Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-05-03
PROSPECTUS
UNITED STATES TIM ES,
Weekly Newspaper to be published IN
Washington City.

70 Il
Weekly Newspaper to be publfshed IN
Washington City.
The undersigned expecting soon 10 retire from
the position he has for some time held Superin-
tendent of the United States Census, intends to
devote himself 10 the control and management OF
the REVIEW Of which, for the last nine years. he
has been the editor and proprietor, and 10 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 or extracts from articles admitted
into the REVIEW but mainly OF other original lite
rary, educational, industrial, and miscellaneous
matters, including digests ofthe 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
arge cities; the progress and prospects OF crops;
supply, demand, prices, etc.i the las1nase OF the
country shown by statisti down
those ofthe National Census lite
The object will be, throd - editorial
management ani arge and well selected cor
respondence, 10 establish al the seat OF govern
ment Family Newspaper which shall be adapted
TO the wants Of every community; imparting
musement and information, and political, only 10
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-
"a -. -
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 aud all important interests that
concentrate upon il, is, perhaps, the most eligible
location for such journal, and ample guarantees
OF lis success have already been received. twill
be printed in folio for the convenience Of binding,
and similar in style 10 the New York Albion.
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To Clubs, Of l0,sUBsoREERs, At one post Office,
SIS in advance.
To Subscribers Of DEBow's REvrKw, not 10
arrears the Review and Times together So 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 l12 10 l40 or
80 pages, and otherwise improved by additional
editorial assistance and an able corps Of contribu
,ors.
A month"; istorical digest Of events win be
embraced in rs pages, valuable for future refer
ence.
The subscription price Of the REvIEw will re.
main al s5 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 to
which il is devoted, il Is in contemplation 10 make
a separate publication of the matter relating TO
AgricnhHrs, smother Of that relating to manHtac-
tpres; a third % Internal IaproDementsj fourth
TO Commerce; and fifth TO Education and Letters.
These publications will be but departments Of the
whole work. and may be subscribed for separately
at II per annum each They will appear monthly
in handsome periodical style, Of from twenty-five
10 thirty-two pages 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 ~ all ofthe 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 other Journals, aud may be
addressed at all times in regard 10 them. The
particular address Of the editor, whether Wash
ington or New Orleans, will be furnished from time
to time, in the work.
J. ID. b. DEBOW
WASHINGTON Nov. 26, 1854.
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handsomely bound volumes upon the Progress
and Wealth of the United States, 800 pages royal
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