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


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CHARLES M WILLARD, h'""''s0"a rroPr'ssors'
TxAMs. 50 The United State, Postal Guide and
Official Advertiser" contasing abo. 30 sppsr-rouaE
ocfaro pages, is published monfhiy for ONE DOL
LAa ONLY, per aanum, payabIs in adpancs--or five
dollars for si1 copies ordered
PREPARATORY NOTICE.
| The enterprise Al which we now embark, and
Of which this paper is at the commencement,
and sample Of the papers thai are to follow, / as
for it's ann no less purpose, than To impart in
structon in the general and detail, the Officer
and gents 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-
partmsnts of their Government. There has hith-
rrto tssn no vehicle inr The regular aud proper
communication Of information Of this kind The
publication Of the Laws and the issue Of nstrur
tions, less comprehensive, and nj 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 in.
structons Ineligible. The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress, too yoIuminouss
and 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
uarty ends, and to matters of national poIieyy
These publications in their various forms are
highly useful in themselves 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, apd 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, methodicaI, and ex
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 ex-
tent at least--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 be sent, that the Senior Editor was Audi.
tor of the Post-Of6ce 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 Wsr
| Department, ard subsequently in the Treasury.
He has therefore had the best opportunities for
understanding the arrangements or business in all
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 civiIity with
them all. The Junior Editor has been asssiduouslv
engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
sonni inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details of the Post-Oifice and
other 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 imparting mIDute and illustrative in
struction, and valuable periodical and statstlca
information, that we challenge your confidence
and solicit your support and patronage.
/ We have fixed upon the 18th Of each month as
the day for the publication of our paper, 80 as to
afford time for obtaining from the departments.
all the orders, notices and changes issued made
by them during the preceding month Tables O +
Post Offices, and compilations of the Laws and
Regulations, are issued by the Post Office Depart
ment only once in two or three years. IL 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 are 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 postsaasters 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
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 presen. msdi .
rection, remailing, doubt, confusion, error, and
imposition, will be saved by the progressive stats
of full and exact knowledge, for winch we have
provided and for which we engage, every intelli-
! 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, induce every
postmaster who feels a 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 10
the orders and notices, decisons and Instructors
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 question:
of official duty national interest, will find place
in this papsr.
II ruNHEundersgned, committee OF publication, on
u the part OF the Muscogee and Russell Agrcul-
tural Society, respectfully invite public attention
to the following prospectus of a MONTHLY