The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-07-24
the Mc,I,-C,ty Post once.

Of mailing. departmenti Fred. Depro, special
+ Entrance TO money-order and registry de-
partments, from street; door cast OF del'-
| cry, ..H,.
earriers' and cashiers rooms, door west OF de,
once hour.-The genera, delivery window
IL kept open A. all houfs oil the day and night,
The once q open from. s a. m. to p. m,
daily, except sunday, on which day the whole
IL open from sto 10 a. m, and to p, m.
TIME OF ARRIyLL AND CLOSING OF MAILs.
Northern and eastern maiis-lst due at $40
a; m, eloses at Gas a. mi I'd due at $40 p. m,
Bsitimore, Md, maii-lst due at $40 a. m,
closer at o.b a. m; I'd due at $40 p. m, closes
western mails, via Relay House-ist due at
$40 A. m, eloses at 40 3. m; I'd due at 10 a.
m, Sd due at II a. m; 4th due at o.15 p. M,
Southern malls, via Orange and Alexandria
R. r., for Lynchburg, Chattanooga, and New
seaselD %s pis ii sSass and Frcder
ieksburg-lst due at I a. M, closes at 5 a. m;
I'd due at p. M, closes at $50 p. m. --.
| Annapolis mail-lst due at II n. m, closes at
$50 p. mi second duo at Gl5 p. m, closes at
Alexandria, Va, maii--lst duo at IL a. m,
closes at a. m; I'd due at 40 p. m, closes at
Georgetown, ID. o., mail-lst due at $40 a.
m. eloses at a. m. I'd due at IL 30 p. m closes
| ~ MI ~ ~ ~ 80 T., n''i - T.. -
a, ho ~ aa', mai-pue " p m'' o'oseS
Leonardtown. Nd, maii-Arrivcs at 0 p. M,
Port tobacco, Piscataway, and Dufieid
mail-Due Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at
Ip.m mi closes Tuesday, Thursday and Satur.
Upper Marlboro, Nd, mail-Due a. p. m,
norfolk, va mail.lst due AZ II q. closes
On sunday, only one mail 10 received from
the North, anu TWO from the west, South, anu
NoTthwest .,o,,...
elose at ?. NJ and for Norfolk, Old Point
comfort anu fortsmouth, AZ p M
Many errors occur by by persons son not observing
the following regulations In dcpositing letters,
papers, or miscellaneous publications. Tor mall
ing:
All drop letters must be prepaid BY postage
stamps. II J..
Proponents by stamps required on all let
tiers to places within the United states:
run prepayment by stamps required on All
transient printed matter, foreign and dn""'
All letters not prepaid by stamps, all such as
are received In the office with stamps cut from
. stamps as were In use prior to 1861, or with
, revenue stamps on them, are treated as "un.
, mailablen and sent to the Dead Letter Ohlee.
! An impression seems to prevail that letters
9 local rates of postage. Georgetown being a
: separate office, full prepayment by three cent
stamp is required.
+, BY inserting the county In which the office
Is located upon all letters, many errors In
p. supcrscription might be detected and mistakes
In mailing be avoided.
TERRITORIAL.
All matters conveyed by mail westward, be:
Q yond the western boundary OF Kansas, and
fornia, except one newspaper to = bond fde
, subscriber, and franked matter, must be pre-
paid at letter rates.
Postage Stamp Depots-Local agents for
= | the sale OF postage stamps and tanned cnye l.
opes, have been established at the following
( places, where the public can always be sup.
= piled;
u. NJ. Robinson, corner OF Tenth and N
streetsi d. =. Tickling, corner Of Third and
. Pcnnsylyani3 Avenue; 7. II Heller, corner Of
/ seventh and streets; W. y. Entwisle,
corner OF Twelfth street and Pennsylvania
avenue; 4: u. Clark, corner Of Four-and-a-
hall and III streets south' =. u; Bury, e4rnSi
i | OF Third street east and l. street south; X. H.
J. EeEguson, corner of First street east and
o pennsylvania avenues Brown Co., corner oil
o Seysnieenth street and Pennsylvania avenue
d n streetsi W. 5. Thompson, corner Of ,FlE
y teehth stSeet ana New noIk avenuei W
4 bowling, corner Of Four-ahd.a-half and {
"a streels sou'h; ,,.,..-,,- ,-,,.,- 49,
registry 3nleeIVnluhble letters for an!
o. Kingdom, Italian states, Africa, East Indies
EHpt, fak Falkland. islands Shina ana A a S,
in VIII De registered onApplicauon AZ the ONCE
!" Money order Ohiee-Especial attention
G. 10 called TO the money order system as a SAT-
D. and cheap method OF transmitting small sum-
re through the mails, Orders are issued In sum-
.. Of not more than $50. Larger amounts can be
transmitted to the same person at the sam,
:, time by additional orders:
10 RATRs.-On orders not exceeding 80, II
q. eentsj on orders over $40 and up to $50, 2
cents.
Free Delivery-On the first day of Jul
the letter carriers will make four deliverie
and Ave collections, daily, in the central poi
tions OF the city, and from two to three deliy
cries on the outside districts.
NO.necesaty exists for persons calling 70
their mail at the office, as this change viii ~
commodate those who desire to receive thei
mail with promptness and dispatch.
I'd The carriers are honest and capable, and tn
v. public can rely upon being served faithfully.
=. The collections from street boxes will b
~ made frequehtly enough to accommodate thos
u who desire to send local letters from one set
he tlon OF the city to another, and they will fin
Is. II greatly to their advantage to use the carrie
4 system for this purpose.
NJ The deliveries will be made at 7, $50 a. m
N aud and y. m.
n. The collections at $50, 0, 10 a. M, and an
y, $50 p. m.
Collections from outside districts will b
>, made In time for mails going North, Soutl
he ~ - III. a. ...,.. ,,.., A.. .--,.-