The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-07-24

UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE

UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER
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TERMs.-" The United States Postal Guide an |
QciGt advertiser, containing about 80 spper-voya
octsuo pages, is published monthly for ONE DOL
LAR ONLY, per aantsm, payable in adpance-0r GU |
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 its aim 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
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 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 instrur
TONS more or less compreh snsive and atintervafs
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 volumnous.
and are 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 policyS
These publications in their various forms are
| highly useful in themselves far as they go, and
some of them Indispensable; but there ig much
that do not reach the hands OF all, if they did,
do they furnish those rules, methods, and exam
ples 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. we shall make the administrative duties of the
departments more easy and effective, and thereby
promote the real and Hubstantial 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.
It is known to most Of those to whom this pa
Der will be sent, that the Senior Editor AUDI
tor of the Post-Office Department until the month
Of November last; with by far the larger portion
] of both postnasters 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 fol
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 cIvIity with
them all The Junior Editor has been asssiduou,ly
engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
| sonal inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details of the Post-Office and
v,ner branches Of the public business. 1t is with
c~At 80,
reaching the various sources Of administrative nc
tion and for importing minute and illustrative in
ntruction, 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, to
afford time for obtaining from the departments
all 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
month from the time of these issues, there are Of
fees in the tables which longer in operation,
and Offices in operation which are not IN the tables
At this time there perhaps over three thousand
offices of the two descriptions. In like manner
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 be made, our paper
Twill furnish the additions, corrections and modifss
cations, made in each month, and by being filed
and preserved, will afford to postmasters full 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 state
Of full and exact knowledge, for which we have
provided, and for which we engage, every intell
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 will, it is hoped, indace every
postmaster who feels just pride in his office or
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 came course is intended in
respect to them. Notices of tho decisions Of the
Supreme Court in cases turning upon question:
of official duty nationalnterest, will find place
in this papsr.
n ME undersigned, committee of publication, on