The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-03-25
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER.

UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
| AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER
10 To shou tohat is done, and rhat should be done
| in o6ice.-SU
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| TERMS. =" The United States Postal Guide and
Official Advertiser, containing about 80 spper-roya
ocfauo pages, is published monthly for ONE OIL
LAR ONLY, per annusn, payable in adrance-or FIVE
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
structon, in the general and detail, to the Officer
and Agents ofthe 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 hilh-
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 less comprehensive, and at intervals
more " leAs sAAAassay 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 i'm
structons Ineligible. The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress, are too voIuminous
and printed in quantities too small for general
circulation; whilst the debates in Congress and
the commentaries of the press upon their proc eed
ings, and the proceedings Of the Executive branch
! of the Government, besides turning mostly upon
general principles, address themselves only 10
party ends and to matters of national poiicys
| These publications in their various forms are
highly useful in themselves 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 they furnish those rules, methods, and exam
ples for the despatch OF the public business which
render the discharge of public duty either safe
or easy, whether in respect to theincnmbent 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 ethodical, 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 ey
tent at east-apart from, and independently to
any party or personal interest or question VI hat
| 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-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 Of business in all
the departments, and being acquainted with those
who carry il 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 cvity with
| them all. The Junior Editor has been asssiduousy
engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
sonui inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details of the Post Office and
,1irh Il ~
this stock Of experience, and these advantages for
reaching the various sources of administrative &C
! ton and for impartns minute and illustrative in
strHction, 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 paper, 30 as 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 three years. 1t is
matter of inconvenience and complaint, for which
hitherto there has been 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 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
will furnish the additions, corrections and modfa
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 misdi
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 ntel
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 feela just pride in his office or
a patriotic regard for the credit prosperity, and
efficiency of the whole Post Office systenl-at once
to subscribe The-sam considerations apply
the orders and notices, decisions, and Instructors
Of the War, Navy, Treasury, State, and Interior
departments, and the same course is intended in
respect to them. Notices of the decisions of the
Supreme Court, in cases turning upon question.
of official duty national interest, will find pac.
in this papsr
| THNEE undersigned, committee Of publication, on
IL the part Of the Muscogee and Russell Agricul-
tural Society, respectfully invite public attention
to the. following prospectus of MONTHLY
JOURNAL, to be published in this city under the
auspices OF the above named association.
The work will be devoted to the interests of .4g-
rcuitue and Horticulture, Domestic and Rural