The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-05-26
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER.

| UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER.
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! PREPARATORY NOTICE.
The enterprise in which we now embark, and
Of which this paper is at once the Commencement,
and a sample Of the papers that are to follow, as
for it's aim no less purpose, than to mpart 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 teen vehicle for the regular and proper
| communication Of information Of this kind. The
publication Of the Laws and the issue Of instrur
tons, more 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
| and illustrations to make the regulations and ia
ts<suctions intsitiEih1e- Ths v6auahle Aocameuts
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
ngs, 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 policyi
| These publications in their various forms are
highly useful in themselves far they go, 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
pies, 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, the department or bureau under which he
acts. We shall make an honest effort to supply
this vacuum, and to provide for these necessities.
IL 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
tent at least--apar from, and independently to
any party or 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-Oifice 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 War
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 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 asssduou,y
engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
| sonal inquiry and examination, the practical and
! daily routine and details of the Post-Offce and
| utner branches Of the public business. 1t is with
this stock Of experience, and these advantages for
| reaching the various sources of administrative
ton, and for mparting minute and illustrative in
struction, and valuable periodical and statistical
information, that we challenge your conidenc.
and solicit your support and patronage.
We have fixed upon the 18th Of each month as
the day for the publication of our paper to
afford time for obtaining from the departments
all the ORDERS notices and changes issued or mad.
by them during the preceding month. Tables CT
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 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 no longer in operation
and offices in operation which 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,
INV increase of the evil Of either kind, and from
the time another issue shall be made, our paper
| will furnish the additions, corrections, and modifis
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 msdi
rection, remailing, doubt, confusion, error, and
imposition, will be saved by the progressive
OF full and exact knowledge, for which we have
provided, and for which we engage, every intelll.
gent postmaster can estimate for himself.
These advantages alone and independently Of all
| others, are worth many times the price charge
for the paper, and WILL it is hoped, indace 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 once
to subscribe. The same considerations apply to
the orders and notices, DECISIONS and Instructions
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 national interest, will find plac
in this papsr.
TENHE undersigned, a committee capitalization, on
! N the part Of the Muscogee and Russell Agricu-
tural Society, respectfully invite public attention
to the following prospectus of 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 .3g