The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-10-02
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE

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CnsRLEs M. WmLAxp, Editors and Prop'ieiors
ltNms, - The United States Postal tsusds and
Oei" sfdre,iser," containing obo,f 81 svpsr-rouaI
oe'a'o p"ses, Is published monthly for ONE DOL
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/ PREPARATORY NOTICE
The enterprise in which we now emha,r and
OF which this paper IL at once lie commencement
and sample Of the papers that 10, follow, as
for itn aim no less a purpose, than TO impart in
structon, IN the general and detail to the officer
and Agents ofthe American public, in respect both
to their duties aud their rights, and 10 make them.
and the people at large acquainted with the organa
EATON, decisions and action Of the Executive de-
| partments Of their Government There has hilh
/ erto Teen no vehicle for the regular and proper
communication Of Information OF this kind The
qualification Of the Laws and the issue of Instruc
tons, more or css comprehensive, and al intervals
more or less extended, have proved wholly made
quate, in the Abscaca Of tho construction Of those
Laws, app4istto particular cases, and OF details
and illustrations to make the regulations and in
strictons Ineligible The valuable documents
annually reported TO Congress, are too voIuminous
and are printed in quantities too small for general
circulatIon; whilst the Debates in Congress and Z,
the commentaries of the press upon their proceed
ngs, aud 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 poiieyl
These publications. IN their various forms are
highly useful III themselves as far az thew 90 and
some of them indispensable; but there il much
that do not reach the hands Of all, nor they did,
do they furnish those rules methods and exam.
pies, for the despatch OF the public business whch
can render the discharge Of pubIicdu either SAT.
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 aupplv
| this vacuum, and TO provide for these necessities
II we succeed IN rendering the functions of the
| primary offices more 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 10 do, TO some ex
tent at east--apart from, and independently Of
any party or personal interest or question what
ever. z" Nta
It's known to most Of those to whom this pa
per will be sent, that the Senior Editor was Audi
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 en-
tered the department fourteen years since and for
many years previously, had BEEN first in the War
Department, and subsequently in the Treasury.
lie has therefore had the best opportunities fo,
understanding the arrangements ofbusiness in ali
the departments and being acquainted with those
who carry it on. Since his official connection with
l
preserved the respect and regard of most OF the
present incumhents OF the departments and is ON
becoming terms Of intercourse and ciyil;,v Win
them all. The Junior Editor has been asssid,tonrlv
engaged for several years, IN studying, by per-
sonai inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details of the Post-Othce and
other branches OF the public business II IA win
this stock or experience, and these advantages for
reaching the various sources of administrative sc
ton, and for impartis minute and Illustrative in
4 str and YAH 10
information, that we challenge your confidence
and solicit your support and PATRONAGE
| We have fixed upon the 18th of each month ss
the day for the publication of oar paper so MS TO
afford time for obtaining from the departments,
all the orders notices and changes issued or mad,
by them during the preceding month. Gables a :,
Post Ofices, and compilations of the Laws ana
| Regulations, are issued by the Post Office Denart
nent only once in two three wears II Il n
matter of Inconvenience and complaint, for which
hitherto there has been no remedy, that in one
month from the time of these Issues there rre ors
hccs in the tables which longer in operniions
and offices IN operation which not in the "a besI
AT this time there are perhaps over three thousand
offices of the two descriptions. In Ike manner
laws have been passed and regulations established
since the issue of the last volume of regula,ions
of which many postmnsters 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 be made, our paner
will furnish the additions, corrections, and nodi6
| cations, made each month"; and bv ben, filed
aud preserved, will afford 10 postinasters fun and
! exact information upon both subjects, up to and
for time being. How much of the present nnistli-
rection, remailing, 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 intelli-
gent postmaster can estimate for himself
These advantages alone and independentlv of all
others, are worth many times the price we charge
for the paper, and will, IL is hoped, induce every
postmaster who feels just pride in his Office or
/ a patriotic regard for the credit prosperitv an
efficiency Of the whole Pos, Office systenn-ar oncs
to subscribe. The same considerations spplv I,
the orders and notices, decisions, and instructor
of the War, Navy, Treasury, State, and fnterio
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 national interest, will Ind place
| in this pavsr. I'LL. ft-.f.l.al
A department Of our paper addressing itself NOT
merely TO postmasters and other officers OF the
Government, but to all other citizens VIII gise at
tention to the affairs OF the nation and the progress
and development Of the untry, will embrace in a
condensed form the matters submitted to, or iaris-
ing in Congress. AT each session vast deal Of
valuable information IL communicated to Com
gress by the several departments and their subor-
dinate bureaus, and profound and comprehensive
| repor,s are made by committees OF both Houses
/ B,,, the great mass Of the community know moth
ing of The contents of these documents and re-
| ports, except the brief notices Of them, which
| from time TO time appear ~ The public papers,
The standing number printed OF each document
and report, IL onl v twelve hundred IN the Senate
and fourteen hundred in the douse OF Representa-
lives. which at once shows the imprsctcablliiy of
tne;r dissemination. The ApvsRrtsss will CON
tam short sbridgments or analysis of all these
documents and reports, and the mpend will
therefore not only prove exceedingly. useful and
a., ,..ef btt ftrx. III al ,Yx9ox.
20 those interested, whenever il is found desirable
TO obtain and examine the documen at large
There IN a large field before as the materials are
ample 1t will be our Jealous care to collect end
arrange them in the prope form. We have every
confidence that the SUBSCRIPTIONS will be anlple T.,
enable us to accomplish u all. The information
we propose to give, compromising and confined
to the action Of the Government, is solid ussftl,
and 1--WE might almost say) necessary TO shs1cff-
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and put at price which can constitute No cbstacs
with any Fiat the end of tn. year any ~ub-criber
ltt. has - IL.