The southern press., 1852-01-10
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE

UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND OFFICIAL ADvERTTsER
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octoro pages, IS published monthly for ONE ooI-
LAR ONLY per nnn'm payable in adpancs-or five
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PREPARATORY NOTICE
The enterprise in which We now embark and
Of which this paper in at once the commencemert.
and q sample of the papers that are to follow. as
for it's ann no leas purpose, than to imp,rt in
struction. in the general and detail to the OAicer
and Agents Of the American public, in res ,ect 10th
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-
partmsnts of their Government. There has hith-
erto teen no vehicle for the reg llar and proper
communication Of information Of this kind The
publication Of the laws and the issue of lnstruc
tions, mors less snsve and at intervals
more or less extended, have proved wholly insde-
quate, In the absence Of the construction or those
Laws as applied To particular cases. and OF details
and illustrations to make the regulations and in
structons intelligible. The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress, are too vouminousl
and are printed in quantities TOO small for general
circulation; whilst the debates in Congress ard
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 70
party ends, and to matters of national polcvs
These publications IN their various forms are
highly useful in themselves far as they 90, and
some OF them Indispensable; but there is much
that do not reach the hands Of ALL nor if thew did
do they furnish those rules, methods, and exam
Piles, 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 suppIy
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 v hat
ever.
1t is known to most Of those to whom this M
per will be sent, that the Senior Editor was Audi.
4 tor of the Post-Offce Department until the month
of November last; with by far the larger portion
of both postmasers and contractors, he has had
direct intercourse, in person by letter. He en-
tered the department fourteen years since and for
many years previously, had been, first in the Wer
Department, ard subsequently in the Treasury.
| lie has therefore had the best opportunities for
understanding the arrangements of business in all
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 b.
preseLt incumbents of the departments, and ia on
| becoming terms Of intercourse and civIIitv with
them all. The Junior Editor has been asssiduou,lv
| engaged for several years, IN studying, by per-
sonai inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details Of the Post-OlTic and
other branches Of the public business IL is with
| atO n nu tbos au,, e.
reaching the various sources of administrative ac.
ton, and for lmpartins minute and illustrative in
structon, and valuable periodical and statistrca
information, that we challenge your confidence
and solicit your support and patronage.
| We have fixed upon the 18th Of each month 8,
the day for the publication of paper, 50 as [,
afford time for obtaining from the department.,
all the orders, notices and changes issued, or made
by them during the preceding month Tables ct
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 ia n
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 ope alton
and offices in operation which are not in the tables
At this time there are perhaps over three thousand
offices Of the two descriptions In like manner
! laws have been passed and regulations established
since the issue Of the ast volume Of regulations,
Of which many posttnasters and others are wholly
1snOrhht we propose 10 prevent, Tor 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 fil and
exact information upon both subjects, up to and
for time being. How much of the present misdi
! rection, remaing, doubt, confuson error and
imposition, will be saved by the progressive state
Of full and exact knowledge, for vnch we have
provided, and for which we engage. every inteI-
gent postmaster estimate for MN self
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 pridein his office or
patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, and
efficiency of the whole Post Office system-at ,l,e
to subscribe. The same considerations apply o
the orders and notices. decisions, and ins,ractioss
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 nato nal interest, Will find place
in this paper. 2'etattIa