The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-01-18

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PRnFARAToRY NOTiCE.
The ontoepfive In which we now embark, and |
Of which thu paper is At once the commencement
and sample 0f the papers that are 10 follow, has
vtruetion, Ia lie general aud detail 10 the Officers
and gents Of the American public, in respect both
to their duties and their rights and TO make the
and the people at large, acquainted with the organ
xation, decisions and action of the Executive de-
partmsnts Of their Government. There has h''h-
srto Leen no vehicle for the regular and proper
communication Of information Of this kind. The
qualification Of the Laws and the issue Of instruc-
|(iona more or less comprehensive, and at Intervals
moro or less extended, have proved wholly inade-
uuS&s, in the absence Of the construction Of those
Lawn as applied 70 particular cases, and OF details
tS1s& Illustrations IA make the regulations and in
air1ctons Ineligible. The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress, are too voumnOus,
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 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, ana
Il Id Init haro pNuNC
that do not reach the hands Of all nor IT they did,
do they furnish those rules, methods, and exbm-
ples for the despatch of the public business which
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 All honest effort to supply
/ this vacuum, and TO provide for these necessities.
| If we succeed in rendering the functions Of the
4 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 the
country And this we expect to do, to some ex-
tent at east--apart from, and independently Of
any party or personal interest or question what
ever. k.tf
i Ii 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 War
Department, and subsequently IN the Treasury
He has therefore had the best opportunities for
understanding the arrangements OF business il all
the departments, and being acquainted with those
who carry it on. Since his official connection with
the Government ceased, he hatters himself he has
preserved the respect and regard of most of the
present incumbenis Of the departments, anil is on
5 becoming terms of intercourse and civiiity with
4 them all The Junior Editor has been ssssid uonsly
e engaged for several years, IN studying, by per
sonal inquiry and examination, the practical and
/, daily routine and details Of the PostOsfice and
other branches Of the public business. 1t is with
this stock Of experience, aud these advantages for
reaching the various sources Of administrative
ton, and for imparting 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 rs
the day for the publication Of our paper, SO ms to
afford time for obtaining from the departments,
all the ORDERS notices and changes issued, or made
!, by them during the preceding month. Tables OF
Post Offices, and compilations of the Laws aud
Regulations, are issued by the Post Office Depart
ment only once in two or three years. II is a
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 operation
and Offices in operation which are not IN the tables
!, 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 postsnasters and others are wholly
/, ignorant. We propose to prevent for the present
anv increase OF the evil OF either kind and from
the time another issue shall be made, our paper
will furnish the additions, corrections, and modlf
cations, made IN each month, and by being filed
and preserved, will afford to postwasters full ant
exact information upon both subjects, up to and
I, for time being. How much Of the present Anisdi
!, rection, remniIing, doubt, confusion, error ant
I, imposition, will be saved by the progressive stat.
!, Of full and exact knowledge, for which we have
provided, and for which we engage, every ntelli
/, gent postmaster can estimate for h'mself.
Il These advantages alone and independently of all
Others, are worth many timex the price charge
for the paper, and will, it ~ hoped, induce every
postmaster who feels juyt pride in his Office, OF
patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, and
efficiency Of the whole Post Office systenI-at once
to subscribe. The same considerations apply &c
the orders and notices. decisions, and instructions
OF the War, Navy, Treasury, State, and Interior
departments, and the same course ~ Intended ~
respect to them. Notices Of the decisions OF The
Supreme Court, in turning upon questions
Of official duty national interest, will find place
in this pspss.
A department, of our paper addressing itself no,
merely to postmasters and other officers of the
overnme but to all other citizens who give at
tention to the affairs Of the nation and the progress
and development of the tuntry, will embrace III a
cond ensed form the matters submitted TO, or ars-
ing in Congress. AT each session vast deal OF
valuable Information is communicated 10 Con-
gress, by the several departments and their snbor-
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, which
, 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-
I tiyes which mt once shows the impractcablty 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.