The southern press., 1851-07-04
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40, aEEms. =" Ihs United States Postal Guide and
ocfduo pages, is published monihlv Ar ow. nS,'
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PREPARATORY NOTICE.
The enterprise IN which we now embark. AMI
| Il which this paper is ut once the commencement
md sample Of the papers that are to follow. fss
tor its aim no less purpose, than to impart in
structon, in the general aud detail to the Officer
and Agents of the Americas public, in respect both
to their duties and their rights, and to make them,
and the people at large, acquainted with the organ
,zatiOn, decisions and action of the Executive de-
partments Of their Government There has hith
erto Teen vehicle for the regular and proper
| communication Of information Of this kind The
publication of the Laws and the issue of instrur
lions, more or less com prshcnsve, and mt intervals
more or less extended, have proved wholly made
luate, in the absence Of the construction OF those
Laws, AS applied to particular cases, and of details
| and ustr sons TO make the regulations and in
! structions Ineligible. The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress, are too volumnous
and printed in quantities too small for general
cIrculalion; 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
mighty useful in themselves far as they 60, 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
pies, for the despatch Of the public business which
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, methodica, 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 east-apart from, and independently Of
any party or personal interest or question what
ever. M stH5
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-Offce 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.
ae 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 aatters himself he has
| preserved the respect and regard Of most Of the
preseit incumbents Of the departments, and is on
becoming terms Of intercourse and civility with
| them all The Junior Editor has been asssiduou,ly
engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
| sonal inquiry and examination, the practical and
L IoHss sI.. oE tta D<,<
other branches of the public business. 1t is with
his stock Of experience, and these advantages for
.eaching the various Of administrative ac-
| on and for imparting minute and illustrative in
| struction, and valuable periodical and statistical
Information, that we challenge your confidence
md solicit your support and patronage.
We have fixed upon the 18th OF each month as
the day for the publication Of our paper, so us to
,fford time for obtaining from the departments
Ill the orders, notices ndchanges issued, or made
~ them during the preceding month. Tables o.
Post Offices, and compilations of the Laws ana
Regulations, arc issued by the Post Office Depart
nent only once in two or three years. 1t is
natter 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
ices in the tables which longer in operation9
md offices in operation which not in the tabesl
At this time there perhaps over three thousand
,hices Of the two descriptions. In like manner
avs have been passed and regulations established
since the issue of the last volume Of regulations,
# which many postmnsters and others are wholly
gnorant. We propose to prevent, for the present,
INV increase of the evil of either kind, and from
he time another issue shall be made, our paper
will furnish the additions, corrections, and modif
ations, made IN each month, and by being filed
md preserved, will afford to postmasters full and
.xact information upon both subjects, up to and
Or time being. How much OF the present mIsd.
I, n, remaiIing, doubt, confusion, error, and
% tion, will be saved by The progressive state
full and exact knowledge, for which we have
rnvided, and for which we engage, every inte-
ent postmaster estimate for himself
These advantages alone and independently of all
,thers, are worth many times the price charge
or the paper, and will, it is hoped, induce every
postmaster who feels Just pride IN his Office, or
patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, and
lficiency of the whole Post Office system-at once
o subscribe. The same considerations apply to
the orders and notices, decisions, and instructions
Of the War, Navy, Treasury, State, and Interior
DEPARTMENTS, and the course is intended in
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.
merely to postn,asters and other officers of the
Government, but to all other citizeDs who give at
tenon TO the affairs Of the nation and the progress
and development of the {, untry, will embrace in a
condensed form the matters submitted to, or ars-
ing in Congress. At each session vast deal Of
valuable information is communicated to Con-
,ress, by the several departments and their subor
Innate bureaus, and profound and comprehensive
reports are made by committees of both Houses.
But the great mass Of the community know moth
lng of the contents Of these documents and re-
ports, excep, the brief notices Of them, which
rom time to time appear in the public papers.
rbe standing number printed of each documen
md report. is only twelve hundred in the Senate
md fourteen hundred in the House Of Representa-
'uyes. which at once shows the impracticability
their dissemination. The ADVERTISER will con
tn,n short abridgmcnts or analysis of all these
nocumrn,s and reports, and the compend will
therefore not only prove exceedingly useful and
instructive in ITSELF but will furnish an easy index
90 those interested, whenever il is found desirable