The southern press., 1851-10-27
UNITED sTATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND CYFTCL3L 9DYERTISFR

AND OFFTCL1L .4DHERTISER
- To show ,oh0t Is done, and chat should be done
IN 96iee.=sI
cnAH.ts NJ HWSI,seroN' Editors and Proprietorsr
Terms. =" The United States Postal Guide and
W'e'af hdusrssr," containing about 32 spper-royal
oefapo pages, IS published monthly for ONE DOL
Ian Only per dnnu'n payable in aduance-or five
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 Il sample of the papers that are to follow as
| for its aim no less purpose than TO impart i'm
stiuction, in the general and detail, to the Officer
and Agents ofthe American public, in respect both
| to their duties and their rights and to Ike them
and the people at large, acquainted with the organ
izaton decisions and action of the Executive de-
partments of their Government. There has hth-
erto Teen no vehicle for the regular and proper
commu unication of information of this kind. The
publication of the Laws and the issue of instruc
tions more or less comprehensive, and at intervals
more or less extended, have proved wholly made
ouae i'm the absence Of the construction Of those
Laws as 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 volumnous'
and are printed in quantities too small for general
circulation; whilst the debates in Congress and
the commentaries of the press upon their proceed,
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 poey5
These publications in their various forms
highly useful in themselves far they go, and
some of them Indispensable; but there is much
that do not 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 whic
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.
| If we succeed in rendering the functions of the
| primary Offices more uniform methodical, and eV
act we shall make the administrative duties of tho
departments more easy and effective, and thereby
promote the real and substantial interests of the
| 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.
| Ii is known to most Of those to whom this pa
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 War
| 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
who carry 1t Since his official connection W tn
| the Government ceased, he hatters himself he has
| preserved the respect and regard of most Of the
| preseGt incumbents of the departments, and is
| becoming terms of intercourse and civility with
them all. The Junior Editor has been asssiduou,ly
engaged for several years, IN studying, by per-
sonai inquiry and examination, the practical and
| daily routine and details Of the Post-Ohice 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 patronage.
| We have fixed upon the 18th of each month as
the day for the publication of our paper, to
| afford time for obtaining from the departments.
all the ORDERS notices and changes issued or mad,
| by them during the preceding month. Tables On
| Post Offices, and compilations of the Laws ant
Regulations, issued by the Post Office Depart
I rnent only once in two three years. 1t is
1 matter of inconvenience and complaint, for which
| hitherto there has been remedy, that in one
month from the time of these issues there are off
ices in the tables which longer in operationt
and offices in operation which not in the tables!
At ths time there perhaps over three thousand
| offices of the :ro descriptions In like manner
laws have been passed and regulations established
since the issue Of the last volume OF regulations,
| Of which many postmasters and other5 are wholly
ignorant. We propose TO prevent, for the present,
sny increase of the evil of either kind, and from
the time another issue shall be made, our paper ,
will furnish the ndditions corrections, and modifs
cato Is, made IN each month, and by being filed
ana preserved, will afford to postmasters full and
exact information upon both subjects, up to and
| for time being. How much of the present misd:
rection, remaiing, 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 intelll-
cent postmaster can estimate for himself
These advantages alone and independently of all
Others are worth many times the price we charge
for the paper, and viii, it is hoped induce every
postmaster who feels just pride in his Office r
a patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, and
efficiency Of the whole Post Office system-at once
u subscribe The same considerations apply tc
the ordeya and notices, decisions, and Instructors
| Of the War, Navy, Treasury, State, and InterloI
| departments, and the course is intended in
| respect to them. Notices of the decisions OF the
| Supreme Court, in cases turning upon question:
of oficia duty or national interest, will find place
| in this paper.