The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1859-01-06
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PROSPECTUS ron THE YEAR1soo.

The Proprietor of the NEW YORK LEDGER is graf
lied at having 1t in his power to announce in his Pro
spectus for the new ycar--lS59-that all the popular
and eminen mt writers Of the LEDG Err stan have been
retained, aud new ones added. Among the latter W.
are pleased to mention the name ofthe Hon. EDWARD
EVERETT, who is to furnish series of articles to be
continued during the entire year. under the title of
"TiiEMOUNT VERNON PAPERS" For these articles
alone we have already paid Mr. Everett flor the ben
of TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS.
As an indication of the popularity of the LEDGER,
is larger than that of any other TEN literary papers
In the country Its great success IL owing to the facts
that its proprietor secures the best writers in the
country, and spares no expense in getting up the BEST
FAMILY fAPER-a paper of high moral tone The
exalted reputation of its contributors the practical
and invariably pure and healthy character Of all its
articles, the care which Is taken that not Of
ensive word shall appear in its columns and the supe-
riority of its tales aud ski ches have gained for the
NEW YORK LEDGER position that no literary paper
has ever before reached. We feel, and always have
felt, since the LEDGER attained its immense crcula
ton, that heavy responsibility rests upon us and
have underworld to discharge that responsibility CON
scientiously, feeling confidently thai Ultimately We
should receive the thanks of thousands and tens of
thousands of families
As to the future, we are at a loss what to saw We
prefer to PERFoM rather than to PROMISE. What we
have heretofore done is known to our readers they
must therefrom Judge whasit will be hereafter. We
can only say that among the regular contributors to
GEORGE D. PRENTICE, FANNY FERN,
JOHN q. SANE, MRS. SIGOuRNEY
svLvANuS COBB, JR., MRS. sOUTHWORrH,
EMERSON BENNETT, ALICE CARY
7. s. ARTHUR, EMMA ALICE BROWNE.
WM. ROSS WALLACE, SALLIE NJ. BRYAN,
CARLOS d. STUART, MARY STANLEY GIBSON,
COL. w. B. DUNLAP, AUGUSTA MOORE,
and many eminent Lawyers Clergymen, Professors in
Colleges and others, who write for the LEDGER
anonymously, and that our complete arrangements
such that the current expenses of the LED; Err
now and will constantly be- at the of over three
hundred thousand doiitt|s per anaun
FACTS like these carry with them more weight than
any comments that could be made comments i'll
therefore be dispensed with As We haze already In
timated, we shall leave promising to these who pre-
fer to expend their force in that way and
selves with doing what we can to make the LEDGER
the most interesting and instructive FAMILY PAPER
in the World
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and town throughout the country, and Is mailed to
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N. B.-The number OF the LkDGER, dated Jan Ist
AZ In that number the 'MOUNT VERNON PAPERS !,
by the HON. EDWARD EVERETT, will be Commences.
Mr. EvEssrr's articles will be copyrighted 50 az to
event publication In any other paper.