Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-10-21
Washington City Post Office.
The "Q uarteriy Bulletin" fer October 1, of
the Washington City Post Office, Is a very
useful publication. wsciip the following from

q. III. 70.
daily, except Sunday, Oh which day the whole
office. excepting the Money Order Department,
is open from to IL a. n, and TO D. m.
TINE or ARRIVAL AND CLOSING OF MAILS.
NGrtns,a ssrd Eastern MailS. -
a. ai'' ""e at so 80 + z n H Closes - IN n
o. 5s'' Hue at 5;feA Il. Closes 4.so A. NJ.
81 q. " q 81, 4 r nj it, JPN
Southern MoilS,ria Orangsopa Aysronayio r. r
Que 5|lP",i a"d doses Nsss 9T k
Southern Mai', RIG Richmond and Fr,dsrtcIssurs.
ISL, ane at a a. Closes A. NJ
i! it. due at A.. s M n Close. 10 P. NJ.
st, due at 1x1s1 (: 'a t Ms;. A. NJ
ISL dine a, G: % e D. c, ,5 Mai!.
I'd, 4" 4P. NJ. uUA
Due ate p. NJ. Closes $50 Am
Due Monday, Wednesday, anu Friday at 7, j. III
Closes TUESDAY, Thursday, and Saturday at $50
Due at p GI e 'I"r''o'o'' III ,,oiss s 4
Ist, due at Il 4. ri. Closes lsOP.M.
ON Sunoay. only one mail is received from
the North, South. West and North west: cue st
6 "A. III. Mails departing or this day tor these
routes close at r. d.. and for Norfolk, Old
Point Comfort, and Portsmouth at p. n.
POSTAL RULES.
Many errors occur by persons rot observing
the following regu lations In deposii1ng letters
papers, or miscellaneous publications. for
mailing: All drop letters must be prepaid by
postage stamps. Proponents by stamps re-
CURED on all letters 10 places within the United
States. Full prepayment by stamps req uired
on all transient printed matter. foreign and do.
mesic. All letters not prepaid by stamps, all
such as are received IN the office with stamps
cut from stamped envelopes. or with such post.
age stamps as were III use prior to 1861. or with
revenue stamps OF them are treated as Gun
mallable," and sent 10 the Dead Letter Office.
Az impression seems to prevail that letters for
Georgetown require only two cents, or local
rates OF postage. Georgetown being sepa-
rate cf:ice. full prepayment by three-cep stamp
is required. BY inserting the county in which
the office Is located upon all letters, many
errors i'll supers cription might be detected and
mistakes In mailing be avoided.
TERRITORIAL.
All matters conveyed by mail westward be.
yond the western boundary of Kansas, and
eastward from the eastern boundary OF Cali.
+crnla, except che newspaper to a bona fde
subscriber. and ranked matter, must be pre-.
paid at letter rates. The following classes of
letters are not advertised: Letters bearing re-
quests 10 be returned to writer's if unclaimed
Box letters. Letters directed and sent to bo.
te's. ard thence returned to the Post Office as
unclaimed. Letters returned from the Dead
Let er Once to writers. Circulars, free pack.
cts containing printed documents. speeches,
ard ober printed matter. Official letters from
any Gepartn ell OF the Government.
REGISTRY OFFICE
Valuable letters Tor any part o. the United
States, Canals, Great Britain, Holland. the
ltatlah State.. or States OF the Ge-nau.Aus.
triau Postal Union, will be registered on ap-
pIIcatton At the c tflce.
MONEY ORDER OFFICE
ESpec ial attention is called TO the Money
O!GeT system as q safe and cheap rnathod OF
t1ans shifting small sums through the mails
Orders are issued in sums of not less than $50
Larger amounts can be transmitted TO the same
D. on. at the same time, by additional or
ders. Retes-On orders not exceeding 500, 10
cents; on orders over $50 and up 10 $50, 25
cents.
FREE DELIVERY.
