Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-12-25
PROSPECTUS
OF THE


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 sSupern-
tendeni Of the United States Census, intends 10
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 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
srge 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 will be, through careful editorial
management and 'arge and we'll selected cor
respondence, TO establish al the seat Of govern
meni 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
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which IL presents for obtaining material Of every
kind, through the action of the Smithsonian Inst-
tuition, the Patent Ofkce, and the National Agr-
cultural Convention, etc, and the several Bureaus
and Departments OF Government, from its cont
guilty TO 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 a 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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$50 pages, and otherwise improved by additional
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sou.
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