The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-03-09
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER,

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TERMS. -" The United States Postal Guide aud
Official .idrerfissr," containing about 30 spDer-roval
0ctaro pages is published monthly for ONE DOL
LAR ONLY, per annurn, payable Ia adpanee--or FIVE
dollars for sir copies ordered.
PREPARATORY NOTICE.
The enterprise in which we now embark. and
OF which this paper ~ ut once the commencement C.
and n sample of the papers that to follow as
for It's ann no less purpose, than To impart in
struction, in the general and deail TO the Officer 4
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 hth.
erto leen no vehicle for the regular and proper
communication of information of this kind The
publication OF the Laws and the issue of nstr,c
tons, mnreor less comprehensive, and al 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 in
structons Ineligible. The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress, are too voumnous
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 ony TO
party ends, and to matters of national policys
These publications in their various forms are
highly useful in themselves as far as thew go and
some of them Indispensable; but there is much
that do not reach the hands OF ALL nor if thew did
do they furnish those rules, methods, and exam
pies, 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, IN ethOdical 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 ey
tent at least-apart from, and independently to
any party or personal interest or question what
! ever.
Ii is known to most Of those to whom this M
per will be sent, that the Senior Editor was Aud,
| tor of the POst-Otce 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 70,
understanding the arrangements Of business in nj,
the departments, and being acquainted with those
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 cvity with
them all. The Junior Editor has been asssduousl,
engaged for several years, in studying bv per
sonai inquiry and examination, the practical am
daily routine and details of the Post OfHce ant
utner branches Of the public business 1t is will
this stock OF experience, and these advantages TO
reaching the various sources of administrative ac
ton, and for imparting minute and illustrative in
struction, and valuable periodical and Statistical
information, that challenge your confdenc,
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 mad,
by them during the preceding month. Tfa6les
] Post Offices, and compilations of the Laws and
Regulations, issued by the Post Office Depart.
ment only once in two or 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 in the tables
| At this time there perhaps over three thousa nd
offices of the two desert tons. 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
! tire time another issue shall be made our pnner
! 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
recton, remaiing, doubt, confusion error, and
imposition, will be saved by the progressive state
Of full and exact knowledge, for which we hav.
provided, and for which we engage, every intelli
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, ndace 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 ono
to subscribe. The same considerations apply o
the orders and notices, decisions, and instruction
Of the War, Navy, Treasury, State, and Interior
| departments, and the course is intended in
respect to them. Notices of the decisions of the
Supreme Court, in cases turning upon question
of official duty or national interest, will find plac
in this papr.
YHNHE undersigned, a committee Of publication. on