Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-12-15
PROSPECTUS
THE

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 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
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matters, including digests Of the current events OF
the day, home and foreign; the proceedings OF
Congress and the acts of the Governments 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 shown by statistics, bringing down
those of the National Census always 10 date Il
The object will be, through careful editorial
management and 'arge and well selected
respondence, to establish at the seat Of govern
ment 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 il presents for obtaining material of every
kind, through the action of the Smithsonian Insti-
tuiion 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 ex-
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. will
be printed in folio for the convenience of binding,
and similar in style to the New York Albion.
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advance.
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In order TO increase the usefulness Of the RE-
VIEW, which has now acquired very extensive
circulation, il will be enlarged from liz to 140 or
$50 pages, and otherwise improved by additional
editorial assistance and able corps of contribu
,ors.
month"; istorical digest Of events will be
embraced ia ITS pages, valuable for future refer
ence. aE9
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the large class Of persons who may not desire
the whole work, or who may only solicit in
formation upon more of the subjects to
which il is devoted it is in contemplation te make
a separate publication of the matter relating TO
Agricnhnrs, smother Of that relating TO Manufac-
tnres; third 20 Internal IMPROVEMENTS; fourth
to Commerce; and n fifth TO Education and Letters
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to thrty-two pages constituting an annual octave
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within the year, in the particular department., in
our own country and abroad, the RRvIEw itself
will show them an all ofths departments Of indus
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addressed at all times in regard 10 them. The
particular address of The editor, whether Wash
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TO time, in the work. ..
J. d. b. DEBow.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 1854.
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