Washington sentinel., 1856-03-22
PROSPECTUS
OF TnK
UNITED STATES TIM Els,
weekly Newspaper 20 be published In
Washington City.


washington City.
The undersigned, expecting soon to retire from
the position he has for some time held as Superin-
tendeni of the United States Census, intends TO
devote himself To the control and management oi
the REVIEW, Of which, for the last nine years, ne
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 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 TO date
The object will be, through careful editorial
management and 'arge and well selected cor
respondence, 10 establish at the seat of govern
lnent 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 Slaies.
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 Ofice, and the National Agri-
cultural Convention, etc. and the several Bureaus
ard Departments of Government, from its cont
gui,y 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 lis success have already been received II will
be printed in foilo 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 u advance
To Subscribers OF DEBows 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 140 or
$50 paaes, and otherwise improved by additional
editorial assistance and an able corps Of contribu
tors.
MONTH istorical digest of events will be
embraced in ds pages, valuable for future refer
cnce.
The subscription price of the REvIrw will re-
main al 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 or more OF the subjects to
which il is devoted, it is in contemplation to make
a separate publication of the matter relating 10
agriculture, another of that relating TO Manntae-
tares; a third % Internal improvements; fourth
TO Commerce; and duh 10 Edneation and Leaiers
These publications will be but departments OF the
whole work, and may be subscribed for separately
at 81 per annum each. They will appear monthly
in handsome periodical style, of from twenty-five
TO thirtytwo pages constituting an annual octave
volume of 500 pages each, showing al single
view aud in a condensed form the whole results,
within the year, in the particular department., IN
our ow II country and abroad, the REVIEW itself
viii show them IN all of'ths departments of indus
Try and enterprise.
rhe Office OF DeBow's REVIEW will remain as
before al 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 at all times ia regard 10 them. The
particular address of he editor, whether Wash
ington or New Orleans, will be furnished from lime
10 time, in the work.
J. ID. b. DEBoW.
WASHINGTON Nov. 20, 1854
ns- DEBows INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES, three
handsomely bouad volumes upon the Progress
and Wealth OF the United States, 500 pages royal
octave. double columns, clear print, library edi
tion. may still be ordered. Price s6 delivered
al the expense of the anthoS