Free delivery or letters by faithful carriers
Will be secured by having them plainly ad-
for the return OF letter to the writer. If un.
claimed within thirty days, or less, written or
printed, with writer's name, post office and
Saie across the lef. end Of the envelope on
the face slde, VIII be complied with. Letters
airing such endorsements will be returned to
the writer tree OF postage. Persons wishing
their mail matter delivered by carrier will
please leave orders at the Post Office or with
any carrier. No necessity exists for persons
calling al the office, all may have their mail
matter left at their residences regularly and
without risk.
CARRIERS DISTRICTS
No. I, M. S Hewett-Bet ween Pennsyl.
vania avenue and 1 street west of 18th
street. and on all west OF 22d. No ., J.
w. nar sns of Of Psnnsylvauia
18th and 22d streets. No. 3, Thomas
F. Harkness-An south Of Pennsylvania ave-
nue. 10 18th street. west of 18th to 18th. and
Department No. 4, +. Folker-North OF ( to
Boup Diary, between 18th and 22d streets No
5, William b. BrittaIp-South of Pennsylvania
avenue TO Canal bet tween 18th and I5rh streets,
w + T
Hy au-South OF street and Pennsylvania
avenue TO the Canal, between eth aud 9Th
north, and 9TH and 18th south Of Pennsylvania
avenue. No. :, Ernst Borscht-South OF +
street. and north Of Pennsylvania avenue,
between 9th and 18th streets. No 8, Jacob w
ioung-between H and and 9th and 18th
streets. No. 9, A. E: Scrivener-North OF II
street to Boundary, between 18th and 18th
streets. No. 10, Thomas X. Senior-Norlh
Of II street. between 9Th and 18th to X, and
north of to Boundary, between 7th ana ll,h.
tween eth and North Capitol, and north of
Pennsylvania avenue 10 Sd street, and Indiana
avenue 10 New Jersey avenue. No. IL. Charles
II. Wrieht-Between Z and q streets and 9TH
and North Capitol streets, inclading Patent
Office No. 10, Edwin Swift-betveen G. and
X streets, from 9Th street west to eastel boand.
airy. No. IA, William A. Ridgely-Betweeu eth
and 9th and G and Il streets, and all north OF
X street and east Of 18th to Boundary. No. Is,
Charles ]. Wright-South of Pennsylvahia
avenue. Indiana avenue. and north q street,
tdSt o. ftn. 50. new jersey avenue ana North
Capitol street to ist street east, including Uni
ted States Capitol. No. 16-WiIliam W. Davis
Between Pennsylvania avenue and G street
north, and from list street east to Boundary.
No. II, f.. l.. Frsas-South OF Pennsylvania
avenue between I'd street west and 1ith street
east, and porth of Canal and Alley between Ct
ard / streets. Ne. 1c, William W. Marr-Ali
south 0! Alley between q and ! streets, and
east OF the C.nal to Eastern Branch. No. 10,
A s. Whiteside-Thar part of the Island be-
tween 9Th street and the canal No. 90, Orviiie
and west OF 9th street to the river. Three de.
iiveries are made daily. except Sunday, by the
Carriers In each district. at q. m II m, and
3 p. m.
COLLECTIONS.
The letter COLLECTION boxes are placed in
every section OF the city, and are collected from
by five collectors four times daily, at 0 q. M,
l2 m, p. M, and y M, except Sunday,
when one collection, at S p. m, Is made.
Letters are also collected from and deliv-
cred al the principal hotels Valuable let
rers should be carried to the Post Office and
registered. II money is to be RENTED, q
postal money order should be obtained. II
upon points where there is no money order
Office, then the letter should be registered.
Money should nerer Be enclosed in an ordinary
letter
The following are officers OF the City Post
Ofice:-S. J. Bowen, Postmaster; Lambert
Tree, Chief Clerk; Nathan H. Barrett, Assistant
Chic; Clerk; Richard b. Nixon, Cashier; Jas
A. Kennedy, Superintendent Post ON ce; Geo.
II. Plant jr., Chief Asserting Clerk for City
Delivery; Simeon II. Merrill, Superintendent
Money Order Department.: Jas. Reeves, Chief
OF Registry Department; James f.. Bell, Su.
perintendent Of Letter Carriers; Richsr I'd Lay
Chief CT Mailing department.; Fred. Depro,