The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-10-31
NEN rosT oTrlCt M.oILsToS
lcincuLAR.
Posi- OpFIcr DEpAHT1ENr,l

elnse af each quarter, of the number q
newspapers deposited 10 your oilce, 10 b,
s.nt fiy he mail,
ouwil furnish one oftheseblanks quar-
tefly, io each publisher Of q newspaper ii
! your vicinity, and be particular in requiring
hun To MAKE return, under oath. of tn,
. number ef lIs papers mailed ia your office
inf the Last three months, aud the Pos
Offices 10 which they were directed To b,
sent. The oath nlay be- made by the per
son who usually folds and directs the pa
prrs, and must be specific as the circun.
stances of the case will admit. Yon vii
observe that the numbers must be placed
IN thu column designated rs having been
forwarded IN the mail either ooer or nndt,
hundred miles, as may compOrt with the
fict
lfthere he two or more newspapers pub
ltshed in your vicinity, and mailed ut your
office, after you have received from thu
publishers the returns, as above stated,
you will reduce them into one return,
by stating in figures, opposite to each Post
Office, the total amount Of papers, sent To
il.
You are also required, TO procure similar
returns from the publishers Of periodical
works, which are mailed at your office.
The printed form may be- changed, by
specifying, IN the caption, the number OF
sheets contained in the pamphlet; or manu-
| scflPl rflurn may DC MAUI Nn'rc NV nun.
Der of Post Offices 10 which the pamphlet
| nay nav p''u Se"'' NV wv "''''' w.
n'a',nserP' return may De maui ny 'p'
Pon'7n'r 81 newspaper "her' ''e o'l'ees
/ t., l.. Il -,
u pe h'e'T'cn are lew, ana VI s"'h '"s'
soa can arrang" thr o'hc'S ~ a'ph'ne''ea'
o'1'f, ON WIN return !" 'h'S o'i,,''"'e"''
As wen Tue of'S,na, ''''rhs' as ia' e"n'
solaa'eu one when y"' are required 10
max.
us pan mas b''n au"nl'o from con
s'e'loo ',ial ms d'par'hfn, on'S no' r'a.
| llhe nuch more th'n one nan the amount
''1l shon'd h' received ironi newspaper
postage hhd 'hdt n" NOE can oeenec'oai
10 ensure me '"Urcuon o, ','s amount TX.
10 raise an account against tach 'postmas-
ter III the Union, for the postage on news
papers sent To his office. The above ar.
trangelnent will cflcctually d"this
II Is h'hrNed that the publishers 81 news
papers VIII most readily lend t1en ant
10 the accomplishment OF tins object
lhey VIII experience from It most essen
tai advantage, as postmaS'e's VII be pune
tual I" inform them, when subscribers
tail 10 take then papers out oil the fost vi
| fees.
POST Masters are now required 10 charer
fhe postage on newspapers, one quarter IN
advance, and to apprlze printers OF all pa.
pers nut taken out of their Post Offices ;
they will therefore be required to account
to this department., Tor the postage On all
newspapers sent to their Offices, unles they
can shfw, thar subscribers failed TO take
them, and that the printers were duly ap-
priced of the fact.
n most rISld compliance with TIE duties
nere enlolncd, will be expected aud reqilr-
ed. ! am, &c. JOHN MCLEAN.
o. This Circular will be addressed 10
every Postmaster, in whose vicinity one
or more ne" spapcrs are published.
The above circular announces new ar
rangement adopted ny The Postmaster tic
neral, the object of which is, more conf
pcte1y IN secure to III" post Office depart
ment The revenue accrulng from newspaper
postage.
The plan which has been thus r"sorted
10 IS PERHAPS the only one which was lkel!
10 be elective. II VIII dtNolNe some ifoa'
bic upon the publishers OF newspapers, bn
II will repay that trouble by advantages
mole than equiv a'cul, IT will put pcrre
tnal end 10 the practice IN manyros' Office
II total negligence of their instructions, %
suffering papers I" hc-r"ocired there "lnr'
= are not taken cut ot the office by the per
sons 10 whom they are directed. II VII
! lop oil af one blow the morbid cNcrtscenee
: on the subscriptions t. newspapers, leaNlnI
them solid and heaIthfhl; II being in grne
raj f1r presumption that he ~hnPays III
hostage regularly VIII pay ms subscr'p ton