The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-06-02
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE.
AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER.

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cnARIrs Nj. w WILLARD. Editors and Propris,oys.
Terms -" The United States Postal enid. and
t'ciaf .7dreriser," containing about 80 srpr-roual
octd'o pages Is published monthly for ONE pol
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dollars for sr copies ordered at any one time
PREPARATORY NOTICE.
The enterprise IN which we now embark AMI
Of which this paper is at once the commencement
and sample Of the papers that are to follow, las
for It's ann no less purpose, than to impar IN
struction, in the general and detail. to the Officer
and Agents ofthe American public, in respect both
to their duties and their rights, and to make them,
and the people at large, acquainted with the organ
zation, decisions and action Of the Executive de-
partnents of their Government. There has hilh
erto teen vehicle for the regular and proper
communication Of information Of this kind. The
publication Of the Laws and the issue of instruc
lions, more less comprehensive, and al 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 yoluminous
and printed in quantities too small for general
crcuation; whilst the debates in Congress ard
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
party ends, and to matters of national policy.
These publications in their various forms
highly useful in themselves far as they go, and
aome 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
pies, for the despatch Of the public business which
can render the discharge of public duty either safr
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, methodical, 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 least--apart from, and Independently OF
any party or personal interest question what
ever.
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 poatmasers and contractors, he has had
direct intercourse, III person or by letter. lie 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 or business IN all
the departments, and being acquainted with those
who carry it on Since his official connection with
the Government ceased, he aatters himself he has
y preserved the respect and regard of most OF the
u prese, tincumbenis of the departments, and is
e becoming terms of intercourse and cvility with
n engaged for several years, IN studying, by per-
II sonni inquiry and examination, the practical and
Of daily routine and details of the PosiOifce and
other branches of the public business. IL IS with
: this stock OF experience, and these advantages for
reaching the various sources of administrative ac-
lion, and for impartiDg minute and Illustrative IN
struciion and valuable periodical and statistical
information, that we challenge your confidence
and solicit your support and patronage
a. We have fixed upon the 18th of each month as
| the dav for the publication of DaDer, to
:, afford time for obtaining from the Department.
r all the orders, notices and changes issued mad
. 1 by them during the preceding month. Tables q
. Post Offices, and compilations of the Laws ana
: Regulations, are issued by the Post Office Depart
, meni only once in two three years. 1t is
. matter of Inconvenience and complaint, for which
= hitherto there has been remedy, that IN
month from the time of these issues, there OF
fees IN the tables which longer opel alton
and Offices in operation which are not IN the tables
u At this time there perhaps three thousand
Offices of the two descriptions. In like manner
y laws have been passed aud regulations established
since the issue of the last volume Of regulntions,
| of which many postmasters and others are wholly
,, ignorant We propose to prevent, for the present.
u any increase Of the evil of either kind, and from
3 the time another issue shall be made, our paper
!. | will furnish the additions, corrections, and modh-
. | 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
y for time being How much of the presen, misdi-
. rection, remang, doubt, confusion, error, and
. mposI,iop will be saved by the progressive state
of full and exact knowledge, for which we have
n provided, and for which we engage, every inte-
n gent postmaster can estimate for himself.
:, These advantages alone and independently of all
IS others, are worth many times the price We charge
Y for the paper, and will, IL is hoped, induce every
postmaster who feels a 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
departments, aud the course IS intended an
respect to them. Notices Of the decisions Of the
~ Supreme Court, in cases turning upon questions
Of oicinl duty or national interest," will find place
or in this par.
a department of our paper addressing itself not
p merely 10 pustmssters and other officers of the
% Government but to all other citizens who give at
Dr. tention 10 the affairs of the nation and the progress
at and development Of the untry, will embrace IN
condensed form the matters submitted to, or aris-
ing in Congress. At each session vast deal OF
valuable information ~ communicated to Con-
'e eress by the several departments and their subOr
- dinaie bureaus, and profound and comprehensive
N reports are made by committees OF both Houses
c. Bat the great mass Of the community know moth 70
IS mo Of he contents Of these documents and r.
IN ports except the brief notices of theni wi'ic n
from time TO time appear IN the pubhc papers.
The standing number printed of each docame I
aud report, il only twelve hundred ~ me senate
al and fourteen hundred IN the House OF Representa-
D ,ves which ut once shows the impractcnbillty OF
u tneir dissemination. The ADVERTISER will con-
2 rain short abrdgments or analysts Of a these
l. oocuments and reports, and the compcDd will
therefore not only prove exceedingly useful and
3, instructive in ITSELF but will furnish easy index
90 those interested whenever II Is found desirable
| ca obtain and examine the document at large.
Their, is large field before US, the materials are
ample II viii be our jealous care 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
: 10 the action OF the Government, in SOLID useful
and 1--WE might almost say necessary 10 the Off
cer--if not to the citizen. 1t is intended for all 4,
, and put at a price which constitute no obstacle
with any Fiat the end Of the year, any subscriber