The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-03-24
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER.

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AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER.
IL To show ,ohst is done and What should be done
in Q6ace.-SU
PETER q. WAsArNGToN, pU,,,,
CHARLES M. WILLARD, Editors and Proprietors
| TxRMs. -" Tie United States Postal Guide and
Official .7drertser," centeimin about - spper-royal
oeiaro pages, is published monthly for ONE DOL
Lar ONLY, per ss'atsm, payable IN adrance-or fire
dollars for sir copies ordered.
PREPARATORY NOTICE.
| The enterprise in which we now embark, and
Of which this paper is Mt once the commencement
and sample of the papers that to follow, as
for its aim no less purpose, than to impart in
struction, the general and detail, to the Officer
and Agents ofthe 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 Eeen 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 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 voluminous
and are printed in quantities too small for general
crcuaton; 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 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 they did
do they furnish those rules, methods, and exam
pes for the despatch Of the public business which
can render the discharge of public duty either safe
fhafhn in
self, the department or bureau under which he
acts We shall make 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 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 question hat
ever
1t is known to most Of those to whom this pn-
per will be sent, that the Senior Editor was AUDI
tor of the Posl-Office Department until the month
! of November last; with by far the larger portion
Of both posmasters 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 Wsr
Department, ard subsequently in the Treasury.
He has therefore had the best opportunities fol
understanding the arrangements OF business in al.
| the departments, and being acquainted with those
who carry it Since his official connection with
the Government ceased, he ilatters 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 civllity with
them all The Junior Editor has been asssduousIy
engaged for several years, in studying, by per-
sonai inquiry and examination, the practical and
daily routine and details of the Post-Otfice and
olner branches of the public business. 1t is with
this stock Of experience, and these advantages for
reaching the various sources of administrative nc
ton, and for imparting minute and illustrative in
struction, and valuable periodical and statistical
| information, that 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 paper, 40 as to
afford time for obtaining from the departments
all the orders, notices and changes issued, or mad.
by them during the preceding month. Tables II
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
J fees in the tables which are longer in operation
and offices in operation which not in the tables
| At this time there 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 70 prevent, ioT 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 posmasters full and
exact information upon both subjects, up to and
for time being. How much of the present rnisdi
rection, remaiIing, doubt, confusion, error, and
imposition, will be saved by the progressive state
| of full and exact knowledge, for winch we havs
provided, and for which we engage, every intelll
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, 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 ono
to subscribe. The same considerations apply t o
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 question.
of official duty or national interest will find plac.
in this pap'r.
! TUyur nd rsipned n IF M hlcatiop On