The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-04-10
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER

UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER.
~ To sho,o ,ohat is done, and ,chat should be done
IN o6ice.-sU
cEAs1r, A Wssro Editors and proprstors
TERMS" The United States Postal Guide and
Official .4duertiser, containing about 80 sppsrroyal
octave pages, is published mo'.itiy for ONE DOL
LAR ONLY, per annum, payable in adpance--or Jfps
dollars for sir copies ordered.
PREPARATORY NOTICE.
The enterprise in which we now embark, and
OF which this paper is at once the commencement /,
and sample Of the papers that are to follow, as
for it's ann no less purpose, than to impart in |
struction in the general and detail, to the Officer
and Agents of the American public, in respect both
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-
parments Of their Government. There has hilh-
erto Eeen no vehicle for the regular and proper
communication of information Of this kind. The
publication Of the Laws and the issue of nstruc
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 particular cases, and of details
and illustrations to make the regulations and In
structions Ineligible. The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress, are too voluminous
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
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, 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, methodical and eY
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 ey
| tent at least-apart from, and independently to
any party 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-Ofce 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
tered the department fourteen years since, and for
many years previously, had been, first in the War
| Department, ard subsequently in the Treasury.
| He has therefore had the best opportunities for
understanding the arrangements of business in all
the departments, and being acquainted with those
who carry ii on. Since his official connection with
the Government ceased, he fatters himself he has
i 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 asssiduously
engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
sonai inquiry and examination, the practical and
| daily routine and details of the Post-Ofiice 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 impnrting minute and illustrative in
struction, and valuable periodical and statistical
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 us to
afford time for obtaining from the departments
nil the orders notices and changes issued or 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. 1t 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 are longer in operation
and offices in operation which not in the tables
At this time there are perhaps three thousand
offices of the two descriptions. In like manner
| laws have been passed and regulations established
the issue OF the last VOlulnc OF reSulUtIOnS
of which many posmasters 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 mod.
cations, made in each month, and by being filed
and preserved, will afford to postmasers 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 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 charge
for the paper, and WILL it is hoped, induce 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--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 cases turning upon questions.
of official duty or national interest, will find plac
in this paper.
yuNHE undersigned, a committee of publication, on
Il the part Of the Muscogee and Russell Agricul-
tural Society, respectfully invite public attention
to the following prospectus of MONTHLY