The southern press., 1851-05-19
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE.

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PETER q. WAsnrsGroG,
CHARLES M. WILLARD, Ed'fors aud Proprieiory.
rERns--" The United States Postal Guide and
Op'c'a advertiser" containing about 30 spoey-rool
oetouo pages, IS published ,no,sthly spr az, ,o1-
LAR ONLY, per annuIn, payable in adpance--or fire
dollars for sir copies ordered at any one time
| 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, has
for It's ann no less purpose, than to impart in
struction, in the general and detail to the Officer
and Agents of the American public, in respect both
to their duties and their rights and to make them,
and the people at large, acquainted with the organ
izaton, decisions and action of the Executive de-
! partmcnts of their Government. There has bith
erto Eeen no vehicle for the regular and proper
communications of Indignation of this kind The
| publication of the Laws and the issue of nstruc
tons, more or less comprehensive, and intervals
more or less extended, have proved wholly inade-
quate, in the absence of the construction Of those
Laws, applied to- particular cases, and Of details
and illustrations TO make the regulations and in
structions Ineligible. The valuable documents
annual y reported to Congress, are too voluminous
and are printed in quantities too 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 only 10
party ends, and to matters of national policy
These publications in their various forms are
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 if they did,
do they furnish those rules, methods, and exam
pies, 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 shall 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 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 ex
tent at east-apart from, and independently Of
any party personal interest or question what
ever. asa gE
II 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
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
preseft incumbents of the departments, and is on
| becoming terms of intercourse and cviity with
them all. The Junior Editor has been asssiduousIy
| engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
sonal inquiry and examination, the practical and
| daily routine and details of the Post-Offce and
other branches Of the public business. 1t is with
this stock of experience, and these advantages for
reaching the various sources of administrative
| ton, and for lmpartlng minute and illustrative in
structon, and valuable periodical and statistical
information, that 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, 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
Post Offices, and compilations of the Laws ana
Regulations, 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 of
fees in the tables which no longer in operation
and offices IN operation which are not in the tables
AT this time there perhaps three thousand
Offices Of the two descriptions. In lake manner
laws have been passed and regulations established
! since the issue of the last volume OF regulations,
of which many postmasters and others wholly
ignorant. w 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-
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and preserved, viii afford to postmasters full and
exact information upon both subjects, up to and
for time being. How much of the present misdi-
rection, remang, doubt, confusion, error, and
imposition, will be saved by the progressive state
Of full and exact nowledge, for which we have
provided, and for which we engage, every nlelli-
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 viii, it is hoped, induce every
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a patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, and
efficiency of the whole Post Office system--at once
| to subscribe. The same considerations apply To
the orders and notices, decisions, and instructions
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," will find place
| in this pay.r.
| A department Of our paper addressing itself not
merely to postmasiers and other officers of the
! Government, but TO all other citizens who give at
tenton to the affairs Of the and the progress
and development of The [, untry, will embrace ina
condensed form the matters submitted to, ars-
ing in Congress At each session vast deal OF
valuable information Is communicated to Con-
l-ress by the several departments and their subor-
dinate bureaus, and profound and comprehensive
reports are made by committees of both Houses
But the great mass of the community know moth
inc of the contents Of these documents and re
| ports, except the brief notices of them, which
| from time to time appear in the public papers.
/ The standing number printed of each docume
and report, is only twelve hundred in the Senate,
and fourteen hundred in the House Of Representa-
tives, which at once shows the impracticability of
| their dissemination. The ADVERTISER will con-
tain short abridgments or analysis OF all these
documents and reports, and the compend will
therefore not only prove exceedingly useful and
instructive in ITSELF but will furnish easy index
to those interested, whenever IL is found desirable
10 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
confidence that the SUBSCRIPTIONS will be ample to
enable us to accomplish it all. The information
we propose to give, comprehending and confined
10 the action Of the Government is soiid useful ,
and 1--WE might almost say) necessary to the Off
cer--f not to the citizen. 1t is intended for all,
and put at price which can constitute no obstacle
with any lfat the end Of the year, any subscriber
shall find that he has not received the full value of