Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-11-17
PROSPECTUS
UNITED STATES TIMES,
A Weekly Newspaper to be published II
Warrington City.

UNITED STATES lin ES,
A Weekly Newspaper to be published In
Washington city.
The undersigned, expecting soon to 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 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 viii be, through careful editorial
management and large and well selected cor
respondence, 10 establish at the seat Of govern.
ment a Family Newspaper which shall be adapted
10 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 il presentsrfor obtaining material of every
kind through the action Of the Smithsonian insii-
tuition, the Patent Office, and the National Agu-
cultural Convention, etc, and the several Bureaus
aud Departments Of Government, from its cont
guilty 10 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 10 the New York Albion,
Terms: 50 PER ASSUa, in advance.
To Clubs, Of 10 SUBSCRIBERS, al one post Office,
SIS in advance.
To Subscribers Of DKBow's REVIEW, not in
arrears, the Review and Time. together, So in
advance.
Advertisements on accommodating terms,
In order TO increase the usefulness Of the RE-
VIEW, which has now acquired very extensive
circulation, il will be enlarged from ll2 TO lao or
$50 pages, and otherwise improved by additional
editorial assistance and an able corps Of contribu
,ors.
A msnthl- istoricsl digest of events viii be
embraced in rs pages, valuable for future refer
ence.
The subscription price Of the REvEw will re-
main al s5 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 of the subjects TO
which il is devoted, il is in contemplation 10 make
a separate publication OF the matter relating 10
Agrienhnrs, another Of that relating to MaHnJae-
,ures; a third o Internal Improvements; fourth
TO Commerce; and fifth TO Education and Letters.
These publication. viii 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 360 pages each, showing at 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
viii show them ia oil ofthe departments of indus
try and enterprise.
The Office Of DeBow's RKvIKw will remain as
before at New Orleans, though branch will be
located al Washington, which will be also the
main Office OF the other Journals, and may be
addressed at all times in regard to them. The
particular address Of the editor, whether Wash.
ington or New Orleans, viii be furnished from time
10 time, in the work
j. ID. b. DEB0W.
WASHINGTON Nov. &C. 1854
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