The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-01-23

NJ 20, 1901.
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE.
and OFFICIAL ADVERTISER.
III To skosc srkat l. done, and ,chai should be dose
in Office. -&U
ca1.s e ~ w1sErsa.Os' Editor, a~d Propr.lo'.
T.a... -. Tas Usit.d State, Postal Guide and
Official adsevtis<r" eontaining about 80 spp-royal
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PREPARATORY NOTICE.
The enterprise in which we now embark, and
Of which this paper ia at once the commencement.
and a sample Of the papers that are to follow, has
for it's ain, no less purpose, than 70 impart in
struction, in the general and detail, to the Officers
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
ixation, decisions and action Of the Executive de-
partments of their Government. There has hith-
erto teen no vehicle for the regular and proper
of information Of this kind The
publication Of the Laws and the issue of instruc-
TONS moro or less comprehenslve, and at intervals
more or less extended, have proved wholly made
quate, in the absence Of the construction OF those
Laws, as applied 70 particular cases and OF details
and illustrations TO make the regulations and in
structions ineligible. The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress, are too yolumnous,
and are printed in quantities too small for general
circulation; whilst the debates in Congress and
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 70
party ends, and to matters Of national policy.
! These publications in their various forms are
highly useful in themselves as far as they go, and
some of them Indispensable; but there e much
that do not reach the hands Of all, nor If they did,
| do thew furnish those rules, methods, and exam
ples, for the despatch Of the public business which
can 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
| II we succeed in rendering the functions OF the
primary offices more uniform, methodical, 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 lenst--apart from, and independently OF
any party or personal interest or question what
ever.
4 It is known to most Of those to whom this pa
| per will be sent, that the Senior Editor was Audi
tor of the Post-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. lie en-
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 or most or the
becoming terms Of intercourse and civity with
them all The Junior Editor has been asssiduousy
engaged for several years, in studying, by per
sonal inquiry and examination, the practical ant
daily routine and details of the Post-Ofice ane
other branches Of the public business. II is with
this stock Of experience, and these advantages fol-
reaching the various sources of administrative &C
ton, and for imparting minute and Illustrative in
struction, and valuable periodical and statistical
I, information, that we challenge your confdenc.
and solicit your support and patronage.
We have fixed upon the 18th Of each month al
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
i Post Offices, and compilations of the Laws and
Regulations, are issued by the Post Office Depart
ment only once in two or three years. II is Q
matter of inconvenience and complaint, for which
II 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 operation
and Offices in operation which not in the tables
,l,~ III
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omces VI W. 1900 n rar,,Io,;n,s ss,ahi;sho,
since the issue Of the last volume Of regulations
OF wn'cn many poss'a =. a,,u cer ~. ,r...n
gholan'. We 1 &c s;,Lsr L;rd IA Sron
any increase o. l"e ev" ~ -. ads nnr r mo"
me eme ahosne. a ,T' ' rrsc,;nns md ,irnds
WIZ furnish lhe aua'.io"s, uv Ia g., h.;nm Sl.T
cations, maoe III eaon MUM. y, a"a ~ u ~, M
anu preserVeu, W." ant Ia psnh;ac,s m - anJ
sna ,,s hnm~ How much Of The presen. misdi
'or .ime oelns: NY S ,,i ns,s;dn srror - md
fecuon, remaining, dou1, cJn'us'on, e.io.' anu
imposition; WI, o1 L'I.Sy y w r,r wI;ch we have
OF iul anu cs ,h;ch us sngaoc every ;ntslI;.
PROVIDED, ana LOT wn, r,;,. nas S,.,sy
zen, Pos'nas .am .Ion. nd ;ndsnsndsn,,v ~ al
lneSe aavan ,;n, 90 ,hs nr;cs ws charge
othefs' are worn. '"a :, Is hnnsd ;nd"ce svss,
Tor me paPer, az" r~ ne, nr;de IN h;s oeEce =,
pos.mas,s. mno 20, The credit prosperity. and
patrionc REGARD lot rne ng "n.
efficiency OF the ~no'e %. n, u, -
70 suoscr'pe. a.o;s;nns nd +. ,r ly
me oroe.s anu Nau T,sssmrv State and In,sr;o,
OF the war; Navy iIeaso'y n ' ;n,.nasd -
departments, anu me- , sae Sc liz ders;nns ~ ,hs