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Staunton Spectator, And General Advertiser
Staunton, Virginia
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Postmaster General announces intention to establish express mail from this city to St. Louis along national road, through capitals of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, with branch to Cincinnati and southwestern states. Previous southern express yielded revenue exceeding costs and expected to boost department revenues.
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He states, with reference to the experiment that has already been made of an express mail, that:
"The amount of postage on letters sent and received by the present express mail at the cities of New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, during the last month was called for, and the returns received leave no doubt that the southern express, during that month, yielded a revenue exceeding its cost. That it will largely add to the general revenues of the Department, instead of diminishing them, there is now not a shadow of doubt."
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This City To St. Louis
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the southern express yielded a revenue exceeding its cost and is expected to add to the general revenues of the department.
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The Postmaster General stated his intention in a letter to put in operation an express mail from this city along the national road to St. Louis, passing through the capitals of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, and connecting by a branch with Cincinnati and the southwestern States. He referenced the profitable experiment of the southern express mail.