Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-09-01
TTNION HALL, HOTEL AND REFEC.
~ tory, stree, between 9Th and 7th streets,
Washington f. j. WILSON,
W. II. HEYWARD
PROSPECTUS
THE
UNITED STATES TIM ES,
Weekly Newspaper TO be published In
Washington City.
Dec. l5--ii


UNITED STATES TIMES,
Weekly Newspaper TO be published I'm
Washington City.
The undersigned, expecting soon 10 retire from
the position he has for some time held as Snperin
tendeni 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 10 The
publication in the City Of Washington Of d weekly
newspaper with the above title.
The material for this paper will consist, III part,
of selections or extracts from articles admitted
into the REVIEW, but mainly OF other original lite
rary, educational, industrial and miscellaneous
matters including dgests 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 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 will be- through careful editorial
management and large and well. selected cor
respondence, 10 establish al the seat Of govern.
meni Family Newspaper which shall be adapted
to the wants OF every community; impartng
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 /, presents for obtaining material Of every
kind, through the action of the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition, the Patent Office, aud The National Asrl-
cultural Convention etc, and the several Bureaus
and Departments Of Government, from its cont
guilty TO the large commercial cities, from the
tended exciting, and ali important Interests that
concentrate upon il j., perhaps, the most eligible
location for such journal, and ample guarantees
OF It's success have already been received ItwIil
be printed in folio for the convenience Of binding,
and similar ia style TO the New York Albion.
Terms: 50 PER AYNUm, in advance.
To Clubs. of 10 sURScRrEERs, Al one posi- office
SIS in advance
To Subscribers OF DEBow's RKvIEw, not in
arrears, the Review aoj Times together, So in
advance.
| Advertisements on accommodating term-
| Ia order 10 incsease the usefulness of the RE.
VIEW. which has uow acquired very extensive
circuiaiioa il will he enlarged from II 10 l4O or
| $50 pages, and otherwise improved by additional
editorial assistance and an able corps Of contrib
| tors.
| monthly historical digest Of events will he
embraced in lis pages valuable for future refer
| ence
| The subscription price Of the REVIEW will re-
main III S5 per annum, but for the convenience OF
the large class Of persons who may no, desire
! the whole work or who may only solicit in
! formation upon one or more OF the subjects 10
which il is devoted, il il in contemplation 10 make
a separate publication Of the matter relating 10
| AgrtcnhUrt, another Of that relating to Ml1utae-
furcs; n third . Internal Improvements = fourth
10 Commerce; aud nth to Education and Lsttcrs.
These publications will be but departments OF the
whole work, and may be subscribed for separately
at l per anuum each They will appear monthly
in handsome periodical style Of from twenty-five
10 thirty.two pages constituting an annual octave
volume OF aG0 pages each, showing at . single
view and ~ q condensed form the whole results,
within the year ia The particular department, IN
our own country aud abroad, as the REVIEW iiSeti
viii shCw them IN an otthe dspartm,pts Of indus.
try and enterprise.
/ The Office OF DeBow's REVIEW will remain a.
before At New Orleans, though branch will b.
located al Washington which will be also the
main office OF the other Journals, aud may be
addressed at all times in regard 10 them. The
/ particular address of The editor whether Wash
1 ngton or New Orleans, will be furnished from time
! 10 time, in the work
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1 WASHINGTON, Nov. -, 1851,
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