Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-12-21
THE NEW YORK LEDGER,
FOR 1862.

TIME LEDGER HAS BEEN MORE PRO SPER
| i ous-has ma la moro money during the pas
twelve months, III an any other paper, either dai
y or weekly, publish ed IN New ork or any othe
| city in this conn ". The great reason Why th
LEDGER hss been so much moro successful thar
any or all other n,ners IS, that we hsve not hesl
,ated to spend money ire> ny IN securing tic serv'
ces o' all the great and y o',a' - y. ="
country. While all other pap, -; =, ~ :;
peiied to eeonomizs-,o cut down -, 49, =.
snee's, ana piint ON poor quality n tcen n
TO the hiphe., ,o;,, D.en ,.d .hapiod cry re
sp.ct, ami to avail ourselves Of all the INN
ments and novelties which would tend /. the o.,
teftalninent and qualification of our readers va
nave never offered any humbug premiums to re
cure suoscrioefs Tor the reason that VIC havo pre-
lefred 10 put merit, or preBtium into the pnper II,
SELL and In that way gives every reader moio than
the worth OF his money. Besides nine an of
every ten papers that have offered premiums have
Deen swindiing concerns, and every paper that
has anything to do with that sort of thing is sure
10 dic. Ihty are not conducted on s1und Las,ne,.
ptinc.lies.
The following are the names of some Of our
leading contributors for the new year-ls62.
nat other paper ever presented such an array Of
distinguished and oIuar names
hon EDWARD EvEReTT, REV. JoHs s. C. An
BOLT, WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT, A. .OAkEY HALL.
JOHN SAKE, GlogGE +. NORRIS, N T.. WILLIS.
1EoRGE u. PRENTICE, oYLvAHus CoBB. JK, HAM
ILTOS MYERS, EMERSON Bennett, WILLIAn Ross
WALLACE. I. >. Arthur, CaL. WALTER B. DrH
Lar, Mrs SiGouKNEY, Mas SouTnwoRrH, FANNY
FERN. ANNA Cora KIrcuIE ALICE CARY M.uv
FORREST, Miss T.. A. UrruY, MARY Sr.AIry
GIBSON, and many !clersymen. professors in col
lcSes, statesmen and other eminent writer's ro. ia
ing IN different PARTS Of the Union.
Our corps Of contributors for the coming vear
VIII be so large, and will embrace such . yarie,v
OF eminent talent, that every department Of III;
eTature " Ill he mar cula
one.coml etent to do it ample and specaliu,tice
In TACT, our contributors will send is from week ~
week much more matter than we can possibly nse
80 that We shall always have n fresh and suuor
abundant supply from which to select THE VERY
BEST.
The IEDGER5 great success is owing 10 ,he fac,
that we spare no expense in getting up the Etsr
FAMILY FArER-a paper of high moral tone. The
exalted reputation Of its contributors, the practi
cal and invariably pure and healthy character or
all lis articles, The care which is taken that not
even one offensive word shall appear in its columns
an 1.-THE superiority O. It's Tales and Sketches, have
gained for the Ntw YoEK LEpGrR position Inn,
no Its rary paper has bef.re reached.
AS this is the season Of the year when po,tmas-
tiers and others are in the habit OF forming cluos
we direct their particular attention. to
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