The southern press., 1851-07-29
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE.

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CHARLES M. WILLIAM. Editors aud P,opriefo,s
TERMS. =" The United Statss Postal G,id, and
Official Advertiser" containing about 30 ,pueyyovcI
oetaro pages Is Published monthly for ONE DoI.-
Ian oNLf, per am''"m' payable IN adrance-or five
PREPARATORY NOTICE.
The enterprise ia which we now embark. AMI
Of which this paper is ut once the commencement 4,
and sample Of the papers that are to follow, tas
for It's aim no less purpose, than to impart in
sTucton, in the general and detail, to the Officer
and Agents of the American public, in respect 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 hith
erto Leen vehicle for the regular and proper
communication OF Information Of this kind. The
publication of the Laws and the issue Of instrur
tions, more less comprehensive, and at Intervals
more or less extended, have proved wholly made
quate, in the absence of the construction Of those
Laws, applied 10 particular cases and Of details
and illustrations to make the regulations and in
structions Ineligible. The valuable documents
annually y reported to Congress, are too voluminous
and printed in quantities too small for general
circulation; whilst the debates in Congress and
the commentaries of the press upon their proceed
ings, aud 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 policy.
These publications. In their various forms are
highly useful in themselves az 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
Piles, 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 an honest effort to supply
this Vacuum and to provide for these necessities.
If we succeed in rendering the functions of the
primary offices more uniform, methodical, 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 least--apart from, and independently Of
any party or personal interest or question what
ever.
1t is known to most Of those to whom this pa
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 it on Since his official connection with
the Government ceased, he iiatters himself he has
| preserved the respect and regard Of most OF the
| preseit incumbens of the departments, and is OH
becoming terms Of intercourse and civity with
them all. The Junior Editor has been asssduously
engaged for several years, IN studying, by per-
sonal inquiry and examination, the practical and
; daily routine and details of the Pos-Ofice and
other branches Of the public business. Ii is with
this stock Of experience and these advantages for
| reaching the various sources of administrative
tion and for imparting minute and illustrative in
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
the day for the publication Of our paper, TO
afford time for obtaining from the departments
all the orders, notices and changes issued, or made
| by them during the preceding month. Tables Gr
| Post Offices, and compilations OF the Laws ana
Regulations are issued by the Post Office Depart
ment only once in two three years. 1t is
matter of inconv enience 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 are no longer In operation!
and offices in operation which in the tables1
AT this time there perhaps over three thousand
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, Tor 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 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 misdi-
recton, remailing, 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.
These advantages alone and independently OF all
| others, are worth many times the price we charge
for the paper, and will, 1t 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 system-at once
to subscribe. The same considerations apply to
the orders and notices, decisions, and Instructions
of the War, Navy, Treasury, State, and Interior
departments and the same course is intended in
] respect to them. Notices OF the decisions or the
| Supreme Court, in cases turning upon questions
of oical duty national interest, will find place
I IN this papsr.
| A depsrtment Of our paper addressing itself not
,,erelv 10 postinasters and other officers of the
Government but to all other citizens who give at
tenon to the affairs OF the nation and the progress
and development of the {, untry, will embrace in
condensed for'n the matters submitted to- or aris-
ing i'm Congress. At each session a vast deal OF
valuable information is communicated to Con-
gress by the several departments and their subor-
dnate 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-
porls. 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,
,nJ fourteen hundred in the House OF Representa-
tives. which at shows the impracticabllity of
,h.;r dissemination. The ADVERTISER will con-
tam short abrdgments 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
10 those interested, whenever il s found desirable
to obtain and examine the document at large.
Tber. is large field before us, the materials ere
.mnle IL will be our jealous care to collect and
arrange them in the proper FORM We have every
confidence that the subscriptions will be ample to
enable us to accomplish it ALL The information
we propose to give, comprehending and con6ne'
~ he action Of the Government, is solid, usefd
and 1--WE might almost say) necessary 70 the Of
cer-,f not TO the citizen. 1t is intended for all,
..i MI nj a nrice which conatltuteno obstacle