The southern press., 1852-01-12
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND OFFICIAL ADYERTYSER,

CHARLES M WuI.an Editors and Propriefors.
| TERMS The UMitex States Postal Gm;a. and
Cgie'al 4drerser" containing abouf 80 spper-roucl
oeta0o pages, is published monsAiy for ONE DOL
LAR ONLY, per aanum, payable in adpance-or fvs
dollars for sir copies ordered f
PREPARATORY NOTICE.
| The enterprise in which we now embark. and
Of which this paper is at the commencement.
and sample Of the papers that are to follow. as
for its ann no less purpose. than to impart in
structon, 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
zation, decisions and action of the Executive de-
partments of their Government. There has hh-
erto teen vehicle for the regular and proper
communication Of information Of this kind The
publication Of the Laws and the issue of Instrue
tons, more or less comprehensive, and at intervals
more or less extended, have proved wholly made
quate, in the absence Of the construction or 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 youminous;
and are printed In quantities small for general
circulation; whilst the debates in Compress and
the commentaries of the press upon their proceed
ings, and the proceedings Of the Executive branch
Of the Government, besides turning mostly npoI
general principles, address themselves onl| 10
party ends, and to matters Of national poll "a
These publications in their various fs4fns are
highly useful in themselves as far as ihoy e5 nd
some of them indispensable; but there rs much
that do not reach the hands Of all, nor Il tl.y did,
do they furnish those rules, methods, aml eEarn-
plies, for the despatch Of the public bus.nsas which
can render the discharge of public duty either safe
or easy, whether in respect to the ncum bent INN
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, methodicai, and ex
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 least-apart from, and independently to
| any party or personal interest or question " hat
ever
| 1t is known to most Of those to whom this pa
per will be sent, that the Senior Editor was ud,s
tor of the Post Office 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 all
the departments, and being acquainted with those
who carry it on Since his official connection with
the Government ceased, he fatters himself he has
preserved the respect and regard Of most OF the
present incumbents of the departments, and is on
them all The Junior Editor has been asssiduouslv
engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
sonni inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details of the Post-Oifice and
other branches Of the public business. II 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 statistlca
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 Office Depart
ment only 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 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 postmasters and others 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 msdi;
rection, remailing, doubt, confusion, error, and
imposition, will be saved by the progressive state
OF full and exact knowledge, for winch we have
provided, and for which we engage, every intelll-
gent postmaster 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, 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 once
to subscribe. The same considerations apply to
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 national interest, will find place
in this papsr.
INHE undersigned, a committee Of publication, on
Il the part Of the Muscogee ami Russell Agrcul-
tural Society, respectfully invite puoic attention
A. coilo cnTu