Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1856-04-15
PROSPECTUS
UNITED STATES TIMES,
A Weekly Newspaper to be published In
Washington City.
OF THE

| UNITED STATES TIMES,
| A Weekly Newspaper TO be Published In
Washington City.
The undersigned, expecting soon 10 retire iron
the position he has for some time held as sSuperin
tendeni of the United States Census, intends tc
devote himself 10 the control and management o.
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 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 TO date
The object will be, through careful editorial
management and arge and we'll Lselected cor
respondence, to establish al the seat OF govern
ment Family Newspaper which shall be adapted
TO the wants Of every community; imParting
musement and information, and political, only 10
the extent Of maintaining the institutions of the
country and defending the rights apd sovereignty
Of the States.
The City Of Washington, from the advantages
which il presents for obtaining material of every
kind, through the action of the Smithsonian lnstl-
tuition the Patent Office, and the National Agrl-
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 important Interests that
concentrate upon il, is, perhaps, the most eligible
location for such journal, and ample guarantees
OF lis success have already been received twill
be printed in folio for the convenience of binding,
and similar in style to the New York Albion.
Terms: So PER ANNUN, in advance.
To Clubs, of 10 SUBSCRIBERS, AT ono post Office,
SIS in advance.
To Subscribers OF DRBows REVIEW not in
arrears, the Review and Times together, So in
advance.
Advertisements on accommodating terms
In order 10 increase the usefulness Of the RE-
VIEW, which has now acquired a very extensive
circulation, it will be enlarged from liz to l40 or
$50 pages, and otherwise improved by additional
editorial assistance and an able corps Of contribu
,ors.
A MONTH. istorical digest OF events will be
embraced in hs pages, valuable for future refer
ence
The subscription price of the REylK~ viii r.
main at SIS per annum, but for the conyenience ..
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 to
which il is devoted, il is in contemplation to make
separate publication of the matter relating 10
agriculture, another of that relating 10 Mannfac-
.urss; third % Internal improvements; fourth
to Commerce; and a fifth 10 Education and Letters.
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 an annual octave
volume Of 800 pages each, showing At a 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 RHvIrw itself
will show them in al ofths deparfmsnti Of indus.
try and enterprise.
The Office of DeBow's REVIEW will remain as
before nt New Orleans, though q 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 TO them. The
particular address Of the editor, whether Wash
ipgton or New Orleans will be furnished from time
10 time, in the work.
I'D b. DEBoW.
WASHINGTON, Nov. &c, 1854. q
DKBow'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-
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M the expense Of the suthos