Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1856-04-29
PROSPECTUS
UNITED STATES TIM ES,
A Weekly Newspaper TO be published I'm
Nashinut0n CITY.
OF THE

UNITED STATES i lM fIs,
Weekly Newspaper TO be published In
Washington City.
The undersigned, expecting soon TO retire iron
the position he has for some time held asSupern
lendeni of the United States Census, intends &c
devote himself to the control and management o.
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 u 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 dgests 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 arge and well. selected cor
respondence 10 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 lhp lights 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 lnsti-
tuition, the Patent Office, and the National Agrl-
cultural Convention, etc, and the several Bureaus
aud 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 it's 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 So PER ANNUM in advance.
To Clubs, of 10 SUBSCRIBERS, at one post office,
SIS in advance.
To Subscriber. of DEBow's REVIEW not in
arrears, the Review and Times together, So in
advance.
Advertisements on accommodating terms
In order TO increase the usefulness of the RE-
VIEW, which has now acquired very extensive
circulation, il will be enlarged from liz TO l40
$50 pages, and otherwise improved by additional
editorial assistance and able corps of contribu
,ors.
MONTH istorical digest OF events will be
embraced in is pages, valuable for future refer
ence.
The subscription price OF the REvIF viii re-
main at SIS per annum, but for the convenience OF
the large class of persons who may not desire
the whole work, who may only solicit in
formation upon more of the subjects to
which il is devoted, is in contemplation 10 make
a separate publication of the matter relating 10
Agrieufurs, smother of that relating 10 Manufac-
tarss; third % Internal JmproUe1ss'asj fourth
10 Commerce; and fifth 10 Education aud LettsTS
These publications will be but departments of the
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
10 thirtytwo pages constituting ann ual octave
volume of 800 pages each, showing al single
view and in a condensed form the whole results,
within the year, in the particular department, in
our own country and abroad, a. the REVIEW itself
will show Them ia all the departments OF indus.
Try and enterprise.
The Office OF DeBows REVIEW will remain as
before al New Orleans, though branch will be
located at Washington, which viii be also the
main Office of the other Journals, and may he
addres, ed at all times in regard to them. The
particular address Of the editor, whether Wash
inglon or New Orleans, will be furnished from time
TO time, in the work
j. u. B. DEBOW.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 1854.
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