The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-12-04
United STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND 0FFTCLfL ADVERTISER

United STATES POsTALGUIDE
and oFFICLfL ADVERTISER
~ 10 show what is done, aud iohat should be done
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oal hkns - The United States Postal Guide and
prta .1dpert,ser, containing about 10 spoer-rouoL
octapo pages, Is published monthly Ar oyy MOI,
Ian ONLY, per ann,'n, payable in adoa,e, or fps
dollars for sir copies ordered
PREPARATORY NOTICE
! The enterprise IN which we now embark and
OF which this paper is at once the commencensrI
and sample Of the papers that are to folouI ; as
for its aim no less purpose, than TO impair in
structon, IN the general and detail to the Offcer
and Agents ofthe American public, in res both
to their duties and their rights, and to make them.
and the people ut large acquainted with the organ
zation, decisions and action of the Executive de-
partments of their Government There has bitb
erto Teen no vehicle for the regular and proper
communication OF information Of this kind The
publication of the Laws and the issue of ,nstruc
lons, more oriess comprehensive, and at intervals
more or less extended, hive 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 in.
structions Ineligible. The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress, too voIuminous,
and printed in quantities too small for general
circulation; whilst the debates in Congress and
the commentaries of the press upon their proc eed.
ings, and the proceedings of the Executive branch
of the Government, besides turning mostly upon
general principles, address themselves ONLY 10
party ends, ana to matters of national policy
These publications IN their various forms are
highly useful In themselves as far as thew 90 and
some of them Indispensable; but there IS much
that do not reach the hands Of all nor if thew did
do they furnish those rules, methods, and exam
pies, for the despatch OF the public business wbic
| af nutI,, a. A.
or easy, whether III respect to the incumbent hima
| self, or the department or bureau under which he
acts We shall make honest effort to SUNNY
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 ey
| tent at least--apart from, and independently
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 AudIs
| 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 by letter. He en-
tered the department fourteen years since and for
many years previously, had been, first in the Wsr
Department, ard subsequently in the Treasury.
He has therefore had the best opportunities for
|
| the departments, and being acquainted with those
who carry it on. Since his official connection with
the Government ceased, he llatters himself he has
preserved the respect and regard OF most OF the
preseft incumbents of the departments, and is on
becoming terms of intercourse and civity with
them all. The Junior Editor has been asssiduousv
engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
sonal inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details of the Post-Office and
other branches Of the public business II is with
this stock OF experience and these advantages for
reaching the various sources of administrative &C
ton, and for imparting minute and illustrative in
structon, 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 our paper, 80 as to
| afford time for obtaining from the departments
all the ORDERS notices and changes issued or madt
| by them during the preceding month Tables or
| Post Offices, and compilations of the Laws ana
Regulations, issued by the Post Office Depart
| ment only once in two three years IL is a
matter of inconvenience and complaint, for which
hitherto there has been remedy, that in ona
month from the time of these issues there are of
fees in the tables which no longer in operation
and Offices in operation which not in the Tables
At this time there perhaps 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 postrnasters and others are 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
will furnish the additions corrections, and modif
cations, made IN each month, and by being fled
and preserved, will afford to postmasters full and
exact information upon both subjects, up to and
for time being. How much of the presen, 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 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 viii it'll hoped, induce every
postmaster who feels just pride in his office r
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 aud instruction.
of the War; Navy, Treasury, State, and lnteriol
| 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 national interest, will find place
in this