Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-05-12
PROSPECTUS
UNITED STATES TIMES.
A Weekly Newspaper to be published IL
Warrington City.

UNITED STATES TIMES.
Weekly Newspaper to be published In
Washington City.
The undersigned, expecting soon to retire from
the position he has for some time held as Superin-
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, he
has. been the editor and proprietor, and TO the
publication in the City of Washington of a weekly
newspaper with the above title.
The material for this paper will consist, in part,
of selections or extracts from articles admitted
into the REVIEW, but mainly OF other original lite
rary, educational, industrial, and miscellaneous
matters including digests 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 pubic men; digest of official reports, State and
Federal; the state of the markets in the several
arge 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 10 date
The object will be, through careful editorial
management and arge and well selected
respondence to establish at the seat OF govern
ment Family Newspaper which shall be adapted
to the wants of every community; mparting
musement and information, and political, only TO
the extent of maintaining the institutions Of the
country and defending the rights and sovereignty
Of the States.
The City of Washington, from the advantages
which ii presents for obtaining material of every
L.; h. acf,o or tha C,nff Inc
tuition, the Patent Office, and the National Agr
cultural Convention, etc.. and the several Bureaus
and Departments Of Government. from its cont
guilty 10 the large commercial cities, from the ex
tended, exciting, and all important interests that
concentrate upon it, is, perhaps the most eligible
location for such journal, and ample guarantees
of its success have already been received. twill
be printed in folio for the convenience of binding
and similar in style to the New York Albion.
Terms: 50 PER ANNUM in advance.
To Clubs, of 10 SUBSCRIBERS, al one post Office
SIS in advance.
To Subscribers of DKBow's REVIEW, not in
arrears, the Review and Times together, s6 in
advance
Advertisements on accommodating terms.
In order TO increase the usefulness of the RE-
VIEW which has now acquired very extensive
circulation it will be enlarged from liz to l40 or
$50 pages, and otherwise improved by additional
editorial assistance and an able corps of contrbu
,ors
month"; istorical digest OF events will be
embraced in IT'S pages, valuable for future refer
ence.
The subscription price Of the REVIEW will re-
..o,n X hut for he MI OF
the large class Of persons who may not desire
the whole work, who may only solicit in
formation upon one more of the subjects to
which il s devoted, it is in contemplation to make
a separate publication of the matter relating 10
Agriculture, another of that relating TO Maanfae-
tures; a third % Internal Improvements fourth
10 Commerce; and fifth TO Education and Letters.
These publications will be but departments of the
whole work, and may be subscribed for separately
al 81 per annum each. They will appear monthly
in handsome periodical style, of from twenty-five
to thrtytwo pages I; constituting an annual octave
volume of 800 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 the REVIEW itself
will show them ia all ofths departments of indus
try and enterprise.
The Office OF DeBow's REVIEW will remain ss
before at New Orleans, though branch will 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
particular address of the editor, whether Wash
ngton or New Orleans, will be furnished from time
to time, in the work.
j. d. B. DEBOW
WAsHrseToS, Nov. 26, 1854.
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