The southern press., 1851-10-29
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE


UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER.
III 10 saoo ,oha Is done aud ,ohat should be done
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CnAsLEs M WUS' WmIssp Editors and ProprietOrs
Terms. 60 The United States Postal Guide and
Qieai ddperiiser," containing about 30 spper-royal
oefaoo pages Is published monthly for ONE DOL
LAR ONLY, per annunl, payable in adoance-or fps
dollars for str copies ordered
PREPARATORY NOTICE
The enterprise IN which we embark and
OF which this paper is at once the commencement,
and sample Of the papers that are to follow, as
for its no less purpose, than to impart in
struction, n 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 al large, acquainted with the organ
zation, decisions and action of the Executive de-
partments Of their Government There has hith-
erto Leen no vehicle for the regular and proper
commun ncation Of information of this kind. The
publication of the Laws and the issue of instrur
lons more less comprehensive, and at intervals
more or less extended, have proved wholly made
quate, 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 voluminous.
and printed in quantities too small for general
circulation; whilst the debates in Congress and
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 poliey3
These publications in their various forms
highly useful in themselves far as they go, and
some of them Indispensable; but there IS much
that do not reach the hands OF all if they did,
do they furnish those rules, methods, and exam.
Piles, for the despatch of the public business which
can render the discharge of public duty either SAFE
| lpr N he IN l,apf ms
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 succeed in rendering the functions of the
! primary Offices more uniform, methodlcal, 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 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 Audi
tor of the Post-Otlice 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. lie en-
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
who carry it on. Since his official connection with
| the Government ceased he 1atters himself he has
| preserved the respect and regard Of most OF the
| preseLt incumbents of the departments and is
| becoming terms of intercourse and civIIity with
them all. The Junior Editor has been asssiduously
! engaged for several years, IN studying, by per-
sonal 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
,l.y a.f,d
tion and for impartins 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 made
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 three years. IL is
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 no longer in operations
and Offices in operation which are not IN the ablesf
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 nre 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 paper
| will furnish the additions, corrections, and modifs
cations made IN each month, and by being filed
and preserved, will afford To postmasters full and
exact information upon both subjects, up to and
| for time being How much Of the present misdi
| recton, 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 lntelh-
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 will, 1T is hoped, induce every
postmaster who feels just pride in his Office
patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, and
efficiency of the whole Post Office system-at once
to subscribe The same considerations apply u
the orders and notices, decisions, and instruction.
OF the War, Navy, Treasury, State, and lnteriol
department and the same course 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 find place
! in this papsr
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