St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-02-04
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7 PIrRIJSU now nv annual Prospectus OF the
/ DAILY GLOBE. and the CONGRESSIONAL
GLOBE AND ApPENDIX, to remind suosci'po'S'
and inform those who may desire 10 snpsCflpe,
that Congress will meet on the first MONDAY oi
next December, when | shall rccornmencc
publishing the above named paper. They
have been published so long that most punilc
men know their character, and therefore
deem il needless to give Il minute account oi
the kind of matter they will contain
The DAILY GLOBE will contain report OF the
Debates in both branches of Congress, AS taken
down by reporters, equal, at least, To any corps
of short hand writer's in this or any other
country majority of them VIII, each, NC
able to report. verbatim, ten thousand WORDS
an hour, while the average number OF "ordS
spoken Nv fluent speakers rarely exceeds seven
thousoni five hundred words an hour. When
the debates of a day do not make more than
forty columns. they shall appear in the l'aliy
Globe the next morning, which will contain,
also. the news of the day, together with such
editorial articles as may be suggested Ivy pass
ing events. IL.
1t is also my intention. from time to Tune
os occasion NAV require, to publish my rcni-
nis,,ncrs of the public men with whom have
been associated during the last twcnty-elght
| wears Anecdotes of General jackson, and the
leaders Of the party which he conducted. and
the leading men of other parties VIII, ne
Iicvc. he interesting now, when partlZn bitter
ness has ahatcd.
In becoming the reporter Of the debates OF
Congress deemed it proper to say that !hc
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nle,lrc will not he forfeited Ivy introducing as
n contribution to history the political traits OF
character which distinguished the public men
Of nv time Although am, and intend to
remain. a thorough Democrat, will never OBJ
trudc nv principles in a way to make them
obnoxious to any party. But III regard u
persons and events which 90 to make III
history. | hope to make the Globe an honest
memoir and with that view am resolved tc
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contain a report Of all the debates in Congress
revised by the speakers, the Messages of thu
President of the United States, the Annua
= Reports of the Heads of the Executive Depart
mcnts. the laws passed during the session, an'
9 copious indexes to all. They will be quartz
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4 many years have ranged between mos
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: termed II long one" This believe Is tn
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1 whether reprint or printed from manuscript
y COPY taking for data the average number @
, words of the long sessions since the year 1873
y The average number of papcs is 1876, and Tn
l. average number of words on page is 2,o"'
|. consequently the average number OF words G
|, a long session is Q, go, ~. As have sold t
It subscribers that number of words for six dol
1t lars it follows that they have paid less tina
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Id have furnished them, while have paid m
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work, in manuscript Has any other bo1k
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TO hereby agree to give to any person who sha
prove the contrary, a complete set of the dc
bates running back to the year 1888, maxim
forty three Qtarto volumes, which sell for 50
volume An act of Congress authorizes thc'
papers to go hv mail free of postage. II
u. next session will be- without doubt, an Ill
- usually interesting one. as it will he the fir
Z under a new administration. and several con
D. p,cx questions must he discussed in il for e
ample. the currency, Kansas. revenue, III
other questions The Globe will be as herct
fore the only source from which full dcbat
can be obtained.
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J." JOHN c. RIvEs
WashiptrtDn oct o. ~