Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-08-30
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Washington. E. ]. WILSON,
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PROSPECTUS
Dec. l5-tf

UNITED STATES TIM Els.
A Weekly Newspaper to he published In
Washington City.
The undersigned, expecting soon TO retire from
the position he has for some time held as Superin-
iendent of the United States Census, intends to
devote himself to the control and management OF
the REVIEW, of which, for tbs last nine years, he
has been the editor and proprietor, and 10 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 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, Stale and
Federal; the state of the markets in the several
arge -cties 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
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Management, and large and well-seected cor
ment a Family Newspaper which shall be adapted
10 the wants Of every community; impar,ing
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 lnsti
tuition, the Patent Office, and the National Agn-
cultural Convention, etc, and the several Bureaus
and Departments of Government, from it's 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 a journal, and ample guarantees
of il. success have already been received. twill
be printed in folo for the convenience of binding,
and similar in style 10 the New York Albion.
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VIEW, which has now acquired very extensive
circulation, ii will be enlarged from 1l2 TO lao or
so 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 RKvIKw will re-
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the large class of persons who may not desire
| the whole work, or who may only solicit in
! formation upon one more of the subjects to
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Agrieuhn,e, smother of that relating TO Manpyae-
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TO Commerce; and fifth to Education and Letters.
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view and in condensed form the whole results,
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| our own country and abroad, rs the REVIEW itself
will show them IN all ofthe departments Of indus.
| try and enterprise.
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before al New Orleans, though branch will be
located at Washington, which will be also the
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/ WAsHrNeToN, Nov. &c 1854.
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