The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-08-16
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
IND orFTCLfL .aDVERTYSER

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CaARLKs M. WILLARD, Editors and Perpetrators
Terms. -" The United States Postal f;,,;d, and
'Wo" .'are'''sef' containing about 80 svpsr-royal
oefauo pages, is published moathlu fr oSr nor
LAR ONLY, per a'l''isn, payable IN adranes-or 6ps
dollars for sir copies ordered.
PREPARATORY NOTICE.
/ The enterprise in which now embark and
OF which this paper is at once the commencement,
and IA sample Of the papers that to follow, as
for its aim no less purpose, than TO impart in
struction, in the general and detail 70 the Officer
and Agents Of the American public in respect both
to their duties and their rights and to make them,
and the people al large, acquainted with the organ
zation, decisions and action Of the Executive de-
partlnents of their Government. There has hith
erto teen no vehicle for the regular and proper
communication of Information Of this kind The
publication Of the Laws and the issue of lnstruc
tons, more or less comprehensive, and at intervals
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 and in
sructions Ineligible. The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress, are too voluminols
and printed in quantities too small for general
circulation; whilst the debates in Congress and
the commentaries Of the press upon their proceed
Dgs, and the proceedings of the Executive branch
of the Government, besides turning mostly upon
general principles, address themselves only to
These publications in their various forms are
highly useful in themselves far ms 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 which
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
fxx,au caah rpnuar fhaf ,,,,,s - Al.
primary Offices more uniform, methodica, 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 east-apart from, and independently of
any party personal interest or question what
| ever.
| 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 postmasters and contractors, he has had
direct intercourse, in person by letter. He en-
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 il on Since his official connection with
the Government ceased, he natters himself he has
preserved the respect and regard Of most OF the
becoming terms of intercourse and ciyility with
them all. The Junior Editor has been asssiduou,lv
engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
sonai inquiry and examination, the practical and
r daily routine and details of the Post Office and
other branches of the public business 1t is with
this stock Of experience, and these advantages for
| reaching the various sources of administrative &C
don, and for mparting minute and illustrative in :,
struction, and valuable periodical and statistical
information, that 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.
I 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, issued by the Post Office Depart-
| ment only once in two three years Ii 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 off
fees in the tables which are no longer in operaon(
and offices in operation which not in the abIes6
At this time there are perhaps 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 postinasters 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-
| c atoms made IN each month, and by being filed
| exact information upon both subjects up to and
| for time being. How much of the present misdi-
rection, remaiIing, 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 inte-
4 cent postmaster can estimate for himself
| These advantages alone and independently of all
| Others are worth many times the price we charge
| Cor the paper, and will II ~ hoped, induce every
postmast er who feels "A Just pride in his Office or
4 for .llp rradn o..I
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, viii fnd place
in this pspsr.
| A department of paper addressing itself not
| merely TO postmasers and other officers Of the
| Covers ment but all other citizens who give at
tentioa TO the affairs Of the nation and the progress
| and development Of the untry, will embrace ina
| copdensed form the matters submitted to, or ars-
| ing ia Congress. At each session deal OF
| valuable information ~ communicated 10 Con-
oress by the several departments and their subor-
| dinate bureaus, and profound and comprehensive
reports are made by committees OF both Houses
4 But the great mass of the community know moth
! ing Of the contents Of these documents and
| ports except the brief notices OF them, which
| from time TO time appear IN the public papers,
| The standing number printed of each docume.t
md report. is only twelve hundred in the SENATE,
and fourteen hundred in the House OF Representa-
t,ves which st once shows the impracticability of
| mir dissemination. The ADVERTISER will con-
IAN short abridgments or a. evsis Of all these
doe.msnts and reports, and The co mpend wi
therefore not only prove exceedingly useful and
instructive in ITSELF but will furnish an easy index
20 those Interested whenever it is found desira 10
10 obtain and examine the documen al large
Their. ,s a large field before u.s. the materials are
ample IL will be our jealous care y, collect ard
arrange Them in the props form. We have every
confidence that the subscriptions will be ample To
enable us to accomplish 1t all. The information
we propose to give, comprehending and ccn6ne
TO the seton Of the Government, is solid, useft
ard (we might almost say necessary TO the OFF
os--,f not TO the citizen. II il intended for al ,
and put at price which can constitute no obstacle