Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1856-02-19
PROSPECTUS
UNITED STATES TIM rs,
Weekly Newspaper 10 be pubhshed In
Washington city.
OF THE

Washington city.
The undersigned, expecting soon TO retire from
the position he has for some time held as sSuperin-
tendenl of the United States Census, intends TO
devote himself 10 the control and management OF
,h,. 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 pari,
OF selections or extracts from articles admitted
into the REVIEW, but mainly OF other original te-
| 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 pubic 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 TO date
The object vii. be, through careful editorial
| ma nagement and arge and well selected cor
respondence 10 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 the rights and sovereignty
OF the 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 Agrl-
cultural Convention etc. and the several Bureaus
AID Departments OF Government, from its conf
guilty To the large comuercai cities. from the ex-
teuded exciting, and all importaar interests that
concentrate upon IL. is, perhaps, the nosi eligible
location for such journal, and ample guarantees
uf il. success have already heen received IL will
he printed in folio for the convenience of binding,
and similar in style 10 the New York Albion
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VIEW. which has now acquired very extensive
circulation il viii be enlarged from ll2 10 l40 or
$50 pages, and otherwise improved by additional
editorial assistance and able corps of contribu
.ors.
A month istorcal digest OF events will be-
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ence
| The subscription price of the REVIEW will re-
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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 TO make
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Agricukare, smother Of that relating 10 Aanafae-
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10 Commerce; and nth 10 Education and Loiiers.
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10 thirty-two pages constituting an annual octave
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view aud condensed torn the whole results,
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our own country aud abroad, as the REVIEW ltsell
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Tn, Office Of DeBow's REVIEW will remain
before at New Orleans, though branch will be
located al Washington, which will be also the
main Office Of the other Journals, aud may be
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| pnrticular address of he editor, whether Wash
,pgton or New Orleans, will be furnished FROM time
| TO time, in the work
J. y. B. DEBOW.
| WAsHiNsToN, Nov. 20, 1854.
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