The southern press., 1852-03-30
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UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE

UNITED STATES POSTAL G. UIDE
AND 0FFIfLaL .ADYERTTSER.
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CH.nnrs M WI nm Editosand Proprietors
TERMS. -" The faitsAI States Postal Guide and
Official advertiser, "EonlShing aut 80 spber-royaI
ocfapo pages, Is PUBLISHED monthly for ONE Doll
LAR ONLY, per ann'4a, payable in aduance--or yGps
dollars for sir copies brdered.
PREPARATORY NOTICE.
The enterprise in which we NV embark, and
OF which this paper y ut once thecommencemer t.
and sample of the iapers that are to follow, as
for its aim no less purpose, tlan to impart in
struction, in the general and detail, to the Officer
and Agents of the American publi,, in respect both
to their duties and their rights, ard to make Them
and the people at large, acquainted with the organ
lzation, decisions and action of tie Executive de-
partments of their Government. There has hith-
erto Eeen no vehicle for the regular and proper
communication of information OF this kind. The
publication of the Laws and the issue of instruc
tons, more or less comprehensive, and intervals
more or less extended, have proved wholly made
quate, in the absence Of the construction or those
Laws, applied to particular caaes and Of details
and illustrations to make the regulations and in
structions Ineligible The valuble documents
annually reported to Congress, aretoo voluminors
and 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
party ends, and to matters of national poiicyS
These publications in their various forms are
highly useful in themselves aafar as thew 60 and
some of them Indispensable; but there is much
that do not reach the hands OIL nor if they did,
do they furnish those rules, Methods, and exam
pies, for the despatch Of the public business which
render the discharge of public duty either safe
or easy, whether in respect tothe incumbent him
self, or the department or bu1au under which he
acts. We shall make an hojest effort to supply
this vacuum, and to provide pr these necessities
! If we succeed in rendering be functions Of the
primary Offices more uniform hethodical, and eY
act, shall make the administrative duties of the
departments more easy and elective, and thereby
promote the real and substantial interests of the
country. And this We expecito do, to some ey
tent at least-apart from, AID independently to
any party or personal interet or question what
ever.
| 1t is known to most Of thBe 10 whom this pa-
per will be sent, that the Senpr Editor was Audi
tor of the Post-Ofice Department until the month
Of November last; with by f& 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 foi
understanding the arrangements Of business in ali
the departments, and being acquainted with those
who carry il on. Since his ofiical connection with
the Government ceased, he naiteB himself he has
preserved the respect and regard Of most OF the
present incumbents of the depar ments, and is on
becoming terms Of intercourse and ciyility with
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
orner branches Of the public business. Ii is with
this stock OF experience, and these advantages for
reaching theyarious sources Of administrative &C
ton, and for imparting 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, so as TO
afford time for obtaining from the departments
all the orders notices and changes issued or mad,
by them daring 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. IL is a
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 no longer in operation
and Offices in operation which are not in the tables
Al this time there perhaps over three thousand
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 bel made, our paper
will furnish the additions, corrections and modi6.
cations, made IN each month, atd by being fled
and preserved, will afford to posmasters full and
exact information upon both subjects, up TO and
for time being. How much Of the present nistli
rection, remailiDg, doubt, confdrion, error, and
imposition, will be saved by the progressive stat,
Of full and exact knowledge, for which we hay.
provided, and for which we engage, every inteh
| gent postmaster can estimate fbr himself.
| These advantages alone and ndepende ntl Of all
others, are worth many times The price we charge
for the paper, and viii, il is toped, Dduce every
postmaster who feels a just pide in his Office or
patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, and
efficiency OF the whole Post Otice system-at one
to subscribe. The same considerations Apply [ o
the orders and notices, decisions, and instruction
Of the War, Navy, Treasury, State, and Interior
departments, and the same course il intended IN
respect TO them. Notices Of the decisions of IN,
Supreme Court, in cases turning upon question,
Of official duty or national interest, will find plac
in this papsr.