Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-12-04
PROSPECTUS
UNITED STATES TIMES,
A Weekly Newspaper to be published I'm
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UNITED STATES TIMES,
A Weekly Newspaper to be published I'm
Washington City.
The undersigned, expecting soon TO retire from
the position be has for some time held "a Superin
tendent of the United States Census, intends 10
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 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, 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 to date
The object viii be, through careful editorial
management and 'arge and wellselected cor
respondence, 10 establish at the seat Of govern
inent Family Newspaper which shall be adapted
TO the wants of every community; imparting
nusement 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
and Departments Of Government, from its 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. twill
be printed in folio for the convenience of binding,
and similar in style TO the New York Albion
Terms: 81 PER ANNua, in advance.
To Clubs, of 10 SUBSCRIBERS at post office,
SIS in advance.
To Subscribers Of DEBows REVIEW not in
arrears the Review aud Times together, So in
advance
Advertisements on accommodating terms
In order 10 increase the usefulness of the RE-
circulation, il will be enlarged from liz TO l40 or
$50 pages, and otherwise improved by additional
editorial assistance and an able corps of contrbu
tors
A month"; istorical digest of events will be
embraced in rs pages, valuable for future refer
ence.
The subscription price Of the Review will re-
main nj S. per ann um 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 more Of the subjects 10
which il il devoted, j. IN contemplation 10 make
a separate publication OF the matter relating 10
Agricahu,s, smother Of that relating to Mo"Efac-
tures; o thlrd o Internal improvements; fourth
to Commerce; and 6tth to Education and Letters.
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 thirtytwo pages constituting "a annual octave
volume of $50 pages each showing at single
view and il a condensed form the whole results
within the year, in hs particular department, in
our own county aud abroad, the REVIEW itsel
will show them IL all ofthe apartments Of indus
| try and enterprise.
= The Office OF DeBow's REvIKw will remain a.
before al New Orleans, though branch will b'
/ located al Washington, which viii be also The
4 main Office or the other Journals, and may b'
| addressed at all times in regard 10 Them The
particular address Of The editor, whether Wash
,ngton or New Orleans, will be furnished from Tins
10 time, in the work.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 1854.
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