The southern press., 1851-08-04
United STATES POSTAL GUIDE.
AND OFFICIAL .ADHERT1SER.

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AND OFFICIAL .aDvERT1SER.
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CHARLES M. WILLARD, Editors and Propr1efors
TERMs. -" 1As Uxiisd States Postel G~;de md
tosat sddpsrSssr, eo'tsssinS seost 80 svpsv~royaI
octsve pagss, " psk!ishsd monthly for OWE pol
LAR ONLY, psr aanssm, payable in sdponee-or 6v.
dollars for dr copies otdered at any one time
PREFARATORY NOTICE. ~ m
The enterprise in which we now embark, AMI
OF which this paper is at once the commencement,
and sample Of the papers that are to follow, tas
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
10 their duties and their rights, and to make them,
and the people at large, acquainted with the organ
xntion, decisions and action of the Executive de-
partrnents Of their Government. Thers has hith
erto tsen no vehicle for the regular and proper
communication Of information of this kind. The
publication OF the Laws and the issue Of instxue
lions, more or less compsshensives and stintssvnls
more or less extended, have proved wAallX inaas-
quats, in the absence Of the construction OF those
Laws as applied to particular cases and Of details
and illustrations to make tho regulations and in
structiona Ineligible. The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress, are too vouminous
and are printed in quantities too small for general
circulation; whilst the debates in Congress and
the commentaries of the press upon their proceed
of the Government besides turning mostly upon
general principles, address themselves only 70
party ends, and to matters Of pational policy.
These publications in their various forms are
highly useful in themselves far az they go, and
some Of them indispensable; but there is much
that do not reach the hands Of ALL il they did,
do they furnish those rules, methods, and exam
ples for the despatch Of the public business which
can render the discharge of public duty either safe
or easy, whether in respect to the incumbenthim
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acts. We shall make an honest effort 10 supply
this vacuum, and to provide for these necessities
If we succeed in rendering tho functions of the
primary Offices more uniform, methodlcal, 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 dos to some exl
ptent ut least--apart from, and independently OF
any party or personal interest or question what
ever. ll.lt} " H.isft u. .sslt a
It is known to most Of those to whom this pa
per will be sent, that the Senior Editor was Audi
Tor of the Post-Of6ce 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, 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 curry it on. Since his official connection with
the Government ceased, he fattera himself he has
preserved the respect and regard of most Of the
present ncumbents Of the departments, and is on
becoming terms Of intercourse and civility with
them all The Junior Editor has been asssiduounly
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. 1t is with
this stock Of experience, and these advantages for
reaching the various sources OF administrative ac-
ton, and for imparting minute and Illustrative in
struction. and valuable periodical and statistical
information, that we challenge your confidence
and solicit your support and patrona9e. .y
| We have fixed upon the 18th Of each month as
the day for the publication of paper, SO az to
| afford time for obtaining from the departments
all the orders, notices andchanges issued, or madl
by them during the preceding month. Tables qr
Regulations, are issued by the Post Office Depart
ment only once in two or three years. IL IL q
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
fces in the tables which no longer in operation
and offices in operation which not in the tabes0
Al this time there are perhaps three thousand
offices Of the two descriptions. In like manner
laws have been passed and regulations established
spce the issue Of the last volume Of regulations,
of which many postmasters and others are wholly
ignorant. We propose to prevent ior the present.
the time another issue shall be made, our paper
uy;ll 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 mlsdi-
rec,ion. remsiling, doubt, confusion, error, and
;mnosition will be saved by the progressive state
| op full and exnct knowledge, for which we have
provided, and for which we engage, every intelli-
4 cent postmaster can estimate for himself.
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| These advantages alone and inoependentiyof or all
others. are worth many times the price we charge
for the paper, and will, it is hoped, induce every
nostmaster who feels just pride in his Office, or
. patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, and
efficiency of the whole Post Office systsm--at once
tn subscrbe. The same considerations apply TO
or The War, Navy, Treasury, State, and Interior
lda,.r,ments. and the same course ~ intended IN
.,.ct m them Notices of the decisions OF the
Sunreme Court, in cases turning upon questions
NJ scal duty or national interest," will find place
in this pap<r :.-.,r
| roereIv In postmasters and other officers of the
C3overnmsnt, but TO all other citizens who give at
,enton to the affairs Of the nation and the progress
and development Of the {. untry, will embrace IN a
cond ensed form the matters submitted to, or aris-
;no in Congress. At each session a vast deal OF
~ n17,oh,s ;nformatiop is communicated to Con-
uress. by the several departments and their subor-
| S;n.,e bureaus, and profound and comprehensive
r.,or,s are made by committees Of both Houses
But the great mass Of the community know n moth
! inc of the contents OF these decumeh1 anu re-
Ms - .xcent the brief notices of them, which
POI, time to time appear in the public papers,
The 1rb sanding number printed Of each H decaraset
and ID report is only twelve hundred IN ths Senate,
| - fo,,ri~en hundred in the House or hepresentn-
anu .,h;.h at once shows the impractoabiIity OF
ho;s usss' d;ase uinaton The ADvrRr'ssa will con-
,.;n au short abridgments analysis of all these
n"cumeu,s ~ reu, and REPORTS and the compsnd will
therefore not oniy prove axeeed,nsIy usssnl and
'tn.s Interested, whenever it is found desirable
:" !" .ob "b,nin and examine the document q! large.
T..r. Is large field before US, the materials are
ample il viii be our Jealous s care yg = soss. cs and
ssJsnce that the subscriptions will 10 4sAple to
.oable us to accomplish it alto The information
we propose to give, ccmpvshsndirg ana cen6ne
IN ,be action Of the Government, 10 solid, usafs
| and 1--WE might almost say) necessary 20 the of
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