The Hickman courier., 1871-02-18
PROSPECTUS
OF THE
LOUISVILLE LEDGER.

! HN Wednesday, the first day of February,
" 1871, will be issued the first number
| of the LOUISVILLE LEDGER. II viii there
/ after be published daily and weekly in the
city of Louisville by the louisville Ledger
/ Printing Company" which will be or
! ganized as TO place the enterprise n solid
/ financial basis and insure success. The
LEDGER will be edited and controlled by
men of ability and men of experience, in
every department., and shall, in all respects,
be frst-class paper, the following being
the leading features:
1T shall be a Democratic paper: an
organ of the Democratic party State and
National-the principles, organization, and
regularly constituted candidates of which
il will earnestly defend and support. Its
columns will be open 10 Democrats a
means of free intercommunication in the
proper discussion of measures as well as
men Ii will devote no space to the con-
sideratiep af ..is>=4 =zzsssi;,- sfral iiestions.
Whilst 1t win yield nothing of princip pie,
il will keep pace with the march of progress,
and advocate only such liberal, comprehen-
sive and stRtesman-like policies or meas
ures as seem likely TO result in practical
good to the country, and promote the sue
cess, unity, and purity of the Democratic
party; and while earnestly maintaining
and defending Democratic princi Piles and ad-
voeating the success of Democratic candi-
dates, it will be conducted with dignity;
while avoiding all wran Cling and petty per-
sonalitles, il will shrink from no foe and
ask no quarter, when the principles and
success of the party are assailed.
PIT will be especially devoted to con-
serving and buiIding up the political, ma
terial moral, and social interests of the
City of Louisville, the State of kentucky,
and the Southwest.
3-it will be Nswspgper; +; constantly
presenting the latest important and inter
l. II
eFal- having secured every desirable tele-
graphic facility, both for the regular and
special dispatches.
At will be a Fdntily paper; containing
carefully prepared and selected literary and
miscellaneous matter, appropriate for fire.
side reading-matter calculated to improve
the mind and elevate the tastes; it will ex-
clude everything of an immoral tendency,
or calculated 10 vitiate the tastes, pander TO
pruriency or stimulate the desire for the
sensational.
Sit viii be Caninsereial paper, and will
afford to its patrons and the public the most
reliable information upon commerce and the
markets, sparing neither labor nor expense
in this department.
6--The Railroad interests of the country |
having grown into al Importance scarcely |
second 10 any other, reliable and carefully |
edited Railway column viii be kept up.
Among other special features will be I
"a Legal department, conided to eompe-
tent man, which will contain all current /
legal news, abstracts and reviews of decis-
lor 5, important opinions in full etc: a full
and reliable report of the River news: an
department, especially desi0n-
ed to stimulate greater efficiency in Ibe
various schools and colleges within the
city, and promote the cause of education
the Farm, the Garden Az c.
chard, and Dairy will each receive d,,a a..
the Weekly these will rece;ve
especial attention. The Weekly eJ;s;ae
will be published in quarto form. eantain JH
ing eight pages and viii be mad q ~ s-;tt,
snecial references to the wants of the fsrmsr
4 nd family circle II has been desermined
to nlace the paper within the reach of all
classes of population, relying rather upon
a small individual profit large sub
scription list than larger profits from fewer
5 ubscrSbers hence the adoption OF the fol-
lowing un nprecedsntediy low
RATEs OF SUBSCRIPTION.