The southern press., 1851-09-01
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE

UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
IND JPTTCLqL ADVERTISER.
10 10 shoio 'ohat is done, and ,chat should Be done
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lhfhA VI ARLINGTON, ma, aIf f.-Itaif
CnaRLEs M. WILLARD, Editors and Proprieiorsi
iERms. :" The United States Postal Guide and
octapo pages, is published nonthiy A. asr no.
LAR ONLY, per a'na'n, payable IL adnaoes--oy a..
dollars for sir copies ordered ~ J''
! PREPARATORY NOTICE
The enterprise In which we now embark and
Of which this paper is at once the comnsnes,,s,
and sample of the papers that are 10 follow 80,
Tor Its ann no less a purpose, than to impart in
struction in the general and detail 10 the Oa;csr
and Agents ofthe American public, in respect bo,h
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-
partments Of their Government There has him
erio Eeen no vehicle for the regular and proper
communication OF Information Of this kind The
publication OF the Laws and the issue Of Instrue
tons, more or less comprehensive, and az 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 !.
structons Ineligible The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress, are too youmpous
and are printed in quantities too small for general
and
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 policy
These publications. IN their various forms are
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 nor il thew did
do they furnish those rules, methods. and cyan
ples' for the despatch Of the public business whic
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 supnlv
this vacuum, and to provide for these necessities
lf we succeed in rendering the functions of the
| primary Offices more uniform, methodicai 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 tbe
country And this we expect to do, to some ey
tent at least-apart from, and independently Of
any party or personal interest or question what
ever. .N
Ii is known to most Of those TO whom this na
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 portiou
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.
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
present incumbents of the departments and is on
| becoming terms of intercourse and civilitv with
them all. The Junior Editor has been asssidnouulv
engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
sonai inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details of the Post-O 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 challenge your confidence
| and solicit your support and patronage. f
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 mads
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. 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 off
fees in the tables which no longer in operstions
aud Offices in operation which are not in the tablesi
At this time there are 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 postnlasters 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 paper
will furnish the additions, corrections and mod6
cations made IN each month, and by being filed
aud preserved, will afford to postmasters full and
exact Information upon both subjects up TO and
for time Icing. How much of the present misdi-
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 independe emil v 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
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 Interio
departments, and the course il 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 papSr. r.r trd ltIr
Department Of our paper addressing itself NOT
merely to postmasters and other officers of the
Government but to all other citizens who eiyelat-
tention TO the affairs Of the nation and the progress
and development of the q untry, viii embrace ina
condensed form the matters submitted to, or aris-
ing in Congress. AT each session a vast deal of
gress, by the several departments and their subor
dinate bureaus, and profound and comprehensive
reports are made by committees of both Houses
But the great mass of the community know noh-
ing of the contents Of these documents and re-
ports, except the brief notices Of them, winch
from time to time appear in the public papers,
The standing number printed of each document
and report, is only twelve hundred IN the Senate,
and fourteen hundred in the House of Representa-
ives which at once shows the impractcabiIity of
heir dissemination. The ADVERTISER will con-
ain short abridgments analysis of all these
documents and reports, and the co mpend will
nerefore not only prove exceedingly usefu and
instructive in itself but will furnish nm easy index
o those interested, whenever il is found desirable
o obtain and examine the documen at large.
There is large field before us, the materials are
mple. II will be our Jealous care to collect and
rrange them in the prope form. We have every
onhdence aiat the subscriptions will be ample to-
nable us TO accomplish 1t all. The information.
ve propose to give, oomprehending and confnsc