The southern press., 1851-08-26
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
.ayND OrFTCL9L ADYER

UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER.
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ii PREPARATORY NOTICE Sos
The enterprise IN which we now embark, and
Of which this paper is at once the commencement,
and sample of the papers that to follow tas
for it's ann no less purpose, than TO impart in
s,ruction, in the general and detail, TO the Officer
and Agents Of the American public, in respect both
10 their duties and their rights, and make them
and the people at large, acquainted with the organ
ixation, decisions and action Of the Executive de-
purtments of their Government. There has hith
erto teen no vehicle for the regular and proper
Communication Of intormation Of this kind, The
publicatiou Of the Laws and the issue of instrur
lions, more or ess comprehensive and at intervaIs
more or less extsnded. haze proved wholly made
quate in the absence Of the construction Of thosc
Laws. as applied to particular cases, and Of detail
and illustrations to make the regulations and in
structions Ineligible The valuable document
annually reported to Congress, too volumlnoue
and printed in quantities too small for geners
circulation; whilst the debates in Congress al
| the commentaries of the press upon their prOceee
ings, and the proceedings Of the Executive branc
Of the Government, besides turning mostly upc
general principles, address themselves only
party ends, and TO matters of national pole
These publications in their various forms
highly useful in themselves as far as they go,
some of them Indispensable; but there is mt
that do not reach the hands Of all, nor If theyt
| do they furnish those rules, methods, and ex
ples for the despatch Of the public business VIII
can render the discharge of public duty either
! or easy, whether in respect to the incumbent m
2 anl depa arfYo epf n
acts. We shall make an honest effort to supp
this vacuum, and to provide for these necessite
If we succeed in rendering the functions OF tn
| primary Offices more uniform, methodical, and e
act, we shall make the administrative duties OF tn
departments easy and effective, and thereby
promote the real and substantial interests or 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. t l't fs'f
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 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
the Government ceased he fatters himself he has
preserved the respect and regard Of most Of the
preselt incumbents of the departments, and is on
! becoming terms Of intercourse and civility with
them all. The Junior Editor has been asssduously
n engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
II sonal inquiry and examination, the practical and
f daily routine and details Of the Post Office 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
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struction, and valuable periodical and statistical
informaton 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 paper, so as 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 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 are off
fees in the tables which longer in operations
and offices in operation which not in the tables1
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,
4 anv increase Of the evil of either kind, and from
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will furnish the additions, corrections, and modif-
cations, made In each month, and by being filed
and preserved, will afford to postmasters full and
= exnct information upon both subjects, up to and
for time being How much of the present misd-
rection remsiling, doubt, confusion, error, and
imposition, will be saved by the progressive state
OF full and exact knowledge, for which we have
, proyided and for which we engage, every ntelli-
, gent postmaster can 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
nos,master who feels just pride in his office, or
patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity and
efficiency of the whole Post Office system---at once
TO subscribe. The same considerations apply Il
the orders and notices, decisions, and instruction
of The War Navy, Treasury, State, and Interio
denartments, and the same course is intended in
resnect to them Notices of the decisions of the
q Supreme Court, in cases turning upon questions
of official duty or national interest, will find place
r IN this pay,sr.
D - a.I, 10 nustmasters and other officers of the
; c5oveynment but to all other citizens who give
en,on 10 the affairs Of the nation and the progress
and development of the {, untry VIII embrace in
condensed form the matters submitted to, or aris-
mo in Congress. AT each session vast deal of
valuable information is communicated to Com
oress by the several departments and their subor-
5,n,,e bureaus. and profound and comprehensive
renor,s are made by committees OF both Houses
Ru, the great mass of the community know moth
!, ;no or he contents Of these documents and re-
oor,s, except the brief notices of them, which
rom time 10 time appear in the public papers,
The standing number printed of each document
and report, is only twelve hundred in the Senate,
and fourteen hundred in the House OF Representa-
: 80. ,,h;cb at once shows the impracticabIIity of
,hsr dissemination. The ADvERrIsER will con-
tam short abrdgments or analysis of all these
aacumsn,s and reports, and the co mpend will
tnerefore not only prove exceedingly useful and
Instructive in ITSELF but will furnish an easy index
10 those interested, whenever il s found des'ratls
=, oh,ein and examine the documen at large
lhers is a large field before us, the materials are
annie II will be Jealous tn collect and
arrange them in the prope : form. We have every
confidence that the SUBSCRIPTIONS will be ample to
enable us TO accomplish it all. The informatio,
we propose TO give, comprehending and confne
% the action OF the Government, 10 solid, usefa