The southern press., 1851-08-29
UNITED STATES POSTAL G uIDE

UNITED STATES POSTAL UIDE
AND oPFTCLsL -aDVERTYsER
III 10 shosc ,ohat Is done, and tcha should be done
ia gUiee.s4sU Ep bIa YItNg
cunalns M 1sss19s W,1n.se Editor, and propyisiosl
IERMs. -" The United States Postal Guide and
Official Advertiser" soaaiaing about 40 sppe-ro,aL
oefapo pages, Is published nsoaiAly nr osE poL-
.Aa ONLY per a',n'im, payable in adva,ies-or five
dollars for str copies ordered. fFst TT a8 taY
j iig PREPARATORY NOTICE.
i The enterprise in which we now embark and
OF which this paper is at once the commencenevt.
and sample Of the papers that are 10 follow. b as
for its aim no less purpose, than to impart in
structon, in the general and detail to the Ofg;cer
and Agents ofihe American public, in respect both
to their duties and theirrighis, 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
/ erto Teen no vehicle for the regular and proper
communication of information Of this kind The
publication Of the Laws and the issue Of insrue
tions, or less comprehensive, and al intervals
more or less extended, have proved wholly made
quate, in the absence OF the construction OF those
Laws, as 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 vouminous
and are printed in quantities too small for general
crcuation 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 are
highly useful in themselves far as 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
Piles, for the despatch OF 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 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, 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 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 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. 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
the departments, and being acquainted with those
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 the
present incumbents of the departments, and is on
becoming terms of intercourse and cyiity with
them ALL The Junior Editor has been asssiduously
engaged for several years, IN studying, by per-
i sonal inquiry and examination the practical and
daily routine and details of the Post o flee and
other branches Of the public business. 1t is with
this stock OF experiences and these advantages for
reaching the various sources of administrative &C
ton, 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.
We have fixed upon the 18th Of each month as
the day for the publication of our paper so MS TO
afford time for obtaining from the departments,
all the orders, notices and changes issued or 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 three years Ii 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 are ofs
fees in the tables which longer in operations
and Offices in operation which not in the tabless
II Al 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 modif-
cations, made in each month, and by being filed
and preserved, will afford to postmasiers full and
II exact information upon both subjects up 10 and
for time being. How much of the present nnisdi-
rection, rerhailing, 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 we engage, every intelli-
| GENT postmaster can estimate for himself 1lg
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
a patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, and
| efficiency of the whole Post Office system-at oncs
| 10 subscribe The same considerations applv n
the orders and notices, DECISIONS aud instruction
Of the War, Navy, Treasury, State, and Interio
dennrtments and the same course is intended in
| resnect 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 papsr'
| A department Of our paper addressing itself not
merely 10 postmasters and other officers Of the
Goysrnment but TO all other citizens who give at
.ntion to the affairs Of the nation aud the progress
and development OF the q untry, will embrace in a
condensed form the matters submitted to, or aris-
! inc i'm Congress. At each session deal Of
| valuable information Is communicated to Con-
1 by. the srverni anu thelr SubOT-
| 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 nouces OF them, which
] from time TO time appear IN the public papers,
| The standing number printed Of each document
! snd r.nort. is only twelve hundred in the Senate,
and fourteen hundred in the House OF Representa-
,;ss which at once shows the impracticsbility of
tbeir dissemination. The ADvrRrIsER will con-
tam short abridgments or analysis Of all these
doenments and reports, and the co mpend vii
therefore not only prove exceedn gly useful and
instructive in itself, but will furnish an easy index
10 those interested whenever II Is found desiral le
20 obtain and examine the documen at large.
There is large field before us, the materials are
ample. II will be our jealous care to collect and
arrange them in the prope FORM We have every
confidence Asi the subscriptions will be ample to
enable us to accomplish Il all. The Information
we propose TO give, conprehending and confne~
IN tb, action OF the Government, is solid, usefd c