Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-10-11
PROSPECTUS
UNITED STATES TIM Els,
Weekly Newspaper to be published I'm
Washington City.
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UNITED STATES TIM ES.
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 as Supern-
tendeni 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 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 shown by statistics. bringing down
those OF the National Census always 10 date
The object Will be, through careful editorial
management and large and well.seected cor
respondence, 10 establish at the seat Of govern
ment a Family Newspaper which shall be adapted
10 the wants or every community; impartng
musement and information, and political, only 10
Ihe 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 lnsti-
tuition, the Patent Office, and the National Agri-
cultural Convention, ETC.. and the several Bureaus
and Departments OF Government, from lis cont
guilty 10 the large commercial cities, from the ex
tended, exciting and all important interests that
concentrate upon ii, is, perhaps, the most eligible
location for such journal, and ample guarantees
of lis success have already been received twill
be printed in folio for the convenience OF ofbindng,
and similar in style TO the New York Albion
Terms: So PER ANNUM, in advance
To Clubs, of 10 SUBSCRIBERS al one post othce
SIS in advance.
To Subscribers OF DEBows REVIEW, moi in
arrears the Review and Times together, So in
advance
Advertisements on accommodating terms
In order to increase the usefulness OF the RE-
vIxw, which has now acquired very extensive
circulation, ii will be enlarged from 1l2 to 140 or
$50 pages, and otherwise improved by additional
editorial assistance and an able corps Of contribu
tors,
A monthly historical digest of events viii be
embraced in its pages, valuable for future refer
ence.
The subscription price Of the REVIEW will re-
main at 50 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 more of the subjects TO
which it is devoted, it is in contemplation TO make
separate publication OF the matter relating TO
Agricuknn, another Of that relating 10 Manafae
fures; third % Internal IDapropementsj fourth
to Connleree and flth TO Education and Lttfeys.
These publications will be but departments Of the
whole work, and may he subscribed for separately
at 81 per annum each. They will appear monthly
in handsome periodical style, of from twenty-five
TO ihirty.two pages constituting an annual octave
volume of $50 pages each showing at single
view and in condensed form the whole results,
within the year, in TIE particular department, in
our own country and abroad as the REVIEW itself
will show them IN all oftho departments of indus
try and enterprise.
The Office OF DeBows REVIEW will remain a.
before at New Orleans, though a branch will be
located al Washington, which will be also the
main office Of the other Journals, and may be
address ed at all times in regard 10 them. The
particular address of the editor, whether Wash
ngton or New Orleans, will be furnshedfrom time
to time, in the work.
J. u. DEBOW
WASHINGTON, Nov 90, 1854
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