, 1865-12-22
VoLUAk FIVE.


With this issue commences the publication Of
anew volume Of the STATESMAN, and as usual on
such occasions We indulge in a brief reference to
the prtieet position and future prospects Of the
paper. The timethat has elapsed since the estab-
lhhusnt came iuto our hands has been insult
cisnt to enable Us to make the contemplated i'm
ptoyenents. What these improvements are TO
be, We can only indicate. Should the patron
age warrant it, with the opening of the season
we propose to issue q semi-weskly edition, as in
that way we shall the better be able to keep
pace with the progress of current events. This
change We contemplate making at the earliest
possible moment, and certainly with the open
ing Of the Spring trade. The SrArEsnAN has
already . much larger circulation than any
ether paper published east Of the mountains,
and il is believed that semi-weekly edition,
giving full details of Eastern and domestic news,
will obtain very large circulation, not only in
the Valley, but throughout the mining districts.
In the matter of correspondence, as also typo
graphical appearance, it will be aim to greatly
improve the STATESMAN, and make 1t in every
respect creditable to the county and the COM
munity from which it draws its support In
mining RewS. and all that relates to the mines
We shall endeavor to keep our readers fully
posted. Located on the main line Of travel to
the mines, and at point from which to great
extent the miners must draw their supplies, we
have peculiar facilities for obtaining the earliest
and most reliable information from the different
nd alr -
be our ambition to improve and make the most
OF. Thus far our success has been more than
equal to our most sanguine expectations, and
we doubt not that with the commencement of a
new volume the STATESMEN will enter upon a
new career of prosperity. The mercantile,
farming and producing interests of whatever
character, we shall endeaVor to foster, and every
project having for its object the progress or
development of the country, will have our ear
nest support Our great and leading object will
be the advocacy of local interests, but whilst
thus mindful of all that relates to our own i'm
mediate locality, we shall not be Indifferent to
the progress Of other sections of country, on
the prosperity of which in the end we must
mainly depend. In all suitable ways we shall
endeavor to further the material interests of the
community in which we live, and in return we
only ask that patronage which is due well-con-
Quoted newspaper. With the close of the VOL
ume many subscriptions expire. We trust that
all who desire the continuance of the paper
will come forward and renew their subscriptions.
We should, also, like to add to our list as MANY
new names as possible. Will our friends aid us
in this particular, and thus enable US to labor
the more effectively for the general welfare. As
an advertising medium, there is no paper pub
lished east of the mountains that will compare
with the STArsMAN. Published in the centre of
rich agricultural valley, with an extensive cir
culation in every mining camp and gulch, bu.i-
ness men will at once see the advantages of COM
municating with the public through our columns
with this brief outline of what We copt.mn,.ts
in future, We give to the public the initial num-
Der Of new volume, and solicit for our enter
prise continuance of the liberal patronage here
tofore extended it.