Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1851-11-20

perfect Information OF what passes in
Congress is greatly diminished. The
circulation Of the official reports has
been, 10 some extent, cut off by the crude
and diversified accounts which, living
along the electric wires. satisfies curiosi.
y, and il is almost in vain that truth
puts on his boots to follow. Sill there
are great many men Of leisure and
thought who like TO see what is actually
said and done in Congress, and to JUDGE
for themselves, rather than TO rcceiye
altogether from galvanic bat
teries. There are others, too, who, for
the sake OF the future, willingly patron.
ize work which preserves full recorY
of the doings Of the moving and coniroll-
ing power Of the Republic.
If there ever was time when the ac-
ton of Congress should be looked to and
thoroughly studied, by the patriotic of
all parties, it certainly approaches with
the next Congress. The Government
takes a new departure with the next ses-
sion, and how il is to work out the ar
engagements made to pacif, the troubles 1
with which it has labored remains TO be
seen. The succession to the Presidency
will form a leading consideration in eve.
ny movement al thesnext session, andy
there will scarcely be measure introdu.
ced, or speech made, that will no, have
some bearing on that all-absorbirg ques-
ton. Ii national conventions of the res
pective parties are called together 10
dominate the candidates Of each, the
Congress which precedes these convex
tions always seizes the occasion, by an
ticipaion, TO discuss, in connection will.
public measures, the merits of the men
looked TO, to give them ehec, in the all.
ministration. If the people, then woul,:
have their share in the choice of their
first iunctionaries, they ought to study
well the character of candidates as de-
veloped by themselves, or their enemies
in Congress.
The undersigned has made prepara-.
lions commensurate with the increased
importance Of the duty he has underia-
ken as the only reporter aud publisher
Of the complete debates and proceedings
of both Houses Of Congress. The CO.
ming session will probably be extended
nine months. and the reports will not be
comprised in less than $500 royal quar-
to pages Of BREWER and nonpareil type
making volumes of near 900 pages
each. The reports for The last long SEES
sion made 1896 royal quarto pages, and 1
were bound in four volumes, averaging
974 royal quar,o pages each.
| will publish in the Appendix for the
next session all laws tina, may be passed
during the session, which has no, been
done heretofore. Although this will in
crease in no small degree The expense Of
the publication, the subscription price
will be the same that j, has been several
years past.
The Daily Globe will be published
during the session on a superfine double
royal sheet. twill contain the debates
as taken down by the reporters, aud as
altered by the speakers. whenever they
make any alterations; the current news
OF The day, and miscellaneous matter
The main objec, for publishing the daily
paper is, to enable Members 10 see their
remarks in 1t, and alter them if they shall
think proper before they are published
in the Congressional Globe and Appen-
dix.
The Congressional Globe is made up
OF The daily proceedings Of the two Hou-
ses OF Congress, and printed on doI~>(
ble royal paper, with small type, fbre.
vier and nonpareil,) in quartz. form, each
number containing sixteen ROYAL euarto
pages. The speeches ofsthe members,
IN this first form, are sometimes conGen- .
sed-the full report of the prepared
speeches being reserved Tor the Appen-l
dix. 4
The Appendix is made up of the Pres
ldenl's Annual Message, tae Reports of
the principal Officers of the Government,
that accompany it, and all speeches of
members Of Congress, written on, or re-
vised by themselves. 1t is printed in
the same form as the Congressional
Globe, and usually makes abou, the
same number Of pages during session.
During the first month or six weeks
oil session, there is rarely more bust
ness done than will make two numbers a
week-one of the Congressional Globe
and one Of the Appendix; ba. during the
remainder OF session, there is usually
sufficient matters for two or three num-
bers Of each every week. The next ses-
sion Will be unusually interesting; there.
lore, calculate that the Congressional
Globe and Appendix together will make
at least $500 large quarlo pages, printed
in small type, BREWER and nonpareil.-
Complete Indexes to both will be fur
nished at the end of the session.
II subscribers shall not be satisfied
with the work, the money paid by them
Tor It will be refunded to them whenever
they return the numbers which may have
been received by them. will give sub
scrlbers the subscription price FOR any of ).
the previous volumes of the COMPRESSION.
al Globe or the Appendix, except for the
last session, and will thank any person
who will lei me have them.
have few copies of the back vol.~
umes of the Congressional Globe ard :
Appendix for sale al SIS volume bound.