Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-06-23
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Dec. l5-tf
PROSPECTUS
OF THE
UNITED STATES TIM ES,
Weekly Newspaper TO he published in
Washington City.
Dec. l5-tf
OF THE

UNITED STATES TIMES,
Weekly Newspaper TO he published In
Washington City.
The undersigned, expecting soon 10 retire from
the position he has Tor some time held as Superln-
tendent 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
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of selections extracissfrom articles admitted
into the REVIEW, but mainly OF other original lite
| rary, educational, industrial, and miscellaneous
matters, including dgests 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 TO date
The object will be, through careful editorial
management aud large and well selected cor
respondence to establish al the seat OF govern
ment Family Newspaper which shall be adapted
TO 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 it presents for obtaining material of every
kind through the action of the Smithsonian lnsti-
tuition, the Patent Office, and the National Agr-
cultural Convention, etc, and the several Bureaus
and Departments of Government, from its cont
guilty 10 the large commercial cities, from the
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. II will
be printed in folio for the convenience Of binding,
and similar in style 10 the New York Albion.
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SIS in advance.
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arrears the Review and Times together, Sc in
advance.
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In order 10 increase the usefulness of the Re-
circulation, il will be enlarged from ll2 10 lao or
$50 pages, and otherwise improved by additional
editorial assistance and an able corps Of contribu
tors
A monthly historical digest of events will be
embraced in its pages, valuable for future refer
ence.
The subscription price of the REviEw will re-
main al s5 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 il is devoted, ii is in contemplation TO make
a separate publication OF the matter relating TO
AgricnhH,t another Of that relating TO ManRfac-
tures; a thiro o Internal Improvements; q fourth
10 Commerce; and itth 10 Education and Letters.
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at ST. per annum each They will appear monthly
in handsome periodical style, of from twenty-five
to thirty.two pages constituting an annual octave
yolume of 360 pages each, showing at single
view and in n 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 ~ all ofthe 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 at all times in regard to them. The
particular address of The editor, whether Wash
ingion or New Orleans, will be furnished from time
10 time, in the work.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 70, 1854.
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