The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-01-26
UNITED STATES POSTAL q UIDE
and OHEICkaL ADVERTISER. ~.


UNITED STATES POSTAL q UIDE
J AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER. iaoa
AZ To shoo ,ohat is done and what should be don
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cs,xs r. ~ "XWsnrseros' Editors and Prop,islor,
/ TERMs. &c The United States Posia! Guide and
Official .adrertissr containing about ~ spper-royal
octapo pages, is published monthly for ONE DOL
LAR ONLY, per annltnn, payable in adpamce--or fee
dollars for sic copies ordered ~
| PREPARATORY NOTICE. So
! The enterprise in which we now embark, and
OF which this paper IL at once the COMMENCEMENT g
and sample Of the papers that are TO follow, fas
for it's aim no less a purpose, than to impart in
structon, in the general and detail, to the Officer
and Agents ofthe American public, in esoect both
to their duties and their rights, and 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-
erto Leen no vehicle for the regular and proper
communication Of Information Of this kind. The
publication Of the Laws and the issue of instruc
iions more less comprehensive, aud al 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
structions ineligible. The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress, are too voluminous
and are printed in quantities TOO small for general
the commentaries of the press upon their proceeds
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 poieys
| These publications. in their various forms are
highly useful in themselves far as they go, and
some of them Indispensable; but there is much
that do not reach the hands Of all, if they did,
do they furnish those rules, methods and exam
Piles, 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 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 ey
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 ieast--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 AUDI
tor of the Post-Otlice 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. lie 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 ali
the departments, and being acquainted with those
who carry ii on. Since his official connection with
. the Government ceased he hatters himself he has
( preserved the respect and regard of most Of the
presei incumbents Of the departments, and is on
becoming terms of intercourse and civility with
them all The Junior Editor has been asssiduously
engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
sonui inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details of the Post-Otfice and
urner branches Of the public business 1t is with
this stock Of experience, and these advantages for
reaching the various sources of administrative ac
ton, and for imparting minute and illustrative in
struction, 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 as
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 mad,
by them during the preceding month Tables
4 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 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 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
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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 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, remaing, doubt, confusion, error, and
lmposition, will be saved by the progressive state
OF fun and exnct knowledge, for which we have
provided, and for which we engage, every lntelli-
| rent postmaster can estimate for himself. II F
/, These advantages alone and independently Of all
4 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
a patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, and
efficiency of the whole Post Office systen-at once
| to subscribe. The same considerations apply to
4 the orders and notices, decisions, and instruction
Of the War, Navy, Treasury, State, and Interior
depnrtments 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 nationalinterest, will find placf
in this papsr. n.a tfh tfuct
yEyHE undersigned, a committee of publication, on
| i the part Of the Muscogee and Russell AgricI-
ural Society, respectfully invite public attention
to the following prospectus of MONTHLY
JOURNAL, to be published in this city under the
| o,,,,;cee NJ the above amed aasOcIation ...u