The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-08-29

with their woned beraty receive and forward ali such
Letters .na that such letters are not detained FOR such
vessels may carry them freight free per
to our published here several days since
in the Baltimore Sum aud in view Of its being kind Of
official communication 1t may be well to have clearer
| explanation ON this point
AS there is not now any such silver coin lax cents
In circulation might suggest to the packet
agents to alter their rate Of charge to cents
to IL cents per ounce or under 1t matters not which
rate, as would willingly pay either charge all let
tars forward In this way At present Postmaster
will believe receive a matter Of accommodation,
old silver 2H cents coin for 10 cents and cents in cop
for the extra postage packet letters from
So that the writer has In fact to pay l6h cents
under the old l2K cent rates. has been a serious
the public which ought to be noticed and corrected in
at 10 aud cents correcting the former evil In
land hostages
According to your publication all your packet ships
charge this extra rate Of postage, which you win, be-
eve find enquiry Of the agents owners not the
fact That this charge is only confined to some Of the
old lines OF Liverpool packets; that the Union Line to
Liverpool composed Of the ship Sea- Captain Freeman,
and other fine ships don't make any such extra charge
on such letters forwarded by them neither do the
French iavre Marseilles) packet lines. or those
Glasgow Belfast Hull and, believe, also London. This
being material point be certain you would be
derng service by sscertainipg of these different lines Of
packets which Of them does charge postage and which
does not and publish list of those lines who charge
when we would know here by which liue of packets
ought to the extra postage and by which lines we
b oo Of
the rates of postage chageabe letters sent by such
line would be very satisfactory to their friends here
Also, Ii the agents of the French steamers would
state at the foot Of their for each steam
whether letters for England by them regularly
where only the inland postage Of five cents per half or
under Is paid them and the balance of the charge
for extra foreign postage 4: collected at the place to
which such letter may be directed In England. This
being material information the letters Phisdel
phia and Union only charged the inland postage to
stopped the route instead of having
regularly the writer's calculated; and am now In
this predcsment with two letters Of Importance for
London, which forwarded per Union and Philadelphia
and acted under information from post Office that
quired to be made ON them and is confirmed by the
communication Of the postmaster In New York (Mr
Norris published in the enclosed paper, cut out of
would be well for the French agent to notice in
advertisement at what hour the steamer will depart on
her appointed days We have two mails here daily for
New York; closing at O'Clock, NJ, the other at
o'clock, P In the case Of the Union she did not
mails presume) the evening mail from here arrives
with you about o'clock P. NJ The Philadelphia left
at O'Clock M, BY which arrangement the letters by
evening mail and by the great Southern and West
mails could not have reached in time for her.
believe there private lines Of expresses by which
the postage letters from England to part Of the
continent world per Cunard line can be paid here.
and the with letters for England and other parts
of the world, by the French steamers This would be
very useful information to be added to your valuable
table Of rates. that parties here desiring to pay post
age for the whole route can do 30.
The charges on letters mailed at Baltimore or
any other city, to 60 by our packets, are merely
nominal, and are exacted by the post Office de-
partment under compact made some years
since between that department and our packet
owners, but it is not now enforced by the proprie-
| tors of the lines.
| With but one or two exceptions none of
| the lines desire to make charge on letters
taken from the post Office; but the post
master holds fast to the old arrangements, by
which each line receives its portion of the re-
ceipts collected on foreign letters semi-annually,
with no inconvenience or trouble, they do not
feel disposed to make any innovation; and it
would therefore be well for persons out of the
city, in order to ensure the safe transmission Of
letters by packets, to pay the shilling as well
the inland postage, and mark the letter distinct
ly on the outside with Packet" all others that
may be dropped in the office without the above
precautions, may or may not go, but the chances
are that they remain in the New York office
until the captain of transient vessel offers to
take them free of freight
The offer, too, must come from the captain, as
no disposition is shown on the part of the post
| office to facilitate their transmission This par
ticular branch appears to have little or no connec-
ton with the general business or regulations of
the department 1t seems to be new to them.
| There is no such thing as foreign letter de-
| partment in our post office, and we doubt very
much ifa person could be informed by any one
connected with the office, the most expeditions
route for letter to Caracas or Guatemala. We
hope that Mr.. Cave Johnson will see to this
while he Is here. The revenue of the depart
ment could be considerably increased by strict
attention to the foreign letter department.
Our merchants and the people generally are
thrown upon their own resources for the trans
mission of their letters to foreign parts Indivi-
dual enterprise, however, and the liberalty of
few ship owners have in a measure lessened
| the inconvenience which the people would other
wise experience.
In answer to our correspondent in reference to
letters for England via Havre, per French
steamer, we are assured there exists no Difficult
ty, as an arrangement has been effected between
the two governments whereby letters are inn
mediately forwarded, and the postage charged
the persons to whom they are directed The
inland postage to New York in all cases to be
prepaid, and that is all
The same person desires to know if letters can
be prepaid any part of the continent; this we are
hardly able to answer with certainty BY the
French steamers we believe they can, byenclo.
sing them to Livingston, Wells s. Co. of this city,
who have recently established an express agency
or letter office at Paris, and advertise to for
ward letters TO all parts of the world. How far
their authority TO do SO extends is unknown; we
have their word for it. Letters by the Cunard-
ers for the continent can not be prepaid in the
United States, legally constituted officer ia
appointed for such apurpose
As the rates of hostages by the various steamers
and sailing lines between this country and Eu-
! rope, are OF so much Importance, we re-publish
| q table. "A fev va ali
| AMERICAN LINE-SrEAMsnir wAsHrreros
For each letter and package not exceeding
l
| Over and not exceeding ounce. -. AZ
For every additional Il ounce or fraction. is
On each newspaper, pamphlet price
CURRENT. 3
Mail matter to Bremen, either for delivery or
distribution, may be sent either with or without
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