The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-09-29

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UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND OFFICIAL .aDrERT1SER. ss
s 10 sho~ ,ohat Is dons, aud .ohaf should be done
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Official 5dpsvtiser, eo~aiaiux sbosi ~ ,y,s,ro,aI
oefavo pages, Is published DsonthIu A., ony nor,
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PREPARATORY NOTICE
The enterprise in which we now embark and
Of which this paper is at once the commencement
and sample Of the papers that are to follow, as
for its aim no less purpose, than to impart in-
sructicn, in the general and detail. to the Officer
and Agents OF the American public, ia res ,ect both
10 their duties and their rights, and to make them,
and the people al large acquainted with the organ.
ixuton, deelsions and action Of the Executive de-
psrtments Of their Government There has hih
srto Leen no vehicle for the regular and proper
COMMUNICATION OF inflammation Of this kind The
publication Of the Laws and the issue of instrur
IONS. m"EA or less oMprshsisive. and Al intervals
more OF ls9s extended, have proved wholly made
quafs, In the absence Of the construclion Of those
Laws, applied to particular casss, and Of details
and illussrsiions 70 make ths regulations and in,
structions inteliigible The valuable documents
annually reported 10 Congress, are too volumino,,s
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 vurious forms are
highly useful IN themselves far an they 60, and
some Of them Indispensable; but there III much
that do not reach the hands Of all nor il they did
do they furnish those rulea. methods, arid exam
Piles, for the despatch Of the public business which,
can render the discharge Of public duty either SAFE
or easy, whether IN respect 10 the incumbent him
self, or tho department or bureau under which he
acts. We shall make an honest effort to supply
this vacuum, and to pr"vide for these necessilies
If we succeed in rendering the functions or the
primary Offices more uniform, msthOdicaI. 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 70 do, to some ex
tent at lcast--apari rom, and independently of
any party or personal interest or question what
ever. y asfs1 a ~ ~ rt
1t is known to most Of those to WHOM this pa
per will be sent, that the Senior Editor wan Audi
tor of the Posl-Oficc Department until the month
Of November last; with by far the larger portion
4 of both postmasters and contractors, he has had
direct intercourse, in person or by letter. He en-
tered the department fourteen years sinos 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 arrnngemsntn Of business in all
the departments, and being acquainted with those
who carry il on. Since his official connection with
: the Government ceased, lac hsuers himself he has
preset incumbents OF the departments and is on
e becoming terms Of intercourse aud civility with
: them ALL The Junior Editor has been nsssid ously
!, engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
U sonal inquiry and examination, the practical and
y daily routine and details Of the Post O.sce and
other branches Of the public business. his with
this stock OF experience, and these advantages for
reaching the various sources of administrative &C,
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 ns to
/ afford time for obtaining from the departments.
r all the orders, notices andchanges Issued or made
: by them during the preceding month, Tables az
3 Post Offices, and compilations Of the Laws ana
Regulations, issued by the Post Once Depart
n ment only once in two or three years. Ii is a
: matter of inconvenience and complaint, for which
Q hitherto there has been no remedy, that in one
month from the time Of these issues, there are Of
fees in the tables which longer in oper ations
and Offices in operation which not in tie lsbIest
At this time there perhaps over three thousand
=, offices of the two descriptions. In like manner
4 laws have been passed and regulations established
since the 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
i the time another issue shall be made, our paper
r will furnish the additions, corrections, and modf
cations made in each month, and by being filed
and preserved will afford to postnasters fall and
: exact information upon both subjects, up to and
: for time being. How much Of the present misdi-
, rection, reinang, 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 iif
These advantages alone and independently OF al
: others, are worth many times the price charge
for the paper, and wil', it's hoped, induce every
postmaster who feels just pride in his office 0 I
patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, an
efficiency Of the whole Post Once system, lat one
to subscribe. The same considerations apply t.
the orders and notices, decisions, and instruction
OF the War, Navy, Treasury, State, and foterioi
ldep.rt,pents and the same course is intended in
r,spect TO them. Notices of the decisions of the
e Sunreme Court, in cases turning upon questions
i of official duty national interest, viii find place
u in this pag~r. iife
A department Of our paper addressing itself not
= merely 10 pvstmasters and other officers Of the
Goyernm emit but to al other citizens who give at
trotion 10 the affairs OF thr nation and the progress
and development Of the {, untry, will embrace in
condensed form the matters submitted TO, or aris-
ing in Congress. At each session vast deal OF
valuable information is communicated to Con-
eress. by the several departments and their subor-
. dinate bureaus, and profound and comprshensive
. reports arc mnde by Committees Of both Houses
{ But the great mass Of the community know moth
. ino of The contents Of these documents and re-
D ports. excep, the brief notices Of them, which
from, time to time appear in the public papers,
The standing number printed of each docums
and report, is only twelve hundred IN the Senate,
, and fourteen hundred in the House OF Representa-
= lives which al once shows the Inpracticablhtv of
Z their dissemination. The ADVERTISER will con-
, tain short sbridgments or analysis ~ all these
documents and reports, and the mpsad will
, therefore not only prove sxcesdngly. useful, and
,"ss,sd sbenevar = 60 ~
to obtain and examine the docurnen at large
Their. is large field before us, the raterias are
ample II will be our jealous care N c6llect and
arrange them in the prope form. We haYessvery
confidence that the SUBSCRIPTIONS viii " Axaple to