The southern press., 1851-07-30
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE.

UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE.
AND Official .ADvERTYsER
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ocfaro pages, is published ,aonthlu tDr oNr po,-
LAR ONLY, per ann,s'n payable Ia adranee--or five
dollars for stI copies ordered at anu one finn,
PREPARATORY NOTICE.
The enterprise IN which we now embark, AMI
Of which this paper is at once the commencement
| and sample of the papers that are to follow tas
for its aim no less a purpose, than to impart in
struction, in the general and detail to the Officer
and Agents Of the American public, in respect both
70 their duties and their rights, and to make them,
and the people at large, acquainted with the organ
zation, decisions and action Of the Executive de-
| partments Of their Government. There has hth
| erto teen no vehicle for the regular and proper
| communication of Information of this kind. The
| publication Of the Laws and the issue Of instrus
tons, or less comprehensive, and Intervals
more or less extended, have proved wholly made
quate, in the absence Of the construction OF those
Laws, as applied to particular cases, and of details
and Illustrations to make the regulations and ins
structions Ineligible. The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress, are too voluminous
and are printed in quantities too small for general
circuation whilst the debates in Congress and
ings, and the proceedings Of the Executive branch
of the Government, besides turning mostly upon
| general principles, address themselves only
party ends, and to matters of national policy
These publications in their various forms
highly useful in themselves far they go, and
some of them Indispensable; but there is much
that do not reach the hands Of all, if they did,
do they furnish those rules, methods, and exam
ples for the despatch Of the public business whick
render the discharge of public duty either safs
| or easy, whether IN respect to the incumbent him.
self, or the department or bureau under which he
acts We shall make nn 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, methodica, and ev
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 ey
tent at least-apart from, and independently Of
any party or personal interest or question what
ever Eut
1t is known to most Of those to whom this pa
per will be sent that the Senior Editor was AUDI
tor of the Office Department until the month
of November last; with by far the larger portion
| Of both postmasters and contractors, he has had
direct intercourse, in person or by letter. He
tered the department fourteen years since, and for
many years previously, had been, first in the War
| Department, and subsequently in the Treasury.
| He has therefore had the best opportunities for
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 fatters 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 civllity with
them all The Junior Editor has been asssiduoualy
engaged for several years, In studying, by per-
sonul inquiry and examination, the practical and
T daily routine and details of the Post-Offce and
other branches of the public business. 1t is with
this stock Of experience, and these advantages for
reaching the various sources of administrative
ton, and for mparting 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
| the day for the publication of our paper, so to
afford time for obtaining from the departments
| all the orders, notices and changes issued, made
| by them during the preceding month Tables o.
| Post Offices, and compilations of the Laws ana
| Regulations, are issued by the Post Office Depart
| ment only once in two 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 ofs
fees in the tables which no longer in operations
and offices in operation which not in the tabesA
| At this time there perhaps over three thousand
| Offices of the two descriptions. 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
anv 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-
cations, made each month, and by being filed
and preserved, will afford to postmasters full and
| exact information upon both subjects, up 10 and
| for time being. How much of the present misdi-
| rection, remailing, doubt, confusion, error, and
! impostiop will be saved by the progressive state
| of full and exact knowledge, for which we have
| provided and for which we engage, every inteli-
| cent postmaster estimate for himself.
| These advantages alone and independently of all
| others, are worth many times the price charge
for the paper, and will, it is hoped, induce every
postmaster who feels Just pride in his Office, or
patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, and
efficiency of the whole Post Office system--at once
| 10 subscribe. The same considerations apply to
the orders and notices, decisions, and instructions
Of the War, Navy, Treasury, State, and Interior
departme ents and the same course is intended in
respect to them. Notices of the decisions Of the
Supreme Court, in cases turning upon questions
of official duty national interest, will find place
in this paper.
! A denartnent of our paper addressing itself not
merely to postmasters and other officers of the
| Governments but 10 all other citizens who give at
ention to the affairs of the nation and the progress
and development Of the c,untry, will embrace in
condensed form the matters submitted TO, aris-
| inc in Congress- AT each session vast deal OF
valuable information IL communicated to Con-
| eress by the several departments aud their subor
dinate bureaus, and profound and comprehensive
reports are made by committees of both Houses.
But the great mass Of the community know noth-
ing OF the contents Of these documents and re-
oorts. except the brief notices of them, which
from time 10 time appear in the public papers.
The standing number printed of each document
and report, is only twelve hundred in the Senate.
and fourteen hundred in the House of Representa-
uves. which at shows the impracticabllity Of
their dissemination. The ADVERTISER will con-
tain short abr,dgments 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 easy index
to those interested whenever it ~ found desirable
TO obtain and examine the document at large.
Ther. is a large field before us, the materials are
annie IL will be our Jealous care collect and
arrange them in the 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 confne~