The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-12-11

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oo lERms 80 The United States Postal Guide and
pc'ai fdUsruser,' containing about 80 supey-roqaI
octave pages, is published monthly for oNr pol-
IAN , oNLr, per a,nuni, payable in aduance-or five
do"''SJof Str copies ordered.
PREPARATORY NOTICE
! The enterprise in which we now embark and
OF which this paper is once the commemorative
and sample of the papers that are to follow Ias
for its aim no less purpose than to in,part in
struction, in the general and detail to The O8scar
and Agents Of the American public, in respect botb
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 hi,h
erto Leen no vehicle for the regular and proper
| communication Of information Of this kind The
publication OF the laws and the issue of nstrur
tons, more or less comprehensive, and 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 I'M.
structons 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 10
marty ends, and to matters of national poiicys
i These publications in their various forms are
highly useful in themselves as far as they go and
some of them indispensable; but there is much
that do not reach the hands OF all nor if they did,
do they furnish those rules, methods and exam
Piles, for the despatch Of the public business whch
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 honest effort TO supplv
this Vacuum and to provide for these necessities
Ii we succeed in rendering the functions of the
primary Offices more uniform, mehodical and ex
act, we shall make the administrative duties of the
departments more easy and effective and thereby
Inro ,rfaf har and r,utop t;.1
country And this we expect to do to some ey-
tent at east-apart from, and independently To
any party or personal interest question what
ever 9
1t is known to most Of those to whom this ma :,
per will be sent, that the Senior Editor was Audi.
tor of the Post-Ofice 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 years previously, had been, first in the Wer
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 it on. Since his official connection with
the Government ceased he hatters himself he has
u preserved the respect and regard Of most OF the
II present ncumbents of the departments and is on
e becoming terms of intercourse and cvty with
= them all. The Junior Editor has been asssiduously
n engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
II sona inquiry and examination, the practical and
of daily routine and details of the Post-Offce 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 imparting minute and illustrative in
struction, and valuable periodical and statistical
Information, that we challenge your confdencs
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 4,
- afford time for obtaining from the departments
o. all the orders, notices andchanges issued, or made
!. by them during the preceding month Tables
=, Post Offices, and compilations of the Laws and
" Regulations are issued by the Post Office Depart
= ment only once in two or three years. IL is Il
- matter of inconvenience and complaint, for which
;, hitherto there has been no remedy, that in one
30 month from the time of these issues there are Of
fees in the tables which are no longer in ope ation
E and offices in operation which in the tables
III At this time there perhaps three thousand
offices of the two descriptions. Ia like manner
~ laws have been passed and regulations established
~ since the issue Of the last volume of regulations
= Of which many postmasters aud othersare wholly
y ignorant We propose to prevent, for the present
ID any increase Of the evil of either kind aud from
rs the time another issue shall be made, our paper
a will furnish the additions, corrections, and modf
v cations, made IN each month, and by being filed
= and preserved, will afford tn postmasters full and
C exact information upon both subjects, up to and
Us for time being. How much of the presen, misdi
rection, remaing, doubt, confusion, error, and
OF npostion, will be saved by the progressive sta te
of full aud exact knowledge, for which we have
IA divided and for which we engage, every ntelll-
IN rent postmaster estimate for himself.
<. These advantages alone and independently of al
Is Others, worth many times the price we charge
for the paper aud 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 ono
to subscribe. The considerations apply O
the orders and notices. decisions, and instructor
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
RS Supreme Court in cases turning upon question:
m of official duty national interest, will find pacs
or IN this paper.