The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-02-13
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE

UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND Official ADVERTISER
y To sho,o what is done, and what should be done
in office. ~zU
CHARLES M 1 W%s.r' Editors aud Proprietors
Terms =" The United States Postal Guide and
Official advertiser, containing about 80 super-roual
octave pages, is published monthly for ONE DOL
LAR ONLY, per dnn,tn, payable in adpance-or five
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, as
for ts aim no less purpose, than to impart 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
ization, decisions and action Of the Executive de-
partments of their Government. There has hith-
erto Eeen no vehicle for the regular and proper
communication Of information of this kind. The
publication of the Laws and the issue of lnstrur
lions, more SIS comprehensive, and at intervals
more or lel ~ ended, have proved wholly made
uuate in u /: Jsence of the construction OF those
Laws as an ed to particular cases, and of details
| and Illustrations to make the regulations and in,
structions Ineligible The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress, too voluminous9
and are printed in quantities small for general
circulation; whilst the debates in Congress and
the commentaries OF the upon their prOceeds
ngs, and the proceedings of the Executive branch
Of the Government, besides turning mostly upon
general principles, address themselves only to
marty ends, and to matters Of national policy9
SfKese publications in their various forms are
highly useful in themselves as far us they go and
| some of them indispensable; but there is much
that do not reach the hands Of all, il they did,
do they furnish those rules, methods, and exam
plies, for the despatch Of the public business whcl
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, methodcal, 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 question what
ever.
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-Office Department until the month
of November last; with by far the larger portion
of both postnasters 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
who carry it on. Since his official connection with
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 civity with
them all. The Junior Editor has been asssiduously
engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
sonai inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details of the Post-Ofice and
v.ner branches Of the public business. 1t is with
this stock Of experience, and these advantages for
IL. IF oil
ton, and for imparting minute and illustrative in
structon, 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
the day for the publication of our paper, to
, afford time for obtaining from the departments
all the orders, notices and changes issued or 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. 1t is a.
matter of inconvenience and complaint, for which
hitherto there has been remedy, that in one
month from the time of these issues, there 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
y since the issue Of the lust 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 modf |,
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 misd
rection, remang, 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 we engage. every inteIII-
cent 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 or
: patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, and
efficiency Of the whole Post Office sysem--at IN e
: to subscribe. The same considerations apply o
the orders and notices, DECISIONS and instruction
of the War, Navy, Treasury, State, and Interior
departme nts, and the same course is intended IN
respect to them. Notices of the decisions OF the
> Supreme Court, in turning upon question
of official duty or national interest, will find pac
in this paper.
TIME undersigned, committee Of publication, on
!. IL the part Of the Muscogee and Russell Agricul-
&c tural Society. especially invite public attention
to the follf ving prospectus Of MONTHLY
JOURNAL TO be published in this city under the
auspices Of IN G above named association.
The Wort viii be devoted to the interests of .4g-
~ r;,,,it,,r, onI HORTICULTURE Domestic and Rural