The southern press., 1851-09-02
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
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UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
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NRc'a9 -1dpe'tiser, containing abouf 20 ,,,nsv,oaI
ocf'uo pages, IS published monthly Ar oSr no.
Lar ONLY, per an"u'", payable Ia adeoncs-or fir.
dollars for stE copies ordered. -
PREPARATORY NOTICE
| The enterprise III which we now emba,L and
or which this paper - at once the commenoems,T
and sample Of the papers that are to follow Ias
for lts ann no less purpose, than to impart in
strucon, in the general and detail. to THE Officer
and Agents Of the Americas public in respect both
TO their duties and their rights, and to make them.
and the people at large, acquainted with the organ
txation, decisions and action of the Executive d.
partments Of their Government There has him
erto Ieen no vehicle for the regular and proper
communication OF information Of this kind. The
publication Of the Laws and ths issue of instruc
tons, mere or less comprehensive, and at intervals
more or less extended, have proved wholly made
quate, in the absence Of the construction Of those
Laws, az applied to particular cases, and of details
| and illustrations to make the regulations and in.
structions inteliigIble. The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress, are too vouminous
and printed in quantities too small for general
circulation; whilst the debates in Congress and
the commentaries of the press upon their proceed
ngs, 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 policy
These publications in their various forms are
highly useful in themselves as far as thew 90 and
some of them Indispensable; but there is much
that do not reach the hands Of ALL nor if thew did
40 they furnish those rules, methods, and exam
| he deon trb rft he,
can render the discharge of public duty either saf
| 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 10 supnlv
this vacuum, and to provide for these necessities.
| If we succeed in rendering the functions of the
primary Offices more uniform, methodica, and eY
act, we shall make the administrative duties of the
departments more easy and effective and therebv
promote the real and substantial interests OF The
| country And this we expect to do, to some ey
tent at least-apart from, and Independently Of
any party or personal interest or question what
| ever
1t is known to most Of those TO whom this n,
per will be sent, that the Senior Editor was nd
tor of the Post-Office Department until the ron,h
OF November last; with by far the larger portion
OF both postmasiers and contractors he has had
direct intercourse, in person or bv letter He s,,-
tered the department fourteen years since, and for
many years 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 ali
| the departments, and being 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 civility with
them all. The Junior Editor has been asssiduouslv
engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
sonul inquiry and examination, the practical and
do Of fha Oara u
other branches Of the public business. 1t is with
this stock Of experience, and these advantages for
reaching the various sources of administrative sc
tion, and for imparting minute and illustrative in
sruction, 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 dchanges issued, or mad,
by them during the preceding month. Tables or
| Post Offices, and compilations Of the Laws ana
Regulations, are issued by the Post Office Depart-
ment only once in two or three years. Ii is a
| matter Of inconvenience and complaint, for which
hitherto there has been no remedy, that i'm one
month from the time of these issues, there are Off
fees in the tables which no longer in operationS
and Offices in operation which not in the tabest
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 modi6
cations made In each month, and by being filed
and preserved, will afford to postniasers full and
exact information upon both subjects, up to and
for time being. How much of the present misdi-
rection, fremailing, 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, IT Is hoped, induce every
| nostmaster 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 te
the orders and notices, decisions, and instruction
Of the War, Navy, Treasury, State, and Tnterio
| departments and the same course is intended in
| respect TO them. Notices Of the decisions OF the
| Supreme Court, in eases turning upon questions
of official duty national interest, viii find place
/ in this papsr.
merely 10 postmasiers and other officers of the
Govcrnment but to all other citizens who give at
tenfon TO the affairs Of the nation and the progress
and development of the Z, untry, will embrace in
condensed form the matters submitted TO, or ars-
Congress-.
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
inc of the contents of these documents and re-
ports, except the brief noAees l Of them, which
from time to time appear IN the public papers,
The standing number printed of each document
and report. is only twelve hundred in the Senate,
and fourteen hundred in the House of Representa-
lives, which at once shows the impract'cab,lity of
,bc;r dissemination The ADVERTISER will con-
tain short abridgmcnts or analysis of all these
documents and reports, and the co mpend vii
therefore not only prove exceedingly useful and
instructive in ITSELF but will furnish easy index
70 those interested, whenever it is found desirable
TO obtain and examine the documen at large.
Their, is large field before us, the materials Are
ample. Ii will be our jealous care TO collect snd
arrange them in the prope form. We have every
confidence ahat the subscriptions will be ample to
enable us to accomplish it all. The information
we propose to give, comprehending and con6nec
Il Of the ,o osRf