The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-04-29
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
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CHARLES Nj. WILLARD, Eauorsand FroP'tefors'
TERMS. &c The United States Postal Guide and
Official 7dperiiser" containing about ~ spper-rouaI
oefdpo pages, IS published monthly for ONE DOL
LAR ONLY, per dnnum, payable IN adpaace-or fiji.
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 to follow, as
for It's ann no less purpose, than to impart in
struclion, 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 vehicle for the regular and proper
communication of information Of this kind The
publication of the Laws and the issue of instrur
ions, more or less comprehensive, and at intervals
more or less extended. have proved wholly made
quate, in the absence of the construction Of those
Laws 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 voluminous
and 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
marty ends, and to matters of national policys
These publications IN their various forms are
highly useful in themselves 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
pies, for the despatch Of the public business which
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, methodical 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 ex
tent at east--apart from, and independently to
any party or personal interest or 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-Oice 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 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 foi
underst landing 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 naters himself he has
. preserved the respect and regard Of most OF the
4 present ncumbens of the departments, and is on
becoming terms of intercourse and civility with
them all. The Junior Editor has been asssiduously
engaged for several years, in studying, by per
sonn inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details Of the Post-Oflee AMI
, o,ner branches Of the public business. Ii IL with
| otoc oPa nd thaae ohv pfana q,
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 a.
the day for the publication Of our paper 40 as tc
afford time for obtaining from the departments
all the orders, notices and changes issued or mad
by them during the preceding month. Tables
Post Offices, and compilations Of the Laws ant
Regulations are issued by the Post Office Depart
ment only once IN two or three years. II Ia ,
matter of inconvenience and complaint, for which
hitherto there has been no remedy, that in on
month from the time of these issues, there are of
fees in the tables which are no longer in operation
and offices in operation which not in the tables
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 modi6.
cations, made IN each month, land 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
recton, remaling, doubt, confusion, error anc
imposition, will be saved by the progressive state
Of full and exact knowledge, for which we have
provided and for which we engage. every ntelIl
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, il is hoped, induce every
postmaster who feels ust pride in his office or
patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, and
efficiency of the whole Post Office system-at once
to subscribe. The same considerations apply O
the orders and notices, decisions, and Instructors
Of the War, Navy, Treasury, State, and Interior
departments, and the course is intended in
respect to them. Notices of the decisions OF the
Supreme Court, in cases turning upon questions.
of official duty national interest, will find place
in this papsr.
| YUNHE undersigned, committee Of publication on
Il the part Of the Muscogee and Russell Agricul-