Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-10-13
PROSPECTUS
UNITED STATES TIMES,
A Weekly Newspaper to be published In
Washington City.
OF TUE

UNITED STATES lin Go,
A Weekly Newspaper to be Published In
Washington CITY.
The undersigned, expecting soon 10 retire from
the position he has for some time held sSSuperin-
tendent of the United States Census intends 10
devote himself 10 the control and management OF
the REVIEW OF which. for the last ninr years he
has been the editor and proprietor, and 70 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 ofthe current events OF
the day, home aud 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 pubic 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 alway. 10 date
The object will be, through careful editorial
management and large and well selected cor
respondence to establish al the OF govern
ment Family Newspaper which shall be adapted
To the wants of every community imparting
musemcni 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 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 eH-
tended, exciting and all important interests that
concentrate upon il. i, perhaps. the most eligible
location for such journal, and ample guarantees
OF lis success have already been received. twill
be printed n folio for the convenience Of binding,
and similar in style 10 the New York Albion.
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. the whole work, or who may only solicit in
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main Office Of the other Journals, and may be
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WASHINGTON Nov. 20, 1854.
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