Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1856-03-01
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UNITED STATES TIMES,
A Weekly Newspaper 10 be published In
Warrington City.


Weekly Newspaper TO be Published In
Washington City.
The undersigned, expecting soon 10 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
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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
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management and arge and well selected cor
respondence, to establish at the seat OF govern
ment Family Newspaper which shall be adapted
TO the wants of every community; imparting
musement and information. and political, only 10
the extent of maintaining the institutions of the
country and defending he rights and sovereignty
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winch il presents for obtaining material of every
kind, through the action of the Smithsonian lnsti
tuition, the Patent Office, and The National AgrI-
cultural Gonventlna, etc, and the several Bureaus
and Departments of Government, from its cont
guiiy 10 the large coniincrcia cities, from the
tended. exciting. and all important interests that
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VIEW, which has now acquired very extensive
circulation it will be enlarged from III to l40 or
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editorial assistance and able corps of contribu
,ors.
MONTH istorical digest of events will be
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ence
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the large class of persons who may not desire
the whole work, who may only solicit in
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Try and enterprise.
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particular address OF The editor whether Wash
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TO time, in the work
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WASHINGTON Nov. %, 1854.
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NAPOLE At ST. HELENA, OR
IN interesting anecdotes and remarkable con-
versations OF the Emperor during the bv- and
half years Of his captivity. collected from the
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