Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-06-28
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UNITED STATES I'm rs,
A Weekly Newspaper to be published ID
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Dec. l5tf
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UNITED STATES TIM rs,
| A Weekly Newspaper to be published In
Washington city.
! The undersigned, expecting soon 10 retire from
the position he has for some time held asSuperin-
| tendent 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, aud TO The
| publication 10 the City of Washington OF weekly
newspaper with the above title.
The material for this paper will consist. n 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 Of, the current events OF
the day, home and foreign; the proceedings OF
| Congress and the acts of the Government; lite
ary and scientific sketches and essays npon
leading and popular topics; biographical sketches
of pubic 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 large and well selected cor
respondence, 10 establish Al the seat OF govern
ment Family Newspaper which shall be adapted
10 the wants Of every community; imparing
musemeni and information, and political, only 10
the extent of maintaining the institutions Of the
country and defending the rights aud sovereignty
ofthe States.
The City OF Washington, from the advantages
which il presents for obtaining material Of every
kind, through the action Of the Smithsonah Insti-
| tuition, the Patent Ofice, and the National Agrl-
cultural Convention, etc, and the several Bureaus
| and Departments of Government, from its cont
guilty 10 the large commercial cities from the eI-
| 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.
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In order 10 increase the usefulness Of the RE-
circulation, il will be enlarged from IL 10 140 or
! $50 pages, and otherwise improved by additional
editorial assistance and able corps Of contribu
,ors.
| 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 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
I formation upon one or of the subjects 10
which il is devoted 1t is in contemplation 10 make
a separate publication OF the matter relating 10
| agriculture, another of that relating to Mangtse-
tnyss; a third % Internal Improvements fourth
to Commerce; and 9Th TO Education and Letters.
These publications will be but departments of the
whole work, and may be subscribed for separately
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| in handsome periodical style, OF from twenty-five
TO thirty-two pages constituting an annual octave
| volume of $50 pages each, showing at single
\ view and in a condensed torn the whole results,
within the year, in tie poriicrlor department, in
our own country and abroad as The REVIEW itself
will show them ~ al 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 win 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
| ngton or New Orleans will be furnished from time
10 time in the work.
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~ WAsHINeroN, Nov %, 1854
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