Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-07-12
PROSPECTUS
PROSPECTUS
OF TaE
UNITED STATES TIMES.
A Weekly Newspaper TO br published in
Washington CITY.
Dec. l5-ti


Washington CITY.
The undersigned, expecting 10 retire from
the position he has for some time held - 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 70 ihe
publication in the City OF Washington Of weekly
newspaper with the above title
The material for this paper viii consist, il part
Of selections or extracts from articles admitted
into the REVIEW, hur mainly OF other original lite
rary, educational, industrial, aud miscellaneous
matters, including digests octhe current events oi
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
ofpubllc 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 to date
The object win be, through careful editorial
management and a large and wcllselected cor
respondence. 10 establish al the seat OF govern
ment a Family Newspaper v hch 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
the States,
The City of Washington from the advantages
which il presents for obtaining material Of every
kind, through the action Of the Smithsonian lnsti-
tuition, the Patent Office and the National Agri-
cultural Convention, etc, and the several Bureaus
and 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 ls 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 81 PER ANNUsi, in advance
To Clubs, Of 10 SUBSCRIBERS. ~ ON post Office,
SIS in advance.
To Subscribers Of DEBows RKyFw, not II
arrears The Review and Times together. 81 n
advance
Advertisements on accommodating terms.
In order 10 increase the usefulness Of the Re-.
VIEW. which has now acquired = very extensive
circulation, il will be enlarged from il2 10 40 or
80 pages, aud otherwise improved ~ additional
editorial assistance and an able corps of coutribu
,ors
A monthly historical digest OF events viii be
embraced ID il pages, valuable Ior future refer
ence.
The subscription price u The REyrEw w,ll r..
main at 81 per annum. but for the convenience Of
the large class OF persons who muy not desire
the whole work, Or who may only solicit 10.
formation upon one Or more Of the subjects to
which il j. devoted, Il j. in contemplation 20 make
separate publication Of the matter relating TO
Agricuhprs smother cf that relating 70 Wcnstec-
turts; q thrd % Internal fnytorsmSU,t, a touuh
10 Commcyoc; aud ftth to EdNco,iop and Ltfds
These publications will b. but departments of the
whole work, and may be subscribed for separately
ats per annum each. They will appear monthly
in handsome periodical stye, Of from twenty-five
to thrty.two pages constituting annual octave
volume Of 500 pages each, showing n 4 single
view and in q condensed torn the whole results
within the year, in The pa,iicHtar department, il
our own country and abroad, a. the REVIEW itsci
will show them ~ M ofthe departments Of indus.
try and enterprise.
The Office OF DeBow's REVIEW will remain as
before a. 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 oil times in regard 10 them. The
particular address of the editor, whether WASH
Ington or New Orleans, viii be furnished from time
10 time. in the work
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 26, 1854,
EF~ DEBow's INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES, three
handsomely bound volumes upon the Progress
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