The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-06-29
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND OFFICIAL .ADYERTyEER.

UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER.
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CHARLIE. M Wmssro' Editors and propyisters
TERMS 50 The United States Postal Guide and
cia! .4dperSiser, containing about 80 sppe,-rouaI
oetauo pages, is published monthly for ONE DOL
LAR ONLY, per amman, payable in adpance-or 6ps
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 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 ipstrur
lions, more or less comprehensive, and at intervals
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 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 policyH
These publications in their various forms are
highly useful in themselves as far as they 60 and
some of them indispensable; but there is much
that do 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 in respect to tho 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 succsed in rendering the functions of the
primary offices more uniform, methodical, and ex
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 az
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 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 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
He has therefore had the best opportunities fOl
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 fatters 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 civity 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-Offioo and
otner branches Of the public business, 1t ia with
this stock Of experience, and these advantages fol
| reaching the various sources of administrative &C
ton, and for imparting 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 our paper, 80 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 o.
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 o
matter of inconvenience and complaint, for which
hitherto there has been no remedy, that IN on,
Imonth 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 tab en-
At this time there perhaps over three Thousand
offices Of the two descriptions. In like name
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 Wepsopose 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 modi:
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 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 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 to
the orders and notices, decisions, and Instructions
Of the War, Navy, Treasury, State, and interior
departments, and the same course is intended in
respect to them. Notices Of the decisions Of tn.
Supreme Court, in cases turning upon question.
of official duty national interest, will find place
in this paper.
| yVyHEund Undersigned a committee Of publication on