The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-06-19
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE

UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER.
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CHARLES M. WILLARD, H""0'sH"" 'of''s0''
Terms -" The United States Postal Guide and
Official Advertiser" containing about - sppe,-royaI
oetauo pages, is published monthly for ONE Dol
LAR ONLY, per a'tillta, payable IL aduance-or Gps
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 ann 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 hth-
erto teen vehicle for the regular and proper
communication of Information of this kind The
publication of the Laws and the issue of instruc
tons, more less comprehensive, and at intervals
more or less extended, have proved wholly made
quate, i'm 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
annual reported to Congress are too voluminotls
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 polieyy
These publications in their various forms are
highly useful in themselves as 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
Piles, for the despatch Of the public business whick
4 .l.ot
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 ethodcal, and ey
act, we shall make the administrative duties of the
departments easy and effective, and thereby
promote the real and substantial interests of the
country And this we expect to do, to some ey
tent at east--apart from, and independently to
any party or personal interest or question what
ever.
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 Wer
Department, ard subsequently in the Treasury.
He has therefore had the best opportunities foI
| understanding the arrangements Of business in ali,
the departments, and being acquainted with those
who carry il on. Since his official connection with
the Government ceased he flatters 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 civility with
them all. The Junior Editor has been asssduously
engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
sonai inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details Of the Post Office and
otner branches OF the public business 1t is with
this stock of experience, and these advantages fol
| reaching the various sources of administrative &C
ton, and for mpnrting minute and illustrative in
struction, and valuable periodical and Statistical
| information, that challenge your confidenc,
and solicit your support and patronage.
| We have fixed upon the 18th OF each month aa
| the day for the publication of our paper, 30 as to
afford time for obtaining from the departments
all the orders, notices and changes issued or mad,
| by them during the preceding month. Tables Of
| Post Offices, and compilations of the Laws and
Regulations, issued by the Post Office Depart
ment only once in two three years 1t is a
matter of Inconvenience and complaint, for which
hitherto there has been remedy, that i, 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 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 p0stmasters 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, our 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 misdi
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 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, indsce 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 e
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
in this paptr.