The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-06-22
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISERS


AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER.
MS TO sho,o ,ohai is DONE and ,ohaf should be done
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PETER u. WAsHrEGroR, ! I,,,,.. !, ,,,.,-
CHARLES M. WILLARD, En"0'S"'d f'of"'efo''
TERMs.--" The United States Postal Guide and
Official advertiser" containing about 80 spper-royai
ocfapo pages, Is published monthly for ONE DoL-
Lar ONLY, per amman, payable in adpG,.ce--or fine
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 as
for Its aim no less a purpose, than to imuart 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 hith-
erto Teen no vehicle for the regular and proper
communication of information of this kind The
publication of the Laws and the issue of instrur
tons, or less comprehensive, and at intervals
more or less extended, have proved wholly made
quate in the absence of the construction OF those
Laws, 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 voumnos
and are printed in quantities too small for general
circulation; whilst the debates in Congress and
the commentaries of the press upon their proceed,
lngs, 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 poIicya
These publications in their various forms are
highly useful in themselves as far as they 60 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 which
render the discharge of public duty either safe
IN w herr N IN aIrc,
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, 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 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 en-
tered the department fourteen years SINCE and for
many years previously, had been, first in the War
| Department, ard subsequently in the Treasury.
| He has therefore had the best opportunities for
understanding the arrangements OF business in ali
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 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
olner branches Of the public business. 1t is with
this stock Of experience, and these advantages foi
| reaching the various sources of administrative nc
ton, and for mparting 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, so 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, issued by the Post Off Depart.
ment only once in two 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 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 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 10 PREVENT Tor 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 fled
and preserved, will afford to posmasters full and
exact information upon both subjects, up to and
for time being. How much of the presen. 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 inteIIl-
gent postmaster estimate for himself.
These advantages alone and independently of all
others, worth many times the price we charge
/ 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 one
to subscribe. The considerations apply to
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 cases turning upon question:
of official duty national interest, will find place
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