The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-11-27
UNITED STATES postal GUIDE

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UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER.
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49, Pases, published monthly for ONE DOL
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dollars for SIR copies ordered
PREPARATORY NOTICE
The enterprise In which we now embark and
OF which this paper is at once the commence,nerI
and a sample Of the papers that are to follow as
for it's aim no less purpose, than to imnar, in.
structon, in the general and detail, to the OfRcer
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
ization, decsions and action of the Executive de-
partmen,s 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 instrur
tions 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
structions Ineligible. The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress, are too voummous!
and are printed in quantities too small for general
clrCulaliOn, whist the uethte5 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 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 fthey 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, 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 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 least-apart from, and independently
any party or personal interest question what
| ever.
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 by letter. He en-
tered the department fourteen years SINCE and for
many years previously, had been, first in the Wer
| 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 aatters 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 asssiduou,y
engaged for several years, in studying by per-
sonai inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details Of the Post-Offc and
other branches Of the public business. 1t is with
this stock OF experience, and these advantages for
reaching the various sources Of administrative ac
ton, and for imparting 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 a q
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 ar
Post Offices, and compilations Of the Laws ana
Regulations, are issued by the Post Office Depart
ment only once in two three years. Ii 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 of
| fees in the tables which no longer in operation
and Offices in operation which not in the tab es-
| At this time there perhaps three thousand
| offices of the two descriptions. In like manner
lava 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 paper
will furnish the additions, corrections, and modif,
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 misdiI
recton remaiIing, 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 intelh-
gent postmaster can estimate for himself.
These advantages alone and independently of all
others, worth many times the price we charge
for the paper, aud will, 1t rs hoped, induce every
postmaster who feels just pride in his Office r
a patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity and
efficiency OF the whole Post Office system-at once
to subscribe The considerations apply u
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 question:
Of official duty or natonalinterest, will find place
in this paper