Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1856-05-01
PROSPECTUS
OF THE
UNITED STATES TIM ES,
Weekly Newspaper TO be published I'm
Warrington City.


UNITED STATES TIMES,
Weekly Newspaper TO be published I'm
Washington City.
The undersigned, expecting soon TO retire from
the position he has for some time held asSuperin-
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 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
rary, educational, industrial, and miscellaneous
matters including digests OF the current events OF
the day, home and foreign; the'proceedlngs 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 az shown by statistics, bringing down
those OF the National Census always TO date
The object viii 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; impartng
musement and information, and political, only 10
the extent OF maintaining the institutions of the
country and defending The ights and sovereignty
of the States.
The CITY of Washington, from the advantages
which it presents for obtaining material of every
-, IL. G.,tt thp, Inpf
tuition the Patent Office, and the National Agr
cultural Convention, elc. and the several Bureaus
aud Departments OF Government, from It's 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 its success have already been received II will
be printed in foho for the convenience of binding,
and similar in style TO the New York Albion.
Terms: 50 PER ANNua, in advance
To Clubs, of 10 SUBSCRIBERS, al one post office,
SIS in advance
To Subscribers of DEBows REVIEW, not in
arrears, the Review aud Times together, So 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 10 lao or
$50 pages, and otherwise improved by additional
editorial assistance and able corps OF contribu
.ors.
A MONTH istorical digest of events will be-
embraced in is pages, valuable for future refer
ence
The subscription price OF the REvIF viii re-
,b.
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 il is devoted, il is in contemplation 10 make
a separate publication of the matter relating 10
agriculture, smother of that relating 10 ManRtac-
tRres; third % Internal JmprOUsae'tSj fourth
TO Commerce; and fifth 10 Education and Letters.
These publications will be but departments of the
whole work, and may be subscribed for separately
at ST. per annum each. They will appear monthly
in handsome periodical style, of from twenty-five
10 thrty-two pages; +; constituting an 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 itself
will show them ia all ofths departments OF indus
try and enterprise.
The Odice of DeBow's REVIEW will remain as
before at New Orleans, though branch will be
located at Washington, which will be also the
main Office OF the other Journals, and may be
address, ed al all times in regard 10 them. The
particular address of the editor, whether Wash
ingtou or New Orleans, will be furnished from time
10 time, in the work.
j. ID. r. DEBOW
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26, 1854.
mss- 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-
ton, may still be ordered. Price So delivered
nj the expense Of the author