The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-12-10
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND Official .aDyERTLsER

UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER
TO sho'o uohai is dome, and ohat should be done
ia c6iee.esE
CnAnLrs M WmEsrD Editors and Proprietors
TERMS. -" The United States Postal Guide and
VD'ea' advertiser" containing about 80 super-roudL
o''''oo pages, Is published monthly for ONE Doll
lar oSLf' per ar,na'n, payable Ia, aduance-Or Gus
doHarS J0r Sir copies ordered
PREPARATORY NOTICE.
! The enterprise in which we now embark and
OF which this paper is at once the commencement
and Il sample OF the papers that are to follow r an
for It's aim no less a purpose, than TO impart in
structon, in the general and detail, to the Officer
and Agents of the American public in res,ect botb
to their duties and their rights and to make them,
and the people at large, acquainted with the organ
lZatlon, decisions and action of the Executive de-
partments Of their Government. There has hith-
erto teen vehicle for the regular and proper
communication of information of this kind The
publication of the Laws and the issue of nstrue
lions, less comprehensive, and al interyals
more or less extended, have proved wholly made
quate, in the absence of the construction of those
Laws, applied to particular cases, and of details
and illustrations to make the regulations aud in.
structions Ineligible. The valuable documents
annual reported to Congress, are voluminous.
and are printed IN quantities too small for general
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 10
party ends, and To matters of national polieys
These publications IN their various forms are
highly useful in themselves as far as they 90, 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
plies, 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 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 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 ey-
| tent at least-apart from, and independently TO
any party or personal interest question what
| ever.
| 1t is known to most Of those to whom this ma
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 en-
tered the department fourteen years since and for
| many years previously, had been, first in the War
Department, ard 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 iatters himself he has
| preserved the respect and regard of most OF the
present lncumbents of the departments and is on
| becoming terms of intercourse and civllitv with
| them all The Junior Editor has been assslduously
engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
| sonai inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details of the Post-Oiice 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 impartlns minute and illustrative in
structon, 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 az
the day for the publication of our paper so as 10
afford time for obtaining from the departments
all the orders notices and changes issued or made
| by them during the preceding month. Tables Gr
| Post Offices, and compilations of the Laws and
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 remedy, that in one
month from the time of these issues there are Of
fees in the tables which longer in operation
and offices in operation which not in the tables
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 reguatons
of which many postmasters and others are wholly
ignorant We propose TO prevent for the present
the time another issue shall be made our paper
will furnish the additions, corrections, and modifs
cations, made in each month, and by being filed
and preserved, will afford to postmasters full and
exact information upon both subjects up 10 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 engage, every ntelli-
gent postmaster estimate for himself
These advantages alone and independently Of all
others, worth many times the price we charge
for the paper, and will, it is hoped, induce every
postmaster who feels ust pride in his Office or
patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, and
efficiency Of the whole Post Office system-at once
to subscribe. The same considerations apply 20
the orders and notices, decisions, and Instructors
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 question:
of oficia duty national interest," will find place
i'm this paptr.