Washington sentinel., 1856-01-03
PROSPECTUS
OF THE

UNITED STATES TIMES,
A Weekly Newspaper to be Published I'm
Washington City.
The undersigned, expecting soon to retire from
the position he has for some time held asSuperin-
iendent 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.
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 pubic men; digest of Official reports, Stale 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, 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 Inst
tuition, the Patent Office, and the National Agr
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 IT, is, perhaps the most eligible
location for such journal, and ample guarantees
OF its success have already been received Il will
be printed in folio for the convenience of binding
and similar in style 10 the New York Albion.
Terms: 50 PER ASNUm, in advance.
To Clubs, OF 10 suBscRBKRs, al one post Office
SIS in advance.
To Subscribers of DERow'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-
circulation, it will be enlarged from liz to lao or
$50 pages, and otherwise improved by additional
editorial assistance and an able corps Of contribu
,ors.
A month";. istorical digest of events will be
embraced in It's pages, valuable for future refer
ence.
The subscription price Of the REvrKw will re-
main at s5 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 one 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 to Mannfae-
lures; a third % bternai Improvements; fourth
to Commerce; and fifth TO Education and Lefters.
These publications will be but departments Of the
whole work, and may be subscribed for separately y
al 81 per annum each. They.wilI appear monthly
in handsome periodical style, Of from twenty-five
to thirty-two pages constituting an annual octave
volume of $50 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, as the REVIEW itself
will show them in all ofths departments OF indus
try and enterprise
| The Office of DeBow's REviEw will remain as
before AT New Orleans, though a 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 to 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. %, 1854
~ DKBow's INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES, three
handsomely bound volumes upon the Progress
and Wealth of the United States, 800 pages royal
octave, double columns clear print, library edi.
ton, may still be ordered. Price s6 delivered
| At the expense of the author