The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-11-21
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
IND OFFTCL4L .4DVERTTSER.

11IND OfFICL4L ADVERTISER.
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| Terms. =" The United States Postal C,,ide and
OGieiai Advertiser" containing about 40 snerroDaL
oeiaoo pages, IS published monthly for ONE poL-
LAR ONLY, per dnnttn,, payable in adpance-o. fine
dollars for str copies ordered
PREPARATORY NOTICE
Thr enterprise IN which now embark and
OF which this paper is at once the commencement
and sample of the papers that are to follow, as
for its aim no less 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 tber rights, and to make them,
and the people at large acquainted 18th the organ
izaton, decisions aud action of the Executive de
partments Of their Government There has hill
| erto teen no vehicle for the regular and prone
communication Of Information of this kind tn
publication of the Laws and the issue of lnstruc
tons, more less comprehe nsive and at interva
more or less extended, have proved wholly mad.
quate, in the absence Of the construction OF thos
Laws, as applied to particular cases. and of detail
and illustrations to make the regulations and in
structions Ineligible. The valuable documcu
| annually reported to Congress are too voumnor-i
and printed in quantities too small for genera
circulation; whilst the debates in Congress ana
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 10
party ends, and to matters of national poliey1
These publications IN their various forms
highly useful in themselves 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 whck
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, meth odical, 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 ey
| tent at least-apart from, and Independently
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 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. He en-
tered the department fourteen years since, and for
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
preserved the respect and regard Of most OF the
present incumbents of the departments, and is
becoming terms of intercourse and civiity with
them all. The Junior Editor has been asssiduously
engaged for several years, IN studying, by per-
Z sonni inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details of the Post Office and
other branches Of the public business. IL with
this stock Of experience, and these advantages for
reaching the various sources of administrative acs
ton and for imparting minute and illustrative ins
I,fr, nd nal md nj
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 our paper, so us to
afford time for obtaining from the departments.
all the orders, notices and changes issued or mad,
by them during the preceding month Tables O.
Post Offices, and compilations of the Laws ana
Regulations, issued by the Post Office Depart
ment only once IN Two or three years. Ii is a
matter of inconvenience and complaint, for which
hitherto there has been remedy, that in one
month from the time of these issues, there are off
fees in the tables which no longer in operations
and Offices in operation which in the tablest
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 wholly
ignorant. We propose to prevent, for the present,
any increase Of the evil of either kind, and from
the time another issue shall be made, our paper
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 misdi.
recton, remailing, doubt, confusion, error, and
imposItion will be saved by the progressive state
Of full and exact knowledge, for which we have
tprovided, and for which we engage, every intell-
| gent postmaster estimate for himself.
i These advantages alone and independently Of all
others, are worth many times the price we charge
=. = 4. :. A.
postmaster who feels just pride in his office
a patriotic regard for the credit prosperity, and
efficiency of the whole Post Office system-at once
to subscribe. The same considerations apply tr
III. orders and notices, decisions, and insructorf
Of the War, Navy, Treasury, State, and Interioi
departments, and the same course is intended in
respect to them. Notices Of the decisions of the
Supreme Court, ia cases turning upon questions
Of official duty or national interest, will find place
ia this paptr.