The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-11-14
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE

.dND OFFICIAL .dDTERIYSER
s 10 sho'o 'ohat Is done, aud ehat should be done
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CaAsIrs M. WmIsap Editor, and Prop,istoys'
~ EMS, =" The United States Postal Guide and
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ocfsUo pages, is published monthly for ONE por-
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PREPARATORY NOTICE
The enterprise in which we now embark. and
Of which this paper 10 at once the commencement
and sample OF the papers that are to follow las
for its 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 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 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 instrue
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, arc too yoluminous9
and printed in quantities too small for general
circulation; whilst the debates in Congress and
the commentaries Of the press upon their proceeds
inga, 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 policy
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 not reach the hands Of ALL nor if they did,
40 they furnish those rules, methods, and exam.
pies, for the despatch Of the public business which
render the discharge of public duty either SAT-
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
If we succeed in rendering the functions cf he
primary Offices more uniform, methodicaf and
act, we shall make the dut es of tn
departments more easy and effective, and there
promote the real and substantial interests %. me
country And this we expect to do, to some ex
tent at least--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 Audis
tor of the Post-Ofics 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 Wer
Department, ard subsequently in the Treasury.
He has therefore had the best opportunities for
understanding the arrangements of business in ali
the departments, and being acquainted with those
who carry it on. Since his official connection with
the Government ceased, he 1atters himself he has
preserved the respect and regard Of most OF the
becominO term. of ;ntsrcourse ana c;y,I;,,, ,;,h
them AM The Junior Editor has b.en ssssdvon.lv
engayed for .svernl vear.. in stndv;ng ~ 80
sone3 inquiry and exsmin,t;on ths nrsr,;cy. IA
d.;lv ro,tins and detail. of tbs pn., ',sS~. "a
other branches Of the public business. 1t is with
this sock OF experience. and these sdv,n,.g.s tr
re.chinS the vsy;ous so,rce. ~ ,dmin;s,r,evs 80
lion. and for impartnx minute and iIu.trat;vs ~
structon and valuable periodicaI and s,a,;s,,ca3
Information. that we challenge YOUR confidence
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afford time for obtaining from he denar,n,sn,s
all the orders. notices andchances i.an nd or adS
bv them during the preceding month T.hs. ~,
Post OfHces and COMPILATIONS of The Iaw. an.
Regu,ton. ar, issued bv the Pos, (o;o. ns, ans
mani onlv ono. in two or three y..rs \, r.
matter of inconvenience and COMPLAINT for yyh;ch
hitherto there has been no remedy. thet in 90
'on'n to'. ,ue s.e ~ ,s.ues' mere are OF
nee ~ lhe LADIES' ~io as no onsei ~ oPefAt,on5
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