Washington sentinel., 1856-04-08
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UNITED STATES TIMES,
A Weekly Newspaper to bo published IN
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En OF THE
| UNITED STATES TIMES,
/ A w eekIy Newspaper TO bo published In
Washington city. ai 3li
| The undersigned expecting soon 10 retire tron
the position he has for some time held as Superin
tendent Of the United States Census, intends &c
devote himself TO the control and management O.
the REVIEW, of which, for the last nine years, ne
has been the editor and proprietor, and 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 digests Of the current events o.
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; Observation-Disclosures
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 10 date
The object will be, through careful editorial
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respondence, 10 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
ofthe States.
The City of Washington, from the advantages
which il presents for obtaining material of every
kind, through the action Of the Smithsonian Inst
tuition, the Patent Office, and the National Agn.
cultural Conventions 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 it, 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 ofbinding,
and similar in style to the New York Albion.
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VIEW which has now acquired very extensive
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| ,ors. E
| A month"; istorical digest of events will be
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| The subscription price OF the REviEw viii re
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| the large class of persons who may not desire
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