Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1861-01-11
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TIE NEy YORK LEDGER.


We intend to make the NEW-Y0RK LEDGER
for 1861 superior that Of any other year in the
past. Among our contributors will be the Presi-
dent of the United States, Edward Everett, Geo
Bancroft, William Cnllea BFysnt, John G.. SAKE,
George +. Morris, N. r. Willis, George d. Prem
tiee, Thomas Dunn English, Syiyanus Cobb, Jr.,
Emerson Bennett, I. S. Arthur, P. Hamilton Ny
ers, Col. Walter B. Dunlap, S. Compton Smith,
John Esten Cooke. Mrs. Sgourney, Mrs. South
worth, Fanny Fern, Anna Cora Richie, Alice
! Cary, Mary Forrest, Marion Harland Miss L A.
Dupuy, Mary Stanley Gibson, Phebe Cary, and
many Clergymen, Professors in Colleges, States
men, and other eminent writers residing in different
parts of the Union.
viii be So large, and win embrace such variety
Of eminent talent, that every department of lltera
tufe viii receive the particular attention of some
Que competent to do it ample aud 81 ecial justice
Whether it be popular romance scientific essay,
historical sketch, scholastic dsqusition, spicy
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ingredient of popular and elevated journalism,
that is to be furnished, the LEDGER corps viii he
sufficient for the task In fact, our contributors
will send us from weak TO weak much more matter
than weT cen use, so that we shall always have
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our readers family paper for the year 1861 which
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ANNA Cora RIroHIE of Richmond, Va. and
1 Col. WALTER b. DUNLAP, the author Of th popu-
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story in the LEDGER early in the new year. Mrs.
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In the next number OF the LEDGER, we shall
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| for our columns entitled, a Day wIrH LoRD By
1 RON, from the pen of the Hon. George Bancroft.
lit is with much satisfaction that We announce
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\ next year.
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! jar. ii, 1861.