The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-06-10
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
IND OHEICLaL ADVERTISER

UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER.
IL 10 s.oo what is done, and ehat should be done
in office. III
CHARLES M. WS ma.s" Editors and Preparatory
Terms. =" The United States Postal Guide and
0lciai darerfiser, containing about 80 sppsr-royaI
octaUo pages, is published monthly fbr ONE DOL
LAR ONLY, per snnum, payable in advance--or fire
dollars for sac copies ordered.
PREPARATORY NOTICE.
The enterprise in which now embark, and
OF which this paper is ut the commencement
and sample Of the papers that are to follow. an
for it's aim no less purpose, than TO impart in
structon in the general and detail, to the Oficert
and Agents Of the American public, respect both
to their duties and their rights, and 70 make them,
and the people at large acquainted with the organ
ization decisions and action Of the Executive dee
partments Of their Government. There has hith-
erto Teen no vehicle for the regular and proper
communication of information of this kind. The
publication of the Laws and the issue of instrur
TONS more less comprehensive, and at intervals
more or less extended, have proved wholly made
quatc 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.
strucions Ineligible. The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress, too voluminous9
and are printed in quantities too small for general
circulation; whilst the debates in Congress and
the commentaries of the press upon their proceed5
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 policyo
| These publications in their various forms are
highly useful in themselves far they 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
PIES for the despatch Of the public business whick
can render the discharge of public duty either safe
or easy, whether in respect TO the incumbent him.
a oh, h.
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 uniforms methodlcal, and ex
act, we 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 Ieast--apart from, and independently to
any party or personal interest or question hat
ever. @I
! It is known to most OF those to whom this pa
per will be sent, that the Senior Editor was AUDI
tor of the Post-Ohice Department until the month
of November last with by far the larger portion
of both postnasters and contractors, he has had
direct intercourse, III person or by letter. He en-
tered the department fourteen years since, and for
many years previously, had been, first in the War
Department, ard subsequently III 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 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
t them all The Junior Editor has been asssiduously
r engaged for several years, In studying, by per-
= sonI inquiry and examination, the practical and
S daily routine and details Of the Post-Ofice and
: u.ner branches of the public business. It's with
this stock OF experience and these advantage for
reaching the various sources of administrative
Is ton, and for imparting minute and illustrative in
s,ructon, and valuable periodical and statistical
r information, that we challenge your confidence
n and solicit your support and patronage
We haze fixed upon the 18th Of each month as
n the day for the publication of our paper, to
L Aafford time for obtaining from the departments
~ all the orders, notices and changes issued made
], by them during the preceding month. Tables 81
d | Post Offices, and compilations of the Laws and
$ Regulations, are issued by the Post Office Depart
j ment only once in two or three years. Ii is q
r matter of inconvenience and complaint, for which
hitherto there has been remedy, that IN one
/, month from the time of these issues, there Of
Is fees in the tables which longer in operation
r. and offices in operation which are not IN the Tables
At this time there perhaps three thousand
Offices of the two descriptions In like manntl
n laws have been passed and regulations established
r. since the issue of the last volume OF regulations
I, | of which many postmasters and others are wholly
S ignorant We propose to prevent, for the present
Y anv 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 postmasers full and
exact information upon both subjects, up to and
for time being. How much of the present misdi
rection, remaiiing, doubt. confusion. error, and
imposition, will be saved by the progressive state
IS Of full and exact knowledge, for which we hays
l. provided, and for which we engage. every nteli.
n | cent postmaster can estimate for himself
These advantages alone and independently Of al
2 others, are worth many times the price we charg,
for the paper, and WILL it is hoped, indace every
n postmaster who feels just pride in his Office OF
IA patriotic regard for the credit prosperity and
efficiency of the whole Post Office system-at once
to subscribe. The same considerations apply to
the orders and notices, decisions, and Instructors
!. OF the War; Navy, Treasury, State, and Interior
g departna ents, and the same course is intended in
!, respect to them Notices OF the decisions OF th'
" supreme Court, in cases turning upon question.
Of Official duty natonalinterest, will find place
in in this papSr
YuyHEundersisnsd, a committee of publication, on
i the part ofths Muscogee and Russell Agricu