Washington sentinel., 1855-03-11
PROSPECTUS
UNITED STATES TIMES.
Weekly Newspaper to be published In
Washing ON CITY

UNITED STATES TIMES.
Weekly Newspaper to be published In
Washington 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 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
rary, educational, industrial, and miscellaneous
matters, including digests ofihe 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
pubic men; digest of official reports, State and
Federal; The state of the markets in the several
large 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 a large and we'll selected cor
respondence, to establish al the seat OF govern
ment Family Newspaper which shall be adapted
10 the wants of every community; imparting
musemeni 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, and the National Agri.
cultural Convention, etc. and the several Bureaus
and Departments of Government, from its cont
guilty TO the large commercial cities, from the cx-
tended, exciting, and all important interests that
concentrate upon H. 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.
Terms SO PER ASNUa, in advance
To Clubs, Of 10 SUBSCRIBERS, n, one post Office
SIS in advance.
To Subscribers of DxBow's REVIEW, moi in
arrears, the Review and Times together, Sc 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 li2 TO 40 or
$50 pages, and otherwise improved by additional
editorial assistance and an able corps Of contribu
,ors. n
A monthly historical digest Of events will he
embraced in its pages, valuable for future refer
ence.
The subscription price OF the REVIEW will re-
main at s5 per annum, but for the convenience OF
the large class Of persons who may not desire
the whole work, or who may only soci, in
formation upon one or more Of the subjects 10
which il is devoted, is in contemplation to make
separate publication Of the matter relating 10
Agricnhan; another Of that relating TO Manufae.
tnrss; a third 10 Internal Improvements; a fourth
TO Commerce; and ffth 10 Education and Letters
These publications will be but departments Of the
whole work, and may be subscribed for separately
at 81 per annun each. They will appear monthly
in handsome periodical style, Of from twenty-five
TO thirtytwo pages; constituting an annual octave
volume OF 300 pages each, showing at single
view and in a condensed form the whole results
within the year, in The particular department, in
our own country and abroad, asthe REVIEW itself
will show them IN oil 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 Mt Washington, which will be also the
main Office of the other Journals, and may be
addressed at all times in regard 10 them. The
particular address Of the editor, whether Wash.
ington or New Orleans, will be furnished from time
10 time, in the work.
J. D. y. DEBOW.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 81, 1854.
mu- DEBow's INDUSTRIAL. REsouRcEs, three
handsomely bound volumes upon the Progress
and Wealth Of the United States 500 pages royaI
octave, double columns clear print, library edi.
tion, may still be ordered. Price SC delivered
st the expense Of the author.
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