The southern press., 1851-07-03
UNITED STATES pOsTAr. Gums
H.ND UFfICLfL aDrERTTsER.


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CHARLEs Nj. WmIAnp, Editors and Propristors.
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PREPARATORY NOTICE
The enterprise in which we now embark anil
Of which this paper is at once the commencement l.
and a sample of the papers that are to follow, las
for It's aim NO less II purpose, than to impart in
structon, 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
ixut0n, decisions and action of the Executive de-
partments of their Government. There has hth
erto reen no vehicle for the regular and proper
communication of information Of this kind The
publication OF the Laws and the issue of instruc
tions, less comprehensive and ut 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 i'm
structions Ineligible. The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress, are too voluminous
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
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 as far as they go, and
some of them Indispensable; but there is much
that DO not reach the hands Of all, 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 an honest effort to suppv
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, 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.
Ii 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 hatters himself he has
preserved the respect and regard of most of the
preseGt incumbents of the departments and is on
becoming terms of intercourse and civty with
them ALL The Junior Editor has been asssduousy
| engaged for several years, in studying by per-
| sonai inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details of the Post-Ofiice and
| other branches of the public business. Ii is with
this stock Of experience, and these advantages for
reaching the various sources of administrative
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 us TO
afford time for obtaining from the departments.
all the ORDERS notices and changes issued, or made
by them during the preceding month. Tables Oh
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 a
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 of
fees in the tables which no longer in operations
and Offices in operation which not in the tabesf
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, for the present,
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 misd-
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 inte-
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, 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 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 rs intended in
respect TO them Notices Of the decisions of the
Supreme Court, in cases turning upon questions
of official duty or national interest," will find place
in this papsr.
A department Of our paper addressing itself not
merely 10 postmasters and other officers of the
Government, but to all other citizens who give at
enton TO the affairs of the 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 a vast deal OF
valuable information rs communicated TO Con-
press. bv the several departments and their subor-
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 doeumen'
and report, is only twelve hundred in the Senate
and fourteen hundred in the House of Representa-
t;ves. which at once shows the impracticability
their dirseuination- The ADVERTISER will con
tain short abridgments or analysis of all these
and reports, and the compend will
therefore not only prove exceedingly useful and
instructive in ITSELF but will furnish an easy index
IN tbose interested whenever il is found desirable
To- obtain and examine the document at large.
There is large field before us, the materials are
annie II will be our Jealous care to collect and
arrange them in the proper form. we have every
confidence that the SUBSCRIPTIONS will be ample ,c
enable us TO accomplish it all. The information
we propose to give, comprehending and conhne
10 the action Of the Government, is solid, usefu
and 1--WE might almost say necessary TO the Of
- rot tn the citizen In "A intended for al