The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-03-03
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
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UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER.
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TERMS. So The United States Postal Guide and
Official .7dperiiser containing about % spper-royal
octapo pages, is published monthly for ONE DOL
LAR ONLY, per annln, payable IN aduance-or Gps
dotiarsJor sic 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 it's 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
zation, decisions and action of the Executive de-
partments of their Government. There has hith-
ero Eeen no vehicle for the regular and proper
communication of Information of this kind The
publication of the Laws and the issue of instruc
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, as applied to particular cases, and Of details
anJ 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 to
party ends, and to matters of national poiieyl
| These publications IN their various forms are
highly useful in themselves far as they 60 and
some of them Indispensable but there is much
that do not reach the hands of ALL nor if they did
do they furnish those rules, methods, and exam.
ples for the despatch of the public business which
| tbab 4 rhnro of d,ty &c
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 ethodical, 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 ey
| tent at east---apart from, and independently TO
any party or personal interest question what
| ever.
per will be sent, that the Senior Editor was udI
| Tor of the Post-Olice 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
tered the department fourteen years since and for
many years previously, had been, first in the War
! 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 latters himself he has
preserved the respect and regard of most OF the
| present ncumbents of the departments, and is on
| becoming terms of intercourse and civility with
| them ALL The Junior Editor has been asssiduouyy
| engaged for several years, IN studying, by per.
sonai inquiry and examination, the practical and
| daily routine and details of the Post-Ofice and
1 r. A. L. L....
this stock Of experience, and these advantages fo
| reaching the various sources of administrative &C
ton, and for impartns minute and illustrative in
! struction, and valuable periodical and statistical
information, that we challenge your confdenc,
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 mad,
| by them during the preceding month. Tables q
Post Offices, and compilations of the Laws and
Regulations, issued by the Post Office Depart
ment only once in two or three years. Ii is o
| matter of inconvenience and complaint, for which
! hitherto there has been 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 are perhaps over three thousand
Offices of the two descriptions. In like manner
laws have been passed and regulations established
|
of which many postmasters and others 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 modi.
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 present misdi
| 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 ntelli
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 just pride in his Office or
patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, and
efficiency of the whole Post Office systenl-at ono
to subscribe. The same considerations apply o
the orders and notices, decisions, and instruction
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 or national interest, will find plac
in this papsr.