Columbus Whig. (Columbus, Miss.) 1843-18??, 1844-02-08

in Re- infere1tsd In de foIl0kiBR aseOauto
fhe Ennlieh n6atA0lIlee ffoma London eorrs1s
pendent eide Boston Advertiser: e 8s -.
/ Al1o eperssn. who has my corresp ondenee. can
81 IN England week without saying ot the
/ posl 6iscs urrnnR6Ehents how conVenients bow
4 sdmira hle how nareaahlo isthis sygtemg The exs
penre OF pOgtagps where letters are prepaid ana
Il i deemed great inciyiliiy % send opa not
paid IL 81 ~. rate of one penny half ounce %
any place IN England. scotland. 81 Ireland
POss-glies stamps may - Rntehased ~ any
Postot6cp md "a many other places ~ qne psns
L ing wei. % re postsge may BE paid u coin
where the Itttsr Is dsposited. Sab. post ofieess
| from which letters are tfansmitted four times .
day 70 the general poSteOlleo, nre 20 be found
all over London, within three minutes walk ct
fany given point There are four deliveries ofls1~
ters In London, and believe within circuit
Of ten miles o. the general post<olice. every DAY
lat your own door without charge, where The par~
ticular address % given. III you wish 90 c0mnus
1uienie with friend halfmile distant. the posi-
Twill generally furnish almost az directand spec
dR acommunicali0n as . special naessenRer;a and
tthd eEpenee is not worth c0nsideratOp. enc
closed tO-iay six letter. for for Americm TO tho
care Of q friend IN LiyerpoDlse under the same
4 envelope, the postage was sixpence In The unI@
ted States, az some of them were donhle, q
| would have been I. SO or 2. 45e 49, ssis.s
"s;tamped newspapers TO any part Of Eng andp
Scotland. or Ireland, pay no postage, as the pay
ment for the stamp In considered an equivalept
| for the postage Pamphlets in England pay letter
postage according to their weight, though noths
ling is sent above pound weight. Pamphlets
sent by mail from AmeFlea, pay Une shilling OF
TWENTY-FIVE cents peFhalf ounce, which amounts
to almost a prohibition. and which Il 10 well
| our American friends should understand. have
known eight shiiIings charged on singla news-
paper in pamphlet form.
| "Another admirable arrangement is that by
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from one part OF the kingdom 70 another by
TRes ms of Post-ofice orders. If you wish 90 send
shilhngs, two shiilngs, or any such small sum,
you only have to remit the amount in post off
fee stamps; which are everywhere of equal val~
| ue with cash. If YOU wish TO remit any SUN
less than five poun de-, you can, at any principal
Office at expense of sixpence or a shilling at
most, according To the amount, purchase an orr
der for the amount on the post-office In tho
neighborhocd Of the person TO whom the money
is to be sent, payable at sight, and the cost ofre>
hitting the draft or order by letter will only b
one penny. No name is given in the order ofthe
person, in whose favor the draft is made but
4 The names and the amount drawn for, and tho
\ time and place, are RENTED IN another way TO
the post-ofice where payable, 90 that the drafl
ifstolen could not be cashed unless all these par
ticulaPs were given, which in such cases, 1t 10
obvious. excepting on the part Ut the postmaster
i against whom there are other securities would
render fraud almost impossible, aud If attempts
ed, detection certain!
..This whole system works admirably. Posta
/ age nov is not source of revenue to the Gov.
4 ernment. and maintain il never should be; but
Il much more covers all its expenses; and there
Is strong conviction on the part Of its friends,
that presently twill be n source Of revenue.
i The incseass0 Of correspondence under the penny
4 postage, is enormous. The advantages Of tho
81 new system are vcGy great. Ithas put a stop TO
an Emmk# 16 rf IttHegu, um alf of
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OF infefeoufse, whether for business or ffiendS
i ship nafe certain, Direct and speedy and thuo
4 multiplying and attending the facilities Of it
han increased thig intercourse, ms its advocates
lspredicted il would do very much beyond all
i reasonable calculations. This TOO, with the
coed will Of all; for instead Of complaining of the
postage. any man pays his penny with pleasure
when he sees what great good 10 secured to
him for the mcrest tfifie. The Value of this "a.
cllity fcomm unication on the score of business
isvery great; on the score Of political influences,
| the diffusion Of intelligence. the spread Of
knowledge; education literature, mere friend-
ship and social Intercourse the value cannot ba
/ expressed. In the United States Il would be
more valuable even than here; for colonies from
the old hives are continually spreading Them
selves ABROAD Ia the distant west, with whom il
is for both parties important to keep the chain
i Of friendship bright and unbroken, but with
Il whom now the expense Of postage puts an al>
| most insnpefable barrier 10 anything like fts~
Il
/ ql lem, lns az
~ 80 sAnsssloh o1 SNAIL sums Dy PoSt-OI%
~ zn nege2ss D'essang g lne poorer
lone w nav s. tria;nS sTnsns"
/ transmit their Va kes saiely to their families.
Il believe that the plan dbuve proposed would
| by Eeaslng the coI spondence and securing.
~ % many cases the repay ment OF postage, In>
crease the revenue Qf the department.; TO greaA
extent diminish the number OF dead letters and
fstgfnea g ne once; lessen very
mnen hne 1ep9k 81 hRe asszsssnL onces ara otmin
as9 Lns .ass Z. HnN Ens'Aek ~ asnense Denens In
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