The southern press., 1851-07-28

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UNITED STATES PosTAI4UIDN.
and OFFICIAL .aDYERTMER.
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PREPARATORY NOTICE.
| The enterprise in which we now embark. AMI
Of which thfs paper is at the commencement.
and u sample Of the papers that follow, ; a.
for it's aim no less purpose, than TO impars in
struction, in the general and detail, to the Officer
and Agents Of the American public, in respect both
10 their duties and their rightss and TO make them,
and tho people at large, acquainted with the aFgAn
xation, decisions and action OF the Executive de-
pArtmsnts Of their Government. There ~ hith
| srto teen no vehicle for the regular and proper
communication of information Of this lind. The
publication Of the Laws and the issue d tastrar
tons, or less comprehensive, and u intervals
more or less extended have proved wholly made
quate, in the absence Of the construction ok thoss
Laws as applied to psrisulas oasss, and 0f details
and illustrations 70 make shs rsgul.!iesHnd 10:
structions intsiligibls. The valuable docnneaas
annually reported To Congress, are too volnmi4nts
and are printed in quantities too small for gsnssal
crcuaton; 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 to
party ends, and to matters Of national policy.
These publications in their various forms arc
highly useful in themselves far as they 90, and
| some of them Indispensable; but there 10 much
that do not reach the hands Of ALL nor they'd
do thAvf fur rt.le efh hOdu md
pies, 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 necessites
If we succeed in rendering the functions Of the
| primary Offices more uniform, methodicai, and ey
act, we shall make the administrative dutsspf the
departments more easy and effective, and thereby
promote the real and substantial interest1 Of the
country And this we expect to do, 10 some ev
tent at least--apart from, and independently Of
any party or personal interest or question what
ever. 4Ssis
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-Offce 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
| 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
tns Government ceased, he flatters himself he has
preserved the respect and regard Of most Of the
present incumbents of the departments, and 10 on
becoming terms Of intercourse and civility with
them ALL The Junior Editor has been asssiduounly
engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
sonnl inquiry and examination, the practical and
H. e A. ~.-. ~
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 as
the day for the publication Of our paper 40 as TO
afford time for obtaining from the Departmental
all the orders, notices ndchaDges issued, made
by them during the preceding month. Tables or
| Post Offices, and compilations of the Laws ana
Regulations, are issued by the Post Office Depart
ment only once in two or three years. Ii in 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 are of
fees in the tables which are no longer IN operaton3
and Offices in operation which not in the tabIes0
| 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 or 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 paper
will furnish the additions, corrections, and modih-
cations, made 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 the present misdi-
rection, remailing, doubt, confusion, error, and
| imposition, will be saved by the progressive state
| of full and exnct knowledge, for which we have
provided and for which we engage, every intelli-
| gent postmaster 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 just pride in his Office, or
patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, and
efficiency of the whole Post Office system-nt 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 In
respect to them Notices of the decisions Of the
Supreme Court, in cases turning upon questions
of official duty or national interest, will find place
| in this papsr. . .
| A department of our paper addressing itself not
| o,erelv 10 pustmasters and other officers of the
Government, but to all other citizens who give at
tention to the affairs Of the nation and the progress
and development of the q untry, VIII embrace IN a
condensed form the matters submitted to, or ars-
ing in Congress-. At ench session vast deal OF
valuable information is communicated to Con-
gress by the several departments and their subor
dnate bureaus, and profound and comprehensive
renor,s are made by committees of both Houses.
But the great mass Of the community know MOTH
mo of the contents Of these documents and re-
oor,s, except the brief notices of them, which
from time TO time appear in the public papers.
The standing number printed Of each documert
and report, is only twelve hundred IN the Senate,
nj fo,,rteen hundred in the House OF kepres
,,yes. which at once shows the impractcability of
,.;r determination. The ADVERTISER will con-
tain short abridgments or analysis of all these
documents and reports, and the compend will
rnerefore not only prove exceedingly useful and
instructive in itself, but will furnish an easy index
N those interested, whenever it is found desirable
10 obtain and examine the document at large.