The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-02-14

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PETER G. WAsHrScToN.
CHAnLEs M. VILLAIN Editors and Propretors.
f. Terms. -" The United States Postal Guide and
Official .4drertser containing about 80 spper-roual
oefapo pages IS published monthly for oNt
LAR okby per an''um, payable IN Advance. fire
dollars for sir copies ordered.
| PREPARATORY NOTICE.
The enterprise In which now embark and
OF which this paper is as the commencement,
and a sample of the papers that to follow, as
for it's aim no less>a purpose, than to impart in
strucfon, 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
ration, decisions and action of the Executive de-
| partments Of their Government. There has hih-
erto Leen vehicle for the regular and proper
communication Of information of this kind The
publication Of the Laws and the issue of lnstrur
tons, more or less comprehensive, and ut intervals
more or less extended, have proved wholly made
quate in the absence Of the construction OF 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 volumnous!
and are printed in quantities 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 10
These publications in their various forms are
highly useful in themselves far as thew 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
Piles, 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
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primary Offices more uniform, methodical and ey
act, 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 hat
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 Pos-Office 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
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 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 hatters himself he has
preserved the respect and regard Of most OF the
present ncumbents of the departments, and is on
becoming trr'u7 Of intercourse and civility with
them all. t. Junior Editor has been asssiduou,ly
engaged for eyeral years, in studying, by per-
sonai inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details of the Post Office and
r otner branch .s Of the public business. II is with
this stock Of experience, and these advantages for
reaching the various sources of adm listrative
ton, end for imparting minute and Illustrative in
sru~ on and valuable periodical aud statistical
INF nstion, that we challenge your confidence
an soicit your support and patronage.
We have fixed upon the 18th Of each month as
the day for the publication of our paper, so to
D afford time for obtaining from the departments
all the orders, notices and changes issued, or made
5 by them during the preceding MONTH Tables q
. 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 inconve nlence 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 longer in operation
and offices in operation which 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, 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 modifs
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 rnisdi |,
rection, remaifing, 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 ntelIl-
gent postmaster can estimate for himself
. These advantages alone and independently Of all
others, are worth many times the price charge
for the paper, and will, it is hoped, induce every
: postmaster who feels a just pride in his office or
. a patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, and
efficiency of the whole Post Office system-at once
: to subscribe. The same 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 questions
of official duty national interest, will find place
in this paptr.
TVNHE undersigned, committee of publication, on
Il the part Of the Muscogee and Russell Agrcu-
tural Society, respectfully invite public attention
To the following prospectus of a MONTHLY