The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-03-10
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER.

UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
i AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER.
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TERMs.-' The United STATES Postal Guide and
Official Advertiser" containing abou. 30 srper-royai
ocfauo pages, is published nsonihly for ONE DOL
LAR ONLY, per annum, payable in adpalce--or tirs
dollars for sir copies ordered.
PREPARATORY NOTICE.
The enterprise in which now embark, and
| OF which this paper is at once the commencement
and a sample Of the papers that are to follow, as
for Its ann no less purpose, than to impart in
structon, 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 tn en-
and the people at large, acquainted with the organ
izutIon, 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 instruc
tons, or less comprehensive, and at intervals
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 i'm
structons ineligible. The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress- are too volumino,,s
and are printed in quantities too small for general
circulation whilst the debates in Congress and
the commentaries of the press upon their proc eed
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 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 if they did
do they furnish those rules, methods, and exam
pies, for the despatch OF the public business which
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 ethodical, and e.
act, 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 ex
tent at least-apart from, and independently to
any party personal interest or question " hat
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-Oifce Department until the month
of November last; with by far the larger portion
of both postmasers 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 Wer
Department, ard subsequently in the Treasury.
| He has therefore had the best opportunities fo,
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 natters 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 civilitv with
them all. The Junior Editor has been asssiduou,lv
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 for
reaching the various sources of administrative ac
ton, and for impartng minute and illustrative in
structon, and valuable periodical and statistical
information, that 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 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 II
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 a
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 no longer in operation
and offices in operation which are not in the tables
| At this time there perhaps three thousand
offices of the two descriptions. In like manner
| laws have been passed ana 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 modif.
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 state
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 we charge
for the paper, and will, it is hoped, ndace every
postmaster who feels just pride in his office or
patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, and
efficiency of the whole Post Office system-at once
to subscribe. The same considerations apply O
the orders and notices. decisions, and Instructors
Of the War, Navy, Treasury, State, and Interior
departments, and the same is intended in
respect to them. Notices of the decisions of the
Supreme Court, in cases turning upon question,
of official duty national interest," will find plac
in this papsr.
YuNHE undersigned a committee Of publication, on
II the mart of the Muscogee and Russell ApricuI