The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-10-21
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UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE

AND OFFICIAL .aDvERTIsER
III 10 shoio ,ohat is done, and THAT should be done
IN eJice.=sU
CaAnlrs M HWS m,.a Editors and PropristOrs'
Terms. =" The United States Postal Guide and
Official ADVERTISER, containing aJo, 30 sppey-youaL
oefapo pages, Is published MONTHLY for ONE DOL
LAR ONLY, per a'tnfln, payable in aduance-or FIVE
dollars for sir copies ordered
PREPARATORY NOTICE.
The enterprise in which we now embark and
OF which this paper is at once the commencement
and sample Of the papers that are to follow, as
for it's aim no less purpose, than to impart in
struction, in the general and detail to the Officer
and Agents ofthe American public, in respect both
to their duties and their rights, and to make them,
and the people nj large acquainted with the organ
zation, decisions and action Of the Executive de-
partments of their Government. There has hith-
erto Eeen vehicle for the regular and proper
communication Of information of this kind. The
publication of the Laws and the issue of lnstruc
IONS more or less comprehensive and at intervals
more or less extended, have proved wholly made
auate 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 voluminousi
and are printed in quantities TOO small for general
crcuaton 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
party ends, and to matters of national policyg
These publications in their various forms
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, nor ifthey did,
do they furnish those rules, Methods and exam.
Piles, for the despatch Of the public business which,
render the discharge of public duty either SAFE
or easy, whether i'll 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.
| IL we succeed in rendering the functions of the
primary Offices more uniform, methodlcal, and eY
act, we shall make the administrative duties of III
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,
any party or personal interest or question what j
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
| IF November last with by far the larger portion
| Of both postmasters and contractors, he has had
lirect 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, ard subsequently in the Treasury
| He has therefore had the best opportunities fC +
| understanding the arrangements OF business in al |
| he departments, and being acquainted with those
who carry il on. Since his official connection with
me Government ceased he natters himself he has
| preserved the respect and regard of most OF the
| JreseGt incumbents of the departments, and is on
becoming terms of intercourse and cIvility with
hem all. The Junior Editor has been asssiduous "
engaged for several years, IN studying, by per-
| sonui inquiry and examination, the practical and
iay routine and details of the Post-Offce anC
| other branches of the public business. 1t is with
his stock Of experience, and these advantages fol
reaching the various sources of administrative &C
Il fnr nd
| ,tructon, and valuable periodical and Statistical
| Information, that challenge your confidenc,
| md solicit your support and patronage.
| We have fixed upon tn, 18th of each month as
he day for the publication Of paper, so as Ia
| afford time for obtaining from the departments
III the orders, notices and changes issued or mad,
oy 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. IL 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 of
ices in the tables which are no longer in operations
md Offices in operation which not in the tables,
| At this time there perhaps over three thousand
| fices of the two descriptions. In like manner
avs have been passed and regulations established
since the issue of the last volume OF regulations
| If 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, paper
will furnish the additions, corrections, and modif
| cations, made each month, aud 10y being hled
md preserved, will afford to postmasters full ant
exact information upon both subjects, up to and
FOR time being How much of the present misdi
| recton, remailing, doubt, confusion, error, and
imposition, will be saved by the progressive state
| ,f full and exact knowledge, for which we have
provided, and for which we engage, every intelli.
rent postmaster 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
postmaster who feels a just pride IN his office 7
| patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, AM
| efficiency of the whole Post Office system-at ono.
10 subscribe The same considerations apply IL
the orders and notices, DECISIONS and instruction.
of the War, Navy, Treasury, State, and Interiol
! d.partments and the course is intended in
respect to them. Notices Of the decisions of tn,
8 SUPREME Court in cases turning upon question:
! of official duty national interest, will find place
Y IN this paper. .Ht