Washington sentinel., 1855-02-07
PROSPECTUS
UNITED STATES TIM ES,
A Weekly Newspaper to be published In
Washfm3tOn CITY.

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A Weekly Newspaper 20 be published In
Washington City.
The undersigned, expecting soon to retire from
the position he has for some time held as Supern-
tendent of the United States Census, intends 10
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
large 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 well selected cor
respondence, TO establish at the seat OF govern
ment a Family Newspaper which shall be adapted
to the wants Of every community; imparting
musement and information, and political, only TO
the extent of maintaining the institutions of the
country and defending the rights and sovereignty
ofthe States.
The City of Washington, from the advantages
which it 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 its CONT
guilty TO the 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
of its success have already been received. twill
be printed in folio for the convenience Of binding,
and similar in style to the New York Albion.
Terms: So PER ANNUM, 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, Sc in
advance.
Advertisements on accommodating terms.
In order 10 increase the usefulness Of the RE-
VIEW, which has now acquired very extensive
circulation, it will be enlarged from IL TO 140 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 its pages, valuable for future refer
ence.
The subscription price of the REVIEW will re-
main at S. per annum, but for the convenience OF
the large class Of persons who may not desire
the whole work, who imay only solicit in
formation upon one or more of the subjects 10
which il is devoted, il is in contemplation TO make
separate publication of the matter relating 10
Agriculture; another of that relating to Maanfac-
tnres; third 10 Internal Improvements; fourth
TO Commerce; and a fifth 10 Education and Letters.
These publications will be but departments of the
whole work, and may be subscribed for separately
at 81 per annum each They will appear monthly
in handsome periodical STYLE Of from twenty five
TO thrtytwo pages; constituting an annual octave
volume of 360 pages each, showing at a single
view and in 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 im all ofthe departments Of indus
try and enterprise. r-.+s
The Office of DeBow's REVIEW will remain as
before at New Orleans, though a 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
TO time, in the work.
]. d. B. DEBow.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26, 1854.