Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-04-09
LETTERS BY EXPRESS.
Anew and Important Arrangementby
the American Express Company,
Ahead of the mails.

The American Express Company has just naugurated
new system for the rapid conveyance and delivery of
letters in advance Of the mails which the business and
general public will hail with satisfaction Their arrange
ments are now fully consummated, will be by
reference to our advertising columns.
The envelope used by the Company for this purpose
the regular three cent Government stamped envelope
with the prepaid stamp of the Express Company on them
stating that the carriage and delivery the same paid
TO from their offices in the Of New York Penn
syvanis, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois,
Wisconsin, Missouri, Iowa and Minnesota.
The need of such system Of rapid transmission and
prompt delivery OF outside of the mails has long
been felt Heretofore orders by letter could not be sent
by express except addressed agents Of the Company
such matter held by the Post Office Department
being mailable and therefore precuded by the postal
regulations; under the new arrangement, such letters
may now be sent by express, with the assurance of
prompt conveyance and delivery.
Important letters that late for the mails or
which could be dispatched by express than by
mail. the sender being to forward by the first
and quickest conveyance-such market reports bills
Of lading important private information of business or
otherwie-wll be accommodated by this system
a. also will letters addressed transient parties Tin
cities or own who, owing their brief stay would not
visit the Post Office. whose address in iu the writer
might not know In such case, the party addressed
would be sought out by the express messengers a the
place of delivers or, if he could be found immediate
notice he given the writer of the letter In these and
many other respects, this slen disp ching and
delivering special letters dssderatua of inestima
Importance, inasmuch business men ard others are
frequently annoyed by the uncertainties or failures of the
mails
The Government loses nothing by the operation since
the Express Corr purchase Government ENVELOPES,
and in reality, relieve the Government from the trans.
portation leers, after the postage been paid
To this extent, therefore, thu Government is the gamer
and in order still further oylde that the revenue of
the Post Once Department shall not be affected BY the
arrangement, the Company, will be seen by adver-
tsement, do propose carrying letters exceeding
half in weight aid when such letters are found in
their charge they viii be dropped the Post Office at
once The prepayment OF weight by stamp will
moi answer the purpose under the postal no let
except those enclosed in the envelope
are allowed To be carried outside the mails.
This arrangement is not designed t. suppressed the
regular money business of the Company neither
money or rdluTbis will be forwarded in these envel-
opes, they being expressly desi. for LETTERS and
nothing else
In the nangur alton Of the above named enterprise it
will be that the American Express Company not
withstanding already immense business fully alive
to the Of the times and the great expansion CT
mercial matters; and certain thar this and
novel idea will command attention and encouragement,
from the mercantile immunity.
These envelopes ready, and may be had the
Companys Offices in the above mentioned States
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