The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-06-30
PREPARATORY NOTICE.

| PREPARATORY NOTICE.
| The enterprise in which we now embark, and
Of which this paper il at once the commencement
and sample Of the papers that are to follow, as
for its ann no less a purpose, than to impart In
structon, 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 and proper
communication Of information Of this kind. The
| publication Of the Laws and the issue of instruc
ions more or less comprehensive, and at intervals
kmQys or less extended, have proved wh03lx made.
4 iff ~ the ahasnnAef ~ oAsxxcsist
Laws, applied to particular cNss. and Of details
and Illustrations to make the regulations and in
structions Ineligible. The valuable documents
annually reported to Congress, are too voiuminous.
and are printed in quantities too small for general
circuaton; 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
marty ends, and to matters Of national policya
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, il they did,
do they furnish those rules, methods, and exam
pies, 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.
| II we succeed in rendering the functions of the
primary Offices more uniform, m ethodicaI, and
| 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 ey
tent at east--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-Ofice 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. lie en-
tered the department fourteen years since, and for
many years previously, had been, first in the Wur
| 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 himselEhe has
| preserved the respect and regard OF most Of the
| present ncumbents of the departments, and is on
becoming terms of intercourse and civlIty 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
o,ner branches Of the public business. 1t is with
|
| reaching the various sources of administrative
ton and for imparting minute and illustrative in
struction, and valuable periodical and statistical
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, 80 to
afford time for obtaining from the departments
all the orders, notices and changes issued or made
| by them during the preceding month. Tables al
Post Offices, and compilations of the Laws and
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 one
month from the time Of these issues, there are Of
fees in the tables which no longer in operations
and offices in operation which are 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
since the issue of the last volume Of regulations,
| 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 mOdifs
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, remaiing, doubt, confusion, error, and
imposition, will be saved by the progressive state
| of full and exact knowledge, for which we have
provided, and for which we engage, every intelli
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 systen-at once
| to subscribe The same considerations apply to
the orders and notices, decisions, and instructors
Of the War, Navy, Treasury, State, and Interior
departments, and the course is intended in
respect to them. Notices of the decisions Of the
Supreme Court, in cases turning upon question:
of official duty national interest, will find place
| in this paprr.
TVNHE undersigned, a committee of publication, on
| il the part Of the Muscogee and Russell Agrcul-
tura Society, respectfully invite public attention
to the following prospectus Of MONTHLY
JOURNAL, to be published in this city under the
! ausnices of the above named association.