The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-07-13
VOL. I'LL
UNITED STATES POSTAL g UIDE
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CHARLEs M. WILLARD, Editors sand Proprtsfors
TERMs. -" The United States Postal Guide and
Official Advertiser" containing about 80 Srperroyal
octapo pages, is published monthly for ONE DOL
LAR ONLY, per annun, payable IN adpance--or fps
dollars for sir copies ordered.
PREPARATORY NOTICE.
The enterprise in which we now embark, and
OF which this paper is at once the commencement /,
and sample Of the papers that are to follow, las
for it's aim no less purpose, than to Impart In
structon, 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
ization, 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 lnstrur
tons more or less comprehensive, and intervals
more or less extended, have proved wholly made
ouate in the absence Of the construction Of 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 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
ings, and the proceedings of the Executive branch
Of the Government, besides turning mostly upon
Is,
| party ends, and to matters of national policys
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 ofa, nor if they did,
do they furnish those rules, methods, and exam
pies, 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, 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, m ethodlca, 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 to
any party or personal interest or question what
ever.
| II is known to most Of those to whom this pa
per will be sent, that the Senior Editor was Audi
| tor of the Post-Offce 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 wears previously, had been, first in the Wer
Department, ard subsequently in the Treasury
He has therefore had the best opportunities foi
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 fatters himself he has
| preserved the respect and regard OF most or the
present incumbents Of the departments, and is on
| becoming terms Of intercourse and clvIllty with
! them all The Junior Editor has been asssduously
engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
| sonaf inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details of the Post-Oifce and
ulner branches Of the public business. Ii is with
this stock Of experience, and these advantages for
reaching the various sources OF administrative &c
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 as
the day for the publication of our paper, 80 as TO
afford time for obtaining from the departments
all the orders, notices and changes issued, made
| by them during the preceding month. Tables Of
Post Offices, and compilations Of the Laws and
Regulations, are issued by the Post Office Depart
| ment only once in two or three years. Ii is
matter Of inconvenience and complaint, for which
hitherto there has been remedy, that N 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 are not IN the tables
At this time there perhaps over three thousand
Offices Of the two descriptions. In like manner
laws have been passed and regulations established
aimee the issue Of the last volume of regulations,
of which many postmasters and others are wholly
ignorant We propose TO prevent, for the present,
anv increase Of the evil Of either kind, and from
the time another issue shall be made, our paper
/ will furnish the addiuOnS,
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 msdi
rection, remaing, 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
gent postmaster can estimate for himself.
These advantages alone and independently or 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 or
a patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, and
10 subscribe The same considerations apply TO
the orders and notices, decisions, and instructors
OF the War, Navy, Treasury, State, and Interior
departments, and the same course IL intended IN
respect to them. Notices Of the decisions Of tho
Supreme Court, in cases turning upon question:
of official duty or national interest, will find place
in this papsr.
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