Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1856-02-16
PROSPECTUS
OF THE
UNITED STATES TIMES,
A Weekly Newspaper TO be published Ina
IA WnshInRtOn City.

UNITED STATES TIMES,
A Weekly Newspaper TO be published I'm
| Washington City.
The undersigned, expecting soon 10 retire from
the position he has for some time held as asSuperin-
tendenr Of the United States Census, intends 10
devote him self 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 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 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 always 10 date
The object will be, through careful editorial
management and arg- and well selected cor
respondence to establish at the seat OF govern
men, Family Newspaper which shall be adapted
10 the wants Of every community; imparting
musement and information, and political, only 10
the extent of maintaining the institutions of the
country and defending thu rights aud sovereignty
of the States.
The CITY of Washington, IRON The advantages
winch i, 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 ex-
tended, exciting, and all iuiporap interests that
concentrate upon IL, is, perhaps, the nos' eligible
location for snch journal, and ample guarantees
of its success have already been received. IL viii
be printed in tolo 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, al one post Office,
SIS in advance.
To Subscribers Of DEBow's REVIEW, not in
arrears, the Review and Tunes togeher 81 in
advance.
Advertisements accommodating terms
In order 10 increase the usefulness OF the Re.
VIEW which has now acquired very extensive
circulation, il will be enlarged from ll2 10 l40 or
$50 pages, and otherwise improved by additional
editorial assistance and able corps of contribu
tors.
month"; islorical digest OF events will be-
embraced in as 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 10
which il is devoted, it is in contemplation 10 make
q separate publication Of the matter relating 10
Agriculture, snother ofthat relatingto Mannfac-
,urss; third % Internal improvements; fourth
to Commerce; aud ilh 10 Education aud Letters
These publications will be but departments of the
whole work. and may be subscribed for separately
al per annum each. They will appear monthly
in handsome periodical style, of from twenty-five
10 ihrty-two pages; constituting an annual octave
volume Of $50 pages each, showing AT single
view aud in a condensed form the whole results,
within the year, in the particrldr department., in
our own country and abroad the RKvikw rtseli
viii show them ia all ofhe departments OF indus.
try and enterprise.
The Otice OF DeBow's REviEw will remain as
before al New Orleans, though branch will be
located al Washington, which viii 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 the editor, whether Wash.
ington or New Orleans will he furnished from time
10 time, in the work
J. u. u .,EBOw
WASHINGTON, Nov. 70, 1854.
ES- DsBows INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES, three
handsomely bound volumes upon the Progress
and Wealth ofthe United States, 500 pages royal
octave double columns clear print, library edi-
ton may still be ordered. Price SO delivered
al the expense OF the author