The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-10-17
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER.

UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
IND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER.
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PREPARATORY NOTICE
The enterprise in which we now emhsrL snd
OF which this paper is at once the commencan,sr
and sample Of the papers that are to follow ! az
for its aim no less purpose, than to imnart in
struction, in the general and detail to the Officer
and Agents Of the American public in respect moth
to their duties and their rights and to make them
and the people at large, acquainted with the organ
ization, decisions and action of the Executive de-
partments of their Government. There has bith-
erto teen vehicle for the regular and proner
communication of information of this kind The
publication of the Laws and the issue of lnstrur
lions, or less comprehensive, and al 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, too voluminous!
and printed in quantities too small for general
circulation; whilst the debates in Congress and
ings, 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 policyg
These publications IN their various forms are
highly useful in themselves as far as they go, and
some of them Indispensable; but there is much
that do 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 whick
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
Ii we succeed n rendering the functions of the
primary Offices uniform, methodical, and ey
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 east-apart from, and Independently,
any party or 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-Oifce Department until the month
of November last; with by far the larger portion
of both postmasers and contractors, he has had
direct intercourse, in person by letter. HI 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 al
the departments, and being acquainted with those
who carry it on. Since his official connection with
the Government ceased he iatters himself he has
preserved the respect and regard Of most Of the
preseft incumbentR Of the departments, and is on
becoming terms of intercourse and ciyllity with
them all. The Junior Editor has been asssid ously
; engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
sonal inquiry and examination, the practical and
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
tion, and for Impartlng minute and illustrative in
struction, and valuable periodical and statistical
information, that we ehaifehge your confidence
and solicit your support and patronage.
We have fixed upon the 18th OF each month 3
the day for the publication Of paper so as to
afford time for obtaining from the departments
all the orders, notices and changes issued, or mad
by them during the preceding month. Tables
; Post Offices, and compilations of the Laws ana
Regulations, issued by the Post Office Depart
ment only once IN two or three years. Ii is a
matter of inconvenience and complaint, for which
5 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 ope ratiops
and offices in operation which not in the tabesi
| At this time there perhaps over three thousand
, | offices of the two descriptions. In like manner
laws have been passed and regulations established
4 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 lssue shall be made, our paper
will furnish the additions. corrections and modif
cations, made IN each moniL, end by being filed
and preserved, will afford to postBasters full and
exact information upon both subjects, Up to and
for time being. How much Of the presen. misdi-
| rection, 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 inte-
gent postmaster can estimate for himself
These advantages siose and independently Of all
Others, worth many umes the price charge
for the paper, and will, it is hoped, induce every
postmaster who feels just pride in his Office r
patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, and
efficiency Of the whole Post Office system--at ono
to subscribe. The same considerations apply U
the orders and HGGces, decisions, and Instructors
Of the War, Navy, Treasury, State, and Interio,
departments, and the same course is intended in
| respect to them. Notices Of the decisions of the
Supreme Court, ia cases turning upon question.
of fficial duty national interest, will find place
IN this paper.