Western union. (City of Hannibal, Mo.) 1850-1851, 1851-08-14
OFFICIAL.


The postage on all bound books and on
all other printed matter, ercIpt newspapers
and periodicals puWiShci at Intervals no. cr.
cccting three months and "scat fran Mc oN G.
of publication to actual and bona Gdc sub
sc,iJers," Is required by law TO be prepaid.
If the amount paid and marked on such
printed matter is not sufficient to pay the
whole postage due, the excess of weight be.
You'd that paid for is 20 be charged with
double the rate which would have been
charged it prepaid, and the postage on
such excess collected at the office of delv-
cry.
If, by neglect of a postmaster, such mat
ter is sent without any prepayment, the
double prepaid rate mus, be collected on
delivery.
Postage must I've charged on all letters
and other matter according To the distance
OF the route by which they are conveyed:
and this (unlcSs otherwise directed by the
sender must be the route by which they
will soonest reach their destination, al
though tat may not be the shortest route,
Postage should be charged by the post
masters according to the tabular state
mcnts of the rates of postage, both Foreign
and inland, which have been lately forward
cd To every postmaster in the United States.
Subscribers to pcriodicals, to obtain the
beneii, of the provision with regard TO pre-.
payment. must pay the full quarters post
age before the delivery of the first number,
when there are several numbers to be de-
livcrcd during the quarter. If, by reason
of any increase in the size OF the period-
Gals or otherwise, it shall appear that the
whole quarters postage was not SO paid in
advance, the subscriber will lose the bcnc-
fit of prepayment, and the numbers recciv-
cd during the whole quarter will be chars.
ed with the double or unpaid rate, and the
subscriber will be credited with only the
amount paid in advance. Under the pro-
visions of the 2nd section of the new post
age act, no newspapers ether Man those pub
liShcd mcChiy ONLY are entitled to circulate
free of postage in the county where pub.
lshed. The office of publication is the of.
flee where the newspaper is printed, and
there can be no other office of publication
in another county for the purpose Of secu-
ring an additional free circulation.
In determining newspaper hostages, the
distances are TO be computed from the Of
flee of publication, and not from the coun-
~ line OF the county in which the paper is
pubIiShed; and the distance is also to be
computed over the route on which il is car.
lied
Publishers canno, send specimen mum.
l bcrS OF their papers to postmasters and 9th
erS (as has been much practiced heretofore
under the old law) without prepaying the
postage thereon.
Tmr AILANrmus-This tree, known as the
tree Of Heaven is very common here. II has
a remarkably disagreaable oJor; very offensive
indeed; and in Towering season, is sad TO hav.
produced sickness. A writer in New York
paper says:
because of its freedom from insects, ard its
fresh green foliage, it has become very popu-
lar, and has got possession of nearly every plea.
SAINT walk up town, without awakening a sus
picion apparently that it is poi.onou, well as
offensive. in the Towering season. Insects n
void it because Of the very properties which
make il dangerous to man. ! have known a
: whole family in the city Of Brooklyn Frustrated
from condition of coed health to sick beds by
its poisonous breath, when the season arrived
for leaving the windows Of their sleeping room.
. open. They never knew what was the cause
Of their decline, until one of their number had
become victim Of its dangerous shade"
If what is said of il in the above extract be
/ true, prudence would seem TO dictate that we
get rid OF II as quick as possible. Another
writer says:
, "'The amount of discomfort it has produced
. could not be repaid by fifty times the benefit il
has conferred. The odor is not only disagree
able, but to large portion of the inhabitants O
the country, positively dangerous. For sever