The southern press., 1851-07-26
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE.
and Official ADVERTISER.

UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE.
and Official ADVERTISER.
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Official ddrerttser, containing about ~ spper-royal
ocfapo pages, Is published monthly for ONE DOL
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PREPARATORY NOTICE.
The enterprise in which we now embark AMI
OF which this paper is at once the commencement {,
and sample of the papers that TO follow, } as
| for its aim less purpose, than to lmpart in
struction, in the general and detail to the Oficer
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-
pnrtments of their Government. There has hiih
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, more less compre ehsnsiye, and Al intervals
more or less extended, have proved wholly made
quate, in the absence Of the construction or those
Laws, as applied to particular cases, and of details
and illustrations to make the regulations and ins
structions Ineligible. The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress- are too voumnous
and are printed in quantities small for general
| circulatiOn; whilst the debates in Congress and
the commentaries of the press upon their proceed
ngs, 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 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,
do they furnish those rules, methods, and exam
pies, for the despatch Of the public business whch
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.
| lf we succeed in rendering the functions of the
primary offices more uniform, mehodical, 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 ev
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 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 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, anu DelnS acquainted WIN tnOse
who carry it on. Since his official connection with
the Government ceased, he 1atters himself he has
| preserved the respect and regard Of most OF the
present incumbents Of the departments and is on
becoming terms of intercourse and civility with
them all. The Junior Editor has been nsssiduously
engaged for several years, IN studying, by per-
sonal inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details Of the Post-Offce 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-
uon and for imparting minute and illustrative in
information, that 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, to
afford time for obtaining from the departments
all the ORDERS notices and changes issued, made
| by them during the preceding month. Tables or
! Post Offices, and compilations Of the Laws ana
Regulations are issued by the Post Office Depart
ment only once in two or three years. 1t is 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 off
ices in the tables which are no longer in operation!
and Offices in operation which not in the tableso
| 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 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 modih-
| 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, remang, 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 engage, every intelli-
estI
These advantages alone and independently Of all
others are worth many times the price we charge
for the paper and will, it IL 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 systemat once
| 10 subscribe The considerations apply to
| the orders and notices. DECISIONS and Instructions
| II the War, Navy, Treasury, State, and Interior
| departments and the same 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, VIII hnd place
| in this pnpsr.
| A department Of our paper addressing itself not
| merely 10 pustmasters and other officers of the
| Government but to all other citizens who give at
ention to the affairs of the nation and the progress
and development of the {, untry, Will embrace in
condensed form the matters submitted to, aris-
inc in Congress At each session a vast deal OF
valuable information is communicated TO Con-
gress by the several departments and their subor-
dnnte bureaus, and profound and comprehensive
reports are made by committees Of both Houses.
But the great mass of the community know moth
mo of the contents of these documents and re-
,or,s, except the brief notices of them, which
rom time TO time appear in the public papers,
rhe standing number printed Of each documeft
and report is only twelve hundred in the Senate,
and fourteen hundred IN the hoose of kePresrnta-
,,ves which at once shows the impractcability Of
,ns;r dissemination. The ApvERrIsgR will con-
,nin short abrdgments or analysis of all these
aocuments and reports, and the compend will
therefore not only prove exceedingly useful and
instructive in itself, but will furnish an easy index
70 those interested, whenever II is found desirable
~ ob,ain and examine the document at large.
There is large field before US, the materials are
ample. Ii will be our jealous care 10 collect and
,rrnnge them in the proper form. We have every
confidence that the SUBSCRIPTIONS will be ample to
enable us to accomplish 1t all The information
we propose to give, comprenenamg ana CONNIE