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Ith the present purpose Of the undersigned,
proprietors Of the DAILY and WrxKsr NATIONAL
REPUBLICAN,. 10 make the latter more thorough
and reliable Newspaper for Families and Clubs
throughout the country, than Il has been here
tofore. r..u rHr.H Ha..f,..
In making this announcement we do not In
tend to enter Into an extended dotail statement
OF all the improvements we shall make, but, in
general way, 10 indicate what We propose
doing, assuring the public that we shall use
our utmost endeavors TO perform faithfully all
that We promise.
The facilities afforded us 10 produce tho
rough national newspaper are greater than are
enjoyed by the publishers Of any other journal
In the country, for the following reasons;
1st. The REPUBLICAN is published at Wash
ington City, the seat Of the National Govern
mont. ....
being authorized by an act Of Congress TO select
ons paper as the official medium Of all the Exc
cutive Departments ofthe Government, we take
pleasure In stating that ne has done us the
honor TO select the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN under
the law Of Congress referred to.
Sd. The Congress and the Supreme Court and
the Court OF claims of the United States, sever
ally tlt ntTb taCu year, anu We employ
q corps Of able RHPoRTRBs, whose duty II Is
10 furnish the daily records Of those high tri.
bunAla.
4th. Washington being the Headquarters for
all the operations Of the Army and Navy OF
the United States, by virtue Of the relations ex-
lsting between the Government and the Ma
TIosLL REPUBLICAN, referred to above, nothing
that Ia proper To publish, Of Military and Naval
operations, can or shall escape our notice.
9Th. Our "Foreign Relations" now mere
important than ever, will be the subject OF our
constant and paternal care.
9Th. The Finances of the Government, which
always affords an ample field for the journalist,
shall meet with the most careful attention OF
the undersigned. Some Of the ablest writers
In the United States are frequently employed to
discuss the subject In the REPUBLICAN.
7th. Our Postal arrangements, so important
| TO the people Of every community, be II large
or small, especially TO those who can read and
write, are duly noted in the several changes To
which they are subject during the year.
sth. The great interests represented by the
several bureaus Of the Interior Department
will not be overlooked in the WEEKLY RBPuB.
LIcAN. Especially shall we keep our Agricul
| tural readers, throughout the country, posts d
up concerning everything OF public interest in
the Agricultural Bureau.
9th. The Patent offce, being within fyo
minutes walk of our Office of publicau on, II
i Will Do an easy matter, as IL VIII DC Pleasure
for us 10 keep The Inventor and ArtiZan advised
Of all improvements.
| 10th. The Smithsonian Institute. established
In Washington, having already become one OF
| the highest scientific institutions In the nation
we shall avail ourselves OF the advantages off
Bureaus Of Art and Science to enrich our col.
umns for the instruction Of our readers.
1lth. Washington being the central city OF
the Union, the learned and influential men O
every class in society congregate here-military,
naval, and civil officers Of the General and
State, and territorial ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
tives of every branch OF business taxed by the
Internal Revenue Laws-deputatio of citizens
for purposes Of State, and politicians and theo.
logians OF every stripe, who come in ioclls,
some for office, some for business, and so me
for pleasure. Each and all of these cnu era
and goers increase our labors, and contribute
| 10 enhance the value Of the columns OF the RE-
PUBLICAN in some manner.
| 18th. The official, civil, and uncivll repre-.
sentatives Of every foreign nation on the earth,
are found here, and cannot act or move unher.
aided by our active attaches.
Above, in q general form, we have given
t,Oslve reasons why the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN,
published In the City Of Washington, possesses
\ greater facilities for obtaining all the import
ant news Of the day, OF every description, than
any other Journal In the United States. The
highest evidence Of this, which relieves US from
the charge Of ogotism, Is the fact witnessed all
/ over the nation daily (by those who care to OBJ
serve it) that the leading, widest circulated,
and most influential journals in the United
States gather the most important Departmental
news, especially Of eur military and naval
operations, official and otherwise, from thu
columns Of the NATIONAL RKPUBLIcAS. Thj |
is true In face OF the well known fact tn, II
many OF the proprietors of those journals pay
enormous sums OF money yearly to "A.Bso.
cated Press" and Especial Correspondents s, u
so called, to furnish them with the current
news OF the day. We regret 10 say, in this
| connection, that those correspondents do moi
always inform their employers that hey are
not the authors Of many Of the most iraportani
dispatches they send over the wires at an ex.
pense Of four cents per vord, by cred ting them
10 the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN, as they in jus.
tice should do. We especially think they
should credit us when they encro Ach SO far AZ
to telegraph our editorials, bodily, as being
their ol,. compositions. However, we beg par,
don for this complaining digr ssion, and will
not deny that we observe, in all this unfair
ness, q compliment 10 our industry on the pari
Of these plagiarists.
Politically the REPUBLICAN will support al
earnestly as possible the civil and military
policy Of the present Administration, while
that policy Is for FREEDOM in its broadest and
highest sense, and against Slavery. When n.
present, or any Other administration, pisrsuss
dWeTeut course O5t ute question OF hnldu slavery
zoe shall oppose Nth our nigh. aud main, Gec
helping US, PATRONAGE OR NO PATRONAGE.
The domestic and personal news Of the day
will always receive prompt and careful atten
ton.
1t is but proper and Just to our readers to say
that the Publishers, Editors, and entire corp:
Of Reporters engaged upon the NATIONAL Re
PUBLICAN are thorough, practical newspaper
men In the broadest sonse OF the term. Tn,
principal Editor, and his chief Assistant, have
Doth been engaged for more than twenty years
1--WE are both young men yeti as journalist,
upon the leading presses of the country, occu
pying at times the most arduous and responsi
bic positions. This may seem like "blowinl
our own trumpet" 30 1t is. But, good reader
we have right TO blow 1t, for we have earnec
that right; besides, you are entitled to know
whether the REPUBLICAN is conducted by erpe
rienced or inexperienced men.
A very small portion Of the WEEKLY REPUB
LIoAN will be devoted 10 advertising, and onlI
that class Of advertisements which will prov,
of the greatest value TO our country readers vii
be admitted. II Is printed on Double supei
Royal sheet, 27 by AZ inches, and contains 81
columns of reading matter.
The Literary Department Of the REPUBLIoLr
will be supplied with choice, selected and ori
ginAl prose and poetry, from the Ablest writer
In this country and in Europe.
We shall permit nothing, knowingly, 10 ente
the columns of the REPUBLICAN that W In Offer :,
the suscOptibilities Of the most refined.
In brief, we purpose making the RRPgBLI IA
q FAMILY Newspaper OF the highest and nos
complete order.