Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-11-27
PROSPECTUS
OF THE

UNITED STATES TIMES,
4 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
tendeni 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 extracts from articles admitted
into the REVIEW, but mainly of other original lite
rary, educational, industrial, and miscellaneous
matters including dgests 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 10 date
The object viii be, through careful editorial
management and arge and wellseected cor
respondence 10 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 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 Inst-
tuition, the Patent Office, and the National Agr-
cultural Convention etc, and the several Bureaus
and Departments of Government. from its cont
guiy TO the large commercial cities, from the eI-
tended, exciting, and all mportsnt interests that
concentrate upon il, s, perhaps the most eligible
location for such journal, and ample guarantees
of its success have already been received twill
be printed in folio for the convenience Of binding
and similar 10 style TO the New York Albion.
Terms: So PER ,NSUs, in advance.
To Clubs, OF 10 SUBSCRIBERS, Al 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-
Views WHICH HnN uuW oSithco Ntfg N1AthrNc
circulation, il will be enlarged from liz to 40 or
$50 pages, and otherwise improved by additional
editorial assistance and an able corps Of contribu
tors
A month";, istoricsl digest Of events will be
embraced in its pages, valuable for future refer
ence.
The subscription price of the RKvww will re-
main nj SIS per annum, but for the convenience OF
the large class OF persons who may not desire
the whole work, who may only solicit in
formation upon one or more Of the subjects TO
which ii is devoted, it is in contemplation to make
separate publication OF the matter relating TO
Agrienhuye another of that relating to Mannfae-
lures; a third % Internal Improvements; fourth
TO Commerce; and a fifth to Education and Letters.
These publications will bo but 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 lwenty-6v
10 thrtytwo pages; constituting uu annual octave
volume of 800 pages each, showing at 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 IN all ofthe departments OF indus.
try and enterprise.
The Office OF DeBow's RxvKw 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 10 them. The
particular address Of the editor, whether Wash
ington or New Orleans, will be furnished from time
to time, in the work.
Id B. DEBow.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 1854.
ET DEBow's INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES, three
handsomely bound volumes upon the Progress
and Wealth of the United States, 1900 pages royal
octave, double columns, clear PRINT, library edi.
ton, may stl be ordered. Price IS delivered
At the expense Of the suthes