Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-09-16
Washington News and Gossip

! ING WITH PERSONS IN FOREIGN CouNTRIEs-
The Postmaster General has just issued as in
formation to the public and instructions to
Postmasters, the following circular, which, at
a glance, serves to solve mapy of the mystic
ries of our international postage rates. 1t
should be preserved for reference, BY all hay
ing occasion to send or receive letters or news
papers abroad; as an observance of it, advice
| will save the money as we'll as much vexation
| PosT OFFICE DEPARTMENT Sept. Q, 1853.
! Particular attention is invited to the follow
| ing instructions and regulations
In the M0si to Great Britain the single
rate OF postage is "A cents, prepayment OPP
! tional. On either letter or packet of any
| weight the whole postage or none at all should
be prepaid. If anything less than the whole
! is prepaid, no account is taken of it. and it is
entirely lost to the sender. The British Post
Office declines to change this rule except on
| conditions considered inadmissihIe.
The postage required to be collected in the
! United States, on newspapers, either for or
| from Great Britain. is 4 cents each; and there
is an additional British postage of one penny
| cach which has to be paid in Great Britain
! From the fact that newspapers from Great
Britain come prepaid, usually by penny
| stamp, many Postmasters have regarded them
as fully prepaid and have delivered them &C
| cOrdingly; whereas, they should invariably
| collect the United States postage, also, of ,
cents on each paper In some instances. where
| the newspaper has passed, or is to pass in the
open mail through Great Britain to or from
some other foreign country, the sum to be col
| lected in the United States is 1 cents. ,Sce
| Table of Foreign Hostages of 18th May. 1852
In regard to Pamphlet postage to Great Brit
| ain, see section I49 of Re sulations or the
| Table above referred to.
In ths Pr1esstan rioSeR Mail to GeJmuaY
! 81 cents is the single rate, prepayment OBJ
tional This paysfrom any parts of the United
| States to any part of the German Austrian
Postal Union. prepayment of any sum
! less than the regular rate of 80 cents is not
recognized, and is of course lost to the sender
A note of fractions of the rate could not be
taken without seriously complcating the ac-
counts, besides causing much additional labor
ard trouble at the exchange Offices But,
contrary to the practice uhder the United
States and British Postal Convention. in the
PrusSian mail every full rate Of 30 cents il
| credited, whether the whole postage on let
ter or packet is prepaid not, leaving any
! balance due to be collected at the Office of de-
! livery. Po>tmasters. however, should be care
fui, where the postage is prepaid, to collect
! the proper amount. They should be particu-
lar also, to notice the route indicated on the
| envelopes of letters and to collect postage &C.
cordingly. Letters mailed at some Offices
marked via England or via Prsssian
closed Mail for the German States are fire.
quently taken upon the prepayment of Bremen
rates. and those marked via Bremen - at
Prussian closed mail rates lie. In this par
tlcular, great care is necessary to avoid mis-
takes.
On newspapers from any part Of the United
States, to any part of Germany. including
Prussia and Austria, the full postage is cents
ma ont L.,
newspapers from Germany. in the Prussian
closed mail, are fully prepaid there Pam
phlets and periodicals cannot be sent through
Great Britain either in the Prussian closed
mail or otherwise
By the Bremen Mutt the rule, in regard to
insuHciently prepaid letters. is the same as
under the Prusslan arrangement The single
rate to Bremen IS 10 cents. to Oldenburg 49,
to Altoona. Hamburg and Hanover 10 and to
any other place in Germany % cents prepay
ment optional In either case Il Prepayment
of any fraction of the full rate goes FOR moth
ing.
Newspapers. sent in the Bremen mail from
the United States, must be prepaid two cents
each, and pamphlets and magazines one cent
an ounce or fraction of an ounce This is the
United States postage only-the foreign Dos
tage having to be paid at the point of delivery
On all printed matter from the continent by
the United States and Bremen line of steam
er$, the whole postage United States and
foreign is to be be prepaid
10 or from France, the single rate OF letter
postage which must be coll ected in the United
States, Is rs follows: By the New York and
ilavre line. 20 cents, which paws to or from
llavre; by United States steamers via Eng
land, II cents. which pays to or from Liver
pool or southampton, as the case may be and
by British steamers. via England > cents
which pays to or from the port of departure
in the United States. The balance of the
postage, in each instance, is collected in
France. The Havre limo is the cheapest and
by this route the United States postage on
newspapers is cents each and on pamDhlets
and magazines one cent an ounce or fraction
OF an oun"c-prepayment required
The rule for rating letters to all foreign
countries except the British North American
Provinces) Is to charge one rate for half an
ounce or under, two rates if the weight is
over one-half and not exceeding an ounce,
four rates, IT over one and not exceeding two
ounces, six rates, if over two and not exceed
ing three ounces, and so on, charging two
rates for every ounce or fractional part of an
ounce over the first ounce. As this rule differs
from that followed in respect to domestic let
tiers, where each half ounce or fraction Of n
halt ounce counts as one rate only, Postmas-
tiers VINO are not careful to observe this differ
ence are liable of course to commit mistakes
JAMES CAMPBELL, Postmaster General.
NoTE.-': Table of Postages to Foreign
Countries" of 18th May, 1853, remains un-
changed, except in respect to Bremen, above
explained and that the postage on pamphlets
and magazines TO all foreign countries with
the exception of Great Britain, the British
North American Provinces and the West Coast
of South Amerca,) by whatever line. is now
one cent an ounce or fraction of an ounce in
stead of two cents
AN INTERESTING PENSION QUESTION SET
TLEn.-Thc Secretary of the Interior. on a
recent appeal from decision of Mr.. Waldo. !
Commissioner of Pensions, (which he has con- |
hrmed) has affirmed the correctness Of the
principle of his predecessor, as affirmed by
Mr.. Secretary Stuart, on the 9th December.
lNll. L Yyhinh tho