The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-03-30
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND OPFTCL9L ADVERTISER.

UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND Official ADVERTISER.
H. To shoe whai is done, and ,ohat should be done
in office ssU
CHARLES M. WILLARD, Editors and Prspriet0rs
TERMs. The United States Postal Gs.ide and
Official .4duertser,' containing about - spper-royal
octauo pages, is published monthly tbr ONE DOL
LAR ONLY, per anaa,n, payable IN adpance--or fps
! 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, tas
for It's aim no less u purpose, than to impart in
structlon, IN the general and detail, to the Officer
and Agents of the American public, in respect both
70 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 Teen vehicle for the regular and proper
communication Of information of this kind The
publication of the Laws and the issue of instrur
| lions, more or less comprehensive, and at intervals
more or less extended, have proved wholly made
quate, the absence of the construction Of those
Laws, as 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 voumnous.
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 polieyg
l These publications in their various forms are
highly useful in themselves far as they 60 and
some of them Indispensable; but there is much
that do not reach the hands Of all, if they did,
do they furnish those rules, methods, and exam
pies, 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 substantial interests of the
country And this we expect to do to some ex
tent at least-apart from, and independently to
any party or personal interest or question " hat
ever.
1t is known to most Of those to whom this pal
per will be sent, that the Senior Editor was AUDI
tor Of the Post-Offce 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 War
, Department, ard subsequently in the Treasury.
understanding the arrangements OF business in ali
|, the departments, and being acquainted with those
who carry it on Since his official connection with
the Government ceased, he faters himself he has
preserved the respect and regard Of most OF the
present incumbens of the departments and is on
becoming terms of intercourse and civility with
them all. The Junior Editor has been asssduousy
engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
sona inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details of the POST Office and
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this stock Of experience, and these advantages for
reaching the various sources of administrative ac
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 andchnnges issued, or mad.
by them during the preceding month. Tables al
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 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 not in the tables
At this time there perhaps 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 modfs
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, remaiing, 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 ntei-
gent postmaster 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, induce every
postmaster who feels a 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 o
the orders and notices, decisions, and Instructors
Of the War, Navy, Treasury, State, and Interior
departments, and the same 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 place
in this paper.