Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1856-01-12
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UNITED STATES TIMES,
A Weekly Newspaper to be Published I'm
Warrington City.
The undersigned, expecting soon to retire from
the position he has for some time held 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 10 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
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the day, home and foreign; the proceedings OF
Congress and the acts of the Government; lite
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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.
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the extent of maintaining the institutions Of the
country and defending the rights and sovereignty
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kind, through the action Of the Smithsonian Inst-
tuition, the Patent Office, and the National Agri-
cultural Convention, etc.. and the several Bureaus
and Departments Of Government, from its cont
guilty 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. twill
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and similar in style 10 the New York Albion.
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In order to increase the usefulness Of the Re-
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circulation, il will be enlarged from IL to lao
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editorial assistance and an able corps Of contrbu
,ors.
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WASHINGTON, Nov %, 1854.
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