The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-03-15
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE

| UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
( AND OFFICIAL .aDYERTISER.
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Letter. u WHsHrsaroN' Editors and Proprisiors.
TERMS. -" The United Siaies Postal Guide and
Official .4dreriiser containing about 10 super-Toyai
oetapo pages, is published monthly for ONE DOL
LAR ONLY, per annt,nl, payable in adpance--Or ips
dollars for sr 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, has
for its aim no less purpose, than to impart in
struction, in the general and detail, the Officer
and Agents Of the American public, in respect both
to their duties and their lights, and to make HEM
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 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, 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 voIuminous,
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
marty ends, and to matters of national policy
These publications in their various forms are
highly useful in themselves far as they go, and
some of then. 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 ehodical, and ey
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 " 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-O Office 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 Wor
| Department, ard subsequently in the Treasury.
He has therefore had the best opportunities foi
understanding the arrangements OF business in al,
| the departments, and being acquainted with those
who carry it on. Since his official connection with
the Government ceased, he iatters 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 civility win
them ALL The Junior Editor has been asssiduously
engaged for several years. in studying, by per-
sonal inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details of the Post Office and
otner 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 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 OF
Post Offices, and compiat<J of the Laws and
Regulations, are issued by the Post Office Depart.
ment only once in two or three years. Ii 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 importation which are not in the tables
At this time there 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 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 misdi
rection, remang, doubt, confusion, error, and
| imposition, will be saved by the progressive state
| OF full and exact knowledge, for which we hav,
provided, and for which we engage, every inteI
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 il hoped, indace every
postmaster who feels just pride in his office or
a patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, and
efficiency of the whole Post Office system--,t 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 course IL 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 pac
in this pap,r.
Y1NHE undersigned, a committee adjudication, on
| j. the part Of the Muscogee and Russell Agrcul-
tural Society," respectfully invite public attention
to the following prospectus of MONTHLY
| JOURNAL, to be published in this city under the
auspices Of the above named association.
| The work will be devoted to the interests of AZ
ricuAme and Horticulture, Domestic and Rural
Economy. Under these several heads will be in