The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-01-28
THE
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE.
AMI nrrTNIaT anYERTISCR

THE
| UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE.
i AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER.
I~ To shOso whas 10 done, and sohat should be done,
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pErEA Z WARRINGTON, Ea,,or, =, 4 propr;,to,,.
CHARLES M. WILLARD, 80 ~ "
TEkMs. SO The United States Postal Guide and
Official .7dpertiscr," nontainimg abnu 80 svpsrroyai
oeforo pages, Is published mon:My for ONE DOL
LAR ONLY, per annan, payable IN adpance--or fire
dollars for sir copies ordered at ary time
PREPARATORY NOTICE.
| The enterprise in which we now embark, and
of which this paper is at once the sommencement.
and sample Of the papers that are to follow, has
for it's aim no less purpose, than to mpart in
struction. ia the general and detail, to the Officers
and Agents fthe American public, in respect both
to their duties and their rights, and to make them,
and the people at large, acquainted with the organ
izatfon, decisions and action of the Executive de-.
pnrtments Of their Government. There has hh-
Ierto keen 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
lquate in the absence of the construction or those
Laws, applied to particular cases. and of details
land illustrations to make the regulations and in
lstructions ineligible. The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress, are too volumnous,
and printed in quantities too small for general
the commentaries of the press upon their proceed
lngs, and the proceedings Of the Executives branch
II of the Government, besides turning mostly upon
4 general principles, address themselves only 10
party ends, and to matters of national policy.
4 These publications in their various forms are
highly useful in themselves far they 60, 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
plies, for the despatch Of the public business which
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 shalt make an honest effort TO supply
this vacuum, and to provide for these necessities
Ii we succeed in rendering the functions OF the
: primary Offices more uniform. methodlcal, and ex-
act, we shalt make the administrative duties Of the
} departments 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 was Audi
] tor of the Post-Ofce 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
I understanding the arrangements of business IN all
i the departments, and being acquainted with those
Is who carry it on. Since his official connection with
the Government ceased, he fatters himself he has
preserved the respect and regard of most Of thu
prescnt ncumbents Of the departments, and IL or
IS becoming terms of intercourse and civiIity with
N them all The Junior Editor has been asssIduously
,t engaged for several years. IN studying, by per
e. sonal inquiry and examination, the practical ant
/. daily routine and details Of the Post-Ofice ant
other branches Of the public business. II Is will
il this stock Of experience, and these advantages fol
Il reaching the various sources of administrative
lion, and for mparting minute and illustrative IN
2 struction, and valuable periodical and statistical
!. Information, that we challenge your confidence
md solicit your support and patronage.
J., We have fixed upon the 18th OF each month as
the day for the publication of paper, so as to
.fford time for obtaining from the departments
Ill the orders, notices and changes issued, made
, 10y them during the preceding month. Tables OF
, Post Offices, and compilations of the Laws and
lRegulations are issued by the Post Office Depart
{ nent only once in two or three years. II is :
! natter of inconvenience and complaint, for which
d hitherto there has been no remedy, that in on,
, month from the time Of these issues, there are Of
ices in the tables which no longer in ope alton
md Offices in operation which not in the tables
At this time there perhaps over three Thousand
,ffces of the two descriptions. In like manne
Avs have been passed and regulations established
since the issue of the last volume Of regulations
4 which many postmasters and others are wholly
| gnorant. We propose to prevent, for the present
my increase Of the evil of either kind, and from
| he time another issue shall be made, our paper
will furnish the additions, corrections, and modih
! | :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 misdi-
ection, remailing, doubt, confusion, error, and
IMPOSITION, will be saved by the progressive state
4 ..txl.~ snk k~.x.
| provided, and for which we engage, every mtei
| rent postmaster can estimate for himself.
These advantages alone and independently Of al
Others, are worth many times the price we charge
FOR the paper, and will, it is hoped induce every
I postmaster who feels just pride in his office, oil
| A patriotic reg ird for the credit, prosperity, and
efficiency of the whole Post Office system-at once
o subscribe. The same considerations apply to
he orders and notices, decisions, and instructions
f the War, Navy, Treasury, State, and Interior
departments, and the same course Is INTENDED N
| aspect to them Notices of the decisions of the
Supreme Court, in cases turning upon questions
4 of official duty national interest, VIII ma place
IN this rnper.
| A Department of our paper addressing itself moi
| merely to pvstmasters and other officers OF the
Government but to all other citizens who give at
epton TO the affairs Of the nation and the progress
md development Of the untry, Will embrace IN n
condensed form the matters submitted to, or arts
! ng in Congress. At each session a vast deal OF
gaIuable information is communicated to Con
rress, 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
ing of the contents Of these documents and re-
4 oorts. except the brief notices of them, which
from time to time appear in the public papers
y The standing number printed of each documen
and report, is only twelve hundred IN the Senate.
4 and fourteen hundred in the House Of Representa-
lives. which at once shows the impracticabty OF
their dissemination The ApvERrIsER will con-
tain short abridgments analysis Of all these
documents and reports, and the comPend will
therefore no, only prove exceedingly useful and
instructive in ITSELF but will furnish easy index
To those interested whenever it is found desirable
to obtain and examine the document at large.
! Their. is large field before us, the materials
ample. IL 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
ennhle ms to ccompsh it all. The information
we propose to give, compromising and confined
10 the action Of the Government, IL solid, usefe,