The southern press., 1851-12-29
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND oPFICL4L .4DYERTISFB

UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND Official ADVERTISER.
~ To sholo ohat is done, and uhat should bs d.ae
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ca,s,rs M .OS' W,,,,ao Editors and Propisiors
| TERms.--'' The United States Postal Guide and
Official advertiser" containing about ~ sppsrroyal
oetapo pages, IS published monthly for ONE Dor-
LAk ONLY, per annuni, payable ii aioaace--or fire
dollars Jor Sir copies ordered
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 are to follow, has
! for its aim no less purpose, than to mpart in
sructon 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 organ
izaton, decisions and action of the Executive de-
partments of their Government There has hith-
| erto Leen no vehicle for the regular and proper
communication of information Of this kind The
publication Of the Laws and the issue of instrur
tions mere or less comprehensive, and at intervals
more or less extended, have 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 Z.
structions ineligible. The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress, are too voumino,s1
and are printed in quantities too small for general
circuation whilst the delates in Congress and
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
party ends and to matters of national poIicyg
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
ples 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 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, methodcal, and ey
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 ieast--apart from, and independently to
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 AUDI
tor of the Pos-Offce 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 Wsr
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
; the Government ceased he hatters himself he has
J 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 asssiduously
2 engaged for several years, in studying, by pei
! sonni inquiry and examination, the practical and
y daily routine and details of the Post-Ofhce 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
tion, and for imparting minute and Illustrative in
struction, and valuable periodical and statistca
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 made
by them during the preceding month. Tables q {
. Post Offices, and compilations of the Laws and
Regulations, issued by the Post Office Depart
: nent only in two three years. 1t is
" matter of inconvenience and complaint, for which
I. hitherto there has been no remedy, that in one
month from the time of these issues, there are Of
fees in the tables which are no longer in operaton
and Offices in operation which not in the tables-
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 postnasters and others are wholly
!, ignorant. We propose to PREVENT for the present,
d 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 eacn month, anu Dy Deing nled
and preserved, will afford to postmasters full and
{ exact information upon both subjects, up and
s for time being How much Of the present misdi :
7 rection, remaiing, doubt, confusion, error, and
u mpostion will be saved by the progressive state
of full and exact knowledge, for which we have
n provided, and for which we engage, every ntellI-
n cent postmaster can estimate for himself
These advantages alone and independently of all
s Others, are worth many times the price we charge
Y for the paper and will it is hoped induce every
postmaster who feels Just pride in his Office
patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, and
efficiency of the whole Post Office system-at once
to subscribe. The same considerations apply t o
the orders and notices, decisions, and Instructors
Of the War, Navy, Treasury, State, and Interior
departments and the same course is intended in
respect to them. Notices Of the decisions OF the
RS Supreme Court, in turning upon question:
Of official duty national interest, will find place
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