Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1849-11-23
THE GLOBE:

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The approach of Congress calls on
the Annual Prospectus of the GLOBE Els
Enlistment. %, f.f,....,
The time is full of interest. TIL,
coming in of new Administration--th.
consequent broaching of new polio,
touching the internal concerns of tIlt
countryside new and most importan
issues arising from the late vast accession
to the public domain, and the great ma.
tional objects associated with 1.-THE i'm.
pending difficulty in our relations with
France, and the possible complication
Of our affairs with the troubles of Eui-
rope,--conspire to create great expeca-
ton as to the proceedings of the next
Congress. The approaching Session
will probably contiue till late in the
summer of 1850. The debates, from
the agitation Of SO many questions OF. vi
tai interest to the Republic, will draw
forth all the talent ofthe National Legis-
lature. To bring its deliberations home
to the people, on each succeeding day,
while measures are maturing, is, in effect,
TO bring the whole nation into rouncil.-
The discussion, spreading from the Cap
ltol TO the remotest parts of the Union
forms public opinion which reacts up.
on Congress and controls its decisions
To become useful instrument, how
ever humble, to assist tile working Of
the admirable machinery Of our popular
institutions, is the ambition of the con
ductor of the GLOBE. Extraordinary
preparations have therefore been made
to meet the increasing demands Of our
rapidly-improving and growing country
for Congressional intelligence. e SF
The GLOBE Press has already enlist
ed the ablest Reporters yet known to
Congress; its materials and machinery
are of the best sort; and the exclusive
devotion of the individual who for so
many years has made it his study to
embody and publish the labo-s of Con.
gress, gives reason to hope that an adj
vance will be made in the accomplish
ment Of this undertaking commensurate
with its increased importance. But the
accumulation of expense consequent on
the additional number of Reporters re-
quired-lhe extra charges incurred in
printing at night the debates of the pre-
ceding day--ihe vast addition made to
the mass published, by the protracted
sessions and the fuller reports given,--
will render our enterprise failure, I'M
less Congress shall SO far patronize it as
to become purchaser OF such portion
of the daily sheets issued, as shall con-
tribute to make the reports that fill them.
The undersigned has ventured on the
preparation he has made for the next
Session. in the expectation that Congress
will subscribe for as many daily sheets
for each Member, at the subscription
price, as will, in part, defray the expense
of reporting, and give them circulation
as Congressional documents in their
several districts. This will enable the
Publisher to bear the charge of report
ing, and it will give an impulse to the cir
cula,ion OF the Congressional Print,
which, although the cheapest in the
Union (the expense of preparation con-
sidered) will yet yield sufficient profit to
make the system permanent.
JOHN &. RIvEs having purchased the
interest OF L. p. BLAIR in Jackson Hall
the printing office machinery and ma
terial--becomes the sole proprietor there
of, and will give his exclusive attention
to the Congressional department. ]. c..
PICKETT will conduct the Miscellaneous
Department of the Newspaper. F. p.
BLAIR re,ires from both concerns, with
prayers for their permanent usefulness
and prosperity.
The GLOBE will be published daily
during the session of Congress, and
weekly the remainder of the year, and
will undergo distribution in the form of
a Weekly Globe, Congressional Globe,
and an .Appendir.
The Weekly Globe will contain Agri-
cultural and miscellaneous articles; and
will occasionally give debates Of such inn
portance as command universal interest
The price of the Weekly Globe is re-
duced to one dollar, with view to OBJ
tain a more general circulation. Sub
scribers who have hitherto paid So per
annum, will be charged only 81 after the
expiration of the first year.
The Congressional Globe wiIlembody,
MS il has done for the last sixteen years,
Congressional proceedings and debates
exclusively
The appendix will embrace the revi-
sed speeches separately, and the MESA
ges of the President of the United States
and the reports Of the Heads of the Elk.
ecutiye Departments.
The Congressional Globe and ZIP
pendir will be published as fast as the
proceedings of Congress will make a
number. Subscribers may expect one
number Of each week, during the frs
four weeks of session, and two OF
three numbers of each week afterwards
until the end Of the session. Each VOL
ume will probably comprise two thou.
sand royal quarto pages, Of small type
Complete Indexes to the Coagression
al Globe and .Appendir will be sent sc
subscribers after Congress adjourns.
Nothing of political party aspec
will appear in the Globe save that which
will be found in the Congressional re-