The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-03-12
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
and Official ADVERTISER.

UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER.
~ To shor what is doae, and rhat should be done
in e6iee.-zzU
CnARIr, M. WILLARD. Editors and ProPr7etor'.
TERms The United States Postal Guide and
Official Advertiser, containing about 30 srperroyal
octapo pages, is published monthly for ONE DOL
LAR ONLY, per 0nnu'n, payable IN adpance--or tps
dollars for sir copies ordered.
PREPARATORY NOTICE.
The enterprise in which we now embark, and
OF which this paper Is ut once the commencement
and sample of the papers that are to follow, az
for its aim no less purpose, than to mpart 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
tons, more less comprehensive and at intervals
more or less extended, have proved wholly made
auate 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
structons Ineligible. The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress, too volumiuo,is
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
marty 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 Of ALL if they did,
| do they furnish those rules, methods, and exam
ples 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 necessities.
| If we succeed in rendering the functions of the
! primary offices more uniform, m ethodica, 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 ev
| tent at least-apart from, and independently to
any party or personal interest question " hat
| 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-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 lie en-
tered the department fourteen years since, and for
many years previously, had been, first in the Wsr
Department, ard subsequently in the Treasury.
He has therefore had the best opportunities fol
understanding the arrangements OF business in ali
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 OF the
present incumbents 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-
sonaI inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details of the Post-Oifice and
o,ner branches Of the public business. 1t is with
this stock Of experience, and these advantages for
| reaching the various sources OF administrative &c
ton, and for impartlng minute and illustrative IN
structon, and valuable periodical and statistical
information, that we challenge your confidence
and solicit your supportand 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 mad,
| bv them during the preceding month. Tables 81
! Post Offices, and compilations of the Laws and
Regulations, are issued by the Post Office Depart
ment bnly once in two or three years. 1t is
matter of inconvenience and complaint, for which
hitherto there has been remedy, that in
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 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 or regulations
|
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
i will furnish the additions, corrections, and modif
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
recton, remaling, doubt, confusion, error, and
imposition will be saved by the progressive state
| Of full and exact knowledge, for which we hav.
provided, and for which we engage, every intel
| 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, it is hoped, indace every
postmaster who feels ust pride IN his office or
! a patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, and
efficiency of the whole Post Office system--at once
to subscribe The same considerations apply t o
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 questions
of official duty national Interest," will find a pac
in this payr.
TuNHE undersigned, a committee of publication, on
i the part Of the Muscogee and Russell Agrcul-
tural Society, respectfully invite public attention
to the following prospectus of 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 .4g-
,1cuEture and Horticulture, Domestic and Rural