The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-03-10
THE NEW POSTAGE LAW.

LIZ NE w fOSIAdE LAW.
The following is an official copy of the law In
relation to letter postage passed at the late session
OF Congress, and signed by the President, requiring
prepayment on and after the Let of july next
Postage to California under this act will be ten
cents e.st
An ACT further to amend the act entitled "An act
10 reduce and modify the rates of postage In the
% uoned states. and for other purposes" passed
BE IL enacted by tie Senate and House of Renre.
se'atdtioes of the United States of Americo in Con
gress assembled That In lieu of the rates of DOS.
tage now established by law there shall be chare ed
the following rates, to-wit:
For every single letter In manuscript, or naner
OF any kind in which Information shall be asked
tor or commun' Dated In writing, or by marks or
signs, conveyed In the mail for any distance be-.
tween places in the United States not exceeding
three thousand miles, three cents and for any dis
tance exceeding three thousand miIes ten cents
And for double letter there shall be charged
double the rate above specified and for treble
letter, treble those rates; and for a quadruple
letter, quadruple those rates, and every letter
or parcel not exceeding half an ounce In weight.
snail be deemed single letter; and every
additional weight of half an ounce, or additional
weight OF less than half an ounce shall be char
ged with an additional single postage; and upon
all letters passing through In the mail of the Uni.
ted States, excepting such as to or from for.
eign country the postage as above specified shall
be prepaid, except upon letters and packages adj
dressed to officers of the Government on official
business which shall be 30 marked on the euyelops
Aud from and after the first day of January, egh-
teen hundred and ftty-six, the Postmaster General
may require postmasters TO place postage stamps
upon all paid letters upon which such stamps
may not have been placed by the writer's
And all drOp-ietters, letters placed In any post
office not for transmission through the mail but for
delivery only, shall be charged with postage at the
rate OF one cent each and all letters which shall
hnrn hra Il SaoA -l-s-
called tor, in any pos-ofce, shall be charged with
one cent each in addition to the regular postage,
both to be accounted for other postages now are
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted That it shall
not be lawful for any postmaster or other person
to sell any postage stamp or stamped envelop for
any larger sum than that indicated upon the face
ct such postage stamp or for larger sum than that
charged therefor by the Post Office Department; !;
and any person who shall violate this provision
shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and on
conviction thereof, shall be fined in any sum not
less than ten, nor more than five hundred dollars.
This act to take effect and be In force from and a.
ter the commencement of the next fiscal quarter
after its passage. ProUided, That nothing herein
contained shall be construed to alter the laws
in relation to the II anking privilege
SEC 3. And be 1t further enacted, That for the
greater security of valuable letters posted for
transmission in the mails of the United States the
Postmaster General be and hereby is authorized to
establish uniform plan for the registr alton of such
letters on application OF parties posting the same
and to require the prepayment of the postage as
well as registration tee of five cents on every
such letter packet to be accounte for by post.
masters receiving the same in such manner as the
Postmaster General shall direct: Propided, hop-
ere that such registration shall not be compulsory;
and 1t shall not render the Post Office Department
Its liable for the loss of such letters or
packets or the contents thereof -.,..-.
LOUIS NAPoLEoNs HABITS WHEN IN N. YoaK.-
We find the following paragraph in the N York
Times:
"A puff of dentist, formerly of this city, is going
the rounds to the effect that on occasion of late
presentation of Americans at the Tuilleries, the
Emperor OF France recognized said dentist as the
man who pulled a tooth for him in New York, near
esses to know the dental history of Louis Napoleon
in this country, writes US that the only teeth ex.
tracted from the head ofthe lustrious exile during
his soourn In this country were draDn from him by
virtue OF an instrument commonly known as po-
her, at that time In the hands OF an abandoned
female, whose character and history are familiar to
the police authorities New York How our cor.
respondent knows he does not say"
Lord Raglan stated before the military commit
tee which sat last year. that with the exception of
Lord Lynedoch and Sir Thomas Picton, the Enolish
had no general officers in command in the late war
above 40 years off age The Duke of Wellington
was major general at 33, the Marquis of Anglesey
at "a, Lord Dalhousie at 80. Lord Stafford at 36,
Lord Hill at 49, Lord Beresford at 80, Sir George
Murray at tao, Lord Combermere at 81, Lord Lon
donderry at 30.
to England, and presented himself at the Admi.
rally, he was ushered into the presence and the
first Lord rose and offered the admiral his hand
Sir Charles put his behind his back, and eruffiv
said, ~ didn't come here to shake hands with Sir
James Graham but to report to the Admiralty
that had retured from the Baltic Sea-
HIGH PRICE FOR WHEAr-I In St Louis nm the
ID instant, there were sold Change GOO bushels
of white wheat at 50 per bushel being the bighest
price, the st. Louis Republican says ever obtained
in that market. The quality was choice but the
price Is evidence fthe scarcity of the article in
that market
Lucian Aver, the Kansas banker, was sentenced
at Exeter, N. H., on Wednesday last to FIVE wears
in the state prison. for breaking into shop n PIais
tow In 1851 and stealing $35 worth of shoes. III,
bail, $l000 which he forfeited by running away
had been paid.
DIED IN THE CARs "A man named Holmes, for.
merly of Albany, but recently OF California having
only arrived last Sunday in the "Star ofthe West
died in the cars ofthe Hudson River Railroad Com
pany, at Poughkeepsie, on Monday.
81 have lived" !" said the indefatieable DR. n
Clarke, "to know that the great secret of human
happiness s this: suffer your enereies To sts
nate The old adage of too many irons in the FIRE
conveys an abominable lie. You cannot have toc
many; poker, tongs and all-keep them all agoing.
Prince Torlonia's wife, the last of the Colonnp
after ruitess union of fifteen years. is now daily
expecting an heir, and the Prince, to show his joy
has proclaimed that he win give 1000 crowns Sl5
to every child In Rome, rich or poor, born on ii.
same day as his heir.
NOVEL CAsE.-A dog merchant who supplied
the College OF France with these animals tor pur.
poses OF experiment, having lost his wife BY death
made the best of the event. and assuased bis affc.
ton BY selling her body to q surgeon for thre.
anatomy, are very superior 1t Paris.
keeper of . lager beer celler In the Bowery. N
York, tor tho purpose of evading the Law reaurin,
him to close bis place ON Sunday, has been Ia tbs
habit Of holding religious services therein. ii,
reads chapter or two In the Bible, serves each o
hfs hearers with glaas OF beer and takes up col
lection! 80
Foul AsrER.Ios-Edgar 4. Pos's = Rsvsn BE-
besn denounce9 - Penaian. This Il 8 shameful liz
on . respectable Ameriean bird. and TIE no. omj
.snt litsrszy authorities aty 1isovn tkas FesI q
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