Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-06-14

UNITED STATES TIMES,
A 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-
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 ofthe 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 will be, through careful editorial
management aud large and well selected cor
respondence. to establish at the seat OF govern
ment Family Newspaper which shall be adapted
to 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 the advantages
which j, presents for obtaining material of every
kind, through the action of the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition, the Patent Office, and the National Agrl-
cultural Convention, etc, and the several Bureaus
and Departments of Government, from It's cont
guilty 10 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 It's success have already been received. II wall
he printed in folio for the convenience Of binding,
and similar in style to the New York Albion.
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arrears, the Review and Times together, So in
advance.
Advertisements on accommodating terms.
In order 10 increase the usefulness Of the Re-
VIEW, which has acquired very extensive
circulation, ii will be enlarged from ll2 to 140 or
$50 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,
cnce.
The subscription price Of the REVIEW will re-
main at SIS 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, ], is in contemplation 10 make
a separate publication of the matter relating TO
Agrienhmre; smother Of that relating to MaMnJae-
fares; a third 20 Internal Improvements; fourth
to Commerce; and fifth TO Education and Letters.
These publications will be hut departments of the
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 thirty-two pages constituting an annual octave
volume Of 800 pages each, showing at a single
view and in a condensed form ihu whole results,
within the year, in the particular department, in
our own country and abroad, as the REVIEW itseli
will show them iu all ofthe departments of indus
try aud enterprise.
The Once OF DeBows hEVIkW VIII remain a.
before at 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 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. &c, 1854.
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handsomely bound volumes upon the Progress
and Wealth Of the United States, 500 pages royal
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