The southern press., 1851-12-31
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER.

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AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER
IL = TO show whafis done, and uhat shoaid be done
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PErsR Ct WAsHrSeToN, M.
CnARLEs M. WILLARD, ''"" ''oPf'e'"s'
TERms. =" The United States Postal Guide and
OUicaf Adcsrfiser, containing about 80 sppsr-roqaI
oeiaoo pages, Is published monthly Jtbr ONE poL-
Ian ONLY, per anals,n, payable in adrsnes---or fps
dollars for sia copies ordered.
PREPARATORY NOTICE.
The enterprise IN which now embark and
OF which this paper is once the commencement.
aud sample of the papers that are to follow, as
| for It's aim no less purpose, than to impnrt in
struction, in the general and detail to the Officer
and Agents of tue American public in respect both
to their duties and their rights and to make them
and the people at large, acquainted with the organ
izaton, decisions and action Of the Executive de-
partments Of their Governments. 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 nstruc
tions more less comprehensive, and at intervals
more or less extended, have proved wholly inade-
quate, in the absence of the construction Of those
Laws, as applied to particular cases. and of detas
| and illustrations TO make the regulations and n
atructions Ineligible. The valuable documer )
annually reported TO Congress, are too volurninourl
and are printed in quantities too small for generul
circulation; whilst the debates in Congress aud
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
marty ends, and to matters of national poeys
| These publications in their various forms are
! highly useful in themselves as far 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
plies, for the despatch Of the public business whick
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 tho
departments more easy and effective, and thereby
promote the real and substantial interests Of the
country And this we expect to do, to some en-
tent at least-apart from, and independently to
any party or personal interest or question " hat
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 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
tered the department fourteen years SINCE and for
many years previously, had been, first in the Wer
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 it on. Since his official connection with
tnt OOVerniHent CcdScu ne nlfnHeIt he mas
{ preserved the respect and regard Of most Of the
! present incumbens of the departments, and is on
becoming terms of intercourse and civty with
: them all. The Junior Editor has been asssiduousy
? engaged for several years, IN studying, by per-
j sonal inquiry and examination, the practical and
f daily routine and details of the Post Office and
other branches Of the public business. 1t is with
this stock OF experiences and these advantages for
reaching the various sources of administrative ac
ton, and for impartng minute and illustrative IN
.,I IL
information, that we challenge your confidence
and solicit your support and patronage.
We have fixed upon the 18th Of each month az
the day for the publication of our paper, so as to
= afford time for obtaining from the departments
all the orders notices and changes issued, or mad
. by them during the preceding month. Tables I
: Post Offices, and compilations of the Laws and
. Regulations issued by the Post Office Depart
. ment only once in two or three years. 1t 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 of.
fees in the tables which no longer in operation,
: and offices in operation which not the tables.
u At this time there perhaps over three thousand
offices Of the two descriptions. In like manner
u laws have been passed and regulations established
since the issue Of the last volume of regulations
: of which many postmosters and others are wholly
, ignorant. We propose TO prevent, for the present
any increase of the evil of either kind, and from
y the time another issue shall be made, our paper
: cations, made in each month, and by being filed
= and preserved will afford to posnasters full and
T. exact information upon both subjects, up TO and
s for time being. How much of the present misdi
: rection, remailing, doubt, confusion, error, and
u imposition, will be saved by the progressive state
Of full and exact knowledge, for 1ii,oh we havs
n provided, and for which engage every intelll-
n gent postmaster can estimate for himself.
. These advantages alone and independently of all
S others, are worth many times the price charge
for the paper, and will, it is hoped, induce every
postmaster who feels just pride in his Office or
patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, and
efficiency Of the whole Post Office sysiemat once
to subscribe. The same considerations apply @
the orders and notices. decisions, and insructors
Of the War, Navy, Treasury, State, and Interior
departments, and the is intended in
respect TO them. Notices Of the decisions of the
RS Supreme Court, in cases turning upon question:
A. of official duty national interest, will find pac
,r in this paper.
% TUNHE undersigned, COMMITTEES adjudication, on
~ IL the part Of the Muscogee and Russell Agricul
,r tural Society, respectfully invite public attenrc