The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-06-04
UNITED STATES POSTAL. GUIDE
AND OFFICIAL .4DVbR41SER

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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, as
| for it's aim no less purpose, than 10 lmpart 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 wish the organ
ization, decisions and action Of the Executive de-
/ parttnents 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 nstrur
lions, more or less comprehensive and ut intervals
more or Ieas extended. have proved ,olly made
quate, 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 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 policyy
These publications in their various forms are
highly useful in themselves as far 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
Piles, for the despatch of the public business which
can render the discharge of public duty either safe
or asU wi Of he ne m
| SELF or the department or bureau under which he
acts We shall make 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 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
tent at least-apart from, and independently TO
any party 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. Ill en-
tered the department fourteen years since, and for
many years previously, had been, first in the War
| Department, ard subsequently in the Treasury.
| lie has therefore had the best opportunities for
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 and
daily routine and details of the Post-O Office and
ouner branches of the public business 1t is with
this stock OF experience, and these advantages for
| reaching the various sources Of administrative
ton, and for impartlng minute and illustrative
structon, and valuable periodical and statistical
information, that we challenge your confidence
\ u,e sio!s sit@,oar support and patronage.
/ We have liked 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 mad,
by them during the preceding month. Tables If
Post Offices, and compilations of the Laws and
Regulations, are issued by the Post Office Depart
ment only once in two three years. Ii is
matter of inconvenience and complaint, for which
hitherto there has been remedy, that IN one
month from the time of these issues, there are Of
fees in the tables which 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
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, remang, 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 cab estimate for himself.
| These advantages alone and independently of all
others, are worth many times the price charge
for the paper, and will, it is hoped, induce every
postmaster who feels a just pride in his Office or
patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, and
efficiency of the whole Post Office system--at ono
to subscribe The considerations apply %
the orders and notices, decisions, and instructors
Of the War; Navy Treasury, State, and Interior
departing nts, and the 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 find plac
in this papsr.
r1NHE undersigned, committee of publication, on
n the nnrt of the Muscopee and Russell pricul.