The southern press., 1851-08-07
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE.
AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER.

UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE.
AND Official .aDYERTTSER
III TO show ,ohat Is done, and ,chat should be done
~, IN q6iee=xu
PETER q WAsHrNGroa, -.
CHARLES M WILLARD, Ha'o'' o"o Trcp''e'o''
TERns.- =" The Unitsd States Postal Guide and
Official Advertiser" containing about 80 spper-rovaI
oclaro pages, IS published monthly for ONE Dor-
LAR ONLY, per annu'n, payable in aduance--or five
dollars for sac 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 t.
and sample of the papers that to follow, las
for it's aim no less q purpose, than to mpart in
structon, in the general and detail, to the Officer
and Agents Of the in respect both
to their duties and their rights and 70 make them
and the people at large, acquainted with the organ
izaton, decisions and action of the Executive de-
pav1anents of their Government. There has hith
ertc Keen vehicle tor the regular and proper
| communication of information of this kind. The
| publication OF the Laws and the issue Of nstrur
iions mere or less comprehensive, and at intervals
4 more or less extended, have proved wholly inAde-
quate, in the absence Of the construction Of those
Laws, aPpsisd TO lavssc.lar cssss and cFdee.ti.
and illustrations to make the regulations and in
structons Ineligible. The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress are too voluminotts
and are printed in quantities too small for general
circulation; whilst the debates in Congress and
the commentaries of the press upon their proceed
of the Government, besides turning mostly upon
general principles, address themselves only 10
oarty ends, and to matters of national policy
| These publications. in their various forms are
highly useful in themselves as far as they co. and
some of them Indispensable; but there in 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 which
can render the discharge of public duty either sas
or easy, whether in respect TO the incumbent HIM
.lf III tvne ant nj bureau under which he
acts We shall make an honest effort to supply
this vacuum, and provide for these necessities
| If we succeed in rendering the functions OF the
primary Offices more uniform, methodical, and ev
act we shall make the administrative duties OF tho
| 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 or
any party or personal interest or question what
ever. tt Ne4
| II is known to most Of those to whom this pa
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, ne mas had
direct intercourse, in person or by letter. he en-
tered the department fourteen years since, and for
Il many wears previously, had been, first in the War
Department, and 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
E preserved the respect and regard OF most OF the
present incumbents of the departments, and Is on
e hecominp terms of intercourse and civllity with
; Them all The Junior Editor has been asssiduously
n engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
II sonnf inquiry and examination, the practical and
If daily routine and details of the Post-Ofce and
other branches Of the public business II IL with
this stock OF experience, and these advantages for
reaching the various sources of administrative ac-
lion and for imparting minute and illustrative In
str,,cton, and valuable periodical and statistical
Information. that we challenge your confidence
and solicit your support and % pstronass. age .h
We have ed upon the 18th or each month as
the day for the publication of our paper, so az to
. ford time for obtaining from the departments
all the orders, notices and changes issued made
bv them during the preceding month. Tables od
POST Offices, and compilations Of the Laws ana
R.gulations, 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
nd ofcrs in operation which not in the tableso
Al this time there are perhaps over three thousand
| Offices of the two descriptions. In like manner
n laws have been passed and regulations established
s;nce the issue Of the last volume or regulations
I, | of which many postmasters and others are wholly
), rnoront We propose to prevent, for the present,
"a ny pcreese OF the evil of either kind, and from
IS Ihe time another issue shall be made, our paper
~ will furnish the additions, corrections, and modih-
' cations, made ia each month, and by being hed
= and nreseryed will afford TO postmasters full and
sx,ci information upon both subjects, up to and
ls eor time being. How much of the presen, misdi-
{ esc,;on remsiling, doubt. confusion, error and
'r I'M no.,tion will bs saved by the progressive state
Of full and exact knowledge, Tor Vhich we nave
n orovded and for which we engage. every Intel-
u ,sn, westminster can estimate for himself.
These advantages alone and Independently OF all
IS others, are worth many times the price we charge
for the paper and will, it is hoped, induce every
postmaster who feels Just pride IN nus omce' or
na,r;ot;c regard for the credit, prosperity. and
.ac;encv of the whole Post Office system-at once
~ subscribe. The same considerations apply to
the orders and notices, DECISIONS and instructions
y the War, Navy, Treasury, State, and Interior
1 departments, and the same course is ,h'endeu IN
resnrct to them Notices Of the decisions OF the
rs snnr.me Court, in turning upon questions
~ 6cial duty or national interest, viii find place
or | IN this pavsr- ,,-.;-- ;...,r 4.
A denartment Of our paper addressing Itself not
p ,srslvt 10 postmasters and other officers Of the
e aovsnment but to all other citizens who give at
,;on IN the affairs Of the nation and the progress
u nd devoopment Of the untry will embrace IN u
condensed form the matters submitted to, or aris-
ing in Congress At each session vast deal OF
r7n.h,. information is communicated to Con-
e sss Inv the several departments and their subor.
n 1;n.,. bureaus. and profound and comprehensive
m i renorts are made by committees OF poth Houses
e Rat the great mass Of the community know moth
1s inp Of the contents Of these documents ana re-
in ,n,,s except the brief notices of them, which
fnn, i'm, to time appear in the public papers,
RE- standing number printed Of each document
and report, is only twelve hundred !. the SENATE
o, nd fourteen hundred in the House OF Representa-
n u '.h;ch At once shows the mprncticability Of
n 80 d;ssemination. The ADvERrIsER will con
l. ." short abridgments analysis of all those
n.,,,so,s 'm nao and reports, and the compend will
., therefore not only prove exceedingly useful and
,,'c,ve in Itself, but will furnish easy index
"eu.a ;n,s,e.trd' whenever it is found desirable
nb,s,n and examine the document at large.
Ther. Is large field before us, the materisls are
: .ani. II viii be our jealous care TO collect and
srranse them in the proper form We have every
e ansJs,ce that the subscriptions will be ample tc
e o",',. me- 10 accomplish it all. The information
$, .s propose to give, comprshending and conhne'