The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-02-26
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE

UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER
III 10 sioio phat is done, and ,ohat should be done
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cHAaln. M 1W Mssnp Editors and proprietor,.
TEEMs.-'' The United States Postal Guide and
ttcsal ADVERTISER" containing about 80 sppsr-royat
ocfapo pages, IS published monthly for ONE DOL
LAR ONLY, per amman, payable in adua,ce--or five
dollars for sic copies ordered
PREPARATORY NOTICE.
The enterprise in which we now embark and
| OF which this paper is ut once the commencement,
and sample Of the papers that to follow, has
for ts aim no less purpose, than to impart in
structio,, in the general and detail, to the Officer
aud Agents ofthe 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-
ert0 Eeen no vehicle for the regular and proper
| communication of information of this kind. The
publication of une 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 Of those
Laws, as applied to particular cases. and OF details
and illustrations to make the regulations and ns
structions Ineligible. The valuable documents
annual reported to Congress, are too yolumnouss
and are printed in quantities too small for general
circulation; whilst the debates in Congress and
the commentaries of the press upon their proceed
ings, and the proceedings Of the Executive branch
of the Government, besides turning mostly upon
general principles, address themselves only
| party ends, and to matters of national policy9
| These publications in their various forms are
highly useful in themselves as far IN they CO. 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
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.
| If we succeed in rendering the functions of the
primary offices more uniform, methodical and
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
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 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, and subsequently in the Treasury.
He has therefore had the best opportunities for
understanding the arran gements 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
4 present incumbents of the departments, and is
becoming terms Of intercourse and civility with
them ALL The Junior Editor has been asssiduously
engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
v sonui inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details of the Post Office and
r o,ner branches Of the public business. 1t is with
this stock Of experience, and these advantages for
! reaching the various sources of administrative
ton, and for importing minute and illustrative in
! struction, and valuable periodical and statistical
information, that we challenge your confidence
s and solicit your support and patronage.
: We have fixed upon the 18th OF each month az
the day for the publication Of our paper, so to
D afford time for obtaining from the departments
a the orders, notices and changes issued, or made
by them during the preceding month. Tables O (
POST Offices and compilations of the Laws and
Regulations, are issued by the Post Office Depart
Iment only once in two or three years. 1t is
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 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 to prevent, tor the present,
any increase Of the evil OF either KIND, and from
will furnish the additions, corrections, and nodifs
cations, made in each month, and by being filed
and preserved, will afford to postmasters full and
lexact information upon both subjects, up to and
for time being. How much of the present misdi:.
rection, remaiIing, doubt, confusion, error, and
imposition will be saved by the progressive
Of full and exact knowledge, for which we have
provided, and for which we engage, every inte-
cent 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
patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, and
efficiency of the whole Post Office system-at once
to subscribe. The same considerations apply 10
the orders and notices, decisions and Instructions
Of the War, Navy, Treasury, State, and Interior
departments, and the same course is intended i'm
respect to them: Notices of the decisions Of the
Supreme Court, in turning upon questiona
of official duty national interest, will find place
in this papsr. ~
TUyHE undersigned, committee Of publication, on
c Il the part OF the Muscogee and Russell Agrcul-