Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-04-05
PROSPECTUS
OF THE
UNITED STATES TIMES,
A Weekly Newspaper to be published in
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UNITED STATES TIMES.
Weekly Newspaper to bo published In
Washington City.
The undersigned, expecting soon TO retire from
the position he has for some time held as 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 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 OF
the day, home and foreign the proceedings OF
Congress and the acts Of the Government; lite
trary 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 to date.
The object will be, through careful editorial
management and large and well selected 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
ofthe States.
The City Of Washington, from the advantages
which it presents for obtaining material of every
kind, through the action of the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition, the Patent Office, and the National Agri-
cultural Convention ETC., and the several Bureaus
and Departments of Government, from its cont
guilty to the large commercial cities, from the
tended, exciting and all important interests that
concentrate upon it, is, perhaps the most eligible
location for such journal, and ample guarantees
of ills 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: So PER ANNUM 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 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 lao or
$50 pages, and otherwise improved by additional
editorial assistance and an able corps of contribu
tors.
A monthly historical digest OF events will be
embraced in its pages, valuable for future refers
ence.
The subscription price Of the REvrEw will re-
main at 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 more of the subjects 10
which it is devoted, it is in contemplation to make
a separate publication of the matter relating 10
"A Agricuhu,e; another of that relating TO Mannfae-
tHres; 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
al 81 per annun each. They will appear monthly
in handsome periodical style, of from twenty-five
10 thirty.two pages constituting 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 REvHw itself
will show them IN all ofae 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, and may be
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.
]. ID. B. DEBOW.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26, 1854
EEg- DEBows INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES three
bound volumes upon the Progress
and Wealth Of the United States, 500 pages royal
octave double columns clear print, library edi-
ton, may still be ordered. Price Sc delivered
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