The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-03-17
OF FICIAL.

OFFICIAL.
by TIE PRESIDENT.
hy and ,rith Tie asirice and consent eftts Senai..
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
@ ersroa-BorsE OFFICES
Collectors.
Joshua TAYLor, Ocracoke, N. c., vice
Thomas J. Pasteur, whose commission ex-
PRED.
WILLIS II. ARNOLD, Pearl River, Mi,
vice Rufus Q. Pray, resigned.
Surveyor as
john N, FRosr, Portsmouth, N. H.,
vice Winthrop Pickering, whose commission
expired.
Appraistr.
JAMES HUNTER, Savannah, Ga, vice
Charles Stephens, deceased,
DEPARTMENT or THE INTERIOR
Registers.
ALFRED CowLrs, 10 be Register Of the
Land Office, at Chicago, Illinois, IN the
place Of William Jackson, whose term Of
Office has expired.
MATTHEW GILLESPIE, 10 be Register Of
the Land Office at Edwardsyle, Illinois, in
the place Of Jacob Judy, whose term Of
Office has expired.
HARRY +. BRows, to be Register Of The
Land Office at Green Bay, Wisconsin, in
the place of Joel S. Fisk, removed.
Receiser
JESSE X. DuRoIs, TO be Receiver Of Pub
lie Moneys at Palestine, Illinois, in the
place Of William Wilson, whose term Of
Office will expire on the 18th instant.
PosToFFicE DEPARTMENT
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC AND INsTRUC-
TIoNS TO POsTMAsTERs,
Relative "a The Rating Of Letters, The Refurn Of Dead
Letters, Transient Newspapers, and TIE Posfmari..
ing Of Letters conreyed BY Ms British and United
Hereafter, when letter exceeds an ounce Ia
weight; but does not exceed Two ounces, II will be
rated with four charges of single postnge when Il
exceeds two ounces, but does not exceed three, II
will be rated with six charges Of single postage; and
30 on, there being single postage for the first hall
ounce, double charge for the first ounce, and two
additional charges for each succeeding ounce, Or
IL ordered In virtue Of the provisions Of an act Of
Congress approved March 3, 1919
And, In pursuance Of the same act, II is required
that letters which ARE refused at the office of delivery
by the parties addressed and letters which, for any
other cause cannot be delivered to said parties ehal
be Immediately returned to the Dead Letter Office In
Washington, under address to the Third Assistant
Postmaster General without waiting the time for
advertising, heretofore required In relation TO this
class Of dead letters They must In every case be
marked In red Ink the face, with mn entry showing
they are refused, or the cause that prevents their
delivery; also stamped wihthe stamp of Office, and,
with view 10 the proper adjustment Of the nc.
counts, be placed under post bill 70 the Dead Letter
Office
Transient newspapers chat is, papers not sent
from the Office Of pull liz 1n) VIII hereafter be sub
ect, In virtue Of the act aforesaid. to the general
newspaper postage rate only; that IL, one cent for
any distance not exceeding 100 miles and for any
distance IN The same SINE, md one-nnd a hall
cent for any distance exceeding one hundred miles,
where the newspaper Ia sent from one Stnte Into
another. But postage such newspapers Ia In all
cases 10 be prepaid ns heretofore.
In respect 10 British mails, where the official
postage entries the letters received are in red ink
the letter Ia TO he considered as paid and is 10 be
delivered accordingly; where In black ink as unpaid
and the postage Is 10 be collected Postage In sncl
cases Ia either wholly paid or wholly unpaid. The
postage figures on such letters show, on the paid
letters the amount 10 be credited to the United
Staes on the unpaid letters the amount charged to
the United States. The postage be collected from
unpaid British letters Is In all cases 10 be, whatever
may be their debit fgnres, twenty four cents
when single, with an additional twenty four cents
for each additional rnte, and after the first
ounce, each letter exceeding thai weight Ia 10 be
charged foriyeeh cents for each additional ounce
fraction Of an ounce.
]. COLLAMER, Postmaster General.
Posr OrrIcE DEPARTMENT, MARcn 10, le49. III
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