The Union and journal., 1861-12-27
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PROSPECTUS



The Ledger has been more prrsperous-has made
more money during the last twelve months=than
any other paper either daily or weekly, published
In New York or In any other city IN this country.
The gr,at re- sou why the Ledger has been 80 much
more successful than any or all others is that We
have not hesisted a. spend money freely IN secuI-
ing the services Of all the great and popular WIZ
tiers Of the countryi While other papers have been
compelled a. eeonOmise-cut down the slLo OF thelr
sheets aud print ON a poor quality of paper, we
have on the Oth,r hand, been enabled To Keep up
20 the highest point Of excellenee In every respect
and 70 avail ourselves All the
and qualification OF our readers. We have never
offered any huubug premiums to secure snoseI.
bers for the reason that we have preferred u Pu.
,asrn or prsminHl into the paper itself, and IN lt
way give every reader more than the worth oi h's
money. Besides nine out OF every ten papers that
have offered premiuins have been .windllns con
Germs nd every paper that has anything To do
With that sort OF thing is sure TO die. They are not
eoHstscfsf on sound business principles.
The following arc the names OF some OF our Ieau.
ing contributors for the new year-lsot Hha' hi.'
other paper ever presented such an array oi u's-
tinsuished aud popular names , ,,,.,,
William Cullen bryant, A. Oakley Hall, John ~ w.
Snxe. Gcorgc 4. Morris. N. T.. Willis, George H..
Prentice, Sylvanus Cobb, Jr., Emerson Bennett,
William Ross Wallace, T. y. Arthur, 4. Hamilton
Myers, Col. Walter B. Dunlap, Mrs SlS9urnes,
Mrs Southworth, Fanny Fern, Anna C.i'tshle,Anee
Cary, Mary Forrest, Miss L. A. Dupuy, Mary stan,
ley Gibson. and many clergymen, professors III
colleges statesmen ami other eminent writers re-
siding In different parts of the Union ,,.,r >
Our CORPS of contributors for the coming year
will be so large, and will embrace such variety OI
eminent talent, that every department ol
will receive the particular attention OF soune one
competent to do IL ample and special justice. IN
net our contributors will send us froil week w
week much more matter T. an we can possibly USE,
so that we shall always have fresh ana superb
bundant supply from which to select TIE VERY
BEsT.
The Ledger's success Is owing to the fact that we
spare no expense in getting up the best family pa
ysr-a paper OF high moral tone The exalted rep
utatOn OF its contributors the practical anu ihya'
rably pure and healthy character OF All It's ait..
cles the care which taken that not even one OF
fenslve word shall appear ~ Us columns. anu ane
superiority OF Its Tales aud Sketches, have gahed
for the New York Ledger position that no lite
rary paper has ever before reached.
As this Is the season Of the year when fosuinas-
tiers and others are in the habit OF forming cluDs'
we direct their particular attention to
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