The Mountain Sentinel

The New Post-Office Stamps.
The New York Herald says:

We understand that Mr. Nesbit has a large number of the new stamped envelopes for the Post-Office Department now ready for delivery. Mr. N., several months ago, expended a large amount of money in erecting a commodious place, with steam-power, for the exclusive purpose of manufacturing these envelopes. Some one hundred and fifty males and females were immediately employed to prosecute the work. The white and buff paper is of superior quality, and made expressly for this purpose, with water-lines having the letters P. O. D. U. S., being the initials of the Post-Office Department of the United States, which are as easily distinguished as if they were printed in ink. The sheets of paper are cut into envelope size, by a cutting machine run by steam. They are then embossed with the likeness of General Washington; then stamped, on steam presses, with the various denominations of postage; then pass through the process of self-sealing, and finally are carefully examined, counted, and packed in large cases ready for shipment. The operatives are principally females, and the contractor has spared neither pains nor expense in getting up this article in handsome style. Mr. Nesbit has adopted stringent rules for guarding the factory--the same as at the U. S. Mint. This is done to prevent forgeries or abstraction of the envelopes, and under no circumstances are strangers admitted unless accompanied by himself or a trusty employee. The factory is also guarded at night by watchmen. When the contract was first given out, they were to be ready by the first of June, and the contractor has already a vast quantity ready for delivery at Washington, when ordered by the Postmaster General. These envelopes must eventually take the place of the stamps now used for the prepayment of letters, as they are far more convenient, and cost the purchaser about the same.