The southern press., 1852-01-17
UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISER.

UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE
AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISERS
H. To show phat is done, and what should be don
in o6ics.=En
CHARLES M. WILLARD, Editors and Proprietors
TERMS. . The United States Postal Guide and
Official adpertiser" containing about 80 spper-royal
ociapo pages, is published monthly for ONE DOL
LAR ONLY, per amman, payable IN adUGnce-or fus
dollars for sir copies ordered.
PREPARATORY NOTICE.
! The enterprise in which we now embark, and
OF which this paper is at once the commencemer l.,
and a sample Of the papers that are to follow, fas
for its aim no less purpose, than to impart in
struction, in the general and detail, to the Officer
and Agents ofthe 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. The
publication Of the Laws and the issue of instruc
tons, more or less comprehensive, and al intervals
more or less extended, have proved wholly made
uuate, in the absence of the construction OF those
Laws as 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 are printed in quantities 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 policy
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 ifthey 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
/ If we succeed in rendering the functions of the
primary offices more uniform, methodical, and ey
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-
1 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 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, first in the War
| 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 il 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-
senal inquiry and examination, the practical and
! daily routine and details of the Post-Office and
urner branches Of the public business. II is with
this stock OF experience, and these advantages fol-
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 conhdenc,
and solicit your support and patronage.
We have fixed upon the 18th OF each month az
the day forthe publication of our paper, so as Il
afford time for obtaining from the departments
all the orders, notices and changes issued, or mad,
by them during the preceding month. Tables O.
Post Offices, and compilations Of the Laws and
Regulations are issued by the Post Office Depart
| ment only once in two or three years. IL 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 are no longer in operation
and Offices i'm 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 modif.
cations, made in 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
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 viii, it is hoped, induce every
postmaster who feels just pride in his Office or
a patriotic regardfor the credit, prosperity, and
efficiency Of the whole Post Office system-at once
10 subscribe. The same considerations apply 10
the orders and notices, decisions, and instructors
OF the War, Navy, Treasury, State, and Interior
departments, 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 or natopalinterest will find placs
/ "a, this nafer