Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-10-25
PROSPECTUS
OF THE

UNITED STATES TIMES.
Weekly Newspaper to be published La
Washington City.
The undersigned, expecting soon TO retire from
the position he has for time held as sSuperin-
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 70 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 mem 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 large and welI.selected cor
respondence, 10 establish at the seat of govern
ment a Family Newspaper which shall be adapted
10 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 il presents for obtaining material Of every
kind, through the action Of the Smithsonian lnsti
tution, the Patent Office, and the National Agri.
cultural Convention etc. aud the several Bureaus
aud Departments Of Government, from its CONT
guilty TO the large commercial cities, from the ex-
tended, exciting. and all important interests that
concentrate upon il, i, perhaps the most eligible
location for such journal, and ample guarantees
OF H. success have already been received Itwil
Be printed in folio for the convenience Of binding
and similar in siyle to the New York Albion
Terms: 81 PER ASNrH, in advance.
To Clubs. Of 10 SUBSCRIBERS, at one post Office
SO ia advance
10 Subscribers OF DEBow's REVIEW, not 10
arrears. the Review and Times together, 6 in
advance.
Advertisements on accommodating terms
n order 10 increase the usefulness OF the Rs.
VIEW. which has now acquired very extensive
circulation il will be enlarged from li2 10 l40 o.
$50 pages, and otherwise improved by additional
editorial assistance and an able corps Of contrbu
lors.
4 MONTH" istorcal digest OF events viii be
embraced in ds pages, valuable for future refer
ence.
The subscription price OF the REvHw will re-
main NJ 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, il is in contemplation TO make
separate publication OF the matter relating 10
Agrieuhurs, another OF that relstingto Manntae-
tures; thiru o Internal improvements fourth
TO CoD,ne,cs; and fifth to Education and Letteys.
These publications will be but departments Of the
whole work, and may be subscribed for separately
al s per annum each. They will appear monthly
in handsome periodical style, Of from twenty-five
10 thiriytwo pages; constituting m annual octave
volume or 200 pages each, showing "a single
view and IN 4 condensed form the whole results,
within the year, in b,e particular department. 10
our owa counlry and abroad, as the REVIEW itself
viii show them ~ on 6fthe departments Of indus
try aud enterprise.
The Office Of DeBow's REVIEW will remain a.
before at New Orleans. though branch viii be
located al Washington, which will be also the
main Office OF the other Journals, and may be
s,ed at all times in regard TO them. The
particular address Of the editor whether Wash
inrton or New Orleans will he furnished from time
TO Time, in the work
]. d. g. DEBOW
WASHINGTON Nov. 26, 1854.
Rg- 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.
ton may still be ordered. Price, 50 delivered
at the expense Of the author