The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-05-20
IINGToN CITY, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1852.
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND OFFICIAL .aDYER User

UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER.
Is To sho,o ohai is done, d ,ohai should be done
! in cDice.-sI
fETER u. WASHINGTON, rJ;,oysa.J p,o,-;,,o,,,
CHARLES M. WILLARD, ''f'
TERMS" The U,,iied States Postal Guide aud
eacias adcerissr, combating about 81 srpsr-royd
octaro pages, is published monthly for ONE Doi-
LAR ONLY, per aan,sm, payable ~ adpaace--or Gpt
dollars Jor sin copies ordered
PREPARATORY NOTICE.
| The enterprise in which now embark, and
Of which this paper is at once the commencement
and sample of the papers that are to follow, as
| for its aim no less purpose, than to impart m
struction, in the general and detail to the Officer
and Agents of the American public IA respect both
to their duties and their rights and to make them,
and the people at large acquainted with the organ
| izaion, decisions and action Of the Executive de-
partments Of their Government. There has hlih-
| erto Leen no vehicle for the regular and proper
| communication of INFORMATION Of this kind. The
| publication of the Laws and the issue of instrur
TONS more or 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 IN
structions Ineligible. The valuable documents
annual reported TO Congress, are too voluminous,
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 policy!
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, if they did,
| do thew furnish those rules, methods, and exam
ba,p Of nuhI lie bua uyhi
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 ethodcal, and eI
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 ev
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 AUDI
tor of the Post-Oifice Department until the month
of November last; with by far the larger portion
of both poslmasters and contractors, he has had
direct intercourse, in person or by letter. He en-
tered the department fourteen years since land for
many years previously, had been, first in the War
| Department, ard subsequently in the Treasury
| He has therefore had the best opportunities foI
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 hatters 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 civilty 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-Ofce and
olner branches of the public business. 1t 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
struction, and valuable periodical and statistical
information, that we challenge your confidence
and solicit your support and patronage.
} We have fxed upon the 18th OF each month as
the day for the publication of our paper, so to
afford time for obtaining from the departments
all the orders, notices and changes issued mad.
by them during the preceding month. Tables Of
Post Offices, and compilations of the Laws and
Regulations, are issued by the Post Office Depart
ment only once in two or three years. Ii is a
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 are no longer in operation
and offices in operation which are 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 tne luSl VOuiHt VI
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 modi..
cations, made in each month, and by being fled
and preserved, will afford to postmasters full and
exact information upon both subjects, up to and
| for time being. How much of the present misdi
rection, remailing, doubt, confusion, error, and
imposition, will be saved by the progressive state
of full and exact knowledge, for which have
provided, and for which we engage, every inteIll
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 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 to
the orders and notices, decisions, 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 turning upon question.
of official duty national interest, will find plac
in this paper.
YHNHE Undersigned, a committee Of publication, on
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