The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-07-21

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PREPARATION NOTICE.
The enterprise in which we now embark. and
Of which this paper is ut once the commencement {,
and sample of the papers that are to follow, az
for it's aim no less purpose, than to iInpart 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 vehicle for the regular and proper
communication Of information Of this kind. The
publication Of the Laws and the issue of instrur
tons, more or less comprehensive and n intsrvaS
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 and in
structions Ineligible. The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress, are too voumnoun
and are printed in quantities too small for general
circulation; whilst the debates in Congress and
the commentaries of the press upon their proceed
ngs, 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 policyI
These publications in their various forms are
highly useful in themselves far they go, AND
some of them indspensable; bur there is much
that do not reach the hands Of ALL nor if they did,
do they 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 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
| Ii we succeed in rendering the functions of the
primary Offices more uniform, m ethodlcal, and es
act we shall make the administrative duties OF tho
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 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-Offce 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 foi
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 ncumbens of the departments, and is on
! becoming terms Of intercourse and civlty with
| them all. The Junior Editor has been asssiduousy
engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
sonai inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details of the Post Office and
otner branches Of the public business. 1t 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 statistical
information, that we challenge your confidence
| and solicit your support and patronage.
We have fixed upon the 18th Of each month
the day for the publication of our paper, so to
\ afford time for obtaining from the departments
all the orders, notices and changes issued or mad.
by them during the preceding month. Tables al
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 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 are 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 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 modiG.
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 misd
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 inte
gent postmaster can 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 paprr.
yuNHE undersigned, committee Of publication, on
| III the part of the Muscogee and Russell Agricul-
tural Society, respectfully invite public attention
to the following prospectus of 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 .agg-
ricuiture and Horticulture, Domestic and Rural
Economy Under these several heads will be in
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