Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1856-01-01
PROSPECTUS
July 1S--ti
OF THE
THE
UNITED STATES TIMES.
A Weekly Newspaper to be Published In

UNITED STATES I'm ES,
A weekly Newspaper to be Published I'm
Washington City.
The undersigned, expecting soon to retire from
the position he has for some time held sSuperin-
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 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 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 10 date
The object Will be. through careful editorial
management and 'arge and well. selected cor
respondence, TO establish al the seat Of govern
meut 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 II presents for obtaining material Of every
| kind through the action of the Smithsonian lnsti
| tuition the Patent Office, aud 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 il, is perhaps, the most eligible
location for such journal, and ample guarantees
OF It's success have already been received. II will
be printed in folio for the convenience Of binding
and similar in style 10 the New York Albion.
Terms: 50 PER ANSUs, in advance.
To Clubs. Of 10 SUBSCRIBERS, al one post office
SIS in advance.
| To Subscribers Of DRBow's REVIEW, not in
arrears the Review aud Times together, s6 in
advance
| Announcements accommodating terms.
| In order 10 increase the usefulness Of the Rs
VIEW, which has acquired very extensive
circulation IL will be enlarged from l2 10 l40 or
| $50 pages and otherwise improved by additional
editorial assistance and able corps of contribu
,ors.
A month- istorical digest OF events will be
embraced in rs pages. valuable for future refer
| euce.
The subscription price Of the REVIEW will re.
main AT So 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 one or more OF the subjects 10
which it is devoted, il is in contemplation TO make
a separate publication of the matter relating 10
Agricnhure another Of that relating TO Manntae-
tRres; a thiro % Internal Improvements; fourth
TO Commerce; and fifth to Education and Letters.
These publications will be but departments OF the
whole work and may be subscribed for separately
at 5 per snuum each They will appear monthly
in handsome periodical style, of from twenty five
to thirtytwo pages constituting an annual octave
volume OF $50 pages each, showing at "A 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 IA all ofths Departments OF indus.
try and enterprise.
The Office Of DeBow's REVIEW will remain Us
before AT New Orleans though a 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
ington New Orleans, will be furnished from time
TO time, in the work
J. ID. B. DEBOW.
WASHINGTON, Nov. %, 1854.
me- DEBows INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES, three
handsomely bound volumes upon the Progress:
and Wealth of the United States, 500 pages roya
octave double columns, clear print, library ed
ton, may still be ordered. Price Sc delivered
at the expense Of the author