Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-03-29
PROSPECTUS
OF THE
UNITED STATES TIMES,
A Weekly Newspaper to bo published In
Washington City.

Weekly Newspaper to bo published In
Washington City.
The undersigned, expecting soon TO retire from
the position he has for some time held as Supcrn-
tendeni 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 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 ct
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 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
respondenee, TO establish at the seat of govern
ment Family Newspaper which shall be adapted
10 the wants of every community; impartng
musement 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 Insii
,ha ri ~ Il A<rr,
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
of its 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 ANNUM, in advance.
To Clubs, of 10 SUBSCRIBERS, al one post Office,
SIS in advance.
To Subscribers of DEBow's REVIEW, not in
arrears, the Review and Times together Sc 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 112 to l40 or
$50 pages, and otherwise improved by additional
editorial assistance and an able corps of coniribu
,ors..
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 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 it is devoted, it is in contemplation TO make
separate publication Of the matter relating 10
AgricHhu,e; another of that relating 10 Mannfac-
lures; third 10 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 for separately
at ST. per annum each. They will appear monthly
in handsome periodical style, of from twenty-five
10 thirtytwo 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 REvfEw itself
will show them fn all OF the departments oil 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, 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
TO time, in the work.
]. d. B. DEBOW.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 1854.
M1s~ DEBow's INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES, three
handsomely bound volumes upon the Progress
and Wealth of the United States, 800 pages royal
octave, double columns, clear print, library edi-
tion, may still be ordered. Price S6 delivered
al the expense of the author.