The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-06-23
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE

UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER.
III To shOlo aohat is done and 'ohat should be done
IA oDice.=sK
cnAnlss M shanpS' Editors and Proprietors
Terms. :" The United States Postal Guide and
Official .9dpertser," containing about 80 super-roual
oef*ps> pages is published monthly for ONE DOL
LAR ONLY, per ar,ltInl, payable IN adpance--or foe
dollars for sir copies ordered.
PREPARATORY NOTICE.
Thesenterprise in which we now embark, and |
of which this paper is at the commencement /,
and sample of the papers that to follow, as
for its aim no less purpose than to impart in |
structon, in the general and detail, to the Officer
and Agents of the American public, in respect both
SknaSkpwNe at large AN mip!ed with the organ
ization, dseisons and 4ction 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 insrur
tions more or less comprehensive and al intervals
more or less extended, have proved wholly made
quate, in the absence of the construction or 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, too voluminous
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 poleys
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, if they did,
do they furnish those rules methods, and EXAM
he of he hlic bu
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, m ethodical, and ey
act, 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 personal interest question what
| 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-O Office 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. III 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 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 civiIity with
them all. The Junior Editor has been asssiduously
engaged for several years. in studying, by per-
sonal inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details of the Post Office and
| Of liz h,,s r. ,,;,h
this stock OF experience, and these advantages for
reaching the various sources of administrative &C
ton, and for mparting minute and illustrative in
struction, and valuable periodical and statistical
information, that we 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 paper, so 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 4
Post Offices, and compilations Of the Laws and
Regulations, are issued by the Post Office Depart
ment only in two or three years. 1t is 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 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,
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 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 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, induce every
postmaster who feels just pride in his office or
a patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, and
efficiency of the whole Post Office sysem--at ono
to subscribe. The same considerations apply O
the orders and notices, decisions, and instruction.
of the War, Navy, Treasury, State, andsInterior
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 natonaln interest, will find place
in this paper.
yHE undersigned, committee of publication, on
IL the part of the Muscogee and Russell Agrcul-
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.
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