M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-11-24
THE GLOBE,
THE OFFICIAL PAPER OF CONGRESS,

I PUBLISH now my annual Prospectus Of THE
i CoNUREssIoNAL GLoBE aud THE CoNOREssIoS'
Al GLoBR AND APPENDIX, 10 remind subscribers.
and inform those who may desire to subscribe,
that Congress will meet on the first Monday Of
next December, when shal! recommenee pub
fishing the above named papers. They have
been pu lished 80 long, that most p1bIic men
know their character, and therefore deem II
needless TO give minute account Of the kind Of
matter they will contain.
The DAiLY GLOEE will contain a report Of the
Debates in both branches Of Congress as taken
down by reporters equal, at least, to any corps
Of short hand writers in this, or in any other
country. A majority Of them will each, be able
10 report rtrbdtiq, ton thousand wo DIS an hour
willie the average number of words spoken by
fluent speakers rarely exceeds seven thousand
five hundred words an hour. When the debates
Of day do not make more than forty-tiye col
umns, they will appear IN the Daily Globe Of the
next morning; which will contain. also the news
Of the day, together with such editorial articles
us may be suggested By passing events.
THE CONGRESSIONAL GLOBE AND APPESDIxwil
contain u report Of all the Debates in Congress,
revised by the speakers tlIs Messages ofthe Pres
dent of the United States the Anuhal Reports Of
the Heads Of the Executive Departments, the
Laws passed during the session. and copious in
deNes TO all. They will be printed on a double
number containing sixteen pages, The whole
will make IL is believed, between $500 and 8,
900 pages, the long sessions for many years past
having ranged between those numbers, and the
next session will be u long one. This believe
is the cheapest work ever sol in any country,
Whethcr Il reprint or printed from manuscript
copy, taking for data the average number ofwords
Of the long session since the year 1913. The av-
oragG number Of pages il $50, and the average
l4.r n H. m - y Etnn m
ly t c average number of wordsof ohg session
is 9,2gO,172. As have sold to subscribers that
number Of words for Sir dOlld-s, it follows that
they have paid less than sir QHdHs-hdJ cents for
er,ry 100000 Woids here .furhi'hed them, whilo
have paid my reporters 81 20 for every 3g1 words
Of this 9ork, IN Mlbuscriyt,
The coming session will. without doubt, be an
unusually interesting one, because the candidates
Of the respective parties for President aud Vice
President OF the United States will be nominated
/ before It closes and therefore, the debates will
be mostly On such political questions as, 1t may
be thought, viii tend to influence public opinion
in regard 10 The persons To be supported for these
| oftccs and the Globe will be, US 10 has boon for
many ycaIs past, the only source from which the
/ fuil debates Of Congress can be obtained
/ TIN NoNGREssIoNAL GLoBE AND APPENDIX pas,
| free through the mails Of the United States, q,
will be seen by reading the following Joint Reso-
| ZION pHsseu W NVHSIcsS tuc OIh VI august
| 1852:
Joint Resolution providing for the distribution 0
| the Laws of Congress and the Debates thereOn
| With u view to the cheap circulation Of Tho
/ laws of Congress and the debates contributing TO
the true Interpretation thereof and to M AXE free
she communication between the representative
and constituent bodies
! BE IL reSolrtd By tie Senate ard House If Repre-
stRtdticts cfthe Ubittd States J' .4merica in CoR
| grtsS assembled, That from and after the presen
| session Of Congress, the Congressional Globe ant
! Appendix, which contain the laws and the de-
bates thereon, shall pass free through the mailI
of Congress- IrOrdtd, That nothing herein shal
be construed to authorize the circulation Of The
! Daily Globe free Of postage.
/ ArPRoNEp. Angnst 9, ls52