The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-02-08
THE
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE.
and OFFICIAL ADVERTISER

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CHARLES M. WILLARD, INs'o'' ana Trol''e'o's'
TERMs. -" The U,iisd Ststes Postal Guide and
Official Advertiser, containing about 81 super-,oyai
octavo pages, is publisAsd monthly for ONE DoL-
Lar ONLY, pcr onn~,n. payable In adpance--or five
dollars for sir copies ordered a ssy one time.
PREPARATORY NOTICE.
! The enterprise in which we now embark, and
Of which this paper is at once the commencement,
and sample Of tho papers that are to follow, has
for its aim no less purpose, than to impart in
struction in the general and detail, TO the Officers
aud Agents of the American public, in respect both
their duties and their rights. and to make them,
and the people at large, acquainted with the organ
ixntion, decisions and action of the Executive de-
patments of their Government. There has hith-
erto teen no vehicle for the regular and proper
communication Of information Of this kind. The
pubIcation Of the Laws and the issue Of instruc-
tons, more or less comprehensive, and at intervals
more or less extended, have proved wholly made
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
sttuctons Ineligible The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress- are too soumnous,
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 only TO
party ends, and to matters of national policy.
These publications in their various forms are
highly useful in themselves far they go, and
some of them Indispensable; but there IS much
that do not reach the hands Of n. if they did,
40 they furnish those rules, methods, ana exam
pies, tor the despatch or the pubic 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 an honest effort to supply
THIS vacuum, and to provide TOR these necessities
II we succeed IN rendering the functions OF the
primary offces more UNIFORM. metnodical, ana ex-
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 And this we expect TO do, to some ex-
tent at least-apart nom, and independently OF
any party or personal interest or question what
i ever
i 1t Is known to most or those 10 whom TINS 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 mad
direct intercourse, IN person or ny letter. he en-
tered the department fourteen years since ana Tor
. many years previously, had been' nrst IN the war
department, ana subsequently In the treasury.
he has therefore had the best opportunities tor
understanding the arrangements or business IN all
the departments, and being acquainted with those
who carry 1t on. Since his ofhcial connection with
the Government ceased, he fatters himself ne has
preserved the respect ana regard OF most or the
present incumbents OF the departments ana Is on
, becoming terms OF intercourse ana cNi'ity WITH
them all. The JUNIOR Editor has been asssiduousy
engaged tor several years, In studying, by per
sonal inquiry ana examination, the practical ano
> daily routine and details OF the PostNofhce and
other branches OF tile public business. It's witt
this stock or experience, ana these advantages fo
hin bp pJAtr ne
aion, and for impartlng minute ana illustrative IN
struction, and valuable periodical ana statistical
Information, that we challenge your coincidence
and solicit your support aho patronage.
we have hxed upon the loth or each month as
the day for the publication OF our paper, so as 10
AFFORD hme Tor obtaining rom lne departments,
All the ORDERS houces anacnahges issued, or n'ade
J 6y them during ihe preceding month. rabies OF
Post Onices' ana companions OF lne Laws anu
Regulations, are issued oy tne rost ohce DePart-
ment only once IN TWO or three years. IL Is q
matter oil inconvenience ana complaint, LOT winch
h'he,'o '"eIe ia" oe..' ~ ie"'euy' "o' :" on.
month from the time OF these ISSUES, there are Of
noes IN the tapies wnch are no longer IN ope aoh'
and ofhces In operation winch are not IN inc tables
Al this Tune there are perhaps over three thousaho
omces OF the TWO uescr'puohs IN inc iha"he,
laws nave neeh passed ana regu'aoons eS'apnshed
since the issue oil Tue last volume OF regulations
OF which many postrnasters ana otners are wholly
\ a
any increase OF the evii OF e',her kind' ana from
the time another issue shail oe maze, our paper
VIII FURNISH the addI',ons' co1recuons' ana noun,
cations, maze Ia eacn hhoh'h' anu ny oe,ng meg
ana preserved, WIN aHora 70 pos,haslers 'ul' anG
exact information upon pom supJec's, up 10 ana
Tor time beng, how much OF the Preseh' nisdi,
rechon, remaining oouo,' CONFUSION, error ana
imposition, w'i De saved 9y me progressive state
| or fuii ana exact kno~ieoSe' io' which we have
provided and Tor when we engage, every ih'e'li-
gen, postmaster can es''h'a'e ,ol n'lsen. :,
these advantages a'one ana ,huepenoenuyo OF an
'others, are worth many !lmes .he price we charge
for the paper ana wil'' II Is hopeo, inouce every
postmaster VINO lee.S Jus' P,,ae III ms once, or
| pa'riouc regard 10, ,ne cTea'', prosperity ana
efhcency OF the who're ros' oiIee sy s'enia' once
10 subscribe. Inc same CONGRATULATIONS aPPiy 10
me orders ana io'ces' uec's'o"s, anu
OF the war; Navy, treasury, o'n'e, anu inferior
departments, ana ,ne same course IS intended IN
respect 10 them' No.,ces o' tne uec'sions ., 'ne
supreme Court III cases turning upon questions
OF ofhchi duty or nationa interest," VIII hhd pace
| IN tins rapsr-
department Oh our paper auuressns 'se.' no.