Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1856-02-28
PROSPECTUS
UNITED STATES TIM ES, u
A Weekly Newspaper to be published In
washington CITY.

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 sSuperin-
lendent OF the United States Census, intends 10
devote himself 10 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 site
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 viii be, through careful editorial
management and arge and we'll selected cor
respondeDce, TO establish al the seat OF govern
ment Family Newspaper which shall be adapted
TO the wants of every communtyi mparng
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 i presents for obtaining material of every
kind through the action of the Smithsonian lnsii-
~ nd fha National Arr
cultural Convention eic., aud the several Bureaus
and Departments of Government. from lis cont
guilty 10 the large commercial cities from the ex-
tended exciting, and all importan, interests that
concentrate upon H. 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 binding,
and similar in style 10 the New York Albion
Terms: So PER ANNUM, in advance.
To Clubs, of 10 SUBSCRIBERS, al one post Office,
SIS in advance. @I ta##
To Subscribers of DKBow's REVIEW, not in
arrears, the Review and Times together, S6 in
advance.
Advertisements on accommodating terms.
In order TO increase the usefulness of the RE-
VIEW, which has now acquired very extensive
circ uaton, il will be enlarged from / II 10 lao or
$50 pages, and otherwise improved by additional
editorial assistance and able corps of contribu
,ors.
A MONTH isiorical digest of events will be
embraced in rs pages, valuable for future refer
ence.
The subscription price of the REvww will re-
main al S5 per annum, but for the convenience OF
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the whole work, or who may only solicit in
formation upon more Of the subjects to
which il is devoted, it is in contemplation 10 make
separate publication OF the matter relating 10
Agrioahars, another of that relating 10 Manntae-
tures; a thira o Tntcrnai Improvements fourth
TO Commerce; and fifth 10 Education and Letters.
These publications will be but departments Of the
whole work, and may be subscribed for separately
at ST. per annum each. They will appear monthly
in handsome periodical style, OF from twenty-five
10 lhirlytwo pages constituting annual octave
volume OF $50 pages each, showing AT single
view and in a condensed form the whole results,
within the year, in the particular department., in
our own country aud abroad, the REVIEW itself
will show them in all ofths departments OF indus
try and enterprise.
The Office OF DeBow's REVIEW will remain
before al New Orleans, though branch will be
located al Washington, which will be also the
main Office of the other Journals, and may be
address, ed at all times in regard 10 them. The
particular address of the editor, whether Wash
ington or New Orleans, will be furnished from time
to time, in the work.
J. d. B. DEBow
wAsHIseroS, Nov 26, 1854.
Es- 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
tion, may still be ordered. Price Sc delivered
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