The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-07-26
VOL I'LL
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER.

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PxrER G. WAsHrHcron, (p...
CaAaLEs M. WILLARD, Editors aud Pr'pr'esor'
TERMs.-" The United States Postal Guide ana
Q6ciot .4dueriser, containing about 80 srper-roya
octspo pages, Is Published monthly for ONE DOL
LAR ONLY, per annun, psysbte in advance-or fps
dollars for sir copies ordered.
PREPARATORY NOTICE.
The enterprise in which we now embark, and
OF which this paper is at once the commencement,
and a sample Of the papers that to follow, ; as
for its aim no less purpose, than to impart 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 Leen no vehicle for the regular and proper
communication of information of this kind The
publication of the Laws and the issue Of instruc
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 in
structions Ineligible. The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress, are too voIumino,ls
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 to
| party ends, and to matters of national policyS
| 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, 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
| If we succeed in rendering the functions of the
primary Offices more uniform, methodical, and ey
act, shall make the administrative duties ofths
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. +tl
| 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-Ofice Department until the month
of November last; with by far the larger portion
Of both postmasers 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
de has therefore had the best opportunities for
understanding the arrangements of business in al
i the departments, and being acquainted with those
who carry it on Since his official connection with
the Government ceased, he natters himself he has
present incumbents Of the departments, and is on
becoming terms of intercourse and cjvility with
them ALL The Junior Editor has been asssiduously
engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
sonni 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
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 and changes issued, made
by them during the preceding month. Tables Ct
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
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 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 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 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 ntelll
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, indace 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 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 national interest, will find place
in this paper.
uNHEundersigned, a committee of publication, on
IL the part Of the Muscogee and Russell Agricul
tura Society, respectfully invite public attention
to the following prospectus Of MONTHLY
JOURNAL, to be published in this city under the
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