, 1856-10-24

To Persons mailing Letters for California and
the Territories Of Wdshingfon and Oregon Thou.
sands Of letters sent to the Pacific coast become
dead letters. To remedy this evil, the Post Office
Department, under the authority Of Congress, has
adopted auxiliary to Its operations the follow.
ing plan for simultaneously publishing at each and
every post office In the Pacific region In list called
the . Pacific Mali List" the names OF persons to
whom letters have been sent by mail to post offices in
California and the Territories Of Washington and
Oregon By this system, letter may be sent to any
post Office In the Pacific region for person whose
location is unknown, save the mere fact that he is
someIheTt In California or the Territories Of Oregon
and Wa ahington II the letter be published in the
" Pacific Mail List,n its ultimate reception by the
per5on whom 1t Is intended will be rendered highly
probable; TO enable those who may desire to extend
to the PaciHe correspondents the advantages thus
offered, the following illustration Is given
Suppose II Is wished to send TO the Sacramento post
Office letter fJr George Wilson, who emiguted to
California from Pike county, Missouri but Il is feared
that he may have changed bis location and hence may
not receive the letter. In this case direct the letter
to George Wilson, Qate Of Pike county, Missoun)
sacramento, California. Then, 10 order 10 publish
'he letter in the Pacific Mail List" copy the address
q the letter upon piece Of paper card, and en-
close the card, together with a threecent postage
stamp, In an envelope to the Pacific Mail List" N
Y Deposit the ettor usual, In the mail for CALI
fonia and at the same time drop the envelope con
tanning he card 10 publish he lsitsr in the mail for
New York. From the address on the card thus re-
ceived at the New York post office, the name George
Wilson, will be entered in It's appropriate place In the
Pacific Mail List" which Is printed and sent by
mail to each and every postmaster in California and
the Territories Of Oregon and Washington, aud by
them posted in conspicuous place in their respective
Offices The list thus being distributed over the entire
Pacific region George Wilson may at once learn from
It that letter for hmhas been sent to the Sacramento
post Office No person Of similar name will receive
The letter. for the address IL points ont that IT is
Intended for George Wilson, late Of Pike county Ms
souri, Thus MANY letters will be received that would
otherwise be transmitted to the dead-etter Office.
The cnveIopes containing the advertising cards sent
to the Pacific Mail LIST New York, pay postage
like ordinary mail matter, and must be prepaid The
addressesof letters copied the pieces Of paper or
cards should be written in plain and distinct man
ner. The three-cent postage stamp enclosed in the
envelopes defray the expenses Of publication and
must NOT be pasted to the cards, but simply enclosed
with them. In the absence Of postage stamps, three
cent coins may be substituted.
1t is believed that this circular has been drawn up
so EXPLICITLY as to require no explanations but
should this prove not to be the case pOstmasters will
take notice that all nterrogatores must be addressed
to the Pacific Mail List New York, and not to the
department. ..
The hrst Of this series Of lists will accompany the
mail of May 5th, and will be FORWARDED by each sue
ceeding mail.
OLIVER E. WOODS.