The southern press., 1852-04-13

X.
Washington CITY.
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER.
III To sholo ohat is doae and phat should be done
IN o6ice,-sU
PETER G. WAsHrNGToN,
CHARLES M. WILLARD, Eatorsa"d rroprfefors-
TERms.-" The United States Postal Guide and
Official Advertiser" containing about 80 spper-royaI
oefapo pages, IS published monthly for ONE DOL
LAR ONLY, per annusn, payable in Gduance--or fps
doIlarsJor sir copies ordered.
PREPARATORY NOTICE.
The enterprise in which we now embark, and
Of which this paper is at once the commencement {,
| and sample of the papers that to follow, ! as
for its aim no less purpose, than to mpart 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
iZation, decisions and action of the Executive de-
partments of their Government. There has hth-
erto Eeen vehicle for the regular and proper
| communication of information Of this kind The
publication of the Laws and the issue of nstruc
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, 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 voluminousj
and are printed in quantities too small for general
circulaton; 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 to
party ends, and to matters of national policyI
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 reach the hands Of all, nor if they 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, methodcal, 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 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-0ffice 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
j 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
becoming terms of intercourse and civity with
them all The Junior Editor has been asssiduously
engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
sonaf inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details of the Post-Ofice and
vtner branches of the public business. 1t with
this stock OF experience and these advantages for
reaching the various sources OF administrative nc
ton, and for imparting minute and Illustrative in
structon, 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 our paper So as to
\ afford time for obtaining from the departments
all the orders, notices andchanges issued, or mad,
, by them during the preceding month. TaiJes &
! Post Offices, and compilations Of the Law md
Regulations, are issued by the Post Oifice li~aart
ment only once in two three years RS
matter Of inconvenience and complain ri.o.
hitherto there has been no remedy, ha
month from the time of these issues, there ar, d,
fees in the tables which longer in ope stlon,
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 hike 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 mod6.
cations, made in each month, aRd by being fled
and preserved, will afford to postmasters full and
excel information upon both subjects, up to and
| for time being. How much OF the presen, al
rection, remailing, doubt, confusion, errnr
imposition, will be saved by the progressive
OF full and exact knowledge, for Shrh we
provided, and for which we engage. every ~
| gent postmaster can estimate for himself
These advantages alone ard independently" =
, others, are worth many times the price we chang,
for the paper, and will, il is hoped, Dduce every
, postmaster who feels j0st pride in his Office or
, patriotic record FOR tie credit, prosperity, aud
. efficiency ofthe whole Pos Office system, pn.e
10 subscribe. The same considerations apply &
the orders and notices, decisions, ord instructors
OF the War, Navy, Treasury, SHE, and Interior
departments, ard the same course is intended in
respect to then. Notices Of the DECISIONS Of the
Supreme Court, in cases turning upon question:
Of official duty or natonalinteres will find place
in this papsr.
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