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Official advertiser" containing about 50
octapo pages, i published monskiy ~ ofm nskrts
LAR ONLY, per- sssss"s. payable IN sdpse4e--w .4vA
dotIsrs Jor ~ copies ordered At any one tns.
.4t PREPARATORY NOTICE. s1sAises !
The enterprise in which we nov embark, anil
Of which this paper il At once the commencement,
ana sample Of the papers that are to follow, tAs
for ia aim no less a purpose. than to mpastin~ 4.
structio, in the general and etsil, 70 the Officer y
and Agents Of the American public,in respect both
% their duties and their rights, and 10 make them
land the people at large acqsais<sd whtheorgnn nt
ixation, decisions and notion Of the Execntiye de-
partmsnts Of their Government. There has hlth ~
eyto teen no vehicle for the regular ahd pSOpsre
CON muncation Of information of this kind Tho
publication Of the Laws and the issue Of instrps
ftioks more OF ess comprehensive, and al Intervals
more or less extend I'd. have proved who'll yinaae-
quate, in ths absences Of the conssructon OF th4sa
Laws az apEed 70 particular cdsss, and Of details
and Illustrations 70 make the regulations and inaoI
lstructionS inteiigibls YhS xalnahass documents I,
annually reported 10 Congress, are too yolqmiposs
and are printed in quantities too small for general
Ejaculation; whilst The debates in CJnSfsSs and or
the commentaries Of thsPress upon their proeAed
ings, and the proceedings Of the Executive branch
Of the Government, besides turning mostly upon =
general principles address themselves only Aor q
narty ends, and to matters of natiQnnI policy. Z
These publications in their various forms are :
highly useful in themselves as far az they go, sad 7
some Of them Indispensable; but there is much IL
do they furnish those rules, methods, and exam
pes for the despatch Of the public business whicW
can render the discharge Of public duty either safs
or eaay, whether in respect 10 the incnmbept him.
self or the department or bureau under which h1
acts. we shalt make an honest sffbrt ID saprAy III
this vaouura and 10 provide for tn pecessipes,
(f we succeed in rendering the functions 81 the
primary Offices more uniform, nethodical, and erv
Ut, We shall make shs administrative dutiee Of the
nrpmote The real and substantial interests OF ths
country And this We expsce 10 doss - snans Exc
tent al least-Apart FROM and independently OF
any party or psrsorA Interest or question what
Il IL known to most Of those to whom this paes
der will be sent, that the Senior, Editor was Audi,
tbr Of the Post-O Office Department until the month
Of November last With by far The larger Porti6n
of both ,ostnastefs aud contractors. he has had
direct person or X lelisr, e..
tered the department fourteen years since, and for
MANY Years previously, had been ,fsat 10 the War
| Deparimens, and subsequently, in the Treagnry.,
/ lie has therefore had the best opportunities for
understanding the arrangements OF business IN Aif
the departments and being acquainted win thoSN
who carry it on. Since his official cppnsctipa With
ltno Government ceased, he Aaters himself NE has
Ipreserycd the respect aud regard Of most oflthe
presert incumbents of the departnlents ound'is on
becoming tsrrps Of Intercourse and civiity with
lthem all The Junior Editor has been asssituourly
engaged for several years, in studying, by pAr-
sotul inquiry and examination, the practical and
{ tday routine and details Of the Post Office and
other branches Of the public business. II is with
this stock disappearance, and these advantages Tor
reaching the various sources of administrative ac-
ton. and for importing minute and Illustrative in
str,,ction and valuable periodical and statistical
inforn,ation,1 that we challenge your confidence
and solicit your support and patronage.
II 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 andchnnges issued, or made
by them during the preceding month Tables a.
Post Offices, and compilations OF me Lays ana
Regulations, are issued by the Post Office Depart
, ment only once in two or three years II isfn
l matter Of Inconvenience and complaint tor which
hitherto there has been no remedy, that in one
month from the time of these issues, there are Of
ices in the tables which no longer in opeiutione
and Offices in operation which are not in the tabeso
Al this time there are perhaps three thousand
Il Offices of the two descriptions. In like manner
laws have been passed and regulations established
since the issue Of the last volume of regulations,
Il Of which many postmasters aud others are wholly
III enorant We propose TO prevent, for the Pre4eM.
VI nv, increase OF the evil Of either kind, and from
Inc time another issue shall be made, paper
III will furnish the additions, corrections and modif-
I cations made ia each month, and by being filed
and preserved, will afford 70 postmasters full aud
Il exact information upon both subjects. up to and
: for time being How much Of the present rsdi-
. rection, remning, doubt, confusion, error. and
i'm position, will be saved by the progressive state
OF full and exact knowledge, for which we have
provided and for which we engage, every intsi-
rent postmaster estimate for himself. cs,b
| These advantages alone and independently Of all
others. are worth many times the price we charge
Tor the paper, and will, it is hoped, induce every
,ostmastsr who feels a jost pride in his Office,
| uatriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, and
efficiency OF the whole Post Office system at once
| 20 subscribe The snme considerations apply to
the orders and notices, decisions, and INSTRUCTIONS
II the War, Navy, Treasury State, and Interior
| Iepartments, and the same course is interti<d,in
respect 10 them. Notices Of the decisiops of the
5unreme Court, in cases turning upon questions
Of official duty or national Interests viii ahd apiece
in this pal*r. ~ i'"i q ttF. org .lltAIpm
A department Of our paper addressing itself not
merely TO pustmasters and otE = officers Of the
C;overnmen, but to all other citizens who xiveat-
ten,on to the affairs ofthe nation and the progress
| md development of the Z. untry, will embrace ina
| condemned form the matters submitted to, or aris-
| ing in Congress. At each session vast deal Of
| valuable information il communicated 10 Con-
srsss, by the several departments and their subor
| Innate bureaus, and profound and comprehensive
l reports are made by committees of both HOUSES.
| Bat the great mass Of the community know noth-
| ing Of the contents Of these documents and
| ,orts. except the brief notices Of them, which
| rom time 10 time appear IN the public papers.
| The standing number printed OF each document
and resort, is only twelve hundred IN the Senate,
| and fourteen hundred in the House u RSptes<ata-
t,ves which Al eAcs shows the imptaoscahtlity of
,neir dissemination. The ADyxRrIsKR will con-