The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-08-23
AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER.

CHARLgs M. MILAN Editors aud Proprietorss
"a shms' - The United States Postal Guide and
tc'a' ddesrf'ser, containing about 80 spper-roual
oc'a0o pages, IS puottshed monthly for ONE poL-
LAR ONLY, per anaunl, payable In, adroacs- - co.
dollars for sir copies ordered ~ -
PREPARATORY NOTICE
The enterprise IN which we now embark. and
OF which this paper Is at once the commencement
and sample Of the papers that are 10 follow 40
for it's no less purpose, than to imnnrt IN
struciion, in the general and detail to the Officer
and Agents Of the American public, in respect both
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 Eeen vehicle for the regular and proper
communication Of information Of this kind The
publication of the Laws and the issue of instrur
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.
structions ineligible. The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress, are too vouminous
and 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 rpon
general principles, address themselves only 10
party ends, and to matters of national policy,
These publications in their various forms are
highly useful in themselves far as thew 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
Piles, for the despatch OF the public business which
render the discharge of public duty either safs
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 provide for these necessities
IL we succeed in rendering the functions of the
primary Offices more uniform, methodcal, and eY
act, we shall make the administrative duties of the
departments 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 of
any party or personal interest question what
ever. taa M
Ii 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 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 Since his official connection with
the Government ceased, he flatters himself he has
. preserved the respect and regard of most Of the
II preset incumbents of the departments and is on
. | becoming terms Of intercourse and civlty with
: them all The Junior Editor has been asssduously
!, engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
n sonni inquiry and examination, the practical and
:, dav routine and details Of the Post Office and
y other branches Of the public business. IL is with
this stock Of experience, and these advantages for
reaching the various sources of administrative &C
ton, and for imparting minute and illustrative IN
,truction and valuable periodical and statistical
Information, that we challenge your confidence
| and solicit your support and patronage
We have xed upon the 18th OF each month as
the day for the publication Of our paper 80 as to
' aford time for obtaining from the departments,
III the orders, notices and changes issued or made
y " them during the preceding month. Tables or;
Post Offices, and compilations of the Laws ana
Regulations, issued by the Post Office Depart
J nent only once in two three years 1t is a
natter of inconvenience and complaint for which
: | hitherto there has been no remedy, that in one
= month from the of these issues there are off
ices in the tables which longer in ope ratons
md Offices in operation which not in the abIes
n At this time there perhaps three thousand
| Iices of the two descriptions. In like manner
n Avs have been passed and regulations established
aimee the issue Of the last volume OF regulations
} If which many postmasters and others are wholly
J, gnorant We propose to prevent, for the present,
d INV increase Of the evil of either kind, and from
IS The time another issue shall be made, our paper
al will furnish the additions, corrections, and nodf-
r cations made IN each month, and by being filed
= and preserved will afford TO postmasters full and
r exact information upon both subjects, up TO and
Is for time being How much Of the present misdi-
| rec
II nposton, will be saved by the progressive state
Of full and exact knowledge, for which we have
nroyided and for which we engage, every ntelli-
D cent postmaster can estimate for himself sg
These advantages alone and independently Of all
q others are worth many times the price charge
! for the paper, and will, it is hoped, induce every
westminster who feels Just pride in his office, or
patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, and
efficiency Of the whole Post Office system--at once
10 subscribe The same considerations apply 4
| A a,I,
AZ IN. War, Navy, Treasury, State, and Interio
Isnartments and the same course is intended in
resn.ct 10 them Notices Of the decisions Of the
20 surname Court in cases turning upon questions
!, of official duty national interest, VIII find apace
,r i'm this pupsr. .
= A depar,ment of our paper addressing itself not
o merelv TO postmasters and other officers of the
= Government but to all other citizens who give
en,;on 10 the affairs Of the nation and the progress
!, and development of the {, untry, will embrace in a
condensed form the matters submitted to, aris-
inc in Congress- AT each session vast deal Of
valuable information ~ communicated TO Con-
by the several departments and their subor-
ri 5inate bureaus, and profound and comprehensive
n reports are made by committees of both Houses
) Bnt the great mass Of the community know MOTH
8 inc of he contents OF these documents and
n oorts. except the brief notices of them, which
from time to time appear IN the Puohc papers,
The standing number printed OF each document
4 and report liz only twelve hundred In the Senate,
!, - o,nr,.ep hundred in the House of Representa-
, ,,vrs which ut once shows the mpracticability of
their dissemination. The ADVERTISER will con-
49,. hort ,br,dgments or analysis Of all these
documents and reports, and the co mPcnd viii
therefore not only prove exceednsly useful and
instructive in itself, but win furnish easy index
10 those interested whenever il 10 found desira lie
! Tn Obtain and examine the documen at large.
Their. is large field before us, the materials are
annie. II will be our Jealous care Z, collect and
: arrange them in the prope form. We have every
e confidence that the subscriptions will I've ample to
: enable us to accomplish it all. The information
!, we propose to give, compromising and conhner
TO the action Of the Government, is solid, usefd
and 1--WE might almost suy) necessary to the Off
cer--f not to the citizen. 1t is intended for all
and put at price which constitute obstacle
with any. Ifst the end of the year, any subscriber