The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1845-02-21

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ate Of postage that IS, d Snif6ftn
charge olIfise cents for let}sts tof Nall
40 ounce, and ten cents Bran Voufice
Weight, and so on in the same ratip, to
any part OF the Unitei States -materi-
ally reduce the revenues Of that depart-
ment. and throw il upon the common
treasury, there could be no better time
to make the experiment. Drop letters,
Faccordlng to the bill, that is, letters for
delivery in the city where they are de-
ypositedin ilssposts office, are atossbe
charged, two cents. If Letters are adI
,yertised they are 70, be. schargei with
tile costs of advertising Owe cents)
i. IN addition totheipostage when fdeliy-
cred li9i Il sfaH 4 it,qg nal q jsat;5,jii,
.a9N Newspapers, Of no greater size than
nineteen hundred square inches, (WHICH
Will cover all the Baltimore city, pa
pers,) can, be transmitted through the
mail ipwithint thiftypiles IoG where
they are published free Of, postage; !, if
entqyer thirty miles the same postage
charged as at present. rel,al al .hiidf
4, Printed circular letters, unsealed,
are subject TO a postage olive cents,
iral be ,franklng privilege, rs az now
exists, is totally repealed, and officers
spf Government, are equlred to keep an
account of the. business letters which
they receive, lhe, postage on, whieh,is
to be paid by the department. 81 which
lheyyare attached. The assistant post
masters general are, allowed 10 frank,
hut must, endorse their letters or pack
ages ,',otliciall business and if they
should not be on Official business, they
are liable to aPenalty Of three hundred
dollars for, each offence. Deputy. post
masters are to have all the postage
they,pay.on business. letters, refunded,
and If their commissions do not amount
to twenty FIVE dollars per annpm, then
the Postmaster General is allowed 10
increase them. ,fal9lGf MaI
Goyernors ofsStaies are allowed to
transmit through mail free of postage,
certain books and documents; and
members Of Congress, the Secretary
of, State, and Clerk Of the House o.
Representatives, can, frank, al pullit
printed documents,and leaves lheirank.
ing privileges of the Senators and rep
resentatives on all letters and pack
ages not exceeding two ounces IN
weight. the same as it now u.s., ,,anti they
are also allowed to receive letters, and
packages during the session az. well as
for thirty days before and after the
same. The Postmaster Genralais to
keep an-account Of the charge on all
.matterit that goes through the mail free,
which is to be refunded, from theccoa;
tingent fund. orfrom the Treasury. 7ti
Newspapers, pamphlets, books and
periodicals., can be sent outot the mail, I,
over the mail routes, by publishers,
agents. or others, without h'ndrance
from the department.. AGh feuotT9.
Private expresses TO perform regu-
lar trips on mail routes, and transport
mailable matter, are expressly pro-
hibited under a penalty of ohejhundred
and fifty dollars for each eGepce.-I
Stage, coaches,i steamboats,, railroad
cars, packet boats, &c, with their
owners. managers, servants, crews,
&c., performing regular trips on post
routes, arc prohibited from carrying
letters or other mailable matter, ex-
ceptIng, newspapers, pamphlets, or
magazines, unless,ft fthe,, relate to the
cargo or some part oft, or to the ar
iticles conveyed IN the stage coach, ear,
or other vehicle, underla penalty Of
one bundled dollars for. each offence,
to be, paid by the owner, and fifty dol
lars by. the captain, driver, or other
person in charge, being an owner in
whole or in part. .gob iu;sifig
is, Seven hundred and fifty thonsand
.dnllars are appropriated from the 'rrea-
snry to be applied to the Department.
in case Of any defciencyxin its income
caused by the general reduction Of
postage made by this act. sig
The remainder Of the bill provides
for carryingout ofthe provisions aboye
mentioned, and is not, therefore Of any
importance to the general readeraaAa
Ssr ATJSTICAI. FACTS or THE IJNION
Mr.. Ellsworth, the Commissioner Of Patents, in
his report Just submitted to Congress, states some
interesting facts. Tie population Of The United
States Is estimated at 10 $4,000 Tie number Of
bushels Of wheat raised in 1913. was ioo.Sio .s56,
Twelve millions and a half bushels by New York
State, twelve millions and quarter by Pensylva-
MIA, and nearly nineteen millions by Ohio The
State which raises the greatest amount Of oats is
New York--nearly twenty millions; Pennsyl-
-yania is next--peariy nineteen millions The lar-
gest amount of rye israised in Pennsyly