The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-06-15
PREPARATORY NOTICE.


PREPARATORY NOTICE.
The enterprise in which we now embark, and
OF which this paper is at once The commencement C.,
and = sample of the papers that are to follow, as
for its aim no less a purpose, than 10 lmpar M
struction, in the general and detail, to the Ohcer
and Agents of the American public, IN respect both
10 their duties and their rights and to make them,
and H. neople at large, acquainted with the organ
ixation. decisions and action of the Executive de-
partments of their Government. There has hith-
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
ouate in the absence of the construction Of those
Laws. as applied to particular cases, and of details
and illustrations to make the regulations ana IN
structions Ineligible. The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress, are too volumlnous
and are printed in quantities too small Tor general
circulation: whilst the debates in Congress and
the commentaries Of the press upon their proceed
ines, 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 policy
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 thew furnish those rules, methods, and exam-
ples, 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 hni-
SELF or the department or bureau uiuer wnich nc
acts. We shall make an honest effort to supply
this vacuum, and to provide for these necessltiea
If we succeed in rendering the functions OF the
primary offices more uniform, m ethOdlcal, ana ex
act we shall make the administrative duties OF the
departments more easy and effective, ana thereny
promote the real and substantial interests OF the
country And this we expect to 40, to some ex
tent at least--apart from, and independently to
any party or 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 Office Department until the month
of November last; with by far the larger portion
of both postmasters and contractors, ne has had
direct intercourse, in person or ny letter. lie EN-
tered the department fourteen years since, and tor
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 al
the departments, and being acquainted with those
who carry il on. Since his official connection with
the Government ceased, he fatters himself he has
preserved the respect and regard OF most or the
preset incumbents of the departments, and IS on
becoming terms Of intercourse and clvillty with
them ALL The Junior Editor has been asssiduou5ly
engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
sonai inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details of the Post-Ofhce and
o.ner branches OF the public business. 1t is with
this stock Of experience and these advantages Tor
reaching the various sources of administrative
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 paper, 80 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, are issued by the Post Office Depart
ment only once in two or three years. II is
matter of inconvenience and complaint, for which
hitherto there has been no remedy, that m 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 not IN the tables:
AT this time there are 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,
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 modih,
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 which we nav
provided, and for which we engage, every lntelli
gent postmaster can estimate for himself.
These advantages alone and independentlyof all
Others, are worth many times the price we charge
for the paper and will, it is hoped, lndace 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 o
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 nationainterest, will find placs
in this papsr.
YEyHE undersigned, a committee of publication, on
III the part Of the Muscogee and Russell Agricu-
tural Society, respectfully invite public attention
to the following prospectus of a MONTHLY |
JOURNAL, to be published in this city under the |
auspices Of the above named association.
The work will be devoted to the interests of Ag- |
riculfrre and HORTICULTURE, Domestic and Rural
Ernrom, Under these several heads will be in |