The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-03-12
PROSPECTUS FOR 1.-THE GLOBE"

PROSPECTUS FOR "THE GLOBE"
THE CONGRESSIONAL NEWSPAPER.
fTNHE APPROACH OF CONGRESS calls for the
4 renewal r.y proposals and preparations 70
apread Its debates before the public. The SUCCESS
which has hitherto attended this undertaking it ia
hoped VIII continue, and enable me to perpetuate
the iull History Of the proceedings and discussions
OF the body on which the destiny of the Republic
depends
The 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 ycars,
aud by members of all parties. The press, too, of
all parties has borne testimony to the fidelity with
which tsie duty thus conided has been performed.
The great celebrity with which the letter writer's
for the distant press circulate through the telegraph
their hurried accounts and views of the debates of
Congress, renders more important than the
full and exact official reports ofthe CosGR sssIoNAL
GLOBE. The hasty, and in many instances parte,
relations by telegraph of what occurs in Congress
supersede, Tor the most part the exact reports ta
ken down by reporters, and which formerly, in
shape more or less abbreviated, went the rounds
OF the press: Now tho telegraph accounts, with all
neutrality-suspicious. nnd variety of colorings, take
the run OF the country, and press but the official
OF Congress eve. publishes the full debate with
the proceedip gs of both Houses unmutilated In
deed, no newspaper can give them, and have room
ior advertisements and the miscellaneous matter
cssentiS to their existence. While, therefore, the
tclegr aph administers to the eager appetite of the
pubic for Congress news, and meets the necessi-
uf.s of the political press, by furnishing rapidly
perfect information of what passes in Congress is
greatly diminished. The circulation OF 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 1t is al
most in vain that truth puts his boots to follow.
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
galvanc batteries. There others, too, who, for
the sake of the future, willingly patronizea a work
which preserves full record of the doings OF the
great moving and controlling power OF the Re
public.
The undersigned has made preparations com
mensuvate with the increased importance OF the
duty he has undertaken the only reporter and
publisher of the complete debates and proceedings
Oh both Houses Of Congress. The coming session
will probably be extended nine months, and the
reports will not be comprised in less than 1900
royal quarto pages of BREWER and nonpareil type,
making volumes OF near 900 pages each. The
reports for the last long session made 1886 royal
quarto pages, and were bound IN volumes, ave-
raging 974 royal qunrto pages each.
! will publish in the APPENDIX for the next ses-
sion all laws that may be passed during the
sion which has not been done heretofore. Although
this will increase in no small degree the expense OF
the publication, the subscription price will be the
same that it has been for several years past.
The DAILY GLOBE will be published during the
session on superfine double royal sheet 1t will
contain the debates taken down by the report
ers, and altered 10y the speakers, whenever they
make any alterations; the current news OF the day.
and miscellaneous matter The main object Tor
publishing the daily paper is to enable Members
TO see their remarks in it, and alter them if they
shall think proper before they published in the
CONGRESSIONAL GLOBE and APPENDIX.
The CONGRESSIONAL GLOBE is made up Of the
daily proceedings of the two Houses OF Congress,
and printed on a double royal paper, with email
type, (brevier and nonpareil in quarto form, each
number containing sixteen royal quarto pages.
The speeches OF the Members, in this first form,
sometimes condensed-the full report of the
prepared speeches being reserved for the APPEN-
DIX. All resolutions, motions, and other proceed
logs, are given in the form OF the Journals, with
the yeas and nays every important question.
The APPENDIX is made up of the Presidents 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 form
as the CONGRESSIONAL GLOBE, and usually makes
about the same number Of pages during a session.
During the first month or six weeks of a session.
there Is rarely more business done than Will make
two numbers week-one OF e. C CONGRESSIONAL
GLOBE and one of the APPENDIX; but during the re-
malnder OF q session there is usually suthcient
matter for two or three numbers OF each every
week. The next session will be unusually interest
ing; therefore calculate that the CoSeREssIoNAL
GLoHK and APPENDIX together will make at least
$500 large guarto pages, printed in small type
BREWER and nonpareil. Complete Indexes TO both
will be furnished at the end OF session.
will ondeavor to print sufficient number
OF surplus copies to supply all that may be mscar-
rod, lost in the mails but subscribers should
hc very particular 10 file their papers carefully, for
fear that should not be able TO supply ali the
iost numbers
II 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. j will
give subscribers the subscription price for any Of
the previous volumes of the CosGREssIoSAL GLOBE !
the Appendix, except for the last session, and |
will thank any person who will let me have them. |
| have n few copies of the back volumes Of the |
CoSGREssIoSAL GLOBE and APPENDIX for sale at |
SIS volume bound, which ii is probable will be |
disposed of soon; and when they are they will |
then, no doubt, command at least 8 70 a volume, |
as they cannot be reprinted for less than that sum-
There arc 25 back volumes.
For copy of the DAILY GtoBE during the scs-
For copy of the CONGRESSIONAL GLOBE
during the session ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 8 90 !
For one copy OF the APPENDIX during the
eessiOn ......................... W |
The money may be RENTED by mail at my risk.
Bank notes current where a subscriber resides will
be received at par Subscriptions should reach
here by the 18th December at furthest, TO insure
all the numbers.
The prices for these papers are so low that lean
not afford 20 credit them out; therefore person
need order them unless tho money accompanies the |
order. JOHN G. RIVES.
WAsHINeToS CITY, October H. 1851.
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