Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1856-01-26
PROSPECTUS
UNITED STATES TIMES,
Weekly Newspaper TO be published in
yNashIngtom Cf1y.


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 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 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 10 date
The object will be- through careful editorial
management and a 'arge and well selected cor
respondence, TO establish at the seat of govern
HiCHt dHilly newspaper WHICH sHdH DC dQdptcu
TO the wants of every community; impartng
musement and information, and political, only 10
the extent of maintaining the institutions OF the
country and defending the rights and sovereignty
ofthe States.
The City Of Washington, from the advantages
which il presents for obtaining material of every
kind, through the action of the Smithsonian Insti-
tution the Paieni Office, and the National Agri-
cultural Convention, etc, and the several Bureaus
aud Departments of Government from its cont
guilty 10 the large commercial cite>, from the ex-
tended, exciting, and all importan, inlerests that
concentrate upon it, is perhaps, the most eligible
location for such journal, and ample guarantees
fits success have already been received. II will
be printed in folio for the convenience of binding
aud similar in style 10 the New York Albion.
Terms: So PER ANNuM, in advance.
To Clubs, of 10 SUBSCRIBERS, al one post Office.
SIS in advance
To Subscribers of DEBow's REVIEW, not in
arrears, the Review apd Times together, IS 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 ll2 10 140 or
$50 pages, and otherwise improved by additional
editorial assistance and an able corps of contribu
tors.
month storical digest of events will be-
embraced in ITS pages, valuable for future refer
ence.
The subscription price of the REvtEw 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 or more of the subjects 10
which it is devoted, il is in contemplation 10 make
separate publication of the matter relating 10
Agrieuhure, another of that relating 10 Manufac-
tures; third % Internal Improvements; a fourth
10 Commerce; and fifth 10 Education and Letters.
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
10 thiriytwo pages constituting an annual octave
volume OF 800 pages each, showing at single
view and in a condensed form the whole results,
within the year, in the parttc1iar 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 al New Orleans, though branch will be
located at Washington, which will be also the
main Office of the other Journals, aud may be
address ed at all times in regard 10 them. The
particular address Of he editor whether Wash
ington or New Orleans, will be furnished from time
TO time, in the work
J. d. B. DEBOW.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 1854.
zsy- DEBows INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES, three
handsomely bound volumes upon the Progress
and Wealth ofthe United States, 500 pages royal
octave double columns, clear print, library edi-
ton, may still be ordered. Price ST delivered
al the expense of the author