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UNITED STATES POSTAL & UIDE.
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4 t4.ai. 48le THE
UNITED STATES Postal GUIDE.
and OFFICIAL .aDYER TYSER.
IL To sko'o WAsi is dpns and .rhat should be done,
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PETER u. WARRINGTON, sJ;,o,, c,J prom. ,s,o,.
CnARLEs M. WuAARD, I'"o' """ " '' ''
Txsas. 50 The Unitsd States Posisl Guide and
(cia .ldpesiissr, coNtaining aboui - sup rroyai
octevo pages, " published monthly 5br ONE DOL
LAR . .Ly, per snnuaa, payable in adraace--or Ave
doI!sr. for sir copies ordered al any one dine.
pREFAR NOTICE.
The enterprise in which we now embark, and
Of who this paper is at once the commencement,
and nple of the papers that are to follow, has
for its ann no less a purpose, than to import IN
struction, ia the general aud detail, TO the Officers
and Agsn Of the American public, in respect both
their duties and their rights, and to make them,
and the people at large, acquainted with the organ
ixation, decisions and action of the Executive de-
partments Of their Government. There has hilh-
erto 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 or less comprehensive, and at intervals
more or less extended, have proved wholly innde-
quaie, in 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 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 TO
party ends, and to matters Of national policy.
These publications. in their various forms are
highly useful in themselves MS far as they go, and
some of them Indispensable; but there is much
that do not reach the hands Of all, if they did,
| do they furnish those rules, methods, and exam
I.~tn ,s,ft Inns xyhI
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 an honest effort to supply
this vacuum, and to provide for these necessities.
IL 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
country. And this we expect to do, to some ex-
| tent at east--apart from, and Independently OF
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 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 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 II on Since his official connection with
the Government ceased he iutters himself he has
preserved the respect and regard of most Of the
present ncumbents Of the departments, and ls on
becoming terms Of intercourse and cvlty with
them all. The Junior Editor has been asssiduousy
engaged for several years, in studying, by per
sona inquiry and examination, the practical and
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other branches of the public business. IL ie Will
this stock of experience, and these advantages foi
reaching the various sources of administrative ac
non 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.
4 We have fixed upon the 18th OF each month rs
the day for the publication Of our paper, to
afford time for obtaining from The departments
all the orders notices and changes issued, or made
by them during the preceding month Tubles OF
Post Offices, and compilations of the Laws and
Regulations, are issued by the Pos, Office Depart
n ment only once in two or three years IL is n
matter of inconvenience and complaint for which
hitherto there has been remedy, that in one
4 month from the time Of these issues, there Of
fees In the tables which are no longer in ope alton
and offices in operation which are not in the ables
At this time there perhaps over three thousand
/, offices Of the two descriptions In like manner
y
since the issue Of the last volume of regulations
# which many portmasters and others are wholly
1 gnorant. We propose to prevent, Tor the present
any increase Of the evil of either kind, and from
(, the time another issue shall be rnade, our paper
| will furnish the additions, corrections, and modif
:ations, made IN each month, and by being filed
and preserved, will afford postnmsters full and
| exnct information upon both subjects, up TO and
| for time being. How much of the present misGi-
ecton, rema,ng, doubt, confusion, error, and
| IMPOSITION, will be saved by the progressive state
| II fun and exact knowledge, for which we have
provided, and for which we engage, every inteIlI-
+, rent postmaster can estimate for himself.
| These advantages alone and independently Of all
, others, are worth many times the price charge
| for the paper, and will, it ia hoped induce every
| postmaster who feels jus, pride in his Office, on
a patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, and
efficiency OF the whole Post Office system--at once
10 subscribe. The same considerations apply TO
the orders and notices, decisions, and instructions
Of the War, Navy, Treasury, State, and Interior
depn rtments, and the same course ~ INTENDED IN
| respect to them. Notices of the decisions Of the
Supreme Court, IN cases turning upon questions
of official duty national interest, will Gnd place
| III this paper.
| department of our paper addressing itself not
merely TO pvstmasters and other officers Of the
Government, but to all other citizens who give at
tention to The affairs of the nation aud the progress
and development Of the [, untry, will embrace IN a
condensed form the matters submitted to, or aris-
ing in Congress At each session a vastdea of
valuable information is communicated TO Con
gress, 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 tbese documents and re-
| ports, except the brief notices Of them, which
| from time 10 time appear in the public papers
The standing number printed Of each document
and report, is only twelve hundred IN the Senate
and fourteen hundred in the House Of Representa-
tiyos which at once shows the lmpraoticabil'ty Of
their dissemination. The ADvERrIsgR will con-
tain short obridgmeuts or analysis OF all these
documents and reports, and the oompend will
therefore not only prove exceedingly useful and
instructive in ITSELF but will furnish an eusy index
10 those interested, whenever i is found desirable
TO ob,nn and examine the document nj urge.
There is a large field before us, the materials are
ample. 1t viii be our Jealous care To collect and
arrange them Ia the proper form we have every
confidence that the subscriptions Will be ample to
enable Us to accomplish II all. The Information
we propose TO give, comprehendng and confined
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