The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-04-15

BnrroL, April II, 1872.

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ever vote the Republican ticket, Some Of
| them who appear to have good common
| sense don't know what the Republican part,
il. One told me this morning '.,ll the peonle or
| the Virginia side are Republicans. but there
are some Radicals on the Tennessee side. y
called to sec the leading colored man OF
Ems place. who, when told him 1 called to
inquire about political affairs, shook his head
ana told me "'twas no Use. the negroes had
no a!Ae for Republican" They arc tied
fand and foot TO Democracy. The negroes
WITH whom have talked here about politi-
cal matters, don't know who General Grant
IS; and never heard Of but one Republican
IN their lives. General Hughes" is the
only one of their acquaintance.
AIso'tt Nais Uaftcr--A Few Suggestions
Ia tEc rnhiic--Euica 10 DC Observed
in Preparing Letters. exc, for the
Post-Ollice.
From the Detroit Tribune +.
Almost daily, as will be seen by the lists
published i'll the Tribune, from ten to fifty
letters that have been dropped into the post
office are detained for various reasons. and if
they are not called for they are sent to the
Dcad-Lettcr Office ut Washington. Some of
the letters have no stamps mt all. while others.
again, arc not addressed properly. OF the
latter, it is not an unusual thing to find n let
ter addressed with simply the name of the
pcr>on for whom it is intended, and without
the county, State, or country. In some cases
the name Of the state is given, but no town
or city is mentioned. All these things are
the result of carelcSsneSS, and if the letters
do not reach their destination the post-oftice
authorities are blamed. These officials have
enough to answer for without being sub
icctcd TO accusations of dcrelictions Of duty
for which the accuScrs themselves are, as
shown above, directly responsible. If letter.
writers would exercise more care in these
particulars there would be less occasion for
fault-fndng.
There is also another class of persons that
need instruction. We refer to persons who
hv mistake receive the correspondence of
others, owing to the letters being imperfectly
addressed. or similarity of names. When
errors of this kind are discovered the letters
should be SURRENDERED to the post-office
authorities in person, and not dropped into
the nearest letter box. Then, again. persons
who receive letters with instructions to have
them forwarded to whoever they are intend
ed, arc in many instances impressed with
the idca that all that is necessary is to insert
them into the first post-offcc box that is pre-
scented to their view. and move off with the
consolation that their friends letters have
been " forwarded" The ruling of the Post
office Department is to the following effect:
Letters once taken from the poSt-Otfice by
the proper parties, or delivered to the adj
dress. cannot he forwarded without again
being prepaid" When this rule is not OBJ
served, the letters are sent TO the Dead Letter
Office.
As in the routine of daily life, there are
rules to he observed in the transaction of
business through Uncle S;nnucfs mails. Let
tiers, etc. should he posted as early as practl-
cable, especially wien sent in large numbers.
;l> is frequently the case. The trouble OF the
pp>t-otlicc is much diminished if circulars,
before being posted, be tied in bundles with
the address Of all in one direction.
Make the address lrgible and complete.
givin" the name of the post-othce, and if
there be more than one in the United States
of that name, or if the poSt-otice be not
wei, known, adding the name of the county
10 that Of the town and State. The No. OF
the house. too Gf i'll Il city,, street, or the
place Of business is Il great assistance. Ii
must not lie supposed that because letter
will eventually reach its destination without
a No. the omission is not Il cause OF heSlta-
ton and delay i'll the process Of sorting for
delivery or in the dclivcry-r0om; and when
such delays occur frequently they tend
greatly to rctard the general distribution. In
| The ca>r Of letters for places abroad, the
name Of the country, is well as the town Tor
city) and country, should be given in 1'lll.
| Attention Ia this latter precaution will often
| assist in d"ciphcrinS the name of the town
or city. and will prevent the letters from
being miSscnt when there are two towns o!
! the same name in dli""cnt countries.
When newspapers are done up to be sent
away the covers should be firmly put on, sc
rs to prevent the contents from slipping ont
This is easily accomplished by folding por
ton of the wrapper with the paper instcaC
Of simply surrounding the paper with it.
| When dropping Il letter, newspaper, etc.
into lcttrl-boX, always be certain that thu
packet falls into the box and does not stick il
ITS passage Never send money or any other
article of value through the post, except
either by means Of a money order or III ;
registered letter. Any person who send
money or jewelry in an unregistered Letter
not only runs risk of losing his property
but exposes to temptation every one through
whose hands his letter passes, and may bt
the means OF ultimately bringing some clcrl
contains money or other valuable article
even when registered, ought to be securely
scaled.
When complaint is made of letters lost
miscarricd, or delayed, furnish information
as precise Us possible regarding all the fact:
in the case, and enclose whatever documents
may throw light upon it. The day and hou1
at which the letter was posted, as well rs TIT
office at which and the person by whom thi
WIS done, should always be stated; ant
when possible, the cover in al entire state
should be sent, in order that the place of dc
lay may be ascertained by III examination o
the stamps. Cases frequently occur i'll whicl
complaint is made against the post-office ant
redress expected, although little or no mean
of tracing the error, and of guarding agains
Il repetition of it, are supplied by those wht
alone are able to do SO.
Sec that every letter contains the full nd
dress of the writer, in order to ensure tn
return OF the letter if the person to whom
is directed cannot be found. \ much large
portion OF the undclivcred letters could b.
returned if the names and addresses of TIN
sendcrs were always either fully and plainl.
written inside or embossed on the envelope
BY closely observing the above rules yol
will not only accommodate yourselves, bu
very materially assist the post-otiice authori
tics in doing unto Others what you Wolllt
have them do unto you.
THE REASON WuY.-At the close of one .
Mrs. SwisShelm's orationS, she asked if. an,
male citizen was present who was opposed t.
woman suffrage; if so, she would like Il
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