The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-07-19

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pastmsnss Of th~sr 0svssOmeas. There has kssA
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decentralization Of information III thss KIND. Ths
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quate, in the Ahsenee IT the construction ~ those
Laws applied to particular oAsss, and al dsaais
and Illustrations 10 make The rsguIAiioas aaA Ia
ssructions ineligible. The valuable docamsnts
annually reported 70 Csagrsss. ara tao soiamineas
and printed in quantities too sswA! for geasraI
circulation; whilst the debates IN Congress and
the commentaries Of the press upon their proceed
ngs, and the proceedings Of the FIX scutivs bs~nch
Of the Government, besdcs turning mostly upon
general principles, address themselves only Ia
marty ends, and to matters OF national policy.
These publications in their various forms are
highly useful in themselves ~ far they 20, and
some of them Indispensable; bot there u much
that do not reach the hands Of all, IL they did,
DO they furnish those rules, methods, and exam
Plies, for the despatch Of the public business which
render the discharge of public duty either sac
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 tho
primary Offices moro uniform, methodical, and ty
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
1t is known TO most Of those to whom this pa
Der 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
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 i. on Since his official connection with
the Government ceased, he fatters himself he has
preserved the respect and regard Of most Of the
present incumbents of the departments, and is OH
becoming terms of intercourse and civility with
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| 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
this stock Of experience, and these advantages for
| reaching the various sources OF administrative
ton, and for mpartng 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 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 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. IL 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 operutions
and Offices in operation which not in the tabes1
At this time there are 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 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 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-
rection, rernailing, doubt, confusion, error, and
will be saved by the progressive state
OF full and exact knowledge, for which we have
provided, and for which we engage, every intelli-
cent postmaster can estimate for himself.
: These advantages alone and Independently Of all
others, are worth many times the price we charge
for the paper and will, it is hoped, induce every
postmaster who feels a 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 cases turning upon questions
of official duty or national interest, will find place
in this paI<r.
A department of our paper addressing itself not
merely to postmasterg and other officers of the
Government but to all other citizens who give at
md development of the e.untry, will embrace in
condensed form the matters submitted to, or aris-
ng in Congress. At each session vast deal OF
,aluable information is communicated to Con-
,ress, by the several departments and their subor-
Innate bureaus, and profound and comprehensive
eports are made by committees of both Houses.
But the great mass Of the community know moth
ny Of the contents Of these documents and
,orts, except the brief notices Of them, which
rom time to time appear IN the public papers,
rbe standing number printed Of each document
nd report is only twelve hundred in the Senate,
nd fourteen hundred in the House Of Representa-
ives. which at once shows the impracticablity Of
heir dissemination. The ADVERTISER will con-
I'm short abridgments analysis Of all these
ocuments and reports, and the compend will
berefore not only prove exceedingly useful and
,structive in itself, but will furnish easy index
those interested, whenever it is found desirable
! 1870. nd axamine the document at laros