The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-11-26
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND 0PFICL9I gDYERpJspD

UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND Official ADVERTISER.
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! PREPARATORY NOTICE
| The enterprise IN which we now emba,k and s.
OF which this paper is at once the con,nnsna.s
| and sample of the papers that are to colIo,v as
for its ann no less purpose, than TO in,n,r,; IN
| etructlon, IN the general and detail to the OlIicer
and Agents of the American public in res,ec, hoth
to their duties and their rights and TO make ,bem
| and the people at large, acquainted with the organ,
lzaton, decisions and action of the Executive de-
partments Of their Government. There has bitb
erto Teen no vehicle for the regular and proner
| communication of information Of this kind. The
publication OF the Laws aud the issue of Instrur
tons, more or less comprehensive, and at intervals
more or less extended, have proved wholly inade-
quae, in the absence Of the construction Of those
Laws, applied to particular cases and of details
and illustrations to make the regulations and in
structons Ineligible. The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress, are too voluminouss
and are printed IN quantities too small for general
circulation; whilst the detsites in Congress and
the commentaries of the press upon their proceeds
ings, 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 poliev
These publications. in their various forms are
highly useful in themselves as far as thew 90. 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 whicE
can render the discharge of public duty either sa.
or easy whether IN respect to the incumbent him.
sell, or the department or bureau under which he
acts. We shall make an honest effort to SUNNY
this vacuum, and to provide for these necessities
| Ii we succeed IN rendering the functions of the
primary Offices more 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 ey
tent at east-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 Audi,
| tor of the Post-Offce Department until the month
of November last; with by far the larger portion
of both poatmasers and contractors, he has had
direct intercourse, IN person or by letter Heep
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 hatters himself he has
preserved the respect and regard of most of the
present incumbents of the departments, and is on
| becoming terms of intercourse and ciyilitv with
| them all. The Junior Editor has been asssiduou,ly
| engaged for several years, in tudying, by per-
sonai inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details of the Post-OIice and
| other branches OF the public business. 1t with
this stock Of experience, and these advantages for
reaching the various sources of administrative ac
ton, and for lmpartng 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 10
| afford time for obtaining from the departments
all the orders, notices andchanges issued or mad,
| by them during the preceding month Tables az
| Post Offices, and compilations of the Laws ana
! Regulations, issued by the Post Office DEPART
ment only once IN two or three years. Ii is a
| matter of inconvenience and complaint for which
| hitherto there has been remedy, that in one
month from the time of these issues, there are of
fees in the tables which longer in operation
and offices in operation which not in the Tables
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 postnasters and othersare wholly
| ignorant. We propose TO prevent, for the preaent
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the time another issue sha be made, our paper
will furnish the additions corrections, and modfs
| cations, made IN each month, and by being filed
and preserved, will afford to posmasters full and
exact information upon both subjects, up to and
for time being. How much of the presea, misdi,
rection, remang, doubt, confusion, error, and
imposition, will be saved by the progressv We state
| of full and exact knowledge for which we have
provided, and for which engage, every intellI-
| gent postmaster 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
postmaster who feels just pride in his Office r
a 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 InierIol
departments, and the same is intended in
respect to them. Notices Of the decisions OF the
Supreme Court, IN cases turning upon question:
Of official duty national interest, will fad place
| in this papsr.