The southern press., 1852-05-01
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE

UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND OFFICIAL .9DYER TISER.
~ To shoio tohai Is DONE and ,ciat should be done
in o1ice.ssII
EIEh r. nv Wa M,r Editors and proprs.ors
Terms. ts1hs United States Postal Guide and
Official .adStssr," containing about 80 spper-royai
octapo pageSy is published monthly r6r ONE DOL
LAR ONLY, per AMMAN, payable in adoaace-or five
dollars for sic 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, tas
for its aim no less purpose, than to hnpart in
struction, in the general and detail, to the Officer
and Agents 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 hith-1
erto Eeen vehicle for the regular and proper
communication of information of this kind The
publication of the Laws and the issue of instrur
tiens, or less comprehensive, and at intervals
more or less extended, have proved wholly made
quate, 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
s,ructions Ineligible. The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress- are too voumnous,
and are printed in quantities too small for general
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 10
party ends, and to matters of national poeyi
These publications in their various forms are
highly useful in themselves as far as they 90 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 which
can render the discharge of public duty either safe
or easy, whether in respect to the incumbent him
self, or the department 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, m ethodical, and eY
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 ey
tent at least-apart from, and independently to
any party 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
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 all
the departments, and being acquainted with those
who carry il Since his official connection with
the Government ceased, he hatters himself he has
preserved the respect and regard of most Of the
present incumbenn of the departments, and is on
becoming terms of intercourse and cviity with
them all. The Junior Editor has been asssiduously
engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
sonai inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details of the Post-Ofice and
orner 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 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 our paper, so 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 ei
| Post Offices, and compilations of the Laws and
| Regulations, are issued by the Post Office Depart
ment only once in two or three years. IL is
matter of inconvenience and complaint, for which
/ hitherto there has been 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 not in the tables
At this time there perhaps over three thousan nd
offices of the two descriptions. In like manner
laws have been passed and regulations established
since the issue Of the last volume of regulations.
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 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
a patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity and
efficiency Of the whole Post Office system-at once
TO subscribe. The same considerations apply
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 question.
Of official duty or national interest, will find plac
! i'm this pap,r.