The southern press., 1850-10-31
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UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE

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UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
And OFFICLaL ADVERTISER. " "
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CHARLrs M. WLlanp, Editors and Proprietors.
TERMS. The United States Postal Guide and
Official .qdrertissr" eonainirg about 80 sper-royai
oetauo pages, is published monthly for ONE DOL
LAR ONLY, per d,liti,n, payable in Gdpanee-or .ipc
dollars for sic copies ordered at any one time.
PREPARATORY NOTICE.
The enterprise in which we now embark, and
or which this paper is at once the commencement,
and q sample of the papers that are to follow, has
Tor Its ann no less purpose, than to impart in
struction, In the general and detail TO the Officers
and Agents Of the American public in respect both
to their duties and their rights, and to make them,
and the people at large, acquainted with the organ
izaion, decisions and action Of the Executive de-
| partments Of their Government. There has hth-
| erto Eeen no vehicle for the reg llar and proper
communication of information of this kind. The
publication of the Laws and the issue of instruc-
tons, more or less comprehensive, and at intervals
more or less extended, have proved wholly made
quate, in the absence of the construction of those
Laws applied to particular cases, and of details
and illustrations TO make the regulations and in
structions Ineligible The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress, are too voluminous
and are printed in quantities too small for genera
the commentaries Of the press upon their proceed
ings, and the proceedings of the Executive branch
Of the Government, besides turning mostly upon
general principles, address themselves only to
narty ends, and to matters Of national policy.
These publications in their various forms are
highly useful IN themselves as far as they 60, and
some of them indispensable; but there is much
that do not reach the hands Of ALL nor if they did
do they furnish those rules, methods, and exam
Piles, for the despatch Of the public business which
render the discharge of public duty either safe
or easy, whether in respect to the incumbent him
self, or the department or bureau under which he
acts. We shall make an honest effort to supply
this vacuum, and to provide for these necessities
If we succeed in rendering the functions of the
primary offices more uniform, nlethodcal, and ex
act, we shall make the administrative duties Of the
departments more easy and effective, and thereby
promote the real and substantial interests Of the
country. And this We expect to do, to some ex-
tent at least-apart from, and independently of
any party or personal interest or question what
ever.
1t is known to most Of those to whom this pa
per will be sent, that the Senior Editor was Audi
tor of the Post-Otfice Department until the month
of November last; with by far the larger portion
Of both pos.masters and contractors, he has had
direct intercourse in person or by letter. He en-
tered the department fourteen years since, and for
many years previously, had been, first in the War
Department, ard subsequently in the Treasury.
therefore ndQ TIE pest opportunities lOr
understanding the arrangements Of business in all
the departments, and being acquainted with those
who carry it on. Since his official connection with
the Government ceased, he latters himself he has
preserved the respect and regard Of most Of the
present incumbents of the departments, and is on
becoming terms Of intercourse and civty with
them all. The Junior Editor has been asssiduousy
engaged for several years, in studying, by per
sonal inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details Of the Post-Ofice and
other branches Of the public business. 1t is with
this stock Of experience, and these advantages fol
reaching the various sources of administrative ac
ton, and for imparting minute and illustrative in
struction, and valuable periodical and statistical
information, that we challenge your confidence
and SOLICIT your support and patronage.
We have fixed upon the 18th Of each month a
the day for the publication of our paper, so as Il
afford time for obtaining from the departments
all the orders, notices and changes issued, or mad
by them during the preceding month. Tables o
| Post Offices, and compilations Of the Laws anG
Regulations, are issued by the Post Office Depart
ment only once in two or three years. 1t is q
| matter of inconvenience and complaint for which
hitherto there has been no remedy, that in one
month from the time of these issues, there 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 perhaps three thousand
Offices of the two descriptions In like mannei
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, for the present
| any increase Of the evil of either kind, and from
the time another issue shall be made, our pape,
will furnish the additions, corrections, and modf
cations, made in each month, and by being filed
and preserved, will afford to postmasters full and
exact information upon both subjects, up to and
for time being. How much of hhe present misdi-
rection, remailing, doubt, confusion, error, and
| imposition, will be saved by the progressive state
of full and exact knowledge, for which we have
provided, and for which we engage, every intelli-
gent postmaster can estimate for himself.
| These advantages alone and independently Of all
others, are worth many times the price we charge
for the paper, and will, it is hoped, induce every
postmaster who feels ust pride in his office, or
patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, and
efficiency of the whole Post Office system--at once
to subscribe. The same considerations apply to
the orders and notices, decisions, and instructions
Of the War, Navy, Treasury, State, and Interior
departments, and the same course is intended ir
respect to them. Notices of the decisions Of tht
Supreme Court, in cases turning upon questions
Of official duty national interest," will find place
in THIS paper.
A department of our paper addressing itself no
merely to pusmasters and other officers of thu
i Government but to all other citizens who give at
tention to the affairs Of the nation and the progress
and development of the country, will embrace in a
condensed form the matters submitted to, or aris.
ing in Congress. At each session vast deal OF
valuable information is communicated TO Con.
gress, by the several departments and their subor.
| dinate bureaus, and profound and comprehensive
reports are made by committees of both Houses
But the great mass of the community know moth
ing Of the contents OF these documents and re-
ports, except the brief notices Of them, which
from time to time appear in the public papers
The standing number printed Of each document
and report, ia only twelve hundred in the Senate
and fourteen hundred in the House Of Representa-
tives, which at once shows the impracticability o
their dissemination. The ADVERTISER will con.
tain short abridgments or analysis Of all these
documents and reports, and the compend will
therefore not only prove exceedingly useful and
instructive in ITSELF but will furnish an easy index
to those interested, whenever it is found desirable
to obtain and examine the document at large
There is a large field before us, the materials are
ample 1t will be our Jealous care to collect and
arrange them inNhe proper form. We have every
confidence that the subscriptions will be ample to
enable us to accomplish it ALL The information
we propose to give, comprehending and confined
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