Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-03-17
Prospectus for the Globe
the Congressional News
paper.


paper.
ME approach of Congress calls for the renew
n al of my proposals and preparations TO
spread its debates before the public Tho auece4s
which has hitherto attended this undertaking IL
is hoped will continue, and enable mo to perpCt-
uate the full history of tho proceedings and dis-
Cussions of the body ON which the destiny Of the
The adoption of Congress has given the GLohH!
an official character as the reporter of all that IL
said and done In the body. This sanction has
been voted at overy successive scsSion for many
years, and by moInbcrs of all parties. The press,
too, of all parties has borne testimony tothe idol
ity with which tho duty thus contlded has been
performed, fH
Tho great colerity with which the letter-writsr
for the distant press circulate through tho tee-
graph their hurried accounts and views of the de-.
evOr the full and exact official reports of tho Con.
GRHssIoNAL GLoBE. The lRsty-and in many In
stances Ex FAnTE-relRtiOns by telegraph Ofwhat
occurs in Congress suporsode, foT the moat part,
the exact reports taken down by reporters and
which formerly, in shape moro or less AbbreVi-
Hted, went tho rounds of the press. Now the
telegraph accounts, with all their impOrfectiOnl
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 proceed
ings of both houses unmutilRted. Indeed no
newspaper can give them and have room for adj
! vertisemcnts and the miscellaneous matter ssASn-
tiAl to their existence. While, therefore, the tel-
cgraph administers to the Eager appetite OF lha
public for Congress news, and meets the necessi-
ties Of tho political press by furnishing rapidly
perfect Information of what passes in COngrsss 10
greatly diminished. Tho circulation of tho on
Cial reports has been, to some extcnt, cut or by
the crude and diversified accounts which, flying
along tho electric wires, satisfy curiosity, and Il
| Is almost IN vain that Truth puts on his bUosE 10
follow stu there arc great many men %
leisure and thought who like to see what 10 actN-,
ally said and done III Congress, and to Judge for
themselves, rTthcr than to receive Impressions al
together from gHlvanic bNtteries There arc 9TH
ers, too who, for the sake of the future, willingly
patroniZe work which preserves full rocord ~
the doings of the great moving and controlling
| power OF the republic --I
| Tho undersigned has made preparations COM
monsurato with tho increased Importance Of ths
| duty he has undertaken the only reporter and
| publisher of tho complete debates and proeuod-
ings of both houses of Congress- The coming
session will probably be extended ninO months,
and the reports, win not be comprised in less
than 1900 royal quarto pages of BREWER aud noli-
pages each. The reports for tho last long session
mage p, S S,SSS royal quarto pages, and wcrc bound
each. - f""''' tSbes
| will publish in the Appendix for the next
session all laws that may be passed during tia
session, which has not been done horotofore Al.
though this will increase in no small deprae ths
expense OF the publication, the sI,bseription rrics
wcars ~ III" samothAt IT has boon for several
The DAmY GIoBE will be published during tho
session on snPcrhne double royal sheet. Itwiii
contain the debates as taken down by the ra-
bortcrs, and us altered by tho sponkors whoneyor
they make any alterations, the current news OF
| H. Z! NIiH ,mnIscelhheohs matter The main
oDyect lor publishing the daily paper is to enable
| members to see their remarks in IL and aitey
them' II they shall think proper, before thev are
PuDnshcd IN the CoNGREsslONAL GLoBE and Ar
The CoNoRIsSIoNAl. GLonE is made I'm ~ IN.
daily proceedings of the two houses OF ConorssS
ana printed on double royal PAPER with smsiJ
| TYPE, brewer and nonpareii, in qunrto form.
eHch number containing sixteen royM oiiarto
pages. lhe speeches of the members In this arst
form are sometimes condensed the f,,li renort =,
the prepared speeches being reserved for TIC Az.
fkN I. All resolutions motions, and other nro
U,L HES' arc given in the form of the journals
tion. IVY Important auss-
The APPENDIX is made up Of tho Prcsidshts
"or. e message, tho rePoTts Of the principal DIN
! eS I 9! nc government that accompany It. and
oil speeches Of members Of Congress, written one
or revised by themselves. 1t Is printed In the
same form AS the CoNOREsaIONAL GLOBE and
dpring sns.oH ABOUT the same number Of pas,a
During the first month or six weeks Of ,...,o,
.eIc Is rarely more business done than win MAZE
Two numbers Weck-one of the CONoHtss,o,,.S
GLOBE and one Of the ArrENDIK; bnt dmrino ~
remainder Of session there is usually smfSs,sn,
,ao 1Td TWO or three numbers Of each every
'i ne ne next session will DO unusually int: .
resting Therefore calculate that Tho c3sdsSs
tioSAL GLOBE and APPENDIX tooctLor lii S,
type@brcyicr arge quarto pages printed in sms
,E,L .Ir and nonpareil, Complete indeTes
'"fOotn VIII be furnished ut the end OF scssio,
s,rnI H.. en'chEor 70 print sufficient number ~
Red or los IN To- 70 supply ell that may be mScaT
I l., :.
DC very particular to file their pabors c.tcs'ii.
i3r iear that should not be able to sSrbI., ~
the lost numbers. ~ supp! ALL
~ subscribers shall not he satisfied vitb a..
WoIk, tne money paid By thern for Il viii Ia
II.i,ioed 70 them whenever they return Tie ,,n,r
neIS v Inch may have beer received Nv thar,
VIII give Subscribers tho subscription nrico a.
any oI tne previous volumes OF Tho EoS,s,,ssss ~
siVS , oLogE or the APPENDIX except for tbciss.
me ba3n ana NV VIII thank any person who viii lei
nave few copies Of the back yoI1nes ~ ~.
- hEIssioNAL GLOBE and APPgNDtx for SsIe ~
voiuI1e bound, which It Is probable viii ia
.IasPoseo Of soon and whom they are tbev viii
" ~ no doubt, command at least 40 = voIpYSs
- they cannot be reprinted for less than tist
9li'''- mere arc 20 back Volumes
| TERMS .tt#l -
aC y. one copy Of the DAILY GLons DURING rs
For one copy Of the Co,,ar,v..,, . =, - w
For one copy of the A Prr,rn,. 49,. u Wv
the session . 'SAA ouflhe a
Inc money may be -remittcd bv mail =. nv
t4 bank notes current where a snbsct;t1s, ~.
oiipeS wln pc received ct par., enhserint,o,,
s1Aotta reach here By tho 18th Decemhsp ~ T1T
'HsS s1, 70 insure all the nufnbefs 'r-i - =,
ne PL1ces TOR these papers are 40 lo,, lthasIl
,-a.., aho5d 70 credit them out 4: therefore no
psrIoh need order them unless the money secos-
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