Washington sentinel., 1855-03-31
PROSPECTUS
UNITED STATES TIMES.
A Weekly Newspaper to be published ii
OF THE


UNITED STATES TIMES,
Weekly Newspaper to be published In
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 10 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, bone 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
ofpubc 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 shown by statistics, bringing down
those Of the National Census always TO date.
The object will be, through careful editorial
management and 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
ofthe 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 Agrl-
cultural Convention, ETC., and the several Bureaus
ard 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 It's success have already been received. will
be printed in folio for the convenience of binding
and similar in style TO the New York Albion.
Terms: So PER ANNUM, in advance.
To Clubs, of 10 SUBSCRIBERS, at one pos, Office,
SIS in advance.
To Subscribers of DEBew's REVIEW, not in
arrears, the Review and Times together, Sc in
advance.
Advertisements on accommodating terms.
In order 10 increase the usefulness Of the Re-
circulation, it will be enlarged from liz TO 40 or
$50 pages, and otherwise improved by additional
editorial assistance and an able corps OF contrbu
,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 al 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 more of the subjects TO
which il is devoted, il is in contemplation 10 make
a separate publication Of the matter relating 10
Agriculture; another OF that relating 10 Mannfac-
fwres; a third 10 Internal Improvements; fourth
to Commerce; and a fifth 10 Education and Letters.
These publications will be but departments OF the
whole work, and may be subscribed for separately
al 81 per nnnun each. They will appear monthly
in handsome periodical style, OF from twenty-five
10 thirty-two pages; constituting an annual octave
volume Of 360 pages each, showing at a single
view and in a condensed form the whole results,
within the year, in the particular department., IN
our own country aud abroad, as the REVIEW itself
will show them ia all ofthe departments Of indus
try and enterprise.
The Office of-DeBow's REVIEW will remain as
before al New Orleans, though a branch will be
located al 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. B. DEBOW.
WASHINGTON, Nov. &C. 1854.
Hy- DEBows INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES, three
handsomely bound volumes upon the Progress
and Wealth ofthe United States, 500 pages royal
octave, double columns, clear print library edi-
tion, may still be ordered. Price Sc delivered
al the expense of the author.
nREMIUM BOOrS.-Gentlemen are re-