The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-07-30

CHARLES M. WILLARD, \ r.
TKKMs.-" The United State, Postal Guide ana
Official .7dptriser,'' containing about 81 srpsr-roya
octapo pages, is published monthly for ONE DOL
LAR ONLY, per annum, payable in aduance--or 6ps
dollars for sir copies ordered.
PREPARATORY NOTICE.
The enterprise in which we embark, and
Of which this paper is at once the commencement,
and sample Of the papers that are TO follow, as
for it's aim no less a purpose, than to impart in
struction, in the general and detail to the Officer
and gents 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
zation, decisions and action of the Executive de-
partments Of their Government. There has hth-
erto teen no vehicle for the regular and proper
communication of information of this kind. The
publication of the Laws and the issue of instruc
lions more or less comprehensive, and intervals
more or less extended, have proved wholly made
auate in the absence Of the construction Of those
Laws as applied TO particular cases. and of detals
and illustrations to make the regulations and in
structons Ineligible The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress, are too volumnous.
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 policya
| These publications in their various forms are
highly useful in themselves far as they 60, and
some of them Indispensable; but there is much
that do not reach the hands OF all, if they did,
do thew furnish those rules, methods, and exam
ples 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 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 eth odical, and
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 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 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. He en-
tered the department fourteen years since, and for
MANY wears previously, had been, first in rhe Wsr
Department, ard subsequently in the Treasury
He has therefore had the best opportunities foi
understanding the arrangements Of business in al
the departments, apd being acquainted with those
| who carrJ il on 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
them ALL The Junior Editor has been asssduousIy
| engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
sonui inquiry ard examination, the practical and
daily routine and details Of the Post-Offce and
u.ner branches of the public business. 1t is with
this stock Of experience and these advantages for
| reaching the various sources of administrative
ton and for imparting minute and illustrative in
| structon, 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 az
| the day for the publication of our paper, as to
afford time for obtaining from the departments
all the orders, notices and changes issued, made
bv 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 rs 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 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, FOR the present,
any increase Of the evil of either KIND, and from
the time another issue shall be made 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 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 IntellI
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, indace 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 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
in this paper
yVyHE undersigned, a committee Of publication, on
Il the part Of the Muscogee and Russell Agricul
tural Society, respectfully invite public attention
to the following prospectus of u 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 .Ag-
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