The southern press., 1851-08-05
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE.
and OpFTCLaL .aDvER TTSER.

PGrER G. WAsHrseron. i =.
cIaslrs M. VILLAS, Ea't0r' s.d Preprist0rs
I ~ iskMs,-" TAs Uaitsd States Postal G,sids and
ocfaUo psges, is published nontAiy Nr oNr DOL
tAn ONLY per annH'n, payable in adusuce---or five
dollars for sr copies ordered al o,,y an. lin.
PREPARATORY NOTICE.
The enterprise IN which we now embark, AMI
Of which this paper IL once the comm rrcemsyt
and sample of the papers that are TO follow ; an
for it's ain, no less purpose, than to impart in
struction, in ths general and detail, to the Officer
and Agents Of the 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 actlon Of the Executive de-
partments Of their Government. There has hith
srto Teen no vehicle for the regular and proper
tcommunication Of information Of this kind. The
publication Of the Laws and the issue Of fnstrur
tions, more or less sa a intsrvas
more Or less extended, hays proved wholly made
lquale, II the ehssnes sf 49, aQsotnn 0f 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 70 Congress. are too yo!uminous
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 only to
marty ends, and to matters of national policy
These publications in their various forms are
highly useful in themselves far as they 60, and
some of them Indispensable; but there is much
that do not reach the hands Of all nor ifthey 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 safs
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
mi nd
act we shall make the administrative duties of the
| departments more easy and effective, and thereby
promote the real and substantial interests of the
country y And this we expect to do, to some ex
| tent at least-apart from, and Independently OF
any party or personal interest or question what
| ever. ttft a 4&laoW
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
of November last; with by far the larger portion
! of both postmasters and contractors, he has had
direct intercourse, in person or by letter. He en-
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 all
the departments, and being acquainted with those
| who carry it on. Since his official connection with
1 the Government ceased, he hntters himself he has
preserved the respect and regard Of most Of the
present incumbents of the departments, and is on
OeCOmtn@
then, all The Junior Editor has been asssiduousy
engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
sonaI inquiry and examination, the practical and
RI daily routine and details of the PostOfice and
lother branches Of the public business. ltis with
this stock Of experience, and these advantages for
reaching the various sources of administrative
toa, and Tor imparting minute and illustrative in
struction. and valuable periodical and statistical
inforuss4ion. that we challenge your confidence
and soiicit your support and patronage.
We have 6xsd nQ0n tho 18th Of each month as
the day for the publication of our paper, so as to
afford 'eime for obtaining from the DEPARTMENTS
ali the Oriena, notices sRd<hanges issued, made
| by them daring the preceding month"; Tables "a
Post Offices, and compilations Nf the Laws ana
Regulations, are iSsued by the Post Office Depart
| merit only once in two or three years. Il is a
| matt er of Inconvenience and complaint, for which
hitherto there has been no remedy, thar in one
month from the time of these issues, there are off
fees in the tables which longer in operations
and offices in operation which are not in the tabeso
At this ume 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
I The time another ixxue shall be made, our paper
will furnish the addtiaas. corrections, and modif-
cations, made IN each naonth, and by being filed
| and preserved will afford TO postniasters full and
exact information upon beth subjects, up to and
for time being. How much ef the present misdi-
| rection, remaling, doubt confusion. error, and
imposition, will be saved by the progressive state
Of full and exact k,vwIe ledge, for WHICH we have
proyided and for which we engage, every intelli-
gent postmaster estimate for himself.
| These advantages alone and independently Of all
others, are worth many times the price we charge
for the paper, aud will, it in 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
1 Supreme Court, in turning upon questions
of official duty or national interest. will find place
! in this papsr. .a
A department of our paper addressing itself not
merely to postmastegs and other officers of the
Government but to al other citizens who give at
tention to che affairs Of the nation and the progress
and development of the {. untry, will embrace IN
conde ensed form the matters submitted to, or ars-
ing in Congress. At each session vast deal OF
valuable information is communicated to Con-
gress, by the several departments aud their subor-
dinnte bureaus, and profound and comprehensive
reports are made by committees OF both Houses
RI, the great mass Of the community know moth
ing of the contents Of these documents and re-
ports, except the brief notices of them, which
from time TO time appear IN the public papers,
The standing number printed of each documem
and report, is only twelve hundred in the Senate,
and fourteen hundred in the House of Representa-
,,ves. which at once shows the impracocabty of
their dissemination. The ADVERTISER will con-
ts,n short abridgmen,s or analysis of all these
documents and reports, and the compend will
~ .rsfore not only prove exceedingly useful and
instructive in itself, but will furnish easy index
90 those interested whenever it is found desirable
,o obtain and examine the document at large
There is a large field before us, the materials are
ample 1t will be our Jealous care to collect and
,rranoe them in the proper FORM. We have every
confidence that the subscriptions will be ample to
enable ms to accomplish it all. The information
we propose to give, comprehending and con6nee
10 The action Of the Government is solid, usefu
and 1--WE might almost sny) necessary to the of
with any, fat the end Of the year, any subscriber
xhall End that he has not racayad the full yalue of