St. Mary's beacon., 1858-03-11

TIE OFFICIAL PAPER OF CONGRESS.
H PUBLISH now my annual Prospectus OF
IL The Daily Gl0b'. and the Congressional
GiDoe aad appennix. 20 remind subscribers.
ana mforIa ;hUse wile mas desire 10 suhscr,le.
that Congress will mees on the first Nivaday
OF Next December. when shall recommpncr
publishing the ahove-Bained papers. Thew
have been published 50 long that mos, pub.,c
men know their character, and therefore /
deem II needless 90 give minute account OF
the KIND Of matter they win contain.
The Daily Giobe VIII contain a repsor; of
the Debates IN both bra nches oil Congr.s. A.
taken down by reporters equal, al least, 90 any
corps OF short hand writers in rhis or i'm any
other eOunary. A majesty of them viii.
each. b. able 70 report, rerbxiim, ten thous-
and words an hour, while the average mum
Der Of words spoken by fluent speaking rare
iy exceeds seven thousand Eve hundred words
an hour. NheR the debates OF day do moi
make more than forty columns, they shall
appear IN the Daily Globe the next norn,ns.
which viii contain, also, the news of than
day; together with such editorial ARTICLES as
NAV lie suggested by passing events.
u is also my inieIti0a. from time % time,
as occasion may require, TO publish rny re-
miniscences oi The pubic men with whom I
have been associated during the last ,hirly-
eight years. Anecdotes of General JackSon.
and III. leaders OF the party which he conduct
Ell, aai the leading inen OF other parties, viii,
btlleve. be interesting now, when partizan
bitterness has sbated.
In becoming the reporter OF the debates of
Congress deem 1, proper TO saw that the
Globe would never bel parGzan paper. This
pledge will not he forfeited by Introducing ss
contribution TO history the political iralIs of
character which distinguished the public men
IN my time. Although am, and intend 90
remain, a thorough democrat, [ will never
ootruce my principles in a way 10 make them
obnoxious 20 any party. But, in regard to
persons and events which GO Ia make up his
ory, LnoPs To maze the Glob- al ho.I.st me.
mOir; and with that view. | am II solved TO
speak independently OF all parties.
Ihe Congressional Globe aul Appendix
viii contain report % all the Debates ia Con
greSs. revised by the speakers, the Messages
oil the President OF lh. United States, tue A n
nual Reports OF the heads OF the Executive
Departments, the Laws passed during the
Session, and CopIOIS indexes rc all
lhey will be printed ON a doube rnyaI sheet,
m book form, royal quarter size, each nunsL er
containing sixteen pages. 1 he whole will
Inahe, II Is betieved, bet Veen 3 500 aad 3.9NI
pages, as the long sessions for many years
Rave ranged between those numbers, and the
next sessions will be what is termed ''long
Cae." fhIS believe is the cheapest work
ever sold IN any country, whether reprint or
printed from manuscript copy, taking Tor data
the average number OF words of the. long Ses
saonS since the year 1913. The average mum
Der OF pages is 1876, and The average number
Of words on page % Z, ,SS7 consequently the
average number Of words sl a iong session is
9,O0.772. AS have sold 10 the subscribers
that number OF words for Sc ii follows that they
have paid less than six and one-half cents for
every lOc 900 words have furnished them,
while ] have paid my reporters t6,29 for
every 2,:97 words, Ol this work, in manu-
script. Has any other bookseller, an ywhers,
ever sold bCoS ln the first nstaI cc, while II
was new, al SD low q ratel believe NOT;
and SO strong il my belief that hereby agree
TO give TO any person who shall prove the con
irary, complete set OF the debates running
back to the year 1888, making Fort, ,-ihree
9naset a yo@ass Se'sh Sfll sr ss S vfIaf paPefs
10 go by mail tree OF postage. The next ses
sion will he, without doubt. an unusually in
leresting one; as il will be, the first uudcT a
new Administration, and severa! complex
qursIions must be discussed IN il; for exam
pie, the curr, ncy, Kan as, revenue. and other
questions. The Globe will he. as hereto ore,
the only source from which iull debates can be
Obtained.
TERNS:
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$40 OO
For copy Of the Daily Globe SIX months,
5 90
For copy OF the Daily Globe during the srs.
90
For copy ofthe Congressional Globe and
Appendix. and the laws passed during the se.-
sion, d 90
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ceived al par. The whole or s1r part OF a
subscriptions may be remit,ed in p stag stamps
which is preferable 10 any currency, excep,
gold or silver.
A paper viii not be sent ~hiesa '"e "'0"ey
accompanies the or.er = IT, -. N :,
cannot ailorl To: :~HceanSe WA ." t ~,
newspapers tha. aesire tAe U'ooe' Ou' VIII
ssnd ;I,a nailv G lobe during the session 10
,ll uho sbag publish this prospectus three
,;n,.s =" ho,;,re the fi>t Monday Of next Decen-
49,. - rise wLo may publish should SEM
80. ners sontaining il 10 me, marked wuh
,p Ssect at:entioa 10 IL.
pen' ~" JOHN c. RlVES.
.,a. hngton, October x7, 1867.
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