Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-05-19
PROSPECTUS :
UNITED STATES TIMES,
A Weekly Newspaper to be published In
Warrington City. 3

A Weekly Newspaper to he published I'm
Washington CITY.
The undersigned, expecting soon TO retire IRON
the position he has for some time held as Supern-
tendent 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 10 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 ofthe current 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 aud prospects or crops;
supply, demand, prices, ETC.; the increase Of the
country as shown by statistics, bringing down
those Of the National Census always 10 date.
The object win be, through careful editorial
management and 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; impartng
muscment 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 il presents for obtaining material OF every
kind through the action of the Smithsonian Insli-
tuition, the Patent Office, and the National Agrl.
cultural Convention, etc, and the several Bureaus
and Departments Of Government, from its cont
guilty 10 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 It's 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 ANSUa, in advance.
To Clubs Of 10 SUBSCRIBERS, at one post Office,
SIS in advance.
To Subscribers OF DEBow's RrvrEw, 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 a very extensive
circulation, il will be enlarged from ll2 TO l40 or
/ so pages, and otherwise improved by additional
editorial assistance and an able corps of contribu
,ors.
monthly historical digest Of events will be
embraced in It's pages, valuable for future refer.
ence.
The subscription price Of the REvKw will re
80 Z bt,t for h. 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
agriculture, snother Of that relating TO MdnnJae-
tspes; third % Internal Improvements; fourth
TO Commerce; and a iAh TO Education and Letters.
These publications will be but departments ofthe
whole work and may be subscribed for separately
at st per annun each. They will appear monthly
in handsome periodical style, Of from twenty-five
to thirtytwo pages constituting annual octave
volume OF $50 pages each, showing at single
view and in a condensed form the whole results,
within the year, in the particular department., 10
our own country and abroad, as the REVIEW iiseli
will show them ia all ofthe 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
address, ed 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
J. ID. b. DEBOw.
WASHINGTON Nov. 26, 1854
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