Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-10-23
PROSPECTUS
OF THE

UNITED STATES TIMES.
Weekly Newspaper to he published In
Warrington 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 dgests ofthe 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 aud large and well selected cor
respondence, 10 establish AT the seat OF govern
ment Family Newspaper which shall be 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 Asrl-
cultural Convention, etc, and the several Bureaus
ard Departments Of Government, from its CONT
guilty TO the large commercial cities, from the cx-
tended, exciting, and all importrn, interests that
concentrate upon it, 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.
Tetms 50 PER ANNUa, in advance.
To Clubs, OF 10 SUBSCRIBERS, al one post Office,
SIS in advance.
To Subscribers Of DKBow's REVIEW, not in
arrears the Review and Times together, 81 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 l4O or
$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 rs pages, valuable for future refer
ence.
The subscription price OF the RKvKw will re-
main nj SIS per snuum, 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 TO
Agrienhnre, another Of that relating TO M0nafae-
turss; a third % 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
TO thirtytwo pages; constituting an nnnual octave
volume OF $50 pages each, showing at a 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 ofths 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
addressed at all times in regard 10 them. The
par,icular address Of The editor, whether Wash
ineton or New Orleans, will be furnished from time
to time, in the work.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 90, 1854.
n6~ DEBow's INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES, three
handsomely bound volumes upon the Progress
and Wealth of the United States, 500 pages royal
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