The southern press., 1851-11-05
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE

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UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
and 0FFTCLaL ADVERTISER.
~ 10 sho'o ohat Is done, and ,ohat shotiibs done
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CnARLrs M. WmIsnos Editorsand Proprisiors
Terms. =" The United States Postal Guide and
We'm .fdoeritser," containing about 80 spper-yovak
ooi""o pages, Is p'sbhshed monthly FOR ONE DOL
LAR ONLY, per ann,a, payable in aapanes--or fps
dollars tor sir copies ordered.
PREPARATORY NOTICE
I The enterprise in which we now embark and
OF which this paper is at the commencement
and sample of the papers that are to follow. tas
for it's aim no less a purpose, than to imnart in
sruction, in the general and detail to the Officer
and 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-
partments of their Government. There has hith-
erto Leen no vehicle for the regular and proper
communication of information Of this kind The
publication OF the Laws and the issue of instrur
tons, more or less comprehensive, and at intervals
more or less extended, have proved wholly made
quate, IN the absence of the construction OF those
Laws, as applied TO particular cases, and of details
and illustrations to make the regulations and in
structions Ineligible. The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress- are too voumnouss
and printed in quantities too small for general
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 policyJ
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 not 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 whcE
| hBr Of liz dut attL Il.
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
II we succeed in rendering the functions of the
primary Offices more uniform, methodcal and ey
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 least-apart from, and independently
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-Office Department until the month
of November last; with by far the larger portion
Of both postmastsrs and contractors, he has had
direct intercourse, III person or by letter. He en-
tered the department fourteen years since and for
many years previously, had been, first in the War
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 latters himself he has
preserved the respect and regard OF most OF the
present ncumbents Of the departments and is on
becoming terms of intercourse and civility with
them all. The Junior Editor has been asssiduously
engaged fos several years, in studying, by per-
sonai inquiry and examination, the practical and
tdaily routine and details of the Post-Oifce and
other branches Of the public business. 1t liz with
this stock Of experience, and these advantages for
reaching the various sources of administrative acs
ton, and for imparng minute and illustrative ina
struction, and valuable periodical and statistical
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
by them during the preceding month. Tables ar
Post Offices, and compilations of the Laws ana
Regulations, are issued by the Post Office Depart
ment only once in two 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 off
| fees i'm the tables which no longer in operations
and Offices operation which not in the tablesg
At this time there are perhaps over 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 modif.
| 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
| rection, remailing, 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 intelli-
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, 1t is hoped, induce every
postmaster who feels just pride IN his Office r
| a patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, and
efficiency of the whole Post Office system-at once
to subscribe. The same considerations apply tr
the orders and notices, decisions, and instructorl
| Of the War, Navy, Treasury State, and Interio,
| departments, and the same course is intended in
! respect to them. Notices Of the decisions Of the
Supreme Court, in turning upon questions
of official duty national interest," will find place
| in this papsr. 9,a
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