The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-09-27

UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
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t PREPARATORY NOTICE
/ The enterprise in which we now embark and
OF which this paper is at once the commencement
and sample OF the papers that to follow, as
for It's aim no less purpose, than to tnl,art in
struction, in the general and detail, to 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 organs
lxatlon, decisions and action Of the Executive de-
pnrtments Of their Government There has hilh
erto teen no vehicle for the regular and proper
communication Of information Of this kind, The
publication OF the Laws and the iasue of instruc
tons, more or less comprehensive, and ut intervals
more or less exaSndsd, have proved wholly made
quate, in the absence of the construction OF those
Laws, as applied to particular cases. and ofdetails
and Illustrations to make the regulations and in
structions Ineligible. The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress, are too voluminous
and are printed in quantities too small for general
circulation; whilst the Debates in Congress- and
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 onIv 10
party ends, and to matters of national policy
These publications IN their various forms are
highly useful in themselves as far as thew go and
| some of them Indispensable, but there, is much
That DO not reach the hands OF all nor iflhey did,
do they furnish those rules, methods and exam.
Piles, 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 metbodical 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 east-apart from, and independently of
any party or personal interest or question what
ever CT. Fosl
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-Offcc 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 War
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 is on
becoming terms of intercourse and civility with
them all. The Junior Editor has been asssiduounlv
engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
sonal inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details of the Post-OHice and
other branches Of the public business II liz with
this stock Of experience, and these advantages for
reaching the various of administrative acs
ton, and for impartng 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, so as to
afford time for obtaining from the departments.
all the orders, notices and changes issued, or made
by them during the preceding month. Tables or
| Post Offices, and compilations of the Laws ana
Regulations, are issued by the Post Office Depart
ment only once in 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 are off
fees in the tables which no longer in operationd
and Offices in operation which not in the tablesf
At this time there are 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 othersnre wholly
w L.
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 niodf
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 msdi-
| rectjon 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 intelli-
1 avt,. f.,rh ,,a .Ir
These advantages alone and Independently of all
others, are worth many times the price we charge
| for the paper, and wlll IL is hoped, induce every
postmaster who feels a just pride in his Office OF
a patriotic regard for the credit prosperity, ami
efficiency of the whole Post Office system once
to subscribe The same considerations apply tc
the orders and notices, decisions, and instruction
Of the War Navy, Treasury, State, and interior
4 departments, and the same course is intended in
respect to them Notices of the decisions of the
Sunreme Court, in cases turning upon questions
of official duty national interest, viii find place
| in this pay,r. I..y - :. ffag, tf
| A department Of our paper addressing itself not
| merely to postrnasters and other officers of the
Government, but to all other citizens who give at
tent,on 10 the affairs OF re nation and the progress
and development of the untry, viii embrace in a
condensed form the matters submitted to, OF ars-
inc in Congress-. At each session a vast deal OF
valuable information is communicated to Com
eress 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 moth
| ing of the contents Of these documents and re-
ports, except the brief notices of them, which
| from time TO time appear in the public papers,
The standing number printed of each document
and report, is only twelve hundred in the Senate,
and fourteen hundred in the House OF Representa-
tives which al once shows the mpracticablity Of
their dissemination. The ADvERrIskR will con-
tain short abridgments or analysis OF all these
documents and reports, and the co mpend will
therefore not only prove exceedingly. useful and
instructive in itself, but will furnish easy index
to those interested, whenever il is founi desirable
There il a large field before US, the materials are
ample. 1t will be our jealous care to collect and
arrdnge them in the prope form. We hays,every
confidence that the subscriptions will be ample to
enable us 10 scecmp'ishit all! The information
we propose to g.ys' comprehending.andc onfnsd