Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1856-01-15
PROSPECTUS
UNITED STATES TIMES,
A Weekly Newspaper to be published I'm
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Weekly Newspaper to be publishe ed In
Washington City.
The undersigned, expecting soon 10 retire from
the position he has for some time held as Superin-
tendent of the United States Census, intends to
devote himself TO 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 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 win be- through careful editorial
management and 'arge and well selected cor
respondence, 10 establish at the seat OF govern.
rnent 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 rights and sovereignty
ofihe States.
The City OF Washington, IRON the advantages
which il 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 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 folio for the convenience OF binding
and similar in style to the New York Albion
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To Clubs, of 10 SUBSCRIBERS, at one post Office
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arrears, the Review and Times together, Sc in
advance.
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| In order 10 increase the usefulness of the RK
| vfxw, which has now acquired very extensive
circulation il will be enlarged from 1l2 10 lao OF
| 80 pages, and otherwise improved by additional
editorial assistance and an able corps OF contribu
,ors
A month"; istorical digest Of events viii be
embraced in ds pages, valuable for future refer
| ence.
The subscription price Of the RrvUw will re.
| main at IS per annum, but for the convenience o
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 ma
a separate publication Of the matter relating ic
Agriculture, another of that relating TO MannJao
tUrss; third % Internal improvements q fourth
10 Commerce; and flth TO Education and Jetters
These publications will be but departments Of tho
whole work, and may be subscribed for separately
AT s per annum each. They will appear monthly
in handsome periodical style, Of from twenty-five
to thirtyiwo pages; constituting an annual octave
volume Of 800 pages each, showing at q 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 itsel
| will show them ia all ofths departments Of indus
try and enterprise.
\ The Office OF DeBow's REVIEW will remain a,
before al New Orleans, though branch will bs
located at Washington, which will be also III,
main Office Of the other Journals, and may b,
address ed at all times in regard to them. Tn,
particular address Of the editor, whether Wash
lngtou or New Orleans, will be furnished from tim,
TO time, in the work.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. &c, 1854.
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