The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-02-11
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TERMS. -" The United States Postal Guide and
Official advertiser" containing about 50 sppsr-royai
octave pages Is published ntontkty for ONE DOL
LAR ONLY, per smasa, payable N adudnos--or Jiue
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~ PREPARATORY NOTICE. .asisl, \
| The enterprise in which we now embark, and
Of which this paper is at once the commencement,
and saaple of the papers that are to follow, has
for its aim no less purpose, than to impart in
structon, in the general and detail, 10 the Officers
and Agents ftle 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-
ero teen no vehicle for the regular and proper
Communication Of information Of this kind The
publication of the Laws and the issue of instruc-
tons, more 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
structous Ineligible. The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress, are too yoluminous
and 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 10
/ party ends, and to matters Of national policy.
/ These publications in their various forms
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, if they did,
i do they furnish those rules, methods, and exam
/ Piles, for the despatch OF the public business which
can render the discharge Of public duty either safe
Tor 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 ex
act, shall make the administrative duties of the
departments more easy and effective, and thereby
promote the real and substantial interests Of the
i country. And this we expect 10 do, to some ex
tent at east-apart from, and independently Of
any party or personal interest or question what
ever. sa fi4a aa y 9iat2 Ell ~ t9
Il 1t is known to most Of those to whom this pa
per will be sent, that the Senior Editor Audi
tor Of the Post-Otfce 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.
He has therefore had the best opportunities for
understanding the arrangements OF business in all
the departments, and being acquainted with those
who carry it on. Since his official connection with
the Government ceased, he natters himself he has
preserved the respect and regard of most OF the
jpresent ncumbents Of the departments, and is on
becoming terms Of intercourse and civility with
them all. The Junior Editor has been asssiduously
engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
sonal inquiry and examination, the practical and
, daily routine and details Of the Post-Office 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 lmpartng minute and Illustrative in
i struction and valuable periodical and statistical
information, that we challenge your confidence
and solicit your support and patronage.
l We have fixed upon the 18th Of each month as
the day for the publication Of our paper, so M to
afford time for obtaining from the departments,
all the orders, notices and chnnges issued made
j by them during the preceding month. Tables of
| Post Offices, and compilations Of the Laws and
| Regulations, are ISSUED by the Post Office Depart
| nlent only once in two or three years. 1t is a
4 matter of Inconvenience and complaint, for which
] hitherto there has been remedy, that in one
month from the time Of these issues, there Of
/ ices in the tables which longer ope alton,
i and Offices in operation which are not in the tables.
| At 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 postmasters and others are wholly
| ignorant Wepropose 10 prevent, for the present
my increase Of the evil of either kind, and from
| he time another issue shall he made, our paper
will furnish the additions, corrections, and modii-
| cations, made IN. each month, and by being filed
md preserved, will afford to postmasters full and
\ sxact information upon both subjects, up to and
| for time being. How much Of the present msGi-
rection, remaiing, doubt, confusion error, and
| imposition, will be saved by the progressive state
| " full and exact knowledge, for which we have
provided, and for which we engage, every intelli-
| GENT postmaster can estimate for hinself s3.tuua
J, These advantages alone and independently of all
others, are worth. many times the price we charge
for the paper, and WILL il is hoped, induce every
postmaster who feels just pride in his Office, or
patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, and
/ efficiency Of the whole Post Office systen-a once
| 10 subscribe The same considerations apply to
| the orders and notices decisions, and instructions
Of the War, Navy, Treasury, State, and Interior
| departments, and the same course intended in
respect 20 them. Notices Of the decisions Of the
/ Supreme Comt in cases turning upon questions
Of official duty national interest, will find place
| IN this rape. d.. a,.,.,.,.t.. 4. IN N. t...
| A department of our paper addressing itself not
merely to pVstmasers and other officers of the
Government, but to all other citizens who give at
tention to the affairs Of the nation and the progress
and development ofthe t,untry, will embraceha
| condensed form the matters submitted To, or aris-
| ing in Congress. At each session a vast deal of
| valuable information IN communicated TO Con-
sress, by the several departments and their subor-
dinate bureaus, and profound and comprehensive
reports are made by committees Of both Houses.
! But the great mass Of the community know moth
| ing of the contents Of these documents and re-
ports, except the brief notices Of them, which
| from time to time appear in the public papers.
The standing number printed Of each document
and report, liz only twelve hundred in the Senate
and fourteen hundred in the House of Representa-
lives, which at nceshows the impractlcabty Of
their dissemination. The ADVERTISER will CON
tain short abridgmen,s or analysis Of all these
documents and reports, and the compend will
therefore NOT only prove exceedingly useful and
instructive in itself, bat viii furnish easy index
To those interested whenever it is found desirable
to obtain and examine the document at large
There is a large field before us, the materials are
ample II will be our jealous care to collect and
arrange them in the proper form. We have every
confidence that the subscriptions will be ample to
enable us TO accomplish it all. The information
we propose To give, comprehending and confined