White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1860-02-16
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THE sER-YoRK LEDGE,

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LEDGER, We need only state the simple fsc
! that its circulation is larger than thai Of An,
other TEN literary papers in the country. NJ
great success IL owing to the fact that is bro
prietor secures the best writers In the country
and spares no expense in getting up the BEST
FAMILY PAPER-a paper Of high mora
tone. The exalted reputation of its coutribu
tors, the practical and invariably pure anC
healthy character Of all its articles, the car,
which is taken thatnot even one offensive wort
shall appear in its columns, and the Superiorit,
Of its Tales and sketches, have gained for tn.
NEW YORK LEDGER q position that NJ
literary paper has ever before reached. W.
feel, and always have felt, since the LEDGER
attained its immense circulation, that q heavy
responsibility rests upon US, and have endeav.
ored to discharge that responsibility conseien.
tiously, feeling confident that ultimately va
should receive the thanks of thousands and ten:
OF thousands Of families
As TO the future, we are at loss what e
say. We prefer to PERFoRM rather than %
PROMISE. What we have heretofore done ID
known TO our readers they know what the
LEDGER has been and is now, and musi
therefore Judge what Il will be hereafter. We
can only say that among the contributors TO the
LEDGER are
EDWARD EVERETT, WIN C. BRYANT,
CHARLES DICKENS, CEo.P. MORRIS,
PAUL MORPHY, MP. WILLIS,
Hos. n. J. RAYMOND, ANNA CORA RITCHIE,
GEO. d. PUHTICE, FANNY FERN,
JOHN G. SAKE. MRS soUTHWoRTH,
SYIVANUS COBB, gR, MRS. SIGOURNEY,
EMERSON BENNETT, MARION HARLAND,
WM. R. WALLACE. ALICE GARY.
CARLOS ID. STUART, EMMAR0eWN,
Cot. W. B. DUNLAP SALLH .. BRYAN.
and many eminent Lawyers, Clergymen, Pro-
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the LEDGER anonymously and that our COM
plete arrangements are such as the current sx-
penses Of the LEDGER are now and will con
stantIy be at the rate of over three hundred
thousand dollars.
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weight than any comments that could be made,
and comments will thex1fSre be dispensed
with. As we have already mtimated we shah
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in doing what we can to make the LEDGER
the mos. interesting and instructive FAMILY
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