The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-06-18
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
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UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
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Terms -" The United States Postal Guide and
Official 8apertiser containing about 80 spper-roya
Octauo pages, is published monthly for ONE DOL
LAR ONLY, per anninl, payable in aduGnee--or frs
dollars for san copies ordered.
PREPARATORY NOTICE.
The enterprise in which we embark, and
OF which this paper Is at once the commencement,
and sample of the papers that are to follow, las
for it's 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 hth- |
erto heen no vehicle for the regular and proper
communication of information of this kind. The
publication of the Laws and the issue of nstrur
tions more less comprehensive and at 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
structons ineligible. The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress, are too voluminous
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 poleys
These publications in their various forms are
highly useful in themselves as 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, m ethodical, and ey
act we shall make the administrative duties of the
departments 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 Ieast--apart from, and independently to
any party or personal interest or question what
| ever.
/ Ii is known to most OF those to whom this pa
per will be sent, that the Senior Editor was Audi
tor of the Post-Otfice 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, frstin the Wer
Department, ard subsequently in the Treasury
He has therefore had the best opportunities fol
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 incumbents of the departments, and is on
becoming terms of intercourse and civility with
| them all The Junior Editor has been asssiduously
| engaged for several years, In studying, by per-
sonai inquiry and examination, the practical ant
daily routine and details of the Post-Ofice ant
. u,ner branches of the public business. 1t is will
this stock of experience, and these advantages 70
reaching the various sources of administrative &C
ton, and for mparting minute and illustrative in
struction, and valuable periodical and Statistical
information, that we challenge your conhdenc'
and solicit your support and patronage.
: We have fixed upon the 18th of each month as
s the day for the publication of our paper to
n afford time for obtaining from the departments
all the ORDERS notices changes issued, or mad,
: by them during the preceding MONTY Tables @
Post Offices, and compilations of the Lauvt anc
Regulations, are issued by the Post Office Depart
ment only once in two three years. 1t is
matter of inconvenience and complaint, for which
hitherto there has been no remedy, that IN on
: month from the time of these issues, there are of
II fees in the tables which are no longer in operation
and Offices in operation which not the tables
% At this time there perhaps over three THOUSAND
offices of the two descriptions In like name
!; laws have been passed and regulations establishes
since the issue of the last volume of regulations
of which many postmasers and others are wholly
e ignorant We propose to prevent, for the present
anv increase of the evil of either kind and from
, the time another issue shall be made, our paper
a will furnish the additions, corrections, and modif
a cations, made in each month, and by being FLEE
( and preserved, will afford to postmasters full ant
d exact information upon both subjects, up to ant
st for time being. How much of the present msdi
$, recton remailing, doubt, confusion, error, ant
e imposition will be saved by the progressive stat
e OF full and exact knowledge, for which we hav
provided, and for which we engage, every intelli
: 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, induce ever,
postmaster who feels just pride in his office o
a patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, AM
1t efficiency of the whole Post Office system-at ono
to subscribe. The considerations apply t.
the orders and notices, decisions, and instruction
Of the War, Navy, Treasury, State, and lntero
departments, and the same course is intended i
- respect to them. Notices of the decisions Of tn
. Supreme Court, in cases turning upon question
of official duty or national interest, will find plac