Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-11-20
PROSPECTUS
OF THE


UNITED STATES TIMES.
Weekly Newspaper to be published In
Washington City.
The undersigned, expecting soon TO retire from
the position he has for some time held asSuperin-
tendeni 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 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 or extracts from articles admitted
into the REVIEW, but mainly Of other original lite
rary, educational, industrial, and miscellaneous
matters, including digests 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
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 az shown by statistics, bringing down
those of the National Census always TO date
The object will be- through careful editorial
management and large and well selected cor
respondence, 10 establish al the seat OF govern
ment Family Newspaper which shall be adapted
10 the wants of every community; imparting
musemen, aud 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
- F,I. G,,,th IaSt
tuition the Patent Office, aud the National Agri-
cultural Convention, etc, and the several Bureaus
ard Departments OF Government. from its cont
guilty TO the large commercial cities from the ex-
tended exciting, and all Important interests that
concentrate upon il, is perhaps, the most eligible
location for such journal, and ample guarantees
ofits 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 So PER ASNua, in advance.
To Clubs, of 10 SUBSCRIBERS, AT one post office,
SIS in advance.
To Subscribers OF DEBow's REVIEW, not in
arrears, the Review aud Times together, Sc 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 liz TO l40
$50 pages, and otherwise improved by additional
editorial assistance and an able corps Of contribu
,ors.
A month"; istorica digest of events will be
embraced in us pages, valuable for future refer
ence.
The subscription price OF the REvtEw will re-
main at SIS 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 to make
separate publication Of the matter relating 10
AgyicuhRre another OF that relating 10 Mamnfao
tures; a thrd o Internal Improvements; a fourth
to Commerce; and 18th to Education and Letters.
These publications will be but departments of the
whole work. and may be subscribed for separately
al per snnum each. They will appear monthly
in handsome periodical style, Of from twenty-five
10 thrty-two pages; constituting an annual octave
volume OF 800 pages each. showing al single
view aud IN u condemned torn the whole results,
within the year, in n, particular department, in
our own country and abroad, as the REVIEW itseli
viii sh W them IL al ofhs departments OF indus.
try aud enterprise.
The Ofice OF Del,ow's REVIEW will remain as
before at New Orleans though branch will be
located al Washington, which will be also the
main Office vi the other Journals, and may be
addres, ed at all times IN regard 10 them. The
particular address of The editor, whether Wash
inpton or New Orleans, will be furnished from time
to time, in the work
WAsHINGToN Nov. %, 1851.
Es- DRBow's INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES, three
handsomely bound volumes upon the Progress
and Wealth Of the United States, 500 pages royal
octave, double columns, clear print, library ed.
tion, may still be ordered Price SO delivered
at the expense Of the author