The southern press., 1851-07-02
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE.


cnAar. M. WIss,9s' Wmss.D Editor, md Pveprisiors.
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PREPARATORY NOTICE.
The enterprise In which now embark. AMI
Of which this paper is at once the commencement
and sample of the papers that are to follow. aa
for its aim no less purpose, than TO impart in
struction, in the general and detail, 10 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 teen no vehicle for the regular and proper
communication Of information Of this kind. The
publication Of the Laws and the issue Of nstrur
tons, more or less comprehensive, and al intsrvas
more or less extended, have proved wholly made
quate in the absence Of the construction Of those
Laws, applied to particular Cases, and of details
and illustrations TO make the regulations and in
structions ineligible The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress. are too yoluminous
and 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 various forms are
highly useful in themselves as far they 60, and
some of them Indispensable but there 10 much
that do not reach the hands Of all, If they did,
do they furnish those rules, methods, and exam
pes 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 ey-
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.
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-Office Departmentntil 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 oil
| 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
present incumbents Of the departments, and is on
becoming terms of intercourse and civility with
them all. The Junior Editor has been asssiduously
engaged for several years, IN studying, by per-
sonal inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details of the PoBt-Offce and
other branches Of the public business. tits 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 challenge your confidence
and solicit your support and patronage.
| Wn havn 6va al OP aach
the day for the publication of our paper, SO to
afford time for obtaining from the departments
all the ORDERS notices and changes issued, or made
| by them during the preceding month. Tables on
| Post Offices, and compilations of the Laws ana
Regulations, are issued by the Post Office Depart
ment only once i'll two or three years. 1t is
matter of inconvenience and complaint, for which
hitherto there has been no remedy, that in one
| month from the time of these issues, there Of
fees in the tables which longer in operationg
and Offices in operation which not in the tabesl
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,
anv increase Of the evil Of either kind, and from
the time another issue shall be made, our paper
| will furnish the additions, corrections, and modih-
cations, made in each month, and ny being filed
and preserved, will afford to postnlasers full and
| exact InfOrmatlOn upon DotH nuujcStSp up " anu
| for time being How much Of the present misd-
rectiop, 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 intei-
| cent postmaster can estimate for himself
These advantages alone and independently Of all
others are worth many times the price charge
for the paper, and WILL 1t IL hoped, induce every
postmaster who feels just pride IN his Office, or
patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, and
| ~ r.L. ,bata Dno on
10 subscribe The same considerations apply to
the orders and notices, decisions, and nsiructiona
| of the War, Navy, Treasury, State, and Interior
departments, and the same course IS intended IN
respect to them. Notices of the decisions OF the
Supreme Court, in cases turning upon questions
of official duty or national INTEREST," win hnd Piace
department of our paper addressing itself not
merely TO pvstmasters and other ofhcers OF the
Government, but to all other citizens who give at
tenton to the affairs OF the nation and the progress
and development of the untry, will embrace in a
| condensed form the matters submitted to, or aris-
! ing in Congress At each session vast deal of
valuable information is communicated to Con
gress, by the several departments and their subor-
dinate bureaus and profound and comprehensive
reports are made by committees OF both Houses
| But the great mass Of the community know noth-
/ ing of the contents of these documents and re-
ports, except the brief notices Of them, which
/ from time 10 time appear IN the pnblic papers,
/ The standing number printed OF each documen
.nd rsnort. IL only twelve hundred in the Senate
and fourteen hundred in the House Of Representa-
t,ves. which at once shows the impracticability
their dissemination. The Advertiser will con
tain short abrdgmcn,s analysis of all these
documents and reports, and the compend will
,n.ref,re not onlv prove exceedingly useful and
instructive in itself but will furnish easy index
~ hose interested whenever il is found desirable
,o obtain and examine the document At large
Tber. Is large field before us, the materials are
ample 1t will be our Jealous care TO collect and
arrange them in the proper form- We nave every
con6dence that the subscriptions will be ample ,c
enable us to accomplish it all. The information
se propose to give, comprehcnding and confne
~ he action Of the Government, is solid, usefd
and 1--WE might almost say) necessary 10 the or
cer--,f not to the citizen. II 10 intended for al,
and nut at price which can constitute obstacle
..L .... Ifat aha snd Of the vear anu suhacrIher