The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-02-25
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
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UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER
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cn,rrrs NJ N W"S Editors and Proprietor.
TERms.-" The United States Postal Guide and
Official .4drsrtssr containing aLoul 80 sppeyroyaE
ocfapo pages, is published monthly for ONE poL-
LAR ONLY, per amman, payable ia aduaaee--or .GOe
dollars for sic copies ordered.
PREPARATORY NOTICE.
| The enterprise in which we embark and
| OF which this paper is at the commencement,
| aud a sa,npe Of the papers that are to follow, tas
| for it's aim less purpose Than TO mpari in
struction in the general and detail, to the Officer
and Agents fthe American public, IN respect both
to Their duties and their rights, and to make then
and the people at large, acquainted with the organ
ization decisions and action OF the Executive de-
partnents of their Government. There has hith
erto leen no vehicle for the regular and proper
communication of information of this kind. The
| publication of the Laws aud the issue OF inslrue'
lions more or less comprehensive, and at intervals
more or less extended, have proved wholly made
auate, in the absence Of the construction OF those
Laws az applied to particular cases, and of details
and Illustrations to make the regulations and in.
str,lclions Ineligible. The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress, are too voluminouss
and are printed in quantities too small for general
circulation; whilst the debates in Congress- and
the commentaries of the press upon their proceed.
ngs, 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 Polieys
These publications in their various forms
highly useful in themselves as far as they go, and
some of them Indispensable but there in much
that do not reach the hands Of all, if they did,
do thew furnish those rules, methods, and exam
ples 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.
If we succeed in rendering the functions Of the
primary offices more uniform, methodical, and eX
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 ey
tent at east-apart from, and independently to
any party or personal interest or question what
ever ~ H
1t is known to most OF those to whom this pa
per will he 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 lie en-
tered the department fourteen years since, ana Tor
many wears previously, had been, first in the War
b 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 it on. Since his official connection with
the Government ceased, he atfers himself he hns
preserved the respect and regard OF most of the
a present ncumbents of the departments, and is on
becoming terms of intercourse and clvility with
r then, all The Junior Editor has been asssduousy
engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
y sonaf inquiry and examination, the practical and
ldalv routine and details of the Post-Olfce and
,r ouner branches OF the public business 1t is with
this stock Of experience ana these advantages tor
reaching the various of administrative ac
ton, and for impartng minute and illustrative IN
4 structon. and valuable periodical and statistical
|information that we challenge your confidence
~ and solicit your~apport and patronage
2 We have fixed upon the 10Th OF each month as
t,,e day for the publication of our paper, SO as to
10! A,rd time for obtaining from the departments,
ali the orders notices andchanges issued, or made
IS lby them during the preceding month. Tables Of
3 POST Offices and compilations of the Laws and
REGULATIONS, are issued by the Post Office Depart
Iment only once in two three years 1t il 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
A. This time there are perhaps over three thousand
= Offices of the two descriptions. In like manner
n laws have been passed and regulations established
If since the issue Of the last volume or regulations,
, | ~ which many postmasters and others are wholly
: ynornnt We propose to prevent, for the present,
!, anv increase Of the evil of either kind, and from
T. the time another issue shall be made, our paper
f will furnish the additions, corrections, and modh.
r cations. made in each month, and by being fled
and preserved, will afford to postnasters full and
exoc information upon both subjects, upo and
for time being. How much of the present misdrr
rection, rernang, doubt, confusion, error, and
imposition, will he saved by the progressive state
: op fun and exact knowledge, for which we have
provided, and for which we engage, every ntel'I-
gent noa,master can estimate for himself sa
These advantages alone and independently Of all
t others, are worth many times the price we ch3rge
( for the paper, and will, it is hoped, induce every
n ,ostmaster who feels Il Just pride in his Office or
e patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, and
1t efficiency of the whole Post Office systeniat ono
to subscribe The same considerations apply o
the orders and notices, decsions and instructions
of the War, Navy, Treasury, State, and Interior
denartments, and the same course is intended in
s. respect to them. Notices of the decisions of the
Supreme Court, in cases turning upon questions
of official duty or national interest, will find place
in this paper. nuu g0F 't y.