The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-11-26
PR OSPECTUS
THE GLOBE-THE CONGRESSIONAL NEWS
PAPER.

The approach of Congress calls for the renewal
of my proposals aud preparations 10 spread lis
debates before the public. The success which has
hitherto attended this undertaking it is hoped will
continue, and enable me TO perpetuete the full
history of the proceedings and lscussions of the
body on which the destiny of the Republic de-
ponds.
The adoption of Congress has given the GLoBE
an official character as the reporter of all that is
said and done in the body. This sanction has
been voted at every successive session for many
years, and by members of all parties The press,
too, of all parties has borne testimony to the idel-
Ity with which the duty thus confded has been
performed. The annexed notices, taken at ran
dom from the general expression In favor OF the
work, are submitted in proof of lis funess, fair
ness, and usefulness. | am compelled 10 omit,
Tor want OF room, page of notices which are IN
type.
| The great CELEBRITY with which the letter-writers
for the distant press circulate through the tele-
graph their hurried accounts and views of the
debates of Congress, renders important than
ever the full and exact official reports of the Con-
| GREssIoNAL GLOBE. The hasty, and in many
instances er parts, relations by telegraph of what
occurs IN Congress supersede, for the most part,
the exact reports taken down by reporters, and
which formerly, in shape or less abbre-
waited, went the rounds OF the press. Now the
telegraph accounts, with all their imperfectons
and variety chickering's, take the run of the coun-
try and no press but the official of Congress ever
publishes the full debate with the proceedings of
| both Houses unmuulaled. Indeed, no newspaper
can give them, and have room for advertisements
and the miscellaneous matter essential to their
lstence. While, therefore, the telegraph admins
tiers TO the eager appetite ofhe public for Congress
| news, and meets the necessities of the political
press, by furnishing rapidly written epitome
suited to the taste OF its Patrons perfect informa
ton of what passes in Congress is greatly dimin-
ished The circulation of the Official reports has
been, TO some extent, cut off by the crude and
diversified accounts which, lying along the electric
wires, satisfies curiosity, and it is almost in vain
that truth puts on his boots TO follow. Still there
are great many men oflesure and thought who
like TO W at is actually sa id and done in Con-
gress, and TO Judge for themselves, rather than TO
receive Impressions altogether from galvanc bat
terles. There are others, too, who, for the sake
of the future, willingly ratronize work which
preserves full record of the dongs of the great
moving and controlling power of the Republic
The undersigned has made preparations COM
mensurate with The increased importance Of the
duty he has undertaken the only reporter and
publisher of the complete debates and proceedings
OF both Houses of Congress. The coming
sion will probably be extended nine months, and
the reports will not be comprised in less than $500
royal qunrto pages of brewer and nonpareil type
making volumes of near 900 pages each -
The reports for the last long session made 1896
royal quarto pages, and were bound IN four vol
umes, averaging 974 royal quar,o pages each.
will publish in the APPENDIX for the next SEES
sion all laws that may be passed during the
sion, which has not been done heretofore. Al
though this will increase in no small degree the
expense Of the publication, the subscription price
will be the that it has been for several years
past.
The DAILY GLOBE will be published during the
session on Il superfne double royal sheet 1T will
contain the debates taken down by the report
ers, and sltered by the speakers, whenever they
make any alterations; the current news Of the
day, and miscellaneous matter. The main object
for publishing the daily paper is, to enable Mem
bers to see their remarks IN IT. and alter them they
shall think proper before they are published in the
CoNGREssIoNAL GLOBE end APPENDIX,
The CoNGRLssoNAL GLOBE is made up of the
daily proceedings of the two Houses of Congress,
and printed on double royal paper, with small
type, (brevier and nonpareil) in quarto form,
each number containing sixteen royal quario
pages. The speeches of the Members, IN this frs
form, are sometime condensed-the full report of
the prepared speeches being reserved for the Ar
PEkpix, All resolutions, motions, and other pro-
ceedlngs, are given IN the form OF the Journals,
with the yeas and nays on every important ques |
ton.
The APPENDIX is made up OF the Presidents
Annual Message, the Reports OF the principal
Officers OF the Government that accompany II, and
all Speeches OF Members OF Congress, written
out or revised by themselves IL is printed IN the
same form as the CoSGREssioSAL GLOBE, and
usually makes about the same number or pages
during a ses ion.
During the first month or SIX weeks OF SEES
sion, there is rarely more business zone IMAM VIII
make two numbers week-one OF The CoNGREs-
sio"AL oi-ohe Gnu VIZ VI iHe hFfhNplN ool oul-
n1a,'ar Co. ,,1o o. ,bras nnn,hsrs oS
every week The next session will he unnsnolIv
in,eres,;ng tbarefnre ,ye csIcnlate fbat The Coz
nafss,oys Grcpr and ApprnDIx together viii
aLo ~ Los, 95on lar,,s ,,srto races nrntad in
srasIl tyns,-hrev,er a5d nonnarsil u : furnish
onnaIs,s Ideves y, Ln,b ~ ,be anJ Of session
w Iii 10000 80 80, s c;en, n,,,hsr :,
srl,s 40 snn, iii tbat MAJ, he roiscsrr;ed
90 ns, IN ,bs U,a;ls. h,, snLscrI6ers Should hs
fear tb,t We should NOT he allie IN sunnlv ali the