Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1856-02-07
PROSPECTUS
UNITED STATES TIMES,
A Weekly Newspaper TO he published In
washington City.

UNITED STATES TIMES,
| A Weekly Newspaper TO he published In
Washington City.
The undersigned, expecting soon 10 retire IRON
the position he has for some time held as Superin
tendent of the United States Census, intends 10
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 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 ofthe 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
ofpubllc men; digest of official reports, State and
Federal; the state Of the markets in the several
arge cities; the progress aud 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 aud arge and well selected cor
respond-nce, TO establish at Inc seat OF govern
ment Family Newspaper which shall be adapted
to the wants OF every community; imparting
muscmeni 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 lnsti-
tuition, the Patent Office. and the National gri-
cultural Convention, etc, and The several Bureaus
and Departments Of Government, from it. cont
guilty 10 the large commercial cities, from the
tended, exciting, and all mpnrtant interests that
concentrate upon ii, is, perhaps the most eligible
location for such journal, and ample guarantees
OF ts success have already been received II will
be printed IN folio for the convenience OF binding
and similar in style 10 the New York Albion
Terms: SO PER ANNUM in advance
To Clubs, of 10 SUBSCRIBERS a, one pos, orIice
SIS in advance.
To Subscribers of DEBow's REVIEW, not in
arrears the Review and Times together, S6 in
al vance.
Advertisements on accommodating terms,
Ia order 10 Increase the usefulness oil the Re-
VIEW which has now acquired very extensive
circulation, it will be enlarged from liz tc 40
$50 pages, and otherwise improved by ADDITIONAL
editorial assistance and an able corps ol curtribu
tors.
A MONTH istorical digest of events will Re
embraced in ds pages, valuable for future refer
ence.
The subscription price of the REVIEW will re-
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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 il is devoted, il is in contemplation TO make
a separate publication of the matter relating 10
agriculture, another Of that relating to Mannfac-
tgres; a third % Internal Improvements; 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 1 per annum each They will appear monthly
in handsome periodical Style Of from twenty-five
10 thrty.two pages; constituting an annual octave
volume OF 800 pages each, showing at a 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 ofthe departments OF indus
try and enterprise.
The Office of DeBow's REVIEW will remain as
before at New Orleans, though branch will be
located nj Washington, which will be also the
main Office of the other Journals, and may be
addres. ed at all times in regard 10 them. The
particular address of the editor, whether Wash
ington or New Orleans will be furnished from time
to time, in the work.
ID B. DEBow
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 1854.
asS- DEBow's INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES, three
handsomely bound volumes upon the Progress
aud Wealth OF the United States, 500 pages royal
octave, double columns, clear PRINT library edi-
ton, may still be ordered. Price so delivered
al the expense of the author
EAMIIIAR QUOTATIONs--Aco collection
| III of Familiar Quotations, with complete In
dices Of Authors and Subjects; price 81.
| Memorials OF Youth and Manhood by Sidney
WiIlnrl two vnlunnes. nrice 81