Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-12-29
PROSPECTUS
July lS---tI
oFsTHE

UNITED STATES TIMES,
Weekly Newspaper to be published I'm
Washington City.
The undersigned, expecting soon TO retire from
the position he has for some time held as Supern-
tendent of the United States Census, intends to
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 including digcsts ofthe current events OF
the day, home and foreign the proceedings OF
Congress and the acts Of the Governments lite
rary and scientific sketches and essays upon
leading aud 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 'arge and ellselected cor
respondence. TO establish al the seat OF govern
ment a Family Newspaper which shall be adapted
10 the wants of every community; imparting
musemen 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 it presents for obtaining material of every
- of 81. I,s
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 aud all important interests that
concentrate upon il, is. perhaps the most eligible
location for such journal, aud ample guarantees
Of its success have already been received Il will
be printed in folio for the convenience Of binding,
and similar in style 10 the New York Albion.
Terms: SO PER ANNuM, in advance.
To Clubs, of 10 SUBSCRIBERS, al one post Office,
SIS in advance.
To Subscribers Of DEBow's REVIEW, not in
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, 1t will be enlarged from 1l2 to lao or
$50 pages, aud otherwise improved by additional
editorial assistance and an able corps Of contribu
,ors.
A month"; istorical digest Of events will be
embraced in ds~ pages, valuable for future refer
ence.
The subscription price of the REvlKw will re-
main nj SIS per annum, 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 10
which il is devoted, it is in contemplation 10 make
a separate publication of the matter relating 10
Agriculture, smother Of that relating 10 Mannfac-
tures; a third % Internal Improvements; fourth
TO Commerce; and fifth TO Education and LETTERS.
These publications will be but departments Of the
whole work, and may be subscribed for separately
at 81 per annum each They will appear mouthly
in handsome periodical style, of from twenty-five
TO thirty-two pages constituting an annual octave
volume of $50 pages each, showing a single
view and in a condensed form the whole results,
within the year, in TIE particular department, in
our own country and abroad, as the REVIEW itself
will show them ~ al ofths 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 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, will be furnished from time
TO time, in the work
j. ID. B. DEBOw
WASHINGTON Nov. 26 1854.
EH- DEISow's ISpUsTRIAL RESOURCES three
handsomely bound volumes upon the Progress
and Wealth of the United States, 800 pages royal
octave, double columns, clear print, library edi.
ton, may still be ordered Price Sc delivered
at the expense Of the author