Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1856-02-02
PROSPECTUS
OF THE
UNITED STATES TIMES,
A Weekly Newspaper to be published I'm
Washington City.


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 to
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 ofthe 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 will be, through careful editorial
management and ,arge and well selected cor
respondence TO establish at the seat OF govern
ment Family Newspaper which shall be adapted
to 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
of the States.
The City of Washington, from the advantages
which il presents for obtaining material of every
4. - T,i,. J,s
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 ex
tended, exciting, and all important interests that
concentrate upon IL 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 So PER ANNUM, in advance.
To Clubs, of 10 SUBSCRIBERS, at one post office,
SIS in advance.
To Subscribers of DEBow's REVIEW, not in
arrears, the Review and Times together, S6 in
advance
Advertisements on accommodating terms.
In order to increase the usefulness of the Re-
VIEW which has now acquired very extensive
circulation, il will be enlarged from ll2 to 14O or
$50 pages and otherwise improved by additional
editorial assistance and an able corps of contribu
,ors
MONTH storcal digest of events will be
embraced in ITS pages, valuable for future refer
ence.
The subscription price of the REVIEW will re
a. 4, ..TNf
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 it is devoted, il is in contemplation TO make
separate publication Of the matter relating 10
Agrtcuhure another Of that relating TO Manafac-
tures; third % Internal Jmprouementsj fourth
TO Commerce; and fifth TO Education and Letters.
These publications will be but departments ofthe
whole work, and may be subscribed for separately
at S. per annum each. They will appear monthly
in handsome periodical style, of from twenty-five
to thirlytwo pages; constituting annual octave
volume of 800 pages each, showing at single
view and in 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 REVIEW will remain as
before at New Orleans though a branch will be
located al Washington, which will be also the
main Office of the other Journals, and may be
addressed al all times in regard TO them. The
particular address of the editor, whether Wash
ngton or New Orleans, will be furnished from time
to time in the work.
]. d. b. DEBOW.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26, 1854.
Ms- DEBow's INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES, three
handsomely bound volumes upon the Progress
and Wealth of the United States, 500 pages royal
octave, double columns, clear print, library edi-
tion, may still be ordered. Price So delivered
at the expense Of the author
FAMILIAR QUOTATIONs.-Aco collection
l of Familiar Quotations, with complete In
dlces of Authors and Subjects price 81.