Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1856-01-08
PROSPECTUS
OF THE

UNITED STATES TIMES,
A Weekly Newspaper to be published in
Washington City.
The undersigned, expecting soon to retire from
the position he has for some time held as Supern-
tendeni of the United States Census, intends to
devote himself 10 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.
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 10 date
The object will be, through careful editorial
management and large and well selected cor
|
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 TO the large commercial cities, from the ex-
tended exciting, and all important interests that
concentrate upon ii, is, perhaps, the most eligible
location for such journal, and ample guarantees
Of its success have already been received. twill
be printed in folio for the convenience of bindings
and similar in style TO the New York Albion.
Terms: SO pER ANNuM, in advance.
To Clubs, of 10 SUBSCRIBERS, at one post Office,
SIS in advance.
To Subscribers Of DEBow's REVIEW, not in
arrears, the Review and Times together, S6 in
advance.
Advertisements on accommodating Terms.
In order 10 increase the usefulness of the RE-
VIEW, which has now acquired very extensive
circulation it will be enlarged from liz to l40 or
$50 pages, and otherwise improved by additional
editorial assistance and able corps of contribu
,ors.
i month"; istorical digest of events will be
embraced in rs pages, valuable for future refer
| ence.
The subscription price OF the RKvKw will re-
main at SIS per annum, but for the convenience OF
the large class OF persons who may not desire
| the whole work, or who may only solicit in
! formation upon more of the subjects TO
which il is devoted, it is in contemplation to make
a separate publication of the matter relating TO
Agriculture; smother ofdhat relating to Manufac-
ture,; third 10 Internal Tnprovsmentsj fourth
| TO Commerce; and 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 thrty-two pages; constituting an annual octave
volume OF 800 pages each, showing at single
view and in a condensed form The whole results
within the year, in the particular department, in
our own country and abroad, the REVIEW itse
will show them m all ofths departments Of indus
try and enterprise.
The Office of DeBow's REVIEW will remain a,
before at New Orleans, though branch will bs
| located at Washington, which will be also the
i main Office of the other Journals, and may bt
addressed at all times in regard to them. The
| particular address Of the editor, whether Wash
ington or New Orleans, will be furnished from tim,
10 time, in the work.
J. d. b. DEBoW.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26, 1854.
n~ DkBow's INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES thre,
handsomely bound volumes upon the Progress
and Wealth Of the United States, 800 pages roya
octave, double columns, clear PRINT, library edi
tion, may still be ordered. Price Sc delivered
at the expense Of the suthos