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THE GLOBE: .
Official Paper OfCOngresS.

Official Paper OiC0ngresS,
Congress has made the Globe It's or
gan of communication with the country.
TO facilitate this important object and
diminish the expense Of the people. tbs
Congressional Girbe and .Appendir-
which contain the proceedings Of Con,
gress revised by the members, are hence.
forth TO be conveyed through the mails
free Of postage. AZ the late session Of
Congress the following Joint Resolution
was passed:
JOINT RESOLUTION providing for
the distribution OF the Laws of Con.
gress and the Debates thereon.
With view of the cheap circulation
of the laws Of Congress and the debates
contributing TO the true interpreiion there
of, and to make tree the communication
between the representative and consti,u-
eni bodies: -t@h"@
BE IL resolved By the Senate and
House of Representative of the United
States of America in Congress assem-
bied. Tha, from and after the present
session of Congress, the Congressional
Globe and Appendix, which contain the
laws and the debates thereon, shall pass
free through The mails so long as the
same shall be Published by order of Con-
gress: Provided. That nothing herein
shall be constructed 10 authorize the cir.
culaiion Of the Daily Globe tree of post.
age.
Approved August &. 1852.
The Globe will now. trust, enter up
on new and more extended career Of
usefulness. Congress, which draws in-
To It's focus all the important. topics and
events of the times for its discussion,
and acts on them with view to the in
lerests of the Republic, has provided a
mode through which, without cost fur
The delivery, all this is said and done by
the body which speaks and acts for The
nation, shall be put within the reach OF
The poorest citizen.
The liberality with which Congress
parronizes the work, enables The under
signed to report the proceedings, and de-
liver full set of both the Congressional
Globe and the Appendix, containing the
proceedings. daily debates. the written
on, speeches. the Message of The Presi
den, of the United States. the Reports
of Heads al Departments. and all the
Laws passed during the session, for
Three Do!lars--a price barley pays for
the printing The copies subscribed for by
the people. Every one who will com
pare the price of this work with any 9th
er, taking into view the amount of matter
and style OF publication. viii find that il
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ihe true value on its political institutions
Ion the action of the representative
body which moves and maintains them,
which brings unIer review, discusses,
and acts on all the interests OF the wide
spread Republic, presenting the people
every event, foreign and domestic, tina.
can. however remotely. affec, the public
inierest--it may be called the best, as
well as the cheapes, publication in the
world.
The Congressional Globe and ZIP
a
sheet in royal quarto form, each number
containing sixteen pages. The Con
gressional Globe is made up of the daily
proceedings Of the Two Houses; and the
Appendix embraces the long speeches
withheld by The speakers for revision.
The Messages of the President OF the Uni
ted States, and the Heads Of the Exe-
culive Departments.
The Laws passed during session, and
an index 10 them. are printed as soon as
possible after adjournmeni, and sent Ia
all subscribers Tor The Congressional
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TERMS.
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Il have abont five hundred surplus
copies 4 The Congressional Globe FIR
the last session. which contain, besides
The proceedings Of Congress. all laws and
join. resolutions passed during the SEES
sion. The proceedings and laws make
2.552 pages; and the list OF apfropria-
Hons and index, not yet printed, will
make about 80 pages more. will lei
those who subscribe for The Congression.
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SESSION. have them a. the following rates:
Price per copy, unbound. Three Dollars;
or bound in three volumes. backs and
corners Russia leather, Five Dollaars.-
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volumes bound for Twelve Dollars
Every person who takes any part in the
politics of his country should possess
them. JOHN y. RiVES.
WAsnlNGToN, October 29ih 1852.