Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-04-07
PROSPECTUS :
UNITED STATES TIMES,
Weekly Newspaper to be published IN
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A weekly Newspaper to be published In
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 digests ofthe 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 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 will be- through careful editorial
management and large and well selected cor
respondence, TO establish at the seat of govern
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
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 Insti
tuition, the Patent Office, and the National Agri-
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, is, 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 to the New York Albion.
Terms: So PER ANNUM, in advance.
To Clubs of 10 SUBSCRIBERS, at one post office,
SIS in advance.
To Subscribers of DKBow's REVIEW, not in
arrears, the Review and Times together, Sc in
advance.
Advertisements on accommodating terms.
In order 10 increase the usefulness of the Re-
VIEW which has now acquired very extensive
circulation, it will be enlarged from liz to 140 or
! so pages and otherwise improved by additional
editorial assistance and an able corps of contrbu
tors
A 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 at SIS 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
formation upon one or more OF the subjects TO
which it is devoted ii is in contemplation TO make
separate publication of the matter relating 10
Agrieuhure; another of that relating 10 Mannfae-
tures; third TO Internal Improvements; a fourth
10 Commerce; and fifth TO Education and Letters
These publications will be but departments Of the
whole work, and may be subscribed for separately
al 81 per annun each. They will appear monthly
in handsome periodical style, of from twenty-five
10 thrty-two pages constituting annual octave
volume of 800 pages each showing at single
view and in a condensed form the whole results,
within the year, in he particular department, in
our own country and abroad as the REVIEW itself
will show them ia all fthe departments of indus
try and enterprise.
The Office of DeBows 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 10 them. The
particular address Of the editor, whether Wash
inqton or New Orleans, will be furnished from time
10 time, in the work.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 26, 1854.
ns- DEBow's INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES three
handsomely bound volumes upon the Progress
and Wealth OF the United States, 800 pages royal
octave, double columns clear print, library edi-
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