The southern press., 1851-11-22
UNITED STATES POSTAL G UIDE
AND OFFICIAL .4DvER TTSER

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UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND OFFICIAL .aDvERTTsER.
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caaRlEs M. Was1s' Wmnaso' Editor, and proprisiors
ithMs - The United States Postal t;,.jd, and
eei@ ADVERTISER" containing about 20 spper-ro,aI
oe'"'o' pages, IS published monthlu for oNr nor
Ian ONLY, per al'lum, payable IA, adua,ee--or 6ps
dollars for sir copies ordered.
PREPARATORY NOTICE
The enterprise in which we now enhark and
OF which this paper is at once the Commencement
and sample of the papers that are to follow. tas
for It's aim no less purpose, than to impart in
structon, 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
zation, decisions and action Of the Executive de-
partmsnts Of their Government. There has bih
erto teen no vehicle for the regular and proper
communication of information of this kind The
publication of the Laws and the issue of instruc
tons, more or less comprehensive, and atneryals
more or less extended, have proved wholly made
9uate, 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 voluminouss
and are printed IN quantities too small for general
the commentaries of the press upon their proceed.
lngs, and the proceedings of the Executive branch
OF the Government, besides turning mostly upon
general principles, address themselves only TO
party ends, and to matters of national policyi
These publications in their various forms are
highly useful in themselves as far 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
pies, for the despatch OF the public business which
can render the discharge of public duty either SAT.
or easy, whether IN respect to the incumbent hima
self, or the department or bureau under which he
acts. We shall make an honest effort to suppy
this vacuum, and to provide for these necessities
If we succeed in rendering the functions of the
primary Offices more uniform, methodical and ey
act, we shall make the administrative duties of tho
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.
per will be sent, that the Senior Editor was AudIs
tor Of the Post Office 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
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 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 fatters himself he has
preserved the respect and regard Of most Of the
preseGt incumbents of the departments, and is on
becoming terms of intercourse and civIity with
| them all The Junior Editor has been asssduously
| engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
| sonnl inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details of the Post-Office and
other branches Of the public business. Ii is with
this stock Of experience, and these advantages for
reaching the various sources of administrative ac.
ton, and for imparting 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 departments
all the orders, notices and changes issued or adt
by them during the preceding month. Tables O.
Post Offices, and compilations of the Laws ana
Regulations, are issued by the Post Office Depart
msnt 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 longer in ope utions
and Offices in operation which not in the tablest
At this time there 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 We propose TO prevent, for the present,
any increase Of the evil Of either kind, and from
the time another issue shall b. made, our paper
will furnish the additions, corrections and modifs
cations made IN each month, and by being tiled
and preserved, will afford TO postnlasters full and
exact information upon both SUBJECTS up 10 and
for time being. How much Of the present misdi,
recton, remang, 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 intelll-
gent postmaster can estimate for hinselE
These advantages alone and independently OF all
others, are worth many times the price charge
for the paper, and will, 1t is hoped, induce every
postmaster who feels just pride in his Office r
patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, and
efficiency of the whole Post Office systeni-at once
to subscribe. The same considerations apply II
the orders and notices, decisions, and instruction.
Of the War, Navy, Treasury, State, and Interio
departments, and the same course Is intended in
respect to them. Notices of the decisions of the
Supreme Court, in cases turning upon qpestionn
Of Official duty national interest," will find place
in this paper. ..E