The southern press., 1852-02-24
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER.

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rsrln T. WA Wsro Editors and Perpetrators
TERMS Us" The United States Postal Guide and
Official Aduertisef, containing about 80 spper-royd
octapo pages, is published monthly for ONE DOL
LAR ONLY, per annun, payable in adpance--or fpf
dollars for sin copies ordered.
PREPARATORY NOTICE.
The enterprise in which we now embark, and
OF which this paper is at once the commencement,
and sample Of the papers that are to follow, fas
for its aim no less 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 Eeen no vehicle for the regular and proper
communication of information OF this KIND. Inc
publication Of the Laws and the issue of instrur
TONS more or less comprehensive, and at intervals
more or less extended, have proved wholly made
nnate in the absence or the construction or those
Laws as applied 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
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 policys
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 if they did,
do thew 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
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this vacuum, and to provide for these necessities.
If we succeed in rendering the functions of the
primary Offices more uniform, M ethodcal, 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 least-apart from, and independently to
any party or personal interest or question what
ever.
Il 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 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 slnce and for
MANY wears 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 all
the departments, and being acquainted with those
who carry it on. Since his official connection with
the Government ceased, he flatters 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 ciVlllty 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-Offce and
ulner branches of the public business. IL is with
this stock OF experience, and these advantages for
reaching the various sources of administrative &C
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, SO as to
afford time for obtaining from the departments
all the orders, notices and changes issued or made
by them during the preceding month. Tables Of
Post Offices, and compilations Of the Laws and
Regulations, are issued by the Post Office Depart
ment only once in two or three years. 1t is q
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 operation,
and Offices in operation which are 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
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,
The time another issue shall be made, our paper
will furnish the additions, corrections, and modif
cations, made ia each month, and by being filed
and preserved, will afford TO postmasters full and
exact information upon both subjects, up TO and
for time being How much of the present misdi
rection, remailing, doubt, confusion, error, and
mnosition, will be saved by the progressive state
OF full and exact knowledge, for which we have
nroyided, 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, il is hoped, induce every
postmaster who feels just pride in his office or
4 patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, and
efficiency Of the whole Post Office system-at once
10 subscribe. The same considerations apply { o
the orders and notices. decisions, and Instructions
Of the War, Navy, Treasury, State, and Interior
denartments, and the same course is intended in
respect TO them. Notices Of the decisions Of the
Supreme Court, in cases turning upon questions
of official duty national interest, will lind apac'
in this papsr.