Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-12-29
account of their containing advertisements


legitimate connexion with a periodical, that
the extra charge, as required by law, is made.
The following is the regulation of the De-
partment on this subject:
!" To enclose or conceal a letter or other
| thing Except bills and receipts for subscrip-
tlonl In, or to write or print anything after its
| publication upon, any newspaper pamphlet,
magazine, or other printed matter, is illegal,
and subjects such printed matter, and the en-
| tire package of which it is a part, to letter
| postage; and if done in order that the same
may be carried by post free Of postage, sub
| Jects the offender to q fine Of five dollars for
every such offence and in such cases, if the
person addressed refuse to pay such letter
postage, the package should be returned to
the postmaster from whose Office it came, to
prosecute the offender for the penalty. Printed
| slips or circulars stitched or pasted in with
the body of periodicals or magazines with
which they have no legitimate connection, are
attempts to evade the law and all such mat
| ter which does not form, and was not intended
and originally printed to form, a regular part
| OF the contents of any given number of pc
rlodical or magazine and its cover, must be
considered as extraneous matter, subjecting
the whole copy with which it is thus sought to
be Incorporated to letter postage"
This regulation, we understand, became
necessary from the fact, that notwithstanding,
the low rates Of postage on printed matter,
persons were in the habit of having their hand
bills and circulars printed. and enclosed in, or
attached to, newspapers and periodicals, thus
securing their circulation without the payment
of postage properly due on them.
His Jollity.-Our eyes were gladdened in
The House hall, yesterday, by peeping at the
jolly figure of our ancient friend, Preston
King, of New York-once on time, the strict
est of the Democratic sect. Alas those times
have long since passed and gone Preston is
book sgen" among Us, cahoodling to COM
pass the election of Mr.. Banks to the Speaker
ship, we take it, He now goes ultra protec
ton, river and harbor improvements, and any
thing and every thing that may be necessary
to induce the most ultra FEEDER aIism of the non
slavehOlding States to stand stiff backed up to
his purpose Of belling the slavery cat. He is,
at least in our estimation, radically insane
upon the slavery question, having adopted the
idea of Garrison, W ende Phillips, b Co., that
there is party in this country bent on ex-
tending the institution of slavery. Whenever
he, and those acting with him, cease to make
war on the South and its institutions, as part
of their regular system of currying favor with
the "dear people, of tho North, they will
comprehend the fact that the people and
statesmen of the South are merely acting in
self-defence.
Another CauCus.-SOme fifty Democratic
members of the House were in caucus, last
night in the hall. The subject matter consid-
cred was the prOpriety Of changing their tao
tics in the current election for Speaker. We
hear that Mr.. Richardson urged tho propricty
OF Withdrawing his name, which is said to have
been opposed by Mcssrs. Cobb, of Ga, Orr,
and others, and advocated by Messrs. Stephens
and Shorter, the latter advocating the pro-
priety Of voting for Mr.. Fuller, if necessary,
after Wednesday next, surely to compass the
defeat of Mr. Banks. We learn, further, IL at
it was finally determined not to change their
present line Of tactics. 1t is said there was
close vote upon the question of the eventual
aiding in adoption of the plurality rule
General Land Cifice In reference to the
Interference of the school section with light
house reservation, on Grand Island. Lake Su-
perior, Michigan, occasioned by 4 resurvey Of
the section lines long after the reservation
was ordered, it has been decided that the
lighthouse reservation shall stand according
to the first survey, and other lands be selected
for the school section so far as interfered with.
Mr.. Woodson, the Territorial Secretary of
Kansas, has written to a gcntlcmsn of this city
that the letter purpOrting to have been written
by him calling for Missouri troops and urging
the gentleman to whom it was addressed not
to compromise Governor Shannon, is q rank
forgery.
C little moro Grape, Captain Bragg
The never-to- be-forgotten Captain Bragg of
the U S. Army, was among those whose pres
ence graced the session of the House of Rep
resentatives, yesterday. For An hour he was
the observed of all observers.
The Chippewa Lands Public land sales,
under treaty with tho Cbippewas of Sagenaw,
of January 30. 1887, have been in progress
from June 30, 1855, to December I, 1855
amounting to ASA SO acres, realizing Sl1 ] Sc.
Mr.. Champion. We have every reason to
believe that the British legation here have
definite advices giving the assurance that in
no event will their home government ,ecaH
Dir. Champion.
Confirmed by the senate.-Samuel o. Bal
lard to DC Surveyor of the Customs at Mem
phis, Tenn rice Edward Dashiell, removed.
The Current Operations Of the Treasury De
partmoat.-0n yesterday, 18th Of December,
there were of Treasury Warrants entered on
the books of the Department.
For the redemption OF stocks.... &86 040 SO
For the Treasury Department. 3O7 80