The southern press., 1852-07-03
VOL. I'LL
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER.

UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER.
= To sho,o ,oha is DONE and iuhai should be done
in o6fcs.sSU
rarEh " wH W, Editors and Proprietors
TEnMs. The United States Postal Guide and
Official .Adpertiser" containing about 80 spperroyai
octapo pages, is published monthly for ONE DOL
LAR ONLY, per annilni, payable in adpance--or Jips
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, tas
for its 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 Leen no vehicle for the regular and proper
communication Of information of this kind The
publication of the Laws and the issue Of instrur
tions, more orless comprehensive, and atinteryals
more or less extended, have provSd wholly made
uuate in the absence Of the constructions OF those
Laws as 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 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 10
| party ends, and to matters of national poileys
/ 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 thew furnish those rules, methods, and exam
Piles, 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, m ethodlcal, and eY
act, we shall make the administrative duties of the
denartments 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 or question what
ever.
/ IL 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, ana for
MANY wears previously, had been, firstin the Wer
Department, ard subsequently in the Treasury.
He has therefore had the best opportunities foi
understanding the arrangements Of business In ali
the departments, and being acquainted with those
who carry il 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 civllity with
them all The Junior Editor has been asssiduoucly
engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
sonai inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details of the Post-Ofice and
ncba Of he nnhlle busIneSS a WI
this stock OF experience, and these advantages for
reaching the various sources Of administrative &c
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 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 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. Ii is
matter of inconvenience and complaint, for which
hitherto there has been no remedy, that N one
month from the time Of these issues, there are Of
6ees 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 OF regulations,
Of which many postmasters ana others are "hoily
ignorant We propose 10 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, corrections, and modi6.
cations, made in each month, and by being filed
and preserved, will afford to postmasters full and
exact information upon both subjects, up 10 and
for time being. How much Of the present misdi
recton, 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 intellI
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 viii, Il is hoped, induce every
POSTMASTER who feels just pride in has Office OF
patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, and
efficiency Of the whole Post Office system-at once
| To subscribe. The same considerations apply TO
the orders and notices, decisions, and Instructors
OF the War, Navy, Treasury, State, and Interior
departmental, and the same course - intended IN
respect 70 them. Notices Of the decisions Of the
Supreme Court, in cases turning upon question:
Of Official duty or naiinterest, will find place
IN this papsr.