The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-10-16
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
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Ell oIAIES POSTAL GUIDE
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TERMS :" The United States Postal G,uia, and
QDieia -ddueriiser," containing about 20 snsro,I
oe'a0o pages, Is published monthly for ONE Dol
LAR ONLY, per ann,,nt, payable in adpaues--o, 6ys
dollars for sir copies ordered.
PREPARATORY NOTICE
| The enterprise in which now embark and
OF which this paper is at once the commencement.
aud sample of the papers that to follow / as
for its aim no less purpose, than to impart in
sruction, 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 Instrur
tons, less comprehensive, and AT intervals
more or less extended, have proved wholly made
quate; in the absence of the construction Of those
Laws, as applied to particular cases. and of details
and illustrations to make the regulations and in.
strlctions Ineligible. The valuable documents
annual y reported to Congress, are too voIuminousi
and printed in quantities too small for general
circulation; whilst the deLx,tes in Congress and
the commentaries of the press upon their proceed
Of the Government, besides turning mostly upon
general principles, address themselves only TO
party ends, and to matters Of national policy1
These publications in their various forms are
highly useful in themselves far as they go, and
some of them indispensable; but there is much
that do not reach the hands OF all, nor if thew 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 SAT-.
or easy, whether in respect to the incumbent him
fha ii ,ort,., I,,,,
acts. We shall make honest effort to supply
| this vacuum, and to provide for these necessities
| II we succeed IN rendering the functions of the
primary Offices more uniform methodical 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 tho
| country And this 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 udl
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 en-
tered the department fourteen years SINCE and for
many years previously, had been, first in the War
Department, and subsequently in the Treasury.
lie has therefore had the best opportunities for
understanding the arrangements OF business in all
the departments, and being acquainted with those
who carry 1t on. Since his official connection with
| the Government ceased, he fatters himself he has
| preserved the respect and regard Of most OF the
| preset lncumbents of the departments and ia an
becoming terms OF intercourse and civIlity with
them all. The Junior Editor has been asssiduou,lv
engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
sonai inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details of the Post Office and
other branches OF the public business IL is with
this stock OF experience, and these yantages for
reaching the various sources Of administrative &C
ton, and for lmpartng minute and illustrative in
| 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 no
the day for the publication Of paper, so as 10
| afford time for obtaining from the departments.
all tue orders, nouces and changes issued, or madf
| by them during the preceding month Tables n =,
| Post Offices, and compilations of the Laws an.
Regulations, are issued by the Post Office DEPART
| ment only once in two three years II il a
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,
fees in the tables vhci are no longer in operations
and Offices In operation which are not in the tabesi
| At this time there are perhaps 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 postmasters and others are whollv
| 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 modi6s
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 misdi-
| rection, remaling, 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 intellI-
gent 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 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 ono,
| 10 subscribe. The same considerations appIv tc
the orders and notices. DECISIONS and instruction.
| Of the War, Navy, Treasury, State, and Interior
| departments and the same course is intended i'm
| respect TO them. Notices Of the decisions OF the
| Supreme Court in cases turning upon questions,
Of official duty or national interest, will find place
| in this paper.