224 



THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



TO POST MASTERS AND OTHERS. 



A GOOD TIME TO SUBSCRIBE. 



There are doubtless a large number of Farm- 

 ers in Virginia and elsewhere, who desire and 

 would like to have a good Agricultural paper; 

 and who are laboring under great disadvantages 

 in consequence of not having one to refer to for 

 valuable improvements in Agricultural science, 

 &c. To such we offer the "Southern Planter" 

 on trial, upon the following terms for six months 

 only, ending with the December number, viz: 

 1 copy, 50 cents; Clubs of 6 for $2,50; 13 for 

 $5,00 ; 20 for $7,50 ; 28 for $10,00. At each 

 Post Office in the State, Clubs might be formed 

 with little effort, and with profit to those who un- 

 dertake to get them up. Send forward the 

 dimes and you shall be richly repaid. 



AGENCIES. 

 We are frequently asked why we do not ap- 

 point Agents for our paper at such and such 

 places. To all such enquirers we answer, that 

 we have found the system of employing paid 

 Agents to result unsatisfactorily both to our- 

 selves and our subscribers, with whom we are 

 frequently thrown in collision, in consequence 

 of the neglect or inefficiency of such Agents. 

 "We may have been unfortunate in our selection. 



The low price at which the paper is pub- 

 lished — (our advertising sheet alone, for which 

 our subscribers pay nothing, is worth to them 

 in valuable information more than the amount 

 of their subscription) — does not justify our em- 

 ploying any. We have, therefore, determined 

 to abandon their employment altogether, except 

 in the collection of arrearages due from old sub- 

 scribers, and in the formation of Clubs. We 

 hereby authorize any one whom subscribers are 

 willing to trust, to take subscriptions at our 

 Club rates, and on receipt of the money (at 

 which time only our liability to such subscri- 

 bers will commence), we will forward the pa- 

 pers. Subscribers so obtained to be ours after 

 the first year. 



Persons disposed to act in this capacity, we 

 refer to our six months proposition to be found 

 in the columns of this number. 



We here state that our friend, F. N. Wat- 

 kins, Esq. of Farmville, who is actuated purely 

 by a love of the cause, is our authorized Agent 

 to receive subscriptions, make collections, and 

 grant reeeipts on account of this paper. 



GENERAL NOTICE. 

 In accordance wish the notice given in a pre- 

 vious number of this paper, we commence 

 from this date to drop from our list, all sub- 

 scribers who are in arrears for three years or 

 more, and shall continue to do so until the first 

 of January next, at which time we intend to 

 drop all who are then in arrears for two years 

 and upwards. But in doing so we do not in- 

 tend to relinquish our right to collect our dues 

 from such delinquents, but shall send out their 

 accounts regularly or place them in the hands 

 of Agents for collection. We do not design to 

 adopt strictly the cash system, but we desire to 

 approach as^near to it as possible, and wish our 

 "Terms" which are printed conspicuously in 

 every paper to be understood by all our sub- 

 scribers. They are as follows : 



TERMS. 



One Dollar and Twenty-five Cents per an- 

 num, or One Dollar only, if paid in advance. 

 Six copies for Five Dollars ; Thirteen copies 

 for Ten Dollars — to be paid invariably in ad- 

 vance ; and to them we mean strictly to adhere 

 with this variation only, subscribers who owe for 

 two years, or $2,50 and remit, $5 will be credi- 

 ted for the two years of arrearrages and three 

 years in advance. We think no one who in- 

 tends to pay can object to this arrangement. 



THE TEMPERANCE JOURNAL. 

 This is the title of a new weekly paper pub- 

 lished in this city by the Rev. S. D. Hopkins, 

 Editor. As its name indicates, it is devoted to 

 the advocacy and promotion of the Temper- 

 ance cause. We welcome its advent into the 

 newspaper world and wish it success. The 

 Prospectus will be found below. 



prospectus. 

 The Virginia Temperance Journal will be 

 issued weekly in the city of Richmond, and be 

 mailed to subscribers at one dollar a year, inva- 

 riably in advance. 



As its name implies, it will be strictly a 

 " Temperance Journal," devoted to the advoca- 

 cy of Temperance, on the "moral suasion" 

 principle, while its columns shall be open to the 

 discussion of all questions connected with Tem- 

 perance, which will, in any way, promote the 

 interest of the cause. 



It will contain such items of foreign and lo- 

 cal news as may be considered of importance to 

 its patrons; and reports of markets, corrected 

 weekly. 



And to enable us to furnish the Journal at 



