The southern press., 1852-01-06


Washington City,
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND OFFICIAL .aDvERTTsER.
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CnARLE. Nj. WILLARD, Edissr,snd Proprisior,.
TERMs.-" The United States Postal Guide aud
Official .adcerser," containing about 20 svper-royai
oei6'o pages IS published monthly for ONE
LAR ONLY, per s'snun,, payable in adpsnce-or five
dollars for sir copies ordered.
PREPARATORY NOTICE.
The enterprise in which we now embark .and
OF which this paper ia at once the commencement,
and sample of the papers that to follow, as
for it's aim no less purpose, than to impart in
struc,ion, 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
| zation, decisions and action Of the Executive de-
partments Of their Government There has hith-
srto teen no vehicle for the regular and proper
| communication OF information Of this kind The
publication of the Laws and the issue of instruc
tions, more or less comprehensive, and at intervals
more or less extended, have proved wholly inade-
quate, in the absence Of the construction Of those
Laws, az applied to particular cases, and of details
and illustrations to make the regulations and in,
structions Ineligible. The valuable docume ents
annually reported to Congress, are too voluminousy
and 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 10
party ends, and to matters Of national policyg
These publications IN their various forms are
highly useful in themselves az far as thew go, 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
Piles, for the despatch Of the public business whck
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
Ii we succeed in rendering the functions of the
| primary Offices more uniform, mehodical, 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 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-O Office 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, frsti in the Wsr
| 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 incumbents Of the departments, and is on
becoming terms Of intercourse and civiIity with
them all. The Junior Editor has been asssiduously
engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
sonai inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details of the Post-Ofice and
other branches Of the public business II is with
this stock OF experiences and these advantages for
reaching the various sources of administrative
ton, and for imparting minute and illustrative in
struction, and valuable periodical and statistica
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, as to
afford time for obtaining from the departments
all the orders, notices and changes issued, or made
by them during the preceding MONTH Tables 0f
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 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
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 modif5
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 misdi :
recton, remailing, doubt, confusion, error, and
imposition, will be saved by the progressive state
Of full and exact knowledge, for winch we have
provided, and for which we engage. every intelll-
| cent postmaster can estimate for himself.
These advantages alone and dndependentlyo 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 or
patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, and
efficiency of the whole Post Office system-at
10 subscribe. The same considerations apply to
the orders and notices, decisions, and instructions
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 or national interest, will find aplacs
in this paper.
TUyHE und ersigned, a committee Of publication, on
| III the part Of the Muscogee and Russell AgricuI-
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