The southern press., 1851-11-06
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LAR Only, per asasa, payable III adyoisce--or GDs
doHass for ssx copies ordered.
PREPARATORY NOTICE.
Ihr enterprise AN which now embark, and
or which thus paper rs at once the commencement,
and sample of the papers that are to follow, has
for it's ann less purpose, than 20 i,npartin-
struction, in the general and detail 10 the Officer
and Agents Of the American public in res s1ect both
To their duties and their rights, and to make them
and the people al large, acquainted with the organ
zation, decisions and action of the Executive de-
| pnrtments of their Government. There has hth-
erto teen no vehicle for the regular and proper
communication Of information Of this kind. The
publication Of the Laws and the issue of iustrue
ions more or less comprehensive, and at Intervals
more or less extended. have prove wholly made
qunte, the absence Of the construction OF those
Laws as applied to particular cases and of details
| aud illustrations 70 make the regulations and in
| structions Ineligible. The valuable documents
| annually reported to Congress, are too volumnous!
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 polieyI
These publications. IN their various forms
highly useful in themselves far they go, and
some of them Indispensable; but there is much
that do reach the hands Of al, nor if they did,
| do they furnish those rules methods, and exam
Plies, for the despatch Of the public business whicI
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 uniform, methodica, 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 least--apart from, and independently
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 AudIs
tor Of the Post-Offcc Department until the month
of November last; with by far the larger; portion
of both postinnsters and contractors, he has had
direct intercourse, in person or by letter. He
tered the department fourteen years since and for
many wears previously, had been, first in the War
Department, ard 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 ii on Since his offcnl connection with
the GuFcrnmeut Cedscu nc Hdtkefb Hinscfs ne mas
! preserved the respect and regard OF most Of the
! present incumbens of the deparHnents, and is on
becoming terms of intercourse and civlIity with
them all. The Junior Editor has been asssiduously
? engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
y sonn[ inquiry and examination, the practical and
u daily routine and details of the Post Office and
other branches Of the public business. 1t is with
this stock Of experiences and these advantages for
reaching the various sources of administrative ac
ton, and for mpartlng minute and illustrative in
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information, that we challenge your confidence
and solicit your support and patronage.
= We have fixed upon the 18th of each month as
Z the day for the publication Of paper so as TO
/ afford time for obtaining from the departments
r all the orders, notices andchanges issued, or mad1
= by them during the preceding month. Tables o.
! Post Offices and compilations of the Laws ana
Regulations, are issued by the Post Office Depart
D ment only 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
lhces in the tables which no longer in operationt
and Offices in operation which not In the tablesA
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 10 prevent, for the present,
any increase OF the evil OF either kind, and from
! the time another issue shall be made, our paper
cations, made IN each month, and by being filed
and preserved, will afford TO postmasters foil and
. exact information upon both subjects, upto and
/. for time being. How much Of the present misdi ,
recton, remsiling, 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 intelh-
gent postmaster can estimate for himself
These advantages alone and independently OF all
Others are worth many times the price charge
for the paper, aud will. il is hoped, induce every
postmaster who feels a just pride m his Office
patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, AMI
efficiency Of the whole Post Office system--at onc5
TO subscribe The same considerations apply tr
the orders and notices, decisions, and instruction.
of the War, Navy, Treasury, State, and lnterio
departments and the is intended in
respect TO them. Notices Of the decisions OF the
Supreme Court, IN cases turning upon questions
Of official duty national interest, will find place
in this paf~r.
2 rVvsK undersigned, committee Of publication, on
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