Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-10-02
PROSPECTUS
UNITED STATES TIMES.
Weekly Newspaper to be published In
Wash tn gton City.
OF THE


UNITED STATES TIMES.
Weekly Newspaper to be published In
Washington City.
The undersigned expecting soon 10 retire from
the position he has for some time held as Superin-
tendenl 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 a 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 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 win be, through careful editorial
management and a large and well. selected cor
respondence, TO establish al the seat OF govern
ment Family Newspaper which 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
Of the States.
The City Of Washington, from tho advantages
which il presents for obtaining material Of every
kind, through the action Of the Smithsonian Inst.
tuition, the Patent Office, and the National Agri
cultural Convention, etc, and the several Bureaus
aud Departments of Government, from its cont
guilty 10 the large commercial cities, from the ex-
tended, exciting, and all important interests that
concentrate upon H. j., perhaps the most eligible
location for such journal, aud ample guarantees
OF It's success have already been received !, will
be printed in folio for the convenience Of binding
and similar ia style 10 tho New York Albion.
Terms 81 PER ANNUsi, in advance.
To Clubs, of 10 SUBSCRIBERS, a, 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 10 increase the usefulness Of the Re-
VIEW, which has now acquired very extensive
circulation, it will be enlarged from lI2 to l4O or
$50 pages, and otherwise improved by additional
editorial assistance and an able corps Of contrbu
,ors
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 AT S. 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, il is in contemplation 10 make
a separate publication Of the matter relating TO
AgyicNhut another Of that relating to MaRatac-
tures; third o Internal Improvements, fourth
TO Commerce; and fiith to Education and Letters.
These publications will be but departments ofthe
whole work, and may be subscribed for separately
at ST per annum each They will appear monthly
in handsome periodical style Of from twenty-five
to thrlytwo pages; constituting an annual octave
volume of 800 pages each, showing al 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
VIII SNOW Attil ~ uh " tNf htphItbtHtS VI lHuus-
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
addressed at all times in regard 10 them. The
particular address of the editor, whether Wash
ngton or New Orleans, will be furnished from time
TO time, in the work.
J. r. r. DEBOw
WASHINGTON, Nov. %, 1854.
nas- DEBow's INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES, three
handsomely bound volumes upon the Progress
and Wealth of the United States, 500 pages royal
octave, double columns, clear PRINT, library edi-
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