The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-04-20
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THE GLOBE-THE CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.
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HE approach of Congress calls for the renewal
OF my proposals and preparations to spread is
debates before the public. The success which has
hitherto attended this undertaking it is hoped will
continue, ana enable me to ,perpetuate the full
history of the proceedings and discussions Of the
body on which the destiny Of the Republic de-
ponds.
The adoption of Congress has given the GLOBE
an ofclal character as 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 fidel-
| ty with which the duty thus confded has been
performed. The annexed notices. taken at ran
dom from the general expression in favor Of the
work, are submitted in proof of its fullness. fair
ness, ana usefulness. | am compelled to omit,
for want of room, page of notices which are in
type
The great celebrity with which the letter-writers
for the distant press circulate through the tele-
graph their hurried accounts and views of the
| debates OF Congress, renders more important than
ever the full and exact official reports of the Con-
GREssIoNAL GLOBE. The hasty, and in many
instances er parte, relations by telegraph Of what
occurs in Congress supsrsede, for the most part,
| the exact reports taken down bv reporters, and
which formerly, IN shape more or less abbre-
waited, went the rounds Of the press. Now the
telegraph accounts, with all their imperfectons
and variety chickering's, take the run Of the coun-
try, and no press but the official of Congress ever
publishes the fun debate with the proceedings of
both Houses unmutilated. Indeed, no newspaper
can give them, and have room for advertisements
and the miscellaneous matter essential to their eY-
istence. While, therefore, the telegraph admins
tiers to the eager appetite ofthe public for Congress
news, and meets the necessities of the political
press, by furnishing rapidly-wrtten epitome
suited to the taste of its patrons, perfect inorma-
| ton of what passes in Congresses greatly dimin-
ished. The circulation ofthe official reports has
been, TO some extent, cut off by the crude and
diversified accounts which, flying along the electric
wires, satisfies Curiosity, and is almost in vain
| that truth puts on his boots TO follow. Still there
are a-great many men ofeisure and thought who
| like to what is actually said and done in Con-
gress and to Judge for themselves, rather than to
receive Impressions altogether from galvanic bat
teries. There are others, too, ,who, for the sake
or the future, willingly pstronize work which
preserves full record Of the doings OF the great
| moving and controlling power of the Republic
The undersigned has made preparations com
mensurate with the increased importance OF IN
| duty he has undertaken the Only reporter and
publisher Of the complete debates and proceedings
Of both Houses Of Congress. The coming SEES
sion will probably be extended nine months, ant
the reports will not be comprised in less than $500
| royal qUarto pages OF brewer and nonpareil type
making volumes Of near 800 pages each -
| The reports for the last long session made 1896
| royal quarto pages, and were bound in four vol
umes, averaging ga royal quarto pages each.
! | will publish in the APPENDIX for the next SEES
sion all laws that may be passed during the ses-
sion, which has not been done heretofore. Al
though this will increase in no small degree the
expense OF the publication, the subscription price
will be the that il has been for several years
| past.
The DAnr GLoBE will be published during the
session on a superfne double royal sheet. IL will
contain the debates as taken down by the report
ers, and sltered by the speakers, whenever they
make any alterations; the current news Of The
day, and miscellaneous matter. The main obiec.
I for publishing the daily paper il, TO enable Mem.
bers TO their remarks init, and alter them fthey
shall think proper before they published IN the
| CosGREssioSAL GLoBE and APPENDIX.
The CoseREssiosAL GLoBE is made up Of the
daily proceedings Of the two Houses Of Congress-
and printed on a double royal paper, with small
| type, (brevier and nonpareil,) IN quarto form,
each number containing sixteen royal quarto
pages The speeches Of the Members, in this first
| form, are sometime condsnsed--the full report OF
the prepared speeches being reserved for the Ar
PEEDIx. All resolutions, mo tions, and other pro-
ceedings, are given in the fSts Of the journals,
with the yeas and nays on every important ques-
| ton.
The APPENDIX is made up Of the Presidents
Annual Message, the Reports Of the principal
Officers Of the Government that accompany It, and
| all Speeches Of Members Of Congress, written
out or revised by themselves. IL is printed in the
same form az the CoSoREssioSAL GLoBE, and
usually makes about the same number Of pages
| during session.
During the first month or six weeks Of a SEES
| sion, there is rarely more business done than will
make two numbers a week--one OF the CoNeREs-
| sIosAL GLoBE and one Of the APPEspIK but dur
4 ing the remainder Of session, there ~ usually
sufficient matter for two or three numbers Of each
every week. The next session viii be unusually
interesting therefore, calculate that the Cow
| OCCASIONAL GLoBE and APPENDIX together will
make at least $500 large quarto pages, printed in
small type-bsevier and noDpareil. We furnish
complete Indexes to both at the end OF a session.
We will endeayor 10 print sufficient number
surpuscopes to supply all that may be miscarried.
or lost in the mails but subscribers should be
very particular TO file their papers carefully, for
fear that should not be able 70 supply all the
lost numbers.
II subscribers shall not be satisfied with the
work, the money paid by them for il will be re-
funded to them whenever they return the numbers
which have been received by them. will give
the subscription price FOR any previous volumes Of
the CoNeREssiosAL GLoBE or the ApPEHDrx, and
will thank any person who will let me have them.
have few copies OF the back volumes Of the
CoSeREssfoNAL GLOBE and APPENDIX for sale at
IS a volume bound, which il is probable will be
disposed OF soon and when they are, they will
then, no doubt, command at least $40 a volume,
as they cannot be reprinted for less Ihsn that
There are IS back volumes.
TERMS.
For one copy Of the DAILy GLoBE during the ses-
sion s. 90
For one copy Of the CONGRESSIONAL GLOBE
during the session 3OO
For one copy Of the APPENDIX during the
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The money may be RENTED by mail at my risk.
Bank notes current where subscriber resides VIII
1 be received at par. Subscriptions should reacl
4 here by the 18th December, at furthest, TO instps
all the numbers.
The prices for these papers are so low that /
i cannot afford to credit them out therefore n o
person need order them unless the money accom-
NAMES the order JOHN G. RlVESl