Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1856-03-11
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UNITED STATES TIM rs.
A weekly Newspaper to be pubiishsd I'm
NashinQton City.


A w eekIy Newspaper to be Published I'm
Washington City.
The undersigned, expecting soon 10 retire from
the position he has for some time held asSuperin-
tenayn 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 a weekly
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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 shown by statistics, bringing down
those OF the National Census always TO date
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10 the wants of every community; lmparting
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the extent of maintaining the institutions OF the
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guilty 10 the large comInerciai aities, from the ex-
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