The Hickman courier., 1871-05-06
PROSPECTUS
oP THE
LOUISVILLE LEDGER.

.nN Wednesday, the first daj - February.
" 1871, will be issued the first number
of the LOUISVILLE LEDGER. II will there
after be published daily and weekly in tho
city Of Louisville BY the louisville Ledger
Printing Company, which will be 90 or
ganized as TO pla>e the enterprise on q solid
financial basis add insure success. The
LEDGER will be edited and controlled by
men Of ability and men Of experiences, In
every departmeR& and shall, in all re11I
be a frst-clasa ksper, the followin<
the leading features:
1T shall be DemaszatiGl
organ Of the Democratia
NAtional-the principl
regularly constituted
il will earnestly defe
columns will be op<3
means of free inter -.
proper discussion q
men. II will devote
sideration of ''dead eve
fined to living, practicd
Whilst IL will yield nofH11
IL will keep pace with the march o7>
and advocate only such liberal co11|
sive, and state O. like policies or<
ures as seem hi to result in pracfic@I.
good to the country. and promote the snc-
cess, unity, and purity of the Democratic
party and whilea earnestly maintaining
] aud defending Deliberate principles and ad-
! vocating the success Of Democratic candi-
dates it will be conducted with dignity:
while avoiding all wrangling and petty per-
| sonalitles, it viii shrink from no foe and
! ask no quarter, when the principles and
success of the party are assaileR
PIT win be especially devoted 10 con-
serving and building UP the political, ma
I terial, moral, and social interests Of the
City Of Louisville, the State Of Kentucky,
and the Southwest
Sit will be a Neps7oDer, constantly
esting news matter-io&i, State. aud gen
eral- -hayieg secured ey ~ desirai tsle-
graphic eility, both the regular and
sa.9:.:s :: nd .ss :s':s Ii:': .s.ss .ss
md Eellaneous matter, Appropriate for 6re-
side reading-matter calculated TO improve
the mind and elevate the tastes; twill ex-
clude everything of an immoral tendency,
or calculated 70 yitiate the tastes, rander TO
pruriency or stimulate the desire for the
sensational.
5--It will be Commercial paper, and viii
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 an Importance scarcely
second 10 any other, a reliable and carefully
edited Railway column will be kept up.
7-Apiong other special features will be
IA Legal department, confded to \ compe-
tent man, which win contain all current
legal news, abstracts and reviews Of decis-
iors, important opinions in full, ETC.; full
and reliable report Of the River news; IN
Educational department, especially design
ed to stimulate greater efflciency in the
various schools and colleges within the
| city, and promote the cause of education
generally; the Farm. the Garden. the Or
chafd, and Dairy will each receive due at
tention--in the Weekly these win receive
especial attention. The Weekly edition
will be published In quarto form, contaIn-
! ing eight pages, and will be MADE up with
special references 70 the wants Of the farmer
and family circle. II has been defernined
to place the paper within the reach Of all
classes OF population, relying rather upon
small individual profit on q large sub
scription list than larger profits from fewer
subscribers, hence the adoption Of the fol-
lowing unprecedentedly low
HATES nR NunUrmrurfrnR.