Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1856-03-08
PROSPECTUS
or THE
UNITED STATES TIMES,
A weekly Newspaper TO be Published I'm
U.shIn nj nm CITY.

I A Weekly Newspaper TO be Published in
Washington City.
The undersigned, expecting soon 20 retire from
| the position he has tor some time held asSuPerin-
tendeni OF ibe United States Census, intends to
deyot.. himself 10 the control and management oil
III. REVIEW of which, tor the last nine years, he
has been the editor and proprietor, and 10 the
publication in the City of Washington of weekly
! ne vyspaper with The above tile
Th, material Tor this paper viii consist 10 part,
of -s,irciiops or extracts FROM articles admitted
into he RsvIRw, but mainly Of other original lite
rary educational industrial, and miscellaneous
matters, including digests Of the current events OF
the day home and foreign; the proceedings OF
| Congress and the acts OF the Government; lite
ra,y 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
supriy demand. prices. etc; the increase OF the
country u, shown by statistics. bringing down
those OF the National Census always TO date
The object viii h-, through careful editorial
management and arge and well selected cor
respondence TO establish al the seat OF govern
ment Family Newspaper which shall he adapted
TO the wants OF every community; lmparting
m,,s.menl and Information, and political, only TO
the extern, of naalanng the institutions af the
country and defending the rights and sovereignty
OF the State-
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which il presents for obtaining material ot every
kind through tho action of the Smithsonian lnst-
,utiou the Patent Office, and the National Agri-
cuiu raj Con yenion etc. and The several Bureaus
and ,,euart,nents OF Governor at. rom it CONT
guit, 10 III, large commerc,.l rti,-- from the ex.
tended, exciting, and all important Interests that
cuuce rate upon it. il. perhaps, the most eligible
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the whole work, or who may only solicit IN
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 1854.
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