Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-09-18
PROSPECTUS
UNITED STATES TIMES,
A Weekly Newspaper to be published I'm
Washtnct0n City.
OF THE

UNITED STATES TIMES,
Weekly Newspaper to be published In
Washington City.
The undersigned, expecting soon TO retire from
the position he has for time held asSuperin-
tendent 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 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 dgests 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 as shown by statistics, bringing down
those OF the National Census always 10 date.
The object win be, through careful editorial
management and a large and well selected cor
respondence, 10 establish at the seat OF govern
ment Family Newspaper which shall be adapted
TO the wants Of every community; imparting
musement and information, and political, only 10
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 il 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 its cont
guilty to the large commercial cities from the ex-
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. II will
be printed in folio for the convenience Of binding,
and similar in style 10 the New York Albion.
Terms 50 PER ANNUN, 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 s6 in
advance.
Advertisements on accommodating terms.
In order 10 increase the usefulness Of the RE.
VIEW, which has now acquired very extensive
circulation il will be enlarged from ll2 to l40 or
$50 pages, and otherwise improved by additional
editorial assistance.and an able corps Of coniribu
,ors.
A monthly historical digest of events will be
embraced in its pages, valuable for future refer
ence.
The subscription price of the REVIEW win re.
main at s. 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 j. devoted, il j. in contemplation TO make
a separate publication of the matter relating 10
Agrieuhi,re another that relating to Monttoe.
tares; a third o Internal Improvements; fourth
to Commerce; and 9Th 10 Education and LcttsyS.
These publications will be but departments Of the
whole work, aud may be subscribed for separately
at per annum each. They will appear monthly
in handsome periodical style, Of from twenty-five
10 thirty.two pages constituting an annual octave
volume Of $50 pages each, showing at single
view and IN a condensed form the whole results,
within the year, 10 the particular department, in
our own country and abroad, ns the REVIEW itself
Will Nh0W hHtih - 80 ~ tto NtI"tt"ttHtS ~
try and enterprise.
The Office OF DeBow's REVIEW will remain as
before at New Orleans, though a branch win be
located at Washington, which will be also the
main Office OF the other Journals, and may be
addressed NJ all times in regard 10 them. The
particular address Of he editor, whether Wash.
ington or New Orleans, will be furnished from time
to time, in the work
r. d. Il. DEBOW
WASHINGTON, Nov. g. 1854.
RS- DEBows INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES three
handsomely bound volumes upon the Progress
and Wealth Of the United States, 500 pages roya
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