The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-09-18
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!. PREPARATORY NOTICE
The enterprise IN which now embark. and
Of which this paper is at once the commencement.
1 and sample Of the papers that to follow las
for it's aim no less purpose, than to impart in
struction, IN the general and detail, 10 the Officer
aud Agents of the American public in respect both
10 their duties and their rights, and TO maize them,
and the people at large, acquainted with the organ.
ixation, 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 aud the issue of instrur
lions, mere or ess cunprehensive, aud at intervals
more or less extended, have proved wholly made
quate, III the absence of the construction OF those
Lays, a. applied to particular cases, and Of details
aud ILLUSTRATIONS 10 make the re{pfsiiSns and in
sttuctionx nteIligible. The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress, are too voIuminous
and are printed IN quantities too small for general
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
narty ends and to matters Of national policy
| 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 nor if they did
do they furnish those rules, methods, and exam
pies, for the despatch OF the public business whck
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or easy, whether IN respect to the incumbent him
self, or the department or bureau under which he
acts. We shall make honest effort TO supply
this vacuum, and to provide for these necessities
If succeed in rendering the functions Of the
primary Offices more uniform, met itpAical and ex
act 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 east-apart from, and Independently OF
any party or personal interest or question what
ever.
Ii liz known to most Of those to whom this pa
per will be sent that the Senior Editor was Audi
tor of the Post-Ofiice 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 or by letter. He
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 it on Since his official connection with
the Government ceased, he iatters himself he has
Z preserved the respect and regard of most OF the
4 preseIt incumbents of the departments, and is on
e becoming terms of intercourse and civility with
; them all. The Junior Editor has been asssiduously
n engaged for several years, IN studying, by per-
II sona inquiry and examination, the practical and
# daily routine and details Of the Post-Offce and
other branches Of the public business Ii is 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
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 o.
: Post Offices, and compilations Of the Laws ana
Regulations, 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 i'm the tables which no longer in operations
and offices in operation which not in the tabess
AT this time there perhaps three thousand
offices of the two descriptions In like manner
laws have been passed and regulations established
d since the issue of the last volume OF regulations
J of which many postmasters and others are wholly
! ignorant. We propose TO prevent, for the present
d any increase of the evil of either kind, and from
s 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 postn,aslers fun and
: ex act information upon both Subjects up to and
for time being. How much Of the present miisdi-
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 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 ~ hoped, induce every
postmaster who feels just pride in hs office r
a patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, an
efficiency of the whole Post Office systenl-at ono ,
to subscribe. The same considerations apply tr
the orders and notices, decisions, and instruction
Of the War, Navy, treasury, oate, and interiol
departmenfs, and the same course is intended in
respect 10 them Notices of the decisions OF the
Sunreme Court, IN cases turning upon questions
Of official duty or national interest, will find place
r in this PAIR.
} merely to postmasters and other officers Of the
Coveynment but to all other citizens who give at
en,iou To the affairs Of the nation and the progress
and development ;'.e e. untry will embrace in
condensed form the matters submitted TO, or ars-
inc in Congress At each session vast deal of
valuable information IN communicated to Con-
gress by the several departments and their subor-
, dinate bureaus and profound aud comprehensive
, rsnor,s are made by committees OF both Houses
Bu, the great mass Of the community know moth
, mo of the contents Of these documents and
, ports. except the brief notices Of them, which
from time to time appear in the public papers,
Tbss standing number printed Of each documel
and renort. is only twelve hundred in the Senate
and fourteen hundred in the House OF Representa-
t,ves. which at once shows the inpraciicabity of
4 tneiy dissemination. The ADVERTISER will con-
tain short abridgmen,s or analysis of all those
documents and reports, and the co mpend vii
| therefore not only prove exceedingly. useful and
instructive in itself, bat wd furnish an easy index
TO those interested whenever it is found desirable
20 obtain and examine the jocunen at large
There is large field before us, the materials are
ample II will be our jealous care collect and
arrange them in the prope form. We have.every
confidence that the SUBSCRIPTIONS win be annie to
enable us to accomplish it all. The information
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