The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-07-27

IL To sLor uhat is done, and chat should be done
in o6iee.-EU
c n.ss Editors and Proprietor,
TEAMS. The United States Postal Guide and
Official .7dreytiser containing about - sppsr-royai
Octauo pages, is published monthly FIR ONE DOL
Lar ONLY, per annuns, payable Ia aduance--or fUs
dollars for sig 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, las
for its ann no less purpose, than to iInpart in
struclon, 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 Leen no vehicle for the regular and proper
communication of information of this kind. The
publication Of the Laws and the issue of instrue
TONS 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 M applied TO particular cases, and of details
and Illustrations to make the regulations and in
sructions ineligible. The valuable documents
annual reported to Congress- are too voumnous.
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 policyl
| These publications IN their various forms are
| highly useful in themselves far as they go, and
some of them indispensable; bur 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 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, nethodical, and es
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 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-Ofiice Department until the month
of November last; with by far the larger portion
/ of both poslmasters and contractors, he has had
direct intercourse, in person or by letter. He
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 al
! the departments, and being acquainted with those
| who carry it on. Since his official connection with
the Government ceased, he aatters 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 civlity with
| them all The Junior Editor has been asssiduoualy
engaged for several years, IN studying, by per-
sonai inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details of the Post-Offce and
| ,ner branches of the public business. Ii is with
this stock of experience, and these advantages for
| reaching the various sources of administrative
ton and for imparting minute and illustrative in
| nd ia nd tcnf.
| information, that challenge your confdenc.
and solicit your support and patronage.
/ We have fxed upon the 18th OF each month as
the day for the publication of our paper, so as to
afford time for obtaining from the departments
all the orders, notices and changes issued mad,
! by them during the preceding month. Tables G I
| 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 s a
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 opefaton
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. w propose to prevent, for the present,
anv increase OF the evil Of either kind, and from
| the time another issue shall be made, our paper
will furnish the additions, cOiTeCLOnS anu inOulns
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 nisdi
rection, remailing, 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 intoilI
rent 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 viii, 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 systenl--at once
1 to subscribe The same considerations apply to
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 pai'ar.
! rsNHE undersigned, a committee capitalization, on
| IL the part Of the Muscogee and Russell Agricul-
tura Society, respectfully invite public 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-