The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-06-21
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISERS


| UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER.
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CHARLES M. WILLARD, ( E""0FSa"e frVP'isao'S
TERms. -'' The United States Postal Guide and
Official advertiser" containing about 80 sppey-yoyai
octaoo pages, is published monthly for ONE DOL
LAR ONLY, per annlsin, payable IN aduanee--or tus
dollars for sir copies ordered.
PREPARATORY NOTICE.
The enterprise in which we now embark, and
OF which this paper IL at once the commencement {,
and sample of the papers that are to follow as
for its aim no less purpose, than to impart i'm
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
lzaton, 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 instruc
tons, more less comprehensive, and at intervals
more or less extended have proved wholly made
quate, 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 youmnous
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 TO
party ends, and to matters of national polieyx
These publications in their various forms are
highly useful IN themselves as far they CO. 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
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 honest effort to supply
| this vacuum, and to provide for these necesstieg
| If we succeed in rendering the functions of the
primary Offices more uniform, m hodical, and ey
act, we shall make the administrative duties of the
| departments easy and effective, and thereby
promote the real and substantial interests of tho
| country And this we expect to do to some ey
| tent at least-apart from, and independently to
any party or personal interest question what
| ever
| Ii is known to most OF those TO whom this ma
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, III person or by letter. He
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 Since his official connection with
the Government ceased he hatters himself he has
preserved the respect and regard of most OF the
present incumbent5 of the departments, and is on
becoming terms Of intercourse and cvity with
them all. The Junior Editor has been asssiduously
| engaged for several years, III studying, by per-
sonal inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details of the Post Office and
vuner branches of the>public business 1t ia with
this stock of experience, and these advantages for
reaching the various sources of administrative &C
ton, and for imparting minute and illustrative i'm
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, or mad.
by them during the preceding month. Tables q
Post Offices, and compilations of the Laws sud
Regulations, are issued by the Post Office Depart
ment only once IN two or three years. 1t liz
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 tables
, At this time there perhaps 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 postmasers and others are wholly
ignorant. We propose to prevent, for the present,
from
the time another issue shall be made, our paper
will furnish the additions, corrections, and modfs
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, remang, 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 intet
gent postmaster estimate for himself.
These advantages alone and independently of all
Others worth many times the price we charge
for the paper, and will, it is hoped, induce every
postmaster who feels a just pride in his Office or
a patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, and
efficiency of the whole Post Office sys,em--at once
to subscribe. The same considerations apply o
the orders and notices, decisions, and Instructions
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 national interest, will find place
| in this paper.