Washington sentinel., 1855-03-07
PROSPECTUS
THE
UNITED STATES TIMES.
A Weekly Newspaper to be publis shed In
Washington CITY.

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UNITED STATES TIMES.
| weekly Newspaper to be published in
Washington City.
| The undersigned, expecting soon 10 retire from
the position he has for time held as Superin-
tendent of the United States Census intends to
devote himself TO the control and manage ment OF
the RRvIEw, Of which, for the last nine wears, he
| has been the editor and proprietor, and TO The
| publication in the City of Washington of a weekly
newspaper with The above title
The material for this paper will consist, in part
1 of selections or extracts from articles admitted
into The REVIEW, but mainly Of other original lle-
| rary, educational, industrial, and miscellaneous
| matters including dgests orthe 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
! 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.seected cor
fespondence, TO establish at the seat OF govern
ment Family Newspaper which shall be adapted
| TO the wants of every community; impartng
musement and informa,ion 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 ynsti-
! tuition, the Patent Office and the National A.yri-
cultural Convention, etc, and the several Bureaus
and Departments of Government, from its cont
guilty 10 the large commercial cities, from the ex-
tended, exciting, and all importan, interests that
concentrate upon it, is, perhaps, the most eligibk
location for such journal, and ample guarantees
of its success have already been received twill
be printed in folio for the convenience of binding
aud similar in style 10 the New York Albion.
Terms: 50 PER ASNus, in advance.
To Clubs, of 10 SUBSCRIBERS, at one post Office
SIS in advance.
To Subscribers of DEBow's REVIEW. not in
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 now acquired very extensive
circulation, il will be enlarged from liz TO 14O or
$50 pages, and otherwise improved by additional
editorial assistance and an able corps of coutribu.
pors.
monthly historical digest Of events will be
embraced in IFS pages, valuable for future refer
ence.
The subscription price of the REVIEW will re-
main at 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 10
which il is devoted, il is in contemplation 10 make
a separate publication OF the matter relating TO
Agrieuhaye; another ofthat relating 10 Manutac.
lures; third TO Internal Improvements fourth
TO Commeyce; and fifth to Education and Letters
These publications. will be but departments of the
whole work, and may be subscribed for separately
AZ 81 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 $50 pages each, showing at a single
view and in 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 as
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
10 time, in the work.
J. d. B. DEBow
WASHINGTON Nov. 90, 1854.
EU~ DEBow's INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES three |
handsomely bound volumes upon the Progress !
and Wealth of the United States, 500 pages royal
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