The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-12-11
THE
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE

To sh0tr ,rhat is done, and ,Dhat should be DONE
In Office. STE
PETER q. WAsHrsGTOS,
CHARLES M. WILLARD, ( H"'''' """ '"f''''o''
Terms. &c The United States Postal Guide and
Official .7drertiser, containing about 81 sper-royai
oetaro pages, is published monthly for ONE DOL
LAR ONLY, per anaun., payable IN adranee---or fire
dollars for sir copies ordered at any one time.
pRERA u ATnRv NnTIcE
The enterprise in which we now embark and
OF which this naper il at once the sonmsncan,ent
and sample Of The naners thai are m foIlow has
for its ann no less a purnose. than n imnnrt in
structon in the general and detail tn the on, cars
aud Agents of the American nnbIic in ,esnec, both
to their duties and their rights and IN make them
and the peone nj iaroe scn,,aintsd with ,he orgam'
ization decisions and act;nn Of tho Exs,u,;,n do
partments of their Gorernn,ep, There has him
erto teen no vehicle for the ree,.r and nroner
commuo ica,;o, ~ ;nforna ,;on IF ,L;s L;ndF 1'hn
nubI;cation of the laws md ~ ;ss'o nf rs,.'n
tions more OF less i..,svysI.
more or less extended. have proved whoIIv ;nade-
uuate in the absence of the construction Of those
Laws as applied to particular cases and of details
and illustrations TO make the regulations and in
structions ntelligible The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress, are too voluminous
and are printed i'm quantities too small for general
circulation: whilst the debates in Conoress and
the commentaries of the press upon their uroceed
inrs and the eedinps of the Ely ecutive branch
of the Government besides tnrninp mostly unon
general PRINCIPLES, address themselves onlv n
Oartv ends and IN matters Of national nol;cv
These publications. in their various forms nre
highly useful in themselves Az far AN thew 10 and
some of them Indispensable. but there is much
that do not reach the hands OF ALL nor if thew did
do thew furnish those rules, methods. and exam
piles, for the despatch Of the public business which
can render the discharge of public dutv either safe
or easv. whether in resnect 10 the incumbent him,
self or the department or bureau under which he
acts We shall make an honest effort To suppIv
this vacuum. and to provide for these necessities
If we succeed in RENDERING tho functions of tho
primary offices more uniform. methodcal. and ex-
act we shall make the administrative duties nj the
departments more ensv and effective md ,berebv
nromo,e tho re,l and srh.t.nt;aI ;nisres,o ~ no
country And This We exnect n do ~ SOME az
tent Al Ieast-apart from and indenendentlv of
.n,. n,r,, or nsr,on,l ;n,.r., ~ ,,,,.,,;,, ;h,t
ever
II il known 70 most NJ those n whom this na-
per will he scnt that m. Senior Edi,or u,s And;
Tor of the Pos, Office Department unt the n,onib
Of November last. With by far tho l,rrsr nor,;on
| of both pos,mas,ers and Contractors Ra b,s had
direct intercourse. in nerson mr. Inv I.,ter He on
tered the denartment fourteen wears since aud far
MANY Years nreyiorslv had heen FIRST in Tho war
| DEPARTMENT. AR 4 subsequently, in the Treasury
| He hsa literature had the hest o,nor,un;,ies f1r
! understanding the ARRANGEMENTS OF business in all
| the departments and being ,couain,ed with those
Who cnrry il IN since hi. oEc;.J conroc,;o, in
| the Government ceased he 1atters himself he has
| preserved The respect and rerard of most oP the
| nresen, incumbenis of tive denar,men,s ,nd ia IN
| becominp terms Of intercourse and civiItv win
| them all The Junior Editor has been nsssiduonsv
engaged for several wears. in studvinp bv ner-
son,I inouirv and examination. the nrsrtcaI snd
daily routine and details of the Post Office and
other branches of the public business. Il il with
this stock OF experience, and these ADVANTAGES for
reaching the various sources Of administrative sc-
ton, and for impartins minute and illustrative IN
structon and valuable periodical and statistical
| information that we challenge vour con6denc.
and solicit your support and patronage
We have Fl xed upon the 18th OF each month as
the day for the publication of our paper so as to
afford time for obtaining from the departments,
all the orders, notices and changes issued or made
by them during the preceding month. Tables of
| Post Offices and compilations Of the Laws and
Regulations are issued by the Post Office Depart
| ment only once in two or three years. 1t is a
matter Of inconvenience and complaint, for which
| hitherto there has been no remedy, that in one
month from the time of these issues, there are Of
fees in the tables which are no longer in ope alton
and Offices in operation which are not in the tables
At this time there are perhaps over three thousand
offices of the two descrptions In like manner
laws have been PASSED and regulations established
since the issue of the last volume Of regulations,
| of which many postmasters and others are wholly
ignorant. We propose to prevent, FIR the present,
any increase Of the evil Of either kind, and from
the time another issue shall be made, our paper
will furnish the additions, corrections and modif-
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and presery ed will afford to postmas,ers full and
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for time being How much of the present misGi.
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imposition will be saved by tn. progressive state
| Of full and exact KNOWLEDGE, for which we have
provided, and for which we engage, every inteIIi
cent postmaster can estimate for himself
These advantages alone and independently of all
others, are worth many times the price we charge
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efficiency Of the whole Post Office system-at once
! to subscribe. The same considerations apply to
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! departments and the same course is intended in
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Government, but to all other citizens who give at
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