The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-04-01
UNITED STATES POSTA L. 4 UlDE
IND OFFICIAL .aDVER TTSER

UNITED STATES POSTA L. & UlDE
! md OFFICIAL .aDVERTISER
III To shoU whas is done, and ,ohat should be do'e
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PETER U. WAsHrNGroS, E,G,o.s,,d p.on,;s,o~.
CHARLES M. WILLARD, f-""orsa"a rrop''e'orS
TERMs.-" The United STATES Postal Guide and
OFFICIAL ddperiissr, containing about 81 spper-roya
octave pages, is published monthly .rtr ONE DOL
LAR ONLY, par annini payable in adpa,.ce--or five
dollars for sic copies ordered
PREPARATORY NOTICE
| The enterprise in which we now embark, and
Of which this paper is at once the commenc emev G.,
and sample of the papers that are to follow, has
for it's aim no less purpose, than to impart in
sruction, 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 aud proper
| communication Of Information Of this kind The
publication Of the Laws and the issue Of nstrur
lions, more or less comprehensive, and at intervals
more or icss 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 voluminous,
and printed in quantities too small for general
circulation; whilst the debates in Congress and
the commentaries of the press upon their proceeds
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 policy1
These publications In their various forms are
| highly useful in themselves far as they 90 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
ls,ta atch of
can render the discharge of public duty either safe
or easy, whether in respect to the incumbent him
| self, 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, m ethodica, and ex
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 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-Office Department until the month
of November lust; 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 Wer
Department, ard subsequently in the Treasury
lie has therefore had the best opportunities for
understanding the arrangements Of business in ali
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 ncumbens 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
sonal inquiry and examination, the practical ant
daily routine and details of the Post-Offce an,
ouner branches Of the public business. 1t is will
this stock OF experience, and these advantages 70
reaching the various sources Of administrative ac
: ton, and for impartng minute and illustrative i'm
sruction, and valuable periodical and statistics,
information, that we challenge your confidence
and solicit your support and patronage. t d
y We have fixed upon the 18th OF each month a,
the day for the publication of our paper 30 as tC
afford time for obtaining from the departments
all the orders, notices and changes issued or mad
by them during the preceding month. Tables
, Post Offices, and compilations of the Laws ant
Regulations, issued by thePost 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 i'm on,
month from the time of these issues, there are of
fees in the tables which are no 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
of which many posmasters and others are who'll,
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
f cations made IN each month, and by being flee
! and preserved, will afford to postmasters full an,
cxact information upon both subjects, up to ant
for time being. How much of the present msdi
rection, remailing, doubt, confusion, error, ant
imposition, will be saved by the progressive stat
Of full and exact knowledge, for which we hav
provided, and for which we engage, every intelIl
gent postmaster can estimate for himself.
These advantages alone and independently Of al
, others, are worth many times the price we charg
for the paper and will, it is hoped indace ever,
postmaster who feels just pride in his Office O.
} a patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, an,
e efficiency of the whole Post Office system--at ono
to subscribe. The same considerations apply t,
the orders and notices, decisions, and instruction
Of the War, Navy, Treasury, State, and Interio
departments, and the same is intended il
respect to them. Notices of the decisions Of tn
Supreme Court, in cases turning upon question
of official duty national interest, will find a plac
in this paper
4 yENHE undersigned, a committee of publication OF
n the part OF the Muscogee and Russell AgricuI
tural Society, respectfully invite public attention
to the following prospectus of MONTH"; y
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