Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-04-12
LETTERS BY EXPRESS.
Anew and Important Arrangement by
the American Express Company,
Ahead of the Mails.

The American Express Company has just inaugurated
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 fully consummated, will be seen by
reference advertising columns.
The envelope used by the Company for this purpose
the regular hrce cent Government stamped envelope
with the prepaid stamp of the Express Company them
stating that the and delivery Of the paid
to or from their offices in the States OF New York Penn
sylvanis Ohio. Kentucky, Indiana. Michigan Illinois,
Wisconsin, Missouri, Iowa and Minnesota
The need of such a sy,tem Of rapid transmission and
prompt delivery Of letters outside Of the mails has long
been felt Heretofore orders by letter could not be
by express except addressed of the Company
such matter held by the Post Office Department
being maable and therefore preouded by the postal
regulations under the arrangement, such letters
may now be sent by express, with the assurance Of
prompt conveyance and delivery.
Important letters that too late for the mails,
which could be dispatched by express than by
mail the sender being anxious forward by the first
and quickest conveyance as market reports bills
Of ladng. important private information Of business
otherwi,e-wil be accommodated by this system,
a. also will letters addressed to transient parties On
cities or towns. who owing to their brief stay would not
visit Office, whose address in ull the
might not know In such case. the party addressed
would sought by the express messengers the
place Of delivery; or if he could be found immediate
notice lie given to the writer Of the In these and
many other respects system Of dispaching and
delivering special letters is desderdtHm Of inestmabe
Importance inasmuch business and others are
frequently annoyed by the uncertainties failures of the
mails.
The Government loses nothing by the operation since
the Express Com, any purchase Government envelopes,
and in reality relieve the Government from the trans
portation OF the letters after the postage has been paid
To this extent therefore the Government Is the gamer
and order still further provide that the revenue Of
the Post Office Department shall not be affected by the
arrangement the Company, will be seen by sdveT-
tisemen do propose carrying letters eXeee%nS one-
half ounce ia weight and when such letters found in
their charge they will be dropped into the Post once at
once The pre- -payment Of excess weight By stamp will
not answer the purpose under the postal let
tiers except those enclosed Governments envelope
are allowed 10 be carried outside The mails
This arrangement is not designed to supersede the
regular money business OF the Company, neither
unn,v or raiaabks vii be forwarded in these envel
opes they being expressly designed for Gad
nofAing else.
In the insugur alton Of the above named enterprise II
will he s-en that the American Express Company,
w,,hssndng lis already immense business sfully alive
20 the wants Of the and the great expansion OF
merci.l matter; and certain that this and
novel dea will command attention and encouragement,
from the mercantile community
Taese envelopes are now ready and may be had al The
Company. Offices IN the above mentioned States
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