Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-09-25
PROSPECTUS
UNITED STATES TIMES,
A Weekly Newspaper to be published In

0E THE


UNITED STATES TIMES.
Weekly Newspaper to be puoHshed IN
Washington City.
The undersigned expecting soon TO retire from
the position he has for some lime held asSuperin-
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 digests 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 as shown by statistics, bringing down
those OF the National Census always 10 date
The object viii be, through careful editorial
management and large and well selected cor
respondence, 10 establish at the seat OF govern
ment a Family Newspaper which shall be adapted
TO 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 it presents for obtaining material of every
kind through the action of the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition, the Patent Office, aad 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 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 Ii will
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 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 accommodating terms.
In order 10 increase the usefulness of the Re-
VIEW, which has now acquired very extensive
circulation il will be enlarged from ll2 TO lao or
$50 pages, and otherwise improved by additional
editorial assistance and an able corps of contribu
.ors.
A monthly historical digest Of events will be
embraced in its pages, valuable for future refer
ence
The subscription price of the REvrEw will re-
e. Or
the large class Of persons who may not desire
| the whole work, or who may only solicit in
| formation upon one more of the subjects to
which il is devoted il is in contemplation TO make
separate publication of the matter relating to
| agriculture, smother Of that relating 10 MamHfae-
tRres; third % Internal Improvements; fourth
10 Commerce; and fifth to Education and 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
10 thr.y.two pages; constituting an annual octave
volume of 800 pages each, showing al 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 i,se
will show them ~ oA ofths apartments Of indus
| try and enterprise.
The Office of DeBow's REVIEW will remain as
before al 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. Th,
particular address OF the editor, whether Wash
inaton or New Orleans, will be furnished from tim,
TO time, in the work,
J. d. r. DEBOW
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26, 1854.
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