Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1852-01-31
pROsfICrUs FOR THE GLOBE,

The approach NJ Congress calls for the renewal Of ny
the public The success which hitherto ,tsedea hi
underaking it Ia hoped will continue and enshis me h
OF Il. .'S Sdsy r Ss oS s @ s q" Repu
depends.
Official character az the reportsr Of all that is sad ssd
done in the body This sanction has been voted at sysy
successive session Tor many years. and by msee =, 81
parties The press too Of all parties has borne tesmeny
70 the fidelity with which the duty thus senhdsd has pes
This cesri,y with which tn. ettsr,vri,er, for the dis
tsnt press circulate through the telegraph their hurried
accounts and views OF the debates u Conses renders
more important than the full and exact oncal reports
o. the CONVERSATIONAL GLoss. The ha.ty, and IN many
instances Tx rARTE relations by telegraph Of what occurs
In Congress supersede for the most part the exact repoh
taken down by reporters, and which formerly, in shape
more of less abbreviated, went the rounds Of the press
Now the telegraph sccounts with Ok their impenesons
and variety OF coOrngs take the of tire country, and
press but the official Of congress publishes the fun
debate with the proceedings of both Houses unrutisted
Indeed no newspaper can give them, and have room tor
advertisements and the miscellaneous matter essential 70
their existence While, therefore, the telegraph admns-
tiers to the eager appetite Of The public for Congress news
and the necessities Of the political by furnish
ing rapidly written eptome suited to the taste OF lis
patrons perfect information of wha. passes in Congress
is greatly diminished The circulation OF the ofhciai
reports has been to extent cut on by the ana
diversified accounts which, flying along the electric wnes
satisfies curiosity and 1t Is almost in vain that truth put
on his boots to follow Still there great many men
Of leisure and thought who like to what actually
said and done in Congress- and to Judge for themselves
rather than to receive Impressions altogether from gsvnn
ic batteries There others too, vino for the sake OF
q
full record of the doings Of the great moving and sonirs
ling powers OF the Republic.
II there ever was a time when the action of Congress
should looked and thoroughly studied the paons
all parties it certainly approaches with the next Con-
gress. The Government takes new departure with the
next session. and how is to work out tho arrangements
made tO pacify the troubles with which II has hborsd
remains to be The succession to the Presidency
will form leading consideration in every movement .,
the next session. and there will scarcely bs measure
introduced or speech made, that viii not have some
bearing that a-absorhng question. Ii national con-
ventions Of the respective parties ars caeu sosenes
nominate the candidates OF each the Congress wnlen
precedcs the conventions always seizes the occnso ey
anticipation, to discuss in connection with public mea.
sures the merits Of the mel looked 10 r. give them eneet
IN the administration. IL the people, then, would have
their share in the choice Of their first fuconnries they
ought study well the character Of candidates az deve
oped by themselves their friends and theft enemies 10
Congress The capital will be the rostrum from which
subject the Chief Magistracy, and the important topics
Connected with it, and the Legislation o the country there
will become the theme of discussion in every State Legs
hture, of every country town and village meeting
throughout the Uriun. How important, them does u
become, that full and impartial reports should be obtained
Of tbs action Of body, which will give an Impulse 10 ths
Republic M new career, and which, IN very e'sa.
degree influence the public mind In the choiee zee OF me
Chief Magistrate who is to carry out the win OF the people
| US constutionaly expressed.
The undersigned has made preparations cornmensurats
with the increased importance Of the duty he HIS undertai
ken the only reporter and publisher Of the compsts
debates and proceedings both Houses Congress- The
coming session will probably be extended nile months,
and the reports will not be comprised IN less than 35ooo
royal to OF BREWER and nonpare type-naklS
volumes nf $40 pages each. The reports ior hs
last long session made 1886 royal quarto pages and were
bound IN four volumes, averaging 94 royal quart" pages
each, =,
will publish in the AprsSplx for the next sersen all
laws that may b passed during the session. which has not
been done heretofore Although this will increase IN NO
small degree the expense Of the publication, the sabscrip
on price will be the that it has been for several
The DAILY GLoBE will be published during the session
superdne double royal sheet. 1t viii contain the
debates taken down by the reporters and as altered
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the Of the day and the miceaneous matter
The main object for publishing the daily paper H. to ens-
they shall think proper before they are published IN the
| Congressional Globe and Appendix
The Congressional Globe is made up OF the daly pro-
ceedmgs Of the two Houses Of Congress- and printed on
donbe royal paper, with small type (brever ana no'
pareil in quaro form, each humber containing sixteen
royal quarto pages The speeches of the Members IN
this form sometimes codenscd--the full report OIL
All resolutions, motions and other proceedings are gwen
in the form OF the Journals with the yeas and nays ON
| every Important question. .
Message, the Reports Of the principal Officers OF tie
Government that accompany it, and all Speeches OF Mem
hers Of Congress written revised by themselves
1t is printed in tie form the Congressional 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 Num-
bers a week--olis Of the Congressional Globe and one
Of the Appendix, but during the remainder oi session
there usually sufficient matter for two or thIee numbers
Of each and every week The next session win be unus-
uIly interesting therefore,
siona Globe and Appendix together VIII make at least
$1,000 large quaro pages printed in small typeIoreyes
and nOnparel Complete Indie to both VIII lie fur-
| nshcd at the cnd OF session,
will indeavor to print sufficient number OF surplus
copies supply all that may be miscarred or lost IN the
mails but subscribers should be very particular to he
their papers carefully for fear that should not bo able
, to supply all the host numbers. ,
II subscribers shall not be SATISFIED with the WORK, the
| money paid by them for it will be refunded TO them
whenever they return the numbers which may have been
received by them win give subscribers the sussorp-
tion price any Of the previous volumes Of the Com
gressonal Globe the Appendix, except Tor the hst
session, and will thank any person who will let me have
| them.
| have few copies OF the back volumes OF the Con-
bound which il is probable will be disposed of soon
and when they they will then, no doubt, conmandee
at least $40 volume, they cannot be reprinted Tor
| less than that sum, There are IS back volumes.
TERMS.
For one copy Of the Daily Globe during
! the session, SS Oo
For one copy of the Congressional Globe
during the session, 90
For one copy of the Appendix during the
| session, 90
The money may be remitted by mail at my
risk. Bank notes current where subscriber re-
sides will be received at par. Subscriptions
should reach here by the 18th December, al
furthest to insure the number.
Tile prices for these papers are so low that
cannot afford to credit them out therefore no
person need order them unless the money accom-
panies the order.
JOHN c. RIVES.
W,.h;n,,on C;tv Nov 1851.