The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-12-16
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE

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CMARLrs M. WILLARD, Editors and ProprtetorS
TsRns. =" The United States Postal Guide and
oclat Advertiser" containing about 80 spper-ropal
'e'aro pages, is published monthly for ONE pol
.An oSLf' per annu'n, payable i,t aduanee-or fire
dollars for san copies ordered
PREPARATORY NOTICE
The enterprise in which we now embark and
| OF which this paper is once the commencernsYt
and sample OF the papers that are to follow, as
for its aim no less a purpose, than to impart in
struction, in the general and detail, to the Officer
and Agents ofthe American public, in respect both
to their duties and their rights, and to make them.
and the people at large acquainted with the organ
ization, decisions and action of the Executive de-
partments of their Government There has hth-
erto teen vehicle for the regular and proper
| commune Of information Of this kind The
publication Of the Laws and the issue of instrur;
(si"ns, orloss comprehensive, and Il intervals
more or less extended, have proved wholly made
quate, in the absence of the construction or those
Laws, applied to particular cases. and of details
and illustrations to make the regulations and i'm.
structions Ineligible. The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress, are volumno,,s.
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 10
marty ends, and to matters of national poiieye
These publications in their various forms are
highly useful in themselves far as they go and
some of them indispensable; but there is much
that do reach the hands Of ALL nor if they did,
do they furnish those rules methods, and exam
ples for the despatch Of the public business whck
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
If we succeed il 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 interestsgof the
country And this we expect to do, to some ey-
tent at least--apart from, and independently to
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 Pos-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 by letter. He en-
tered the department fourteen years since and for
many years previously, had been, first in the Wsr
Department, ard 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 il on. Since his official connection with
J the Government ceased, he hatters himself he has
preserved the respect and regard Of most OF the
present incumbents of the departments, and is on
E becoming terms of intercourse and civility with
them all. The Junior Editor has been asssiduously
engaged for several years, in studying by per-
J sonai inquiry and examination, the practical and
4 daily routine and details of the Post-O and
other branches OF the public business. 1t is with
this stock Of experience and these advantages for
reaching the various sources Of administrative ac
ton, and for mpartng minute and illustrative in
struction, and valuable periodical and statistical
information, that we challenge your confidence
and solicit your support and pstrOaagU.
We have fixed upon the 18th Of each month a =
the day for the publication Of our paper, so as {,
, afford time for obtaining from the departments
all the orders, notices andchanges issued, or made
by them during the preceding month. Tables f
, Post Offices and compilations of the Laws and
Regulations, 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 no longer in operation
and Offices in operation which in the ia bles-
At this time there perhaps 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
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 modi6.
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 the present misdi
recton remaiiing, doubt, confusion. error and
imposition, will be saved by the progr ssive state
of full and exact knowledge, or whic we have
provided, and for which en-, age sv sry intelll-
gent postmaster estimate foi .ss.f
These advantages alone and indepe nd emily of all
Others, 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-at ono
to subscribe. The same considerations apply t o
the orders and notices, decisions, and instruction
OF the War, Navy, Treasury, State, and Interior
departm 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
T in this papr
, TUNHE und ersigned, committee OF publication on
! u the part Of the Muscogee and Russell Agricul-
tural Society, respectfully invite public attention
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