Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-10-18
PROSPECTUS
OF THE
UNITED STATES TIMES.
Weekly Newspaper to be Published I'm
Washington City.
July lSt
oFrHE

a Weekly Newspaper to be published I'm
| Washington City.
| The undersigned, expecting soon 10 retire from
the position he has for time held asSuPerin-
tendeut of the United States Census, intends 10
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 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 a. shown by statistics, bringing down
those Of the National Census always 10 date
! The object viii be- through careful editorial
management and large and wellselected cor
| respondence to establish al the seat OF govern
,nent Family Newspaper which shall be adapted
to The wants Of every community; mparting
musement and information. and political only 10
the extent of maintaining the institutions Of the
country and defending the rigbrs and sovereignty
ofthe States.
The City Of Washington, from the advantages
which il presents for obtaining material of every
kind, through the action Of the Smithsonian Inst-
| tuition, lhe Patent Office and the National Agri-
cultural Convention, etc. and the several Bureaus
and Departments Of Government, from lis CONT
guilty 10 the large commercial cities from the ex.
tended, exciting, and ali important interests thai
concentrate upon il, H. perhaps. the eligible
location for such journal, and ample guarantees
OF lis success have already been received. twill
b, printed in folio for the convenience Of binding
aud similar in style 10 the New York Albion.
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SIS IN advance
To Subscribers of DEBows REVIEW, not 10
nrrear- the Review sod Times together. Sc 10
advance.
Advertisements on accommodating terms.
In order 10 increase jbr usefulness OF the RE-.
VIEW. which has now acquired very extensive
circulation, il will be enlarged from ll2 TO l4o or
$50 pages, aud otherwise improved by additional
editorial assistance anda able corps Of contribu
tors.
! A month"; istorica digest OF events will be
embraced in ds pages, valuable for future refer
| ence.
The subscription price OF the RKviEw will re-.
main ~ 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 il is devoted il is in contemplation 10 make
| a separate publication OF the matter relating 10
| dgricRhnyt; qnother of that relating TO Mainfae-
tures; third o Internal Improvements a fourth
10 Commerce; aud ffh TO Edacation aud Letters.
These publications will be but departments OF the
whole work and may be subscribed for separately
al S per annum each. They will appear monthly
in handsome periodical style, Of from twenty-five
TO thirty-two pages constituting an annual octave
1 volume OF $50 pages each. showing II single
view and in a condensed form The whole results,
within the year, IN the particular department., in
our own country and abroad, the REyIEw itself
| w show them in all offhe departments of indus.
/ try and enterprise
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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 lhe editor, whether Wash
ington or New Orleans, will be furnished from time
TO time in the work.
WASHINGTON, Nov. %, 1851.
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handsomely bound volumes upon the Progress
and Wealth OF the United States, 500 pages roya
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