Washington sentinel., 1856-03-29
PROSPECTUS
or THE
UNITED STATES TIMES,
A Weekly Newspaper to be published In
----- ON City.

or THE
UNITED STATES TIM ES.
| weekly Newspaper to be published I'm
Washington City.
| The undersigned, expecting soon to 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 TO The
publication in the City Of Washington of weekly
| newspaper with the above title.
rAe 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 shown by statistics, bringing down
those of the National Census always TO date
The object will be, through careful editorial
management aud 'arge and ll-seected 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 rights and sovereignty
of the States. ~ #'t
The City of Washington, from the advantages
which il presents for obtaining material of every
kind, through the action Of tie Smithsonian Insti-
rution the Patent Office, and the National Agri.
cultural Convention, etc. and the several Bureaus
ard 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 i'll 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.
Terms 50 PER ANNUM, in advance.
To Clubs, of 10 SUBSCRIBERS, at one post Office,
SIS in advance.
To Subscribers of DEBows REVIEW, not in
arrears, the Review and Times together, $6 in
advance,
Advertisements accommodating terms.
In order 10 increase the usefulness OF the RE-
VIEW, which has now acquired very extensive
circulation, it will be enlarged from ll2 to 140
$50 pages, and otherwise improved by additional
editorial assistance and an able corps of contribu
,ors.
MONTH istorical digest of events will be
embraced in As pages, valuable for future refer
ence.
The subscription price of the REVIEW will re-
A. H.
the large class of persons who may not desire
the whole work, who may only solicit in
formation upon one or more of the subjects to
which il is devoted, il is in contemplation TO make
a separate publication of the matter relating 10
Agriculture another of that relating 10 Manutac-
lures; third 20 Internal Improvements; a fourth
to Commerce; and fifth TO 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 annual octave
volume of $50 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 REVIEW itself
will show them IL all ofths departments Of indus.
Try and enterprise
The Office of DeBow's REVIEW will remain as
before at New Orleans, though branch will be
located al Washington, which will be also the
main office of the other Journals, and may be
addressed at all times in regard 10 them. The
particular address of The editor, whether Wash
ngton or New Orleans, will be furnished from time
TO time, in the work
j. ID. B. DEBOW.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 90 1854.
ns- DsBows 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 Sc delivered
al the expense of the author