The southern press., 1852-05-22
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE

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AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER.
IL To sow ,ohat is done, and ,chat should be done
in oOfce.ssT i
PETER g. WAsHrNGToN, r.u,,
CHARLES M. WILLARD, ( Io"o'Sd"a r'oprtetoTs-
TERMS. -" The United States Postal Guide and
Official .9dpertiser, containing about 80 sppsY-roual
octaro pages, is published monthly for ONE Doll
LAR ONLY, per afnita, payable in dtpance-or fine
dollars for sic copies ordered.
| PREPARATORY NOTICE.
! The enterprise in which we now embark, and
OF which this paper is at once the commencement G.
and sample of the papers that to follow, as
for its aim no less purpose, than to mpart in
structon, in the general and detail, to the Officer
and Agents fthe 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 hth-
erto Eeen vehicle for the regular and proper
Communication of information of this kind. The
publication Of the Laws and the issue Of ins,rnc
tions more Loo. comprehensive, and at inter phs
more or less extended, have proved wholly made.
quate, in the absence of the construction OF 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 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 policyl
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 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 incumhent HIM
| self, or the department 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
act we shall make the administrative duties of the
1 departments more easy and effective, and thereby
promote the real and substantial interests Of the
country And this we expect to do, to some ev
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 he sent, that the Senior Editor was Audi
tor of the Post-Oice 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 Wnr
Department, ard subsequently in the Treasury.
He has therefore had the best opportunities for
erstanding 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 fatters himself he has
preserved the respect and regard Of most Of the
present incumbents of the departments, and is n
; becoming terms of intercourse and cviy wlth
, them all. The Junior Editor has been asssijuousy
engaged for several years, IN studying, by per.
sonai inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details Of the Post-0fice anc
o,ner branches OF the public business. II 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 statistlca
information, that we challenge your con6denS
and solicit your support and patronage.
We have fixed upon the 18th OF each month a
the day for the publication of paper, so as I,
. afford time for obtaining from the departments
all the orders, notices and changes issued or mad
: by them during the preceding month. Tables Q
j Post Offices, and compilations Of the Laws an
|, Regulations, are issued by the Post Office Depar
: ment only once in two or three years. IL is
n matter Of inconvenience and complaint, for whic
. hitherto there has been no remedy, that IN on
4 month from the time Of these issues, there Of
fees in the tables which longer in operation
and Offices in operation which are not the tables
At this time there are perhaps over three thousan
Offices Of the two descriptions. In like manne
laws have been passed and regulations establisho
since the issue OF the last volume or regulations
4 Of which many postmRsters and others are who'll
Il ignorant. we pIVIose W pltftHht pFtbcnt
, any increase OF the evil Of either kind, and frou
the time another issue shall be made, our pape
will furnish the additions, corrections, and modii
cations, made IN each month, and by being file,
!. aud preserved, will afford TO postmasters full AM
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, for time being. How much Of the present misdi
rection, remailing, doubt, confusion, error, an
imposition, will be saved by the progressive stat
Of full and exact knowledge, for which hav
provided, and for which we engage, every intellI
gent postmaster can estimate for himself
These advantages alone and independently Of al
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, To subscribe. The same considerations apply [,
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Supreme Court, ia turning upon question:
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