Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-05-04
Post Office Department.

Tie Mail Lettings for Virginia, North Gnd South
Carolina, Georgia, and Florida We are authorized
and requested to state that the Postmaster General
will make known his decisions on the proposals
received for conveying the mails in Virginia, North
Carolina South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida for
the regular contract term for four years from the first
of July next and also routes in other States in the
Union established by act OF August 3, 1854, for shor
ter periods, in the hall of The Post Office Department.
on Monday the Goth inst at 10 O'Clock, a. m.
Letters Part Paid, gc.-We find The following ar-
Gle in the Philadelphia Ledger of the Oath inst:
"UNPAID LETTERs.-The number of unpaid let
ers to the office since the law went into effect,
on the LIST instant, increases daily. On Saturday
there upwards OF 1000 of this description Of
letters, which, with all others received before
the 3Oth, will be forwarded Washington the LIST
of May, and opened in the dead letter department.
The contents, ii there is any money other vaua-
bes, will be returned to the person mailing them,
providing the postmaster in this ~ can find them,
and the letters destroyed The most Of these contain
postage stamI on the envelope. but of an insufficient
umount to warrant the postmaster in forwarding
them to their destination. On two requiring ten
cents postage two three stamps the amount
of postage on each being short four cents All such
letters the if they contained stamps al
ALL for the that but paid letters are semi
through the mails. The public should bear in mind
that letters will be forwarded unless they pre-
paid IN full. Remember this, and save yourself trou-
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that the regulation in regard to domestic letters in
sufficiently prepaid is TO despatch them, charged with
the additional postage The regulation is in the fol
| lowing words:
" Letters part p0id should be despatched, charged
with the additional postage due at the prepaid rate
according to distance, established by said act, Col
March Sd, 1859 except where the omission to pay
the correct amount is known 10 have been intention
al, when they should be treated the same as letters
wholly unpaid
The instruction in regard to letters wholly unpaid
is follows:
The act of March 3, 1855, making no provision
for unpaid Iette:s to places wihn the United States
on the same or day following any such unpaid lette
or letters being put into post Office, the postmaster
thereof will post up conspicuousy in his office lis
OF the same, stating that they held up for pos
tage If not attended to- such letters must be re
turned monthly TO the dead letter office"
For further Information of our readers, give the
instruction in regard to letters required to be for
warded: -
I" 1t is proper to forward letter when duly re
quested. When forwarded additional postage
should be charged if the letter, contrary to its ad
dress, has been mssent If it has been sent accord
ing to its address. and then forwarded, it must b,
charged with additional postage at the prepaid rate
according to distance, established by the act o
March 3, 1855. Washington Union, goth inst.