The southern press., 1852-01-08
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
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pREFARATORY NoTICC.


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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 its ann no less a purpose, than to impsrt in
struction, in the general and detail, 10 the Officer
and Agents the American public, in res )ect both
to their duties and their rights, and to make them.
and the people at large, acquainted with the organ
izaton, decisions and action of the Executive de-
partments Of their Government. There has hith-
erto teen no vehicle for the reg iar and proper
communication Of information Of this kind The
publication Of the Laws and the issue of Instruc
uons, more or less comprehensive, and at intervals
more or less extended. have proved wholly made .
quate, in the absepce Of the construction af 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 volumnous!
and printed in quantities too small for general
eirculaton; 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 10
party ends, and to matters of national poley1
These publications in their various forms are
highly useful in themselves as far they go, and
some of them indispensable; but there is much
that do not reach the hands Of ALL nor il they did,
do they furnish those rules, methods, and exam
ples 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 ex
act, shall make the administrative duties of tho
departments easy and effective, and thereby
promote the peal 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 or question hat
| ever. iN N
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-Otice 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. He 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 for
understanding the arrangements of business in all
the departments, and being acquainted with those
who carry it on. Since his official connection with
the Government ceased he hatters 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 cvIity with
them all The Junior Editor has been asssiduous.y
| engaged for several years, in studying, by pei
sonai inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details of the Post Office and
other branches of the public business. 1t is with
| this stock OF experience, and these advantages for
reaching the various sources OF administrative aca
ton and for mpartinS minute and illustrative in
struction, and valuable periodical and stastlca
| informaton that challenge your confidence.
and solicit your support and patronage.
we have hxed upon the 10Th 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 or made
| by them during the preceding month. Tables ar
! nd "a of I
| Regulations, are issued by the Post Office Depart
ment only once in two or three years. 1t is
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 are 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
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 addltions corrections, and modifs
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, remaling, doubt confusion, error, and
imposition, will be saved by the progressive state
| Of full and exact knowledge, for ~hirh we have
PROVIDED, ana WHICH we enSHye, every lntelll-
| 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 honed, induce every
postmaster who feels just prid in his Office or
a patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, and
efficiency of the whole Post Office sysem--at ,nce
to subscribe. The same considerations apply to
the orders and notices, decIsons 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 turning upon question:,
of official duty national interest," will find place
| in this pay'r. d.eFr
yuNHE undersigned, committee Of publication, on
! u the part Of the Muscogee and Russell Agrlcl-
tural 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.