Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-08-16
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OF rHF

UNITED STATES TIM ES. n
A Weekly Newspaper to be published I'm
Washington City. Gs 81, .aa.
The undersigned, expecting soon 10 retire from
the position he has for some time held as sSupern-
tendent of the United States Census, intends to
devote himself 10 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 5 ssst
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 cnrrenl 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 selected cor
respondepce, TO establish al ihe sect OF govern
ment a Family Newspaper which shall lr adapted
TO the wants of every community; uurouing
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 ii 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 It's cont
guilty to thr large commercial cities, from the ex-
tended exciting, and all important interests that
concentrate upon il, is perhaps, the most eligible
location for such journal and ample guarantees
ofils success have already been received. twill
be printed in folio for the convenience Of binding
and similar in style TO the New York Albion.
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VIEW, which has now acquired very extensive
circulation, il will be enlarged from ii2 l4o or
$50 pages, and otherwise improved by additional
! editorial assistance and an able corps of contribu
,ors t9sr eEa8..J
a monthly historical digest OF events will be
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the large class OF persons who may not desire
the whole work, or who may only solicit in
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which il is devoted, il is in contemplation 10 make
a separate publication of the matter relating 10
Agrienlnre, vnother Of that relating TO Ma0rJac-
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| 10 Commerce; and fifth to EdYeatioa and LtterS
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! TO ihrtyiwo pages constituting annual octave
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within the year, in the pastcN1ar d>tanmest, in
our own country and abroad, As the REVIEW itself
will show them ~ al cfthe departments OF indus.
try and enterprise, .I..s sy
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before at New Orleans, though a branch win be
located al Washington, which will be also the
| main office Of the other Journals, and may be
addres, ed nj all times in regard TO them. The
particular address OF the editor, whether Wash
ington or New Orleans, will be furnished from time
to time in the work.
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