Washington sentinel., 1856-04-10
PROSPECTUS
UNITED STATES TIM lGS.
A Weekly Newspaper to be Published In
OF THE

OF THE
| UNITED STATES TIM lIS,
A Weekly Newspaper to be published An
Washington City.
The Undersigned expecting soon to retire from
the position he has for some time held as sSuperin-
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 a 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 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 well selected cor
| respondence, TO 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 10
the extent of maintaining the institutions OF the
country and defending the rights and 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 Insti-
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
tended exciting, and all important interests that
concentrate upon it, 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 10 the New York Albion.
Terms: So PER ANNus, in advance.
To Clubs, of 10 SUBSCRIBERS, AT one pos, Office,
SIS ia advance.
To Subscribers OF DEBows REVIEW, not in
arrears. the Review and Times together So in
advance.
Advertisements on accommodating terms.
VIEW which has now acquired very extensive
circulation il will he enlarged from III l40 or
$50 pages, and otherwise improved by additional
editorial assistance and an able corps of contrbu
,ors.
A month"; istorical digest of events will be
embraced in It's pages, valuable for future refer
ence.
The subscription price OF the REvisw will re-
main NJ S5 per annum, but for the convenience -
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 to make
separate publication of the matter relating 10
Agriculture, another of that relating 10 Manufae-
fnrss; a third % Internal improvements; a fourth
10 Commercsj and ftthto Education and Ltters.
These publications will be but departments Of the
whole work, and may be subscribed for separately
al S per each. They will appear monthly
in handsome periodical style, of from twenty-five
10 thirty-two pages; constituting annual octave
volume OF 500 pages each, showing al single
view and in a condensed form the whole results,
within the year, IN The particular department., in
own country and abroad, MS the REVIEW itself
will show them "a all ofthc departments Of indus.
try and enterprise.
The Office Of DeBow's REVIEW will remain
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 nj all times in regard 10 them. The
particular address Of the editor, whether Wash
ington or New Orleans, will be furnished from time
TO time, in the work.
J. ID. B. DEBOW.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. 1854.
nf- 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
at the expense Of the anihos