The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-11-15
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE

UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER.
y To sho,o uhat Is done, aud ohat should be done
IN office. SH
caanlEs M. 1 WmE.ap Editor, aud Proprietor,
TEsns. =" The United States Postal Guide sna
Official Advertiser" containing about 80 super-royaI
oetaro pages, Is published monthly for ONE DOL
LAR ONLY, per annum, payable in advance--or fps
dollars for SIR copies ordered
PREPARATORY NOTICE.
The enterprise In which we now embark, and
OF which this paper is at once the commencement
and sample of the papers that to follow, as
for it's aim no less u purpose, than to lmpart in
struction, i'm 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
ization decisions and action Of the Executive de-
partments Of their Government. There has hith-
erto teen no vehicle for the regular and proper
communication Of information Of this kind The
publication Of the Laws and the issue of instrue
tons, more or less comprehensive, and atintervals
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.
structions Ineligible. The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress- are too voluminous!
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 policyl
These publications in their various forms are
highly useful in themselves far as 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 exams
pes for the despatch OF the public 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 for these necessities
If we succeed in rendering the functions of the
primary Offices more uniform, methodical and 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 from, and independently
any party or personal interest or question what
ever. - I
Il is known to most Of those to whom this pa
per will be sent, that the Senior Editor was AUDI
tor of the Office Department until the month
of November last; with by far the larger portion
of both postrnasters and contractors, he has had
direct intercourse, person or by letter. He en-
tered the department fourteen years since, and for
many wears previously, had been, frstin the War
Department, ard subsequently in the Treasury.
He has therefore had the best opportunities for
underst standing the arrangements Of business in all
the departments, and being acquainted with those
who carry it on. Since his official connection with
the Government ceased, he Aatters 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 asssiduousy
| engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
sonul inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details of the Post-Office and
| other branches Of the public business. 1t il with
this stock Of experience, and these advantages for
reaching the various sources of administrative ac
ton, and for impartng minute and Illustrative IN,
struction, and valuable periodical and statistical
information, that we challenge your confidence
and solicit your support and patronage. -Hai
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 made
by them during the preceding month. Tables az
Post Offices, and compilations Of the Laws ana
Regulations, are issued by the Post Office Depart
ment only once 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 operatonf
and offices in operation which not in the tablest
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,
OF which many postmdbIers anu otntrS 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 modfi
cations, made IN each month, and by being filed
and preserved, will afford to postmasters full and
exact information upon both subjects, up to and
for time being. How much Of the presea. msdi,
rection, remailing, doubt, confusion error, and
impositon will be saved by the progressive state
Of full and exact knowledge, for which we have
provided and for which we engage, every intelll-
gent postmaster can estimate for himself. nae
These advantages alone and independently of all
others, are worth many times the price charge
for the paper, and will, it is hoped, induce every
postmaster who feels just pride in his Office
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 inferio
departments, and the same course is intended in
respect to them. Notices of the decisions of the
Supreme Court, in cases turning upon questonn
of official duty national interest, will find place
In this papsr. u.
YUNHE undersigned, committee OF publication, on
III the part OF the Muscogee and Russell Agricul-