The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-10-08
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
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Age'" ndoerfiSer, containing about 10 srney-,o,oI
'etaco pages, IS published ,ao,thly An, n,ss No.,
LAR ONLY, per annu'n, payable IN advaues-or- 6p.
dollars for sir copies ordered. -
PREPARATORY NOTICE
| The enterprise in which we now embark and
OF which this paper is at once the commencement.
md sample OF the papers that are to follow, as
Tor It's ann no less purpose, than to impart in
struenon, in the general and detail to the Officer
and Agents ofthe American public, in respect both
to their duties and their rights, and To make them.
ana the people at large acquainted with the organ
izatlon, decisions and action of the Executive de-
| partments 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 and the issue of instruc
tions more or less comprehensive, and at intervals
more o. lsss sxtsntsd, hSve pyaxSd wholly made
quafe, he absence or the cofisfrIcton ~ those
| Laws as 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 voumnous,
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
general principles, address themselves only to
party ends, and to matters of national pocyt
These publications in their various forms are
mighty useful In themselves as far as thew 90 and
some Oh 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
pies, Tor the despatch of the public business which
can render the discharge Of public duty either su
or easy, whether IN respect to the incumbent him,
self, or the department or bureau under which he
| N afr,r
this vacuum, and to provide for these necessities
IL we succeed IN rendering the functions of the
primary ofhces more uniform, methodical 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 least-apart from, and independently,
any party or personal interest or question What
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1t is known to most Of those to whom this n,
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 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
understanding the arrangements Of business in all
the departments, and being acquainted with those
who carry II on. Since his official connec lion with
the Government ceased, he hatters himself he has
preserved the respect and regard OF most OF the
present lncumbents of the departm ents and is on
e becoming terms of intercourse and civty with
them all. The Junior Editor has been asssidnou,v
engaged for several years, in studying by per
j sonai inquiry and examination, the practical and
f daily routine and details of the Post Office and
other branches OF the public business Ii il with
this stock OF experience and these ad vantages for
reaching the various sources of administrative ac:
ton, and for imparting minute and Illustrative in:
structon, and valuable periodical and statistical
Information, that we challenge your confidence
and solicit your support and patronage. rpi.g
we have liked upon the 18th OF each month Is
the day for the publication Of our paper so ms 10
afford time for obtaining from the Departments.
all the orders notices and changes issued or mad,
by them during the preceding month Tables az
Post Offices, and compilations of the Laws an.
Regulations, issued by the Post Office Depart.
ment only once IN two three wears h il 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 OH
fees in the tables which no longer in operationS
and offices IN operation which are not in the tabes
AT this time there are perhaps hree 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, for the present.
any increase Of the evil of either kind, and from
: the time another issue shall be made our paner
will furnish the additions, corrections and modi6 Z
cations, made in each month, and by being filed
and preserved, will afford to posmasters full and
exact information upon both subjects, up TO and
for time being. How much of the present msdi-
rection remang, 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-
cent postmaster can estimate for himself
| These advantages alone and ndep ndently of all
Others are worth many times the price we CHARGE
for the paper, and will, it is hoped induce every
postmaster who feels just pride in his Office o
a patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, ami
| efficiency of the whole Post Office system-atonc,
| TO subscribe. The same considerations apply n
the orders and notices, decisions, and instruction.
Of the War, Navy, Treasury, State, and Interio,
departments and the same is intended i'm
| respect to them. Notices of the decisions OF the
Supreme Court, in cases turning upon questions
Of official duty or nationu interest, Will Ind place
IN this pav'r.
A department of our paper addressing itself NOT
merely to postmasters and other officers of the
II Government but all other citizens who rive at
tenon TO the affairs OF the nation and the proeress
and development of the {, untry, will embrace in a
condensed form the matters submitted to- or aris
ine in Congress At each session a vast deal of
valuable information is communicated to Con-
gress by the several departments aud their subor
| dina,e 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. docume
and report, is only Twelve hundred in the Senate
and fourteen hundred in the House OF Representa-,
lives. which at once shows the mpracticabilitv of
| their dissemination. The ADVERTISER will con-
| tain short abridgments or analysis Of all these
documents and reports, and the co mpend vii
therefore not only prove exceedingly useful anx
instructive in ITSELF but will furnish easy indie
TO those interested, whenever it is found desirab
To- obtain and examine the documen at larged
Their. is large field before us, the materials arv
ample II will be our Jealous care to collect an
| arrange them in the prope : form. We have evero
| confidence that the SUBSCRIPTIONS will be ample
enable us to accomplish II all. The informatio
we propose to give, comprehending and confne
| to the action OF the Government, is solid useful
and 1--WE might almost say necessary to the Off
cer-lf not to the citizen. 1t il intended for ALI
and put at price which can constitute no obstacle
with any. fiat the end Of the year, any subscriber
And hat he Al I'll