Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1859-10-20

commence The publication 0 our pnrer. onsEv
LARGE, AND LEGiBLE TYPE, under the title OF
THE STATES AND UNION.
"THg UNION" is a name that is endeared TO
the editor OF The STATES fy many agreeable
recollectiOns. lie brought il with him 10
Washington from Nashville, where it WAS the
title OF The home organ OF General jackson and
Mir POlk, with Which be was ediIorinlly us
sorin'td,) and mainly adopted NJ his instance,
by The lnmrnted Mr. Richie. the then Nestor
OF the American press, ms an appropriate name
for the Democratic journal which they jointly
established, and the first number Of which WAS
Issued on Jeffersons birth day in 1875. II is
Il name tina, was beloved by such sterling pa
triois and Democrats as General jackson,
james X. Polk, Mr. Richie, General Armstrong
and their contemporaries, and name craven
on the henrts ofthe Democratic party.
When the journal which il represented found
,hni its interests would be benz flied by casi-
ing il aside and substituting another, We then
resolved that, MS il had been thus reIudiated,
We would take i up, md place il at The head
o! our own columns, us soon ms g suitable Pc
rod arrived.
THE STATES AND UNION will be conducted
with nm exclusive regard TO the principles of
the SiRie-righis Democracy, will be indepen6-
en-. of factions, and unbiased BY partial inter
esls. We mnv add that several Of the atlest
contributors to the Union during the time we
were connected with it, have voluntarily prom
ised 10 write for the THE STATES AND UNION, ia
behalf of the cause in which We IRE enlisted
MS they did in by-gone years.
II will be furnished to subscribers al the low
price of
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR.
This is hut barely remunerative, but we
have placed il thus low in order that it may
be within the reach of every Deuoerat and
others " no nre inclined to read it. 1t will con-
tain all the leadng editorials W hict appear in
the daily editions, as well rs large amount
of general intelligence, embracing much valu-
able information relating 10 the affairs Of GOT
eminent, and matters OF interest appertnining
to Literature, Agriculture, and Commerce. 1t
will also contain all
The Government Advertisements
and official notices.
The events which will transpre during the
next frelre months will make paper publish
ed nj the STAT Of government OF more than or
binary interest.
The STATES AND UNION, during this period,
will contain n perfect history of the proceed
ines Of the
NEXT CONGRESS-.
which will perhaps lie OF more interest TO the
nation than any previous Congress which has
assembled Mt Washington since the formation
Of the government.
II will embrace the whole political canvass
for the
NEXT PRESIDENCY,
up to the dny on which the election takes
place; in fact, it may be regarded as the
CAMPAIGN PAPER,
and the cheapest piper of the kind ever ISSUED
We see no reason whv its circulation should
not he extended TO fifty thousand in few
months The indications are favorable 10 such
II result from the substantial manifestations
which we receive day by day in the large num-
Der of subscribers. remittance may he
made for single copy by carefully wrapping
up Il GOLD DOLLAR and enclosing il in an
envelope.
POSTMASTERS AND OTHERS, who will
take the trouble of getting us mp club cften
subscribers, ut the rate ofOSE DOLLAR PER YEAR
tor each subscriber will be furnished with q
copy of the WEEKLY STATES AND UNION for one
yenr gr1is.
Pdymrntin all cases required in adcance.
Current money in the different States received
in poymenttor subscriptions
All letters should be addressed to
JOHN P. HESS,
Washington d. e.