The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-12-08
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND Official ADVERTTSER.

UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER
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PREPARATORY NOTICE.
The enterprise IN which we now embark and
Of which this paper is at once the commencement,
and a sample Of the papers that are to follow, as
| for its no less purpose, than To impart in
,truction, 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
cation, decisions and action of the Executive de-
partments of their Government. There has hith-
erto teen vehicle for the regular and proper
| communication Of information of this kind. The
publication of the Laws and the issue of nstrur
tons, or less comprehensive and al intervals
more or less extended, have proved wholly made
qtiate, 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 voluminous:
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 upon
general principles, address themselves only to
| marty ends, and to matters Of national policyy
! These publications in their various forms
| highly useful in themselves AS far as they CO. and
some of them Indispensable but there is much
that do reach the hands Of all, if they did,
do they furnish those rules, methods, and exam.
pies, for the despatch Of the public business which
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 honest effort to supply
this vacuum, and to provide for these necessities
If 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 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 que n
| ever
per will be SENT that the Senior Editor was Audi.
tor Of the PostOffice 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 Wsr
Department, ard 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
the Government ceased, he natters himself he has
preserved the respect and regard of most OF the
present incumbents of the departments, and is on
becoming terms of intercourse and civiIity with
them all. The JUNIOR Editor has been asssiduously
engaged for several years, in stud WING bv ner-
u sonai inquiry and examinations the practical and
v daily routine and details Of the Post Office and
other branches Of the public business Ii is with
this stock or experience, and these advantages for
reaching the various of administrative ac
| finn fpri riIps
structon, and valuable periodical and Statistical
Information, that we 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 10
afford time for obtaining from the Departments.
all the orders, notices and changes issued or mad,
by them during the preceding month Tables az
, Post Offices, and compilations of the Laws ana
Regulations, are ISSUED by the Post Office Depart-
! ment only once IN two three years IL is n
matter of inconvenience aud complaint for which
, hitherto there has been remedy, that in one
month from the time of these issues, there are of
fees in the tables which no longer in operation
aud Offices IN operation which not in the tables-
At this time there are perhaps over 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 postmnsters 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 modifs
cations made IN each month, and by being fled
and preserved, will afford to postmasters full and
exact information upon both subjects, up to and
for time being How much Of the present nisdi
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 engage, every ntelll-
gent postmaster estimate for himself
These advantages alone and independently Of all
| others arc worth m the IN
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 once
to subscribe. The considerations apply tf
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 question:
of official duty national interest, win find place
| in tha