The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-04-16
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE.
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fETER U. WARRINGTON, mr., Ln..
CHARLES M. WILLARD, IN"o's Una F'sVsee"s'9
TERms.-. The United States Postal Guide aud
'e'a' .7drertiser," containing about 80 superroyaL
oefauo pages, is published monthly Jfbr ONE OF
LAR ONLY, per annu'n, payable In advance-or Jfpe
dollars for sir copies ordered at any one time
PREPARATORY NOTICE. H lh
The enterprise in which we now embark, and
OF which this paper ia at once the commencement,
and sample of the papers that are 10 follow, has
for It's aim no less purpose, than TO impartin-
structon, in the general and detail. to the Officer,
and Agents of the American public, 10 respect both
to their duties and their rights, and 70 make them,
and the people at large. acquainted with the organ
zation, decisions and action of the Executive de-
partments of their Government. There has hilh-
erto Eeen no vehicle for the regular and proper
communication Of infornHtion or this.knd. The
publication of the Laws and the issue of lnstruc
tons, more or less comprehensive, and ri intervals
more less extended, have proved wholly nade-
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 voumnous
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 2
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 far us they go and
| some of them Indispensable; but there is much
that do not reach the hands Of all nor if thew did
do they furnish those rules, methods, and exam
ples for the despatch Of the public business which
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 supply
this vacuum, and to provide for these necessities.
! If we succeed in rendering the functions of the
primary Offices more uniform, mehodical, and en-
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.
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-Offce Department until the month
Of November last; with by far the larger portion
of both postmasers and contractors, he has had
direct intercourse, in person or by letter. lie
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 fiatters himself he has
preserved the respect and regard Of most OF the
present incumbents 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-
| sonal inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details of the Post-Office and
| other branches Of the public business IL is with
| this stock Of experience, and these advantages for
reaching the various sources of administrative
ton, and for imparting minute and illustrative in
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 our paper, so to
afford time for obtaining from the departments,
all the orders, notices and changes issued, made
by them during the preceding month Tables o.
Post Offices and compilations of the Laws and
Regulations, are issued by the Post Office Depart
ment only once in two or three years. Ii is
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
fees in the tables which no longer in operation
and offices in operation which are not in the tables
At this time there 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,
the time another issue shall be made, our paper
| will furnish the additions, corrections, and modi-
cations, made IN each month and by being filed
and preserved, will afford to postmnsters full and
exact information upon both subjects, up to and
| for time being. How much Of the present misdi-
rection, remang, 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 can estimate for himself.
| These advantages alone and independently Of all
others, are worth many times the price charge
for the paper, and 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 once
| to subscribe. The same considerations apply to
the orders and notices, 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
| Supreme Court, in cases turning upon questions
of official duty national interest, will find place
! IN this pap-r. ~l frlg
| department of our paper addressing itself not
merely to postmasters and other officers of the
Government, but to all other citizens who give at
tention the affairs Of the nation and the progress
and development Of the untry, will embrace in
condensed form the matters submitted to, or ars-
ing in Congress. At each session a vast deal Of
valuable information is communicated to Con-
gress, by the several departments and their subor-
dinnte bureaus, and profound and comprehensive
reports are made by committees of both Houses.
| But the great mass of the community know moth
! ing of the contents Of these documents and
| ports except the brief notices of them, which
| from time to time appear in the public papers.
The standing number printed of each docume {
and report, is only twelve hundred in the Senate,
and fourteen hundred in the House OF Representa-
tives, which at once shows the mpractcability Of
their dissemination. The ADVERTISER will 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 but will furnish easy index
to those interested, whenever it is found desirable
TO obtnin and examine the document at large.
There is a large field before us, the materials are
ample 1t will be our jealous collect and
arrange them in the proper FORM We have every
confidence that the subscriptions will be ample to
enable to accomplish it all. The information
we propose to give, comprehending and confined
to the action Of the Government, is solid, useful
and 1--WE might almost say) necessary to the Off