Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-04-12
PROSPECTUS
UNITED STATES TIMES.
Weekly Newspaper TO be published I'm
Washington City.

Il ONII ED STATES IlMES, lt
| Weekly Newspaper to be pu bltsh ed I'm
Washington City.
The undersigned, expecting soon TO retire IRON
the position he has for some time held as Superin-
tendeni of The United States Census intends 10
devote himself TO the control and management, OF
the REVIEW, of which, for the last nine years, lie
has been the editor and proprietor, and TO the
publication in the City OF Washington Of weekly
newspaper with tho above title. a
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 digess Of the current events OF
the day, home and foreign; The proceedings OF
Congress and the acts Of the Government; lite
! rary aud 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 and large aud well selected cor
respondence, to establish at the seat Of govern
ment Family Newspaper which shall be adapted
10 the wants of every community; imparting
musement and information, and political, only TO
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 il presents for obtaining material of every
kind, through the action Of the Smithsonian Inst-
tution The Patent Office, and the National Agr-
cultural Convention, ETC., and the several Bureaus
and 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 its success have already been received. Ii will
be printed in folio for the convenience of binding
and similar in style to the New York Albion.
Terms: 50 PER ANNUM, in advance.
To Clubs, Of 10 SUBSCRIBERS, al one pos, Office,
SIS in advance.
To Subscribers of DEBow's REVIEW not in
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 acquired very extensive
circulation, il will be enlarged from liz TO l4O 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 referE
encc.
The subscription price of the REVIEW will
main at S5 per annum, but for the convenience OF
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the whole work, or who may only solicit in
formation upon one or more of the subjects TO
which il is devoted, il is in contemplation TO make
a separate publication of the matter relating 10
AgrienhHre another of that relating TO Manufae-
tHres; third % Internal Improvements; fourth
TO Commerce; and fifth 10 Education and Letters.
These publications viii be but departments of the
whole work, and may be subscribed for separately
at 81 per annum each. They will appear monthly
in handsome periodical style, of from twenty-five
TO thirtyiwo pages; constituting an annual octave
volume of 800 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 and abroad, as the REVIEW itself
will show them u, all ofMe departments of indus
try and enterprise.
The Office of DeBows REVIEW will remain as
before al New Orleans, though branch will be
located at Washington, which will be also the
main Office of the other Journals aud may be
address ed at all times in regard 10 them. The
particular address of The editor, whether Wash
ington or New Orleans, will be furnished from time
10 time in the work.
]. ID. B. DEBOW.
WASHINGTON, Nov 26, 1854.
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