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UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND cFFTCLsL ADVERTISER.
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i Bl PREPARATORY NOTICE
|. The enterprise IN which we now embarL and
ofwhich this paper is ut once the commencemerf
and sample of the papers that are 10 follow ~
for it's aim no less a purpose than to imn.,t in
structon, in the general and detail, to the O;car
aud Agents ofthe American public, in resoect ho,b
to thcr duties and their rights, and to make them
and the people at large, acquainted with the organ
lixntion, decisions and action Of the Executive de-
parments of their Government There has hin
erto tsen no vehicle for the regular and proper
communication of information of this kind. The
publication of the l.aws and the issue Of ipstrue
tions, more or less comprehensive, and al 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 70 Congress, are too yoIuminous ,
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
party ends, and TO matters of national pocv
These publications in their various forms are
highly useful in themselves as far 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 exam
ples for the despatch Of the public business whick
can render the discharge Of public duty either saf
or easy, whether in respect to the incumbenthim
self, or the department or bureau under which he
acts. We shall make an honest effort to supplv
this vacuum, and to provide for these necessities.
If we succeed in rendering the functions Of the
| primary Offices more uniform, methodical and eY
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 er
tent at least-apart from, and ndepend entity of
any party or personal interest or question what
| ever. lR an3sa- ans 9di
II is known to most Of those to whom this pn
per will be sent, that the Senior Editor was 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 In all
the departments, and being acquainted with those
who carry il on. Since his official connection with
the Government ceased, he natters 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 civilty with
4 them ALL The Junior Editor has been asssiduousv
engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
sonai inquiry and examination, the practical and
= daily routine and details Of the Post Office and
other branches Of the public business. tbs with
this stock Of experience, and these vantages for
reaching the various sources Of administrative ac
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 as
the day for the publication of 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 or
| Post Offices, and compilations of the Laws ana
Regulations, are issued by the Post Office Depart
| ment only once In two or three years IL is n
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 operu,ionf
and Offices in operation which in the tables1
| a thOuau al
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 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 modif-
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 rnisdi-
rectioD, remaIng, doubt, confusion, error, and
imposition, will be saved by the progressive state
| OF fun and exact knowledge, for which we have
provided, and for which we engage, every intelli-
gen, postmaster can estimate for himself.
These advantages alone and independently tIy of all
others, are worth many times the price we 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 systeu--st once
TO subscribe The same considerations apply te
the orders and notices, decisions, and instruction
of the War Navy, Treasury, State, and In,erio
departments, and the same course il intended in
respect to them. Notices Of the decisons of the
supreme Court, in cases turning upon questions
Of official duty or national interest, will find place
in this pevsr. ta. rH
A department of our paper addressing itself not
merely 10 postuasters and other officers of thw
Government but to all other citizens who give at
ten,on TO the affairs Of the nation and the progress
and development Of the "a untry, will embrace in a
condensed form the matters submitted to, or aris-
ing in Congress. At each sessIon vast deal Of
valuable information Is communicated to Con-
gress by the several departments and their subor-
dinnte 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-
tives. which at once shows the impractcability of
their dissemination. The ApvsRrIsER will con-
tain short abrdgments or analysis of all these
documents and reports, and the co mpend will
therefore not only prove exceedingly useful and
instructive in ITSELF but will furnish easy index
to those interested, whenever ia found desirable
to obtain and examine the documen at large
There a large field before US. the materials are
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