The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-03-31
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER.

UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
I and OFFICIAL ADVERTISER.
IL To sho,u what is done, and sOhat should be done
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fETER u. WAsHrNGrON, p,,,u.
CHARLES M. WILLARD, "''''""" f'oP''e'"'S
| TERMS. -" The United States Postal Guide and
oetapo pages, is Published monthly for ONE DOL
LAR ONLY, per ann@m, payable in adpance--or Gp.
dollars for sac copies ordered
PREPARATORY NOTICE
| The enterprise in which we now embark, and
OF which this paper is ut once the commencement t.
and sample of the papers that are to follow, B as
for it's aim no less purpose, than to mpart 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 them,
and the people at large, acquainted with the organ
Ization, decisions and action of the Executive de-
| partments of their Government. There has hth-
erto Leen vehicle for the regular and proper
communication of Information of this kind. The
publication of the Laws and the issue of instruc
tions 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
annually reported to Congress, are too voumnous
and are printed IN quantities too small for general
crcuation; 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 policyy
These publications in their various forms are
highly useful IN themselves as far as they 60 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
Piles, for the despatch Of the public business whch
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
Ii 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 ex
tent at least--apart from, and indepedenty 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 was Audi
tor of the Posl-Ofice 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 War
Department, ard subsequently in the Treasury.
He has therefore had the best opportunities for
understanding the arrangements OF business in Mi
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 civiIity with
them all. The Junior Editor has been asssiduously
engaged for several years, in studying, by per.
sonni inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details of the Post-O Office ant
vlner branches Of the public business. 1t is will
this stock Of experience, and these advantages TO
reaching the various sources of administrative &C
ton, and for impartnS minute and illustrative in
sruction, and valuable periodical and statistical
information, that challenge your confdenc,
and solicit your supPcrt and patronage.
We have fixed upon the 18th Of each month a.
the day for the publication of our paper 30 as 10
afford time for obtaining from the departments
all the orders, notices and changes issued or mad.
by them during the preceding month. Tables O
, Post Offices, and compilations of the Laws ana
Regulations, issued by the Post Office Depart
ment only once in two or three years. 1t ia ,
matter of inconvenience and complaint for which
hitherto there has been no remedy, that in on,
month from the time of these issues, there are of
fees in the tables which no longer in operation
and Offices operation which not in the table
AT this time there perhaps three thousand
offices of the two descriptions. In like manner
laws have been passed and regulations established
+ 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
f cations, made in each month, and by being filed
and preserved, will afford to posmasters full ant
exact information upon both subjects, up to ant
for time being How much of the present msdi
rection, remaing, doubt, confusion, error, ant
imposition, will be saved by the progressive stat
OF full and exact knowledge, for which we hav
provided, and for which we engage. every intelll
gent postmaster can estimate for himself.
These advantages alone and independently of al
Others are worth many times the price we charg
for the paper, and will, it is hoped induce every
postmaster who feels just pride in his office OF
. a patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, AM
e efficiency of the whole Post Office system-at ono
to subscribe The considerations apply t.
the orders and notices, decisions, and instruction
Of the War, Navy, Treasury, State, and InterIo
departments, and the same course is intended If
respect to them. Notices of the decisions of TIT
: Supreme Court, in cases turning upon questions
of official duty national interest, will find u plac
: in this paper.
n YUNHE undersigned, u committee Of publication, or
l. the part Of the Muscogee and Russell Agricul
tural Society, respectfully invite public attention
to the following prospectus of u MONTHLY
JOURNAL, to be published in this city under thu