Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1856-04-12
PROSPECTUS
UNITED STATES TIM ES,
Weekly Newspaper to he Published I'm
Washin gton City.
or ME

UNITED STATES TIM ES,
| A Weekly Newspaper to be Published IN
Washington city.
The undersigned, expecting soon TO retire IRON
the position he1sss for some time held as sSuperin
tendeni OF the United States Census, intends to
devote himself 10 the control and management o
the REVIEW, OF which, for the last nine years, he
has been the editor and proprietor, aud TO The
publication in the City of Washington Of a 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 digesis 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, Stale 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 shown by statistics, bringing down
those Of the National Census always 10 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; tmpartins
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 it presents for obtaining material of every
Il. N. Ins
tuition, the Patent Office, and the National Agri-
cultural Convention etc, and the several bureaus
aud Departments of Government, from lis 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 10 the New York Albion.
Terms: So PER ANSuh, in advance
To Clubs, of 10 SUBSCRIBERS al one post Office,
SIS in advance.
To Subscribers of DKBow's REVIEW, not in
arrears, the Review aud Times together, S6 in
advance
Advertisements on accommodating terms.
In order 10 increase the usefulness of the RE-
VIEW, which has now acquired very extensive
circulation, il will he enlarged from ll2 10 l40 or
$50 pages, and otherwise improved by additional
editorial assistance and an able corps OF contribu
,ors.
month";, istorica digest of events will be
embraced in ITS pages, valuable for future refer
ence.
The subscription price OF the REVIEW v ! re-
G hut fOrf he cnuN nj at
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 10
which il is devoted 1t is in contemplation 10 make
separate publication of the matter relating 10
Agriculture, another Of that relating 10 ManRtae-
tures; a third % Internal Improvements; fourth
to Commerce; and flih 10 Education and LstfcrS.
These publications will be but departments Of the
whole work, and may be subscribed for separately
al 81 per annum each. They will appear monthly
in handsome periodical style, of from twenty-five
TO thirtytwo pages constituting annual octave
volume Of $50 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 i,selI
will show them ia al 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
addres, ed at all times in regard 10 them The
particular address Of ,he editor, whether Wash
ington or New Orleans, will be furnished from time
10 time, in the work
J. ID. 3. DEBOW.
WASHINGTON Nov. %, 1854.
re- DEBow's INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES, three
handsomely bound volumes upon the Progress
and Wealth ofthe United States, l,SOO pages royal
octave, double columns, clear print, library edi.
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