The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-03-19
? 0 s L AL GUIDE.
RATES OF POSTAGE WITHIN THE u STATES

Established by the Act of March 3, 1855
os For every single letter in manuscript, OR paper
! for, or communicated in writing, or by marks
or signs, sent in the mail not exceeding 900
miles, Ge ,ou ooo u;;.- 8 cents
Upon all letters passing through or in the mail.
except such as are to or from foreign country,
the postage must be pre- paid, except upon letters
and packages addressed to officers of the govern
ment on official business, and marked on the
envelope. This is not, however, to interfere with
the ranking privilege.
For double letter there shall be charged dou
BILE the above rates; for a treble letter, treble the
above rates, &c Every letter or parcel not ex-
ceeding half an ounce (avoirdupois) in weight
single letter. and every additional weight of half
| an ounce or of less than half is charged
! with an additional single postage When advertis-
| ed cent additional is charged each letter. For
| a letter delivered by carrier, there is an addi-
tonal charge of not exceeding two cents
For drop letters, prepayment optional, mot to
be mailed, each, l cent
For all letters packages (ship letters convey
ed by any vessel not employed in conveying the
mail,
To this charge of cents is added cents, when
the letters are not transmitted through the mail
but are delivered at the posoffce where deposit
ed and the ordinary rates of United States post
age are added when the letter is transmitted
through the mails.
Each newspaper, periodical unsealed circular
or other article of printed matter not exceeding
three ounces in weight, to any part of the United
For every additional ounce or fraction of an
ounce,
If the postage any newspaper or periodical is paid
quarterly or yearly in advance at the office where the
same is either mailed delivered then half the above
rates charged and periodicals NOT e;
ing over one and half ounces circulated the State
where published, are likewise charged but half of the
above rates.
Small newspapers and periodicals. published monthly or
oener and pamphlets not containing than sixteen
octave pages each when sent in single packages weigh
ing at least eight onnces address, and nread h
axlng postage stamps thereto shall be charged only half
cent for each ounce fraction of an ounce notwh
standing the postage calculated each separate article of
such package would exceed that amount The postage IN
an transient matter unless prepaid shall be charged don
BILE the aforementioned rates o"
Books bound or unbound, not WEIGHING ovar 4 ,or,az
snail De deemed mallable matter, and shall paw
For all distances under 5000 miles, per ounce cent
For all distances over 900 miles, -
Fifty per cent shall be added in all cases whom mt ~
paid All printed matter chargeabe by weight shall he
weighed when dry. The publishers of newspa6ers ana ~
riodca may send to each other from their pc
oil publication free of postage one copy of each nh
closed in their publications. bills and receipts for the
Tree OF postage. The publishers of weekly newsnaners @
ena 10 each actual subscriber within the county wbar
free of postage. ~ WY 'nereoi
No printed matter shall be sent at the above rates rI.s.
or id III any wrapper, or with open the ends
sues SO mat the character of the matter NAV be seen
without removing the wrapper or if any written or mini
Gu is put on the after its publication
the cover or wrapper except the name and address
OF the person to whom the same is sent or if anything
else Is enclosed in such printed paper conditions
are not complied WITH letter postage shall charged
men any printed matter, received during any quarter,
mas oeen IN the posofce for the whole of the succeeding
the postmaster shall sell it, and credit the amount
Oh the sales as directed by the Posofce Department
The establishment of private for the convey
ance any letters packets packages of or oher
matter ransmissabe in the United States mail (newspa
pers pamphlets, magazines and periodicals excepted from
one city, town. other place to any other city town.
place in the United States, between when the United
States mail is regularly transported Is promple, ou'
letters &c NAV be carried by carriers IN stamped enVe
Dpes Contractors may newspapers ont OF te mails
for sale distribution among SUBSCRIBERS penay Oh
Is 900 is imposed on any person taking letters through or
anv part United States for the purpose OF be-
sent out the United States without the payment of
postage. 800 -. /, ,,
n the same envelope package, under penalty of ten
lollars unless addressed to foreign countries.
Rates OF FOREIGN LETTER AND NEWSPAPER
POSTAGE.
The single of letter postage by either the Havre
ollins or Bremen lines land the in respect the
British lines, to from any point in the United States
except Oregon and California, for from any point in
Britain, is "a centspre payment optional Newspa
ers each two cents United States and two cents British
ach country to collect its postage whether the paper
sent from received in the United States. British
ewspapers usually British postage paid by penny
lamp equal to two cents They be sent in narrow
ands at the ends Letters for the continent of Eu
ope to pass through Great Britain, in the open mail must