New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-09-16


more for registered letters. Deducling a. expenses in
codiua $40 900 for cerng the mail between the Post
Office and the various Gepo,s. the net amount TO the
eredi, az the Government for ,bc last year is rife
over 81 900 an amount Of prof nearly equal TO tha,
Of the aggregate receipts of al the Port Offices IN the
Uced States In other words, outside Of New-lrk
the Post lice is scitsupporting. while In this city II
nets prof, Of ST. 95Oc 20 per anDum.
DELIVERY OF LITT.Rs
There are about 5000 boxes IN the New-Yors Post
Office ell OF which bristle with letters every morning
and evening Beside this there is legion Of carriers
attached TO the different stations
The number Of letters received for delivery during
the last week Of the sst quarter amounted to 'Ce't4e
and supposng this 10 be the average during tie year.
have grand total Of nearly 100000 delivered III
the course Of twelve months.
In ls5i when an account taken OF the weight OF
mail matter passing through the Office 1t was found TO
be le tuns daily OF incoming and Of outgoing mat
ter Now sboGi 80 tuns are received aud the same
amount sent out making total OF 70 TINS IN "A honrs
The Postmaster Mr. james Kelly. has introduced
number of changes III the management OF the depart
ment for instance the classification Of the boxes which
has the ecot Of saving both time and money, with the
additional advantage of deerrng the closing OF the
mails TO a later boar than formerly.
THE MONEY ORDER DEPARTMENT.
The Money Order Department recently established in
connection with the Post-Ohce is working well aud
gives entire satisfaction There are about 40 money
order Offices itlished already and the number Is in
cTs asng daily Merchants and business men In general
Iargey avail then selves If the facilities and security
thus afforded them, $4,000 average per week
being Transmitted to varoos places. while the amour;
sl.lt tla
Southern States it viii be Of very great advantage rs
there necessity for time the banks VIII not resi-
on a very firm foundation. and consequently fnanea
operations with them wiz not be very safe. Mr.. j. W.
Norton supcrntends this and Is the trouble Of in
strucng each who applies for al order or presents
a check with the nodus op,raHd Of the system. Tho
great OF the people perhaps from no. fully under
standing II; DO not as vet largely avail themselves ~
this sa,e and expeditions mode OF transmitting money
bu prefer sending 1T in letters, whiefGnce lost oan
hardly ever be- recovered In connection with this de-
p.rtment is
THE DEAD LETTER OFFICE
for valuables such ms orders dianond pins rings,
medals coins. &c. not including photographs
More than coo letters per month sent RON the Dead
Letter Office at Washington having been opened Their
and found " contain articles Of value IL would a.
tonsh any one not connected with such establish
ment TO learn the number Of letters daily received al
the Post Office with wrong addresses addresses al
all or insufficient An idea perhaps can be had Of
tie number when we state that 90 letters Of value
about which people generally take some trouble and
pains are received in month by one Post Office alone
When possible these returned to the senders.
THE sTA4P DEPARTMENT.
There are two branches Of the Stamp Department; !
one where stamps are sold In Of less than 81. snd
another where they sold in quantities from q ~.
ward In the latter branch about 5000 worth per day
are sold or something more than g. 900 900 per anDum
REGIsTERED LETTER DErAETHKST.
This department /. under the charge Of Mr.. Walter
Kelly Stamps and stamped envelopes are obtained
here by tho PostInasters AL over the Union. The
amount OF business transacted is enormous. The reg
istered letters alone are times sufficient to make
good SIZED mail for a country PostOfice When the
reign mail leaves the Saturday Of each week from
FIVE to ten million of dollars worth Of bonds regis
tered Some banking firms IN the city bring thirty and
forty packages each weighing from lnoen TO twenty
ounces, for registration. Fifteen and twenty Of the
largest size bags leave the Office at time ell containing
registered matter Since the establishment OF tho
en the records have all been preserved and since the
proclamation OF there have been several inquiries
for letters dating four years buck
HE NEWSPAPER DEPARTMENT.
The Newspaper Department IL an important branch |
Of the Post Office and employs large force Of clerks
There boxes for the different pspers and serials but
Of the large journals make up their own mail and
send them in bags obtained from the PostOnce already
sorted An immense amount Of unprepaid matter is
degosite In this department. which in tho Office
and H. when possible returned to the senders.
HUMBYR OF MAILS SENT OUT AND RECEIVED
About thirty five regular nails leave the office every
day. the same number being received. Beside these
there are from foreign nails per week about sixty bags
each. Twenty mail steamers leave hew'York each
week all carry very heavy mails. There are two small
mails Der day TO Canada The weight Of the mall mat
ter handled each day is about eighty tuns.
LIE LETTTRs.
There they lie all those little white and yellow and bud
and gwen and red billets awaiting their several claim
ants Their FORMS destinations and superscrptions
are as many and various they themselves are nu
merous; for we have never yet seen the ha,d~iiunR
any more than we have tie faces Of any two persons
exactly alike. They oil tell In a. many different styles
and almost tongues their tales oil joy end sorrow hope
and fear love and hatred. veal aud woe and the thou
sand other passions of the human heart Some tho
harbngers Of gadness and some Of sorrowi como
freighted with the tsnderest whsperngs and holiest
aspirations Of the heart and breathe naught but
the darkest passions Of human nature. Some como
quite unexpectedly but all are Of less interest
The mourning border and back seal tells It's tale at
glance Sonlo loved has departed the tesrs
still shed for one never again 70 DO this side the
tomb. There 10 one from thousand mihs away. Per.
baps II is the fret that sorrovfu relatives received for
years from one long mourned - dead. There is one
written In clear. bold commercial hand. Announcing