Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-04-13
LETTERS BY EXPRESS.
Anew and Important A rrangeMentb BY
the American Express Company,
Ahead of the mails

The American Express Company has just inauguraed
new system Tor the rapid conveyance end delivery Of
letters in advance of mails, which tie bu~iesS
general public will hail with satisfaction Their arrange
fully consumnated. will b- b,
reference 10 eur advertisrg columns.
The envelope 10y Company for this purpose
IL. regular ihrse cent G. vernment stamped envelope,
with III aid stamp ofthe Express Company them.
stating tha, the carriage aud delivery the Is paid
from their offices tie States Of YORK, Penn
sylvania, ohio. K,umcky Indiana Michigan, Illinois,
Wisconsin. Missouri. iowa and Minnesota.
The need Of sucn system Of rapid tran mission and
prompt delivery of letters outside the mails ha> long
been felt. Heretofore orders by lester could be
by express except addressed agents of the mpany
as such matter held by the 70 ONCE Department.
being malabe and therefore precluded by he postal
regulations; under the Arrangement, such letters
may now be by express with the assurance of
prompt convey ance and delivery.
Important letters that are too late for the mails or
which could be dispatched by express than by
mail sender being anxious to forward by the first
and quickest conveyance market reports, blls
Of iadiug important private information Of business
otherw.e-wl be accommodated 10y this new system,
also will letters addressed transient parties On
cities townsl who owing to their bref stay. would not
visit the Post Office address in ull the writer
miSht know. In such case, the party addressed
would be sought by the express messengers the
place Of delivery: or be could be found, immediate
notice he given the writer Of the letter In these aud
many other pecs, this s.s,em Of oi>psebing ard
delivering SPECIAL letters desiaerfEm Of inestmabc
Importance, inasnlnch business and Others are
frequently annoyed hy the failures OF the
mails.
1hs Government loses no,hiug ~ The operation, saoe
The kNprrrs Con, ny purchase Goycnueut cave op :,
ard. IA reality. relieve The Oovrnmeni from tie trans
rOaton tie iesies. after the psta,, has been PAID.
To his extent therefore the Goserrmeut is the gamer.
and ordeI sill farsser ovid. that the revenue o.
the Office Dep~rtm 1t shan be Affected by tie
arrangement. the Company. vii De seen by aver
tisemeni, propose eATyias letters exceeding
half ounce IN weigh ald when sach letters ar found 10
their charge they BE- drop?sd The Post occ a,
once The pre- payment excess ~eeht by stamp III
not .nswsr The purpose under postal avs no let
,ers except those enclosed in the Government envelope
are allow "a q be carried outside he niAis.
This arrangement is not designed e. supers he
resuar money business Of the Company, neiiher
ras.v or ralrrSs viii be forwarded in these envel.
Opes they being expressly destined for rsrrrEs AID
| nothing else.
Ia the inaugrr alton OF the above named enterprise
will be seen that ihe American Express Company, not
wihstsnding its already immense business, fully alive
TO the wants Of the the great expansion OF
nereial matters. and We certain tha this new and
novel idea will command attention and encourageme.
/ from the mercantile masuity
r-ese envelopes ready. and may be had 1t The
comrAny'. Offices In the above mentioned States
spre-div