Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-12-11
army Letter.

As a matter Of general interest to those having friends
in the army, We publish the following directions Of Col
Il 2 Y. Word, a special asep, Of the Pos; ofise De
pertinent:
A. there are a large number Of letters addressed 10
soldiers. which cannot De delivered for want Of proper
directions, and which are sent quarterly 10 the Dead
Letter otice fer distribution, ! propose, for the benefit
OF the soldier aud b, friends. thg. hereafter, al letter,
sent % soldiers should boz addressed 90 the carr Of the
reg want and company OF which be- Is a member, and al
ways bear the sagJbsr and name of the STATE to ~hch
the regiment belongs b pursuing these directions
letters viii De certain % reach she p1rU'S 10 whom they
ne addressed, 10 ta.y a., living Under the prr~rut
arrangement. private soldier, hardly have ala op-
portunity o. visit tue post ohce near ~hich the
army may be- located, consequently they have TO
rely upon the Army NAL Mrsengsr' ior their
letters, aud as T, is impossible Tor them 10 recoilect
al the names o., persons Who may compose = reg
m1nt or brigade. The letters are never delivered, uules,
ne Number Of ge regiment and the STATE 20 which il
belongs Is on the direction. Attention 20 this recon
menittou vii. Obvate another cause for the nOn-deliyc-
-ry Of letters When a so,Isg l. scS in a hospital, the
friend Of the sick soldier generally directs the letter to
he care u the hospital DO wulgh De- = when he u hr-t
taken sick, and On "a great m1uy case, the soldier Is eth
er sent 20 another hospital. or gets well and Is sent back
% his regiment before the letter arrives at the hospital,
FROM whence be had written. Consequently the letter
ciuuOt be forwarded 20 him. because the WnbSr OF his
regiment Is not on the direction. The HluFbsr OF the
regiment, and te Nfft from whence lt comes -houiu
always be put on the direction OF such letter., aud then
i; can be Forwarded 20 bis regiment free Of po'tVr it
he has left the hospital large number OF such letters
are now At the hospital OF Camp Windcr, aud the va
rjous postofhces in Virginia, where hospitals have been
established. which cannot be delivered for the want OF
proper direction.
4 VSry large number Of unpaid letters are nov frank
- from one soldier % another, and "a the Army Mall
Nes-engers" frequently refuse 10 take those letters from
The Post OHce, upon the plea that the soldiers will not
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Letter Oice. Ia eight weeks nearly seven thousand OF
such gspdid frdBksd letters we're sent back from the
Manchester Pozt Office alone. II Won want the soldier
TO gt his letter, airdgs prepay ts postage.
The Post Office Department A. doing everything in il
power 10 deliver soldiers letters, and IL i only necessary
10 observe tue above suggestions in order TO insure their
delivery.
A. matter OF information, / am requested by the De,
partment TO state that all POstmasters, whose commits
sious exceeded one thousand dollars for the year ending
9lth June, lsl2, are appointed by the President, and
are not subject % military duty under the ConScrpta act
but thOse whose commissions dd not amount to that sum
are appointed by the Postmaster General, aud are sub.
ject TO military duty IT they are not exempt BY age.
A NEW SOUTHERN DuLY.-Judge G. ". Tucker, LAT,
editor Of the St Louis StIts Journal and one Of the
6rst victims Of Lincolus d~espousm in that city, but who
has for some tine been a refugee in Mississippi, has is
syed a prospectus Of a daily paper at Jackson, to be
called the "S,atlsrp Crisis Judge Tucker is an ac'
compished scholar aud a polished writer, aud We cordi
ally welcome him into the Phalanx Of Southern editors
THEArRIcAIs Is MoSrGoxERY.-The Montgomery (Al
sqama) Theatre opens with the following company -
Miss Ida Vernon, Ms Eloise Bridges, Mrs Z R. Dalton
Mrs. Caul6eld, Miss Bertha Howard, Miss Jessie Day
MessrssE. R. Deton, s. Il. Hubbard. d Russell, {. T
Nelson, H. Hunter and others.
The MurfreesborO' Rebel Banner informs rs that Mrs
George d. Prentice vas in that city last Monday, on
visit 70 her son and her brother Capt Calhoun .BonhAm
Of the Confederate seEuce.
Colonel Peter-B~S'ark, of Bolivar county, Mss, late
" commanding a regiment Of cavalry in the Army o
the West died on TUESDAY last.
The Tennessee papers represent that the railroad be
tween McMinnyille and Manchester is IN running order
TrainSaze mEkHsR re8gjARtrips between these poipts,
a RaOla, Miss
Was 6sroYed6y fe TerEEHa l.asss6 80 .a.a-
n Neutrality-suspicious. PbiladslTsi
5Sd 90 the 2sth ult