The southern press., 1852-07-01
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER.

4
AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER.
~ To shO,O ,Ohai is done, and ,ohat should be done
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CHARLES M. WILLARD, ''P' ''''''
TERMs.-' The United States Postal Guide and
Official Advertiser" containing about 80 spper-royald
octavo pages, is published monthly for ONE DOL
LAR ONLY, per annln, payable in adpance--or JiDs
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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, has
| for its aim no less purpose, than to lmpart 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 no vehicle for the regular and proper
communication of Information of this kind. The
publication of the Laws and the issue of instrur
lions more or less comprehensive, and at intervals
| more or less extendeu, have proved wholly made
ouate in the absence of the construction OF those
Laws, ais applied to particular cases, and of details
! and illustrations to make the regulations and in
structons 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.
ln0S, ana the DrOCeeulngbO1 the EAeCutlVt
! of the Government, besides turning mostly upon
general principles, address themselves only to
party ends,- and to matters of national poheyt
| These publications in their various forms are
highly useful in themselves as far as they co. and
some of them indispensable; but there is much
that do not reach the hands Of all, 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, 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 ethodica, and eY
act we shall make the administrative duties of the
departments more easy and effective, and thereby
promote che real and subStantal 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.
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-Office Department until the month
of November last; with by far the larger portion
of both postmasters and contractors, he has had
drectintercourse, in person or by letter. he en-
tered the department fourteen years since, and for
many years previously, had been, first IN the War
i Department, ard subsequently in the Treasury.
ilIe has therefore had the best opportunities for
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 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 ciyility with
them all The Junior Editor has been asssduously
engaged for several years, IN studying, by per-
sonai inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details of the Post-Offce and
utner branches OF the public business. Ii is with
this stock OF experience, and these advantages for
reaching the various sources of administrative &C
ton and for imparting minute and illustrative in
I information, that we challenge YOU cUnndenc,
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
Dal ations, are issued by the Post Office Depart
M only once in two or three years. IL is
kaihr of inconvenience and complaint, for which
r. htfto there has been remedy, that s1 one
~ from the time Of these issues, there are Of
Mce8 the tables which are no longer IN operation,
andpfces Az operation which are not IN the tables:
Al mis- Ii te&here 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,
ofwhich 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
Xviii furnish tn additions, corrections, and modih.
! cations, made in each month, and by being filed
and pressrvtd, will afford to postmasters full and
exact information upon both subjects, up TO and
for time being. How much of the present misdi
rection. remsiling, doubt, confusion, error, and
imposition, will be saved y the Pr9gressye state
Iprov,ded, and for which veengags, every intellr'
4 gent postmnster can estimat{ for himself
Thsda advantages alone "a INDEPENDENTLY pf all
Others, xre worth many fine the price we c.,arge
for the paper, and ri il is hoped, induce fsery
tnostmaster who ia - Just pride in his Office or
46bx3riotN regard 10 the credit, prosperity, and
es3Gxency or The whole Post Office system--at once
! TO subscribe. The same considerations apply TO
hhe orders and notices, decisions, and instructors
| OF the War, Navy, reasury, State, and Interior
and ne saos Soasss !; INTENDED DC n
81 of6cit duly d nsaipne5l Hind place
in this pap.r -
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES acbmmttee Of publication, on
| il the part or the Muscogee and Russell Agricu-
tural Society, respectfully invite public attention.
70 the. following prospectus OF MONTHLY
! JOURNAL, 10 be published in this city under the
auspices OF The above named association
4 The work will bedevoted n The interests of a.
riculiire and Horficnifiuf, Domestic and Rural
Economy. Undsr.these several heads will be in
cluded all that concerns The culture Of crops, the
\ improvtment ofihe soil, the management OF the
/ farm, t5e garden, the orchard, the flower yard,
AID the houss@aepers department. In their con-
nexion with the bfrests OF The soil, the other in
! dustral parsuitet We land, will RECEIVE their ap
kpropriaie ATTENDED
" The 'sSOIL Cd j. SOUTH" will be under
O. ' SaS cs c 81 C%aas PEABODY
has been for Two Years past connected with the
!. Agricultural ms, and is equally distinguished as
a practical ard scientific farmer and gardener
Col. Chamber is one OF the most intelligent and
successful planters IN the South. They will be
assisted by an able corps OF contributors, among
the practicsf0Pmers and planters Of the land.
! ~ Each INV viii contain sixteen pagee OF
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