The southern press., 1851-09-08
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE

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UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER.
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CHARLES M. Villas Villas Editors and Pyqpristoys
TERMs.-" The United Stotss Postal c,ids o.J
W1e" -1doertser," containing about 30 svDey-rouai
oefauo pages, IS published ,nonthlv A. oyv nnr-
LAn ONLY, per annum payable IN aduance--or fue
dollars for slI copies ordered
PREPARATORY NOTurr
The enterprise in which we now enhsrL and
OF which this paper is at once the commencement.
and sample of the papers that are to follow Las
for its aim no less purpose, than to impart IN
strucon in the general and detail, to the Officer
aud Agents Of the 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-
partmenis of their Government There has hith
erto teen no vehicle for the regular and proper
communication Of information or this kind The
publication of the Laws and the issue of instrue
lions, or less comprehensive, and at intervals
more or less extended, have proved wholly made
quate, in the absence of the construction or those
Laws, as applied to particular cases, ,and of details
and illustrations to make the regulations and in.
structions nteliigible The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress, are too yoluminous
and are printed in quantities small for general
crcuation; 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 as far they go, and
some of them Indispensable; but there is much
that do not reach the hands Of all, il they did,
do they furnish those rules methods, and exam
pies, for the despatch of the public business which
can render the discharge OF public duty either sas
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 in rendering the functions of the
primary offices more uniform, methodica, and ex
act 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 east--apart from, and Independently Of
any party or personal interest or question what
| ever. f
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-Otfce 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 en-
tered the department fourteen years since, and for
many wears 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 iatters himself he has
preserved the respect and regard of most Of the
present incumbens 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-
Il sonaf inquiry and examination, the practical and
f daily routine and details OF the Post-oHice and
= other branches of the public business. 1t is with
this stock Of experience, and these advantages fol
| reaching the various sources of administrative ac
| ton, and for imparting minute and illustrative in
struction, and valuable periodical and statistica
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 paper, so as to
. afford time for obtaining from the departments
all the ORDERS notices and changes issued, made
r by them during the preceding month Tables Or
: Post Offices, and compilations of the Laws ana
3 Regulations are issued by the Post Office Depart
: ment only once in two or three years. Ii is a
n 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
Aces i'm the tables which no longer in operation
and offices in operation which are not in the tables
n Al this time there perhaps three thousand
| offices of the two descriptions. In like manner
n laws have been passed and regulations established
since the issue Of the last volume OF regulations
, of which many postmasters and others are wholly
INV increa ne Of the evil of either kind and from
3 the time another issue shall be made our pape
n will furnish the additions, corrections, and modif
I. cations, made IN each month, and by being feC
; and preserved, will afford to postmasers full anC
2 eyact information upon both subjects, up anC
"a for time being How much of the present misdi
!. rec,on. remailing, doubt, confusion, error and
n imposition Will be saved by the progressive
~ full and exact knowledge, for which we have
= provided, and for which we engage, every inte
1 fort t,,,,
| These advantages alone and independently of al
. others. are worth many times the price we charge
' for the paper and will, 1T is hoped induce every
postmaster who feels a just pride in his Office, OF
natriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, ant
| smc;encv of the whole Post Office system-at ono
1 10 subscribe The same considerations apply ts
The orders and notices, decisions, and instruction
of the War Navy, Treasury, State and Interio
denortments, and the same course Is intended il
resnect TO them Notices Of the decisions Of tn,
rs supreme Court, in cases turning upon question:
4 of official duty or ha'io" "'e'e'' "'"Anu P'ac'
,r i'm this papsr. ,,
- departmeut of our paper addressing itself moi
!, ereIv 10 postmasters and other officers of the
" Government, but to all other citizens who give at
tenton TO the affairs of the nation and the progress
!, ,d aevoIopu,ent Of the untry, will embrace In q
" .ondeosed form the matters submitted to, or aris-
inc in Congress At each session a vast deal of
| val,able information is communicated to Con-
oress bv the several departments and their subor-
8 dinate bureaus, and profound ana comprehensive
n reports are made by committees OF both Houses
: inc of he contents of these documents and re-
n ports, except the brief notices of them, which
= from time 10 time appear in the public papers,
The standing number printed of each docunie
II and report is only twelve hundred IN the SENATE
"a copr,esn hundred in the House of Representa-
. ,ves which at once shows the mpracticability of
: their dissemination. The ADVERTISER will con-
tan short abridgments or analysis of all these
documents and reports, and the co mpend vii
therefore not only prove exceedingly usefol and
70 those interested, whenever it is found desirnbi
20 obtain and examine the documen at large
Their. is a large field before u.s. the materials are
ample. 1t will be our jealous care to collect and
arrange them in the prope form. We have every
E confidence that the subscriptions will be ample TO
enable us to accomplish it ALL The information
we propose to give, comprehending and confined
IN The action Of the Government, is solid, usefr l.