Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-05-02
THE GLOBE
The OmciaI Organ OF Congress and New.
paper Tor the People.

paper Tor the People.
address my annual circular 10 the public, APP
prising il that the Globe will renew lis reports OF
The Congressional Debates al The next session of
Congress IL Is hardly necessary TO say that the
| proceedings Of the next Congress will be Of vast
| import 10 the country. The issues which have
| been made In relation 10 slavery, connected with
| The great interest which is always taken in Con
gress in relation 10 the nomination of presidential
candidates. will give intense excitement 10 the
| next session, which will be comm unicaled 10 the
| public. Whatever is debated in Congress will be
| debated everywhere. The Importance Of official
reports cannot, therefore, be too highly estimated.
| The country will pass upon the proceedings Of
| Congress as they progress and public opinion, if
| properly informed, will have salutary influence
| upon the result
The DAILY GLOBE will be printed on double
| royal sheet at eleven O'clock every morning, ex-
| cept Sunday, and will contain all the messages of
the President OF the United States; the reports of
| the Executive Departments; the entire proceed
ngs OF Congress; the laws passed during the
session; and the news by telegraph and from
/ other sources up 10 the hour OF going TO press.
| The debates in Congress frequently fill thirty,
/ forty, hly, and sometimes more than hundred
columns day Whenever they make NOR than
twenty-eight columns day, extra sheets
| printed.
TUESDAYS CONGRESSIONAL GLOBE will be pub
ished every Tuesday morning, and contain the
proceedings of Congress in condensed form; the
| current news of the day, and such editorial com.
i
| TO the character Of the paper. When the debates
OF week cannot be condensed into twenty
| columns, and leave eight columns OF the sheet
| for other matter and advertisements, an extra
sheet will be printed
The CONGRESSIONAL GLOBE will be the revised
edition OF the proceedings contained in the Daily
Globe and the laws passed during the session,
| printed in book form royal quarto page and
will probably, make four volumes of nine hun
| dred pages each. The last volume Of the four
/ ~ an Apr xnyI.ip xrtilI ,ah
| speeches as are written out by the members them
selves, with such deferred proceedings as neces-
sarily accompany them. Complete indexes will
| be made out and forwarded 10 subscribers soon
after the end of the session. If a subscriber shall
lose any numbers, they will be supplied al the
rate OF three cents for sixteen pages.
II = admitted by every competent judge, whose
| opinion have heard expressed on the subject,
that the debates Of Congress are better reported,
and sold lower than those of any other legislative
body. calculation which made for the Senate
OF the United States in April, 1854 shows that
Congress pays me for reporting and publishing
It's debates in the Daily Globe, and then in The
Congressional Globe and Appendix, only one
eleventh. the rate charged in England for publish
| ing the debates Of Parliament, and about one
sepsnh The average rate paid by the States Of
| pennsylvania, Maryland, and Kentucky, (Which
| are all the States in which the prices paid had
then been ascerlaned) for publishing their de-
| bates in book form only. The debates of Con-
gress are offered 10 subscribers, in this Prospec-
tns, Tor about one half the price paid for them by
| Congress-the expense OF reporting and then
/ publishing them in the Daily Gloha TO enable
| members to revise their remarks for the Congress.
| siona Globe and Appendix, all paid for by
Congress, and do not form any part of The SIS
which an individual pays for them. Calculations
showing the prices paid for debates nre printed on
| the fourth page Of the paper
10 facilltate the circulation OF the congressional
Globe and cheaper il 10 subscribers, Congress
passed joint resolution making it free of postage.
annex ii, as the law may not be accessible 10
posimasters generally:
''oiat Resolution providiae for the distribution Of
the Lanes Of Co" grrss and tie Debates theron
with a view 10 the cheap circulation of The
laws OF Congress and the debates contributing 10
The trne Interpretation thereof and 10 make free
The communication between the representative
and constituent bodies
BE RESOLVED by The Senate and House Of Repre.
senfattUes of the United States of america IL, Con-
gress assembled, That 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 ProUided, that nothing herein shall be-
construed TO authorize the circulation of The Daily
Globe free of postage
commenced publishing The Congressional
Globe and Appendix in 1888 They now make
thirty-seven volumes. The first edition Of MANY
OF them Is exhausted, and am reprntng
and stereotyping them They cannot be afforded
ior TESS IMAM d. 0U volume. Should sub
scrber wish the back numbers, they will be (ur-
nished, well bound at that rate.
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during the session. 90
WEEKLY GLOBE, one year. ............. 90
8 during the session. $3.50 90
CONGRESSIONAL. GLOBE AND APPENDIX dur
ing the session. ................... 90
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AND APPENDIX will be sent for. .... 10 90
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Heretofore have sent The Daily Globe 10 those
papers that published my Prospectus. cannot
afford 10 do so any longer as the papers sent for
several years past cost me more than all received
for subscriptions out Of this city during that time.
:, JOHN G. RIVES
WASHINGTON, October 2, 1855