The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-07-30
The MaII.-Citx Post once.

A, Kennedy, superintendent post once, Gco,
II. Plant, jr. chief asserting clerk for city de.
livery; simeon II. Merrill, superintendent Of
money order Department., s. II. Kiihy, clerk OF
registry department, James L. he'll, supcrin.
tendent OF letter carriers Richard Lay, chief
OF mailing Department. Fred. Dcpro, special
Entrance 10 money.order and registry de-
partmen,s, from = street, door east OF deliv-
cry,
carriers and cashiers rooms, door west OF dc
once hours-The general delivery window
during the entire year.
The office e open frsm T. m. 70 p; m.
Is open from sto 10 a. m, and to ! p. m.
TINE op AERlvLL AND CLOSING OF NkiLs.
Northern and eastern mails-lst due at $40
.; m, closes at 0.iS n. m; I'd due at $40 p. m,
baltimore, Md, maii-lst due at $40 a. M,
closes at 6i5 q. m; ID due at $40 p. m, closes
Western nails, via Relay House--I., due at
$40 a. m, closes at $50 a. m; I'd due at 10 a.
m; Sd due at II n. mi Ith due at 0.ls p. m,
Southern nails, via Orange and Alexandria
r. r., for Lynchburg, Or attanooga, and New
orleans-Due at p; M, closes ats; m
icksburg-lst due at a. m, closes at 8 a. m;
I'd due At G p. M, closes at s 20 p. m.
Annapolis maiI-lat due at ii a. m, closes at
Low ttNbhh AuN ~ ~ Siosee ~
Alexandria, Va, maii-ist due at IL a. m,
closes ut a. MI I'd due at 4 20 p. M, closes at
Georgetown, u. c., mail-Ist due at ESQ a.
m, closes at a. nj Cd due at IL 20 D. m, closes
at p. m; Cd due at 5. 30 2. m, closes at p. m.
Rockville, I'D, maii-Due at p m, closes
Leonardtown. Nd, mail-Arrivcs at Q p. m,
Port Tobacco, Piscstaway, and Dufieid
mail--Due Monday, Wednesday, and Friday At
7 p. nj closes Tuesday, Thursday and Satur.
Upper Marlboro, Nd, mail-Due at pm,
! closes at 60 q. m.
Norfolk, Va, msil-lst due at IL a. IN :, closes
at 80 p. m; I'd due at p. m, closes at 2. m.
the North, and two from the West, South, and
Malls departing on this day for these routes,
| close at p. m, and for Norfolk, Old Point
Comfort and Portsmouth, at / p. IN,
rosTAL RULES.
Many crrorb occur by persons not observing
the following regulations in depositing letters,
papers, or miscellaneous publications for mail
Ali drop letters must be prepaid by postage
Proponents by stamps required on all let
tiers 10 places within the United States.
! Full prepayment by stamps required on all
| tic.
An letters not prepaid by stamps; all such as
are received in the office with stamps cut from
|
stamps as were In use prior to 1851, or with
revenue stamps on them, are treated as "un-
mailablen and sent to the Dead Letter Office
An impression seems to prevail that letters
for Georgctown only require two cents, or
local rates OF postage. Georgetown being a
separate Office, full prepayment By three cent
| by inserting the county in which the ONCE
10 located upon all letters, many errors in
superscription might be detected and mistakes
| In mailing be avoided.
TERRITORIAL
AL matters conveyed by mail westward, be-
| yond the western boundary OF Kansas, and
! eastward, from the eastern boundary of Cali
| fornia, except one newspaper to bona fde
subscriber, and ranked matter, must be pre-
paid At letter rates.
the sale Of postage stamps and stamped envcl-
| Opcs, have been established at the following
places, where the public can always be sup
q. NJ. Robinson, corner OF Tenth and N
streets; ID. p. Hickling, corner Of Third and
PPsm 6syy HSenIei r. II; Hel1eF, corner Of
corner of Twelfth erect and Pennsylvania
| Ryenuei X. u, Clark, corner OF Four-and-a-
hSIr and streets south' Z. u: Bury, corner
Ferguson, corner Of First stree. east and
Pcnnsylyanta avenuci brown Co., corner Of
| Seventeenth street and Pennsylvania avenue;
g. IL. Haup Co, corner of Fourteenth and
streets; W. 5. Thompson, corner Of Flf-
tecnth street and New York avenue; W. IL.
Pearson, No. III Pcnnsylvania avenue; I. u.
|
streets south,
Registry onee-valuablc letters for any
part Of the United States, Holland, United
Kingdom, Italian States, Africa, East Indies,
Egypt, Falkland Islands, China and Australia,
Will be registered onapplication at the office.
Money Order Otfce-EspeciAl attention
Is called to the money order system as a safe
and cheap method OF Transmitting small sums
through the mails: Orders are issued In sums
OF not more than $50 Larger amounts can be
transmitted to the same person at the same
time by additional orders.
RATEs.-On orders not exceeding 40, 10
centsi on orders over go and up to so, 20
Free Delivcry-On the arst day Of July
the letter carriers will make four deliveries
tions Of the city, and from two to three deliv.
cries on the outside districts.
NJ. necessty exists for persons calling for
their mall at the office, as this change will &C.
commoGate those who desire to receive their
mail with promptpess and dispatch.
The carriers arShonest and capable, and the
public can rely upon being served faithfully.
The collections from street boxes will be
made frequently enough to accommodate those
who desire TO send local letters from one sec.
tion of the city TO another, and they will ilud
II greatly to their advantage to use the carrier
system for this purpose.
The deliveries will be made at I, $50 a. m,
and and p. m.
The collections at $50, 0, 10 a. M, and 2 and
Collections from outside districts will be
made In time Tor malls going North, South,
In making the early delivery the carriers
| anticipate much delay. This may be obyiated
| BY householdcrs adopting the door letter box
| 1t Ia hoped that the citizens W i'll INN diately
provide letter boxes. BY that means, at a
| very moderate expense, they can promote the
convenience of themselves aud the mel Kh bors,
and at the same time render an important aid
to the public service.
A request for the return of A letter to the
writer, II unclaimed within thirty days or less,
written or printed, with writer's name, post
office, and state across the left end Of the
envelope, on the face side, will be complied
with.
Letters bearing such endorsements will be
returned to the writer free Of postage.
Persons wishing their mail matter delivered
by carrier will please leave orders at the nos
otcc, or with any carrier.
Instructions have been given to the clerks to
deliver no letters from tho boxes except TO per.
sons renting the same, or on their written or.
ders, or to those known by the clerks to be All.
thOflzed to receive them.
The rules OF the office, made 10 pursuance oil
Instructions from the post Office department
forbid persons not In Its immediate employ, OF
otherwise connected with its Official transac.
lions, from entering upon the floor. 1t IL
hoped that no one, whatever his position, w III
attempt to violate these Jules, as they will be-
hereafter rgidly enforced. The chief clerk
Will answer the calls of such RS have business
that cannot he transacted BY the clerks at the
windows
Persons having grievances against the offlc,
on any account, Will please report the fact IL
writing,oT in pcrs onto the postmaster or chic
clerk.