The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-06-18

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CHARLES M. WILLARD, Editors aud Proprietors.
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- PREPARATORY NOTicWe '
The enterprise 10 which we now emhart
or which this paper is at once the Commerce.
sna sample OF the papers that areto follow, as
Tor It's ann no less purpose, than to iuna,, H.,
strucuon' IN the general and detail, to the Ofcer
and Agents of the American public. in resnect ho,,
to their duties and their rghts,and to make ,ben,
ana the people at large acquainted with the organ
izatlon, decisions and action of the EYecu,vs ~
partments of their Government. 3Tbsrs h. h;I
erto teen no vehicle for the regular and nroner
communication OF information Of this kind Tbe
publication of the Laws and the issue of instrrc
ilons' more or less comprehensive, and at intervals
more or less extended, have proved wholly nal
quate, in the absence of the construction ~ ,hnsa
Laws, as applied to particular cases, and of details
ana lustrations TO make the regulations and in
structons Ineligible. The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress, are too voluminous
and are printed in quantities too small FIR arI
circulation; whilst the debates in Congress- and
the commentaries Of the press upon their proceed
lngs, and the proceedings of the Executive branch
OF the Government, besides turning mostl, ,inon
general principles, address themselves only 10
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ihese publications. in their various forms are
highiy useful IN themselves as far as thew go and
| some OF them indispensable; but there is much
'nat 10 not reach the hands Of ALL nor if thew did.
W o"sy iurhsh those rules, methods, and exam
pies, Tor the despatch of the public hns;nsss ,,h;h
can render the discharge of public dutv e;,hsr ar
or easy, whether in respect to the incumbent him
sell, or the department or bureau under which he
acts we shall make honest effort to supplv
TINS vacuum, and to provide for these necessities
4 III succeed in rap ~
primary Offices more uniform, methodicaI 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 ana TINS we expect to do, to some ex
tent III ieasf--apar from, and independently Of
any party or personal interest or question what
ever. - :
IL is known TO most Of those to whom this ma
per VIII be sent. that the Senior Editor was Audi
tor Oh the fost-Ofiee Department until the month
OF November last; with by far the larger portion
OF both Postnasters and Contractors, he has had
uirect intercourse, IN person or by letter He en-
tered the department fourteen years since and for
many years previously, had been, first in the War
department, and subsequently, in the Treasury.
lie has therefore had the best opportunities for
understanding the arrangements OF business in all
the departments, and being acquainted with those
VINO carry 1t on Since his official connection with
s the Government ceased, he latters himself he has
II preserved the respect and regard Of mos, op th
e becoming terms Of intercourse and ciyIlitv with
e. them all. The Junior Editor has zen uo,sy
n engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
II sonsi inquiry and examination, the practical and
IF day routine and details of the Post Office and
other branches OF the public business IL is with
this stock or experience, and these advantages for
reaching the various sources of administrative ac-
lon, and for lmparting minute and Illustrative in
struciion, and valuable periodical and statistical
information, that we challenge your confidence
and solicit orf nd
). we have hxed upon the 18th OF each month as
the day for the publication of our paper so as to
4 afford time for obtaining from the depaTTpents.
all the orders, notices and changes issued, or made
: by them during the preceding month. Tables o.
= Post Offices, and compilations OF the Laws ana
: Regulations, issued by the Post Office Depart
n ment only once IN two or three years. II is O.
! 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
ices in the tables which longer in ope ration.
aus Offices in operation which in the tables
At t.s time there perhaps over three thousand
offices 90 the two descriptions. In like manner
= laws have Seen passed and regulations established
since the Issue of the last volume of regulations,
, of which many .pSstfnnsters and others wholly
! ignorant We propose to prevent, for the present,
y any increase of the evil of either kind and from
. the time another issue .snall be made, paper
will furnish the additions, corrections, and modif-
cations, made IN each month, and by being filed
exact Information upon both subject, up to and
: for time being. How much Of the presen, misli-
rection, remaining, doubt, confusion, 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 inielli-
cent postmaster can estimate for himself.
These advantages alone and independently OF all
3 others are worth many times the price charge
for the Taper, and viii, 1t is hoped induce every
nosna.s,er who feels lust pride in his Office OF
. | for "A
efficiency OF the whole Post Office system--at once
| To subscribe The same considerations apply 10
1.-The orders and Offices, 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
8 supreme Court in cases turning upon questions
OF official duty pa.-onal interest, will find place
r ia thus patar. OK ~
Department OF our paper addressing itself not
2 merely TO pUstmasters sFd other officers OF the
Govern emit but to all other citizens who give at
tention to the affairs of the nation and the progress
and development Of the {, untrys VIII embrace IN
condensed form the matters subrsted TO, or aris-
ing in Congress-. AT each session vast deal OF
| valuable information rs communicated 10 Con-
press bv the several departments and their subor-
dnate bureaus and profound and comprsbe nsive
REPORTS are made by committees of both Houses.
But the great mass Of the community know noh-
: ing Of the contents Of these documents and re-
| ports. except the brief notices of them, which
from tune TO ume appear IN tns Puohc Pape'e,
The standing number printed Of each documeht
and report is only twelve hundred IN the Senate,
and fourteen hundred in the House Of Representa-
tiyes which at once shows the impraeucabllity OF
their dissemination The ADVERTISER viii con-
tain short abridgments or analysis Of all these
documents and reports, and the compend will
, therefore not only prove exceedingly useful and
instructive in itself, bat viii furnish an ersy index
TO those interested, whenever It liz found desirable
60 obtain and examine the document at large
There is a large field before us, the materials are
ample II viii be jealous TO collect and
arrange them in the proper form. We have every
confidence that the subscriptions will be ample to
enable us to accomplish IL all. The information
; we propose to give, comprehendng and confined
to the action Of the Government, is sohd, useful,
and I'VE might almost say necessary to the Off