Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-09-04
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PROSPECTUS
Dec. l5--tf


UNITED STATES TIMES,
A Weekly Newspaper to be published In
Washington City.
The undersigned, expecting soon to retire from
the position he has for some time held as Supern-
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 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
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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 10 date
The object viii be, through careful editorial
management and large and well selected cor
respondence, 10 establish al the seat OF govern
ment Family Newspaper which shall be adapted
10 the wants Of every community; impartng
musemeut 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 Insti-
tuition, the Patent Office and the National Agri-
cultural Convention, etc, and the several Bureaus
and Departments of Government, from its cont
guilty TO the large commercial cities, from the
tended, exciting, and all important interests that
concentrate upon il, is, perhaps, the most eligible
location for such journal, and ample guarantees
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VIEW which has now acquired very extensive
circulation, il viii be enlarged from liz 10 lao or
$50 pages, and otherwise improved by additional
editorial assistance and an able corps of contribu
,ors
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embraced in its pages, valuable for future refer
ence.
The subscription price of the REVIEW will re-
main at S5 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 or more of the subjects TO
which il is devoted, il is in contemplation to make
a separate publication Of the matter relating TO
Agriculture, another Of that relating 10 ManuJao-
tures; third o Internal Improvements; fourth
10 Commerce; and filth TO Education and Letters.
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whole work, and may be subscribed for separately
at S i per each. They will appear monthly
in handsome periodical style, Of from twenty-five
to thrty-two pages constituting m annual octave
volume Of $50 pages each, showing AT a single
view and in 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 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
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10 time, in the work.
J. D. b. DEBoW
WASHINGTON, Nov. 90, 1854.
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