The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-02-05
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
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AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER.
H. To shop ohat is done, and ,chat should be don
in o6ice.@ET
anEh W1sIrSsg0s' Editors and Proprietor,
TERMS. -" The United States Postal Guide and
Official 4dreriser," containing about 80 spper-roya
octapo pages, is published monthly for ONE poL.
LAR ONLY, per ana,un, payable IN adpance--or Jfps
dollars for sir copies ordered.
PREPARATORY NOTICE
The enterprise in which we now embark, and
Of which this paper is at once the commencement l.
and sample of the papers that are to follow, as
for its aim no less purpose, than to impart in
sruction, 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
izaton 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 instrur
tons more or less comprehensive, and atinteryals
more or l1gx e - dyr .se proved lolly 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
structions Ineligible. The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress, are too voluminous
apd are printed IN quantities 100 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 70
party ends, and to matters of national policy!
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, nor ifthey 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 hs
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, methodcal, 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 east-apart from, and independently to
any party or personal interest or question what
| ever.
| Ii 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. He en-
tered the department fourteen years since and fol
many years previously, had been, first in the Wsr
| Department, ard subsequently in the Treasury
| He has therefore had the best opportunities foI
| understanding the arrangements OF business in all
| the departments, and being acquainted with those
who carry il 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-
sonal inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details of the Post-Office and
utner branches OF the public business. 1t is with
this stock OF experience and these advantages fol
reaching the various sources of administrative &C
ton and for imparting minute and illustrative in
struction, and valuable periodical and statistical
| information, that we challenge Jour 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, as "a
afford time for obtaining from the departments
all the orders, notices andchanges issued or mad,
by them during the preceding month. Tables C
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 in ont
month from the time Of these issues, there are Of
fees in the tables which are no longer in opeG on
and Offices in operation which are not in the bles
AZ 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 mod6
cations, made in each month, and by being filed
and preserved, will afford to postmasers full and
exact information upon both subjects, up TO and
for time being. How much Of the presen, misdi
rection, remailing, doubt, confusion, error, and
imposition, will be saved by the progressive state
of. full and exact knowledge, for whIeh we hav,
proyided, 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 will, il is hoped, induce every
postmaster who feels just pride in his Office or
a patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, and
efficiency Of the whole Post Office system--at ono
,osubscribe The same considerations apply %
the orders and notices. decisions, and instruction s
of the War, Navy, Treasury, State, and Interior
departments, and the same course is Intended in
respect 10 them. Notices Of the decisions Of the
Supreme Court, in cases turning upon question:
of official duty OF national Interest, will find plac
in this paper.
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