The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-11-18
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER.

n Il II L
AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER.
III 10 show what Is done, and ,ohai should be done
IN qDice. =sH
CHARLES M 1 WmSarU Editors and froprieiors7
IEams. =" The United States Postal Guide and
Veiat ADVERTISER" containing about 80 spper-rouai
oe'a0o pages, Is published monthly for ONE POL
Ian oHLf' per a',nuin, payable in aduance--or five
doAdrsJor sir copies ordered
PREPARATORY NOTICE
| The enterprise in which we now embark and
Of which this paper is at once the commencement.
and a sample OF the papers that are to follow as
for its 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
zation, decisions and action of the Executive de-
partments of their Government. There has hith-
erto Leen no vehicle for the regular and proper
communication Of information of this kind The
publication of the Laws and the issue Of instrur
tons, more or ess comprehensive, and at intervals
more or less extended, have proved wholly made
quate, in the absence of the construction or those
Laws, as 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 yolumnousi
and printed in quantities too small for general
circulation; whilst the detntes 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 to
party ends, and to matters of national poficyJ
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 whick
render the discharge of public duty either safe
or easy, whether in respect to the incumbent him:
| self, or the department 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 more uniform, methodical, and ex
act, shall make the administrative duties of tho
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 .rHfef
| 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 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 1atters himself he has
preserved the respect and regard Of most OF the
| preset incumbents Of the departments, and is
! becoming terms Of intercourse and civility with
them all. The Junior Editor has been asssduously
| engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
i sonai inquiry and examination the practical and
daily routine and details of the Post-Ofice and
other branches of the public business. 1t is with
this stock Of experience and these advantages for
reaching the various sources Of administrative acs
ton, and for impartng minute and illustrative ns
struction, and valuable periodical and statistical
Information, that we challenge your confidence
and solicit your support and patronage.
i We have fixed upon the 18th Of each month as
the day for the publication of paper, 30 as to
afford time for obtaining from the departments,
all the orders, notices and changes issued, or made
by them during the preceding month. Tables o.
| Post Offices, and compilations of the Laws ana
Regulations, issued by the Post Office Depart
ment only once in two or three years Ii is a
matter of inconvenience and complaint for which
hitherto there has been no remedy, that in one
month from the time Of these issues, here are off
fees in the tables which are no longer IN operations
and Offices in operation which are not IN the tablest
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 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 misdi .
rection, remaling, doubt, confusion, error, and
imposition, will he saved by the progressive state
Of full and exact knowledge, for which have
provided, and for which we engage, every intelll-
| gent postmaster can estimate for himself.
| These advantages alone and independently 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
a patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, and
efficiency Of the whole Post Office system--at once
| to subscribe. The same considerations apply t.
the orders and notices, decisions, and nstructior(
Of the War, Navy, Treasury, State, md InterIo,
departm ents, and the same course is intended in
respect TO them. Notices Of the decisions Of the
Supreme Court, IN cases turning upon questionH
Of official duty national interest, will find place
in this papsr. HI