Washington sentinel., 1856-03-25
PROSPECTUS
OF THE
UNITED STATES TIMES.
A weekly Newspaper to be pubitshod IN
Washington City.

OF THE .#r
UNITED STATES TIMES. VI.
A weekly Newspaper to be published In
washington City.
The undersigned, expecting soon TO retire from
The position he has for some time held as asSuperln-
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
newspaper with the abovrtitle
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 aud essays upon
leading and popular topics; biographical Sketches
of public mem 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 will be, through careful editorial
management and arge and well selected cor
respondence, to establish at the seat OF govern
ment Family Newspaper which shall be adapted
10 the wants of every community; in,parting
musement and information, aud political, only 10
the extent of maintaining the institutions of the
country and defending the rights and sovereignty
of The States. S#
The City of Washington, from the advantages
which il presents for obtaining material OF every
kind through the action OF the Smithsonian lnsti-
tu,ion the Pat-ol Office. and the National Agri
cultural Convention eic.. and the several Bureaus
and Departments of Government, from lts cont
guiry 10 the large commercial cities from the ex-
tended exciting, and all Important interests that
concentrate upon it, is, perhaps the most eligible
location for such journal, and ample guarantees
of its success have already been received. II will
be printed in foo for The convenience of binding,
and similar in style 10 the New York Albion.
Terms: So PER ANNuM, in advance
To Clubs Of 10 spBscRIHERs, at one post etfice,
SIS in advance.
To Subscribers OF DKBow's REVIEW, mol in
arrears the Review and Times together, Sc in
advance. . sHfs
Advertisements accommodating terms
In order 10 increase the usefulness OF the Re-
VIEW, which has acquired a very extensive
circulaIion il will be enlarged from l2 10 140 or
$50 pages and otherwise Improved by additional
editorial assistance and an able corps Of contribu
A month istorical digest of events will be
embraced in its pages, valuable for future refer
ence.
The subscription price of the REvrxw viii re-
c hr.ff fpr he conv
the large class Of persons who may not desire
the whole work, or who may only solicit in
formation upon one more of the subjects 10
which il is devoted il is in contemplation 10 make
a separate publication of the. matter relating 10
dgricnhurs, smother of that relating TO Manntae-
tuyss; lhird % Lusrna. Jv,p,ovementsi q fourth
TO Comgueree and nth 10 Edncatio'i and Lsfts,s
These publications will be bnt departments ofthe
whole work, aud inay be- subscribed for separately
at S. per annum each. They viii appear monthly
IN handsome periodical style, Of from twenty-five
10 ihirtyIwo pages; constituting an annual octave
volume OF 360 pages each. showing al single
view aud in a condensed form the whole results,
within the year, 10 the particular department. in
our own country aud abroad, as the REVIEW rse'i
viii show them in oil offhe de7nrtms,its OF indus.
Try and enterprise fH
The Ofhce OF DE Bows REvRw will reipain as
before al New Orleans, though branch will be
located at Washington which will be also the
main Office oil the other Journals, and may be
address ed at all times in regard 10 them. The
particular address of he editor whether w ASH
,nptor or New Orleans. will be- furnished from time
10 time, in ihe work liza -l... r-.-..#
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WAsHNeroS, Nov. ~, 1854.
ma<DrBow's lsDUsrRiAL RksouKcEs, thrre
handsomely bound volumes upon ihe Progress
and Wealth of The United States, 800 pages royal
octave double columns, clear print library edi-
lion, may still be ordered Price So delivered
at the expense of the anthos ssa
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