The southern press., 1851-07-09
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE.

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PREPARATORY NOTIcT
The enterprise IN which we now embark AMI
or which this paper IS at once the commmcen,ert
and sample Of the papers that are to follow : .'
for its atm no less. purpose, than TO imna,, ;n,
structon, IN the general and detail TO the Otf;cer
and Agents ofthe American public, in respect both
to their duties and their rights, and to make them
and the people at large, acquainted with the organ
|izaton, decisions and action Of the Executive de-
partments Of their Government. There has hith
erto Eecn no vehicle for the regular and proper
communication of Information or this Rind. The
publication Of the Laws and the issue Of instruc
ti0ns, more orIeas geAsnsiye and AG intsryas
more or less extended. have proved wholly made
quae, 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
strctions intelligible. Tho valuable documents
annually reported to Congress, are too voluminous
and are printed in quantities 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 nofiev
| These publications. in their various forms are
| highly useful in themselves far as thew 60 and
some OF them Indispensable; but there il much
that do not reach the hands Of all, nor if they did,
do they furnish those rules methods, and exam
pies, for the despatch Of the public business which
can render the discharge Of public dutv either sof.
or easy, whether III 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, methodcal 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 Of
| 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 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 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 il on. Since his official connection with
the Government ceased, he natters himself he has
preserved the respect and regard Of most Of the
pre,eGt ncumbents of the departments and is o
: becoming terms Of intercourse and civility with
them all. The Junior Editor has been asssiduously
; engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
! sonai inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details of the Post Office and
other branches Of the public business. 1t is with
this stock Of experience, and these advantages for
reaching the various sources Of administrative ac-
ton, 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 paper, SO an to
afford time for obtaining from the departments.
all the orders, notices and changes issued or made
by them during the preceding month. Tables on
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 are no longer in operaons
and offices in operation which in the tables6
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 postmasers 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 modif-
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 present misdi-
| recton, remailing, 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 estimate for himself.
| 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, 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
Supreme Court in turning upon questions
of official duty national interest, will find place
| IN this papsr.
merely to postmasters and other officers Of the
] Government, but to all other citizens who give at
tention to the affairs OF the nation and the progress
| and development Of the untry, will embrace in a
condensed 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 and their subor-
dinate bureaus, and profound and comprehensive
reports are made by committees of both Houses.
But 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 documen.
and report, is only twelve hundred in the Senate
and fourteen hundred in the House of Representa-
t,ves. which ut once shows the impractcablity
their dissemination. The ADVERTISER will con
tam short abridgments or analysis of all these
documents and reports, and the compend will
therefore not only prove exceedingly useful and
instructive in itself, but will furnish an easy index
to those interested, whenever it is found desirable
TO obtain and examine the document at large.
Ther, is a large field before us, the materials are
ample. 1t will be jealous 70 collect and
arrange them in the proper FORM We have every
confidence that the subscriptions will be ample tc
enable us to accomplish it all. The information
we propose to give, comprehendng and con6ne