The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-03-20
POS L AL & u I'D E.
RATES OF POSTAGE WITHIN THE U. STATES

EStd0taShed 6y the Act Of March 3, 1855.
For every single letter in manuscript or paper
of any kind in which information shall be asked
for, or communicated in writing or by marks
or signs, sent in the mail not exceeding 5000
mi seSt over ? oOo milo. 9 cents
Upon all letters passing through or in the mail
except such as are to or from foreign country
the postage must be paid except upon letters
and packages addressed to officers of the govern
! nent on official business and so marked on the
envelope. This is not however, to interfere with
| the franking 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 (avordupOis) in weight il
single letter, and every additional weight of half
an ounce or Of less than half ounce is charged
with an additional single postage. When advertis-
ed, cent additional is charged on each letter. For
a letter delivered by a carrier there is an addi-
tional charge of not exceeding one or two cents
For drop letters, prepayment optional, mot
| be maed) each cent
For all letters or packages ship letters convey
ed ny any vessel not employed in conveying the
! To this charge of 2 cents is added cents, when
! the letters are not transmitted through the mail
out are delivered at the post-offce 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
/ States, I q
For every additional ounce or fraction of an
| ounce,
If the postage any newspaper or periodical il maid
quarterly or yearly in advance at the office where the
same is either mailed delivered then half the above
rates are charged Newspapers and periodicals weigh
ing and half ounces circulated in the State
where published, likewise charged but half of the
above rates.
Small newspapers and periodicals. published monthly or
oftener and pamphlets containing more than sixteen
octave pages EACH when sent in single packages weigh
ing at least eight onnces to address prepaid by
axng postage stamps thereto shall charged only half
cent for each ounce fraction of an ounce nowith
standing the postage calculated each separate article or
such package would exceed that The postage on
all matter unless prepaid shall be charged don
bic the aforementioned rates.
Books, bound or unbound, not weighing over pounds
shall be deemed mailable matter and shall nav f''
For all distances under 5000 miles per ounce rent
FOR all distances over 900 miles, .
Fifty per cent shall be added in all cases when not nre
PAID All printed matter chargeabe by weight shall ha
weighed when dry The publishers newspapers and ne
rodlcals may send to each other from their respective on
ce o puohcaon free OF postage one copy of publ
cato ana may also send to each actual subscriber en-
closed IN their publications. bills receipts for the same
Of postage The publishers of weekly newspapers may
send to each actual subscriber within the county wbe
he papers are printed and published copy thereof
free of postage. wy ~
No printed matter shall be at the above unless
eer without any wrapper with one open at the ends
sue so That the character of the matter NAV be seen
"iout removing the wrapper; if any written or print
Ell communication is put the after its publication
upon the cover wrapper except the name and address
OF the person to whom the is sent or if anything
else enclosed in such printed paper If these conditions
are not complied with letter postage shall be charged.
"hen any printed matter received during any quarter
aor IN e postonce lsI the whoie OF te succeeding
the postmaster shall sell it, and credit the amount
of the sales as directed by the POstoce Department
The establishment of private expresses for the convey
ance ofany letters packets packages of letters other
matter transmissabe in the United States mail newspa
pamphlets magazines and periodicals excepted from
city town, other place. to any other city, town.
place in the United States, between which the United
States mail is regularly transported is prohibited, but
letters &c may be carried by carriers in stamped envel-
opes Contractors newspapers ont of the
for sale or distribution among subscribers penalty of
900 imposed any person taking letters through or
any part of the United States for the purpose of be-
ing sent out of the United States without the payment of
postage.
Letters addressed to different persons cannot be enclosed
in the envelope package under penalty of ten
dollars, unless addressed to foreign countries
RATES OF FOREIGN LETTER AND NEWSPAPER Z
POSTAGE.
The single rate of letter postage By either the Havre
Collins or Bremen lines land the in respect the
British nes to from any point in the United States
except oregon and California; for any point in
treat britain, is "A centsTe payment optional Newspa
'er each two cents United States and cents Brtsh
Zach country to collect its postage whether the
sent from or received in the United States. british
newspapers usually British postage paid by penny
tamp equal to two cents They must be sent in narrow
ands at the ends Letters for the continent of Eu
ope to pass through Great Britain in the open mall must