Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-12-15
PROSPECTUS

UNITED STATES TIMES,
A Weekly Newspaper TO be published IN
Washington CITY. c.s' n

UNITED STATES TIMES,
Weekly Newspaper to be published in
Washington City. .st
The undersigned, expecting soon to retire from
the position he has for some timeheld 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 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
ofpubllc men; digest of Official reports, State and
Federal; the state Of the markets in 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 always 10 date.
The object viii be, through careful editorial
management and large and welLseIected cor
respondence, TO establish at the seat of govern.
ment Family Newspaper which shall be adapted
TO the wants Of every community; mparting
amusement and information, and political only 10
the extent Of maintaining the institutions of the
country and defending the rights and sovereignty
OF the States.
4 The City Of Washington, from the advantages
which II presents for obtaining material of every
kind, through the action Of the Smithsonian Insti.
tuition, the Patent Office, and the National Agri-
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 it, is, perhaps the most eligible
location for such journal, and ample guarantees
offs success have already been received twill
be printed in folio for the convenience of binding
and similar in style 10 the New York Albion
Terms: 50 PR ANNuM, in advance.
To Clubs, Of 10 SUBSCRIBERS, at one post Office,
SIS In advance.
To Subscribers of DRBows RxvrKw, not in
arrears, the Review and Times together, So in
advance. w..
Advertisements on accommodating terms.
Ia order TO increase the usefulness of the RE
vIrw, which has now acquired very extensive
circulation il will be enlarged from liz TO l40 or
l5t pages, and otherwise improved by additional
editorial assistance and an able corps of contribu.
tors t,
A monthly historical digest Of events will be
embraced in its pages, valuable for future refer
ence.
The subscription price Of the REVIEW will re.
main at s6 per annum, 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 10
which II is devoted, il is in contemplation to make
a separate publication of the matter relating 10
Agriculture; another of that relating 10 Manufae.
tnresj third 10 Internal improvements a fourth
TO Copmeycs; and fah TO Education and Letters.
These publications will be but departments OF the
whole work, and may be subscribed for separately
at 81 pc annnm each They viii appear monthly
in handsome periodical style, Of from twenty-five
to thiuy-tvo pages constituting an annual octave
volume Of 300 pages each, showing at a single |
view and b a condensed form the whole results,
within theyear in the particular department, in |
our own country and abroad, as the REVIEW itself |
will show th'm in all cfthe departments OF indus
try and enterprise.
The Office e DeBow's Review win remain as
before AT Ne~oreans, though branch will be
located at Wellington, which will be also the
main Office ofthe other Journals, and may be
at all times in regard to them. The
particular sddfes Of the editor, whether Wash
ington or New ohsns, will be furnished from time
10 time, in the wot
J.D.B DEBow.
WASHINGTON, No &c, 1854.
gs> DKBow's IpusrRIAL Rrsotrcrs, three
handsomely bound olumes upon the Progress
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