The southern press., 1851-10-31
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
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UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
IND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER.
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CHARLEs M. WILLARD, Editors and Proprietors
% EHMs' -" The United States Postal Guide and
cid Hdrsrtiser," containing about 30 sppey-y0uaI
oe'apo pages, " published monthly for ONE DOL
LAR ONLY, per ailntl'n, payable in adpanee-or fine
dollars for sir copies ordered.
PREPARATORY NOTICE
The enterprise IN which now embark and
Of which this paper is at once the commencement [,
aud sample of the papers that are to follow, / as
for its aim no less purpose, than to impart in
structon, in the general and detail, to the Officer
and gents 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 action of the Executive de-
partments of their Government. There has hith-
erto Leen no vehicle for the regular and proper
communication Of information Of this kind The
! publication 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 or those
Laws, as applied to particular cases. and of details
and illustrations to make the regulations and in.
structions ineligible. The valuable documents
annual reported to Congress, are too voIumnouss
and 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
marty ends, and to matters of national polleyS
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 ALL if they did,
| do they furnish those rules, methods, and exam
ples for the despatch Of the public business whick
can render the discharge of public duty either sa.
or easy, whether in respect to the incumbent him.
self, the department or bureau under which he
acts We shall make an honest effort to supply
this vacuum, and to provide for these necessities
| If we succeed i'm rendering the functions of the
primary Offices more uniform, methodIcal, and eY
act, shall make the administrative duties of tn o
departments more easy and effective, and thereby
promote the real and substantial interests of the
| country And this we expect to do, to some ey 4
tent at least--apart from, and independently
any party personal interest or question what
ever.
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-Ofce 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. lie 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
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 natters himself he has
preserved the respect and regard of most OF the
preseIt incumbents of the departments, and is on
becoming terms of intercourse and civility with
them all. The Junior Editor has been asssiduously
engaged for several years, in studying, by per
! sonni inquiry and examination, the practical anc
daily routine and details of the Post-Offce anC
other branches of the public business. il is with
this stock OF experience, and these advantages fol
reaching the various sources of administrative ac
on and for imparting minute and illustrative in
struction, and valuable periodical and Statistical
information, that 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 mad,
by them during the preceding month. Tables ol
Post Offices, and compilations of the Laws ana
Regulations, 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 in one
month from the time of these issues, there of:
fees i'm the tables which no longer in operations
and Offices i'm operation which not in the tablesI
AT this time there 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
| M which many postmasters and others are wholly
ignorant. We propose TO prevent, for the present
nnv increase OF the evil of either kind, and from
the time another issue shall be made, our paper
will furnish the additions, corrections and modh,
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 msdi
rection, remailing, doubt, confusion, error, and
imposition, will be saved by the progressive state
OF full and exact knowledge, for which we have
| nroyided and for which we engage, every intellI-
cent postmaster can estimate for himself.
These advantages alone and independently Of all
others, are worth many tunes the price we charge
for the paper, aud will, it is hoped, induce every
| nortmaster who feels just pride in his Office
patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, and
efficiency OF the whole Post Once system-at one
to subscribe. The same considerations apply 10
the orders and notices, decisions, and instruction.
of the War, Navy, Treasury, State, and lnteriol
depnrtments and the same course ~ intended IN
rssnect 10 them Notices of the decisions Of the
; supreme Court, in cases turning upon questions
of official duty or national interest, will find place
in this paper.