Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-09-13
PROSPECTUS
UNITED STATES TIMES,
A Weekly Newspaper to be published In
Washington city.

OF THE

Washington city.
The undersigned, expecting soon TO retire from
the position he has for some time held as Superln-
tendeni Of the United States Census, intends 10
devote himself to 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, iaalnang di@estS ofthe currrnl cv"nis ~
the day, home aud foreign the proceedings -
Congress aud The arrs Of The Goyrraarui; ldr.
rary aud scientific sketches aud essays upon
leading and popular Topics; bograFh.o" 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 a. shown by statistics, bringing down
those OF the National Census always 10 date.
The object will be, through careful editorial
management and a large 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 il presents for obtaining material of every
kind through the action Of the Smithsonian lnsi.
tuition, the Patent Office, and the National Agr.
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, i, 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 AENUM, in advance.
To Clubs, Of 10 SUBSCRIBERS at one post Office,
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arrears, the Review and Times together, Sc in
advance.
Advertisements on accommodating terms.
In order to increase the usefulness Of the Re-.
VIEW, which has now acquired very extensive
circulation il viii be enlarged from 10 to l4O or
editorial assistance and an able corps of coutribu
,ors.
a monthly historical digest Of events will be
embraced in its pages, valuable for future refer
ence
The subscription price Of the REVIEW will re-
main at S. per annum3 but for the convenience OF
the large class OF persons who may not desire
| the whole work, who may only solicit in
! formation upon one or more of the subjects to
which il j. devoted, il il il contemplation 10 make
a separate publication OF the matter relating TO
A0yicuhn,t, another Of that relating 10 Manutae-
tHrcs, a third . TntrRl Improvements; fourth
10 Commerce; and iih 10 Education and Lettcrs.
These publications will be but departments oft
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 thirytwo pages constituting an annual octave
volume OF 800 pages each, showing AT a single
view and ia 4 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 IL an offhs departments Of indus.
/ Try and enterprise.
4 The Office OF DcBow's REVIEW will remain as
\ before al New orleans, thoush q Dranch VIII be
\ located al Washington, which will he 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.
4 ngton or New Orleans, will be furnished from time
\ to time, in the work
j. ID. B. DEBOW.
WAsHrSGroN Nov. 70, 1851
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