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PREPARATORY NOTICE
The enterprise IN which we now embark, and
OF which this paper Is at the commencement
and II sample OF the papers that to follow, as
for its ann no less purpose, than to impart in
struction, in the general and detail, to the Officer
and gents 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-
parments of their Government. There has hth-
erto Teen vehicle for the regular and proper
muncation of information Of this kind The
publication of the Laws and the issue of instruct
tons, or less comprehensive, and at intervals
more or less extended have proved wholly made
quate in the absence Of the construction Of those
Laws, applied to particular cases, and of details
and illustrations to make the regulations and ins
structions Ineligible. The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress, are too volumnous.
and are printed in quantities too small for general
circulation; whilst the debates in Congress and
the commentaries of the press upon their proceed
ings, and the proceedings of the Executive branch
Of the Government, besides turning mostly upon
general principles, address themselves only to
| marty ends, and to matters of national policy4
These publications in their various forms are
| highly useful in themselves far they go, and
some of them Indispensable; but there is much
that do reach the hands Of all, if they did,
do they furnish those rules, methods and exam
ples for the despatch OF the public business whick
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 supply
this vacuum, and to provide for these necessities
If we succeed in rendering the functions of the
primary Offices more uniform, methodical, and ex
act, 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 ex-
tent at east-apart from, and independently to
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 AUDI
tor of the Post-Ofice 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 Wsr
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 1atters himself he has
T preserved the respect and regard Of most OF the
present incumbents of the departments, and is on
e becoming terms of intercourse and clvility with
: them ALL The Junior Editor has been asssduousy
. engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
j sonui inquiry and examinations the practical and
II daily routine and details of the Post-Oif 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 imparung 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 "a
the day for the publication of our paper, SO as 10
!, afford time for obtaining from the departments
all the orders, notices and changes issued or made
by them during the preceding month. Tables t
Post Offices, and compilations Of the Laws and
Regulations, are issued by the Post Office Depart
ment only once in two or three years 1t is u
= matter of inconvenience and complaint, for which
: hitherto there has been no remedy, that in one
month from the time of these issues, there of
fees in the tables which no longer in operation
and offices in operation which not in the tables
At this time there perhaps three thousand
offices of the two descriptions. In like manner
laws have been passed and regulations established
i 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
s the time another issue shall be made, paper
will furnish the auuitlOnS CCrfecuOnS ana mOdifl.
: cations made In each month, and by being filed
and preserved, will afford to postmasers full and
: exact information upon both subjects, up to and
= for time being How much of the present misdi
rection remailing, doubt, CONFUSION error, and
imposition, will be saved by the progrs lsve
Of full and exact knowledge, or whie we have
provided, and for which we en- age, ~ ry intelll-
GENT postmaster can estimate for ..nnself.
These advantages alone aud independently of all
5 others, are worth many times the price charge
for the paper, and will, it is hoped, induce every
postmaster who feels just pride in his office or
a patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, and
efficiency of the whole Post Office system-at ono e
to subscribe. The same considerations apply o
the orders and notices, decisions, and instruction.
of the War, Navy, Treasury, State, and Interior
departments, and the same course is intended in
respect to them. Notices of the decisions of the
IS Supreme Court, in cases turning upon questions
l. of official duty national interest, will find place
r in this paper.
3 ryNHE undersigned, committee of publication, on
3 il the part Of the Muscogee and Russell Agricu-
turaI Society, respectfully invite public attention
L to the following prospectus of MONTHLY
JOURNAL, to be published in this city under the
auspices OF the above named association.
The work will be devoted to the interests of .4g-
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