Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1851-06-20

machinery for the manufacturing of all kinds of ma
chnery that will hereafter be wanted for factories
&c; Also that stoves and other articles of heavy i'm
portation. should be manufactured by the people Of
that territory
The Governor states that railroad will most pro-
badly be constructed to Iron county, also contint.
ously to Southern California, terminating at San
Diego and that whatever aid the Legislature should
see fit to extend to it he shall acquiesce in if Within
the range of his constitutional duties.
Boston Journal
The Decision under the New Postage Aet.-M"de by
the Postmaster General, after consulting with the
Attorney General.
The postage on all bound books and on all other
printed matter. except newspapers and periodicals
published at intervals not exceeding three months
and sent from the office of publication to actual and
bona fide subscribers, must be prepaid.
If the amount paid and marked on such printed
matter is not sufficient to pay the whole postage due,
the Of weight beyond that paid for, is to be
charged with double the rate which would have
been charged if prepaid. and the postage such
excess collected at the Office of delivery If by the
neglect of Postmaster such matter is sent without
any prepayment, the double prepaid rate must be
collected on delivery. Postage must be charged
all letters newspapers, and other matter according
to the distance the route by which they for
warded and this (unless otherwise directed by the
sender) must be the route by which they will soon
est reach their destination, although that may not
be the shortest route.
On letters to and from Great Britain land the
Continent of Europe when sent through Engand)
the rates Of postage and modes of rating will be the
heretofore, except as to letters to or from
California and Oregon, in respect to which special
instructions will be hereafter given.
On all letters to from the Continent of Europe,
and sent through England, the United States inland
and sea postage will in all cases be combined, and
will be twenty cents the single rate, without regard
to the distance the are carried within the Uni
! ted States The mode of rating will be the
heretofore. Full tabular statements in regard to
the rates of postage, both foreign and inland will
soon be published.
Subscribers to periodicals. to obtain the benefit of
the provision in regard to prepayment must pay the
full quarters postage before the delivery of the first
number, when there several numbers to be de-
livered during the quarter. If by of any in
in the size of the periodical otherwise, it
shall appear that the whole quarters postage was
not so paid in advance the subscriber will lose the
benefit of prepayment and the numbers received
during the whole quarter will be charged with the
double or unpaid rate, and the subscriber will be
credited with only the amount paid in advance
Under the provisions of the second section of the
new postage act, no newspapers other than those
published weekly only entitled to circulate free
of postage in the counties where published. The of
flee of publication is the office where the newspaper
is printed.
In determining newspaper postages the distances
are to be computed from the Office of publication,
and not from the county line of the county in which
the paper is published and the distance also to be
computed over the route which it is carried.
| Newspapers published weekly only, in q county
adjoining the Canada line may be sent free to Can
ada provided they do not leave the county of publ
cation until they cross the line into Canada.
Newspaper publishers may send and receive their
exchange newspapers to and from Canada free of
charge.
A newspaper is not periodical within the mean
ing and intent of the provision which requires the
postage periodicals to be paid in advance and de-
clares that the postage thereon shall be onehaf of
the rates previously specified in the I'd section of the
act All subscribers to newspapers were and still
required by the provisions of the Both section Of
the act of March, 1925 to pay quarters postage
in advance but by doing they not entitled tC
have the postage reduced below the established rates
Payments in advance newspapers and periodi-
Gals only be made by the subscribers at the post
Office where they are to be delivered
The postage newspapers periodicals. and other
matter, not chargeable with letter postage when
sent out of the United States must be prepaid at the
full rate Publishers may prepay postage on their
issues but have deduction of postage &C
count of such prepayment When periodical is
published only quarterly, the actual and bona .fdt
subscriber for such periodical may pay in advance
and have the benefit of the advancement provided
he pays to the postmaster at the Office where he is tt
receive the periodical. before its delivery If pc
rodica is published less frequently than quarterly
the postage must be prepaid, and at the full rate.
Letters mailed before the 1st day of July though
delivered after will, in all cases, be charged with
postage at the rates in force at the time of the mail
ing thereof n K. HALL Postmaster General
Post Office Department, June II, 1851.