The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-02-02
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER.

UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND OFFICIAL .4DYERTISER
IL To shop ,ohat is done, and rhat should be don
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| TERMS. -" The United States Postal Guide and
Official Advertiser, containing about 80 srper-royai
octave pages, is published monthly for ONE DOL
LAR ONLY, per annun,, payable in adpance-or five
dollars Jor sir copies ordered.
PREPARATORY NOTICE.
| The enterprise in which now embark, and
OF which this paper is at the commencement /,
and a sample Of the papers that are to follow, as
for its aim less purpose, than to impart in
structon, 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
izaton decisions and action Of the Executive de-
partments of their Government. There has hith-
erto Teen vehicle for the regular and proper
commu ncation Of Information Of this kind. The
publication Of the Laws and the issue of instrur
tons, more or less comprehensive, and at intervals
more or less extended, have proved wholly inade-
uuate in the absence Of the construction Of those
Laws as applied to particular cases, and of details
and illustrations to make the regulations and I'M
structions Ineligible. The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress, are too voumno,ls9
and are printed in quantities too small for general
circulaon; 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 policy1
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
pies, for the despatch Of the public business whick
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, methodical, and ex
act, we shall make the administrative duties of tho
departments more easy and effective, and thereby
promote the real and substantial interests of the
country And this we expect to do, to some
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-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 or by letter. He en-
tered the department fourteen years SINCE and for
many years previously had been, first in the W"r
i Department, ard subsequently in the Treasury
He has therefore had the best opportunitle
understanding the arrangements Of business
/ the departments, ana DelnS acquainted WIZ
who carry it on. Since his official connects
the Government ceased, he 1atters himself
preserved the respect and regard Of mos
, preseGt incumbents of the departments, and or
becoming terms of intercourse and civIIity wuh
them ALL The Junior Editor has been asssid uousIy
engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
, sonai inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details of the Post-Office and
uener 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 imparting minute and illustrative in
struction, and valuable periodical and statistical
information, that we challenge your confidence
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
o afford time for obtaining from the departments
all the orders, notices and changes issued, made
< by them during the preceding month. Tables Of
. Post Offices, and compilations Of the Laws and
Regulations, are issued by the Post Office Der
ment only once in two or three years. II
matter of Inconvenience and complaint, for winch
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 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, TOR the present,
the time another issue shall be made, our paper
will furnish the additions, corrections, and modf;
cations, made in each month, and by being fleF
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
OF full and exact knowledge, for which we have
provided, and for which we engage, every inte-
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 ono
: to subscribe. The same considerations apply t 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 cases turning upon questions
of official duty national interest, will find place
III this paV-r.
YUyHE undersigned, a 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. ~
The work will be devoted to the interests of fig
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