Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-05-11
PROSPECTUS

OF THE
UNITED STATES TIMES,
weekly Newspaper to be published I'm
Washington city.
The undersigned, expecting soon TO retire from
the position he has for some time held sSuperin-
tendent OF the United States Census, intends to
devote himself TO the control and management OF
the REVIEW, of which, for the last nine years, ne
has been the editor and proprietor, and TO the
publication in the City of Washington of weekly
newspaper with the above title.
The material for this paper will consist, in part,
of selections extracts from articles admitted
into the REVIEW, but mainly OF other original lite
rary, educational, industrial, and miscellaneous
matters including dgests of the current events OF
the day, home and foreign the proceedings OF
Congress and the acts Of the Government; lite
rary and scientific sketches and essays upon
leading and popular topics; biographical sketches
of public men digest of official reports State and
Federal; the state OF the markets in the several
args cities; the progress and prospects of crops;
supply, demand, prices, ETC.; the increase of the
country as shown by statistics, bringing down
those of the National Census always TO date
The object viii be, through careful editorial
management and 'arge and well selected cor
respondence, to establish at the seat OF govern
ment Family Newspaper which shall be adapted
10 the wants of every community; imparting
musement and information, and political, only 10
the extent OF maintaining the institutions Of the
country and defending ths rights and sovereignty
of the States.
The City Of Washington, from the advantages
which il presents for obtaining material OF every
kind, through the action of the Smithsonian Insii-
tuition, the Patent Office, and the National Agn-
cultural Convention, etc. and the several Bureaus
and Departments of Government, from its cont
guilty TO the large commercial cities, from the ex-
tended, exciting, and all important interests that
concentrate upon il, is, perhaps, the most eligible
location for such journal, and ample guarantees
Of its success have already been received. II will
be printed in folio for the convenience OF binding,
and similar in style TO the New York Albion.
Terms: 90 PER ASNuM in advance.
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arrears, the Review and Times together, SO in
advance.
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In order 10 increase the usefulness Of the Re.
VIEW, which has now acquired very extensive
circulation, il will be enlarged from liz to lao or
$50 pages, and otherwise improved by additional
editorial assistance and an able corps Of contribu
,ors.
A month"; istorical digest of events viii be
embraced in rs pages, valuable for future refer
cnce.
The subscription price Of the RKvrEw will re-
main at S. per snnum, but for the convenience OF
the large class Of persons who may not desire
the whole work, or who may only solicit in
formation upon one or more Of the subjects to
which il is devoted, IL is in contemplation to make
a separate publication Of the matter relating to
Agrieulure, smother of that relating TO Mannfae-
tpres; third % Internal improvements; fourth
TO Commerce; and 6flh 10 Education and Letters.
These publications viii be but departments Of the
whole work, and may be subscribed for separately
at 81 per annum each. They will appear monthly
in handsome periodical style, Of from twenty-five
10 thirtytwo pages constituting an annual octave
volume Of 300 pages each, showing at single
view and in a condensed form the whole results,
within the year, in the particular department. in
our own country and abroad, as th1REvrEw itself
will show them IN al offhs Department. Of indus
try and enterprise.
The Office OF DeBow's REVIEW will remain as
before at New Orleans, though branch viii be
located at Washington, which will be also the
main Office OF the other Journals, and may be
addressed at all times in regard 10 them. The
partcular address Of the editor, whether Wash
ineton or New Orleans, will be furnished from time
J. ID. B. DEBow
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26, 1854
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