The southern press., 1851-08-28

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EILwOOD FISHER
Wsshinptrn City
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UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
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PREPARATORY NOTICE.
/ The enterprise in which now embark. and
OF which this paper is at once the commencement
and sample of the papers that are 10 follow, tas
| for its aim no less purpose, than to impart in
struction, in the general and detail, to the Officer
aad Agents ofthe American public, in respect both
to their duties and THAR rights, and to make them
and the people at large, acquainted with the organ
ization, decisions and action Of the Executive de-
psrtmsn.s Of their Governwsnt- Thsre has hith
ert0 Teen no vehicle for the regular and proper
communication Of information Of this kind. The
| publication Of the Laws and the issue Of inssrur
lions, or less comprehensive, and at inasrvals
more or less extended, have proved wholly made
quute in the absence Of the construction Of those
Laws, applied to particular cases, and Of details
and illustrations to make the regulations and in.
documents
annually reported to Congress, are too voumnous
and are printed in quantities smnl for general
circulation; whilst the debates in Congress and
the commentaries of the press upon their proceed
ings, aud the proceedings Of the Executive branch
Of the Government, besides turning mostly upon
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 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
Piles, for the despatch OF the public business which,
render the discharge Of public duty either saf
or easy, whether in respect to the incumbent him
self, or the department or bureau under which he
acts. We shall make All honest effort TO supply
this vacuum, and to provide for these necessities
II we succeed in rendering the functions of. the
primary Offices more uniform, methodicaI, 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 ex
tent at Ieast-apart from, and independently Of
any party or personal interest or question what
ever. g
II liz known to most or those to whom this ra
per will be sent, that the Senior Editor was Audi
tor of the Post-Ofice Department until the month
of November lnst with by far the larger portion
of both postmasters and contractors, he has had
direct intercourse, in person or by letter. He en-
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 fatters himself he has
preserved the respect and regard Of most of the
present incumbents of the departments, and - on
becoming terms of intercourse and civiIitv with
them all. The Junior Editor has been nsssduously
engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
sonaf inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details of the Poss-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 ac
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 our paper 40 us TO
afford time for obtaining from the departments.
all the orders, notices and changes issusd or made
by them during the preceding month. Tables o.,
Post Offices, and compilations OF the Laws ana
Regulations, are issued by the Post Office Depart
ment only once in two or three years. Ii s 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 operationf
and Offices in operation which in the tabjes5
Al this time there perhaps over three thousa nd
Offices Of the two descriptions. In like manner
laws have been passed and regulations esta bisho cd
since the issue Of the last volume OF regulations
of which many postmnsters and others are wholly
ignorant. We propose to prevent, for the present
nnv increase Of the evil of either kind and from
the time another issue shall be made, our paper
will furnish the additions, corrections, and modi6-
cations made In each month, and by being filed
and preserved, will afford postmasiers fi,il and
exact information upon both subjects, up to and
for time being How much Of the presesl, nisd-
| rsction remaiIing, doubt, confusion, error, and
| impostion will be saved by the progressive state
| or full and exact knowledge, for which we have
provided, and for which we engage, every intelIi-
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 il is hoped, induce every
postmnster who feels Just pride in his Office, or
y ns,riotc regard for the credit, prosperity and
efficiency of the whole Post Office system at one.
| to subscribe. The same considerations apply t.
the orders and notices, decisions, and instruction
Of the War, Navy, treasury, state, and Interio
departments, and the same course is intended in
respect 10 them. Notices Of the decisions Of the
auprem, Court in cases turning upon questions
Of Official duty or national interest, will find place
in this pat~r
A department Of our paper addressing itself not
merely to postmss,ers and other officers of the
Gov,rnmen, but to all other citizens who give at
,,nrion 10 the affairs Of the nation and the progress
and development Of the q untry, will embrace in
condemned 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-
3;n,,s bureaus, and profound and comprehensive
reports are made by committees OF both Houses
But the great mas Of the community know moth
mo Of he contents Of thes~ documents and re-
ports, except the brief notices Of them, which
from time to time appear IN the public papers,
snJ ,,,ort. is only twelve hundred in the Senate
and fo,rseen hundred in the House Of Representa-
,.v.. which at once shows the ImpracticabiI,ty of
,hs;, d;ss,mpation The hpvssr,sss WIN con-
,.in short nbridgments or ANALYSIS of all these
documents and reports, and 'ne co mpend vii
,oer,fore not only prove exceedn ,iy useful and
,,,ytructve in itself. bns will furnish easy index
-. those interested whenever it is found deHira L.
To obtain and examine the documen NJ large
Tb.r. isa large field before us, the materials are
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