Washington sentinel., 1855-03-20
PROSPECTUS
OF THE

OF THE
UNITED STATES TIMES,
Weekly Newspaper to be publishe ed I'm
Washington City.
The undersigned, expecting soon to retire from
the position he has for some time held as Superin-
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
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
public men; digest of Official reports, State and
Federal; the state of the markets in the several
large 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 at the seat OF govern
ment Family Newspaper which shall be adapted
TO the wants Of every community; impar,ng
musemcnt 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 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 AsSUs in advance.
To Clubs, of 10 SUBSCRIBERS, at one POST Office,
SIS in advance.
To Subscribers OF DKBows REVIEW, not in
arrears the Review and Times together, Sc in
advance.
Advertisements on accommodating terms.
In order to increase the usefulness of the RE-
VIEW which has now acquired very extensive
circulation, it will be enlarged from liz to 14o or
$50 pages, and otherwise improved by additional
editorial assistance and an able corps OF contribu
,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 nt So 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, it is in contemplation e make
separate publication of the matter relating 10
agriculture; another Of that relating to Manufae-
tures; third TO Internal improvements; a fourth
to 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 annum each. They will appear monthly
in handsome periodical style of from twenty-five
TO ihirty-two pages; constituting an annual octave
volume Of 300 pages each, showing at single
view and in a condensed form the whole results,
within the year, in the particular department, in
our own country and abroad, as the REVIEW itself
will show them in all ofhe departments of indus.
try and enterprise.
The Office Of DeBow's REVIEW will remain es
before at New Orleans, though a 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 TO them The
particular address Of the editor, whether Wash
ington or New Orleans, will be furnished from time
10 time, in the work.
J. ID. B. DEBOW.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26, 1854.
mr. DEBow's INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES, three
handsomely bound volumes upon the Progress
and Wealth OF the United States, 1900 pages royal
octave, double columns, clear PRINT library edi.
tion may still be ordered. Price sc delivered
al the expense Of the author.