Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-11-29
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UNITED STATES TIMES,
A Weekly Newspaper to be pubiihed I'm
Washington City.
The undersigned, expecting soon TO rfre nom
the position he has for some time held ajbupern
tendent Of the United States Census, Ponds to
davote himself 10 the control and mana iemeEt Of
the REVIEW, Of which, for the last nineHears, ne
has been the editor and proprietor, aId TO the
publication in the City of Washington III weekly
newspaper with the above title.
The material for this paper will consbt, in part,
Of selections or extracts from articleI admitted
into the REVIEW, but mainly Of other opglnal lite
rary, educational, industrial, and miscellaneous
matters, including digests ofthe curre4 events OF
the day, home and foreign; the proceedings of
Congress- and the acts Of the Government; lite
rary and scientific sketches and ebays upon
leading and popular topics; biographical sketches
Of public men; digest of official report, State and
Federal; the state Of the markets the several
large 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 alwayl TO date.
The object will be, through caIeful editorial
management and large and welIselected cor
respondence, 10 establish at the sht Of govern
ment Family Newspaper which spill be adapted
TO the wants of every community; imparting
amusement and information, and Iptcal only 10
the extent Of maintaining the institutions OF the
country and defending the rights ahd sovereignty
the States.
The City Of Washington, from tie advantages
which il presents for obtaining m$erial Of every
kind, through the action Of the Smithsonian instr
tuition, the Patent Office, and theI National Agri-
cultural Convention, etc, and the 4veral Bureaus
and Departments of Government from its conti-
guilty TO the large commercial cites, from the ex-
tended, exciting, and all importatt interests that
concentrate upon it, is, perhaps he most eligible
location for such journal, and apple guarantees
Of its success have already been deceived. II will
be printed in folio for the convenience of binding,
and similar in STYLE TO the New York Albion.
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To Clubs, of 10 SUBSCRIBERS, II one post Office,
SIS in advance.
To Subscribers of DEBowy REVIEW, not in
arrears, the Review and Timfs together, Sc in
advance.
Advertisements on accommodating terms.
In order 10 increase the usefulness of the Re-
VIEW, which has now acquired very extensive
circulation, il will be enlarged from liz to 40 or
$50 pages and otherwise improved by additional
editorial assistance and an ale corps of contribu-
tors.
A monthly historical dg9t of events will be
embraced in its pages, valuable for future refer
ence.
The subscription price Of the REVIEW VIII re-
main at SIS per annum, but br the convenience OF
the large class Of personsIwho may not desire
the whole work, or WHO may only solicit in
formation upon one or mbre of the subjects to
which it is devoted il is ineontemplation TO make
a separate publication fthe matter relating TO
Agriculture; another Of hat relating 10 MaHnfae-
tures; third TO Internal Improvements; fourth
to Commerce; and fifth D. Education and Letters
These publications will be but departments ofthe
whole work, and may be subscribed for separately
at ST per annum each. They will appear monthly
in handsome periodical style, of from twenty-five
to ihiriytwo pages; constituting an annual octave
volume of 800 pages each, showing AT single
view and in a condensation the whole results,
within the year. in the g11ticmLar department, in
our own country and abroad, as the REVIEW itself
will show them in all ctrt4e departments Of indus
try and enterprise.
The Office of DeBow's REVIEW will remain as
before at New Orleans, though branch will be
located at Washington, which will be also the
main Office of the othet Journals, and may be
addressed at all times IN regard TO them. The
particular address OF the editor, whether Wash
ington or New Orleans, viii be furnished from time
a.. ,;n.a Il, ,ha x.,orl-
LD.B. DEBow
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2b 1854.
l1- DEBows INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES, three
handsomely bound volumes upon the Progress
and Wealth Of the United States, $500 pages royal
octave double columns, clear PRINT, library edi-
ton, may still be ordered. Price Sc delivered
at the expense of the author.