The southern press., 1852-01-09
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE

UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
! AND 0iIICLaL ADVERTISER.
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TERMS. =" The United States Posia! Guide and
Official advertiser" containing about 80 spper-roa
oe'apo pages, Is published monthly for ONE DOL
Ian ONLY, per an'tuin, payable in aduonce--0r Grs
dollars for sir copies ordered
PREPARATORY NOTICE.
The enterprise in which we now embark, and
OF which this paper is at the commencement.
and a sample of the papers that are to follow. as
for its aim no less purpose, than to impart in
structon in the general and detail To the Officer
and Agents the American public, in res ,ecl both
to their duties and their rights, and to make them,
and the people at large acquainted with the oroan
iZation, decisions and action of the Executive de-
partments of their Government. There has hith-
| erto leen no vehicle for the reg alar and proper
communication Of information Of this kind. The
publication Of the Laws and the issue of nstruc
tlons, more or less comprehensive and at intervals
more or less extended, have proved wholly made
quae, in the absence of the construction Of those
LAws, AZ applied to particular cases, aud Of details
and, illustrations to make the regulations and in
structons Ineligible. The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress, are too yoIuminosl
and are printed in quantities too small for general
| circulation; whilst the debates in 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 poiicvs
These publications in their various forms are
highly useful in themselves az far as thew 90 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 evan,
pies, for the despatch Of the public business whic
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 necessites
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 ex
tent at least-apart from, and independently to
any party or personal interest or question What
ever
| 1t is known to most Of those 10 whom this ma
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 Wer
Department, ard subsequently in the Treasury.
He has therefore had the best opportunities for
understanding the arrangements OF business in ali
the departments, and being acquainted with those
who carry it on. Since his official connection win
the Government ceased, he fatters 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 ciyiIity with
| them all. The Junior Editor has been asssiduouslv
| engaged tor several years, in studying, by per-
sonai inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details Of the Pos-Oflice 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 lmpartiDs minute and illustrative in
structon, and valuable periodical and statistca
| Information, that we challenge your confidence
and solicit your support and patronage.
! We have fixed upon the 10Th of each month Az
the day for the publication of our paper, 80 as t,
-nr;d tmo tpr obtaining from the department,
M a .ne orders. notices and changes issued or mad.
y nsm a'nn curing tAe prsceding month. Tables CT
ment only once in two or three years. II Is 4
matter of Inconvenience and complaint, for which
hitherto there has been no remedy, that in one
month from the time of these lssues, there are Of
fees in the tables which are no longer in operation
and Offices in operation which are not in the table,
At THE 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 modifs
cations, made in each month, and by being fled
and preserved, will afford to posnasiers full and
exact information upon both subjects, up to and
for time being. How much Of the present misdi
rection, remaiing, doubt, confusion, error, and
imposition, will be saved by the progressive state
Of full and exact knowledge, for winch we have
provided, and for which engage. every intelll-
gent postmaster 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 or
a patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, and
efficiency of the whole Post Office system ,nce
to subscribe. The same considerations appIyto
the orders and notices, decisions, and Instructors
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 national interest, will find place
in this papsr. a'
gVVHE undersigned, a committee Of publication, on
IL the part Of the Muscogee and Russell Agricul-
tural Society, respectfully invite puolic attention
to the following prospectus Of a MONTHLY
JOURNAL, TO be published in this city under the
auspices Of the above named association.
The work will be devoted to the interests of.Ag-
~ ,it,rr nud HorficuLflIre Dom, sfic and Rural