Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-12-17
PROSPECTS,
n UNITED STATES TIMES,
A Weekly Newspaper 20 be published a

n UNITED STATES TIMES,
A Weekly Newspaper TO be published in
n Washington City.
The undersigned, expecting soon TO retire from
the position he has for some time held as Supern-
PENDENT Of the United States Census, intends 10
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 fthe 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
codntry as shown by statistics, bringing down
those Of the National Census always to date.
The object will be, through careful editorial
management and large and weLselected cor
respondence, to establish at 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 it presents for obtaining material of every
kind, through the action Of the Smithsonian Inst-
tuition, the Patent Office, and the National Agr-
cultural Convention, ETC., and the several Bureaus
and Departments of Government, from its conti
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
of its success have already been received 1t will
be printed in folio for the convenience of binding,
and similar in style TO the New York Albion.
Terms: SO PER ANNUM, in advance.
To Clubs, Of 10 SUBSCRIBERS, at one post office,
$l5,in advanGeaa
To Subscribers of DEBow's REVIEW, not in
arrears, the Review and Times together, SO in
advance.
Advertisements on accommodating terms.
In order TO increase the usefulness of the Re-
VIEW, which has now acquired very extensive
circulation, il will be enlarged from l12 to 40 or
$50 pages, and otherwise improved by additional
editorial assistance and an able corps of contrbu-
tors. ,f
A monthly historical digest of events will be
embraced in IFS pages, valuable for future refer
ence.
The subscription price of the REVIEW will re-
ma m lint cnrt he -
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 il is devoted, il is in contemplation 10 make
separate publication of the matter relating 10
Agriculture; another Of that relating 10 Manutae-
twrss; a third 10 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
at ST. per annum each. They will appear monthly
in handsome periodical STYLE of from twenty-five
volume of 800 pages each, showing at single
view and in a condensed form the whole results,
within the year, in tie particular department, in
our own country and abroad, as the REVIEW itself
will show them ia an ot'the 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 viii 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
Ington or New Orleans, will be furnished from time
10 time, in the work.
I'D. B. DEBow.
WASHINGTON, Nov &c, 1854.
Ess- DEBow's INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES, three
handsomely bound volumes upon the Progress
and Wealth the United States, 500 pages royal
octave double columns, clear print, library edi-
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