Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-11-03
PROSPECTUS
UNITED STATES TIMES,
A Weekly Newspaper to be published In
WaShinRtOn City.

UNITED STATES Il lMEo,
Weekly Newspaper to be published In
Washington City.
The undersigned, expecting soon to retire from
the position he has for some time held as sSuperln'
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 cties 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 TO date
The object will be, through careful editorial
management aud 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 TO
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 it presents for obtaining material OF every
kind through the action of the Smithsonian lnsti.
tuition, the Patent Office, and the National Agrl.
cultural Convention, etc, and the several Bureaus
ard 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 It's success have already been received. twill
be printed in folio for the convenience Of binding
and similar in style to the New York Albion.
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To Clubs, of 10 SUBSCRIBERS, at one post othce,
SIS in advance.
To Subscribers Of DEBow's REVIEW, not in
arrears, the Review aud Times togethar. s6 in
advance.
Advertisements on accommodating terms.
In order 10 increase the usefulness Of the RE-.
VIEW, which has now acquired a very extensive
circulation, il will be enlarged from liz 10 l40 or
$50 pages, and otherwise improved by additional
editorial assistance and an able corps of contribu
,ors.
A month"; istorical digest Of events will be
embraced in IT'S pages, valuable for future refer
ence.
The subscription price of the REvEw will re-
hutfn the col yen len M
the large class Of persons who may not desire
the whole work, or who may only solicit in
formation upon one more Of the subjects to
which il is devoted, is in contemplation TO make
a separate publication of the matter relating 10
Agrieuture, another Of that relating TO Mannfac-
tuycs; third % Internal improvements; fourth
TO Comn.ercs; and a fifth 10 Education and Letters
These publications will be but departments Of the
whole work, and may be subscribed for separately
at ST. per annum each. They will appear monthly
in handsome periodical style, Of from twenty-five
TO ihirtytwo pages constituting an annual octave
volume of 800 pages each, showing at single
view and in 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 ofths departments OF indus
try and enterprise.
The Office OF DeBow's REVIEW will remain as
before al 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 al all times in regard 10 them. The
particular address of the editor, whether Wash
ington or New Orleans, will be furnished from time
TO time, in the work.
J. ID. B. DEBOW.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 1854
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