Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-06-09
PROSPECTUS
OF THE
OF THE
UNITED STATES TIMES,
A Weekly Newspaper to be published In
Warrington City.

UNITED STATES TIMES.
A Weekly Newspaper to be published I'm
Warrington City.
The undersigned, expecting soon to retire from
the position he has for some time held asSupern-
tendent of the United States Census, intends TO
devote himself TO 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, homo 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 VIII be, through careful editorial
management and large and well selected cor
respondence, TO establish al the seet Of govern
ment Family Newspaper which shall be adapted
TO the wants of every community; imparting
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 il presents for obtaining material Of every
kind through the action of the Smithsonian lnsti-
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 il, is, perhaps, the most eligible
location for such journal, and ample guarantees
OF lis success have already been received. twill
be printed in folio for the convenience of binding,
and simiar in style 10 the New York Albion.
Terms: 50 PER ANNua, in advance.
To Clubs, Of 10 SUBSCRIBERS, at one post Office,
SIS in advance.
To Subscribers Of DEBow's REVIEW, not 10
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, /, will be enlarged from liz TO l40 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 REvEw will re-
main at S5 per snnum, 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 10 make
separate publication of the matter relating TO
Agrieuhu,t, smother Of that relating TO Manatac-
tares; third % Internal Improvements; fourth
10 Commerce; and a hfth 10 Education and Letters.
These publications will be but departments Of the
whole work, and may be subscribed for separately
at 81 per snnum each. They will appear monthly
in handsome periodical style, of from twenty-five
to thirty.two pages; constituting an annual octave
volume Of 800 pages each. showing at single
view and in a condensed form the whole results,
within the year, in the particular department, in
eur own country and abroad, as the REVIEW itself
will show them ~ all ofdie departments Of indus
try and enterprise.
The Office of DeBow's REVIEW will remain
before at New Orleans though branch will be
| located al Washington, which will be also the
main Office OF the other Journals, and may be
addressed al all times in regard TO them. The
particular address OF the editor, whether Wash
ington or New Orleans, will be furnished from time
TO time, in the work.
J. d. d. DEBow.
WASHINGTON Nov. 26, 1854.
MH- DEBow's INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES, three
handsomely bound volumes upon the Progress
and Wealth of the United STATES, l,S00 pages royal
octave, double columns, clear print, library cdi.
tion, may still be ordered. Price Sc delivered
at the expense Of the author