Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-12-13
PROSPECTUS

UNITED STATES TIMES,
Weekly Newspaper to be published I'm
Washington City.
The undersigned, expecting soon TO retire from
the position he has for some time held as Superin
tendeni 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 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 as shown by statistics, bringing down
those of the National Census always 10 date
The object viii be, through careful editorial
management and a arge and well selected cor
respondence, to 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
of the States.
The City of Washington, from the advantages
which ii presents for obtaining material of every
IL - - oT ~ Tpo,i
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 tina,
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.
Terms. So PER ANNUM, in advance
To Clubs, OF 10 SUBSCRIBERS, at post Office,
SIS in advance.
To Subscribers Of DEBows REVIEW, not in
arrears, the Review and Times together, So in
advance.
Advertisements accommodating terms.
In order to increase the usefulness of the RE-
VIEW, which has now acquired very extensive
circulation, il will be enlarged from lie to 140 or
$50 pages, and otherwise improved by additional
editorial assistance and an able corps Of contribu
,ors.
A month"; istorcal digest of events will be
embraced in IT'S pages, valuable for future refer
cnce.
The subscription price of the RKvKw will re-
main at SIS 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 more of the subjects to
which ii is devoted, il is in contemplation 10 make
a separate publication Of the matter relating 10
AgrienhHre, smother Of that relating to Mannfac-
tnres; /; a third % Internal improvements; fourth
TO Commerce; and fifth 10 Education and Letters.
These publications will be but departments of the
whole work, and may be subscribed for separately
at per annum each. They will appear monthly
in handsome periodical style, Of from twenty-five
to thirty.two pages constituting an annual octave
volume of 500 pages each, showing at a single
view and in a 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 in all offhs departments Of indus
try and enterprise.
The Office of DeBow's REVIEW will remain as
before at New Orleans, though branch will be
located at Washington, which will be also the
main Office of the other Journals, and may be
| address ed at 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
]. ID. B. DEBoW
WASHINGTON Nov. &C. 1854.
| ass- DEBows INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES, three
handsomely bound volumes upon the Progress
and Wealth the United States, 1S00 pages royal
octave, double columns, clear PRINT library edi-
tion, may still be ordered Price So delivered
! at the expense Of the author