The _Publisher and Proprietor_, has made such arrangements for the
management of the _Editorial Department_, as he hopes will be
satisfactory to his patrons. If the circulation of the "Messenger"
continues to increase, he has it in contemplation not only to secure
regular able contributions, but also to embellish some of his monthly
numbers with handsome lithographic drawings and engravings; but the
cost cannot be prudently incurred without an enlargement of his list.
He therefore hopes that such of his friends as feel an interest in the
successful prosecution of this first serious attempt to establish a
literary periodical south of the Potomac, will aid him in extending its
circulation--as the best means of ensuring its continuance and utility.
_If each of his subscribers would only procure an additional one_, the
work would not only be _firmly established_ but greatly _increased in
value_. The Publisher avails himself of this opportunity to inform the
correspondent of the Portland Advertiser that the latter is mistaken in
respect to the place of his nativity. The Publisher did once reside in
the city of Boston, and can freely bear testimony to the high
character, the generous feelings and the noble accomplishments of its
citizens--but he was only a sojourner among them; having been born, and
for the most part reared in the Ancient Dominion. If he were not a full
blooded Tuckahoe Virginian, he would like to be a Bostonian.
All communications of every kind must be addressed to T. W. White,
_Publisher and Proprietor_.
The issuing of the present number has been delayed in consequence of
the change to a _monthly_ instead of a semi-monthly publication. The
Publisher hopes that the change will be agreeable to his patrons. He is
firmly persuaded of its expediency in various respects.
For the Southern Literary Messenger.