The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-12-13
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE

United STATES POSTAL GUIDE
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| PREPARATORY NOTICE
| The enterprise in which we now embark and
OF which this paper is ut once the commencement.
and sample of the papers that are to follow. las
! tor IT'S aim no less purpose, than to impart in
structon, in the general and detail, to the Officer
aud Agents of the American public, in res ,ect both
to their duties aud their rights and TO make them
ana the people at large acquainted with the organ
tzation decisions and action of the Executive de-
partments of their Government There has bith-
erto teen no vehicle for the regular and proper
communication OF Information of this kind The
publication of the .aws and the issue of ,nstr,,c
rons, leasi comprehe nslve and AT intervals
more or less extended, have proved wholly made
quate, in the absence of the construction or those
Laws, applied to particular cases, and of details
and lustratlons to make the regulations and in
structions Ineligible. The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress, are too youmnousy
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
of the Government, besides turning mostly upon
general principles, address themselves onlv 10
marty ends and to matters of national polieyl
| These publications in their various forms are
highly useful in themselves as far as thew 60 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
pies, for the despatch Of the public business which
can render the discharge of public duty either
or easy, whether In respect to the incumben
SELF or the department or bureau under VIII
acts. We shall make an honest effort TO
this vacuum, and to provide for these necess t
If we succeed in rendering the functions D.
primary Offices more uniform, methodical and =
act, shall make the administrative duties Of II
departments more easy and effective, and there
promote the real and substantial interests of IL
| country And this we expect to do, to some e,
tent at east-apart from, and independently go
any party or personal interest or question " hat
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
Iof November last; with by far the larger portion
of both posmasters and contractors, he has had
direct intercourse in person or by letter. HI 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
unders landing the arrangements of business in all
the departments, anu DelHp acquainted with those
who carry it on. Since his official connection with
the Government ceased he hatters 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 cviity with
: them all The Junior Editor has been asssiduouslv
. engaged for several yearu, in studying, by per-
u sonal inquiry and examination, the practical and
y daily routine and details of the Post-Ofce and
other branches OF the public business. Ii is with
this stock Of experience, and these ad vanages for
I'll. .fnfs..
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 as TO
afford time for obtaining from the departments
! all the orders, notices and changes issued or made
| by them during the preceding month. Tables f
, Post Offices, and compilations of the Laws and
Regulations, are issued by the Post Office Depart
, ment only in two or three years. 1t is a
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
aud offices in operation which not in the tables
At this time there are perhaps 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 modif,
cations made IN each month, and by being filed
and preserved, will afford to postmasiers 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 we charge
for the paper, and will IL is hoped, induce every
postmaster who feels just pride IN his Office or
patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, and
efficiency Of the whole Post Office system--at once
TO subscribe. The same considerations apply 10
the orders and notices, decisions and Instructors
of the War; Navy, Treasury, State, and Interior
departments, and the course is intended in
respect to them Notices Of the decisions Of the
Supreme Court, IN cases turning upon question:
Of official duty national interest, will find place