The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-04-22
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE.

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UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE.
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LETTER ". WARRINGTON, ro;,ou. ,y p.,.,.
CHARLES M. WILLARD, N"''o' ~" 'oP''e'"''
Terms" The United Staies Postal C,,.idA md
Official Advertiser, containing about 80 ,vpxy-yovoi
ocfopo pages, is published monthly for ONE D OIL
LAR ONLY, per annum, payable in aduancs-er Epe
dollars for sir copies ordered at amy one time.
PREPARATORY NOTICE.
The enterprise In which now embark, and
OF which this paper is at once the commencement,
and sample Of the papers that are to follow, has
for lis aim no less a purpose, than TO impart in
structon. in the general and detail, to the Officer,
and Agents ofthe American public, 10 respect both
TO their duties and their rights, and to make them,
and the people at large, acquainted with the organ
izaton, decisions and action of the Executive de-
partments Of their Government. There has hilh-
erto been no vehicle for the regular and proper
commun ication of information of this kind. The
publication of the Laws and the issue Of instruc
lions, more or 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, nre too yoluminous
and are printed in quantities too small for general
the commentaries Of the press upon their proceed
ngs, and 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 as far as they go, 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 which
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| 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 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 ex
tent at east--apart from, and independently Of
any party personal interest or question what
ever. Iaa4 $3.50 10000 ft1W 3.sls
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 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
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 il on. Since his official connection with
the Government ceased, he fiatters himself he has
preserved the respect and regard Of most Of the
preset incumbenis of the departments, and it, on
| becoming terms of intercourse and civility with
them all. The Junior Editor has been asssduounly
engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
sonal inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details Of the Post-Ofiice and
other branches of the public business 1t is with
| this stock OF experience, and these advantages for
| reaching the various sources of administrative ac-
lion, and for impartlng minute and illustrative m
| struction, and valuable periodical and statistical
| Information, that we challenge your confidence
and solicit your support and patronage. t
| We have fixed upon the 18th Of each month as
the day for the publication of our paper, to
afford time for obtaining from the departments.
all the orders, notices and changes issued, or made
by them during the preceding month. Tables O.
Post Ofkces and compilations Of the Laws and
Regulations, are issued by the Post Office Depart
ment only in two three years. 1t 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 Of
fees in the tables which are no longeri, opeation
| 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,
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| 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 nsodh-
cations made III each month, and by being filed
and preserved, will afford to post,nasters full and
! exact information upon both subjects, up % and
for time being. How much of the presen, misdi-
rection, remaiIing, doubt, confusion, error, ard
| imposition, will be saved by the progressive state
Of full and exact Knowledge, for which we have
provided, and for which engage, every lntelli-
gent postmaster can estimate for himself. ,p1il
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 a 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 to
the orders and notices. decisions, and Instructions
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
Supreme Court, in cases turning upon questions
of official duty national interest, will find place
J in this papsr- @ %
A department of our paper addressing itself not
| merely to postmasters and other officers Of the
Government but to all other citizens who give at
tenon to the affairs of the nation and the progress
and development of the G. untry, will embrace in a
condensed form the matters submitted to, or aris-
ing in Congress- At each session d vast deal Of
valuable information IL communicated 10 Con-
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 moth
ing Of the contents Of these documents and re
ports, except the brief notices of them, whit
from time to time appear in the public papers.
The standing number printed Of each docume {
and report, is only twelve hundred in the Senate,
and fourteen hundred in the House Of Representa-
tiyes, which at once shows the impractcability Of
their dissemination. The ADVERTISER will con-
tain short abridgments or analysis of all these
documents and reports, and the compend will
therefore not only prove exceedingly useful and
instructive in itself, but will furnish easy index
to those interested whenever IT is found desirable
TO obtain and examine the document at large
There is a large field before us, the materials are
ample 1t will be our Jealous care 10 collect and
arrange them in the proper form. We have every
confidence that the SUBSCRIPTIONS will be ample to
enable us to accomplish it all. The information
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