Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1858-07-28
PROSPECTUS
OF THE
DAILY PROGRES SIS.
COMMERCIAL AND BUSINESS NEWSPAPER TO BE PUBLISH
Town OF NEwBERN

COMMERCIAL AND BUSINESS NEWSPAPER, PUBLISHED
IN THE Town OF NEwBERN
An Appeal to the Citizens of Newbern.
. 4 THE REQUEST of many of your business men 1
"A have made the necessary arrangements to commence
1s h n 6 OF A"f"sf 1d fH ss Of
The DAILY PROGRESS will be devoted exclusively to
your interest and to the interest of the citizens of the State
Will you sustain me in T. important and indispensable
enterprise to your commercial prosperity? Gun undertake
it, and pledge to you, in advance. what poor abilities
and all the zeal and energy requisite give you
independent useful and interesting paper; but without
your cordial cooperation and support accomplish
aid and with your strong to assist cun and
N carry the enterprise through to success and make
Of the fixtures Of the place dear ALL
unnecessary to point out to you the necessity of
Daily Journal to enable TO compete successfully with
other commercial towns in this and the adjoining States for
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
tins important advantage over you? The West has
been brought by raroad to your doors and is there
Knocking with her rich productions for admttance The
natural and inevitable of
already being felt No town stand stiit must either
advance in commercial and general Importance, and i'm
prove its religious moral and social character contnu
ally. must decline Now it is for you say whether
you will fall in the great for the Western
trade. You certainly cannot expect maintain your
ground unless yu are A. well pre,apd as vour neipbors
Experience that towns. suemes like ind vlduals.
when thr"wn upon their own resources often develope
prosperity far advance Of those which RELY upon adva
t."us natural advantages There is reason why
New bern shonl not again crowd her wharves with the
y,
ud be given exchange for the products Of the West
ere is reas". why schools should NJ" rise up among
rnce, your n'e gence tells you that you stand
sill and witness these things Inu connUt, sh uld
rely upon h. Journals of other towns advertise your
g"ods to inform HE pie of the West that you can,
a' T. rle with them equal if not to better ad-
vanlage than Other marker, because you
hem and ca Transport go"ds and produce with greater
upon ,he J'u paiS a" other point and urge the
advantages ssessed Nrwben for Factories and Schools,
which must and will spring into existence they
| properly and e"ergetcaIly advocated
All the worldly interest have now is or soon will be,
identified with your community. and with you intend to
sink swim. But in the publication of this Journal,
baton and give you satisfaction as citizen and
ed,r. shall endeav"r to d. justice 10 neighbours, and
all times and under all circumstances look the COM
mon welfare of the Good Old North State"
Now to people of commit this enterprise
persuaded hat will the necessity for powerful ei-
with you. Having practical knowledge Of the printing
business and having been engaged for many Of my
make paper that will meet your wants, and one to
which you, Of Newbern, may point with some
ments of success determined to do my part, and
confidently expect you to do yours
The DAILY PROGRESS will be printed with new type
press. and will be Of respectable size.
Gentlemen into whose hands copy OF this prospectus
may fa friendly to the enterprise will please procure al
the responsible names they and return the same to the
proprietor by the goth of August at which time or soon
thereafter the first number of the paper will be issued
Now is expected that every business man in the town
of Newbern will take especial interest in procuring sub
scrber The subscription money will not be demanded or
expected until the paper successfully under way Let
Newbern hundred subscribers and the possibility
of failure removed The editor feels confident OF being
able very respectable circulation in the Western
Counties by his exertiOs But being personally
acquainted with of the citizens he appeals those in
teresed and especially those who do know him, to
ert themselves. ..rt
TERMS:
Daily Paper, One Year. IN 0drance, $6 90
Daily Paper. six Months, .-- 3 90
ApvERrIsEHENTs will be inserted reasonable terms.
- Merchants, Mechanics. Manufacturers and others
respectfully requested band in their advertisements
by the 18th Of August that they may appear in the first
number of the paper. =
In connection with the above would announce that c..
G. Davenport late editor of the Express" newspaper
formerly published Newbern. has arranged with
fulfil certain specified advertising and subscription
where he had received advance
far specified, promise to fulfil. .5s = - >
Newbern N. c., July Is, 1855. -fss So
JOB WORK.-Having arranged the Office and procured
the services Of good wormen ali orders for Job Printing
be attended to- Work executed promptly aud in
good STYLE and cheap the be done elsewhere
Orders solicited.
Office on Pollock ST. near the Post Office in the building
where the Express was formerly published. S
SOUVENIRS OF TRAVEL, By MADAME 0C-
- TAVIA WALTON LEvERT,
r.,.,.,n u.,, =. !. : 80. v. Raa'sfsT 70 S,.:
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