with ihv.e Of tue Pacific. Ee.
oying that the goods of this life are not yc fnr.
ly distributed, and that no one ready 10 work
should evor famish in unwilling ill,nes5, it lends
an open ear 10 every suggestion of Social I'M.
provcment which does not countorvail the die
tates of eternal Morality ner war upon that nn-
tural right Of every one to whatever he hss fairly
produced or honestly acquired whose denial
must sink mankind into the chaos and uig ht Q.
bsrbarism and universal squaor. With a pro-
found conscenciousness that illers, 1 unksrds
liJerlncs and profigates can never he other (in
al. L
alolt the great truth that Prevention is better
than punishment--that the child trained up in
( the way he should CO. will rarely in after years
desert that way for the thorny paths of Vice and
Crme-that true Observation-Disclosures, Mo.
raj and Industrial as well as Intellectual-is the
most elective temporal antlote to the crrors and
woes Of our race. Recognizing in the most de-
graded specimen Of Humanity a divine spark
which shsui be reverently cherished. not rxth.
lcssly rodden out, NC have charity for oil forms
Of c".i but those which seek personal sdvantase se
through the debasemenl of our fellow leings.-
The cEampioe Of no class or CASTE the doeo,ss
Of no rect, We would fen he the intelp prefer "a
each other Of mems better impulses and aspira,
lions, the hnrbingcr Of general concord between
Labor and Capital, and among those whom cir
cumstancss or n.isappreheus!sns have thrown
into unnatural antagopism. 4 contemporary
once observed that he never knew hard, grasp
ing. nisardly employer who did not hate TIL z
/ TRIBUNE, nor generous. large soulsd lindl,
I one, willing to live and Let live, who did not lk,
it. We ask no higher praise, 10 warmer attes
tltion.
/ The circulation cf THE TRIBUNE is a
this time as follows: Daily $4,000 copies
/ Weekly, l7G,e0O copies; Semi W eekly, 00t
| copies California and European, 900 copies
/ Tctal, $50 500 copies. That of the ScnWeek
| " and Weekly we believe to be exceeded by n,
! other newspaper published in the world tha
! Of the Daily falls behind that Of some OF ou
! coterporaries. Had our hostility to Hums
F., Slavery snd the Liquor Traffic been more gu,rd
ed and polite, our Daily issues would now b
some thousands heavier anS our Advertising ia
more lucrative; bu' of our patronage general
we have ~ reason, no wish, to complain.
OF la;e concerted effort has b-en made I
diminish our rural circulation through the inlu
ence of the Postmasters, slms of whom embsr
in it eagerly, others under political constraint
while large number, we are happy, for ths SAX
of Human Nature, to state, refuse to be dragon E
into it at all. Still, we have been made TO fe,
the heavy hand OF Power, AMI have doublie,
lost thousands of subscribers in consequence
Pretsxts TO which no individual in his privs
capacity would have stopped have been relied @
to justify the stOppnge of our papers with
reach of their subscribers and rightiul owner
and their retention in the Post. Office till the
value was destroyed. Postmasters have bee
schooled by rival journals several of them Ii
ing as ,heI self proclaimed ability to serve as
antidote to THE TRIB UNE-as to their polil
cal duty TO promote at our expense the disscm
nation of gazetes of adverse politics. We sha
outliye this warfare, hut we do not affect indiife
ence TO it. In the open field Of discussion '
fear nothing; but in the tens Of thousands
rural neiehborhpods where the Postmaster ca
induce many of his quiet neighbors te take Il
journal he recommends, we have already 10
some patrons, and expect to lose more as o
subscriptions for this year expire. We appe,
therefore, to the hearty, faithful, fearless adv
Gates of Free Labor and Free Soil througho
the land to take care that this official warfare
our circulation be not prosecuted without cou
teraction. We employ no travelling agents,
we will not consent te have the public hsrass
with the solicitations of strangers in our beha
We strike the name of each subscriber to o
Weekly or Semi Weekly from our books
soon as his term has expired, for we will I
haunt our patrons with duns for arrears viii
they may say they never intended to incur,
papers which perhaps they never read we II
for the renewal of our club subscriptions sole
on the volunteered efforts of those who, liki
our paper, believe its influence salutary a
worthy 10 be extended; and thus far our reliar
has been justified, as we trust it may contin