Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1855-01-14
PROSPECTUS
OF THE
UNITED STATES TIMES.
Weekly Newspaper 10 be published Ina
Washinwto.s Ctfy

OF THE
UNITED STATES TIMES,
A Weekly Newspaper TO be published Ina
Washington City.
The undersigned, expecting soon 10 retire from
the position he has for some time held as Supern.
tendent of the United States Census, intends 10
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 a 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 misce llaneous
matters, including dgests 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
large cities; the progress and prospects of crops
supply, demand, prices etc.; the increase Of the
country as shown by statistics, bringing down
those ofthe National Census always to date.
The object will be, through careful editorial
management and large and we'll selected cor
respondence, 10 establish at the seat of govern
ment Family Newspaper which shall be adapted
TO the wants of every community; impartng
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 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,
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 it will be enlarged from liz to l40 or
$50 pages, and otherwise improved by additional
editorial assistance and an able corps of contrbu
tors.
A 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 $5 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, it is in contemplation TO make
a separate publication of the matter relating 10
Agriculture; another of that relating to Manutac-
tures; third TO, Internal Improvements; fourth
to Commerce; and fifth to Education and Letters.
These publications will be but departments ofthe
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
TO thirtyiwo 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 REVIEW itself
viii show them IN all Of 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 win 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.
J. d. B. DEBOW.
WASHINGTON, Nov. &c, 1854.
mo- 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 Sc delivered
at the expense of the author