The republic., 1851-12-16
PROSPECTUS FOR .rHE GLOBE"
THE CONGRESSIONAL NEWsPAPEh-
TENHE APPROACH OF CONGRESS calls for Il

THE CONGRESSIONAL NEWSPAPER.
TENHE APPROACH OF CONGRESS calls for the
n renewal of my proposals and preparations TO
spread its debates before the public. The success
which has hitherto attended this undertaking ii is
hoped will continue, and enable me to perpetuate
the full history of the proceedings and discussions
Of the body on which the destiny OF the Repubhc
depends.
ihe adoption of Congress has given the GLOBE
an official character 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 hdehty with
which the duty thus contided has been performed
The great celerity with which the letter writers
for the distant press circulate through the telegraph
their hurried accounts and views OF the debates OF
Congress-, renders more important than ever the
full and exact official reports OF the
GLoBR. The hasty, and in many instances fI pdrfe,
relations by telegraph of what occurs in Congress
supersede for the most part, the exact reports Ia
ken down by reporters, and which formerly, In
shape more or less abbreviated. went the rounds
of the press. Now the telegraph accounts, with all
their injerfections and variety OF colorings, take
the of the country and no press but the oihcla
of Congress ever publishes the iuli oepate Win
the proceedings Of both Houses unmutilated. In
deed, no newspaper give them. and have room
for advertisements and the miscellaneous matter
essential TO their existence. While, therefore, the
telegraph administers TO the eager appetite OF the
public Tor Congress news and meets the necessi-
tiea of the political press, by furnishing rapidly
written epitome suited to the taste OF its patrons
perfect information of what passes IN Congress is
greatly diminished The circulation oil the Official
reports has been, to some extent, cut OIL by the
crude and diversified accounts which, flying along
the electric wires, satisfies curiosity and IT Is al
most in vain that truth puts ON his boots TO 'oiow
Still there great many men OF leisure and
thought who like TO what is actually said and
done in Congress-, and TO judge for themselves
rather than to receive impressions altogether from
galvanic batteries. There are others, too, wno Tor
the sake of the future, willingly patronizea work
which preserves full record Of the dolngs oi the
great moving and controlling power OF the Re-
public.
lnensurate with the increased Importance OF the
duty he has undertaken as the only reporter ana
publisher of the complete debates and proceedings
of both Houses of Congress. The coming session
will probably be extended nine months, and tho
reports will not be comprised in less than 5000
royal quarto pages of BREWER and nonParell type,
making volumes of near 900 pages each. The
reports for the last long session made $3.50 royal
quarto pages and were bound in volumes, ave-
raging 97I royal quarto pages each.
/ will publish in the APPENDIX for the next scs-
sion all laws that may be passed during the scs-
sion which has not been done heretofore. Although
this will increase in small degree the expense OF
the publication, the subscription price viii be the
same that it has been for several years past
The DAILY GLoDR will be published during the
,session on a superine double royal sheet. 1t will
contain the debates taken down by the report
ers, and as altered by the speakers, whenever they
make any alterations the current news OF the day,
publishing the daily paper is to enable Members
10 see their remarks in it, and alter them II they
shall think proper before they published In the
CoNGREssIoNAL @ GLoBE and Appendix.
The CONGRESSIONAL GLOBE 10 made up OF the
daily proceedings of the two Houses OF Congress,
and printed on double royal paper, with smaii
type, (brevier and nonparei) in quarto form, each
number containing sixteen royal quarto pages.
The speeches of the Members, in this first form,
are sometimes condensed-the full report OF the
prepared speeches being reserved for the ArPKN-
DIX. All resolutions, motions, and other proceed
ings, are given in the form OF the Journals with
the yeas and nays every important question.
The APPENDIX is made upof the President's An
nual Message the Reports Of the principal Officers
of the Government that accompany 1t, and all
Speeches of Members of Congress, written out or
revised themselves. 1t is printed in the same form
as the CoNGR KssIoNAL GLOBE, and usually makes
about the same number Of pages during session.
During the first month or SIX weeks OF Session,
there is rarely more business done than will make
two numbers wcek-one Of t G CoNGREssIoNAi
LoBR and one of the APPENDIX; but during the re-
mainder of session there Is usually sufficient
matter for two or three nuAbers of each every
week. The next session will be unusually interest
ing; therefore calculate that the CoNoREssIoNAL
GLOBE and Appendix together will make at least
$500 large qunrto pages, printed in small type
BREWER and nonpareil. Complete Indexes to both
will be furnished at the end of session.
/ will cndeavor to print sufficient number
of surplus copies to supply all that may be miscar
ried, or lost in the mais but subscribers should
be very particular to file their papers carefully for
fear that should not be able to supply ali the
lost numbers.
If subscribers shall not be satisfied with the
work. the money paid by them for it will be re-
funded to them whenever they return the numbers
which may have been received by them Will
give subscribers the subscription price Tor any OF
the previous volumes Of the CONGRESSIONAL GLOBE
or the APPENDIX, except for the last session, and
will thank any person who will let me have them
have few copies of the back volumes OF the
CONGRESSIONAL q LOBE and APPENDIX for sale at
AS volume bound, which it is probable will be
disposed of soon; and when they are, they will
then, no doubt, command at least $40 volume,
rs they cannot be reprinted for less than that sum-
There are % back volumes.
For one copy of the DAILY GLOBE during the scs-
For one copy of the CoNoRgssIoNAL GLOBE
during the session NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. W
For one copy of the APPENDIX during the
session ............-. ....... w
The money may be remitted by mail at my risk
Bank notes current where subscriber resides will
be received at par. Subscriptions should reach
here by the 18th December, at furthcst, to insure
all the numbers
The prices for these papers arc so low that can
not afford to credit them OUT therefore no person
need order them unless the money accompanies the
order JOHN G. RlVES.
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