The southern press., 1852-08-14

UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE


UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER
~ TO shol0 Uhat is done, and ,ohat should be done
IN oGiee.=sR
arEh ~ NJ 1shrNsn0N' Editors and Proprstors
Terms. &c The United States Postal Guide and
Official .4dpertiSer," containing about 80 superrOyal
oetavo pages, is published monthly for ONE DOL
LAR ONLY, per dlilsDi, payable n adpance--6r fire
dollars for sac 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 gents 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 vehicle for the regular and proper
communication Of information of this kind The
publication of the Laws and the issue of instruc
tons, mere less comprehensive, and atinervats
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 vouminous.
and are printed in quantities too small for general
crcuation 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
party ends, and to matters of national polleys
These publications in their various forms
/ 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, if they did
! do they furnish those rules, methods, and exam
plies, 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, methodcal, 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 least-apart from, and independently TO
any party or personal interest or question what
| ever.
1t is known to most of those to whom this pa
per will be sent, that the Senior Editor 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 by letter. He
tered the department fourteen years slnce and for
many years previously, had been, frstin the Wsr
| Department, ard subsequently in the Treasury
| He has therefore had the best opportunities for
| the departments, and being acquainted with those
who carry it on. Since his official connection with
the Government ceased, he hatters 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 civIlity with
them all The Junior Editor has been asssiduousy
engaged for several years, IA studying, by per-
/ sonai inquiry and examine "a. The practical and
daily routine and detailsS the Post-Office and
uuner branches of the public bnsiness. 1t is with
/ l. Il
reaching the various sources of administrative &C
ton, and for imparting minute and illustrative in
struotion, and xaluataa periodical and aiatistioaf
information, that challenge your confdenc,
and solicit your support and patronage.-
We have fixed upon the 18th of each month as
| the day for the publication of our paper, 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 oil
Post Offices, and compilations of the Laws and
Regulations, are issued by the Post Office Depart
ment only once IN two or three years. Ii is
matter Of inconvenience and complaint, for which
hitherto there has been no remedy, that n 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 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
will furnish the additions, corrections, and modifs
| cations, made m 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 inteli.
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, IL is hoped, indace every
lpostmaster who feels just pride in his Office or
a patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity land
! efficiency Of the whole Post Office systpl-at once
10 sibscribe. The same consderatis5ss apply o
the oyders and notices. DECISIONS and syiylrqctior
Of thAWar, Navy, Treasury, State, aha Interior
departments and the same course is intended in
respect Il them. Notices Of the decisions Of the
Supreme Court, in turning upon question:
Of official dsy national interest, will find place
! in this paper.