Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1856-04-26
PROSPECTUS
UNITED STATES TIM ES,
Weekly Newspaper TO be Published In
wushIuRtOn City.
OF THE

UNITED STATES TIM KS,
weekly Newspaper to be Published In
Washington City.
The undersigned, expecting soon 10 retire from
the position he has for some time beld asSuperin-
| ten,leni of the United States Census, intends 10
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 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
into the REVIEW, but mainly OF other original lite
rary, educational, industrial, and miscellaneous
matters, including digests oithe current events OF
the day, home and foreign; the proceedings OF
Congress and the acts of the Government; ite-
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 an 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
reSpOnuence, 10 ESTABLISH nj the sCut VI SoNcIh-
ment Family Newspaper which shall he adapted
to the wants of every community; imparting
musement and information and political, only 10
the extent OF n;aintaining the institutions Of the
country and defending the ghts and sovereignty
of,he States.
The Cuy Of Washington from the advantages
which il presents for obtaining material OF every
kind, through the action oi the Smithsonian lnstl-
luton The Paten Odice and the National Agrl-
cultural Convention, etc. aud the several Bureaus
snd uepartnents of Government. from its cont
guilty 10 the large commercial cites from the
tended, exciting, and all important interests that
concentrate upon it, Is, perhaps, the most eligible
location for such Journal, and ample guarantees
Of iis success have already been received. twill
be printed in folio tor the convenience Of binding
and similar in style 10 the New York Albion
Terms: SO PER ANNUM, in advance,
To Clubs, of 10 SUBSCRIBERS, q, post office,
SIS in advance
To Subscribers of DEBow's REviEw, moi in
arrears. the Review aud Times together, Sc in
advance.
Advertisements on accommodating terms.
In order to increase the usefulness Of the Re-
circulation il will be enlarged from II TO 40 or
$50 pages, and otherwise improved by additional
editorial assistance and able corps of contribu
,ors.
MONTH storieal digest of events will be
embraced in its pages, valuable for future refer
ence.
The subscription price OF the REvIt ) will re-
main at S5 per annum, but for the convenience OF
the large class Of persons who may not desire
the whole work, who may only solicit in
formation upon one or more of the subjects to
which il is devoted, il is in contemplation 10 make
a separate publication of the matter relating TO
Agrieuiturs, suother of that relating TO Mannfae-
turss; thiru o Internal Improvements fourth
to Commerce; and nth TO Education aud Letters.
These publications will be but departments Of the
whole work, and may be subscribed for separately
al S per annum each They will appear monthly
in handsome periodical style, Of from twenty-five
to thrty-two pages; constituting an annual octave
volume Of 800 pages each, showing al single
view and in a condensed form the whole results,
within the year, IN The particnia, department., IN
cur own country aud abroad rs the REyIEw itself
will show them ia all Of the departments Of indus.
try and enterprise.
The OiRce of DeBow's REVIEW will remain a.
before at New Orleans, though branch will be
located at Washington, which will he also the
main Office of the other Journals, and may be
addressed at all times in regard 10 them. The
particular address OF The editor, whether Wash
inglon or New Orleans will be furnished from time
TO time, in the work.
J. ID. b. DEBOW.
WASHINGTON, Nov 70, 1854
nc- DEBow's INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES, three
handsomely bound volumes upon the Progress
and Wealth Of the United Stales 500 pages royal
octave, double columns, clear PRINT, library edi.
ton, may .till be ordered. Price se delivered
nj the expense Of III. author