Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-08-21
PROSPECTUS
UNITED STATES TIMES,
A Weekly Newspaper TO be published I'm
Washington City.
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UNITED STATES TIMES,
A Weekly Newspaper TO be published I'm
Washington city.
The undersigned, expecting soon 10 retire from
the position he has for some time held 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 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 dgests 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
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 will be, through careful editorial
management and large and wellselected cor
respondence, 10 establish at the seat OF govern
ment Family Newspaper which shall be adapted
to the wants OF every community; imparung
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
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 ex-
tended, exciting, and all important interests that
concentrate upon il, j., perhaps, the most eligible
location for such Journal and ample guarantees
Of its success have already been received. Il will
be printed IN folio for the convenience of binding,
and similar in style to the New York Albion.
Termsl 50 PER ANNUN, in advance.
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, S. in
advance
Advertisements on accommodating terms.
In order 10 increase the usefulness Of the Re-
vlEw which has now acquired very extensive
circulation, it will be enlarged from fl2 to l40 or
$50 pages, and otherwise improved by additional
editorial assistance and an able corps Of contrbu
,ors
A monthly historical digest OF events will be
embraced in It's pages, valuable for future refer
ence.
The subscription price Of the REVIEW will re-
main at SIS per annum, but for the convenience 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 TO make
separate publication of the matter relating 10
agriculture, another ofthat relating to MaaRtac
tures; third o Internal Improvements; a fourth
TO Commerce; and fifth TO Education and Lstttrs
These publications will be but departments of the
whole work, and may be subscribed for separately
At S per annum each. They will appear monthly
in handsome periodical style, Of from twenty-five
10 thrty.two pages constituting an annual octave
volume of $50 pages each showing at a 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 itself
will show them ~ an ofthc 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
addressed at all times in regard 10 them. The
particular address Of the editor, whether Wash
ngton or New Orleans, will be furnished from time
TO time, in the work.
J. y. y. DEBOW.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26, 1854
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