The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-06-21
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE.
IND OFFICIAL .aDVERTTSER

UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE.
AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER.
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tes@ .adrert'ser, containing about SO spoSr-ro,ai
oe'aoo Paxss, Is published monthly for ONE por-
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PREPARATORY NOTICE
! The enterprise in which we now emh..,
OF which this paper is at once the commencensrt
and sample Of the papers that are to follow as
struction, in the general and detail, to The (a;cer
and Agents of the American public, in resoect both
to their duties and their rights and to make then,
and the people at large, acquainted with the organ
izaton, 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 ipstruc
tons, more or less comprsh ensivs and al intervals
more or less extended, have proved wholly made
guate, in the absence of the construction or those
aws - apRnsc g RsfscuIar csas:, A. Of details
structions intedgible- The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress, are too voluminous
and are printed in quantities 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 onv TO
party ends, and to matters of national pofcy
These publications in their various forms are
highly useful in themselves as far as they go and
some some, OF them Indispensable; but there is much
that do not reach the hands Of all nor if thew did
do they furnish those rules, methods. and exam
pies, Tor 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 shall make an honest effort to aupnlv
this vacuum, and to provide for these necessities
| Ii we succeed IN rendering the functions of the
primary Offices more uniform, methodical, 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 ey
tent at least-apart from, and independently Of
any party or personal interest or question what
ever ilf
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-Ofice 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
| 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 latters 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 civllity with
them all. The Junior Editor has been asssiduously
engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
sonnl inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details of the Post-Oifice and
other branches Of the public business 1t is with
this stock Of experience, and these advantages for
reaching the various sources Of administrative ac-
ton, and for mparting 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 as to
afford time for obtaining from the Departmental
all the orders, notices and changes issued mad.
| by them during the preceding month. Tables az
| Post Offices, and compilations of the Laws ana
Regulations are issued by the Post Office Depart
| ment only once in two three years. Il is
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 of!
fees in the tables which no longer in operation
and offices in operation which are not IN the tables
At this time there are perhaps 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.
anv increase Of the evil Of either kind, and from
the time another issue shall be made, our paper
will furnish the additions, corrections, and modr
cntions 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, remaing, doubt, confusion, error, and
imposton will be saved by the progressive state
| of full and exact knowledge, for which we have
provided, and for which we engage, every intelii-
| gent postmaster estimate for himself.
| These advantages alone and independently Of all
others, are worth many times the price we charge
for the paper and will, it is hoped, induce every
ster who feels Just pride in his office, or
patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, and
efficiency Of the whole Post Office systeu,-at once
to subscribe. The same considerations apply to
the orders and notices, decisions, and instruction.
of 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 Ind place
in this papsr. =,
| merely TO 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, viii embrace IN
condensed form the matters submitted to, aris-
ing in Congress At each session vast deal OF
valuable information is communicated to Con-
oress by the several departments and their subor-
dipatc 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-
norts. except the brief notices of them, which
| from time to time appear in the public paperst
The standing number printed of each documen,
and renort. is only twelve hundred in the Senate
and fourteen hundred in the House Of Representa-
tives. which at once shows the imprncucab'ty
their dissemination. The advertiser will con-
tain short abridgments or analysis of all these
documents and reports, and the compenu, Wi,
instructive in itself, but viii furnish an ensy index
10 those interested, whenever i s found desirable
~ obtain and examine the document at large.
There is large field before us, the materials are
ample. 1t will be our jealous care TO collect and
arrange them in the proper form We have every
eor6dence that the subscriptions will be ample tc
enable ms 10 accomplish il all. The information