The southern press., 1852-05-18
UNITED STATES POsTAL GUIDE

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.a.ND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER
~ To Sho,o ,ohat is done and phat should be done
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Letter g WA Mil Editors and Proprieiors
TERms--" The United States Postal Guide and
Official Advertiser" containing about ~ srper-roya
octGpo pages, is published nlonthiy for ONE DOL
LAR ONLY, per amman, payable tn aduanee-or Jps
dollars for sic copies ordered. q
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 thai are to follow, MS
for it's aim no less a purpose, than to impart IN
sructon, in the general and dttall, 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
izaton decisions and action OF the Executive de-
nartments Of their Government. There has hih-
erto cen no vehicle for the regular and proper
communication of information of tais kind. The
publication Of the Laws and ti$ .s-.arNof instrur
ions more or less comPrchensiye, and atintervass
more or less extended, have proved wholly made
ouate, in the absence Of the construction those
Laws as applied to particular cases, and of details
and illustrations to make the regulations and in
structons Ineligible. The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress- are tao volumnousi
and are printed in quantities too snail 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 turnin, mostly upon
general principles, address themse YES only TO
party ends, and to matters of national policy;
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, nor if they did,
do thew furnish those rules, methods, and exam
Piles, for the despatch Of the publicbusiness which
can render the discharge of publicduty either safe
or easy, whether in respect to thencumbent HIM
self, or the department or bureau nder 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 fInctions of the
primary offices more uniform, metz odical, and es
act, we shall make the administrative duties of the
departments more easy and effectiie, and thereby
promote the real and substantial interests Of the
country And this we expect to do, to some ey
tent at east-apart from, and independently to
any party or personal interest or question what
ever.
IL is known to most Of those to whom this pa
per will be sent, that the Senior Editor was AUDI
tor of the Post-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 Wsr
Department, ard subsequently in the Treasury.
He has therefore had the best opportunities for
understanding the arrangements ofbusiness in all
the departments, and being acquainted with those
who carry it on Since his official connection with
the Government ceased, he fatters 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 ciyllity with
them all The Junior Editor has been asssduously
engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
sonal inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details Of the P0st-Ofice and
g.I,o liz ,,.. Il,
this stock OF experience, and these advantages for
reaching the various sources Of administrative &C
ton, and for impartng minute and illustrative in
I struction, anu Valuable priiodioai ana stausuca
| information, that we challenge your confidence
| and solicit your support and patronage.
We have fixed upon the 18th OF zach month as
the day for the publication Of our PAPER, so as to
| afford time for obtaining from tht departments
all the ORDERS notices and changes Issued, or mad,
| by them during the preceding moth. Tables o.
! Post Offices, and compilations OF fhe Laws and
/ Regulations, are issued by the Pos Office Depart
4 ment only once IN two or three pears. IL IS q
| matter Of inconvenience and compAInt, for which
hitherto there has been no remet, that IN one
month from the time of these issuk, there are Of.
fees in the tables which are no lon8r IN operation
and Offices in operation which are pt IN the tables
At this time there are perhaps oyefliree thousand
Offices of the two descriptions. IN like manner
! laws have been passed and regulations established
| since the issue Of the last voumebf regulations,
of which many postmasters and o4ers are wholly
ignorant We propose to prevent, pr the present
any increase Of the evil Of either tind, and from
the time another issue shall be nbde, our paper
will furnish the additions, correctifs, and modifi
cations made in each month, andby being filed
and preserved, will afford to posthsters full and
| exact information upon both subjects, up to and
| for time being. How much OF thipresent msdi
! rection, remaing, doubt, confuion, error, and
! imposition, will be saved by the aggressive state
of full and exact knowledge, for Pheh We have
provided, and for which we enga3, every intelII.
| gent postmaster can estimate for hInself.
These advantages alone and ind bendenty OF all
others, are worth many times the Irice we charge
for the paper, and will, it is hopd, induce every
! postmaster who feels just prideh his Office or
patriotic regard for the credit, Prosperity, and
efficiency of the whole Post Office fstem-at once
| TO subscribe The same considerations apply o
the orders and notices, decisions, td instructions
OF the War, Navy, Treasury, SUE, and Interior
| departments, and the same courstis intended in
| respect TO them. Notices OF the DECISIONS Of the
Supreme Court, in cases turning lpon questions
of official duty NATIONAL interest, Fil find plac
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