The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-03-22
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
~ AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER.

UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
"a AND OFFICIAL aDHERTISER.
I To show ,Ohat is done, and schnt should be done
IN o6ice.=$sU
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TERMs.-" The United States Postal Guide and
Official advertiser" containing about 80 srper-royai
octaro pages, is published monthly for ONE DOL
LAR ONLY, per amman, payable in aduance-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
struction, in the general and detail, to the Officer
and Agents of the American public, in respect both
to their duties and their rights, and TO make them,
and the people ut large, acquainted with the organ
zation, decisions and action of the Executive de-
partments 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 and the issue of instrur
tons, or less comprehensive, and at intervals
more or less extended, have proved wholly made
quate, the absence of the construction Of tho Sc
Laws applied to particular cases, land of details
and Illustrations to make the regulations and in
5tructons Ineligible. The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress- are too voluminous.
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 20
party ends, and to matters of national policyl
These publications in their various forms are
highly useful in themselves far 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
Piles, for the despatch OF the public business which
render the discharge of public duty either safe
or easy, whether III 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 ey
tent at least--apnrt 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 was AUDI
tor of the Post-Ofice Department until the month
of November last; with by far the larger portion
of both postnasters 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, frstn the Wer
Department, ard subsequently in the Treasury.
understanding the arrangements OF business in all
the departments and being acquainted with those
who carry it Since his official connection with
the Government ceased, he flatters 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 asssiduounly
engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
sonui inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details of the Post Office and
otner branches Of the public business. 1t is with
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 con6denc,
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 and changes issued, or made
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 or three years. 1t is
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 no longer in operation
and Offices in operation which 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
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 modif.
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 thepresent msdi
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 intelll-
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 I'M 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 course is intended in
respect to them. Notices of the decisions Of the
Supreme Court in turning upon question.
of official duty national interest, will find pacs
in this paper.
TuNHE undersigned, committee Of publication, on
II the part Of the Muscogee and Russell Agricul-
Dill