The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-12-01


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UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
and OFFICIAL ADVERTISER.
~ 10 Sho'o 'ohat is done, and ,ohat should be do
D IN office. =sH,
rhrEh u WAsHrEGroN,l r.,
CHARLES M. WILLARD, Editors and Propieto,
M tRms. =" The United States Postal Guide a,
yesai .ddpert'ssr," containing about 80 svper-roy
9,'aVo pages, Is published monthly for ONE DC
doAarsJor sir copies ordered.
PREPARATORY NOTICE
| The enterprise In which we now embark an
Of which this paper is at once the commencement
and sample of the papers that are to follow / az
for it's aim no less purpose, than to imnart in
struction, 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
lzatlon, decisions and action of the Executive de-
partments of their Government. There has hth-
erto Leen no vehicle for the regular and proper
communication of information of this kind TIL,
| publication of the Laws and the issue of instrur
tons, 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
Iannually reported 10 Congress, are too voumnousi
and are printed in quantities too small for general
circulation; whilst the debates 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 10
party ends, and to matters of national policy
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.
pies, for the despatch Of the public business which
render the discharge of public duty either sas
or easy, whether in respect to the incumbent hims
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 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 or question VIII at
ever. t
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 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 WEI
Department ard subsequently in the Treasury
He has therefore had the best opportunities fol
understanding the arrangements Of business in al
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 incumbens of the departments and is Oh
becoming terms of intercourse and cIvIlity with
them all. The Junior Editor has been asssduously
Il engaged for several years, IN studying, by per-
g sonal inquiry and examination, the practical and
. daily routine and details of the Post-Office and
other branches Of the public business. 1t is with
this stock Of experience, and these advantages fol
reaching the various sources of administrative &C
tion 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 as
the day for the publication of our paper, to
I afford time for obtaining from the departments.
all the orders, notices and changes issued, or made
: by them during the preceding month. Tables Or
s Post Offices, and compilations of the Laws ana
Regulations, issued by the Post Office Depart
4 ment only once in two or three years. 1t is a
matter of inconvenience and complaint, for which
8 hitherto there has been no remedy, that in ono
month from the time of these issues, there are of
fees in the tables which no longer IN operation
and offices in operation which are not IN the ableFs
At this time there are perhaps over three thousan
, Offices of the two descriptions. In like mamie
laws have been passed and regulations establishc
since the issue of the last volume of regulation
| of which many postmasters and others who'll
/ ignorant We propose TO prevent, for the presen
any increase of the evil of either kind and froi
/ the time another issue shall be made our pape
will furnish the additions, corrections, and modif
cations, made IN each month, and by being BIZ
; and preserved, will afford to postmasters full
8 exact information upon both subjects, up TO
for time being. How much of the present mlsdi
rection, remailing, 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 intelll-
gent postmaster estimate for himself.
These advantages alone and independently Of all
others are worth many times the price charge
for the paper, and will, it s hoped, induce every
postmaster who feels a just pride in his office
patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, and
efficiency Of the whole Post Office system once
to subscribe. The same considerations apply tr
the orders and notices, decisions and Instruction.
Of the War, Navy, Treasury, State, and interIoi
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, will find place
/ in this paptr. ..