Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-07-17
PROSPECTUS
UNITED STATES TIM ES.
A Weekly Newspaper to be published I'm
Washington City.
Dec. l5--tf

UNIFIED - "A Il ELS 4 l. M I1o,
Weekly Newspaper to be published In
Washington City.
The undersigned, expecting soon 10 retire from
the position he has for some time held asSuperin-
tendeni of the United States Census, intends 10
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 TO 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 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 shown by statistics, bringing down
those OF the National Census always 10 date.
The object will be, through careful editorial
management and large and vel. selected cor
respondence, 10 establish at the seat OF govern
ment Family Newspaper which shall be adapted
TO the wants. of every community; impartng
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 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
tended, exciting, and all important interests that
concentrate upon it, 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.
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In order 10 increase the usefulness OF the RE-
VIEW WuiNu ndf INV htiuituh very tAtHSNt
circulation il will be enlarged from / IL 10 l40 or
$50 pages, aud 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 REvEw will re-
main al IS 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 10 make
a separate publication of the matter relating 10
AgricNhH,t smother Of that relating to MdnUJso.
tHyes; third o Internal Improvements fourth
to Commeycc; and flh to Education aud Lettsrs.
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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
TO thirly.two pages constituting annual octave
volume Of $50 pages each. showing at a single
view and in a condensed iorn, the whole results,
within The year, in he particular department., in
our own nountry and abroad, as ne REVIEW itself
will show them ~ an otths departments of indus.
Try and enterprise.
| The Office of DeBow's RKvIEw will remain as
before at New Orleans, though branch will be
| located nj Washington, which will be also the
main Office of the other Journals, and may be
addressed al all times in regard TO them The
4 particular address Of the editor, whether Wash.
4 ington or New Orleans will be furnished from time
4 to time, in the work.
J. ID. B. DEBOW
i WAsHNsroN, Nov 81, 1854
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