The southern press., 1851-08-02

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PREPARATORY NOTICE ZEE
| The enterprise IN which we now embark. anl
Of which this paper il nt once the Commencement
and sample Of the papers that are to follow. as
for ts aim no Less : purpose, than to iufpsrt in
struction, in the general and detail, to the Officer
and Agents of the American public, in respect both
70 their duties and their rghts, 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
arto tsen no vehicle for the regular and proper
communication Of information Of this kind Ths
publication Of the lava and The issua e< iDatruc
lions, mere OF less comprshen end intsrvals
more or lsss, extended, have proved wholly made
quAts in thu ahssncs of the construction Of those
Laws, applied TO particular cases and Of details
and illustrations to make the regulations and in:
strlctinns Ineligible. The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress, are too voluminous
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 TO
party ends, and to matters Of national policy.
These publications in their various forms are
highly useful in themselves far as they 60, and
some of them Indispensable but there is much
l. - L-.x ~ A~1l Al
do they furnish those rules, methods, and exam
pies, for the despatch Of the public business which
render the discharge of public duty either sab
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.
lf 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 Ieast-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-Of6ce 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 fatlers 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 civility with
them all. The Junior Editor has been asssiduously
engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
sonai inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details of the Post-Ofhce 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-
tion and for imparting minute and illustrative in
struction and valuable periodical and statistical
information, that 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, to
afford time for obtaining from the Departmental
all the ORDERS notices and changes issued, or made
by them during the preceding month. Tables o.7
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 is a
| matter of inconvenience and complaint, for which
| hitherto there has been remedy, that in one
month from the time of these issues, there are offs
fees in the tables which are no longer in operation!
and Offices in operation which are not in the ables0
| AT this time there are perhaps three thousand
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 modif-
| cations made IN each month, and by being filed
| aud preserved will afford to postmasters full and
exact information upon both subjects, up to and
| for time being. How much OF the present misdi
4 f.
rection, remalllng, DOUBT conrusion' 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 inelli-
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
a 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
| depnrtments 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
merely to postmasters and other officers of the
| Government but to all other citizens who give at
tsntion to the affairs Of the nation and the progress
| and development Of the c, untry, will embrace IN
condensed form the matters submitted to, or arls-
ing in Congress At each session vast deal Of
valuable information is communicated to Con-
gress, by the several departments aud their subor
dnute 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, is only twelve hundred in the Senate,
and fourteen hundred in the House OF Representa-.
t,ves. which at once shows the impractcabiity of
h.;r dissemination. The ADvERTrsER will con-
tain short abrdgments or analysis of all these
aocumenrs and reports, and the compend will
therefore not only prove exceedingly useful and
instructive in itself, but will furnish an easy index
% those interested whenever it is found desirable
,n oh,ain and examine the document at large
There is large field before us, the materials are