Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-05-20
PROSPECTUS
OF THE

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UNITED STATES TIMES, |
la Weekly Newspaper to be publishedin
Washington City.
The undersigned, expecting soon to retire fromI
the position he has for some time held Superin.
|tendent of the United States Census, intends toI
devote himself to the control and management OIL
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-I
rary, educational, industrial, and miscellaneousI
matters including digests OF the current events oil
the day, home and foreign; the proceedings OIL
Congress and the acts of the Government; lite
rary and scientific sketches and essays uponI
leading and popular topics; biographical sketches|
of public 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 TO date
The object will be, through careful editorial
management and arge and well.seected cor
respondence, to establish at the seat of govern
ment a Family Newspaper which shall be adapted
ito the wants OF every community; imparting|
Imusement 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 il presents for obtaining material of every
kind through the action of the Smithsonian Insti.|
hutton, 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-
ended, exciting, and all important interests that
concentrate upon it, is, perhaps, the most eligbe|
location for such journal, and ample guarantecs|
of it's 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.
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To Clubs, Of 10 SUBSCRIBERS, at one post Office,
SIS in advance.
To Subscribers of DKBow's REvrKw, not in|
arrears, the Review and Times together, s6 inl
advance.
Advertisements on accommodating terms.
In order TO increase the usefulness Of the RE
VIEW, which has now acquired very extensiveI
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 will bs
embraced in rs pages, valuable for future refer
ence.
The subscription price OF the RKvrKw will rel
main nj IS per annum, but for the convenience OF
khe 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, it is in contemplation make
o separate publication of the matter relating 10
Agrieuhtes, another Of that relating TO Manrfac
furs; third % Internal Improvements; a fourth
10 Commerce; and fifth to Education and Lettevsl
These publications will 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-fve
10 thirtytwo pages constituting an annual octavo
volume of 300 pages each, showing at SINGLE
view and in a condensed form the whole results,
within the year, in the particular department., I'M
our own country and abroad, as the REVIEW itself
will show them IN all efths departments Of indus
try and enterprise.
The Office Of DeBow's REVIEW will remain as
before at New Orleans, though branch win be
located at Washington, which will be also the
main office Of the other Journals, and may be
addressed at all times in regard TO them. The
particular address Of the editor, whether Wash
ngton or New Orleans, will be furnished from time
to time, in the work. sl
J. d. B. DEBOW.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26, 1854.
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