The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-10-23
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER.

UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER.
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PREPARATORY NOTICE.
The enterprise in which we now embark. and
Of which this paper is ut once the commencement.
and a sample of the papers that are to follow Az
for It's aim no less purpose, than TO impart in
strucion, in the general and detail to the Officer
and Agents ofthe Americas public, in res ,ect both
70 their duties and their rights, and to make them,
and the people at large, acquainted with the organ
zation, decisions and action Of the Executive de-
parfments of their Government. There has hith-
srto tsen no vehicle for the regular and proper
commu nication of Information Of this kind The
publication Of the "a and the issue of Instruc
ions, or less comprehensive, and at intervals
more 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
structions Ineligible. The valuable documents
annual reported to Congress, are too yoluminous!
and are printed in quantities too small for general
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 poiiey5
These publications in their various forms are
highly useful in themselves as 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 whicL
render the discharge Of public duty eithe safs
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 effective, and thereby
promote the real and substantial interests of the
country And this we expect to do, TO some ey
tent at least-apart from, and independently
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 Post-Ofice Department until the month
of November last; with by far the larger portion
of both postmasters and contractors, he hns 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, 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
preserved the respect and regard Of most Of the
preselt incumbents Of the departments, and is on
becoming terms of intercourse and civility with
them all The Junior Editor has been asssiduousy
engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
sonui inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details of the Post-Offce 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 impartns minute and illustrative in j
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 mad
by them during the preceding month Tables a
Post Offices, and compilations of the Laws an.
Regulations, are issued by the Post Office Depart
ment only once IN two or three years. IL IL a
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 ofl
ices in the tables which no longer in operatonf
and Offices in operation which in the tablesi
At this time there are perhaps three thousand
offices of the two descriptions. In hike manner
laws have been passed and regulations established
since the issue of the last volume of regulations
Of which many postfnasters 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 paper
will furnish the additions, corrections and rnodi6s
cations, made IN each month, and by beng filed
and preserved, will afford to postnasters full and
exact information upon both subjects, up TO and
for time being. How much of the presen, misdi-
recton, remailing, doubt, confusion, error, and
imposition, will be saved Ivy the progressive state
of fun and exact knowledge, for which we have
provided, and for which we engage, every intelli-
rent postmaster can estimate for himself.
These advantages alone and independently OF all
others, are worth many times the price charge
for the paper, aud will, il is hoped, induce every
postmaster who feels a just pride in his office
a patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, AMI
efficiency of the whole Post Office sy stem--at once
to subscribe, The same considerations apply to
the orders and notices, decisions, and instruction.
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
Supreme Court in cases turning upon questions
Of official duty national interest, viii find place
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