The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-12-26
THE GLOBE:
The Official Paper OF Congress.

I publish now my annual Prospectus of The DAILY
GLOBE, AMI The CONGRESSIONAL GLOBE AND APPENDIX,
to remind subscribers, and inform those who may de
sire to subsc. ibc thai Congress win meet the first
Monday of next December, wher shall resume pub
fishing the above-named papers. They have been
published long, that most public men know their
character and therefore deem it needless to give
minute account of the kind ofmatter they contain.
The Daily Globe viii contain report OF the Debates
in both branches of Congress as taken down by repor-
ers equal at least to any corps OF short hand
in this, any other country. A majority OF them
WILL each be able to report VERBATIM, ten thousand
words an hour, while the average number Of words
spoken by fluent speakers rarely exceeds seven thou
sand five hundred words IN hour. When the debates
ola day do not make more than forty-fve columns,
they will appear in The Daily Globe of the next morn
ing, which will contain, aso the news OF the day,
together with such editorial articles as may be sug-
gegted by passing events.
The Congressional Globe and Appendix will contain
report of all the Debates in Congress- revised by the
speakers the Messages of the President of the United
states the Annual Reports ofthe Heads of the Execu-
tive Departments the Laws passed during the session,
and copio,is indexes to all They will be printed on
double royal sheet in book form, royal Quarto size,
each number containing sixteen pages. The whole
will make it is believed, at least 2000 pages This IS
acknowledged to be the cheapest work ever sold IN
any country, whether reprint or printed from man
uscrpt copy taking for DATA the average number oil
words II contains.
| The comir session will, without doubt be an un-
usually interesting one because the debates will IN
great measure, be upon the policy of the President
elect and the Globe will be- as 1t has been Tor many
wears past the only from which full debates OF
Congress can be obtained.
THE CONGRESSIONAL GLOBE AND APPENDIX pass free
through the mails of the United States will be
y reading TIE following Joint Resolution passed by
Congress the 9th of August, 1852:
Joint Resolution providing for the distribution OF the
Laws of Congress and the Debates thereon.
With a view to the cheap circulation OF the laws OF
Congress and the debates contributing to the true
terrretaton thereof and to make free the communi-
cation between the representative and constituents
bodies:
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate and House OF Repre-
the United States OF America In Congress
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 long the same shall
be published by order of Congress: fror.ded, That
nothing herein shall he construed to authorize the cir
culation of the Daily Globe free OF postage
Approved, August g. Is52
Terms:
For copy of THE DAILY GLOBE for four months 10 ou
For one copy OF the Congressional Globe aud APP
pendix, "oo
For two copies ditto when ordered at the same -
time
No attention will be paid to any order unless the
money accompany 1t. 49,. >
Bank notes, current in the section of the country
where subscriber resides viii be received at par
The whole any part of subscription may De re-
mted in postage stamps, which Is preferable 10 any
currency, except gold or silver
Washington, Oct. 1859. JOHN Y. hiNES.