Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-11-09
Prospectuses.
THE GLOBE
The Official Paper of Congress and
Newspaper for the People.

IL letter OF Gen. washington To David stewart,
dated New York, 18th March, 1I9O, that the idea
of such paper as propose to make the Globe,
originated in the mind of the Father of his Coun-
try. He said:
tits to be lamented that the editors of the
different Gazettes in the United States do not
more generally and more correctly (instead OF
stufinp their papers with seurrility and nonsen-
steal defamation, which few would read II they
were apprized of the contents) publish the de-
bates in Congress ON all great natlonaa quesuohs:
The principles upon which the difference of
oninion arises, as well the decisions, would
then come fully before the public, and afford
the best data for its judgment"-Sparks's Wri-
tfngs Of Washington, uoL 10, p. "a.
THE DAILY GLOBE AND CONGRESS
SIGNAL GLOBE.
In surrendering my interest in the organ of
great political party, cherished the purpose of
continuing the Congressional Globe. and if pos
sibe, in time, to perfect it into full history of
the action of Congress, giving the debates accu-
rntely and fully with the proceedings-all stamp
ed with the verify of an official record. From
the passage in the letter of General Washington,
which have quoted, it will be perceived that he
thought this Office might be combined with that
of regular newspaper and it is certain that the
nvidit of the public for news of the less impor-
tant kind greatly contributes to give wings to the
weightier matter which may be called Congress
siOnul news.
Having succeeded in myPurpose of perfecting
the reports of the debates in Congress and giving
them the official stamp, now propose to send
them abroad in connection with the news of the
day in such haste shall outstrip full and accu-
rate Intelligence sent from the seat OfgOvernment
in any other form whatever. 1t twill even anttct-
pate the scraps of news forwarded to cities within
two hundred and fifty miles of Washington by
telegraph. Before the events thus transmitted are
published in the morningPapess, (Gor instance, of
the city of New Y Ork, 1.-THE Globe containing them
will have reached the post office of the city by
th' Express Mail of the previous night. The
process by which this will be effected | now lay
before the public.
l will have n corps of sixteen Reporters in Con-
gress each il succession will take notes during
hive minutes, then retire, prepare them for the
press, put them slip by slip in the hands of the
compositors, and thus, while debate is going
on in Congress, it will be put in type, and in L
few minutes after it is ended it will be i'll print
shall by this means be enabled to send by the
Express Mail of ) o'clock, 2, NJ, for the East,
West, and North, and by that of O'Clock 2. NJ,
for the South, all tho proceedings of Congress up
to the ordinary hour Of adjournment. Thus the
accurate debutcs of Congress will reach the cities
two hundred and fifty miles from the Capitol be-
fore their daily morning papers in circula-
ton.
The miscellaneous news shall be careful to
gather from remote sections of the country by
telegraph will obtain from the Executive De-
partments, through official sources, the matters
OF moment transacted in them, and through
agents employed for the purpose, all city news
OF consequence, IN sufficient time to be put into
the Globe and mailed in the Express Mail trains.
In this way, hope to create II new era in the
discrimination of news from WashinGton.-|
Hitherto no newspaper has attempted to give
thentic accounts of things done ut Washington,
before the public mind at distance had received
its tirstimpresstons from Irresponsible telegraph
ic dispatc les, or by letter-wrers biased by Pecu-
!i-rVicws.
Washington has now become so great u centre
of political interest during all the yeur-the pro-
ceedinGs of the Executive Departments and the
Information collected by them even during the
recess OF Congress is of much Importance to
the interests of every section of the country
that | shall continue the publication of the daily
paper permanently, with view to become the
vehicle of the earliest and most correct intelIi
gence.
If is part of my plan to reduce the price of the
daily paper to half that of similar daily papers,
and thus hope to extend its circulation to
invite advertisements. | will publish advertise
ments of the Government. To subscribers in the
cities hope 70 submit such terms as wifi induce
them to advertise their business in every village
throughout thu Union, where the Globe is sent
daily under the franks of members of Congress,
all of whom take it, iand some of them large
number of copies.
The installation of new administration and
anew Congress, portends much change in the
course OF public affairs the result of the next
session. Many vast interests which were brought
up in the last Congress were laid over by the
Democratic majority to await the action of De-
InOcrutlc Executive. The new modelling of the
tariff; the new land system the question of gil
wing hOmesteuds and making every man free
holder who may choose to become one the APP
Proclamation of tho htiuntic and Pacific oceans by
Il national railroad ucro-s the territory of the
Union; reform III the army, navy, aud civil OH
ces-all these great questions, with n thousand
minor ones, deeply affecting multitudes of men
and every Statc in the Union, will, now being
mtuiei by public opinion, come up for the Go
vernmcut's decision. These new issues, co-ope-
rating with old ones, coming up to be disposed
of by new actors OH the scenes at Washington,
will he apt to modify greatly, if not alter essen
tinlly, the party organizations of the country.
To these elements of interest another is likely
to be introduced by the interpositon of the agi-
tation Of Europe. After nearly forty years of
peace in Europe there is an evident restlessneSs
that now seems frarght with tendencies threat
ching war; and il war comes, in all likelihood
there will follow such uuivcral change, that the
United States can scarcely hope to escape the
vortex. Indeed, from late events it is apparent
that our government is already drawn into Eu-
rnpcan difficulties. Thsesn circumstances are
calculated to draw the public mind towards the
next Congress without much expectation.
The Daily Globe will be printed on fine paper,
double royal size, W 18th small type, (brevier and
nunpureill ut five Goiinrs year.
The Congressional Globe will also be printed
on Il double royal sheet, in book form, royal
quartz size, each number containing sixteen pa
yes. The Congressional Globe proper will be
made up of the proceedings of Congress and the
running debates us given by the Reporters. The
speeches which members may choose to write
out themselves, together with the messages of
the President of the United States the reports of
the Executive Departments, and the laws passed
by Congress, be added in Appendix. For
merly | received subscriptions for the Congress
sional Globe and Appendix separately. But this
has not been found satisfactory, inasmuch it
gave an Incomplete view of the transactions in
Congress, and therefore, have concluded not to
sell them apart, considering that neighbors can
hive the advantage of both by clubbing in case
an individual shall find it too Onerous to be at the
charge of both.
= ~.