The southern press., 1851-09-03
UNITED STATES POSTAL L GUIDE

UNITED STATES PosTALGUID
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ocfapo pages, Is published monthly tr ONE poi-
LAs ONLY, per an''o", payable Ia aduaacs---oy Grs
dollars for sir copies ordered.
PREPARATORY NOTICE '-A
The enterprise in which now embark and
| OF winch this paper is at once the commeneeme,a
and sample Of the papers that are to follow an
for its aim no less purpose, than to impart in
suuction, in the general and detail, to the ofRcer
and Agents ofthe American public, in respect both
to their duties and their rights, and TO make them,
and the people at large, acquainted with the organ
ization, decisions and action Of the Executive de-
lpartmsnts of their Government. There has hith
erto teen no vehicle for the regular and proper
communication of information of this kind The
publication Of the Laws aud the issue of lnstrur
tons, more or less comprehensive, and at intervals
more or less extended, have proved wholly made
quate in the absence of the construction OF those
Laws, applied to particular cases. and of details
| and Illustrations to make the regulations and in.
structons Ineligible. The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress, are too voIuminous
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 only TO
party ends, and to matters of national policy
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, it they did,
| do they furnish those rules, methods and exam
ples for the despatch Of the public business whch
can 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 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 the
| departments more easy and etfective and thereby
promote the real and substantial interests of the
country And this we expect to 90, to some er
tent at least-apart from, and independently of
any party or personal interest or question what
II is known to most Of those to whom this pa
per will be sent, that the Senior Editor was Audi
TOR of the Post-Oiice Department until the month
of November last; with oy lar the larger poruon
| Of both postmasters and contractors, he has had
direct intercourse, person or by letter. He en-
tered the department fourteen years since, and for
many years previously, had been, first in the War
| Department and subsequently in the Treasury.
| He has therefore had the best opportunities for
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the departments, and being acquainted with those
| Who carry il on Since his official connection with
the Government ceased, he fatters himself he hs s
preserved the respect and regard OF most or the
present incumbenis Of the departments, and is on
becomine terms of intercourse and civIty with
them all The Junior Editor has been asssduousy
engaged for several years, in studying, by. per-
sonnf inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details of the Post-OtIice and
other branches of the public business. 1t is with
this stock Of experience, ana these advantages for
reaching the various sources of administrative ac
Itiop and for imparting minute and illustrative in
.truction. and valuable periodical and statistical
information, that we challenge your confidence
and solicit your support and patronage.
We have fixed upon the 10Th or each month as
The day for the publication of our paper, to
afford time for obtaining from the departments,
All the orders notices and changes issued, or made
by them during the preceding month. Tables az
Post Offices, and compilations of the Laws ana
Regulations, are issued by the Post Office Depart
Il ment only once in two or three years. Ii is u
matter of inconvenience and complaint, for which
hitherto there has been no remedy, that in one
month from the time of these issues, there of
fees in the tables which no longer in operaons
and Offices in operation which are not IN the tables
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 others are wholly
ignorant. We propose to prevent, Tor the present,
! anv increase OF the evil Of either kind, and from
! the time another issue shall be made, our paper
will furnish the additions, corrections, and modih
cat,ons made In each month, and by being filed
and preserved will afford TO postrnasters full and
exuci information upon both subjects, up to and
for time being. How much of the presen, misdi-
rection, remailing, doubt, CONFUSION, error, and
,mnostion, will be saved by the progressive state
of full and exact knowledge, for which we have
| nrovided and for which we engage, every intelli-
cent postmaster can estimate for himself. z"
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
nostmsster who feels just pride in his office, or
patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, and
.Hc;encv of the whole Post Office system--at once
10 subscribe The same considerations apply tC
the orders and notices, decisions, and instruction
of the War, Navy, Treasury, state, and lntsrio
denarmeuts and the same course is Intended in
resnect 10 them Notices Of the decisions of the
: Sonreme Court, in cases turning upon questions
of o,bcial duty or national interest, will find place
in this paysr. -
,,srelv TO postmasters and other officers Of the
Coveynn,ent but to all other citizens who give at
en,;on 10 the affairs of the nation and the progress
and devolopment of the {, untry, will embrace in "a
condensed form the matters submitted to, or aris-
| inc in Congress. At each session a vast deal OF
,,,7,,b,e information is communicated to Con-
n iinote bureaus and profound and comprehensive
renor,s are made by committees of both Houses
But the great mass Of the community know moth
, inc of the contents of these documents and re-
ports, except the. brief notices OF them which
bon time To time appear IN the public papers,
IT, s,and;n0 number printed of each documea {
and report, is only twelve hundred in the Senate
a,'J i,r,sen hundred in the House OF Representa-
rves. which at once shows the impracticability of
their dissemination. The Apvrnr'sks VIII con-
h anal ,sa ali
documents and reports, and the co mpend will
therefore not only prove exceedingly useful and
instructive in ITSELF but will furnish an easy index
20 those interested, whenever il is found desirable
to Obtain and examine the documen at large.
There is large field before us, the materials are
arrange them in the prope form. We have every
confidence rhat the subscriptions will be ample 10
enable us to accomplish 1t all. The information,
we propose to give, conprehending and conhner
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