Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-12-27
PROSPECTUS
OF THE

THE
UNITED STATES TIMES,
Weekly Newspaper to be published I'm
Warrington City.
The undersigned expecting soon to retire from
the position he has for some time held as Supern-
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
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matters including digests 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 pubic men digest of official repors.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 win be, through careful editorial
respondence, to establish al the seat OF govern
ment Family Newspaper which shall be adapted
TO the wants of every community; imparting
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 Insti
tuition, the Patent Office, and the National Agri-
cultural Convention, etc. and the several Bureaus
and Departments Of Government, from its cont
guilty 10 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.
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To Clubs, of 10 sURscRrBKRs, al one post Office
SIS in advance.
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arrears the Review aud Times together, SO in
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In order to increase the usefulness Of the RE-
VIEW, which has now acquired very extensive
circulation, it will be enlarged from liz to lao or
$50 pages, and otherwise improved by additional
editorial assistance and an able corps of contribu
,ors
A month"; istorcal digest Of events will be
embraced in rs pages, valuable for future refer
ence.
The subscription price of the RKvuKw 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 in contemplation to make
a separate publication of the matter relating TO
Ag,Tcphure, another Of that relating TO Mannsfao-
fpres; third % Internal improvements a fourth
to Commerce; and a ffih 10 Education and Letters.
These publications will be but departments of the
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10 thirtytwo pages constituting annual octave
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within the year, in the particular department, in
our own country and abroad, as the REVIEW itself
will show them IN all ofths departments Of indus.
try and enterprise.
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before at New Orleans, though a branch will be
located at Washington which will be also the
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addressed at all times in regard TO them. The
| particular address Of the editor, whether Wash.
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TO time, in the work.
]. ID. b. DEBOW.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26, 1854
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