The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-01-30


THE
/ UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE.
| AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER.
n To sAosc sshss Is dons and sohat should be done,
IN Q9es.-Eu
PErEs g, WAssrscroN, Ed,tor, and pyoor;eto,,.
CHARLES NJ. WILLARD, ! "
TEaMs. =" The United States Postal Guide and
aciat .Adpsrissr, containing about 81 spPsr-royal
ocsspo pages, u pxblisAsd asonthIy for ONE DOL
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PREPARATORY NOTICE
' The enterprise in which now embark, and
Of which this paper il ut once the commencement,
and sample of the papers that are to follow, has
for it's ann no less purpose, than to impsrt in
structon in the general and detail, TO the Ofhcers
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
izaiion, decisions and action of the Executive de-
partments of their Government. There has hth-
erto kaep no vehicle for the regular and proper
communication. of information Of this kind. The
publication of the Laws and the issue of lnstruc-
tious more or less comprehensive, and al intervals
more or less extended, have proved wholly made
quste, 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-
structons Ineligible. The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress, are too .olumnous,
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 10
party ends, and to matters of national policy
These publications in their various forms are
highly useful in themselves as fxf as they 60, and
aome of them Indispensable; but there is much
that do not reach the hands Of ALL nor If they did,
do thew furnish those rules, methods, and exam
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, mehodica, 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 or 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 PoEt-Ofice Department until the month
of November last; with by far the larger portion
Of both pos,masters and contractors, he has had
direct intercourse, in person or by letter. tie en-
tered the department fourteen years since, and tor
many years previously, had been, frat IN the War
II Department.
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 Aatters himself he has
preserved the respect and regard or most or the
present incumbents of the departments, and IS on
q becoming terms of intercourse and ciyilily with
n them all The Junior Editor has been asssiduously
e engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
; sonal inquiry and examination, the practical and
/, daily routine and details of the Post-Ofice and
other branches Of the public business. II Is with
e this stock Of experience, and these advantages for
70 reaching the various sources of administrative ac-
ton, and for impartng minute and illustrative IN
:, struction, and valuable periodical and statistical
n information, that we challenge your confidence
aud SOLICIT your support and patronage.
), We have fixed upon the 18th Of each month us
the day for the publication of our paper, 30 as to
afford time for obtaining from the departments,
all the orders, notices and changes issued, or made
n by them during the preceding month. Tables OF
nj Post Offices, and compilations OF the Laws and
II Regulations, are issued by the Post Office Depart
nj ment only once in two three years. II lie q
= matter Of inconvenience and complaint, for which
nj hitherto there has been no remedy, that IN one
y month from the time of these issues there Of
u fees in the tables which no longer in ope aon
III and Offices operation which are not IN the tables
III At this time there perhaps over three thousand
= ,ffces Of the two descriptions. In like manner
/, avs have been passed and regulations established
: since the issue Of the last volume Of regulations
| # which many postmasters and others are wholly
! gnorant. We propose to prevent, Tor the present
nv increase Of the evil Of either kind, and from
he time another issue shall be made, our paper
will furnish the additions, corrections, and modh
. .atons, made IN each month, and by being filed
md preserved, will afford to postmasters full and
: | .xnct information upon both subjects, up to and
: or time being How much of the present misdi.
ection, rcmang, doubt, confusion, error, and
imposition, will be saved by the progressive state
r full and exact knowledge, for which we have
! ,rovided and for which we engage, every intclli-
, ent postmaster can estimate for himself.
. These advantages alone and independently Of all
n ,thers, are worth many times the price we charge
q for the paper, and will, j, ia hoped, induce every
postmaster who feels just pride IN MS ONCE or
patriotic reg ard for the credit, prosperity, and
. .ficiencv of the whole Post Office system-at once
!. ! o subscribe The same considerations apply to
ne orders and notices, decisions, and instructions
# the War, Navy, Treasury, State, and Interior
departments, and the same course is INTENDED In
aspect to them. Notices OF the decisions or the
Supreme Court, in cases turning upon questions
of official duty or national Interest," will find place
in this at'er. .
| A denartment Of our paper addressing itself not
I nerely TO pustmastera and other officers of the
! government. but to all other citizens who give al
ention the affairs OF the nation ana the progress
ul md DEVELOPMENT Of the untry will embrace IN
condensed form the matters submitted to, or ars-
ing in Congress. At ench session vast deal of
valuable information is communicated 10 Con-
.ress, by the several departments ana their suoor
7 Innate bureaus, and profound and comprehensive
reports are made by committees Of both Houses.
u But the great mass Of the community know moth
, ing of the ocntsnts Of these documents and re-
Il oorts. except the brief notices of them, which
. from time to time appear in the public papers,
. The standing number printed of each document
. and report is only twelve hundred in the Senate
- s1, ~ o,xn NJ Ilurlr MASON fn-
,ives. which at once shows the impracicabllity Of
! their dissemination. The ADvERrIsER will con-
tain short abridgments or analysis Of all these
. documents and reports, and the compend will
9 therefore, not only prove exceedingly useful and
! instructive in itself, but will furnish an easy index
to those interested whenever j is found desirable
Il to obtain and examine the documeh. a, large.
Their. is large field before us, the materials are
/, annie. 1t will be our jealous care to collect and
arrange them in the proper form. We have every
confidence that the subscriptions will DC ample to
!; enable us to accomplish it all. The information
,,e ,,ronose to give comprehending and confined