Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-08-04
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UNITED STATES IL NJ rs.
Weekly Newspaper to he published In
Washington City. #a 3
Dec. I5-tf

UNITED STATES IL NJ FiS.
Weekly Newspaper to be puhlish he'd In
washington City.
The undersigned, expecting soon to retire from
the position he has for some time held a. asSipern-
tendeni of the United States Census, intends TO
devote himself to the control and managemeEto 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
new wspaper with the above title IS
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of selections or extracts from articles admitted
into the REVIEW, but mainly OF other original lite-
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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 pubic 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
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management and a large and well selected cor
respondence 10 establish al the seat OF govern
ment Family Newspaper which shall be adapted
TO the wants of every community; imparting
musemenl 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
winch il presents for obtaining material of every
kind through the action of the Smithsonian Ihsti-
,Axr a. II
cultural Convention, etc, and the several Bureaus
aud Departments of Government from it, cont
guilty to the large commercial cities, from the ex-
tended, exciting and all importan, interests that
concentrate upon it, is, perhaps, the most eligible
loc alton for such journal, and ample guarantees
Of its success have already been received, II will
be printed in folio for the convenience of binding,
aud similar in style to the New York Albion.
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In order 10 increase the usefulness Of the RE-
VIEW, which has now acquired very extensive
circulation, il will be enlarged from liz 10 140 or
$50 pages, and otherwise improved by additional
editorial assistance and an able corps of contrbu
,ors.
| A monthly historical digest of events viii he
embraced in its pages, valuable for future refer
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the whole work, or who may only solicit in
| formation upon one or more of the subjects to
which is devoted, it is in contemplation 10 make
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.Hgrieuhur, snother of that relating to Mannae.
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to Commerce; aud fflh 10 Edueatton and Letters.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 1854.
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