The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-03-29
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER.

UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER.
III To show ,Ohat is done, and ,ohat should be done
in e6ice.-xu
PETER q, WAsHrNGToN, Ed;,or,,.s pvoor;.,o.,
CHARLES M. WILLARD, "'''1"" 'of"'e 'o''
TERMs. The United States Postal Guide and
Official .ddrertser containing about 81 spper-royaI
oetapo pages, is published mo,sthiy for ONE DOL
LAR ONLY, per annun payable IN adrance--or Jips
! dollars for sir copies ordered
PREPARATORY NOTICE.
The enterprise in which we now embark, and
Of which this paper IL at once the commencement
and sample of the papers that to follow, as
for its aim no less q purpose, than TO mpart 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 Eeen no vehicle for the regular and proper
communication Of information of this kind. The
publication of the Laws and the issue of instrur
lions, more or less comprehensive, and at intervals
more or less extended, have proved wholly made
quats, 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
structons ineligible. The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress, are too voluminous
and 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 policyl
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
pes for the despatch Of the public business which
can render the discharge of public duty either safe
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
J If we succeed in rendering the functions of the
primary Offices more uniform, ethodical, and eS
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 ev
tent at least-apart from, and independently to
any party personal interest 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 PostOfiice 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 War
Department, ard subsequently in the Treasury
understanding the arrangements OF business in all
the departments, and being acquainted with those
who carry it 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 civiity with
them ALL The Junior Editor has been asssduousy
engaged for several years, in studying, by per.
sonat inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details of the Post-Otice and
otner branches Of the public business. 1t is with
this stock OF experience, and these advantages TO,
reaching the various sources of administrative &C
ton, and for impartng 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 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 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 is q
matter of Inconvenience and complaint, for which
hitherto there has been no remedy, that in one
month from the time of these issues there are Of
fees in the tables which are no longer in operation
and offices in operation which are not in the tables
At this time there perhaps 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
r 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, our paper
will furnish the additions, corrections and modf:
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
recton 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 ntelll
gent postmaster can estimate for himself.
These advantages alone and Independently Of all
; Others are worth many times the price we charge
I 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
t to subscribe. The same considerations apply o
the orders and notices, decisions, and instruction
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 turning upon question.
of official duty national interest, will find pac
: in this paper
4 YUNHE 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 a MONTHLY