The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-08-11
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE

UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
IND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER.
IL y" TO sho,o sohat is done, and min, b,,,d h. o,s
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PErtR u, WAsnrEcIoN,
CHARLES M WmLARD, Eauors and Proprsetors
IEahs-- -" The Uniisd States Postal Guide and
Onetaf .7doerfsser, containing about 40 s,usy-rooI
octaro pages, Is published monthly sDr or poI'-
LAR ONLY, per annuan, payable IL aducncs-or fire
dollars for sir copies ordered at any one time
PREPARATORY NOTICE.
The enterprise in which we now embark. anil
Of winch this paper IL at once the commencement
aud sample of the papers that are to follow, tas
for It's aim no less purpose, than to impart in
structoD, 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,
ixAti0n 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 anstruc
tionss less comprehensive, and ~ intervals
moro or less extended, have proved wholly made
quae, in the absence of the construction Of those
Laws, applied TO particular cases, and of details
and illustrations to make the regulations and In
struclions ineligible. The valuable documents
annually reported TO Congress, are too voluminous
and are printed in quantities too small for general
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 10
party ends, and to matters of national policy
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, f they did,
do they furnish those rules, methods, and exam
Piles, for the despatch OF the public business which
A.,tx tka~..
or easy, whether in respect to the incumbent him-
self, or the department or bureau under which he
acts. We shall make all 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 ex
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 ex
tent at least--apart from, and independently OF
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 Audi
tor of the Post-Office 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 lie enc
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 or business IN all
the departments, and being acquainted with those
who carry it on. Since his official connection with
the Government ceased, he hatters himself he has
preserved the respect and regard of most Of the
present incumbents of the departments, and is OH
| becoming terms of intercourse and clvility with
| them ALL The Junior Editor has been asssiduouSly
| engaged for several years, IN studying, by per-
| sonai inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details of the Post-Ofice and
other branches Of the public business. Ii is with
this stock OF experience, and these advantages for
reaching the various sources of administrative ac-
| ton, and for mparting 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, 40 TO
afford time for obtaining from the departments
all the ORDERS notices andchanges issued, or made
by them during the preceding month. Tables 90
Post Offices and compilations Of the Laws ana
Regulations, are issued by the Post Office Depart
ment only IN two or three years. At rs a
matter of Inconvenience and complaint, Tor which
hitherto there has been no remedy, that in one
month from the time Of these issues, there of!
fees IN the tables which no longer in operstons
and offices in operation which are not in the tableso
AZ this time there 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 pos,masters 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, aud modif-
cations made IN each month, and by being filed
and preserved will afford to postmasters full and
exnci Information upon both subjects, up to and
for time being. How much of the present misdl-
rection, remailing, doubt, confusion, error, and
impositon will be saved by the progressive state
of full and exact knowledge, for which we have
"A nd for uyht WI IL
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 will, II ~ hoped, induce every
postmaster who feels Just prlde IN ms ONCE or
= natriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, and
efficiency Of the whole Post Office system-at once
IN subscribe. The same considerations apply to
the orders and notices, DECISIONS and instructions
Of the War, Navy, Treasury, State, and Interior
departmenis, and the same course rs intended IN
! res,ect 10 them Notices Of the decisions OF the
SUPREME Court, in cases turning upon questions
of official duty or national interest, will ind place
in this psvsr
merely TO pvstmasters and other officers OF the
Government bot TO all other citizens who give at
,en,,on 10 the affairs Of the nation and the progress
and devolopment of the untry, VIII embrace IN a
condsnaed form the matters submitted TO, or aris-
inc in Congress. At each session vast deal OF
va1uable information is communicated to Con-
gress by the several departments ana the'r suoor-
d;na,e bureaus, and profound and comprehensive
rs,,or,s arc made by committees OF both Houses
M, he great mass Of the community know moth
;ng 81 he contents OF these documents and re-
na s except the brief notices of them, which
from time 70 time appear in the public papers,
THE standing number printed OF each docome.t
I'D renort. is only twelve hundred in the Senate,
I'D eo,rteen hundred in the House OF Representa-
,,vss which at once shows tie impracticabiity Of
,ts;r dissemination The Al vssnsrR will con-
80 short nbrdgments or analysis of all these
documents and reports, and the co mpend will
therefore not only prove exccedn ny ,seful ard
instructive in ITSELF bat viii furnish an easy index
u, chose Interested whenever it is foun desra IL
10 obtain and examine the documen at large.
There il large field before us, the materials are
ample. II viii be our jealous care u collect and
arrange them in the prope form. We have every
confidence that the subscriptions will be ample 10
ensble as to accomplish 1t all. The information
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