The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-07-28

"A CITY WEDNESDAY JULY 9s. 1859


| UNITED STATES POSTAL UIDE
| AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER.
I To shoo ,chat is done, and ,cAal should be done
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PETER q. WAsHrNcr0N, ! pu
CHARLES M. WILLARD, Ed"or' '"a rrop''ssors
Trans" The United States Postal Guide and
Q6eial adpertiser, containing about 30 svper-royal
octave pages, is published monthly for ONE DOL
Lar ONLY, per annum, payable in aduanee--or fu.
dollars for sir copies ordered.
PREPARATORY NOTICE.
The enterprise in which now embark, and
Of which this paper il ut once the commencement,
and sample Of the papers that are to follow, las
for its ann no less a purpose, than to impart in
struction in the general and detail, 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-
4 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
TONS more or less comprehensive, and at intervals
more or less extended, have proved wholly made
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 in
structions ineligible. The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress, are too vOlumino,W
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 policy5
These publications in their various forms are
highly useful in themselves az far as 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
pes 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 hm-
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 es
act we shall make the administrative duties of the
departments more easy ana effective, ana thereby
promote the real and substantial interests of the
4 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. tt
! II 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 ast with by far the larger portion
of both postmasters and contractors, he has had
direct intercourse, in person or by letter. lie en-
tered the department fourteen years since, and for
many wears 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 al
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 the
present incumbents of the departments, and is on
| becoming terms of intercourse and cIvllty with
them all. The Junior Editor has been asssduouSy
engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
sonai inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details of the Post-Ofice and
oIner 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 importing minute and illustrative III
struction, and valuable periodical and statistical
information, that we challenge your conhdenct
and solicit your support and patronage.
| We have fixed upon the 18th OF each month
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 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 ls 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 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 last volume OF regulations,
| Of which many postmasters and others are wholly
ignorant We propose to prevent, for the present,
anv increase Of the evil Of either kind and from
the time another issue shall be made, our paper
will furnish the additions, corrections, and modlhss
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 misdi
rection, remaiing, doubt, confusion, error, and
imposition, will be saved by the progressive state
of full and exact knowledge, for which we havs
provided, and for which we engage, every intelh
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, ndace 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 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 place
in this paper.
| YVHHE undersigned, a committee Of publication, on
| u the part of the Muscogee and Russell Agrcul-
tural Society, respectfully invite public attention
to the following prospectus. of a MONTHLY
JOURNAL, to be published in this city under the