The southern press., 1852-05-04
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UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER.


| UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND Official .fDVERTLSER.
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TERMS. 80 The United States Postal Guide and
Official .adperiiser containing about 32 spper-royal
octapo pages, is published monthly for ONE DOL
LAR ONLY per a,l,ll'n, payable IN adpance--or fps
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 a sample of the papers that to follow, as
for its aim no less purpose, than TO impartin-
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
zation, decisions and action of the Executive de-
partments of their Government There has hith-
erto Teen no vehicle for the regular and proper
communication of information of this kind. The
publication of the Laws and the issue of nstrur
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
structons Ineligible. The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress, are too .oluminous
and are printed in quantities too small for general
circulation; whilst the debates in Congress and
the commentaries of thepress 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 pocyl
| These publications in their various forms are
highly useful in themselves as far as they go, and
some of them Indispensable; but there is much
that do not reach the hands Of all, if they did,
| do they furnish those rules methods and exam
| al N nf III Inns
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 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 east-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 was AUDI,
tor of the Post-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, frs 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 il on. Since his official connection with
the Government ceased, he flatters himself he has
preserved the respect and regard of most OF the
present ncumbenis of the departments, and is on
becoming terms of intercourse and oyity with
them all. The Junior Editor has been asssiduousy
engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
sonal inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details of the Post-0fice and
otner branches OF the public BUSINESS Il 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 conhdenc,
and solicit your support and patronage.
We have fixed upon the 18th OF each month as
the day for the publication Of our paper, so as to
afford time for obtaining from the departments
all the orders, notices ndehanges issued or made
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
matter OF Inconvenience and complaint, for which
l 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 are in the tables
At this time there perhaps over three thousand
Offices Of the two descriptions. In like manner
! laws nave bftIl pdhhtu
since the issue Of the last volume OF regulations,
Of which many postmastersand others are wholly
ignorant. We propose 70 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 poatmasters fall and
exact information upon both subjects, up to and
for time being. How much OF the present misd
rection, remailing, doubt, confusion, error, and
imposition, will be saved by the progressive stat,
OF full and exact knowledge, Tor which we have
nroyided, and for which We engage, every nte
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 viii, il 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-nt once
to subscribe The same considerations apply o
the orders and notices, decisions, and Instructors
OF the War, Navy, Treasury, Sute, and Interior
departments, and the same course - 'intended in
respect to them. Notices Of the decisions Of the
Supreme Court, in cases turning upon question:
OF official duty national interest, will End psc
in this pay.r.