The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-12-12
PREPARATORY NOTICE

dollars Jor sir copies ordered.
PREPARATORY NOTICE.
The enterprise in which we now embark and
| OF which this paper is at once tile commencement,
and sample of the papers that are to follow, \ as
for its aim no less purpose, than to mpart in
structon in the general and detail, to the Officer
and Agents ofthe American public, in soect both
to their duties and their rights, and To make them
and the people at large, acquainted with the organ
ization, decisions and action of the Executive de-
partments of their Government. There has hilh-
erto teen no vehicle for the regular and proper
comma aication Of information Of this kind. The
publication Of the Laws and the issue of Instrur
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 as applied to particular cases. and of details
! and illustrations tn make the regulations and in.
structions Ineligible. The valuable documents
annual reported to Congress, are too vouminous.
and printed in quantities too small for general
circulaton whilst the Debates in Congress and
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 to
marty ends, and to matters of national policys
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
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 honest effort to supply
this vacuum, and to provide for these necessities
II we succeed in rendering the functions of the
primary Offices more uniform methodica, and
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
tent at least--apart from, and independently to
any party or personal interest or question what
ever.
Ii is known to most Of those to whom this pa
Iper 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. lie
tered the department fourteen years since, and for
i many years previously, had been, first in the War
: 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 il on. Since his official connection with
is the Government ceased, he atters himself he has
IF preserved the respect and regard of OF the
IL present ncumbents of the departments, and is
e becoming terms of intercourse and civity with
them all. The Junior Editor has been asssduousy
m engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
Ill sonai inquiry and examination, the practical and
of daily routine and details of the PostOl and
other branches Of the public business. 1t is with
this stock OF experience, and these advantages for
reaching the various sources of administrative
struction, and valuable periodical and statistical
information, that 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 paper, 40 as To
:. afford time for obtaining from the departments
81 all the ORDERS notices and changes issued, made
- by them during the preceding month"; Tables Of
- Post Offices, and compilations of the Laws and
70 Regulations issued by the Post Office Depart
ment ONLY once in two three years. IL is a
Of nm m la int for 4 oh
: hitherto there has been no remedy, that in one
20 month from the time of these issues, there Of
fees in the tables which no longer IN operation,
r and offices i'll operation which are not in the tables:
III Al this time there perhaps over three thousand
Offices of the two descriptions. liz like manner
IN laws have been passed and regulations established
I'd since the issue Of the last volume Of regulations
" of which many postnasters aud others are wholly
y ignorant. We propose to prevent, for the present.
ed any increase Of the evil of either kind, and from
rs the time another issue shall be made, paper
al will furnish the additions, corrections, and modf,
Y Cations made IA each. month"; and by being filed
r. and preserved, will afford to postmasters fall and
n exact information upon both subjects, up to and
us for time being How much of the presen, misdi
4. rection remang, doubt, confusion, error, and
OF imposition will be saved by the progressive
of full and exact knowledge, for which we have
in provided, and for which we engage, every neill-
IN GENT postmaster can estimate for himself
K These advantages alone and Independently OF al
US 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
patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, and
efficiency of the whole Post Office system-at one,
to subscribe. The same considerations apply to
, the orders and notices, decisions, and instruction,
OF the War, Navy, Treasury, State, and Interior
departments, and the same course IL Intended IN
respect 10 them. Notices of the decisions Of the
ers SUPREME Court in turning upon question:
m Of official duty national interest, will find pacs
or in this papNr. - 49,. -a
% ruNHr undersigned, committee OF publication,
% il the part Of the Muscogee and Russell AgrIcul
o tura Society, respectfully invite public attention
at to the following prospectus of MONTHLY
JOURNAL, to be published IN this city under the
auspices OF the above named assocIstion.
The work will be devoted % the interests Of .9g.