The Arkansas banner., 1847-02-03

be more usefully employed than in eondensiRE and again spreading abroad inc iDel genee of onS free country, tending 10 such happy results through our almost inracusOasy adjusted State and National in- stitntionS.
 Having identified ourselves with the plan of ad. vaneing the usefulness Of Congress hypublishing all and impartial reports. and having large mass ef tsis Congressional Globe and Appe ssiix issued during the last twelve years, which would be m- paired in value 10 us aud utility to the public, if the work were disconiinned, we have doahle mo- tive to proTppt us to extend Il through new se.ses We resolved, ifpossible, to give t permanenee and to hand fl down 10 successors as q standard Work, worthy of being maintained and improved. We shall enter upon our new undertaking without being distracted orburdened by any associate Iahors Of the press; and, thus uneneumbered shall hope to make the new series step in advance of the for mer ia all points of execution. With view to ac- compsh this we shali be tone or the otherj in at- tendance on Congress.
 The reports will not be affected by party bias. We believe that every member of Congress will bear witness that our reports are full and lair
 The Congressional Globe is snade np of the daily proceedings of the two Houses uf Congress and printed on saper6ne double royal paper with small type, (brevier and nonpaFiel, in qaafto form, each number containing sixteen royal qaarto pages The speeches of the members, in this form arc con- densed-the fuii report of the prepared speeches being reserved in the Appendix. All resolutions motions, and other proceedings, are given in the form of the Journals. with the yeas and nays on every important question.
 The Appendix is made ID of the Presidents An nual Message, the reports of the principal officers of the Goyernment ths, accompany 1t, and all speeches of members of Congress, written out and revised by themselves. It is printed in the same form as the Congressional Globe and usually makes about the same number of pages during a session
 During the last moath CT six weeks of session there is rarely more business done than will make -ks4~- -Tkk kk.-f Globe and one of the Appendix; but during the re- mainder of session, there is usually sufficient mat fer for two or three numbers c9 each every week The next session will be unusually interesting; therefore we calculate the Congressional Globe and Appendix together wiil make near l5oo large quar- to pages, printed in small type-hrever and nonpa- riel. We furnish complete indexes to both at the end of session.
 We have on hand the Congressional Globe and Appendix for the last l5 sessions of Congress ma king together l5 large quar,o volumes. which we sell, unbound, for S4l, or bound with Russia backs and corners, for Sj5. Those who want the back volumes should apply for them immediately as they are in demand. Congress subscribed fo. s4I com plete sets during the two last sessIons. The pro- ceedings of Congress for he last nine years cannot be procured from any other soaree-tiales and Sea ton having stopped printing their Register of De- bates in 1887.
 We will endeayor to print sufficient number of surplus copies to supply all that may be miscarred, or lost in the mails; but subscribers should be -ery particular 10 file their papers carefully for fear that We should not be able tc supply all the los; num- bers
 TERMS
 For one copy of the Congressional Globe, Sl co For one copy of the Appendix, oo For six copies of either, or part of both, , co
 The money may be remitted by mail at our risk.
 Our prices for these papers are SO low that cannot afford to eredI; them out; therefore, per son heed consume his time in writing for them un- less he sends the money.
 BLAIR & RIVES.
 Washington, Oct. i5, fSf5.