Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1856-02-26
PROSPECTUS
or THE


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UNITED STATES TIMES, IS
A Weekly Newspaper 10 be published In
Washington City.
The undersigned, expecting soon TO retire from
the position he has for some time held as 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 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 or 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 az shown by statistics, bringing down
those OF the National Census always TO date
The object will be, through careful editorial
management and .arge and well selected cor
respondence, 10 establish at the seat OF govern
meni Family Newspaper which shall be adapted
to the wants OF every community; imParting
musemcnt and information, and political, only 10
the extent of maintaining the institutions Of the
country and defending the rights and sovereignty
fthe States.
The City of Washington, from the advantages
which il presents for obtaining material OF every
kind, through the action Of the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition, the Patent Office, and the National Agri-
cultural Convention etc, and the several Bureaus
aud Departments Of Government, from its CONT
guilty TO the large commercial cities, from the ex-
tended, exciting, and all important interests that
concentrate upon II, is, perhaps the most eligible
location for such journal, and ample guarantees
Of its success have already been received twill
be printed in folio for the convenience of bindisg
and similar in style to the New York Albion.
Terms: So PER ANNUM, in advance.
To Clubs Of 10 SUBSCRIBERS, al one post otfice,
SIS in advance.
To Subscribers of DEBow's REVIEW, not in
arrears, the Review and Times together, So in
advance. t-.
Advertisements on accommodating terms.
In order 10 increase the usefulness of the RE-
VIEW which has now acquired very extensive
circulation, il will be enlarged from liz TO 140
$50 pages and otherwise improved by additional
editorial assistance and able corps of contribu
,ors.
A month"; istorical digest Of events will ba
embraced in It's pages, valuable for future refer
ence.
The subscription price Of the REVIEW will re-
main al 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 enc more of the subjects TO
which il is devoted, il is in contemplation TO make
a separate publication of the matter relating 10
Agriculture, another Of that relating TO MaHEfac-
tures; a third o Internal Improvements; fourth
to Comhaerce; and lith ~ Edgoatioa and Lottevs.
These publications will be but departments Of the
whole work, and may be subscribed for separately
at il per annum each. They will appear monthly
in handsome periodical style, of from twenty-five
10 thirty-two pages; constituting annual octave
volume Of 800 pages each showing al 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 an all ofAs apartments OF indus
Try and enterprise.
The Office OF DeBow's REVIEW will remain
before at New Orleans, though branch will be
located at Washington, which will be also the
main Office of the other Journals and may be
addressed at all times in regard TO them. The
particular address OF the editor, whether Wash.
nRton or New Orleans, will be furnished from time
TO time, in the work.
J. ID. B. DEBoW.
WAsHNsToN, Nov. 26, 1854
nr- DEBow's INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES three
handsomely bound volumes upon the Progress
and Wealth Of the United States, 500 pages royal
octave, double columns, clear PRINT, library edi-
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al the expense Of the autbos