The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-07-30
PROSPECTUS FOR 1.-THE aLoBE,'

PROSPECTUS FOR s.THE GLOBE"
~, THE CONGRESSIONAL NEWSPAPER.
TINE APPROACH OF CONGRESS calls for tho
renewal Of my Propo:als and preparations to
which has hitherto attended this undertaking it is
hoped will continue, and enable me to perpetuate
tho full history the proceedings and discussions
Of the body on which the destiny Of the Republic
depends.
The adoption of Congress has given the GLoss
an Official character AZ the reporter Of all that is
said and done in the body. This sanction has been
and by members of all parties. The press, too, Of
ell parties has borne testiHpny to the fidelity with
which the duty thus condded has been performed.
me great CELEBRITY with which the letter
their hurried accounts and views of the debates Of
Congress, renders more important than ever the
full and exact official reports ofthe CONGRESSIONAL
GLOBE. The hasty and in manyinstancess 1 Parte,
relations by telegraph Of what occurs in Congress
aupersede for the most part, the exact reports tn
Ken down by reporters, and which formerly, in a
Of the press Now the telegraph accounts, with all
their impcrfections and variety of colorings, take
the run OF the country and no press but the official
Of Congress ever publishes the full debate with
the proceedings of both Houses unmutated. In
deed, no newspaper can give them, and have room
for advertisements and the miscellaneous matter
essential to their xistence. While, therefore, the
telegraph administers to the eager appetite of the
public for Congress news, and meets the necessi-
ties OF the political press, by furnishing rapidly
written eptome suited to the taste of its patrons,
perfect Information of what passes in Congress is
greatly diminished. The circulation of the official
reports has been, to some extent, cut of by het
crude and diversified accounts which, flying along
the electric wires, satisfies curiosity, and It is al
most in vain that truth puts on bis boots to follow
Still there are great many men of leisure and
thought who like to see what 10 actually said and
done in Congress, and tojudge for themselves,
rather than to receive impressions altogether from
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the sake of the future, willingly patronizea work
which preserves full record Of the doings Of the
great moving and controlling power of the Re-
public. -1..r 81. =
The undersigned has made preparations COM
mensurate with the increased importance of the
duty he has undertaken as the only reporter and
publisher of the complete debates and proceedings
of both Houses of Congress. The coming session
will probably be extended nine months, and the
reports will not be comprised in less than $500
royal quarto pages OF BREWER and nonPareil type,
reports for the last long session made 1896 royal
quarto pages, and were bound in volumes, ave-
raging 974 royal quarto pages each. ~.
will publish in the APPENDIX for the next SEES
sion all laws that may be passed during the SEES
sion, which hasnot been done heretofore. Although
this will increase in small degree the expense of
the publication. the subscription price will be the
same that it has been for several years past. . 4
The DAILY GLoss will be published during the
session on q super6ne double royal sheet. 1t will
contain the debates as taken down by the report
ers, and as altered by the speakers whenever they
make any alterations; the current of the day,
and miscellaneous matter The main object for
publishing the daily paper is to enable Members
to their remarks in it, and alter them If they
CoNaa EssIosAL GLosE and Appendix.
The CONGRESSIONAL GLOBE IL made up OF the
daily proceedings of the two Houses of Congress,
and printed on q double royal paper, with small
number containing sixteen royal quarto pages.
The speeches Of the Members, in this first form.
are sometimes conference.-the full report of the
DIX. All resoNtions, motions. and other proceed
ings, are given In the form of the Journals, WITH
the yeas and nays on every important question.
nual Message, the Reports Of the principal Officers
of the Government that accompany it., and all
Speeches of Members Of Congress, written out or
revised themselves 1t is printed in the same form
the Cones EssioNAL GLOBE, and usually makes
about the same number of pages during session
During the first month or six weeks Of a sessioL
there 10 rarely more business done than will make
two numbers a week-one of tie CoNaREssIoNA
GLoss and one of the APPENDIX; but during the re-
maInder Of q session there 10 usually sufficient
matter for two or three numbers OF each every
week The next session will be unusually interest
ing; therefore calculate that the CONGRESSIONAL
GLoBE and APPENDIX together will make at least
500 large quarto pages printed in small type
will be furnished at the end of a session.
will endeavor to print sufficient number
of surplus copies to supply all that may be miscar
riod, or lost in the mails; but subscribers should
be very particular to file their papers carefully for
fear that should not be able to supply all the
lost numbers. sm.. E.'Er a. 81
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. ] will
give subscribers the subscription price for any of
the previous volumes of the CoNGR sssIoNAL GLoBE
or the APPENDIX, except for the last session, and
will thank any person who will let me have them.
have q few copies of the back volumes of the
CoNoR EssIoNA Al GLOBE and APPENDIX for sale al
IS volume bound, which it 10 probable will be
disposed of soon; and when they are, they will
then, no doubt, command at least 8 10 volume,
they cannot be reprinted for less than that
There Is back volumes.
TERMS.
For one copy of the DAILY GLoBr during the SEES.
For one copy Of the CoNaR EssIoNAL GLOBE
during the session W
For one copy of the APPENDIX during the .-
The money may be RENTED 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 furthest, to insure
all the numbers. .
The prices for these papers 80 low that lean
not afford to credit them out; therefore person
need order them unless the money accompanies the |
order. JOHN c. R1VES.
wAsHrNoToN CRY, October IL, 1851.
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