The southern press., 1851-07-07

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ELLWOOD FISHER
Washington City.
UNIFIED STATES POSTAL GUIDE.
IND OFFICL4L ADVERTISER. 81
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TERMy. -" The United States Postal C,.;d, md
Official Advertiser" co,iaining about 20 srnsr-ro"ny
octrvo pages, is pubiishsd momthlq fbr an no,.
LAR ONLY, per a'tssunt, poyabIs in adpance-or fire
dollars for sir copies ordered At any one time.
PREPARATORY NOTICE
The enterprise in which we now embark. nnI
Of which this paper is at the commencement.
and sample of the papers that to follow, aa
} Tor ts aim no less purpose, than to impart in
struction, in the general and detail, to the Officer
and Agents of the American public, in respect both
to their duties and their rights, and to make them,
and the people at largeaAcqusinted 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
lions, more or less comprehensive and at intervals
more or less extended. have proved wholly inade-
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
l
and are printed in quantities too small forgenera
| circulation; whilst the debates in Congress and
the commentaries of the press upon their proceed
ngs, 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 as far they 60, and
some of them Indispensable; but there is much
that do not reach the hands OF all, nor if thew did,
do hoy fur thOpn rv,lpa otho
pies, 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 eY-
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 Ieast--apart from, and independently Of
any party or personal interest or question what
ever. io
1t is known to most Of those to whom this pa
per will be sent, that the Senior Editor was Audi
tor Of the Post-Ofice Department until the month
of November last; with by far the larger portion
Of both pOstmastsrs and contractors, he has had
direct intercourse, in person or by letter. He en-
tered the department fourteen years since, and for
many years previously, had been, first IN the War
i IDeD0rtme0t.
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
the Government ceased, he hatters himself he has
preserved the respect and regard of most Of the
present incumbents of the departments, and ia on
: becoming terms of intercourse and civiity with
them ALL The Junior Editor has been asssiduously
engaged for several years, in studying, by. per-
sonaf inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details of the Post-Ofice 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 we challenge your confidence
and solicit your support and patronage.
We have fixed upon the 18th Of each month
the day for the publication of paper, 80 as 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. gears. 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
6css in the tables which longer in operaton9
and offices in operation which are not in the ablesp
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 or regulations,
of which many postmasters 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 nIodif
cations, made in each month, and by being, filed
and preserved, willafford 70 postmasters fnll ana
exact information upon both subjects, up to and
| for time being. How much Of the present mIsdi-
rection, remang 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-
! zen, postmaster can estimate for himself.
These advantages alone and dindependentlyof all
others are worth many times the price we charge
for the papcr and will, it is hoped, induce every
postmaster who feels just pride IN h's office, or
a patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, and
efficiency of the whole Post Office systenl-at once
10 subscribe The same considerations apply to
the orders and notices, decisions, and Instructions
of the War, Navy, Treasury, State, and Interior
Idepartments and the snme course is intended In
respect to them. Notices of the decisions Of the
Supreme Court, IN cases turning upon questions
of official duty or nationai INTEREST," VIII hho P'"c"
| in this paper.
| A department of our paper addressing itself not
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 country, will embrace ina
condemned 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-
| 3ns,e bureaus, and profound and comprehensive
reports nre made by committees of both Houses.
But But the great mass of the community know moth
INC Of he contents of these documents and re-
ports, except the brief no,ices of them' which
| from time 10 time appear IN the public papers,
Tba standing number printed Of each documen
md report, is only twelve hundred nthe Senate
and fourteen hundred in the House OF Representa-
tyss which at once shows the impracticabftyo
their dissemination. The ADvERrsER viii cSn
tan short abridgmenta or analysis Of all these
ans,,,,,su,s and reports, and the compend will
therefore not only prove exceedingly useful and
instructive in Itself, but will furnish an easy index
~ those interested whenever it is found desirable
70 obtain and examine the document q large.
m - IL large field before ua. the nlntariala are