Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-08-11
PROSPECTUS
UNITED STATES TIMES,
A Weekly Newspaper to be published II
Washington City.
Dec. l5-tf

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 rs Superln-
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 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 OF the current events or
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 as shown by statistics, bringing down
those of the National Census always 10 date
The object will be, through careful editorial
management and a large and well selected cor
respondence, TO establish at the seat OF govern
ment Family Newspaper which shall hr adapted
10 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 lnsti-
tuition, the Patent Office and the National Agri-
cultural Convention, etc, and the several Bureaus
aud 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
of its success have already been received. twill
be printed in folio for the convenience Of binding,
and similar in style TO the New York Albion.
Terms. 50 PER aNNUm, in advance.
To Clubs, Of 10 SUBSCRIBERS, at one post Office,
SIS in advance,
To Subscribers Of DEBows Review, not in
arrears, the Review and 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 ll2 TO l40 or
| $50 pages, and otherwise improved by additional
editorial assistance and an able corps Of contribu
tors.
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 IS 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 n contemplation TO make
a separate publication of the matter relating 10
| Agriculture snother Of that relating 10 ManRtae-
tures; a third o Internal Improvements; fourth
10 Commerce; and fifth 10 Education and Letters
| These publications will be but departments of the
whole work, and may be subscribed Tor separately
| at 3 per annum each. They will appear monthly
in handsome periodical style, Of from twenty-five
10 thrlytwo pages constituting an annual octave
volume of 800 pages each, showing at single
view and n a condensed form the whole results,
within the year in the particular dpaytD,sNt, in
our own country and abroad, the REVIEW itself
will show them in al ofths departments Of indus
try and enterprise.
4 Ihe Oihce OF DeDoWs hEVlkW WIN remain as
before st New Orleans, though branch will be
located at Washington, which will be also the
main office Of the other Journals, and may be
addressed at all times in regard 10 them. The
particular address of the editor, whether Wash
ington or New Orleans, viii be furnished from time
10 time in the work.
j. ID. 3. DEBOW.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 1854.
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